The edian and actor says the 'only gay the village' character Dafydd Thomas was meant as entertament, not as a tool for bullyg.
Contents:
- QUTN: I'M THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE?
- LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
- THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE? EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAYS AND LBIANS RAL SLOVENIA
QUTN: I'M THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE?
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Matt says the character was meant to be a ‘celebratn’ of gay people (Picture: Rex Featur, BBC)Comedian and actor Matt Lus has spoken out about his ntroversial Ltle Bra character Dafydd Thomas, better known as ‘the only gay the village’. Matt said he knows the character has been ed as a tool to bully young gay people, but sists that was not the show’s tentn.
‘I have had people who had ‘you are the only gay the village’ said to them and to was meant to be a celebratn, ’ he told Richard Herrg’s RHLSTP podst. ‘But people were labelled ‘the only gay the village’ at school.
LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad.
Sce the show end 2005, the sketch has gaed a lot of cricism for s ls than plimentary portrayal of gay men. The character is emed offensive by many (Picture: BBC)‘I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever, ’ the 45-year-old told the podst. The only gay the village?
THE ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE? EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAYS AND LBIANS RAL SLOVENIA
Everyday life of gays and lbians ral Slovenia. J Homosex. The article als wh the parison of the characteristics, experienc, and perceptns of everyday life of gays and lbians livg ral and urban areas of Slovenia.
We foc on the followg thematic aspects: (1) g out; (2) timate partnerships; (3) the accs and the e of gay astcture; and (4) vlence agast gays and lbians. The characteristics of gay and lbian everyday life eher ral or urban ntext Slovenia lead to the ncln that even wh a specific social and cultural ntext, the ncept of urban/ral divi should be ed refully, takg to acunt plexi of everyday liv and var factors that fluence them.
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