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Eastenders Set To Re-Kindle Lesbian Storyline

This month, UK soap lovers will finally see Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) get some loving action on Eastenders, when she gives into her feelings for barmaid Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White).

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The two ladies have grown very close of late. Supporting one another through their constant family dramas, and with all those heart to hearts and long lingering hugs, the ladies have started to develop feelings.

When they do take things to the next level, insiders say the simple kiss will most likely lead to a meaningful relationship between the girls.

The pair previously kissed in 2014, but it did not lead to anything.

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A TV source said…

“They finally give in to the tension that has been building and kiss. There has been a spark for a while but it hasn’t amounted to anything. This could be the start of something meaningful.”

The kiss will air on Eastenders on St Patrick’s Day, Tuesday, March 17.

Tina was previously in an abusive lesbian relationship with Fiona “Tosh” Mackintosh (Rebecca Scroggs) and their desire to have a child together led the barmaid into drug dealing for a brief period.

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The pair split at Christmas when Tosh assumed Tina was having an affair with Sonia – after she was spotted consoling her over her gastric band operation gone wrong. Tosh’s response was to she beat Tina viciously, leading to their eventual breakup during the festive period.

This also not the first time Sonia has been with a women, Sonia previously cheated on her husband Martin with her colleague Naomi Julien.

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Broken Rainbow Helps EastEnders Tackle the Subject of Violent Same-sex Relationships

UK Soap Opera ‘EastEnders’ is making ground breaking steps to tackle the subject of violent same-sex relationships, with an ongoing storyline involving characters Tosh and Tina, played by Luisa Bradshaw-White and Rebecca Scroggs.

Broken Rainbow – which helps tackle domestic violence within the LGBT community in the UK – was integral to creating the plot arc.

This week, the charity’s managing director, Jo Harvey Barringer, opened up about helping to create the ongoing lesbian abuse storyline in and its importance.

“As an organisation we were thrilled to be asked to advise on the Tosh and Tina storyline, and saw it as a great opportunity to get the subject of LGBT domestic violence into the public domain. “We were very conscious that the storyline needed to portray the very real experiences our service users tell us about. Although there are a number of similarities to women experiencing abuse in heterosexual relationships – the ways they can all experience psychological, sexual, physical and financial violence and abuse – the one main issue that differs is the lack of support services available to LGBT survivors or perpetrators.”

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She continued:

“Representation of our stories on mainstream television can only help raise awareness not just for service providers, but also from LGBT people affected by domestic violence who may recognise themselves or aspects of their partner in this storyline.”

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Discussing the characters’ behaviour, Barringer explained:

“The notion that behaviour like this isn’t okay and that they aren’t alone can be a powerful enabler to safety in itself. It was really important that the story portrayed the complexities of Tosh and Tina’s abusive relationship and how often an individual incident is not the whole story about the relationship.

We need to know what the build-up was to the incident, what the motives are of each partner and what the impact is on each partner so that we can begin to – hopefully – get people thinking about how power is the key to understanding whether or not a relationship is, or behaviours are, abusive. 

In the episode where Tina slapped Tosh clearly that wasn’t ok but when put into context she was responding to yet another verbally abusive incident involving accusations and the slap was a ‘stop it!’ an expression of frustration with and/or retaliation to Tosh’s abuse. However the violent punch Tosh responded with was calculated to put Tina in her place and to punish Tina for challenging Tosh’s dominance in the relationship; a reminder that Tosh was in control and held all the power.”

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