Contents:
- A GAY KISS HEATS UP ''DAWSON'S CREEK''
- TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
- ‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
- NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
A GAY KISS HEATS UP ''DAWSON'S CREEK''
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. "There's always a gay storyle, a lbian storyle, or whatever.
TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
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The kiss has already gotten a thumbs up om Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) spokman Stt Seom, who clocked the lipsmacker at 5. 5 sends and clared a huge leap forward the portrayal of gay characters on TV.
‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
” ”Dawson’s Creek” may be the first work TV seri to show a passnate homosexual kiss. Yet Stup says the show met wh no terference om eher the WB or censors, addg that nservative protts over Jack’s openly gay character have been mor parison to posive fan reactns: ”It turned out the stud and the work were right behd on . Right before Kerr Smh was pulled asi and told his “Dawson’s Creek” character Jack McPhee was gay, he thought he was beg fired.
NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
“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.