Nearly two s later, 'Dawson's Creek' actor reflects on historic gay kiss

Contents:

• DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY
• NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
• A GAY KISS HEATS UP ''DAWSON'S CREEK''

DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY

Jack and his younger sister, Andie, arrive Capi 1998 begng their sophomore year at Capi High School.

NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS

Jack is a lm, trovert, kd prence at the begng of the seri, slowly openg up to everyone and, after g to terms wh beg gay, he is seen as more extrovert and at ease wh iends and meetg new people, explorg his love life and inty throughout the seri. His shy and awkward ways are revealed to be om supprsg his nature and g to terms wh beg gay. As Jack leav Capi for llege, he chang que a lot, wantg to leave behd the 'persona' or label he feels he acquired there, of eher 'Andie's brother', 'Joey's boyiend' or 'the gay kid'.

I didn't ask to be gayMr. McPhee – No more than I asked for a gay son... The two have a relatnship for a while, until Jack to terms wh beg gay.

Jack is surprised to learn that Ethan's gay and they immediately have a nnectn, wh Jack beg terted gettg to know the first other gay kid he's met. Jack nonts the at about this homophobic treatment and they ver for Eric, but Jack figur out was him.

A GAY KISS HEATS UP ''DAWSON'S CREEK''

Insi the groundbreakg cisn to have Jack e out as gay (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • APRIL 2018). One of the most important storyl vered by Dawson’s Creek was the season 2 cisn to have Jack (Kerr Smh) reveal he was gay. Asi om Rickie on 1994’s My So-Called Life, there hadn’t been an out gay teen on a major work seri before.

I had jt, my 20s, gone through the g-out procs and had told my parents I was gay. Creator Kev Williamson tailed his cisn havg Jack (Kerr Smh) e out as gay durg season 2, explag, “Every sgle character has a tra of me them. “I had jt, my 20s, gone through the g-out procs and had told my parents I was gay.

In 2000, actor Kerr Smh ma history when his Dawson's Creek character, Jack McPhee, was a part of TV's first gay kiss. Lamb (Amanda Donohoe) and Abby Perks (Michelle Greene), but spe gay weddgs on Roseanne and Goln Girls, no gay male characters had been allowed to share a snog. "Although Jack was briefly paired a love tert for Joey (Katie Holm), Smh also says that Williamson "always had the tentn of makg one of his characters gay" and that the specific storyle was mostly wrten by Greg Berlanti of Riverdale.