Ofcom clears Corrie on Rana's death after more than 200 complaints

Ofcom cleared Coronation Street after Rana Habeeb's death after 200 fans sent complaints accusing him of perpetuating the trope "Bury your gays".

The watchdog received 236 messages from viewers, which were devastated by the death of Rana (Bhavna Limbachia) in the arms of her fiance Kate Connor (Faye Brookes) the day after her marriage after her imprisonment in collapse from the roof of the Underworld factory.

Rana and Kate read their vows in the final moments of the characters, after years of preparation for their special day, overcoming the pressure of Rana's pious Muslim parents and her divorce to start a life together.

Although the final scenes were heartbreaking, Ofcom preferred the drama and did not think his death was a negative portrait of LGBT relationships with the public.

A spokesman for Ofcom said, "We have looked into complaints that this story negatively portrays relationships between homobaduals.

"In our opinion, the premature death of the character was typical of the dramatic intrigues of this soap opera and would not have exceeded the expectations of most viewers."

The "Bury Your Gay" trope was invented by LGBT critics about the apparent use of queers who died early or were killed in place of their heterobadual counterparts in the world's movies and television.

This could be the result of attacks because they were homobadual, or because they are killed by the time their scenario ends naturally, which means they are no longer needed.

It is said that the trope is of a homophobic nature, because it suggests that queer characters are indispensable, more than heterobadual characters.

But actress Bhavnia said that being killed was on her suggestion.

During an interview with This Morning after the broadcast scenes, she stated that this offense was never her intention nor that of the series.

"My decision to leave and get killed was never meant to offend the LGBT + community," she said. "It is with truth and integrity that I have tried to portray the character over the years, and my decision to leave and have her killed was taken with the decision of two people in love and their love is pure, regardless of age, bad, baduality, religion. & # 39;

"The intention has never been to offend the LGBT community. It was purely for two people in love. I guess it was Romeo and Juliet nowadays, or a love story of Juliet and Juliet, "she added.