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• DOCTOR WHO IS GETTG ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN
• DOCTOR WHO GETS FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
• ‘DOCTOR WHO’: PEARL MACKIE WILL PLAY THE FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN THE SERI
• PEARL MACKIE GAY, PARTNER, NET WORTH
• DOCTOR WHO SEASON 10 WILL MAKE SERI HISTORY WH S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
• DOCTOR WHO: NEW COMPANN IS OPENLY GAY, BUT IT IS ‘NOT THE MA THG THAT DEF HER,’ SAYS PEARL MACKIE
• DOCTOR WHO'S BILL POTTS TO BE SHOW'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
• PEARL MACKIE HAS PERFECT RPONSE TO BEG THE FIRST GAY ‘DOCTOR WHO’ PANN

DOCTOR WHO IS GETTG ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN

Pearl played Bill Potts, the first openly gay pann on Doctor Who (Picture: PA)Pearl prevly opened up on her role as Bill, and admted she wasn’t any sh to reprise the part jt yet. Pearl add that she will always be proud of her time on the show, and particular the rponse to Bill, who was the show’s first openly gay ma pann.

DOCTOR WHO GETS FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN

Such is the se of the highly popular Doctor Who seri, which has jt this year troduced the Doctor’s first openly gay travelg pann. This award-wng picture, much like Pearl’s character on Doctor Who, was a bold step forward the directn of clivens for gay dividuals. “I am gay, and I’m fally okay wh .

‘DOCTOR WHO’: PEARL MACKIE WILL PLAY THE FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN THE SERI

Intifi as: Gay. “The fact that I am gay is jt one of those thgs my life need of explic affirmatn, to remove any doubt and to fally validate who I am as a person. “I don’t intify as gay, but I do intify as bisexual, and that is somethg that I have never shared publicly before.

I’m gay.

“I am gay, and I have no problem sayg . “I thought: I don’t want to be gay. “Took me a while, but I am proud to be gay.

PEARL MACKIE GAY, PARTNER, NET WORTH

“We’re ed to, as a gay person, hidg parts of yourself that you build up stori about what’s actually gog on as to what is.

DOCTOR WHO SEASON 10 WILL MAKE SERI HISTORY WH S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN

“I will proudly ll myself “that gay gger” hop that one day won’t sound strange men’s gby. “Yep, I’m gay.

Been gay this whole time. “I started gog through that procs of owng the fact that I’m gay, and sharg wh and cludg people my life, livg my life as a lbian. I kd of got away om up until the g out procs bee I didn’t thk I uld be gay and be fahful.

“Not beg able to be who I am and not be able to be openly gay as a profsnal athlete was tly hrg my performance.

DOCTOR WHO: NEW COMPANN IS OPENLY GAY, BUT IT IS ‘NOT THE MA THG THAT DEF HER,’ SAYS PEARL MACKIE

“I knew that I uld not portray this gay man hontly whout lettg you all know that I am a gay man myself. “I am g out as the first gay trot sger.

It was the secret I was keepg – that I was gay.

“I n say wh nfince that I’m ready to embrace eedom, hope, and God as a gay man. “Mama, I’m a Gay Girl Now!

DOCTOR WHO'S BILL POTTS TO BE SHOW'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN

“Please don’t judge me I am Gay. “I’m here to tell you that I am homosexual, and ’s okay.

“Wh the strength and support of my wife and my dghters, I have been g to terms wh the fact that I am gay.

“I am gay. Intifi as: Gay. I’m a lot of thgs, and one of them is gay.

PEARL MACKIE HAS PERFECT RPONSE TO BEG THE FIRST GAY ‘DOCTOR WHO’ PANN

Playg Doctor Who’s first openly gay pann. Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) is openly gay. "Yeah, Bill's gay, " Mackie told the BBC.

""[Beg gay] is not the ma thg that f her character -- 's somethg that's part of her and somethg that she's very happy and very fortable wh, " she add. Doctor Who has had gay characters before, like Capta Jack and River Song, but Bill Potts is the first of the Doctor's permanent travelg panns to be gay.