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CORONATION Street's Rob Mallard has e out as gay. The actor - who plays Ken Barlow's son Daniel Osbourne the ITV soap - has spoken publicly about beg a gay actor the untry's number one soap and his cisn to not hi who he is.

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DAN BROCKLEBANK ‘HONOURED’ BY CORONATN STREET’S FIRST EVER SUCCSFUL GAY WEDDG

Pl and Billy may fally tie the knot, wh a tragic twist as Pl's sickns worsens - article ntas spoilers The post Coronatn Street’s Daniel Brocklebank shar tails of soap’s first gay weddg storyle: ‘I’m honoured’ appeared first on Attu. * gay characters coronation street *

Todd Grimshaw was a nfed teen when he filmed Coronatn Street’s first ever gay kiss. Todd beme the show’s first regular gay character and his g out storyle was creded wh brgg the show to the 21st century. Had they got married however, would have end disaster bee Ted was gay.

Marc was gay then straight then gay aga (Cred: YouTube/ITV). Marc then started a relatnship wh Maria Connor, but Todd Grimshaw was termed to prove Marc was still gay and sced him.

CORONATN STREET’S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SHAR TAILS OF SOAP’S FIRST GAY WEDDG STORYLE: ‘I’M HONOURED’

Coronatn Street is gearg up for 's first gay marriage storyle, wh weddg bells store for Weatherfield uple Pl Foreman and Billy Mayhew. * gay characters coronation street *

(Image: ITV)Coronatn Street is gearg up for s first succsful on-screen gay marriage, as a storyle wh a tragic twist between uple Billy Mayhew and Pl an episo airg next week, as Pl’s Motor Nrone Disease (MND) worsens, he discs his future wh asks Billy to assist him endg his life when his sufferg be too much, proposg to him moments later, Digal Spy reported. “I mean, obvly there’s been long nng gay characters the show, prr to Billy wh Todd and Sean and also Sophie. And 2019, planned nuptials between fictnal Rana Habeeb and Kate Connor end wh one of the pair cshed to ath by a llapsed roof on their big post Coronatn Street’s Daniel Brocklebank shar tails of soap’s first gay weddg storyle: ‘I’m honoured’ appeared first on Attu.

ITVRelated: Coronatn Street nfirms gay weddg storyleActor Ryan Prtt, who plays Ryan, spoke to Digal Spy and other media earlier this year about the impact that the acid attack will have on Ryan the long-term, explag that the cint will change "the way he teracts wh the world".

Jam received support when he me out as gay to his mum and brother last year, but after tellg his dad Ed Febary, the reactn was far om posive. A social media slip-up then saw mours beg to circulate around the County fanbase, leadg to Jam flectg awkward qutns om the club's manager and prs the soap havg been stretched longer across the schl due to the panmic, Jam' difficulti have been prolonged - and last Friday, a nontatn on the bbl wh a supporter who was makg homophobic tnts threatened to turn vlent. Jam was terpted while talkg to Tim Metlfe and reacted aggrsively when the fan ed homophobic abe.

CORONATN STREET'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE CHANGG NVERSATN ON HOMOPHOBIA

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"Graham is speakg to Sky Sports to mark the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, an annual awarens day that has been observed for over 15 years.

In the absence of a visible gay or bi role mol men's profsnal football the UK, the story will be havg a particularly signifint impact on anyone who se themselv reflected Jam. "If starts to create nversatns wh different muni or areas of the football world, and if young kids are watchg who play football and who might be gay themselv, shows 's important to she a light on this subject.

CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU

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'Rpect for gay player would help'. He's now the Diversy and Incln Officer at the Football Associatn and has been playg as a forward for Stonewall FC - the UK's first gay football club, currently playg at Step 7 of the non-League pyramid - for several years. "I didn't know anybody who looked like me who may or may not have been gay.

"A lot of my difficulti were tryg to fd a sense of belongg the football muny whilst knowg that beg gay was this element of my inty that didn't rencile, " says Lemoni. The tertwg of both homophobia and racism the Fashanu story has ma him a totemic figure the fight agast discrimatn; a charable foundatn Jt's name was recently lnched by his niece Amal. Somebody uld be watchg the show and see a mirror of themselv, pecially if they're a young black man who's gay.

CORONATN STREET IS NOT TOO GAY FOR TELEVISN

Jam' father Ed has prevly told his son he should hi his sexualy orr to avoid homophobia, makg the ntrast between how neher of them n hi their race and so have to al wh racism. "Unfortunately, homophobic and racist abe still happen, but a footballer like Jam shouldn't have to feel they're alone experiencg that, " says Graham.

"As I've e out and navigated that journey, I've always felt more nsc of beg black before beg gay, particularly LGBT spac.

CORONATN STREET CHARACTER OUT AS GAY STORYLE EXPLORG HOMOPHOBIA FOOTBALLNEWER MICHAEL BAILEY IS KEEPG HIS SEXUALY A SECRET FOR FEAR OF HARMG HIS REERMENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYKATIE FZPATRICKSHOWBIZ AND TV WRER07:00, 10 SEP 2019BOOKMARKJAM BAILEY (NATHAN GRAHAM) (IMAGE: JOSEPH SNLON/ITV/CORONATN STREET)FOR THE LATT WEATHERFIELD NEWS AND SPOILERS - SIGN UP HEREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 FOR THE LATT WEATHERFIELD NEWS AND SPOILERS - SIGN UP HEREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

"Welg cultur, wng mentaliTo help Graham learn more about the experience of beg a sportsman who's gay, the gby league player Keegan Hirst - who me out publicly 2015 - talked him through some of the parallels between his own journey and that of Jam.

"The sle of the two sports is obvly very different, " says Graham, "but om what Keegan said, sounds like the RFL has a zero tolerance towards homophobia wh their sport, which ma him feel like the environment was safe for him to e out.

CORONATN STREET STAR ROB MALLARD REVEALS HE’S GAY AS CHARACTER DANIEL OSBOURNE ROMPS ON THE FACTORY FLOOR WH SEAD TKER

"There n be a victimls mentaly - a feelg that 'we n't be homophobic, bee there aren't actually any gay, bi or qutng players on the pch to be homophobic towards'. It means that for someone experiencg a microaggrsn or smaller form of homophobia that's more vert, the chanc they're gog to report or speak out about are que slim. Particularly when I liver trag at amy level, I fd the players are ed to havg gay, bi and trans people their schools and they're gettg tn that's clive now as well.

Coronatn Street is gearg up for s first gay marriage storyle, wh weddg bells store for Weatherfield uple Pl Foreman and Billy week, viewers are set to see the two s down for a ser nversatn, where the two discs their future as Pl's Motor Nrone Disease (MND) ntu to uple's chat about after Pl's nversatn wh fellow MND patient Shelly at the support group, who enurag Pl to take ntrol and do somethg he has always wanted to believ Pl is gog to propose to him and pulls out all the stops, but turns out Pl has somethg big to ask of Billy before he asks him to bee his hband.

"It's not the first time a gay weddg day on the bbl has occurred, but 's hopefully the first that succsfully go ahead. ITVRelated: Coronatn Street's Pla Wilx wds up fans over Elae and Stephen storyActor Daniel Brocklebank adms he feels "slightly honoured" to help brg the first Corrie gay weddg to screens. "I mean, obvly there's been long nng gay characters the show, prr to Billy wh Todd and Sean and also Sophie.

'CORONATN STREET' ANDREW LANCEL NI "TOO MANY GAY" CHARACTERS MENT

We’re celebratg Pri Month, a time for tg on Pri history and celebratg our gay muny. EastEnrs character Callum me out as gay 2019 (Cred: BBC). Later he admted to her that he was gay and began a relatnship wh Ben.

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