Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite is the first male celebrity to perform on Strictly Come Dancing with a male partner in a same-sex coupling.
He and partner Johannes Radebe took the dancefloor by storm last night (Saturday), with a paso doble inspired by Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean.
They are the first couple in Strictly history to receive three ten-point scores in week three.
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The energetic routine saw Whaite channelling Captain Jack Sparrow, with the couple nailing some challenging moves, while incorporating some of the action from the film series.
Saturday's show was opened with all contestants paired in same sex couples.
Matthew Hodson, executive director of NAM Publication - a charity which shares information about HIV and AIDS - has today tweeted: "Same sex dancing is like same sex marriage: once it’s here, it seems so natural and right it’s hard to imagine why it ever never was.
"I love to see LGBTQ people not just included but celebrated. I know how much this would have meant to me as a queer teen in the 80s."
His tweet has been liked thousands of times, with many fans of the show rushing to comment.
elektromote said: "Please remember that for some of us this has opened a new door to something we’ve always felt excluded from. Unfortunately, in my case at 66 a little too late. but for the first time in my life I’m hearing 'you too could do this'."
james_sherwood_ wrote: "It is marvellous to see two men so in sync and the audience do on side. Makes me cry. !"
WhovianMummah wrote: "I never noticed that everyone was paired in same sex couples! I was so mesmerised by the dancing... which is how it should be."
*Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One next Saturday
