© Liverpool Daily Post and Echo Workg on the Pri and Prejudice project means that I spend a lot of my time thkg about the story of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans people Liverpool.
Contents:
- WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
- LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
- GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
- ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
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. * first gay kiss brookside *
I am proud that we got the ntract that Beth would always stay gay; wasn’t bee of her sexual abe. Lbian and gay characters have appeared on our TV screens fairly regularly sce.
LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
* first gay kiss brookside *
The arrival of two gay characters EastEnrs 1987 (one played by Stonewall founr Michael Cashman) prompted the headle EastBenrs The Sun. While reprentatn of gay characters TV seri has e a long way the last uple of s, has been a pafully slow procs to get to this pot.
GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
The moment where two male characters kissed on Byker Grove went down history as one of the first time g out as gay was explored storyl on televisn * first gay kiss brookside *
When did the first gay character appear on TV? In 1971, the year after the first-ever Pri para the US and when homosexualy was still nsired a disorr, All the Fay beme the first Amerin s to show a gay character on TV, only s fifth episo.
The episo subverted gay stereotyp, as Archie Bunker mocks a man who he nsirs effemate, but turns out to be straight. It is later revealed that his macho, football-lovg drkg buddy Steve is actually gay. The gay character Peter Panama, played by Vcent Schiavelli, the US TV seri The Corner Bar.
ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
A year later, 1972, US s The Corner Bar clud the first-ever gay seri regular on Amerin TV.