Dari Williams will be playg Ty, who will be the soap's first openly gay character 12 years, and will be the soap's first LGBTQ storyle ne years.
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- HOME AND AWAY TO TRODUCE S FIRST GAY CHARACTER OVER 10 YEARS
- ASIE TV SOAP DRAMA HOME AND AWAY TRODUC NEW GAY CHARACTER
- HOME AND AWAY NFIRM GAY CHARACTER WILL JO THE ST
HOME AND AWAY TO TRODUCE S FIRST GAY CHARACTER OVER 10 YEARS
* home and away gay storyline *
On Monday, Home and Away will wele s first gay character over ten years when Ty, played by Dari Williams, arriv Summer Bay. Speakg about the cisn to troduce a gay character, show stalwart Ray Meagher, who plays Alf Stewart, told The Sydney Morng Herald: “Our wrers do try to keep abreast wh the tim, so there is an tertg character g . “I won’t tell you too much more about him, about how he works out or what happens, but that [homosexualy] is beg addrsed.
Earlier this year, fans of Home and Away’s sister soap, Neighbours, were full of praise after the soap aired a gay love scene. One fan said: “I haven’t watched #Neighbours awhile, but did see yterday and that scene wh David/Rafael is the most timate gay romantic scene they’ve done, given the show is nsired nservative.
They’ve had a lot of gay upl, but have they shown two men bed before yterday? HOME and Away’s troductn of a new gay character is better late than never — but is one of a few characters that have had air time on Atralian TV. MORE: How one Home and Away character would like to be killed off MORE: Neighbours films first gay weddg for Atralian TVClearly embarrassed and stgglg wh his sexualy, Ty tri to tell him he didn’t mean , and he thought that Ryr was his girliend he’s been seeg on the show lled Raffy Morrison (played by Olivia Deeble) tells him: “I was tired, I wasn’t really thkg straight.
ASIE TV SOAP DRAMA HOME AND AWAY TRODUC NEW GAY CHARACTER
HOME and Away’s troductn of a new gay character is better late than never — but is one of a few characters that have had air time on Atralian TV. * home and away gay storyline *
Ty then repli: “You thk I’m gay, is that ? He is later found and Raffy is shocked to fd out he is scene is signifint for Channel 7’s popular TV soap drama, after a same-sex kiss between two girls Charlie (Esther Anrson) and Joey (Kate Bell) was eded out before beg and Away isn’t the latt show to wele a gay character. There have been is a snapshot of some of them we’ve seen: NEIGHBOURSTV legend and marriage equaly advote Magda Szubanski joed the st of Neighbours this year to play the role of a celebrant for the first legal same-sex weddg on Atralian TV sce gay marriage was legalised Atralia.
HOME AND AWAY NFIRM GAY CHARACTER WILL JO THE ST
However, he veloped a csh on Andrew Robson (Jordan Smh) and revealed that he was gay. Nate Kski played by Meyne Wyatt, was brought as a former soldier who was gay and had been a relatnship wh Chris Pappas and Aaron Brennan (Matt Wilson).
In 1995, Andrew Watson (Christopher Uhlman) was brought as a gay school teacher beg bullied by his stunts after his sexualy had been revealed. WENTWORTHThe Foxtel seri’ ma character Franky Doyle (played by Nile da Silva) was seen as the prison’s “top dog” at the start of the seri who had several relatnships wh other gay characters cludg Bridget Wtfall (Libby Tanner), Kim Chang (Ra Chapman, bisexual), Eri Davidson (Leeanna Walsman) and Jodie Speri (Pia Miranda, bisexual). HOUSE HUSBANDSNe drama Hoe Hbands has a central gay character Kane, played by Gyton Grantley.
He was wh Tom (played by Tim Campbell), and the two marked the first time an Atralian drama has featured a gay uple raisg a child. But Jam is gay, and tri to cure himself of his homosexualy by unrgog medil treatment cludg electroshock therapy.