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Lesbian Coronation Street Plot Is Not A 'Phase'
Brooke Vincent, Coronation Street actress has said her character will remain a lesbian rather than it being a “phase”.
In the show Vincent plays Sophie Webster, a teenager who has begun a
relationship with Sian Powers, her best friend, played by Sacha Parkinson.
The lesbian romance is a first for the long-running soap and Ryan Connor
(Ben Thompson) will shortly discover the relationship.
Vincent was questioned whether her character's sexuality was just "a
phase she's going through", while she was speaking on This Morning.
She replied: "No. In the story conference, they wanted to point out
that it wasn't a phase because it's not a phase to most people. We wanted to
play it really real and just normal. You have a stereotype of what a lesbian is
and it's not always like that”.
She added: "You're just going to see the ups and downs of it all. Just
stay tuned”.
Despite its massive gay fan base, Coronation
Street did not have any gay characters until 2003.