10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars |

Contents:

• 10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG
• SOAP ACTORS/ACTR SOAP WHO ARE GAY REAL LIFE?
• EE - SOAP CHARACTERS THAT ARE GAY REAL LIFE
• I’M A CELEBRY 2021: DANNY MILLER OPENS UP ON BREAKG DOWN STEREOTYP BY PLAYG GAY CHARACTER ON EMMERDALE

10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG

Later Paddy disvered Aaron vised a gay bar and when he asked him about his sexualy, Aaron attacked him. He first appeared 2008 and at the time actor, John Partridge, told Daily Star: “It’s about time EastEnrs had a gay character the show.

SOAP ACTORS/ACTR SOAP WHO ARE GAY REAL LIFE?

Christian, like me, is an openly proud gay man and he is certaly gog to ffle a few feathers when he arriv. On the day of Syed and Amira’s weddg, which was a huge episo, Syed admted to Christian that he is gay. Antony, like his character Sean, is openly gay and when Sean first appeared he was out and proud.

However when the two men went on a night out, they were both btally beaten up a homophobic attack. The Amerin soap opera 'Soap' was the first to clu a gay character 1977 (the character Jodie Dallas), while the first openly gay character Great Bra's soaps was the show 'Brooksi' 1982 (the character Gordon Colls).

We've e a long way sce a time when the only gay people on TV were eher closeted or unable to openly exprs their sexualy. He says: "I get loads of msag om 16-year-old gay lads sayg they’ve e out to their parents bee of me.

EE - SOAP CHARACTERS THAT ARE GAY REAL LIFE

Durg the 1990s, Ru was known the UK for his appearanc on the Channel 4 seri ‘Manhattan Cable’ : Dpe beg one of the most regnised faced the LGBT muny, RuPl do not nsir himself a gay in, sayg: “That's for someone else to nsir me that. ”He says: “Regular, straight pop culture has liberally lifted thgs om gay culture as long as I n remember.

The stand-up ic hosts his own Channel 4 chat show, ‘Chatty Man’ : Alan has claimed he don’t believe he is a role mol for the gay muny, as he don’t nsir his sexualy to be a fol part of his shows, sayg: “I thk what better equaly for gays than that?

I’M A CELEBRY 2021: DANNY MILLER OPENS UP ON BREAKG DOWN STEREOTYP BY PLAYG GAY CHARACTER ON EMMERDALE

He says: “The only thg I n give to young gay people is that when I was growg up there were no role mols that were blokey, that were men.

Everybody was flamboyant and mp, and I remember gog, 'That's not me, so even though I thk I am gay, I don't thk I f to this world. She says: “People ask me if I want to be a gay role mol and I say no, I jt want to be me and if I do help people to e out then that’s fantastic. The character has been praised for breakg down the taboos of homosexualy the hip hop dtry.

Other : Jsie nfirmed he is gay durg an terview on ‘The Ellen DeGener Show’ 2015, tellg her: “There is whout a doubt, no closet that I’ve ever been , and I jt wanted to make that clear.

Other : He was named the most fluential gay Irish person The Guardian’s World Pri Power List 2014. He says: “The only thg that mak me sad is that the most stick you get is om gay people.

It’s always been the same, that there’s this sort of weird self-loathg the gay muny. He says: “I jt fd very disturbg that Rsia, a so lled civilised untry, gay men and women are beg beaten to ath the street and ’s perfectly acceptable. And that gay men and women are aaid to leave their hom bee they are gog to be abed and they are gog to be beaten up and imprisoned… they are gog to be killed.

Playg Ste Hay on ‘Hollyoaks’, who ma history for beg the first gay character livg wh HIV to be featured on a Brish soap.