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Contents:

• 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. 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 . Intifi as: Gay.

DOCTOR WHO GETS FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN

“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.

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

“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. “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.

PEARL MACKIE GAY, PARTNER, NET WORTH

“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.

“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! “Please don’t judge me I am Gay.

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

“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.

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

I’m a lot of thgs, and one of them is gay. Playg Doctor Who’s first openly gay pann. Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) is openly gay.

"Yeah, Bill's gay, " Mackie told the BBC.

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

""[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. Media ptn, "Bill’s gay and shouldn’t be a big al.

"The new seri of Doctor Who will see the Time Lord joed by his first openly gay Potts's sexualy will be revealed pretty much straightaway her send le of dialogue when the show returns to BBC One on 15 April. "She add: "It's important to say people are gay, people are black - there are also aliens the world as well so watch out for them.

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

""[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.

"Image source, BBC, Ray BurmistonImage ptn, Pearl Mackie will jo Peter Capaldi - who will appear his last seri of Doctor WhoGay and bisexual characters have featured Doctor Who before, such as Capta Jack and River Song, but this is the first time the Doctor's permanent pann has been openly gay.