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NOVEMBER 12, 2009 12:34PM

One Life To Live hits the kissing mark

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Bravo to the American soap opera One Life to Live for recently addressing the country’s same-sex marriage debate and portraying the relationships of gay people as just as complex as those of their heterosexual counterparts. On the 2 November 2009 episode of the show, a mass same-sex marriage ceremony included longtime character Dorian (Robin Strasser) tying the interracial knot with and kissing girlfriend Amelia (Tia Dionne Hodge) alongside news cameras and right-wing protesters. And, in genuine soap opera style, the show also featured one canceled gay wedding and a revelation of true love.

One week later, on the 10 November 2009 instalment, more kisses between Kyle (Brett Claywell) and Fish (Scott Evans), this time interrupted by kisses between Cris (David Fumero) and Layla (Tika Sumpter).

Same-sex marriages, lesbian kisses, gay kisses, interracial kisses, what's going on? Fabulous love in the afternoon.

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tika sumpter, tia dionne hodge, scott evans, robin strasser, one life to love, david fumero, brett claywell, united states, interracial, same-sex marriage

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We'll take the progress . . . oh yes we will!
Owl_Says_Who
November 12, 2009 02:46 PM
I'm a Y&R fan myself but I'll check it out.
BOKO
November 12, 2009 09:56 PM
OTL is one of "my shows". They have played this storyline in full soap opera mode and I expect we'll end up with the bedroom scene one of these days. It's surprising given the typical core daytime audience but it HAS to be enlightening some. Kudos to them!
Kellylark
November 13, 2009 09:51 AM
OLTL had the first recurring gay character/plotline, did it not? I started watching in college when the ever-gorgeous Ryan Phillipe played Billy Somethingorother. There was a coming out to his friends, a coming out to his mother, and a coming out to his father which I believe resulted in him being thrown out of the house and bunking in a building storeroom somewhere, with Joey Buchanan (pre-Nathan Filion actor, can't remember his name) and gf bringing him sandwiches.

They never quite made it to the smooching, although towards the end of his story arc he met a "special friend" named Rick who was kind of a cutie. I was irritated at the use of "special friend" instead of boyfriend since it made him sound like he was mentally retarded or something, but it was only 1993 or so, and this was still bold territory.

Billy was smokin', but "Rick" was kind of ordinary-handsome. These guys are way hotter. Bonus!
Nora Charles
November 13, 2009 12:47 PM
Dorian is a lesbian?! I haven't watched this show in 15 years but this blows my mind in a good way. I think that's brilliant because she's a character with so much history on the show and it's a lot harder to hate on someone when you have a long history with them. It's a great way to educate viewers who might otherwise be turned off.
A R
November 13, 2009 01:20 PM
Hell no Dorian is not a lesbian! She is using it to gain a political advantage in running against Vicki for mayor ;-)
Kellylark
November 13, 2009 01:24 PM
i have been loving what this show has been doing. my other gay bro tipped me off to it several months back, and i set the tivo to grab it daily.

it was heartbreaking watching fish fight it for several weeks. nice to see him accepting it.

and dorian is a hoot. she tried to get david to play gay and marry a guy (as her campaign manager or something) and he wouldn't, so she decided to do it herself.

it's nice to see them taking it seriously in one storyline and having fun with it in another.
Dave Cullen
November 15, 2009 03:54 PM
hey, i was hoping more people would comment here.

i think soaps are highly underrated as a cultural force. they tend to lead the way on these things.
Dave Cullen
November 16, 2009 01:41 PM