Single sex couple on Strictly.

I remember dancing bosom to bosom at functions when partners were in short supply , (men stuck in the bar ) , it wasn’t a comfortable experience , we were both big chested !

I would disagree with them which is er ...free speech.

Lucca as related to children being born with open minds and prejudice being learned due to left over instincts

www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj16t-XkMvrAhWRonEKHdW2DtQQyCkwAHoECAgQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DclOdyzP9fcw&usg=AOvVaw0LJqTfE2UwPfbnwTOGwIXQ
Apologies for the length of the link - but worth it.
The incomparable Joyce Grenfell - Stately as a Galleon.

Lucca

Starblaze forgive me but who said anything about disgust ?

That's what I was wondering too Lucca.

I agree with the OP in that I would find it a bit odd too, watching two women dancing together on Strictly.I enjoy watching a man and woman dancing, they both bring such different aspects to it, and complement one another.
It’s not disgusting or anything approaching that, just not as good to watch in my view.
I am amazed that so many of you even know who Nicola is,
I haven’t ever heard of her, but then I dislike boxing and don’t watch men or women who box.
I have got rather fed up with Strictly, so won’t be watching anyway.

HurdyGurdy

Am I imagining things or did they have two men dancing together last year. Not as a contestant, but as a show dance?

I seem to recall Graziano was one of them.

I've no issue with same sex couples at all. I did enjoy the two men skating together on DOI

I was right. It was Graziano and Johannes

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-50294741

Tweedle24,i am with you 100%.

Unnecessary gagajo.

Bigoted?

I don’t think same sex couples dancing together give off the same ‘passion vibes’ as heterosexual couples. I like the traditional male/ female ballroom partnerships as it tells a better story.
But then I’m not gay.

I'm not gay either but I have a suspicion that "passion vibes" are just as strong and prevalent for homosexual couples as they are for heterosexual couples!

I saw something about this on tv and honestly could not make out what they were on about. It makes no difference to me who dances with whom. Like others here I went to an all-girls school, and so girls routinely danced with girls. I wonder if boys danced with boys at my brother’s school? I never thought to ask.

That said, Joyce Grenfell’s Stately as a Galleon is one of the funniest songs ever.

I don’t really understand how it will work, will the professional female dancer do what she is best at, ie female dance moves and the ‘celebrity’ take the male lead?
They can’t both take the female dance role can they?

I’m sure that Gay people have danced with the opposite sex in the past and have lived to tell the tale, I doubt that it has damaged any of them and don’t really understand why Nicola has insisted on dancing with another female or she wouldn’t take part ( although this might be fake Internet news).

Exactly Lullydully you danced the man's part.
Women danced with women during the war because men weren't available.
I find it odd, same sex couples doing dances designed for male/female partners.
Not disgusted at all.

Starblaze

Lucca as related to children being born with open minds and prejudice being learned due to left over instincts

Fair enough but we’re still not at “disgust” are we ?

Lucca I didn't say anybody was, I just thought it was interesting and it related to how children don't tend to look at things and think there is anything wrong with it without a prompt.... Aaannnnd never mind.

i think it's important to have as wide a cross section of society as poss represented on tv.
imagine if there were no black participants.
i guess gay/bi people are fed up of being overlooked.
any one remember when it was said that gay stood for, good as you.

Exactly Starblaze

Lucca

I still don’t see how they can do strictly with social distancing
Be it two men two women one of each or whatever.

Yesterday I read that the couples will have to be in the same ‘bubble’, so I imagine that will make their home life a bit difficult. Suppose they won’t be able to mix with others, but that would eliminate the social distancing issue?
The series will be shorter, starting late October it said. Let’s hope they do away with the dreadful scream fest that accompanies the ‘reveal your partner’ night.

I had certainly heard of Nicola and Caroline Quentin, but any other names were a mystery to me.

I think that the ‘Nicola, same sex partner’ is something they have wanted to introduce for a while, and this is a good opportunity.

Not be-littling the decision, but they have to come up with something a bit different, or the viewers soon get tired of the same old, same old.

Thanks ! I’d do away with tess Daly’s input given the choice !
I only ever watch strictly on catch up so I can just watch the dance and scores and the dresses

If you are not going to discriminate against them LBGT people have to be allowed to take part just as they are in sport. And we are talking BBC here with the emphasis on minorities and diversities. This is just a logical conclusion.

I am assuming we will all start watching and not notice anything unusual in no time. I think Nicola will be in trousers. She wouldn't be comfortable in all the sparkles and pretty, sexy costumes maybe. Let's see what we are all.saying in October.

We all need something like Strictly as the nights draw in this year of all years.

I love Strictly, the music, the dresses, the dancing, what's not to like? It doesn't bother me in the least if same sex couples are taking part. Get used to it, because this is the way the world is going, and rightly so. One word, - tolerance.

I seem to have opened a can of worms here. I obviously did not express myself clearly.

I have absolutely no problem whatever with two women dancing together. As others have also said, at my all girls’ school, one of the girls had to ‘be the man’ in ball room dancing lessons.

My question is not based on prejudice. It is just that we are used to seeing the man in his suit and the woman in her fancy dresses and him being able to lift her. It is a convention and what we are used to. These are the only reasons I think it might look a bit odd — aesthetics and custom only. Like everything else, it is a matter of getting used to it,