Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley in Stranger Things NetflixĪdding a new character to a beloved show when it’s three seasons in can be a daunting task, but when Stranger Things introduced Robin Buckley – Steve Harrington’s co-worker and the show’s first confirmed LGBTQ+ character – fans immediately fell in love with the Scoops Ahoy employee. The pair’s relationship had its fair few ups and downs but considering all of their heartache along the way, it was only right - and oddly unique, for soap especially - that this groundbreaking pairing got their happy ending when they left the Square together. Syed and Christian’s chemistry was electric and also provided massive growth for each other - Christian found a new level of intimacy in his life, while Syed would eventually come out of the closet as a gay Muslim man and slowly come to accept his sexuality and how this could live alongside his faith. Syed Masood (Marc Elliott) was a Muslim gay man - a first for British soap - and was engaged to marry a woman, Amira Shah. Christian Clarke (John Partridge) was a different kind of gay man in soap - he was visibly masculine, promiscuous, unapologetic in his sexuality and yet not defined by it. A groundbreaking pairing, it’s hard to not include these two EastEnders characters together.