Shane Brewer

Shane Brewer was a main character in the Australian TV Soap 'Southland'. He debuted in 2002 as part of the Brewer family and remained a main character until 2009 when he departed.

He was one of the first LGBTQ+ characters introduced in the soap and his storyline earned much praise.

2002-2004
Shane arrived in Southland in June 2004, visiting his family from college. This angered his twin sister Becky, who always felt like her brother was the favourite as he was a rugby player. Despite this, the two had a good bond and Becky was the only person who knew he was gay. Soon Becky noticed he was hiding something and discovered that Shane has quit his rugby team after suffering from homophobic abuse from his team mates. Afraid to tell his parents, Shane faked an injury as an excuse as to why he wasn't playing. Becky helped him to keep this lie up but soon grew frustrated with how her parents were doting on Shane and tried to expose him, but her parents didn't believe her until she was able to get Shane caught out. His parents were ecstatic that he was better. Shane revealed he had quit the team, but didn't tell them why.

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