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- OLLY ALEXANR: GROWG UP GAY
- OLLY ALEXANR SET TO BE NEW DOCTOR WHO AS FIRST GAY ACTOR TO PLAY TIME LORD
- OLLY ALEXANR WIKI, BOYIEND, PARTNER, GAY, FAY, SKS, HEIGHT
- YEARS & YEARS' NEW SONG CELEBRAT THE "BLSG" OF BEG GAY
- 'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
OLLY ALEXANR: GROWG UP GAY
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Oktar Yalk for The New York TimLike the character he plays “It’s a S, ” the actor and sger stggled wh beg gay. 20, 2021LONDON — When Olly Alexanr burst to tears shootg a scene of “It’s a S, ” no one was very the show, which me to HBO Max on Thursday and follows a group of iends embracg the gay culture of ’80s London unr the shadow of AIDS, was emotnal for many of the st and crew — and Alexanr is as fortable showg his vulnerabili as the character he plays, Rchie, is at flectg them. ” Peter Hoar, the director of “It’s a S, ” psed scene qutn, which after Rchie and his iends are arrted prottg the Brish ernment’s actn on AIDS, is one of many the show that explore how the epimic vastated gay men’s we meet Rchie, he is an impishly nfint but naïve 18-year-old who has jt moved to London, wh dreams of beg an actor.
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OLLY ALEXANR WIKI, BOYIEND, PARTNER, GAY, FAY, SKS, HEIGHT
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YEARS & YEARS' NEW SONG CELEBRAT THE "BLSG" OF BEG GAY
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'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
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BBC Three - Olly Alexanr: Growg Up Gay. In this eye-openg film, young pop culture in Olly Alexanr explor why the gay muny is more vulnerable to mental health issu, as he opens up about his own long-term battl wh prsn.