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.
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TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
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‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
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NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
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