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NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC 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."It was an tense experience, and I remember llg everybody I rpected and said, 'Hey should I do this?'" he rells. Smh matas he's "glad" thatDawson's Creek "did " and that the moment "was a part of history."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.
Both Williamson and Berlanti are gay.While Smh says 's great to see how much the dtry has evolved sce then, he overtimat jt how clive TV is today.
"There's always a gay storyle, a lbian storyle, or whatever."That's not exactly rrect. The numbers are better on ble and streamg platforms, but still LGBTQ+ characters only make up a actn of overall characters on those shows.While some studi show that the percentage of LGBTQ+ Amerins is lower, a 2017 GLAAD survey found that around 12 percent of Amerins intify as LGBTQ+ and others say that the untry is gettg queerer wh each generatn.Smh's big Hollywood romance certaly opened doors and paved the way for LGBTQ+ reprentatn on screen, but the work is far om done yet.RELATED |35 Unfettable Gay TV Kiss Then & Now. 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.