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

Contents:

• TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
• DAWSON’S CREEK PRODUCER SHAR THE RELATABLE TE STORY BEHD THE GAY KISS THAT PTIVATED A GENERATN
• 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
• TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’

TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’

Dawson’s Creek shownner Greg Berlanti said he wanted to feature a proment gay kiss on the seri to right the wrongs done to past queer characters other shows. The teen drama broke new ground when Jack me out as gay a 1998 episo and proceed to share a kiss wh another man. Dawson’s Creek gay kiss was signed to ‘undo’ Melrose Place’s wrongs.

Speakg about the impact of Dawson’s Creek’s gay kiss, Berlanti add: “There was a whole generatn where that was a pivotal storyle for them and was subsequent to them havg their own g out experience. Greg Berlanti met wh ‘ristance’ when he suggted gay storyle.

Berlanti once told the Hollywood Reporter that he was met wh “ristance” when he first suggted makg a character on the famo show gay.

DAWSON’S CREEK PRODUCER SHAR THE RELATABLE TE STORY BEHD THE GAY KISS THAT PTIVATED A GENERATN

Sign up today for our ee To TopWorldJoshua Jackson Remembers Back when Joshua Jackson was starrg on Dawson's Creek, there was a gay porn film lled Dawson's Crack, and the Frge star told Chelsea Handler while appearg on her talk show that he spent months tryg to get his hands on a poster to hang Dawson's (Jam Van Deer Beek's) bedroom. Gay Man #1. Gay Man #2.

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

But bis troducg viewers to an arguably excciatg ma character, the WB show also gave viewers one of the most inic moments televisn history back 2000: primetime TV’s first “passnate” gay 20 years later, Kerr Smh, who played Jack McPhee on the teen drama, reflected on the impact of that kiss an terview wh Too Fab.

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

The storyle ends heartbreak — Ethan has got back together wh his ex-boyiend and don’t reciprote Jack’s feelgs — but history was ma “Dawson’s Creek, ” Will and Jack kissed on NBC’s “Will and Grace” to prott the fact that they had never seen two gay men kiss on televisn, and a few other shows, cludg “LA Law” and “Relativy” featured two women kissg. In the 1996 “Friends” episo “The One Wh the Lbian Weddg, ” for stance, the seri did not show San and Carol kissg at their own weddg a rult, McPhee said he felt a “huge” rponsibily to play Jack thentilly after Kev Williamson, the creator of “Dawson’s Creek, ” approached him wh the storyl of Jack’s g out and the Jack dated Joey (Katie Holm) earlier episos, Smh said Williamson “always had the tentn of makg one of his characters gay. ”“He was still the closet at that pot too, and every character 'Dawson's Creek' is an extensn of Kev Williamson, " Smh told Too Berlanti, the openly gay wrer, producer and director behd hs, such as “Chillg Adventur of Sabra” and “You, ” mostly wrote Jack’s character arc, acrdg to Smh.

“Riverdale” also clus a gay character, Kev (Casey Cott), whom Smh likened to Jack on “Dawson’s Creek. ” Kev, too, ma history as the first openly gay character Archie Comics to LGBTQ televisn reprentatn, however, there’s still room for improvement, acrdg to LGBTQ advot.

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. 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.

TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’

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'.