Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 25 June 2012
Tags: chandler massey, daytime emmy, will horton, younger actor, coming out, gay youth, days of our lives, deidre hall, gay storyline 
We've been pretty vocal fans of Days Of Our Lives' treatment of Will Horton's coming out storyline. (And we still maintain that daytime television, with its daily episodic format, offers a unique opportunity to delve into the intricacies of this type of subject matter, so stop cancelling our soaps!)
We were totally thrilled to see Will's portrayer, Chandler Massey, walk away with the Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work!
This is the first time an actor has won a Daytime Emmy for playing a gay character. Watch his Emmy win after the jump! FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Saturday, 31 March 2012
Tags: days of our lives, coming out, will horton, gay, lgbt teens, gay storyline, daytime soaps, soap operas, grandmothers
We have to say, Days Of Our Lives is giving us EVERYTHING right now with Will’s coming out storyline!
And interestingly, it’s his interaction with his grandmothers that we’re enjoying most.
He’s got his paternal grandmother, Kate, the sassy and let’s say it—bitchy—fashionista businesswoman, who’s basically saying, “You’re gay. I know it. I’ve always known it, now let’s get fabulous!”
Then he’s got Marlena, mother to Will’s mom (the devious Sami—yes she may have “reformed” but Sami Brady will always be a bad girl at heart), who’s all gentle goodness, light, and understanding. It doesn’t hurt that she’s a psychiatrist.
Both women are tackling Will’s sexuality issues in different ways, but... FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tags: publishing industry, young adult, fiction, fantasy, stranger, authors, discrimination, gay storylines, characters, agents, homophobia, rachel manija brown, sherwood smith, lgbt
Updated Thursday, 1:50 p.m. EST
To arrive at the answer one must first look at the drama currently unfolding behind the pages of the young adult fiction world. Details and an update revealing an alleged fabrication in the name of publicity for a new book, after the jump.
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Tags: days of our lives, soap, tv, gay storylines, freddie smith, 90210, hotties, same sex, salem, first, history, nbc
Days of Our Lives is finally catching up with the '90s by getting its very first gay storyline! Better late than never, right? Details follow.
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Tags: as the world turns, canceled, luke, noah, nuke, gay storyline, soap operas, daytime drama, afternoon, TV
Our intense love for Scott Evans and his Officer Fish storyline on One Life to Live is obvious (check out our current Dec/Jan issue on newsstands now!), but there are other notable gay storylines in the daytime realm, one of the most popular of which won't be around past 2010.
Sadly, for fans of As The World Turn's Luke and Noah (affectionately nicknamed “Nuke”), news of the soap's cancellation has reached our ears.
Seems that despite the delicious gay duo, ATWT could not pull in the viewership numbers necessary to stay on the afternoon airwaves. The show will take its last spin in September 10.
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