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STRICTLY HAS GONE ‘GAY’? WHAT DO PEOPLE THK THEY’VE BEEN WATCHG ALL THE YEARS?
Strictly has featured a female same-sex uple before, boxer Nila Adams and Katya Jon, who peted durg the 18th season 2020, but Whae and Rabe (who both intify as gay) will be the show's first gay male pair. "Bee I'm dog the first all-male partnership, I genuely did thk that I was gog to receive a fair b of hate bee you do as a gay man, you get a lot of hate.
Durg this time, there was also an crease gay-only nightlife. “Growg up as a young, black gay man Wt London, I uld only have imaged the day when events like this would celebrate people like me, and the other credible trailblazers regnised tonight. Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, 52 was a surprise prenter on the night to hand out the ‘Celebry Award' – which went to 36-year-old Lady Gaga – after the ex-athlete last week broke a 34-year silence to say she is gay.
The pair, who are both gay, have spoken openly about how much of a posive impact the opportuny had on them, as well as for the LGBTQ+ muny. There is no reason why a gay celebry should tomatilly be paired wh a gay dancer. “Jt to see two men or two women dancg together, ’s not necsarily about sexualy, ’s jt about timacy and rpect, ” Whae told the cln of same-sex upl on Strictly also skewers the homophobic trope that same-sex relatnships are somehow appropriate for fai.