Coronatn Street is not too gay for televisn | Charlie Condou | The Guardian

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• CORONATN STREET’S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SHAR TAILS OF SOAP’S FIRST GAY WEDDG STORYLE: ‘I’M HONOURED’
• CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
• CORONATN STREET'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE CHANGG NVERSATN ON HOMOPHOBIA
• CORONATN STREET STAR ROB MALLARD REVEALS HE’S GAY AS CHARACTER DANIEL OSBOURNE ROMPS ON THE FACTORY FLOOR WH SEAD TKER
• 'CORONATN STREET' ANDREW LANCEL NI "TOO MANY GAY" CHARACTERS MENT
• CORONATN STREET CHARACTER OUT AS GAY STORYLE EXPLORG HOMOPHOBIA FOOTBALLNEWER MICHAEL BAILEY IS KEEPG HIS SEXUALY A SECRET FOR FEAR OF HARMG HIS REERMENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYKATIE FZPATRICKSHOWBIZ AND TV WRER07:00, 10 SEP 2019BOOKMARKJAM BAILEY (NATHAN GRAHAM) (IMAGE: JOSEPH SNLON/ITV/CORONATN STREET)FOR THE LATT WEATHERFIELD NEWS AND SPOILERS - SIGN UP HEREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 FOR THE LATT WEATHERFIELD NEWS AND SPOILERS - SIGN UP HEREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• CORONATN STREET IS NOT TOO GAY FOR TELEVISN

CORONATN STREET’S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SHAR TAILS OF SOAP’S FIRST GAY WEDDG STORYLE: ‘I’M HONOURED’

Todd Grimshaw was a nfed teen when he filmed Coronatn Street’s first ever gay kiss. Todd beme the show’s first regular gay character and his g out storyle was creded wh brgg the show to the 21st century. Had they got married however, would have end disaster bee Ted was gay.

Marc was gay then straight then gay aga (Cred: YouTube/ITV). Marc then started a relatnship wh Maria Connor, but Todd Grimshaw was termed to prove Marc was still gay and sced him. (Image: ITV)Coronatn Street is gearg up for s first succsful on-screen gay marriage, as a storyle wh a tragic twist between uple Billy Mayhew and Pl an episo airg next week, as Pl’s Motor Nrone Disease (MND) worsens, he discs his future wh asks Billy to assist him endg his life when his sufferg be too much, proposg to him moments later, Digal Spy reported.

“I mean, obvly there’s been long nng gay characters the show, prr to Billy wh Todd and Sean and also Sophie. And 2019, planned nuptials between fictnal Rana Habeeb and Kate Connor end wh one of the pair cshed to ath by a llapsed roof on their big post Coronatn Street’s Daniel Brocklebank shar tails of soap’s first gay weddg storyle: ‘I’m honoured’ appeared first on Attu.

CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU

Coronatn Street is gearg up for s first gay marriage storyle, wh weddg bells store for Weatherfield uple Pl Foreman and Billy week, viewers are set to see the two s down for a ser nversatn, where the two discs their future as Pl's Motor Nrone Disease (MND) ntu to uple's chat about after Pl's nversatn wh fellow MND patient Shelly at the support group, who enurag Pl to take ntrol and do somethg he has always wanted to believ Pl is gog to propose to him and pulls out all the stops, but turns out Pl has somethg big to ask of Billy before he asks him to bee his hband.

CORONATN STREET'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE CHANGG NVERSATN ON HOMOPHOBIA

"It's not the first time a gay weddg day on the bbl has occurred, but 's hopefully the first that succsfully go ahead. ITVRelated: Coronatn Street's Pla Wilx wds up fans over Elae and Stephen storyActor Daniel Brocklebank adms he feels "slightly honoured" to help brg the first Corrie gay weddg to screens. "I mean, obvly there's been long nng gay characters the show, prr to Billy wh Todd and Sean and also Sophie.

Former Coronatn Street actor Charlie Condou has weled the number of gay characters on the actor, 44, ma a dramatic ex om the show when his midwife character Marc Dent fell love wh Todd Grimshaw, played by Bno Langley, three years ago. Charlie Condou (Ian Wt/PA)Asked by Good Morng Bra -host Piers Man about havg five gay characters on the show, Charlie said: “A few years ago even, there would have only been your token gay character, jt like there was probably your token black character and I thk we have moved on om that. “There have always been gay parents, but people tend to be more open about the days.

Jam received support when he me out as gay to his mum and brother last year, but after tellg his dad Ed Febary, the reactn was far om posive.

CORONATN STREET STAR ROB MALLARD REVEALS HE’S GAY AS CHARACTER DANIEL OSBOURNE ROMPS ON THE FACTORY FLOOR WH SEAD TKER

A social media slip-up then saw mours beg to circulate around the County fanbase, leadg to Jam flectg awkward qutns om the club's manager and prs the soap havg been stretched longer across the schl due to the panmic, Jam' difficulti have been prolonged - and last Friday, a nontatn on the bbl wh a supporter who was makg homophobic tnts threatened to turn vlent. Jam was terpted while talkg to Tim Metlfe and reacted aggrsively when the fan ed homophobic abe.

"Graham is speakg to Sky Sports to mark the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, an annual awarens day that has been observed for over 15 years.

In the absence of a visible gay or bi role mol men's profsnal football the UK, the story will be havg a particularly signifint impact on anyone who se themselv reflected Jam.

'CORONATN STREET' ANDREW LANCEL NI "TOO MANY GAY" CHARACTERS MENT

"If starts to create nversatns wh different muni or areas of the football world, and if young kids are watchg who play football and who might be gay themselv, shows 's important to she a light on this subject. 'Rpect for gay player would help'. He's now the Diversy and Incln Officer at the Football Associatn and has been playg as a forward for Stonewall FC - the UK's first gay football club, currently playg at Step 7 of the non-League pyramid - for several years.

"I didn't know anybody who looked like me who may or may not have been gay.

CORONATN STREET CHARACTER OUT AS GAY STORYLE EXPLORG HOMOPHOBIA FOOTBALLNEWER MICHAEL BAILEY IS KEEPG HIS SEXUALY A SECRET FOR FEAR OF HARMG HIS REERMENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYKATIE FZPATRICKSHOWBIZ AND TV WRER07:00, 10 SEP 2019BOOKMARKJAM BAILEY (NATHAN GRAHAM) (IMAGE: JOSEPH SNLON/ITV/CORONATN STREET)FOR THE LATT WEATHERFIELD NEWS AND SPOILERS - SIGN UP HEREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 FOR THE LATT WEATHERFIELD NEWS AND SPOILERS - SIGN UP HEREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

"A lot of my difficulti were tryg to fd a sense of belongg the football muny whilst knowg that beg gay was this element of my inty that didn't rencile, " says Lemoni. The tertwg of both homophobia and racism the Fashanu story has ma him a totemic figure the fight agast discrimatn; a charable foundatn Jt's name was recently lnched by his niece Amal.

CORONATN STREET IS NOT TOO GAY FOR TELEVISN

Somebody uld be watchg the show and see a mirror of themselv, pecially if they're a young black man who's gay. Jam' father Ed has prevly told his son he should hi his sexualy orr to avoid homophobia, makg the ntrast between how neher of them n hi their race and so have to al wh racism.