8 times British soaps got very, very gay… and very, very good
American counterparts, British soaps have a pretty good track record when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation. On Emmerdale, Coronation Street, EastEnders, and Hollyoaks, queer folks are allowed to have sex, get married, and even be villains!
These eight fabulously queer stories include everything from lusty affairs to untimely death to tender romance.Read on for eight times British soaps got very queer and very, very good.We begin our journey in the rural Yorkshire dales, where blue-collar scrapyard owner Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) met engaged and snobby—and previously believed to be straight—Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) in 2014.
Aaron and Robert had a lusty affair that lasted over a year, and continued after Robert married rich b*tch Chrissie White (Louise Marwood in a fabulously cold turn).
While the relationship turned toxic—Robert even held Aaron hostage in a convoluted plot to keep the affair secret—the two eventually got together for real, Robert owned up to his bisexuality and the two married.
