Sir Ian McKellen has opened up about his upbrgg as "the only gay boy" his hometown of Bolton.
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- IAN MCKELLEN EXPLAS WHAT WAS LIKE GROWG UP AS ‘THE ONLY GAY BOY’ HIS HOME TOWN
- LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
- 100+ GAYBORHOODS, GAY VILLAG, AND GAYTN DTATNS THE USA
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE: WE MT CHALLENGE METERONORMATIVY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- RABOW FLAGS STILL FLY RALEIGH'S 'GAYBORHOOD' S LATER
IAN MCKELLEN EXPLAS WHAT WAS LIKE GROWG UP AS ‘THE ONLY GAY BOY’ HIS HOME TOWN
* the only gay in town *
Sir Ian McKellen has opened up about his upbrgg as “the only gay boy” his hometown.
LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
The edian and actor says the 'only gay the village' character Dafydd Thomas was meant as entertament, not as a tool for bullyg. * the only gay in town *
“Anyone feelg like that should watch the 2022 Pri para pass by and see the thoands of gay Boltonians and their iends, at ease wh themselv, brgg a special joy to their hometown, ” he add.
100+ GAYBORHOODS, GAY VILLAG, AND GAYTN DTATNS THE USA
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“I never talked to [my father] about beg gay, ” he said. McKellen now spends a lot of his time gog to schools across the untry, cludg Bolton School, givg talks on what was like to grow up when beg gay was illegal. “I tell them, ‘I’m not gog to talk about that, to beg wh, I’m gog to talk about beg gay’… When I tell them that when I was their age was illegal for gay men to make love to each other, they simply nnot believe .
Usg the slogan “love Bolton, hate homophobia, ” the first Pri para was a major succs.
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.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
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‘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
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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.
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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
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