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Will Tman and Jack McFarland, both gay men, broke boundari on "Will & Grace. It was jt one year after Ellen Man beme the first character to e out on TV — a move that subsequently tanked "Ellen's" rankgs and likely led to the show's "Will & Grace, " a show that largely foced on two gay men, was so popular that was revived 20 years Msg, who plays Grace, told TheWrap that she origally saw their gay lead (Eric McCormack's Will) as the most "revolutnary" aspect of the show.
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HBO's "The Wire" handled Omar's sexualy "a measured and matter-of-fact way, " Glen Weldon wrote for Decir, dubbg the notor stick-up man "one of TV's first gay superhero. Kurt Hummel was the first openly gay character troduced on "Glee. Fox's "Glee" was often praised as an LGBTQ haven, but Kurt — the show's first openly gay character, who famoly kicked a field goal for the football team while performg Beyoncé's "Sgle Ladi" dance — had a particularly strong one of his most memorable moments, Kurt shared a climactic kiss wh Blae that produced ltle to no outrage, a symbolic moment of progrs for onscreen queer reprentatn.