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- 10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG
- BILLY CRYSTAL PORTRAYED FIRST OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER ON TV — SI THE 'SOAP' STORY
10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG
10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars * gay soap opera characters *
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BILLY CRYSTAL PORTRAYED FIRST OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER ON TV — SI THE 'SOAP' STORY
Jo Soaps as we pay tribute to the out-and-proud gay primetime TV stars and daytime actors. * gay soap opera characters *
Other shows the first of the 21st century troduced gay characters, wh mixed rults. On “General Hospal, ” Lus Jon (then played by Ben Hogtyn), the adopted son of Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) and Tony Jon (Brad Mle) me out as gay, but he didn’t get much romance before he was wrten off the show 2006; the character returned to the nvas played by Ryan Carn 2013.
* gay soap opera characters *
“As the World Turns” wrote Le Snyr (Van Hansis) as gay.