Coronation Street praised by charities over with gay footballer storyline
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dailystar.co.ukCorrie has been roundly praised for its gay footballer storyline. Cobbles character James Bailey recently came out to his family and is set to be questioned by his club over gossip surrounding his sexual orientation.
And actor Nathan Graham, who plays James, hopes the plot will help LGBT footballers finally come out. Nathan said: “I think as long as it helps somebody that might be going through the struggle of telling their family or if they are a young footballer who watches the show. “They might see it and think ‘Okay, you know, I can do this.
Maybe I could be the first player to come out in this era’.” Justin Fashanu was the first footballer in the UK to come out as gay in 1990 but he tragically took his own life in 1998.
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