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- OLLY ALEXANR SET TO BE NEW DOCTOR WHO AS FIRST GAY ACTOR TO PLAY TIME LORD
- OLLY ALEXANR IS LEANG INTO THE GAY THG
- 'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
- SOMEONE LABELLED YEARS & YEARS' MIC AS "GAY" AND EVERYONE JT CLAPPED BACK
OLLY ALEXANR SET TO BE NEW DOCTOR WHO AS FIRST GAY ACTOR TO PLAY TIME LORD
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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 IS LEANG INTO THE GAY THG
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'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
* olly is gay *
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SOMEONE LABELLED YEARS & YEARS' MIC AS "GAY" AND EVERYONE JT CLAPPED BACK
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