Binnie Roberts her girlfriend Della Alexander were the first lesbian couple to be featured in "EastEnders". Their inclusion was an attempt to portray positive examples of characters who just happen to be homosexual. Their lesbian kiss accounted for some 45 percent of viewer complaints to the BBC regarding "EastEnders" in 1994; provoking more complaints than any other television programme that year (according to research published by the Broadcasting Standards Council in 1995). In 2005 their lesbian kiss was featured in E4's "X Rated: Top 20 Most Controversial TV Moments"; a documentary examining British TV's most talked about on-screen moments. It was placed
Binnie Kirshenbaum NPR, "Time", "The San Francisco Chronicle" and "The Washington Post". She twice won Critics Choice Awards, and she was selected by "Granta" as one of the Best Young American novelists. She has published short fiction and essays in many magazines and anthologies and her work has been widely translated. According to Richard Eder of "The New York Times", "Ms. Kirshenbaum's comedy has fizz and bite. She handles interrogation, passionate love, her two characters and what they seem to represent with disconcerting sleight of hand." Binnie Kirshenbaum Binnie Kirshenbaum is an American novelist and short story writer. She is professor and