Neighbours has 'saved gay liv', says emotnal actor

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• NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
• GAY CHARACTERS NEIGHBOURS & HOME AND AWAY.
• NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE
• VIEWERS EMBRACE NEIGHBOURS' GAY CHARACTER PLAYED BY NEWER JAM MASON
• NEIGHBOURS GETS RNCHY WH NUDY AND FIRST GAY SEX SCENE LATE NIGHT SPECIAL
• FIRST REGULAR GAY CHARACTER FOR NEIGHBOURS
• WHY DAVE FRAN'S NEIGHBORS 2 CHARACTER WILL BE GAY
• NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HAS ‘NO DIFFICULTY’ PLAYG GAY CHARACTER

NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER

Neighbours star Takaya Honda has h back at clichéd qutns about playg a gay straight actor, who portrays David Tanaka the Channel 5 soap, appeared at Sydney's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras alongsi his on-screen hband Matt Wilson (Aaron Brennan), when he ma the impassned Instagram post.

GAY CHARACTERS NEIGHBOURS & HOME AND AWAY.

"We get asked, more often than I thk we should, 'What's like to play a gay character as a straight actor, do you fd difficult? "Firstly, who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man?

NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE

The task we are given is to evoke wh the dience that feelg of love and have them believe that we are love, and that would go whether our characters were gay, straight or other. "There is no gree of difficulty add bee the characters are gay.

You would be fiven for thkg that stralia dont have ANY gay people livg there:rolley:. what is the al wh the plete lack of any gay characters eher of the soaps, or any talk of homosexualy what-so-ever!

VIEWERS EMBRACE NEIGHBOURS' GAY CHARACTER PLAYED BY NEWER JAM MASON

Charlie had a girliend Home and Away, although she has a boyiend aga now, and there is a gay boy Neighbours but I n't remember his name.

Chris has jt e out as gay on Neighbours, problem is that he isn't a ma character and acrdg to reports, they don't know what to do wh the character. Home and Away had a uple of gay characters.

NEIGHBOURS GETS RNCHY WH NUDY AND FIRST GAY SEX SCENE LATE NIGHT SPECIAL

Chris, Pippa's son, is gay.

FIRST REGULAR GAY CHARACTER FOR NEIGHBOURS

The producers of H&A have always said there was no pot tryg to have gay characters G rated shows as the l regardg what n't be shown ma impossible anyway. This has been discsed many tim on this fom, Atralia is a backward and nservative untry that don't like seeg gay people on tv. I don't thk that gay people should appear any programme jt to tick a box.

WHY DAVE FRAN'S NEIGHBORS 2 CHARACTER WILL BE GAY

I thk there has to be a fair repersentatn of gay/lbian people soaps as there is real life. Atralia is very backward lookg when to portrayg gay people on screen.

NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HAS ‘NO DIFFICULTY’ PLAYG GAY CHARACTER

I have heard that Atralians don't like gay people their soaps as is a very nservative untry and I thk I am right sayg that some stat homosexualy is still banned. I'm que suprised that homosexualy uld still be banned certa really bad!!! I agree that gay/lbian people need to be reprented on tv, but not necsarily soaps.

The people that are voved soaps seem to lack creativy or are unwillg to e up wh proper storyl for gay/lbian people.

I would like to see a storyle that volv a gay person, but is not about their sexualy, personally I'm sick of the syoryl where g out "is" the storyle. Methodyguy, be sure to let know which Atralian stat ban homosexualy. The actor’s character, David Tanaka, was part of Atralia’s first televised gay weddg, and Honda reflected on how the long-nng show has helped to tell the stori of those often unrreprented media.