The BBC recently did a study on the portrayals of LGBT characters TV, and me to the ncln that such rol need to be diversified beyond simple "gay" storyl. Much praise went to Doctor Who, which has always been extremely astoundg when to treatg LGBT characters as,...
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- DOCTOR WHO GETS FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
- DOCTOR WHO: IS THE DOCTOR GAY, STRAIGHT, BI OR NONE OF THE ABOVE?
- CAPTA JACK HARKNS X REAR. GAY BT IEND.
- ‘DOCTOR WHO’ GETS FIRST GAY PANN AS SEASON 10 LNCH ON APRIL 15
- ‘VERY GAY, VERY TRANS’: THE CREDIBLE DOCTOR WHO SP-OFF THAT’S BREATHG NEW LIFE TO THE ANCHISE
DOCTOR WHO GETS FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
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As an ongog pictn of LGBT people mastream Brish televisn, the character beme a role mol for gay young people the UK.
In the media, Jack is scribed as the "first openly gay pann". [3] The ordars wh which Jack's orientatn is regard wh Doctor Who embodi part of a polil statement about changg societal views of homosexualy.
DOCTOR WHO: IS THE DOCTOR GAY, STRAIGHT, BI OR NONE OF THE ABOVE?
Rears of, a gay mens' webse, voted Jack the tenth bt gay or bisexual televisn character of all time, the poll self ultimately beg won by Queer as Folk character Brian Kney (also the product of Rsell T Davi). [83] Amongst science fictn characters, Jack also topped another AfterElton ndown of top characters, beatg Hellblazer's John Constante for the top spot, mentg upon Jack's reprentatn of a "'post-gay' approach to sexual them" and awardg him a full 10/10 for cultural signifince. (DOC: LGBTQ In The Worlds Of Doctor Who) Ined, the show began before homosexualy was crimalised England & Wal 1967[4], and Stland 1980.
Wrer Ian Briggs revealed many years after the productn of The Curse of Fenric that the story's Dr Judson was tend to be — like the man he was based on, Alan Turg — stgglg wh his homosexualy, but this was ultimately cut as 1988, was still not generally nsired appropriate to discs such topics a fay programme. ], would then see the first unambiguo gay reprentatn. Rsell T Davi' novel Damaged Goods 1996 then put signifint foc on Brish gay culture of the 1980s, wh the Doctor's pann Chris Cwej gog to a club.
CAPTA JACK HARKNS X REAR. GAY BT IEND.
From then on, the programme — not to mentn s more adult-orientated sp-off, Torchwood, wh Jack the lead — ntaed many referenc to var sexual orientatns, and monstrated the evolutn of views towards homosexualy humany's future. Steven Andrew, then Head of Drama and Acquisns for CBBC, also requted that Davi put a gay character The Sarah Jane Adventur, an attempt to troduce a "normal" gay teenager to children's televisn.
‘DOCTOR WHO’ GETS FIRST GAY PANN AS SEASON 10 LNCH ON APRIL 15
Beyond televisn, 2011 brought the First Doctor a gay male pann om the 1960s, Oliver Harper. He was ashamed and aaid to reveal his sexualy to them, fear of gettg kicked out of the TARDIS, as homosexualy was crimalised his time, but the Doctor assur him that this persecutn was "society's crime", and not Oliver's.
Featured as a teenager durg the late 1960s his but, The Fotten Son, is dited that he was unable to be open about beg gay out of fear of how people would react. Sectn 28, a piece of legislatn effectively banng the "promotn of homosexualy" classrooms, was troduced the UK 1988 – which was also the year we saw Coal Hill School for the fal time the origal n of Doctor Who. [1] Though neher character would utilise any specific terms the episos of the TV show to scribe their specific sexualy, Mattsz would scribe himself as gay Now You Know...
‘VERY GAY, VERY TRANS’: THE CREDIBLE DOCTOR WHO SP-OFF THAT’S BREATHG NEW LIFE TO THE ANCHISE
- a 2018 d story that would also touch upon the impact of homophobic bullyg to Mattsz's school life.
2017 saw the but of televised Doctor Who's first openly gay full-time pann, Bill Potts.