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Old 07-08-2015, 20:56
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Who are gay icons in the soaps? I'd say the late Val Pollard is the ultimate gay icon
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Old 07-08-2015, 20:57
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Sharon Watts of course
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Old 07-08-2015, 20:59
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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
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:00
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Yup the ultimate one.

If Vaslav says Cora I will give him a clip round the ear hole
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:04
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Sharon Watts of course
Absolutely not even at the races!

Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:06
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Sharon from EE (she is loved by many gay people on twitter).

Val Pollard from Emmerdale
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:06
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Absolutely not even at the races!

Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch
Elsie yes. Bet a resounding no.
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:08
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Sharon from EE (she is loved by many gay people on twitter).

Val Pollard from Emmerdale
Sharon is the Queen of Camp
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:08
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Alexis from dynasty
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:10
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Not the Val shade.
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:12
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Elsie Tanner, Bet Lynch and Angie Watts
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:15
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What about Liz McDonald?
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:16
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What about Liz McDonald?
Not even close
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:18
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Sharon, Angie and Elsie I would say.

Zoe Tate?
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:19
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How was Kim Tate not yet mentioned
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:27
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Pat butcher surely
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:30
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Id say Pat was more of a sex Godess than a gay icon
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:30
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Would Janine be considered a gay icon?
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:36
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Wasn't Vanessa Gold considered one after the crazily hilarious "bubbly's in the fridge"?
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:44
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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 ...
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Old 07-08-2015, 21:48
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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
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Old 07-08-2015, 22:07
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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.
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Old 07-08-2015, 22:10
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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
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Old 07-08-2015, 22:16
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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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Old 07-08-2015, 22:16
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Anyway surely Vaslav is the ultimate icon?
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