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FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
Thgs take a turn when Buddy mak a move on Eric, revealg that he's gay. It's a signifint velopment for a gay character to appear on such a proment show the late 1990s. Unrneath Gordon-Levt's ment, a fan wr to say, "Serly though as a young gay kid this moment was pretty major for me.
Buddy’s one-episo arc nclud after he kissed Eric when the two were alone the r, wh Buddy revealg that he’s gay. While was said that dienc feared a gay romantic tert for Eric when he was already petg for Donna wh Hy, there was tly no ditn that Eric’s relatnship wh Buddy would have ever gone beyond iendship. While Buddy would have been a great character to recur on the seri early on, another openly gay character wasn’t featured until That ‘70s Show season 8 when Kty and Red beme iends wh their new neighbors.
Thankfully, That ‘90s Show is already workg to rectify That ‘70s Show's erasure of Buddy, as the sequel seri now has as one of s ma characters an openly gay teen.