Who are gay icons in the soaps? I'd say the late Val Pollard is the ultimate gay icon 
Soap Gay Icons
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Originally Posted by sorcha_healy27:
“Sharon Watts of course
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“Sharon Watts of course
”
Yup the ultimate one.
If Vaslav says Cora I will give him a clip round the ear hole
Originally Posted by Scrabbler:
“Yup the ultimate one.
If Vaslav says Cora I will give him a clip round the ear hole”
“Yup the ultimate one.
If Vaslav says Cora I will give him a clip round the ear hole
”
Originally Posted by sorcha_healy27:
“Sharon Watts of course”
“Sharon Watts of course
”
Absolutely not even at the races!
Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch
Originally Posted by AuntieSoap:
“Absolutely not even at the races!
Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch”
“Absolutely not even at the races!
Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch”
Elsie yes. Bet a resounding no.
Originally Posted by jamesc_715:
“Sharon from EE (she is loved by many gay people on twitter).
Val Pollard from Emmerdale”
“Sharon from EE (she is loved by many gay people on twitter).
Val Pollard from Emmerdale”
Sharon is the Queen of Camp
Originally Posted by pearlsandplums:
“Pat butcher surely”
“Pat butcher surely”
Id say Pat was more of a sex Godess than a gay icon
Elsie Tanner - when asked how a 23 year old man could write a character so complex, Tony Warren retorted that any gay lad on the Manchester scene WAS Elsie Tanner by the time he reached his early twenties
Bet Lynch - no-one could use the word 'cock' like Julie Goodyear. She was a Blackpool slot machine made flesh
Angie Watts - from the trembling hand-to-breast gesture to 'those eyes' when Den handed her the divorce papers, Angie was queen bee in every way
Sharon Watts - somehow manages to be both the classiest and roughest character on the square simultaneously. With her vibrato voice and readiness to hand out a slap at the most minor of insults, Queen Shaz literally ran the joint circa 2001. You want evidence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iyg_UJfDJE
Pat Butcher - probably more of a lesbi-gay icon, the scene of her taking down Yolande whilst looking like a polar bear is what cemented her status for me. Why they never did a 'Pat behind bars' spin-off I'll never know
Kat Slater - the perennial 'dirty little slut', Kat's disgust at her voracious sexual appetite yet seeming refusal to do anything but indulge in the most vulgar and creative of ways is what makes her a true icon of camp degredation
I think that is the super league for me, although there are many second division players, such as Uncle Umed from Corrie, etc ...
Bet Lynch - no-one could use the word 'cock' like Julie Goodyear. She was a Blackpool slot machine made flesh
Angie Watts - from the trembling hand-to-breast gesture to 'those eyes' when Den handed her the divorce papers, Angie was queen bee in every way
Sharon Watts - somehow manages to be both the classiest and roughest character on the square simultaneously. With her vibrato voice and readiness to hand out a slap at the most minor of insults, Queen Shaz literally ran the joint circa 2001. You want evidence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iyg_UJfDJE
Pat Butcher - probably more of a lesbi-gay icon, the scene of her taking down Yolande whilst looking like a polar bear is what cemented her status for me. Why they never did a 'Pat behind bars' spin-off I'll never know
Kat Slater - the perennial 'dirty little slut', Kat's disgust at her voracious sexual appetite yet seeming refusal to do anything but indulge in the most vulgar and creative of ways is what makes her a true icon of camp degredation
I think that is the super league for me, although there are many second division players, such as Uncle Umed from Corrie, etc ...
Originally Posted by 0...0:
“Sharon, Angie and Elsie I would say.
Zoe Tate?”
“Sharon, Angie and Elsie I would say.
Zoe Tate?”
Zoe no, but Sorcha's right about Kim Tate, it was when she went I stopped watching
Bet is obviously the queen when it comes to gay icons. Certainly the most recognisable and parodied, her strength and wit was like the blueprint for every drag queen in the country.
Coronation Street has always been full to the brim of powerful women who the gay community in particular take to their hearts. Elsie, Annie, Rita, Vera, even the likes of Audrey, they are like gifts to the gays.
EastEnders has indulged in the likes of Pat, Angie, Sharon and Dot. All such individual characters in their own right. Emmerdale is playing catch up really, but Viv and Kim fly the flag high for the Dales I think.
Coronation Street has always been full to the brim of powerful women who the gay community in particular take to their hearts. Elsie, Annie, Rita, Vera, even the likes of Audrey, they are like gifts to the gays.
EastEnders has indulged in the likes of Pat, Angie, Sharon and Dot. All such individual characters in their own right. Emmerdale is playing catch up really, but Viv and Kim fly the flag high for the Dales I think.
Originally Posted by sorcha_healy27:
“Would Janine be considered a gay icon?”
“Would Janine be considered a gay icon?”
No but Charlie Brooks would be as she played Sandra in Beautiful Thing on stage, as would Linda Henry, Tameka Empson and Sophie Stanton who were all in the film version
Originally Posted by Aaron_Silver:
“Zoe no, but Sorcha's right about Kim Tate, it was when she went I stopped watching”
“Zoe no, but Sorcha's right about Kim Tate, it was when she went I stopped watching”
Aw cmon , a bipolar, lesbian vet who has a baby after a romp in a landrover, jumps in a lake, then blows up her house after giving the keys to the new owners? Gotta be some camp in there!
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