EastEnders
EastEnders is a television soap opera, set in the East End of London. It was created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland and has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985.
he show features a large number of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, including Colin Russell, Barry Clark,[1] Simon Raymond, Tony Hills,[2] Sonia Fowler, Naomi Julien,[3] Tina Carter, Tosh Mackintosh,[4] Ben Mitchell and Paul Coker.[5] Kyle Slater, a transgender character, was introduced in 2015.[6]
- ↑ Caroline Frost, "30 Years Today, First Gay Character Appeared In ‘EastEnders’. Things Have Changed". Huffington Post UK 5 August 2016.
- ↑ "Coming out on screen", BBC News, 2 December 1998.
- ↑ Katherine Knowles, "211 complaints to BBC over gay EastEnders storyline, but do the public care?", Pink News 28 March 2006
- ↑ Ryan Love, "EastEnders LGBT domestic abuse plot praised following Tina, Tosh clash" Digital Spy, 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "EastEnders gay kiss: Ben Mitchell actor Harry Reid upset by homophobia" |last=Debnath|first=Neela|date=4 June 2015|work=Daily Express|accessdate=21 April 2017}}
- ↑ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34479713/eastenders-casts-transgender-actor-in-transgender-role-on-uk-television "EastEnders casts transgender actor in transgender role on UK television", Newsbeat, 9 October 2015