Strictly has gone ‘gay’? What do people thk they’ve been watchg all the years? | Emma Brock | The Guardian

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"Support om the gay muny is always fantastic."

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STRICTLY HAS GONE ‘GAY’? WHAT DO PEOPLE THK THEY’VE BEEN WATCHG ALL THE YEARS?

AJ PRITCHARD has opened up about his sexualy as the Strictly Come Dancg star spoke about avoidg labels an terview wh Gay Tim. * gay dancer on strictly *

Homophobia is a ser and ntug problem, but was difficult this week not to enjoy aspects of the hoo-ha over Strictly Come Dancg. In what felt like a historil re-enactment of classic 1970s’ curta-twchg, 189 viewers plaed to the BBC about two men partnerg each other on primetime telly, and was hard to know what to lgh at first: the Mary Whehoe tone of the plats, the statement on Instagram by one of the dancers – realisg the full dramatic potential of the moment – that “love knows no boundari”, or the ia that the spectacle of two men dancg uld ever be the gayt thg about Strictly. Nohels, there was somethg vaguely fortg about the fact that, particularly the ntext of the recent LGBT teachg row, mastream culture at least, plats of this kd about gay reprentatn seem outdated to the pot of schools, of urse, the battle rag on.

I looked up the wordg of Sectn 28 and was amazed to fd that, until was overturned 2003, not only did ban lol thori om “promotg” homosexualy, but that, like somethg drafted by the Wtboro Baptist Church, banned “the teachg any mataed school of the acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship”.

Bt to refer them to Alan Partridge: “For cryg out loud, if I really uldn’t bear to nsort wh homosexuals, do you really thk I’d have pursued a reer televisn?

Strictly Come Dancg dance profsnal Neil Jon has nfirmed his sexualy after Seann Walsh claimed he was gay after kissg his then wife, Katya * gay dancer on strictly *

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.

HOME News Royal Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Fance Travel Entertament Life & Style TV & Rad Celebry News AJ PRITCHARD has opened up about his sexualy as the Strictly Come Dancg star spoke about avoidg labels an terview wh Gay Tim. On the subject of not wantg to label himself, AJ Prchard told Gay Tim: “For me, has always been about beg happy that time.

Gvanni Pernice bgraphy wh personal life (affair, girliend , Gay), married . A llectn of facts wh age, height. * gay dancer on strictly *

”AJ Prchard: Strictly Come Dancg star opened up on his sexualy an terview wh Gay Tim (Image: GAY TIMES • GETTY)AJ Prchard: Strictly Come Dancg pro said he didn't want to label his sexualy (Image: GAY TIMES)AJ also addrsed Strictly Come Dancg’s tradn-breakg same-sex profsnal group route which received praise durg the last said the dience reactn to the performance, which saw him dancg wh Spanish star Gorka Marquez, 28, had been “100 per cent posive” route saw the male profsnals dancg wh each other while the femal were also choreographed same-sex pairgs. More AJ Prchard: Strictly Come Dancg pro has been on the show sce 2016 (Image: GETTY)AJ Prchard: Strictly Come Dancg star was terview by Gay Tim [GAY TIMES]“I don’t thk I should have to fe , ” he said.

“But the support om the gay muny is always fantastic.

“I love beg around gay people, gog to gay clubs. “Obvly, this dtry there happens to be a lot more gay people, ” AJ ntued.

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