Strictly Come Dancing’s first same-sex pairing — and now he wants to see trans contestants on reality TV shows.The Love’s Got A Hold On My Heart singer made history last year when he skated with Matt Evers on ITV’s Dancing On Ice.
He says it opened the door for Olympic boxer Nicola Adams to team up with a female pro on the upcoming BBC ballroom dancing contest.‘It’s something I fought for, for many years,’ H told Guilty Pleasures. ‘I was adamant if I was going to do a reality show then I would insist on having the correct gender for my sexuality.‘It kind of changed the landscape of reality TV, which is incredible.
It’s been a long time coming and should have happened many years ago.’He feels there are still parts of the LGBTQ+ community not.