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• BBC EASTENRS FANS MAND A 'GAY FAY WH REGULAR PROBLEMS' AS EVERY LGBTQ+ CHARACTER HAS 'THE SAME STORYLE'FANS OF THE SHOW WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DIFFERENT STORYL GIVEN TO S LGBTQ+ CHARACTERSGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYELLEN JENNESENR WHAT'S ON, SHOWBIZ AND TV WRER11:56, 4 MAY 2022UPDATED12:28, 4 MAY 2022BOOKMARKEASTENRS FANS SAY THEY WANT TO SEE LGBTQ+ FAI WH 'REGULAR PROBLEMS' (IMAGE: BBC/KIERON MCCARRON/JACK BARN)GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSMORE 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 GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSINVALID 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!
• 'EASTENRS' ACTOR REVEALS HE IS GAY
• EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL TO E OUT AS GAY
• GROUNDBREAKG TV GAY CHARACTERS COL AND BARRY RNE  EASTENRS AFTER 33 YEARS
• 'EASTENRS' CHARACTER TO E OUT AS GAY
• HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL
• EE - SOAP CHARACTERS THAT ARE GAY REAL LIFE
• EASTENRS: MLIM CHARACTER TO HAVE GAY LOVE AFFAIR
• EASTENRS: THIRD GAY CHARACTER ALBERT SQUARE, AS BEN MCHELL REVEALS SEXUALY

BBC EASTENRS FANS MAND A 'GAY FAY WH REGULAR PROBLEMS' AS EVERY LGBTQ+ CHARACTER HAS 'THE SAME STORYLE'FANS OF THE SHOW WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DIFFERENT STORYL GIVEN TO S LGBTQ+ CHARACTERSGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYELLEN JENNESENR WHAT'S ON, SHOWBIZ AND TV WRER11:56, 4 MAY 2022UPDATED12:28, 4 MAY 2022BOOKMARKEASTENRS FANS SAY THEY WANT TO SEE LGBTQ+ FAI WH 'REGULAR PROBLEMS' (IMAGE: BBC/KIERON MCCARRON/JACK BARN)GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSMORE 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 GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSINVALID 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!

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.

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.

'EASTENRS' ACTOR REVEALS HE IS GAY

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. 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).

EASTENRS' BEN MCHELL TO E OUT AS GAY

Later he admted to her that he was gay and began a relatnship wh Ben. She soon began to realise she was gay and had feelgs for her bt iend Sian Powers. Later Paddy disvered Aaron vised a gay bar and when he asked him about his sexualy, Aaron attacked him.

In urt Aaron admted he was gay.

GROUNDBREAKG TV GAY CHARACTERS COL AND BARRY RNE  EASTENRS AFTER 33 YEARS

He first appeared 2008 and at the time actor, John Partridge, told Daily Star: “It’s about time EastEnrs had a gay character the show. Christian, like me, is an openly proud gay man and he is certaly gog to ffle a few feathers when he arriv. On the day of Syed and Amira’s weddg, which was a huge episo, Syed admted to Christian that he is gay.

He later gave advice to Ben Mchell when he nfid him that he is gay. Sean is openly gay (Cred: ITV).

'EASTENRS' CHARACTER TO E OUT AS GAY

Antony, like his character Sean, is openly gay and when Sean first appeared he was out and proud. The character Ben is gay (Cred: BBC).

In 2011, Ben me out as gay, however at first Phil didn’t accept this. However when the two men went on a night out, they were both btally beaten up a homophobic attack.

HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL

Vansa is played by actrs Michelle Hardwick, who is openly gay.

EastEnrs aired the first ever gay kiss a soap 1989.

EE - SOAP CHARACTERS THAT ARE GAY REAL LIFE

Prev LGBTQ+ storyl on EastEnrs have clud the very first gay kiss on a Brish soap, shared between characters Col Rsell and Guido Smh (played by Michael Cashman and Nicholas Donovan, rpectively) 1989. The homosexual love scene between yuppie poofs was screened the early eveng when lns of children were watchg.

” The article also tailed how “homosexual actor” Michal Cashman lived wh his “real-life boyiend”.

” Piers told PkNews: “I’m ashamed of some of the appropriate language I ed The Sun 30 years ago about gay stars. EastEnrs actor Jake Maskall has revealed that he is gay and has a boyiend. 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.

EASTENRS: MLIM CHARACTER TO HAVE GAY LOVE AFFAIR

This is a list of soap opera characters who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr, and the live actn televisn and rad soap operas which feature them. "So far not much is known about Kyle but EastEnrs' wrers say he'll have his secrets and get a big storyle at the end of this ptn, Mark Fowler, played by Todd Carty, told his on-screen parents, Ple and Arthur, he was HIV-posive on Boxg Day 1991The show's executive producer, Domic Treadwell-Colls, believ EastEnrs is well-known for phg boundari wh stori cludg Mark Fowler ntractg HIV and Col and Barry's first gay kiss. "Image ptn, Michael Cashman as Col Rsell and Gary Hail as Barry Clark 1987 - their on-screen relatnship led to the first gay kiss on primetime TVIt's not the first transgenr character a Brish soap, that was Hayley Coronatn Street.

Beg trans is like beg gay was the late 90s - 's a ol thg, so people are sayg, 'Let's go and do this as a storyle'. Almost 25 years after EastEnrs broke a TV taboo by screeng the first homosexual kiss a Brish soap, BBC producers are planng to troduce a third gay character to Walford to ph the boundari a ltle further – and add dramatic tensn – they have cid the new gay character will be part of the square's rint crimal fay, the guy Phil Mchell will learn his son is gay after the teenager is spotted a clch wh another boy. The scen, filmed earlier this week, will show Ben Mchell, played by Joshua Pase, kissg EastEnrs character Dunn, although will be many months before his father, who is stgglg wh a former crack e hab, fds regular fans will e no surprise, as Ben was a source of nstant disappotment to his dad, chewg pastim like football and boxg for dancg and Wt End mils as a young "g out" three years after EastEnrs drew more than 100 plats for screeng a gay kiss volvg one of s two ma gay characters, Christian Clarke, and 24 years after Col Rsell, played by actor Michael Cashman, planted a kiss on his young boyiend's 1987, was a highly ntroversial storyle bee gay characters were rarely portrayed as part of normal everyday life TV dramas.

EASTENRS: THIRD GAY CHARACTER ALBERT SQUARE, AS BEN MCHELL REVEALS SEXUALY

And took another eight years before another homosexual taboo was broken by Channel 4's Brooksi wh the first lbian kiss a Brish soap, an event that tapulted actrs Anna Friel to, soap fans are more acctomed to gay characters – there have been 15 EastEnrs s 26-year history.

But three years ago the BBC1 soap went one step further when troduced s first Mlim gay character, tablishg a long-nng storyle signed to tackle latt storyle is also a perfect foundatn for years of dramatic nflict. Ben – whose screen mother was Kath Mchell – has ltle mon wh his father, played by long-servg EastEnrs actor Steve McFadn, and his g out will no doubt tt the filial relatnship to the Kirkwood, EastEnrs' executive producer, said: "For EastEnrs viewers, was never a qutn of if, but more like when Ben Mchell was gog to e out as gay. "To see a man like Phil learn to al wh, and ultimately accept, his gay son, is a valid story for a drama like EastEnrs to embark on.

BBCRelated: EastEnrs reveals the oute of Whney Dean and Callum Highway's weddgThe BBC soap has been workg to crease LGBTQ+ clivy on the show, havg recently troduced Walford's first gay bar. "We're lookg at openg a gay bar on the Square which will be a super-ol precct where gay and straight characters n all jt hang out.