Coronation Street set to celebrate 50th with transsexual wedding
Monday, 08 March 2010

http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/coronation-street-set-to-celebrate-50th-with-transsexual-wedding-201003087602/

The much-lauded writers on ITV's Coronation Street are set to rewrite the rules of the soap arena yet again, with the first ever on-screen transsexual wedding to feature in one of the big soaps (will it be the first ever for a TV drama? Ed).

The Sun today reveals that Roy Cropper (David Neilson) will finally wed his partner Hayley (played by Julie Hesmondhalgh) in a ceremony that coincides with the show's 50th anniversary celebrations this year.

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2882026/Roy-weds-chop-op-Hayley-in-Coronation-Street.html

CORONATION Street is to screen Soapland's first ever transsexual wedding as part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Café owner Roy Cropper (David Neilson) will finally wed sex-swap lover Hayley in a ceremony to make their partnership official.

The pair had their relationship blessed in 1999, but UK law did not then allow transsexuals to marry in their new gender.