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Contents:

• HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL
• EASTENRS AT 35 - COL AND BARRY AND THE FIRST GAY KISS SOAP
• LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
• GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
• SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
• EASTENRS’ HISTORIC FIRST GAY KISS TO BE BROADST AS PART OF BBC FOUR’S PRI SEASON
• WATCH: 10 GAY MEN KISS FOR THE FIRST TIME
• 25 UNFETTABLE GAY TV KISS

HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL

The arrival of two gay characters  EastEnrs  1987 (one played by Stonewall founr Michael Cashman) prompted the headle EastBenrs  The Sun.

EASTENRS AT 35 - COL AND BARRY AND THE FIRST GAY KISS SOAP

In 1985, he had been approached by the creators of EastEnrs, Julia Smh and Tony Holland, to play Col Rsell – the Brish soap’s first gay character. The News of the World ran a double-page spread, headled “Secret Gay Love of Aids Sre EastEnr”, which outed his partner and prted the uple’s photos and was even an attempt to orchtrate “sister” stori about him.

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LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO

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GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY

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SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH

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EASTENRS’ HISTORIC FIRST GAY KISS TO BE BROADST AS PART OF BBC FOUR’S PRI SEASON

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WATCH: 10 GAY MEN KISS FOR THE FIRST TIME

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25 UNFETTABLE GAY TV KISS

Connor and Oliver are the clear power gay uple, but was revealed that Annalise Keatg is attracted to both sex and has a stunng ex-girliend (Famke Jansen) to To Get Away Wh MurrIt's an absolute necsy to clu law stunt, Connor (Jack Falahee), and his boyiend, Oliver (Conrad Rimora) on this list. EmpireAlthough there isn't any vio footage available of the gay kiss between Jamal Lyon (Jsie Smollett), Empire's heir, and his boyiend Michael (Rafael la Fuente), the picture explas all. Memorable LGBTQ moments EastEnrs historyEastEnrs has been on our screens for more than 35 years – that time, the Walford-based soap has bee one of Bra’s most inic TV s but 1985, EastEnrs has never shied away om hard-htg storyl and has been at the foreont of LGBTQ reprentatn on Bize tak a look at some of the most memorable LGBTQ moments om the BBC One show’s gay kiss on a Brish soapCol Rsell was the first gay character on EastEnrs, appearg Albert Square jt over a year after the show’s first by Michael Cashman, there was ntroversy at the time when Col kissed boyiend Barry Clark (Gary Hail) 1987 – even though was jt a peck on the (Michael Cashman) and Barry (Gary Hall) were EastEnrs' first gay years later, Col and new character Guido Smh (Nicholas Donovan) shared the first mouth-to-mouth kiss on a Brish soap – an timated 17 ln people tuned to watch the uple’s beme one of the most ground-breakg scen soap history – but was emed so ntroversial that some MPs lled for the soap to be pulled om the air.