On the historic day this summer that Pl Katami and Jeff Zarrillo were married Los Angel and Krist Perry and Sandy Stier exchanged vows San Francis, a siar weddg took place the backyard of a hoe Long Beach, Calif. The third nuptials belonged to fictnal characters Stef Foster and Lena Adams of “The Fosters”—TV’s first gay characters to say “I do” sce the Su
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- WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
- 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
- 'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
- DEIDRE HALL ON OFFICIATG DAYTIME TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG
WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
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10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
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'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
In the years sce All the Fay troduced the first gay character primetime TV, there's now Pose, an acclaimed FX drama featurg the most transgenr seri regulars ever. The new acclaimed edy, created by and starrg O'Connell, is semi-tobgraphil and follows a gay man wh cerebral palsy. The gay CP versn on ABC?!
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DEIDRE HALL ON OFFICIATG DAYTIME TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG
The character was divisive at the time—early plots had him wantg to bee a woman, he dated several women—but ultimately he was primetime TV's first gay dad.
FOX1991: RocOne of Fox's first shows, Roc, was the first to have a gay weddg on TV.