The Only Gay the Village: We Mt Challenge Meteronormativy - BRICKS Magaze

Contents:

• LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
• ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE? EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAYS AND LBIANS RAL SLOVENIA
• THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE: WE MT CHALLENGE METERONORMATIVY
• GAY VILLAGE
• GAY UPL AT HOME THE VILLAG

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.

ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

‘But people were labelled ‘the only gay the village’ at school. It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad. Sce the show end 2005, the sketch has gaed a lot of cricism for s ls than plimentary portrayal of gay men.

The character is emed offensive by many (Picture: BBC)‘I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever, ’ the 45-year-old told the podst. Commted 'homosexualist' Daffyd liv the Welsh town of Llandwi Brefi.

THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE? EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAYS AND LBIANS RAL SLOVENIA

Proud to be gay, Daffyd flnts his sexualy a variety of bber outfs, to the villagers' plete difference. He ref to accept he's not the only 'gayer' the village, and is outraged when fellow gays trpass on his patch.

VIDEO: Daffyd's 'Gay Night' (Warng: some words) ».

I'm sorry Myfanwy, but the Llanwi Breffi Amatr Dramatics Society is pletely homophobist.

THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE: WE MT CHALLENGE METERONORMATIVY

Homosexual. Daffyd hails om the fictnal mg village of Llanwi Breffi, Wal, (not to be nfed wh the real life village of Llandwi Breffi, Wal) where he repeatedly and falsely claims to be the villag sole gay rint. Dafydd, of urse, lik to put emphasis on his homosexualy and will brg up at any opportuny.

Dpe this, Dafydd do not like to socialise wh gay people, don't tch on when people are gay or get volved homosexual activi.

Dafydd equently lik to portray himself as a victim of society, actg as if he is livg an age where gay people are not tolerated. Whenever anyone tri to teract wh him Dafydd will act as if the nocent people ma a homophobic remark about him.

GAY VILLAGE

Homosexualy seems to n the Thomas fay, wh many of his fay members nfirmed as beg gay.

Although Daffyd's fay are perfectly fe and acceptg of their sons homosexualy, even they are not immune om Daffyd's lns or his biased and hypocril opns. He was therefore taken aback when his parents not only said they weren't fsed by , but admted that they had spected he was homosexual for some time.

GAY UPL AT HOME THE VILLAG

He left the room shocked horror however, when his mother and father dited that the rt of the fay wouldn't be bothered eher, given that most (if not all of them) were gay as well. Later on, when his brother Dewi admted that he was gay as well, Daffyd, far om beg unrstandg or acceptg was shocked and disgted.

He orred Dew not to be gay and even tried to nvce him to be bisexual and when Dewi (wh the backg of Myfanwy and Pedro) refed, Daffyd rejected him.

Daffyd however, claimed that whilst he would really like to do all of the thgs, he would not be able to do so, due to his homosexualy.