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Contents:

• LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
• THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE: WE MT CHALLENGE METERONORMATIVY
• I AM THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE; (BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER).

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.

‘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.

THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE: WE MT CHALLENGE METERONORMATIVY

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

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

Daffyd: I am the only gay the village. 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.