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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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Sharon Watts of course
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![]() If Vaslav says Cora I will give him a clip round the ear hole
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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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Sharon Watts of course
![]() Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch |
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Sharon from EE (she is loved by many gay people on twitter).
Val Pollard from Emmerdale |
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Absolutely not even at the races!
Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch |
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Sharon from EE (she is loved by many gay people on twitter).
Val Pollard from Emmerdale
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Alexis from dynasty
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Not the Val shade.
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Elsie Tanner, Bet Lynch and Angie Watts
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What about Liz McDonald?
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What about Liz McDonald?
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Sharon, Angie and Elsie I would say.
Zoe Tate? |
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How was Kim Tate not yet mentioned
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Pat butcher surely
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Would Janine be considered a gay icon?
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Wasn't Vanessa Gold considered one after the crazily hilarious "bubbly's in the fridge"?
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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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Sharon, Angie and Elsie I would say.
Zoe Tate? |
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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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Would Janine be considered a gay icon?
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Zoe no, but Sorcha's right about Kim Tate, it was when she went I stopped watching
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Anyway surely Vaslav is the ultimate icon?
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