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• 'EASTENRS' ACTOR REVEALS HE IS GAY
• GAY BRISH ACTORS ....
• EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL TO E OUT AS GAY
• IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CALLUM EASTENRS GAY REAL LIFE?

'EASTENRS' ACTOR REVEALS HE IS GAY

Memorable LGBTQ moments EastEnrs historyEastEnrs has been on our screens for more than 35 years – that time, the Walford-based soap has bee one of Bra’s most inic TV s but 1985, EastEnrs has never shied away om hard-htg storyl and has been at the foreont of LGBTQ reprentatn on Bize tak a look at some of the most memorable LGBTQ moments om the BBC One show’s gay kiss on a Brish soapCol Rsell was the first gay character on EastEnrs, appearg Albert Square jt over a year after the show’s first by Michael Cashman, there was ntroversy at the time when Col kissed boyiend Barry Clark (Gary Hail) 1987 – even though was jt a peck on the (Michael Cashman) and Barry (Gary Hall) were EastEnrs' first gay years later, Col and new character Guido Smh (Nicholas Donovan) shared the first mouth-to-mouth kiss on a Brish soap – an timated 17 ln people tuned to watch the uple’s beme one of the most ground-breakg scen soap history – but was emed so ntroversial that some MPs lled for the soap to be pulled om the air. Syed tells Christian he is gay and love wh him – but unr prsure om his fay, gets married to feelgs for Christian prove too strong – so Syed out. Mick held his teenage son his arms to liver a tear-jerkg speech, tellg Johnny that he loved him and there was nothg bad about beg gay, supportg him to e out through both of their stifled Carter (played by Sam Strike, send om left) and dad Mick (Danny Dyer, centre) both ma their first appearanc the soap December ’s mother Lda (Kellie Bright) ially stggled wh his sexualy – but the pair eventually make up as she tak him to his first Pri event where he meets new boyiend Gianlu Cavallo (Gabriele Lombardo) transgenr character played by transgenr actorKyle Slater’s arrival Albert Square was a landmark moment for marked the first time Brish soap history that a transgenr character had been played by a transgenr actor, wh Riley Carter Millgton takg on the historic ’s first appearanc showed him followg Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) before he later reveals he is her long-lost half-brother and the pair ultimately sharg his story wh Stacey, Kyle reveals that his mother Alison (Denise Welch) has never seen him as a man.

GAY BRISH ACTORS ....

Walford’s first Gay PriIn July 2019, Walford threw s first-ever Gay Pri event, wh an episo tacklg a number of LGBTQ ahead of London’s Gay Pri event, the episo was seen as celebratory, diverse and tnal, but also clud moments that remd the dience of the prejudice and discrimatn still faced by the LGBTQ muny to this the inic episo, Bernatte Taylor (Clair Norris) embrac her sexualy while celebratg her first Pri, havg e out as a lbian to her mother six months earlier, while Callum Highway (Tony Clay) stggl to e to terms wh his new, also known as Halfway, was engaged to Whney Dean (Shona McGarty) at the time of Pri and was helpg to get everythg anised for the big event.

But he was mortified when brother Stuart (Ricky Champ) turned up and told him he saw him kissg Ben Mchell (Max Bown) the night 's been que the journey for Ben Mchell (Max Bown, pictured) and Callum Highway (Tony Clay), who recently got engaged the the urse of te love didn’t always n smoothly for Callum and Ben – Stuart beat up Ben later the Pri episo - the fan favoure duo went on to bee a uple, wh the pair eventually proposg to each other on the balny of lol gay bar The Prce Albert. EastEnrs actor Jake Maskall has revealed that he is gay and has a boyiend.

EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL TO E OUT AS GAY

Jake plays womanizg Danny Moon on the soap, currently havg an affair wh Sam Mchell (Kim Medlf), but he told Now magaze: "I'm gay and I've been wh my boyiend for 12 years. Seems been gay is no hdrance any more for havg a good reer actg - like Matt Bomer and Zach Quto the lots more have played gay several tim they almost seem bi now: Ewan McGregor / Ju Law / Rupert Grav / Jam Wilby / Col Firthby Anonymoreply 129Augt 10, 2018 4:11 PM.

Other gay Brish actors clu John Ssns, Olly Alexanr (better known as a sger but has had several actg rol too), Mark Gatiss and, of urse, John Barrowman.

IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CALLUM EASTENRS GAY REAL LIFE?

I expected have ls openly gay actors here and our society and culture is more nservative many rpects than the US. I know he is a Sttish actor but he is gay, no?

The straight world has always prumed gayns when a man di of AIDS, but there have been prumably straight nuns who sickened and died after blood transfns back when the blood supply wasn't screened properly, remember? Were they gay men drag habs, maybe?

Peter O'Toole was not gay. Genuely GAY Brish actors of past and Bogar Charl Gray Tim Curry Peter Wyngar Richard Chamberla Sir John Gielgud Ian Charlon Harry Andrews Gordon Jackson Christopher Biggs Edward Hibbert Graham Chapman Ian Charlon John Inmanby Anonymoreply 35October 12, 2015 2:26 PM. Peter O'Toole was gayer than a prit's piic I suppose TECHNICALLY you might ll some of those men bisexual solely based on the fact they married women and might ocsnally stick their penis their wiv, but for most tents and purpos they were flamg pole Anonymoreply 38October 14, 2015 6:50 AM.