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An Ulster actor who plays a bi-sexual character in a top television soap has launched a scathing attack on DUP MP Iris Robinson following her recent anti-gay comments.


Gerard McCarthy, who plays cross-dresser Kris Fisher in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, said remarks made by the First Minister’s wife, in which she branded homosexuality an “abomination” were “simply unacceptable in a modern democracy”.

Gerard said he received letters every week from young people who were bullied because of their sexual orientation and accused Mrs Robinson of helping to destroy their lives.

The Belfast man who joined Hollyoaks in 2006, said: “An estimated 2,725 young people call ChildLine each year because they are the victims of homophobic bullying and violence. Of these, 60% are children between the ages of 12 and 15.”
GeoffNI

2 responses // Hollyoaks Gerard says Iris should stand down

  • Wouldn't it be nice if you could get all the Northern MPs to stand down and be replaced with nice normal people...
    Owwmykneecap
  • And Hollyoaks' Gerard is right. This woman is a nutbar. She actually said that the government is reponsible for directing society according to the laws of Christianity. Um, no. That's not what the government is for, actually. How popular is she in Ireland, I wonder?

    And glad to see Hollyoaks having some better impact on the world than the proliferation of perma-tans, hair extensions and push-up bras.
    LindseyIndigo

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