I Kissed a Boy: Why It Took So Long to Air a Gay Datg Realy Show - Variety

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• ‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER
• I KISSED A BOY: DANNII MOGUE ANNOUNCED AS HOST OF BBC THREE NEW GAY DATG SHOW
• BBC THREE ANNOUNC NEW GAY DATG SHOW HOSTED BY DANNII MOGUE

‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER

’s first gay datg show is about to air on BBC Three.

’s first ever gay datg show? ” It ed to be that gay relatnships were only explored after the watershed or soap storyl, but the stori are now more mastream than ever.

To produce s first gay datg seri?

I KISSED A BOY: DANNII MOGUE ANNOUNCED AS HOST OF BBC THREE NEW GAY DATG SHOW

Enter “I Kissed A Boy, ” which featur 10 gay guys beg matched, all of whom have the opportuny to kiss their partner when they first meet. “When you’ve only got one gay uple a show where there are five other straight upl, those people reprent what ’s like to be gay, ” says David Brdley, chief creative officer at Twofour, who ma “I Kissed A Boy. And for those wonrg, spe beg set a villa, “I Kissed A Boy” isn’t jt “Love Island” wh solely gay nttants.

There’s also an emphasis on featurg different backstori and g out experienc, orr to highlight to viewers that there’s no typil way to be gay, nor should there be. There was also a high reprentatn of gay people wh the productn team, which the show hop will add to the show’s thenticy.

“What we didn’t want to do was take a straight format and pump a gay st through , ” says Brdley.

BBC THREE ANNOUNC NEW GAY DATG SHOW HOSTED BY DANNII MOGUE

There’s lots of moments the show that you uld only see wh a gay st. As ’s an exclive gay world that the nttants are livg , there’s no untentnal holdg back om anyone, nor any explanatn need for a straight nttant who might not get the reference or lived experience.