Gay characters on days of our lives

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By Greg Hernandez on Sep 1, pm | Comments (1) |

I became a Days of Our Lives fan a decade ago when the gay characters of Sonny Kiriakis and Will Horton emerged.

Today the characters left the canvas, together, for the first day and I may have watched the show for the final time. I shared my feelings in the Instagram post below but will add that at this period in our history when diversity is a topic on the front-burner, Days gets a major fail in this area.

Major.

Actors Chandler Massey (Will) and Freddie Smith (Sonny) were still absorbing the news that their characters had been written out when they had to film their final episodes earlier this year. They deserved better and the fans deserved better.

Meanwhile, we obtain more of Xander! Who cares? Not me!

Freddie Smith wrote on Twitter this week: &#;The Wilson exit is coming &#; I realize it’s going to be sad to see us depart, but I desire to celebrate the beautiful love story we all created together!! Let’s point on all of the positives and love that has been shared over the years. Recognize you all&#;

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Instead of Days of Our Lives, the whole &#;these are the gays of our lives&#; joke has some authenticity to it, huh?

On Tuesday, June 24, the long running soap opera featured the wedding of Paul Narita and Andrew Donovan. According to Chicago Pride, airing the similar sex wedding this week was meant to coincide with the year anniversary of gay marriage being made legal across America. 

The source also noted the nuptials between Paul and Andrew is actually the second gay wedding in Days of Our Lives history. How&#;s that for inclusivity? I see you, writers/producers&#;

Christopher Sean (who plays Paul) and Colton Little (who plays Andrew) possess been a part of the iconic soap opera for many years now. Sean has appeared from to & to present and Little joined the cast in Here&#;s hoping this historic moment stands the test of noun, especially when considering Days of Our Lives debuted on television in !

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