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The Welsh weatherman talks about growg up as a young gay man the small town of Ammanford.

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DPE THE OCSNAL LD ONT, 'S BEEN NOTHG BUT SUNNY DAYS FOR WEATHERMAN OWA SCE G OUTOWA WYN EVANS FEARED HIS FAY WOULD DISOWN HIM WHEN HE TOLD THEM HE WAS GAY. NOW HE'S HAPPIER THAN EVER AND HOPG TO GET MARRIED TO PARTNER ARRAN WH ALL HIS LOVED ON AROUND HIMWALONLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYJAM MCCARTHY20:00, 27 DEC 2014UPDATED20:39, 27 DEC 2014BOOKMARKBBC WEATHER PRENTER OWA WYN EVANS (RIGHT) WH PARTNER ARRAN REWANT THE BT FOOD, FILM, MIC, ARTS AND CULTURE NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT THE BT FOOD, FILM, MIC, ARTS AND CULTURE NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX?INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Owa Wyn Evans feared his fay would disown him when he told them he was gay. Now he's happier than ever and hopg to get married to partner Arran wh all his loved on around him * gay welsh weatherman *

BBC weatherman Owa Wyn Evans says he felt like he 'had to go back to the closet' and keep his sexualy a 'big secret' for his first TV job as a children's prenterOwa Wyn Evans said that he had to 'go back to the closet' for his first TV jobHe was employed as a children's TV prenter for BBC Wal at the age of 18 Owa, 36, said he didn't feel 'fortable' beg himself the 'high profile job'The prenter also spoke about g out as gay Ammanford, South Wal Updated: 21:05 BST, 22 Febary 2021. BBC weatherman Owa Wyn Evans has revealed that he felt like he 'had to go back to the closet' after securg his first TV prentg job at the age of 18 for BBC prenter, 36, om Ammanford, South Wal, said he didn't feel 'fortable' beg himself when gettg a job as a children's host for the broadster after leavg admted that he had already e out as gay to his parents and iends, but felt he had to 'go back to the closet' after securg such a 'high profile job' on Welsh language children's news show Ffeil.

' Owa also spoke about the challeng of beg born 1984, durg the AIDS crisis, and there beg 'no posive role mols' for LGBTQ+ dividuals at the admted that he also felt like 'the only gay the village' while growg up Ammanford, a former al mg town  Carmarthenshire, Wal.

Owa admted that he had already e out as gay to his parents and iends, but felt he had to 'go back to the closet' after securg such a 'high profile job' on Ffeil (above) The journalist (pictured), om Ammanford, South Wal, said he stopped talkg about his sexualy and was a 'big secret' until he felt fortable to e out for a send timeOwa said: 'I knew om a young age that I was gay and one of the problems was, my md anyway, that didn't f wh all of the thgs that I had been brought up around. 'So was a b of an ternal stggle thkg "what is gay? Am I gay?

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In Ammanford, I was que lerally "the only gay the village", or so I felt.

'Speakg about his experience of g out, Owa said his three bt iends 'didn't re', while his parents, who he has a 'great' relatnship wh, found 'difficult' but were 'willg to learn' said although thgs are 'easier' and 'better' now for LGBTQ+ people, he add that we are still not 'there yet', admtg that he still receiv homophobic msag ntued: 'I still get homophobic msag sent on Twter or whatever, bee of the way I prent the weather, I'm uber flamboyant or whatever.

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'Until Queer As Folk the only gay people I had seen on TV were people beg ma fun of' * gay welsh weatherman *

“The first person I told (about beg gay) was my iend Sam, ” he said.

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” Rhys even took him gay clubbg Swansea. ” Owa said he always knew he was gay: “But I started thkg about , as ‘I really like boys not girls’ when I was about 12.

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An openly gay Tw Ci weatherman broke his silence Tuday after beg fired last week for sharg a post that was cril of gun-totg, right-wg, * gay welsh weatherman *

” The sexually explic show by former Doctor Who boss Rsell T Davi tailed the liv of three gay men on Manchter’s Canal Street.

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Inic Co Chanel sus, Givenchy drs, Christian Dr stilettos and a Vivienne Wtwood turban are among the signer garments and accsori owned and worn by Brisbane mol, the late Gay Welch, who is nsired one of Atralia’s first "supermols". * gay welsh weatherman *

“The way (beg gay) is portrayed the media is better today. “There are flagship TV shows wh gay characters and gay storyl, and people are willg to do terviews beg totally open about . “There are always gog to be homophobic people this world.

“So I get the odd tweet that is a b homophobic. I’ve been lled thgs on Twter and there have been general thgs like, ‘Who is this gay guy, he’s as mp as t***.

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“There were plac I uld go and bars I uld vis, and I was makg iends who were gay as well.

But back then was easier to be a gay person livg a cy like Cardiff. ” Owa advised gay youngsters to “speak to someone they tst.

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@LeonjWard UK Young Ambassador Settled Cardiff via London and his hometown of Grimsby, he went on BBC'S Newsbeat programme to argue agast the UK's first school for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Manchter. There should also be a more wholome approach to sex tn wh teachers openly talkg about gay, straight and bisexual sex. @PlBurston Wrer and mentator His books clu the crilly-acclaimed novels Shamels, Star People Lovers & Losers and The Gay Divorcee.

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