A planned lesbian love affair between two characters on Home And Away has caused a stink amongst family groups.
In scenes, which are set to air later in the month in Australia, character Charlie Buckton (Esther Anderson) will begin a relationship with Joey Collins (Kate Bell).
This news has been met with anger from conservatives.
Conservative family groups are arguing that the relationship is inappropriate for the soap’s 7pm PG-rated timeslot.
"Home And Away continue to market to kids and they continue to develop quite sexualised plot lines," Pro-Family Perspectives director Angela Conway told the Herald Sun. "The plotlines that young kids and teenagers should be presented with should be about really authentic relationships that are not just sexualised."
Esther Anderson defended the controversial storyline, saying: "You learn pretty much everything at school. I don't think it's like I'm lifting the lid on something they don't already know about. To me there's no difference - love's love. The fact that your partner's the same sex is no different. You just want to be loved."
Quite right too Esther!
