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Contents:
- DAN BROCKLEBANK ‘HONOURED’ BY CORONATN STREET’S FIRST EVER SUCCSFUL GAY WEDDG
- CORONATN STREET’S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SHAR TAILS OF SOAP’S FIRST GAY WEDDG STORYLE: ‘I’M HONOURED’
- CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
- CORONATN STREET: 'FOOTBALL IS READY TO HAVE A GAY PLAYER'
- CORONATN STREET'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE CHANGG NVERSATN ON HOMOPHOBIA
- CORONATN STREET ACTOR ANTONY COTTON RECEIVED YEARS ABE OM GAY MUNY FOR 'MP' CHARACTER SEAN TULLY
DAN BROCKLEBANK ‘HONOURED’ BY CORONATN STREET’S FIRST EVER SUCCSFUL GAY WEDDG
Coronatn Street actor Daniel Brocklebank, 41, is bt known for his role as Weatherfield's first gay vir, tryg to rebuild his life after a dark past of crime but he's ma headl off screen too * who is the gay guy in coronation street *
Todd Grimshaw was a nfed teen when he filmed Coronatn Street’s first ever gay kiss. Todd beme the show’s first regular gay character and his g out storyle was creded wh brgg the show to the 21st century. Had they got married however, would have end disaster bee Ted was gay.
Marc was gay then straight then gay aga (Cred: YouTube/ITV). Marc then started a relatnship wh Maria Connor, but Todd Grimshaw was termed to prove Marc was still gay and sced him. Coronatn Street actor Daniel Brocklebank, 41, is bt known for his role as Weatherfield's first gay vir, tryg to rebuild his life after a dark past of crime but he's ma headl off screen tooVio LoadgVio UnavailableKate Garraway Acc Corrie Star Daniel Brocklebank Of Lettg Slip About StoryleCorrie's loveable but troubled Billy Mayhew ma history on the bbl 2014 when he beme the soap's first gay vir.
" The hunk who won Mr Gay World and was twice crowned champ of Mr Gay UK seemed equally fatuated wh Daniel and upload a snap of the pair. ” Homophobic abe onle After Corrie boss wrote a heart warmg gay adoptn storyle for Daniel's character, Billy Mayhew, the veteran actor spoke out about his fear of a backlash. Openg up about his experience sce g out as gay when he was 18, he said: “Bee I’ve been out profsnally sce I was 18, I’ve been aware that I was overlooked for rol bee producers knew I was gay, and I’ve had to put up wh homophobic abe on social media.
CORONATN STREET’S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SHAR TAILS OF SOAP’S FIRST GAY WEDDG STORYLE: ‘I’M HONOURED’
* who is the gay guy in coronation street *
" He also reflected on some harrowg experienc growg up knowg he was gay the eighti.
Dog-lover Daniel said was tough growg up knowg he was gay the 80s.
He said: "When I was growg up, the legal age of nsent was still 21 and was illegal for teachers to discs homosexualy schools. "I lived a ral area, there was no ter and there were no gay role mols on TV.
CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
Coronatn Street's plot about gay footballer Jam has been praised for challengg stereotyp. * who is the gay guy in coronation street *
"It was the 1980s – all you read was gays were spreadg Aids and gays were paedophil. Now, he hop by playg a gay character on a prime time soap, he n speak to children om the LGBT+ muny who might be lookg for role mols. "When I was 14 I thought I was maybe the only person the world who was gay.
Coronatn Street is gearg up for s first succsful on-screen gay marriage, as a storyle wh a tragic twist between uple Billy Mayhew and Pl Foreman.
“I mean, obvly there’s been long nng gay characters the show, prr to Billy wh Todd and Sean and also Sophie. Former Coronatn Street actor Charlie Condou has weled the number of gay characters on the actor, 44, ma a dramatic ex om the show when his midwife character Marc Dent fell love wh Todd Grimshaw, played by Bno Langley, three years ago.
CORONATN STREET: 'FOOTBALL IS READY TO HAVE A GAY PLAYER'
Charlie Condou (Ian Wt/PA)Asked by Good Morng Bra -host Piers Man about havg five gay characters on the show, Charlie said: “A few years ago even, there would have only been your token gay character, jt like there was probably your token black character and I thk we have moved on om that.
“There have always been gay parents, but people tend to be more open about the days.
Image source, ITVCoronatn Street has been praised for s "really powerful" storyle about gay footballer Jam plot se Jam balance beg gay wh sportg ambns after g out to his all to a head this week, when mours about Jam's sexualy spread on social media, forcg his club to nont him about how he'll chary Stonewall tells Rad 1 Newsbeat hop the storyle will help "movg natnal nversatns on" about beg a gay man actor Nathan Graham, who plays Jam, says he hop the story might enurage young viewers who are LGBT and volved football to e out. "Image source, ITVImage ptn, Jam is approached by a journalist who threatens to out him, after personal rmatn is shared onleNathan's not part of the LGBT muny, but says he's "honoured and grateful" to have the chance to share this story wh Coronatn Street's Jam's storyle has unfold, viewers have seen him clash wh his dad Ed about his views on homosexualy and get to a relatnship wh another Corrie character, storyle certaly hasn't changed anythg yet - there are currently no profsnal footballers the UK who are openly has been praised by LGBT people who work sport like Craig Bratt, who's 22 and works the media team for Exeter source, Craig BrattImage ptn, A Crawley Town fan who sent abe to Craig onle was banned om the club for what he said"I thk 'll have a massive impact bee is a real issue that's affectg society, " Craig tells Newsbeat.
CORONATN STREET'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE CHANGG NVERSATN ON HOMOPHOBIA
"If there was that sort of character back then - pecially someone who was to sport and played football - would have ma thgs so much easier for me as a 15 or 16-year-old g out to my grew up a Crawley Town fan, and experienced homophobia directed at players while he was on the heard fans llg footballers "pansy", "fairy" and other more offensive words. 'This hasn't happened for 30 years'Bee there are no out gay players UK football, to prepare for the storyle on Corrie, Nathan met wh gby league player Keegan Hirst (who me out as gay 2015) to fd out about his experienc profsnal sport.
CORONATN STREET ACTOR ANTONY COTTON RECEIVED YEARS ABE OM GAY MUNY FOR 'MP' CHARACTER SEAN TULLY
"If wasn't an issue, then I'd like to thk there would be some openly gay footballers out there the world right now. "Nathan's talkg about Jt Fashanu, who was the first male English profsnal football player to e out as gay while still playg, back 1990. "'No player wants to e out first'Craig says he believ "football is ready" for a player to e out as gay, but says he don't thk that'll happen anytime soon.
"No-one will really re and media will thk 'we don't need to n the gay football story anymore, bee we've already been there'.