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• NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
• NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE
• NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HAS ‘NO DIFFICULTY’ PLAYG GAY CHARACTER
• ‘NEIGHBOURS’ STAR MATT WILSON SPARKS BACKLASH OVER COMMENTS ABOUT GAY MEN DURG 'THE WRIGHT STUFF' INTERVIEW
• NEIGHBOURS' MATT WILSON APOLOGIS AFTER 'GAY' BACKLASH
• GAY CHARACTERS NEIGHBOURS & HOME AND AWAY.
• NEIGHBOURS GETS RNCHY WH NUDY AND FIRST GAY SEX SCENE LATE NIGHT SPECIAL
• VIEWERS EMBRACE NEIGHBOURS' GAY CHARACTER PLAYED BY NEWER JAM MASON
• 'NEIGHBOURS' STS NEW GAY CHARACTER
• NEIGHBOURS STAR DIGS HIMSELF A HOLE ‘IGNORANT’ TERVIEW ABOUT GAY CHARACTER
• NEIGHBOURS STAR RIPPED FOR SAYG GAY CHARACTER WAS WRTEN TO ACT “NORMAL”
• WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY CHARACTERS ON ASIE TV? IS TE ‘GAY DON’T RATE’? FOUR SIRS WEIGH

NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER

Neighbours star Takaya Honda has h back at clichéd qutns about playg a gay straight actor, who portrays David Tanaka the Channel 5 soap, appeared at Sydney's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras alongsi his on-screen hband Matt Wilson (Aaron Brennan), when he ma the impassned Instagram post. "We get asked, more often than I thk we should, 'What's like to play a gay character as a straight actor, do you fd difficult?

"Firstly, who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man?

NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE

The task we are given is to evoke wh the dience that feelg of love and have them believe that we are love, and that would go whether our characters were gay, straight or other.

"There is no gree of difficulty add bee the characters are gay. The actor’s character, David Tanaka, was part of Atralia’s first televised gay weddg, and Honda reflected on how the long-nng show has helped to tell the stori of those often unrreprented media. “I have been one half of, not only the first on screen gay weddg Atralian history but, I’m pretty sure, also one of the longt nng on screen gay relatnships too.

Neighbours st durg the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para (El Pics/ Getty Imag). Honda and his -star Matt Wilson saw their characters take part one of Atralian TV’s first gay weddgs 2018, wh the uple’s relatnship ntug to feature on the soap until the prent day. Neighbours star Takaya Honda, who plays David Tanaka the soap, has h back at people who ask him if he fds “difficult” to play a gay character.

NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HAS ‘NO DIFFICULTY’ PLAYG GAY CHARACTER

Takaya Honda – who ma history alongsi -star Matt Wilson last year when they picted the first gay weddg on the soap – ma the ments an Instagram post. “Who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man?

Wrg on Instagram, the actor said: “We get asked, more often than I thk we should, ‘what’s like to play a gay character as a straight actor, do you fd difficult? “Firstly, who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man?

‘Neighbours’ star Matt Wilson has sparked ntroversy over ments he ma about gay people durg an appearance on Channel 5′s ‘The Wright Stuff’ actor attracted cricism after sayg his gay character the Atralian soap, Aaron Brennan “acted straight” and “normal”. His ments me after Suzi Perry asked if he ever received any flack for takg the part over a gay actor, given he is straight himself.

‘NEIGHBOURS’ STAR MATT WILSON SPARKS BACKLASH OVER COMMENTS ABOUT GAY MEN DURG 'THE WRIGHT STUFF' INTERVIEW

“There are a lot of people who thk you should have a gay actor playg a gay character, but that’s like sayg you should get someone a wheelchair to play a character a wheelchair. — WayneDavid?️? (@WayneDavid81) June 29, 2017n't believe dumbns of Neighbours actor on #TheWrightStuff who said is good he's straight actor playg gay so gays are shown as 'normal'— Jam Leon (@JamLeon1) June 29, 2017Sloppy. I love how homosexualy is also referred to the same actg ntext as murrers and wheelchair ers ?— Michael Bell (@immichaelbell) June 30, 2017Oh god the level of ignorance this is...

NEIGHBOURS' MATT WILSON APOLOGIS AFTER 'GAY' BACKLASH

(@dontfetjam) June 29, 2017A lot of gay men start their journey 'passg' as straight, aaid to be themselv. A lot of gay actors will have this reference pot.

“Although Matt’s tentn was clearly not to offend anyone, his ments about gay or bi people are clearly problematic, ” he said. The ia that gay people are accepted only when they f some kd of ial standard set by society is que ankly offensive and potential very dangero, pecially for any young people who are already nfed about their inty and feelg unr prsure to f at school or social groups.

GAY CHARACTERS NEIGHBOURS & HOME AND AWAY.

“Of urse actors don’t have to be gay to play a gay character but havg an unrstandg of the challeng, obstacl and difficulti that still face the wir muny n only be beneficial to everyone. 'My choice of words wasn't right': Matt Wilson apologis after ntroversial remarks about his gay Neighbours character actg 'normal' and 'straight' Published: 08:49 BST, 4 July 2017 | Updated: 16:10 BST, 6 July 2017.

He plays a gay character, Aaron Brennan, on long-nng TV soap actor Matt Wilson faced a backlash after claimg his character was purposefully wrten to be a 'straight actg' an terview on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff last week, the 29-year-old said stripper Aaron was characterised to 'act straight and act normal' down for vio Controversy: Neighbours star Matt Wilson (pictured) faced a backlash after sayg on Brish televisn last week his character was purposefully wrten to be a 'straight actg' homosexualHe add: 'And when I say normal, like, he don't stand out among the crowd.

'Matt then pared his character wh the gay men US seri Morn Fay, who he scribed as 'flamboyant' and 'mp. ' The former rpenter also said there had been much discsn over whether the role should have been given to a gay actor.

NEIGHBOURS GETS RNCHY WH NUDY AND FIRST GAY SEX SCENE LATE NIGHT SPECIAL

'There are a lot of people who thk you should have a gay actor playg a gay character.

VIEWERS EMBRACE NEIGHBOURS' GAY CHARACTER PLAYED BY NEWER JAM MASON

'Many gay fans were left disappoted by Matt's remarks, scribg the heterosexual actor's terview as 'crgeworthy' and even 'homophobic'. Televisn role: The 29-year-old plays a gay character, Aaron Brennan, on TV soap NeighboursHe later apologised on Twter, wrg: 'Hi guys. Backlash: Many gay fans were disappoted by Matt's remarks, scribg the heterosexual actor's terview as 'crgeworthy' and even 'homophobic'.

'NEIGHBOURS' STS NEW GAY CHARACTER

You would be fiven for thkg that stralia dont have ANY gay people livg there:rolley:. what is the al wh the plete lack of any gay characters eher of the soaps, or any talk of homosexualy what-so-ever!

Charlie had a girliend Home and Away, although she has a boyiend aga now, and there is a gay boy Neighbours but I n't remember his name. Chris has jt e out as gay on Neighbours, problem is that he isn't a ma character and acrdg to reports, they don't know what to do wh the character.

Home and Away had a uple of gay characters. Chris, Pippa's son, is gay. The producers of H&A have always said there was no pot tryg to have gay characters G rated shows as the l regardg what n't be shown ma impossible anyway.

NEIGHBOURS STAR DIGS HIMSELF A HOLE ‘IGNORANT’ TERVIEW ABOUT GAY CHARACTER

This has been discsed many tim on this fom, Atralia is a backward and nservative untry that don't like seeg gay people on tv. I don't thk that gay people should appear any programme jt to tick a box. I thk there has to be a fair repersentatn of gay/lbian people soaps as there is real life.

Atralia is very backward lookg when to portrayg gay people on screen. I have heard that Atralians don't like gay people their soaps as is a very nservative untry and I thk I am right sayg that some stat homosexualy is still banned.

I'm que suprised that homosexualy uld still be banned certa really bad!!! I agree that gay/lbian people need to be reprented on tv, but not necsarily soaps. The people that are voved soaps seem to lack creativy or are unwillg to e up wh proper storyl for gay/lbian people.

NEIGHBOURS STAR RIPPED FOR SAYG GAY CHARACTER WAS WRTEN TO ACT “NORMAL”

I would like to see a storyle that volv a gay person, but is not about their sexualy, personally I'm sick of the syoryl where g out "is" the storyle.

Methodyguy, be sure to let know which Atralian stat ban homosexualy.

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WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY CHARACTERS ON ASIE TV? IS TE ‘GAY DON’T RATE’? FOUR SIRS WEIGH

Neighbours nailed an emotnally-charged gay sex scene between two characters who were madly love March 2018. WHEN Neighbours announced was troducg s first regular male gay character late last year, executive producer San Bower feared the Pappas, played by newer Jam Mason, was a fairly new addn to the show when the cisn was ma to reveal he was was a brave move bee me the year after Home and Away's ntroversial lbian storyle.

Conservative groups were outraged when Home and Away police officer Charlie Buckton (Esther Anrson) romanced and kissed ckhand Joey Colls (Katie Bell) cisn to create Neighbours' first regular gay character was bound to e a storm. "I do believe homophobia is alive and well, and I have no doubt that we will get plats about , " Bower told the Herald Sun last is a cred to Atralian TV viewers that a year later there has been prec ltle prott about Chris. Instead, Neighbours' fans have embraced the young mechanic who has had to pe wh g knows the revelatn about his sexualy has disappoted his father Gee (Lliam Amor) but has liberated him as an everyone Ersborough week, Chris was verbally threatened by homophobic ctomer Warren Burrell (Tony Rickards) then, Chris has been btally bashed and events this week's Neighbours fale will put his life on the le.