The Season 3 fale of Dawson's Creek aired 20 years ago on May 24, 2000. The episo featured TV's first gay kiss, between Kerr Smh's character Jack
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- NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
- TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
- LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
- IS JACK HARRIS GAY?
- ‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
- SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
- NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'I REALISED I WAS GAY AFTER KISS OM BURT REYNOLDS'
NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
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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. 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.
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TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
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The programs are givg what we want: gay love a te and reprentative form.
In realy a kiss might be meangls, but means a great al when a major work broadsts a gay kiss to lns. (skip to 26:40)RoseanneABC's Roseanne embraced ntroversy, cludg numero gay-clive moments.
LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
In a 1994 episo, Roseanne shared a kiss wh Mariel Hemgway, who played a lbian stripper at a lol gay bar.
Although this was not the first lbian kiss on the show, was the first not done to thwart creepy men htg on Warrr Prcs Durg the 1990s and 2000s, viewers excedly watched actrs Lucy Lawls (Xena) and Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle) lock lips on several ocsns, all while wonrg if the two were gay or not. In an terview, Lucy Lawls stated Xena was "fely gay.
However, a recent episo ma headl for featurg TV's youngt gay kiss history: It occurred between teenage characters Ju and & Grace Classic edy Will & Grace had dienc cheerg durg a 2000 episo when Will and Jack locked lips. "Queer as FolkThis show and 's Brish precsor are rponsible for brgg gay culture to a mastream dience. In 2000, Showtime rema the Brish seri and broadst explic gay sex to the world of premium ble subscribers.
IS JACK HARRIS GAY?
Brothers & Sisters In the first season of ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, gay character Kev (Matthew Rhys) locked lips wh Stty (Le Macfarlane) 2006. Although this was not the first gay kiss on work televisn, Kev was one of the few major gay characters on TV at that time.
Wh that over wh, now there have been plenty of kiss sce and a same-sex weddg, of Our LivAlthough late to the party, NBC's Days of Our Liv aired s first gay kiss 2012, between Will (Chandler Massey) and Neil (Jse Kristofferson). Even though Days didn't lead the pack, still was appld for cludg a gay s six seasons, Ryan Murphy's Glee unabashedly embraced LGBT storyl.
LookgAs the HBO dramedy centered on gay men, had no shortage of same-sex kissg, but the kiss between protagonist Patrick (Jonathan Groff) and Kev (Rsell Tovey) had the extra forbidn air -- Kev was not only partnered, he was Patrick's is the New BlackWe uldn't have this list and not feature the impet for ! There are many lovely lbian kiss on this show, but how about when Piper (Taylor Schillg) fally giv to her attractn to Alex, the no-good ex who helped land her ItThe entire MTV show may be foced on the fx lbian relatnship of Karma and Amy, but 's De and Shane who live out every gay teen's wet dream. Connor and Oliver are the clear power gay uple, but was revealed that Annalise Keatg is attracted to both sex and has a stunng ex-girliend (Famke Jansen) to To Get Away Wh MurrIt's an absolute necsy to clu law stunt, Connor (Jack Falahee), and his boyiend, Oliver (Conrad Rimora) on this list.
‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
The hidn gay romance occurs between the rebell basketball player Zero (Adam Senn) and sports agent Ju (Brent Antonello). EmpireAlthough there isn't any vio footage available of the gay kiss between Jamal Lyon (Jsie Smollett), Empire's heir, and his boyiend Michael (Rafael la Fuente), the picture explas all. Smollett is among the mory of gay actors playg a gay character on a work televisn seri.
What are the most inic on-screen gay kiss of all time?
We've e a long way recent years when to real, thentic pictns of gay love on-screen, and while same-sex kiss are still fairly new when you nsir the overall history of Hollywood and media, there's still a whole lot of gay love, specifilly gay kiss, to watch and choose om. Man took all the guswork out of tryg to e up wh the bt gay kiss of all time and piled a handy list of the top 100 that clus the lik of the Osr-wng 2016 Barry Jenks film Moonlight, Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer's Call Me by Your Name, Showtime's long-nng Shamels, Netflix's cult-favore Sense8, and so many more beloved movie and televisn tl. "We judged the gay smooch on their historic impact as well as their overall hotns, " Mr.
SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
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NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'I REALISED I WAS GAY AFTER KISS OM BURT REYNOLDS'
While we may now take for granted the prence of queer figureheads on TV, ls than 30 years ago the mere prence of someone intifyg as gay uld send viewers to a tailsp, pecially as beg gay – or gay marriage – was illegal. For ’s Pri Week, we’ve looked back through the years of LGBT relatnships on TV, celebratg landmark moments and trailblazg shownners who fied the odds to get the sential scen on air while startg to break down homophobia and transphobia the procs.
Here are jt some of the characters and shows that broke new ground brgg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer stori to our screens.
1989: Col Rsell and Guido Smh air first gay kiss on UK TV Eastenrs. Col Rsell and Guido Smh aired the first lip-to-lip kiss on Eastenrs (Picture: BBC)In 1989, the first lip-to-lip gay kiss aired on Brish TV urty of Eastenrs. It happened between Col Rsell (Michael Cashman) and his romantic other half Guido Smh (Nicholas Donovan) – after years of character Col beg out and gay on the seri.