'Dawson's Creek' Star Says TV's First Gay Kiss Is 'Part of History'

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For most of TV history, gay characters have been absent or the butt of a joke, but there are a few posive exampl of early reprentatn.

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‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’

The Season 3 fale of Dawson's Creek aired 20 years ago on May 24, 2000. The episo featured TV's first gay kiss, between Kerr Smh's character Jack * tvs first gay kiss *

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.

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Right before Kerr Smh was pulled asi and told his “Dawson’s Creek” character Jack McPhee was gay, he thought he was beg fired. “There’s always a gay storyle, a lbian storyle or whatever. I was talkg to Casey [Cott, who plays gay stunt Kev on ‘Riverdale’] and he’s playg pretty much the same character I played on ‘Dawson’s.

TV's First Gay Kiss — ‘Dawson's Creek'. The episo featured TV's first gay kiss, between Kerr Smh's character Jack McPhee's and his prom date Ethan (Adam Kfman).

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' … Look at any show today — edy or drama — you're gog to have gay, lbian and transgenr characters.

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