Daffyd: I am the only gay the village

Contents:

• LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
• THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI
• THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE: WE MT CHALLENGE METERONORMATIVY
• MATT LUS FENDS 'ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE' SK
• I AM THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE; (BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER).
• ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE MEME GENERATOR
• I AM THE ONLY GAY IN THE VILLAGE CROSSWORD CLUE
• THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE? EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAYS AND LBIANS RAL SLOVENIA

LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE

Matt says the character was meant to be a ‘celebratn’ of gay people (Picture: Rex Featur, BBC)Comedian and actor Matt Lus has spoken out about his ntroversial Ltle Bra character Dafydd Thomas, better known as ‘the only gay the village’. Matt said he knows the character has been ed as a tool to bully young gay people, but sists that was not the show’s tentn.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI

‘I have had people who had ‘you are the only gay the village’ said to them and to was meant to be a celebratn, ’ he told Richard Herrg’s RHLSTP podst. ‘But people were labelled ‘the only gay the village’ at school. It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad.

Sce the show end 2005, the sketch has gaed a lot of cricism for s ls than plimentary portrayal of gay men.

THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE: WE MT CHALLENGE METERONORMATIVY

The character is emed offensive by many (Picture: BBC)‘I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever, ’ the 45-year-old told the podst. This article origally appeared on VICE her childhood, ep the hills of ral Shropshire, the gay postman om my mother's village hanged himself.

This was the 50s, when homosexualy was still illegal; when love had to be hidn behd the sexls screen of a sham marriage and the shame of your heart's sire end up tied around your throat like a, you may thk, has changed. While shows like Cucumber celebrate the world of urban gay culture (although 's taken long enough for a gay televisn program to e along aga), the liv of young LGBT farmers, herdsman, gamekeepers, and shop owners seem as silent as a stillborn lamb.

Oh sure, The Archers has one gay uple. But young, sexually-active, amb gay people livg the untrysi? "We have always had lbian, gay, bisexual, and trans members on the webse sce we lnched 2007, " says Heather Brown, om the datg webse Muddy Match.

MATT LUS FENDS 'ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE' SK

"At the moment, we have almost three tim as many gay and bisexual men than we do lbian or bisexual women. 7 percent of women intified as gay or bisexual. "I grew up a ltle village Shropshire on the si of a hill, surround by fields, wh no street lights or tarmac, " says Josh, a young gay man I spoke to via email.

I AM THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE; (BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER).

Not only was there no one I uld theoretilly date but there was also no one I uld really talk to about datg or beg gay. "While homosexualy isn't a purely urban phenomenon, nor is homophobia a purely ral problem. "There's this belief that big smopolan ci have the least prejudice to race and sexualy, " says a young gay mother who recently moved back to the Cumbrian village where she was raised.

When we were livg Newstle and workg for the ernment we enuntered a lot more homophobia, pecially when my wife stggled to get paterny leave for the birth of our first child. "At school I always had girliends—I thk that's bee I love beg around women—but I only had my first gay relatnship when I moved to Manchter.

Enough to support the next generatn of gay vets, beaters, u pickers, and farmers. Out of the 10 lol thori wh the hight relative lbian, gay, and bisexual populatns the UK, six are loted central London. “I did go to one group that was a lbian, gay, and bisexual group anised by a youth worker”, says Tiiva, a non-bary mcian who grew up the Lake District and is now based London.

ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE MEME GENERATOR

“I didn’t even know gay bars properly existed apart om movi and TV shows, while I was growg up”, says Prisha, who lived several ral villag across the UK.

“I had never been to a gay bar until I was at uni, and even then that was only bee I would e to London to vis iends. Whilst gay bars serve a functn, is important that there are a diverse range of spac available to the queer muny – both wh and outsi big ci.

Matt Lus has fend his Ltle Bra character Daffyd Thomas whose nng gag on the edy show was that he's 'the only gay the village'. Speakg on the Richard Herrg RHLSTP podst, the ic, 45, explaed that the character - who would wear bber sus, an earrg, and had bleached blon hair and overly-plucked eyebrows - was meant to be 'a celebratn' of gay people. 'I have had people who had "you are the only gay the village" said to them and to was meant to be a celebratn, ' he said.

I AM THE ONLY GAY IN THE VILLAGE CROSSWORD CLUE

Carry on mpg: Matt Lus has fend his Ltle Bra character Daffyd Thomas whose nng gag on the edy show was that he's 'the only gay the village''But people were labelled "the only gay the village" at school. 'He went on: 'I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever.

'But people were labelled "the only gay the village" at school. It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad' In fense: Speakg on the Richard Herrg RHLSTP podst, the ic, 45, explaed that the character - who would wear bber sus, an earrg, and had bleached blon hair and overly-plucked eyebrows - was meant to be 'a celebratn' of gay peopleMatt starred Ltle Bra alongsi David Walliams, pair soared to fame as a double act...

THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE? EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAYS AND LBIANS RAL SLOVENIA

Daffyd: I am the only gay the village.