The Village People's Randy Jon Speaks On Gay Marriage

Contents:

• LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
• THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S RANDY JON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI

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.

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THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S RANDY JON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Galsky: Randy there is so much panic and threat and disuragg speech around the gay marriage issue, what are your thoughts about if ‘THEY e to take gay marriage away’?

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THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI

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