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subscribers 27K views 5 years ago Payton & River from Netflix' series The Politician more. On set, even the actors found Ryan Murphy’s laissez-faire attitude toward sexuality both surprising and refreshing.

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“Payton's possibly a homosexual,” says Astrid Sloan (Lucy Boynton) during a particularly heated moment opposite Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) in the new Netflix series The Politician. Both men seem to be fluid or bi-sexual, but only Payton appears to be open about it. And yes, the two have a history of romance that began when Payton’s mom (played by Paltrow) hired River to tutor him in Mandarin.

Meanwhile, River, under the direction of his girlfriend Astrid Sloan, chooses Skye Leighton, a gender-nonconforming black classmate, to be his vice-. The second season is set in New York City and Albany, New York. Payton and River have a romantic attraction to each other; many of their scenes in Season 1 are intimate and not portrayed sexually.

Thousands of Brazilians who took to social media in support of a gay kiss have got what they wanted - two male soap opera characters, Felix and Niko, shared a historic kiss in prime time. The campaign for it was partly led by a politician, and it took place online using Facebook and Twitter. It's not unusual for Brazilian TV to feature gay characters, but two men kissing on screen is deemed so controversial that in , a gay kiss was cut , external - at the last minute - from the final episode of another soap opera.

This time, social media was a big part of the drama around Felix and Niko's on-screen kiss , external on Friday. As the relationship between the two men began to grow, so did the campaign on social media urging them to do it, using hashtags like "kiss him, Felix" beijafelix , external and also "gay kiss" beijogay , external. Both had several thousand tweets in the lead-up to the kiss and after.

In addition, prominent personalities supported the campaign for the gay kiss - including Brazil's first openly gay MP Jean Wyllys, who helped start , external the hashtags and who has called the kiss " historic , external ". It's unclear whether the campaigning actually influenced the plot. The script writer, Walcyr Carrasco, who is bisexual, says it was always planned , external , although other unconfirmed reports , external suggest two alternative endings were filmed one which involved no kiss, and the other just a peck on the cheek.

The BBC Brasil Facebook page , external had more than 3, comments on the story - many of them welcomed the kiss, calling it "overdue" and a "taboo-breaker".

But others were critical, saying the TV show would encourage children to be gay, or that it was against their religion. One congressman, Jair Bolsonaro, called the kiss " a milestone in society's perversion , external ". Violent homophobic attacks are a problem in Brazil - six young men were recently arrested in Sao Paulo for alleged involvement in a string of attacks on suspected gays, including the murder of a year-old.

Reporting by Cordelia Hebblethwaite , external and Camilla Costa , external. All our stories are at BBC. Image source, Globo TV. By BBC Trending.