Years and Years star Rsell Tovey says there's been a huge shift how gay characters are wrten on televisn an terview w Metro.
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YEARS & YEARS OLLY ALEXANR VOWS TO NTUE TO BE ‘VERY GAY’ AS HE SOPS LGBT AWARD
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