Dawson's Creek gay kiss was to 'undo' poor queer reprentatn

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The Dawson's Creek gay kiss which pvated a generatn was signed to undo the wrongs of past attempts at queer reprentatn, said Greg Berlanti.

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

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. "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.

"There's always a gay storyle, a lbian storyle, or whatever. RELATED |35 Unfettable Gay TV Kiss Then & Now.

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.

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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. In the 1999-2000 season, Dawson’s Creek featured the first gay male kiss wh character Jack McPhee.

Gay kiss on televisn are no big al now, but back at the begng of the century, there were few gay characters on the airwav at all, let alone smoochg on them. “Back ‘98, I thk was, or ‘99 — when we cid to do this gay storyle — back then, there weren’t a lot of gay characters on televisn. ”Intertgly enough, Smh was hired to create a love triangle between himself, Joey Potter, and Dawson Leary, so he was a ltle thrown when the gay storyle me up.

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