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10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG

10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars * list of gay soap opera actors *

10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars Who Are Out — & Outstandg. Some of the actors and actrs playg the inic rol were straight, some were out and gay at the time, and others me out later on.

DAYTIME'S 25 GREATT GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY SNICKSMARCH 30, 2015/9:17 AMBY SNICKSMARCH 30, 2015 / 9:17 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAYTIME'S 25 GREATT GAY CHARACTERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-03-30T13:17:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-03-30T13:17:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SNICKS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APRIL 3RD, 2014 MARKED AN HISTORIC MOMENT AMERIN DAYTIME TV, AS WILL HORTON AND SONNY KIRIAKIS GOT HCHED ON DAYS OF OUR LIV, BEG THE FIRST MARRIED MALE UPLE ON A SOAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S UNCLEAR HOW THEIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY WILL BE CELEBRATED, AS THE TWO ARE HAVG ... {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE WA TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR WILSON, LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF GAY CHARACTERS ON AMERIN DAYTIME TV. THIS LIST SPANS THIRTY YEARS OF SOAP OPERAS, AND CLUS INS AND ONE-OFFS, BUT THEY ALL MA SOME KD OF IMPACT ON THE LIV OF THEIR FICTNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONORABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "HOT TUB GAYS" OM AS THE WORLD TURNS, REG AND TONY, TWO FELLOW STUNTS OM OAKDALE UNIVERSY WHO TRIED TO PERSUA LE AND NOAH TO JO THEM FOR A WEEKEND OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATEO AND THE GAGGLE OF GAYS ON DAYS OF OUR LIV THAT SWARMED AROUND SONNY AND THEN ... {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LDSAY SMH, CHANNG CAPWELL JR.'S SECRET LOVER ON SANTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LDSAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TED MURTY OM GENERAL HOSPAL, WHO WAS FALSELY ACCED OF RAPG A FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRAD PHILLIPS, OM ALL MY CHILDREN, WHO DATED HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISHONORABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANIEL COLSON ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE, MARRIED TO NORA BUCHANAN, WHO MS TWO MURRS TO KEEP OM BEG OUTED. HIS WIFE IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET'S BEG THE UNTDOWN!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}25. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: DAYS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEIL MA JT A UPLE OF APPEARANC ON DOOL, BUT THEY WERE CCIAL TO WILL'S G-OUT STORY. HE WAS WILL'S FIRST MAN-ON-MAN KISS (SADLY, THE EJ SOCK PUPPET WILL ED TO PRACTICE ON DON'T UNT), AND WAS SLOPPY, DNK, AND ANGRY ... LIKE EVERY FIRST KISS SHOULD BE. NEIL FOLLOWED UP THE TUNNEL SNOGGG WH A MEO AT THE POLICE STATN, AS WILL'S ALIBI FOR THE NIGHT THE STEFANO WAS KILLED ... AGA. Y, WILL WOULD RATHER HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS A POTENTIAL MURR SPECT THAN AS GAY, A REALIZATN THAT LED TO A PUBLIC OUTG. WE NEVER SAW NEIL AGA, BUT HIS SPIR SURELY STILL HNTS THAT TUNNEL, WAG FOR THE NEXT REPRSED SALEME TO ENTER. THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO GET J.J. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}24. JON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: GENERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JON HANLEY WAS A RECURRG CHARACTER THE MID-90'S, CHAIRG THE ANNUAL AIDS FUNDRAISER. HE WAS ALSO HIV POSIVE, AS WAS ACTOR LEE MATHIS: "THE ACTOR ATTRACTED NATNAL ATTENTN 1993 WHEN HE PLACED A $99 ADVERTISEMENT VARIETY ACKNOWLEDGG THAT HE WAS HIV-POSIVE AND SEEKG ACTG ROL ORR TO MATA HIS SCREEN ACTORS GUILD HEALTH SURANCE. SEVERAL STG DIRECTORS RPOND, OFFERG B PARTS AND EVENTUALLY THE ROLE ON THE POPULAR DAYTIME SOAP OPERA." LEE DIED OF AIDS 1996, AND HIS CHARACTER DIED OFF SCREEN, MOURNED BY PORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}23. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: DAYS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLOND TERLOPER BRENT WAS AN OLD "CLIMBG BUDDY" OF SONNY, WHO BREEZED TO TOWN WH SPELUNKG ON HIS MD. APPALLED AT THE SIGHT OF A DOMTITED SONNY, HE TRI TO LURE HIM AWAY WH THE PROMISE OF EXPLORG "BRYCE CANYON," WHICH SADLY IS NOT A GAY PORN STAR BUT IS AN ACTUAL ... NYON. HE ALSO TRI TO UNRME WILL'S NFINCE, WHICH IS LIKE SHOOTG FISH A BARREL, BUT WAS ALL FOR NGHT, AS SONNY CIS TO REFE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}22. MARK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: ONE LIFE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARK WAS A STGGLG STUNT AT LLANVIEW UNIVERSY WHEN HE BEME ROMANTILLY VOLVED WH D.A. DANIEL COLSON. DPERATE TO KEEP THEIR CLANSTE RELATNSHIP HIDN, DANIEL RORTS TO MURR WHEN HE'S BLACKMAILED, AND A SEND MURR TO VER UP ... THE FIRST MURR. MARK WAS VASTATED ... AND NEVER SEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}21. MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: ALL MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICHAEL WAS A RATED WAR VETERAN AND BELOVED HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER, BUT WHEN HE ME OUT TO HIS CLASS, HE WAS FIRED BY THE PE VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD. THAT NTROVERSIAL DISMISSAL LED TO THIS SANE SCENE, WHERE MICHAEL APPEARS ON THE PE VALLEY PUBLIC ACCS SHOW THE CUTTG EDGE (HOSTED BY TAD MART), AND ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE! YOU'VE GOT THE LICLY EVIL LIZA MANDG "BLOOD!," DIXIE A TRAGIC HAIRCUT, PARENTS FOAMG AT THE MOUTH, AND ... GOD BLS OPAL. PL GAY TEEN KEV SHEFFIELD CIS TO E OUT ON AIR, LEADG HIS HOMOPHOBIC BROTHER TO M A ADLY ACT. THIS IS SOAP OPERA! AS FOR MICHAEL, HE GOT HIS JOB BACK, MOVED WH BOYIEND BRAD, AND PRUMABLY IS STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}20. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: DAYS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HOTTT BELLBOY HISTORY. DERRICK STALKS THE RRIDORS OF SALEM INN, LOOKG TO TERFERE THE LIV OF ANYONE WHO WILL GIVE HIM A GOOD TIP, OR A GOOD F*CK. IT WAS DERRICK WHO ADVERTENTLY (PERHAPS) REVEALED TO SONNY THAT WILL AND PL WERE HAVG AN AFFAIR, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD OM HIM SCE. BUT WE'RE NFINT WE'LL SEE HIM AGA. HE N CHECK OUT ANY TIME HE LIK, BUT HE N NEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}19. RAFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: THE YOUNG & THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CBS BEHEMOTH IS WOEFULLY UNRREPRENTED WHEN TO GAY MALE CHARACTERS (BUT 'S NOT AS RIDICULO AS THE BOLD & THE BETIFUL, THE SHOW SET THE FASHN WORLD), BUT RAFE DID HIS BT AS THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE. HIS BIG STORYLE VOLVED BEG SCED BY THE SHOW BADBOY, THE ERSTWHILE AND FUTURE HETERO ADAM, ORR TO "DISTRACT" RAFE OM ADAM'S EVIL EDS. RAFE HASN'T BEEN SEEN A FEW YEARS, HAVG OPENED HIS OWN LAW PRACTICE, BUT HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE HIS MEMORI OF BEG A SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}18. BRAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: GENERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROUGHT AS A SCHEMER AND MANIPULATOR, LAB TECHNICIAN BRAD SOON BEME A CHARACTER YOU LOVE TO HATE, AND BEGAN A RELATNSHIP WH NURSE FELIX DUBOIS. THGS GOT PLITED WHEN LUS JON ME BACK TO TOWN AND BRAD SOON FOUND HIMSELF A TUG-OF-WAR BETWEEN BOTH MEN, WH LUS EVENTUALLY WNG. IT REMAS TO BE SEEN FOR HOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}17. KEVIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: ALL MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV STGGLED WH HIS SEXUALY UNTIL THE URAGE OF HIS TEACHER MICHAEL DELANEY GAVE HIM THE SPIRATN HE NEED, AND HE ME OUT ON LIVE TV. UNFORTUNATELY, KEV'S PSYCHOPATHIC HOMOPHOBIC BROTHER DIDN'T APPRECIATE KEV'S HONTY, AND HE WENT ON A SHOOTG RAMPAGE. KEV'S FAY BLAMED HIM FOR THE CINT, AND KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOE, BUT OPAL AND PALMER TOOK HIM AND GAVE HIM THE LOVE HE SERVED. THE LAST WE HEARD KEV WAS WORKG AT THE PE VALLEY HOLIDAYS CLUB ON JULY 4TH, 1998. THE DAY THE CLUB EXPLOD TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}16. BRIAN S. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: DAYS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PRE-MED STUNT AT SALEM U, BRIAN WAS TRODUCED TO SONNY BY WILL, WHO TRIED EVERY TRICK THE BOOK, CLUDG SOFT RE JAZZ, AROMATHERAPY NDL, AND HIS "E F*CK ME EY" TO SCE SONNY TO HIS BED, BUT THE FURTHT HE ULD GET WAS SONNY'S CHASTY BUCKLE. HE DISAPPEARED SOON AFTER FOR A DANCG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}15. HANK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: AS THE WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FASHN SIGNER HANK WAS THE FIRST MALE CHARACTER TO E OUT ON A DAYTIME DRAMA, AND ALSO REVEALED THAT HIS PARTNER CHARL WAS DYG OF AIDS. CONSIRG THIS WAS 1988, AND THE MIDDLE OF THE AIDS PARANOID HYSTERIA, THIS WAS A RISKY MOVE BY TPTB, AND WAS MET WH MIXED REACTN. THE SHOW WAS HONORED AT THE FIRST GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, BUT BRIAN WAS WRTEN OFF THE SHOW AFTER LS THAN A YEAR. BUT HE DID GIVE THIS HEARTBREAKG SCENE THAT A GENERATN OF GAY MEN N RELATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}14. NICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: ONE LIFE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER KYLE LEWIS WAS REJECTED BY FORMER LLEGE LOVER OLIVER FISH, HE BEGAN DATG ACTIVIST AND TEACHER NICK, AND THE TWO OF THEM ALMOST TIED THE KNOT ... UNTIL KYLE BACKED OUT. NICK BEME A B UNHGED, AND TRIED TO E BETWEEN THE NEWLY RNED KISH, BUT EVENTUALLY REALIZED HE ULDN'T FIGHT THE EVABILY OF A GAY SUPER UPLE, AND HE QUIETLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}13. FELIX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: GENERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE BRAD AND LUS SIGNED ON, NURSG STUNT FELIX WAS THE SOLE GAY REPRENTATN PORT CHARL, AND HIS WISECRACKG AND EXUBERANCE ED AN ENORMO AMOUNT OF FAN REACTN, BOTH POSIVE AND NEGATIVE (ENOUGH THAT GAY HEAD WRER ROB CARLIVATI RPOND TO THE CRICISM). HE STARTED DATG FELLOW HOSPAL WORKER BRAD, BUT A POTENTIAL LOVE TRIANGLE EVENTUALLY FIZZLED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}12. PHILLIP CHANCELLOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: THE YOUNG & THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHILLIP ME BACK OM THE AD AFTER 20 YEARS WH A SHOCKER. WELL, TWO SHOCKERS. FIRST, HE WAS BACK OM THE AD. AND HE WAS GAY! HE FAKED HIS ATH TO PE THE PRSUR OF HIS FAY AND TO NCEAL HIS SEXUALY, BUT CID TO RETURN TO TRY TO GET TO KNOW HIS NOW ADULT SON. AFTER HIS SON PROV HE'S A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK BY FAKG HIS OWN ATH (TO GO TO THE WNS RELOTN PROGRAM), PHILLIP CID TO LEAVE GENOA CY AND HEAD BACK TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}11. BILLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: ONE LIFE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST REGULAR GAY TEEN CHARACTER ON A DAYTIME DRAMA, HIGH SCHOOL SENR BILLY MOVED TO LLANVIEW THE SUMMER OF 1992, AND HIS STORYLE WAS ONTBUNNER FOR MOST OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AS HE STGGLED TO E OUT TO HIS PARENTS WHILE BATTLG FALSE MORS OF A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH PASTOR ANDREW CARPENTER. BILLY LEFT FOR LLEGE THE NEXT SUMMER, AND THE LAST WE HEARD HE WAS BARTENDG AT FAMO DANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. LUCAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: GENERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LUS ME OUT 2005, AND THEN PROMPTLY DISAPPEARED FOR YEARS AFTER THE ATH OF HIS ADOPTIVE FATHER TONY. WHEN DOCTOR JON ME BACK 2013, HE NONTS B-DAD MOB BOSS JULIAN, WHO IS ... RELUCTANT ... TO ACCEPT A GAY SON, BUT EVENTUALLY AROUND. A ROMANTIC TRIANGLE WAS SET UP BETWEEN LUS, FELIX, AND BRAD, BUT LUS APPEARS TO HAVE MA HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9. PAUL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: DAYS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST RECENT ENTRY ON THE LIST, PL HAS DONE THE UNTHKABLE: COME BETWEEN GAY SUPERUPLE WILSON. A PRO BASEBALL PLAYER WHO IS FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO JURY, HE FDS HIMSELF BACK SALEM, HOPG TO REKDLE HIS RELATNSHIP WH SONNY. AT THE SAME TIME, HE'S TERVIEWED BY ACE REPORTER WILL, AND CIS TO E OUT PUBLICLY, AID AND EVENTUALLY ... BEDD ... BY WILL. BUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF PL'S STORY, AS THE TTH ABOUT HIS SALEM HERAGE WILL FOREVER CHANGE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. KYLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: ONE LIFE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KYLE LEWIS STARTED OUT AS A SHADY LAB TECH NOT ABOVE G A LTLE BLACKMAIL TO FILL HIS POCKETS, BUT SEEG LLEGE SWEETHEART OLIVER FISH HELPED HIM TURN OVER A NEW LEAF, AND ONE KISS HELPED OLIVER SEE THE LIGHT, TOO ... OM THE CRACK OF THE CLOSET DOOR. REALIZG HE WAS STED TO BE WH OLIVER, KYLE LLS OFF HIS SH WEDDG TO NICK, AND NFS HIS LOVE FOR OLIVER, A SCENE OF CLASSIC SOAPY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NOAH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: AS THE WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE HALF OF DAYTIME'S FIRST GAY SUPERUPLE, FILM STUNT/BARRISTA/FIREWORKS EXPERT NOAH BREEZED TO TOWN AND MA FAST IENDS WH KDRED SPIR LE SNYR. BUT THEIR IENDSHIP SOON TOOK A TURN FOR THE ROMANTIC, LEADG TO THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. WHICH LED TO ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT, AND ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT, FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. THEIR LOVE AFFAIR IS TERPTED WHEN AN ACCINT TEMPORARILY LEAV NOAH BLD AND ANNOYG, AND LE MOV ON TO DR. REID OLIVER. BUT THEIR FAL SCENE TOGETHER BEFORE THE SHOW END, THERE WAS AN KLG OF NEW HOPE FOR NE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. OLIVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: ONE LIFE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POLICE COP AND HISTORY'S GREATT FUB, OLIVER FISH NIED THE TTH ABOUT HIS SEXUALY UNTIL LLEGE SWEETIE KYLE JOGGED HIS MEMORY, AND THEIR NEW YEAR'S EVE RENZVO IS ONE OF THE MOST ROMANTIC MOMENTS SOAP OPERA HISTORY. SADLY, AND FURIATGLY, THEIR FAL SCENE TAK PLACE ONLY A FEW MONTHS LATER, AS THEY HEAD OUT OF A URTROOM WH OLIVER'S BABY GIRL SIERRA, HOPEFULLY TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. THAT'S THE LEAST THAT N HAPPEN NSIRG THEY WERE BLAMED FOR THE SHOW'S CLG RATGS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. CHANNING CAPWELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: SANTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SANTA BARBARA PREMIERED 1984, THE FIRST EPISO WAS A FLASHBACK TO 1979, AS WE FOLLOWED GOLN BOY HEIR CHANNG CAPWELL JR. AS HE ATTEND A HIGH SOCIETY FAY PARTY. HE WAS HOT, CKY, AND NFINT, ... BUT SPOILER! WOULDN'T LIVE TO SEE EPISO TWO. AS THE FIRST SEASON PROGRSED, CHANNG'S KILLER WAS EVENTUALLY REVEALED, AND WAS DISVERED THAT HIS LOVER LDSAY .. WAS A MAN! CHANNG'S FATHER REACTS THE MOST SOAP OPERA WAY POSSIBLE, AND LATER REACTS THE SEND MOST SOAP OPERA WAY POSSIBLE. *SIGH* AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO MISS HIS ROYAL PRICK MASON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRIVIA - CHANNG WAS PLAYED BY ROBERT BRIAN WILSON, BT KNOWN AS THE HOT PSYCHO SANTA SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT. PUNISH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. SONNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: DAYS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AWW! SCE THE FIRST TIME WE SAW SONNY BEAMG THAT SE (AND EXPLA HIS NICKNAME), WE'VE BEEN HOOKED. SONNY'S WARMTH, GENEROSY AND HUMANY HAVE ELEVATED THE WILSON STORYLE, OM THE FIRST ROMANTIC GAY KISS TO THE FIRST TIME THEY MAKE LOVE. THROUGH ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS, TRAGEDI, HORRID SHIRTS AND BABY BIRTHG MOMENTS, SONNY HAS SHOWN HOW THERE N STILL BE HERO ON SOAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. REID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: AS THE WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S ALSO A LOT TO BE SAID FOR AN ANTI-HERO. DR. REID OLIVER WAS CSTY, OBNOX, , NSCENDG, AND SOMETIM JT PLA MEAN. AND WE LOVED HIM FOR . HE BROUGHT A SPARK TO DAYTIME THAT WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE REPLITED, AND PLAYED HAVOC WH THE IA OF THE NOBLE SOAP GAY. BUT AS TURNS OUT, THE END, HE WAS NOBLE. BUT DON'T DARE TELL HIM THAT, YOU PEA-BRAED FOOL. HIS LAST ACT WAS TO MAKE SURE HIS HEART WAS DONATED TO A SHAVED BABOON, AND HIS FAL WORD ... WAS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. WILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: DAYS OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OH WILL." IF I HAD A QUARTER FOR EVERY TIME I'VE LIVEBLOGGED THAT SENTIMENT, I'D BE A VERY RICH MAN. THERE HAVE BEEN TIM WHEN WE'VE WANTED TO HUG WILL CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS, AND OTHER TIM WHEN WE'VE WANTED TO SMACK THE SH OUT OF HIM, AND THAT'S WHAT MAK A GREAT SOAP OPERA CHARACTER. HERE'S THE CLASSIC SCENE WHEN WILL AND GRANDMA MARLENA DISCS THE TUNNEL SNOG (OF URSE, 'S TERPTED AT THE END BY RAMPAGG SAMIZILLA), THE DAYTIME HISTORY MAKG WILSON WEDDG DAY (REMEMBER HOW HOPEFUL WE ALL WERE?), AND ANOTHER LOOK AT SONNY NONTG WILL ABOUT HIS AFFAIR WH PL. ALL SCEN OF CLASSIC SOAPY GOODNS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE MUCH MORE THE FUTURE. KNOWG WILL ... THAT'S A DISTCT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. LUKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP: AS THE WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND HERE WE HAVE THE GREATT GAY SOAP OPERA CHARACTER, AND WAS REALLY A NO-BRAER. IT HAD TO BE THE POUTY PRCE OF OAKDALE. LE WAS SPOILED, SMART, SEXY, FUNNY, RG AND ... DRAMATIC. OH, HOW DRAMATIC. JT WNS HIS G OUT, WHICH WAS FILLED WH ANGST AND EMOTN, AND ANGRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE HAD TWO PLITED ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS ON THE SHOW, STARTG WH THE SWEET AND GENTLE NOAH, AND MOVG ON TO THE NOT SO SWEET AND GENTLE REID, AND BOTH LOVE AFFAIRS WERE MEMORABLE AND FULFILLG. REGRETTABLY, HE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE REGULAR ST NOT TO GET A ROMANTIC OR HAPPY ENDG, BUT WE KNOW WHEREVER HE IS AND WHOEVER HE'S WH ... HE'S WEARG THE HELL OUT OF A STRIPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

* list of gay soap opera actors *

The first Pri March New York Cy was held on June 28, 1970, one year after the Stonewall Uprisg, to honor the thoands of LGBTQ+ people who took to the streets to monstrate agast the discrimatn they faced hog and employment, the anti-homosexual laws agast gatherg bars or dance clubs, to even be out as a homosexual. The ncept behd the ial march me om members of the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns who had been anizg an annual July 4th monstratn known as the Remr Day Pickets, at Inpennce Hall Philalphia, between 1965 and 1969. The Amerin soap opera 'Soap' was the first to clu a gay character 1977 (the character Jodie Dallas), while the first openly gay character Great Bra's soaps was the show 'Brooksi' 1982 (the character Gordon Colls).

” So Miguel’s former portrayer publicly disclosed his 2011 memoir that he is gay.

The Young & Rtls vet whose character Phillip played ad for years rather than e out to his fay is also gay real life. The One Life to Live scene stealer — now and forever David Vickers to soap fans — announced durg a 2013 talk-show appearance not only that he was gay but that he’d bee a sgle father of two. “For me, beg gay was a dirty word growg up, and now this is my tth.

WHICH SOAP OPERA STARS ARE GAY?

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” The Emmy wner even created After Forever, a Web soap which he plays a gay widower. He and his hband, oime Amazg Race nttant Jaym Vghan, beme the first gay uple to grace the ver of The Knot.

“As a gay guy, you have to e out all the time, ” he told Entertament Weekly.

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“People thk g out is the first time [someone] says they’re gay when realy g out is a nstant procs. When Heartstopper st s superlative teenage leads, Locke was already out as gay.

In addn to his daytime rol, he starred 2020’s Dashg December, one of the first mastream TV movi to make Christmas a gay old time. Though the rap in and Equalizer star told the New York Tim as recently as 2008 that “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not, ” she fally end all the speculatn at the 2021 BET Awards when, acceptg a Lifetime Achievement Award, she thanked partner Eboni Nichols and the son that they share. “She’s an absolute tch, and I thought, ‘If I’m not gog to feel the super sparks wh her… probably means I’m gay.

Four years after As the World Turns stopped spng, the actor who ma history as half of daytime’s first gay male kiss me out publicly an terview wh The Fight Magaze. The Grey’s Anatomy vet’s g-out wasn’t exactly the easit: His sexual orientatn was ma known after stmate Isaiah Washgton ed a gay slur on set, leadg to a wily reported altertn.

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