Not negative or positive but just the way it is.

Any gay storyline would have to be treated in a realistic way. Other characters would have to be around to understand the gay situation. Doing a gay storyline is not somethhing we're ruling out.It's just that,for the time being,the writer's situation has done the idea in.'īut that doesn't mean the brainstorming did not result in some ideads of how a Days plot might evolve.'If we do a gay story,one of the most important things would be not to make this person an island. After the strike ended,we found ourselves in the middle of changing our writing staff. Rabin explains,'I felt the replacement writers were not capable of handling this kind of story. We had several meetings with the members of the gay community and their response was favorable.' 'We were discussing the possibility early last year', says Rabin.'One option was to make the character of Alan(now gone)come out as being gay.There were also storylines introducing a new gay character being tossed around. Maybe other posters will dig out old SOD's and do the same!ĭool's exec producer,Al Rabin,reveals that his show has been actively pursuing the idea of introducing a recurring character who is openly gay.

If you are interested,I'll keep adding to this post and hopefully,lively discussion will follow. Going through some old SOD's,I came across many articles tha thought might be of interest to other posters.

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