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Danny Dyer says he is ‘petrified’ by rise in ‘homophobia and racism’ in the UK
"I don’t know why we’ve digressed so much as human beings," said Dyer
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EastEnders star John Partridge claims BBC bosses enforced bizarre rule on gay bedroom scenes
"Heterosexual couples were allowed to show as much skin as they like," says the EastEnders actor on his experience as a gay man on the beloved soap
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EastEnders’ writer responds to Charli XCX shouting out ‘my gays in the writers room’
EastEnders and Charli XCX is the colab we didn’t know we needed!
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Drama ahead for gay EastEnders policeman Callum, says actor Tony Clay
"There’s going to be room for scandal as always."
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Charlie Brooks on EastEnders, I’m a Celeb and finally knowing who Divina de Campo is: ‘I made a massive boo boo once…’
Exclusive: "Janine's not a killer! I could defend that girl all day" says the soap vet as she takes our She's Got Attitude fabulousness quiz
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The Apprentice’s Lord Alan Sugar criticised for sharing HIV misinformation
"So much has changed!" says the head of the Terrence Higgins Trust.
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Eastenders offers first look at new drag queen character, Tara Misu
Albert Square is about to get its first ever drag queen.
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EastEnders legend June Brown dies aged 95
The Dot Cotton actress passed away on Sunday 3 April.
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EastEnders’ historic first gay kiss to be broadcast as part of BBC Four’s Pride season
The January 1989 episode featured British soap's first mouth-to-mouth same-sex kiss between Colin Russell Lord Michael Cashman) and boyfriend Guido (Nicholas Donovan).
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Barbara Windsor dies at 83 as tributes pour in for EastEnders and Carry On icon
RIP Babs.
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Soaps halt filming over COVID19 fears: Eastenders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale
Broadcasters are having to come to grips with the safety of actors and production staff
Culture Film & TV
Veteran ‘EastEnders’ star June Brown has left the BBC soap ‘for good’
The actress played Dot Cotton for 35 years
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Piers Morgan apologises for homophobic article branding gay ‘EastEnders’ characters ‘yuppie p**fs’
The 'Good Morning Britain' presenter wrote the hateful article while working at The Sun in the 1980s.
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Former ‘EastEnders’ star John Altman reveals he left soap over Nick Cotton gay storyline
The actor, 67, says he "walked away" from the show after producers planned a same-sex romance for 'Nasty Nick'.
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‘EastEnders’ boss hopes one day same-sex kisses on the soap will receive zero complaints
The show features a number of LGBTQ character including Ben Mitchell
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‘EastEnders’ star Max Bowden suffered with beard rash after kissing co-star Tony Clay
The actor plays the newest incarnation of openly gay Ben Mitchell in the BBC soap
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‘EastEnders’ set for first lesbian Muslim character
Irqa Ahmed (Priya Davdra) will reportedly come out later this summer.
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‘EastEnders’ reveals name of Kathy Beale’s new gay bar in first look image
British soap's first ever permanent gay bar set will fling open its doors in the coming weeks.
Culture Film & TV
‘EastEnders’ first ever gay bar to be opened by Kathy Beale
An ally!
Culture Film & TV
‘EastEnders’ ‘to air its first ever Pride parade’ in special episode
The landmark episode will coincide with Pride in London in the first week of July.