'Riverdale' star Kerr Smh on TV's first gay kiss: 'It was tense'

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• GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
• 31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY: THE TIME "WGS" SHOWED HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 23, 2013/4:21 PMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 23, 2013 / 4:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY: THE TIME \"WGS\" SHOWED HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST GAY KISS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-23T20:21:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-23T20:21:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCTOBER IS LGBT HISTORY MONTH! WE ALWAYS STUNK AT HISTORY, SO WE LLED ON YOUTUBE SENSATN DAVEY WAVEY TO FILL ON SOME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GREAT ACPLISHMENTS OF THE LGBT MUNY THROUGH THE AG. OF URSE, DAVEY’S NO KEN BURNS EHER, SO TAKE WHAT HE SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: MORE 31 DAYS OF DAVEY WAVEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY DAVEY  DISCS WGS. NO, NOT THE 1980S NBC S—THE OSR-WNG SILENT MOVIE THAT FEATURED THE FIRST GAY KISS A MASTREAM HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE WILLIAM A. WELLMAN-DIRECTED FILM, WORLD WAR I PILOTS DAVE AND JACK ARE BOSOM BODI (TODAY WE'D SAY THEY HAD A BROMANCE) AND WHEN (SPOILERS) DAVE ENUNTERS A MORTALLY WOUND JACK, THE TWO HAVE  TENR FAL MOMENTS TOGETHER—PLETE WH EMBRACG, HAIRTWIRLG AND A HEARTMELTG KISS TO CEMENT THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN JACK'S FAL WORDS SOUND GAY: "OH DAVE, DAVE—I WAS JT TRYG TO GET ONE MORE HEE FOR YOU!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLARA BOW WAS OSTENSIBLY THE LOVE TERT THEY BOTH PURSUED BUT EVEN SHE SAID HER CHARACTER WAS JT "WAS JT THE WHIPPED CREAM ON TOP OF THE PIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE MOVIE WON THE FIRST AMY AWARD FOR BT PICTURE, IS WAS LONG NSIRED A LOST CLASSIC—THE ONE REMAG PRT WAS BADLY YED AND HAD TO BE METICULOLY RTORED FOR A 1996 ANNIVERSARY EDN. RELEASED BEFORE THE HAY CO TAMPED DOWN ON SEXUALY ON SCREEN, WGS ALSO BOW'S BARE BREAST, AND NU MEN ARE SHOWN UNRGOG PHYSIL EXAMS. MY AR!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, DAVE (RICHARD ARLEN) AND JACK (CHARL "BUDDY" ROGERS) WGS' EMOTNAL SMOOCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
• HOLLYWOOD FIRST GAY KISS: SCHLGER’S SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, STARRG PETER FCH, GLENDA JACKSON, AND MURRAY HEAD AS THE GUY THEY BOTH LOVE
• ‘MORN FAY’ ACTORS PRACTICG GAY KISS
• JONATHAN GROFF REUNTS SWEET STORY OF HIS FIRST GAY KISS DURG ‘BROADWAY GIV BACK’ INTERVIEW: ‘I WAS LEVATG’
• WATCH: 10 GAY MEN KISS FOR THE FIRST TIME
• EXTRA: THE TV HISTORY OF GAY LIPLOCKS
• LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO

GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY

When asked to discs the matter, he reportedly said, “No, I’m not homosexual, but I am also not gog through life wh one hand tied behd my back. Before we tell you even more about old Hollywood stars who were secretly homosexual, please like this vio and subscribe to our channel for more unique and fascatg stori.

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He further stated that he had many ‘homosexual experienc’ and that he wasn’t ashamed to adm and that he uldn’t re ls about what others thought of him. But travelg across the pond to Hollywood changed nothg, as the climate the first half of the twentieth century was still hostile to homosexualy.

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. 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.

‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’

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. The first lbian kiss beme so inic aired as part of the 2012 Olympic ceremony (Picture: Channel 4)Brooksi’s 1994 lbian kiss between Beth (Anna Friel) and Margaret (Nila Stephenson) is often ced as the first UK gay kiss, but unfortunately they were five years late.

HOLLYWOOD FIRST GAY KISS: SCHLGER’S SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, STARRG PETER FCH, GLENDA JACKSON, AND MURRAY HEAD AS THE GUY THEY BOTH LOVE

The moment was so inic, even managed to land a place a montage for the2012 London Olympic Openg Ceremony – airg across the world cludg untri where homosexualy was illegal. In 1994, realy TV show The Real World: San Francis broke some ser ground whout even meang to when gay uple Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora held a mment ceremony to each other live on air.

It’s one of the most fg moments of the late 90s – Ellen Degener g out as gay, first as a character on her show, and then publicly shortly after. Starrg Aidan Gillan, Charlie Hunnam and Craig Kelly – Queer As Folk beme groundbreakg telly part to s no-holds-barred look at life and sex on the Manchter gay scene.

Lnched by Rsell T Davi, Queer as Folk aired at a turng pot time for homosexualy and acceptance, wh the ernment that same year lowerg the age of nsent for gay sex down to 16, the same as heterosexual sex. While there was fely some problematic elements to the show, still showed beg gay a much more well-round, ls stereotypil light than before, and was one of the first major seri to lead off three gay characters. First havg a heterosexual relatnship wh Oz (Seth Green), Willow veloped feelgs and relatnship wh young wch Tara (Amber Benson), before g out as gay to her iends.

‘MORN FAY’ ACTORS PRACTICG GAY KISS

They later went on to get married and adopt a send child, but this was the first time on a major s that the ncept of adoptn, and raisg a fay a gay hoehold, was tly displayed at length. Batwoman ught the attentn of fans everywhere when was nfirmed that actrs Ruby Rose will be playg the superhero – and she will be playg her as openly gay.

In April 2019, rerd label drama Empire aired the first ever gay black weddg on work TV, wh Jamal Lyons (Jsie Smollett) tyg the knot to Kai Givens (Toby Onwumere). Televison shows like How to Get Away wh Murr, Empire, Fakg It, and Morn Fay are workg diligently toward normalizg the display of gay affectn.

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. 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. Brothers & Sisters In the first season of ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, gay character Kev (Matthew Rhys) locked lips wh Stty (Le Macfarlane) 2006.

JONATHAN GROFF REUNTS SWEET STORY OF HIS FIRST GAY KISS DURG ‘BROADWAY GIV BACK’ INTERVIEW: ‘I WAS LEVATG’

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). 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.

WATCH: 10 GAY MEN KISS FOR THE FIRST TIME

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. 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. Wellman-directed film, World War I pilots Dave and Jack are bosom bodi (today we'd say they had a bromance) and when (SPOILERS) Dave enunters a mortally wound Jack, the two have tenr fal moments together—plete wh embracg, hairtwirlg and a heartmeltg kiss to cement their Jack's fal words sound gay: "Oh Dave, Dave—I was jt tryg to get one more Hee for you!

Based on Penelope Gilliatt’s sharply observed screenplay, the movie holds an important place film history, offerg the first posive image of a homosexual character (and a Jewish one at that) a lead role a mastream movie. Daniel Hirsch (Peter Fch), a gay Jewish doctor his forti, and Alex Gerville (Glenda Jackson), a reer unselor her thirti, are both love wh Bob Elk (Murray Head), a boyish, succsful sculptor who sually divis his time and affectns between them.

Schlger shows a remarkable gift for brgg together all the elements of moviemakg: The movie has been nsistently ced as one of the first “posive” gay films. Unfortunately, this mature drama never found s dience and s box-office failure was ed by Hollywood as “proof” that gay ntents was not a money-makg proposn.

EXTRA: THE TV HISTORY OF GAY LIPLOCKS

It would take at least two more s for Hollywood to fally regnizg the artistic–and mercial value–of posive or at least nonjudgmental gay-oriented entertament. Unlike most films at the time, Sunday Bloody Sunday took for granted the protagonists’ sexualy–somethg that gay and lbian activists have been askg for generatns. It’s bee a meme when headl say that Disney has ma history wh s first gay uple but when you watch the film, they are background characters or a blk you’ll miss kiss.

It’s not the show to blame but the pany behd makg the cisns to cut thgs out but allowg a gay kiss to happen the fal season bee the show is over anyway.

LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO

As film historian Richard Dyer monstrat, scribg a scene which a burly stagehand tnts Charlie Chapl for supposedly kissg a boy "Behd the Screen, " the equatn of male homosexualy wh effemacy was already "so firmly place that a popular mastream film uld assume that the dience would know what that swishy [behavr] was all about. The movi were loose enough those days that one Clara Bow movie ("Call Her Savage") uld take slummg Hollywood's first big screen gay bar (this eedom wouldn't last -- would also be the last big screen gay bar until Otto Premger's. " In addn to pictns of homosexualy -- or "sex perversn, " as was lled -- other rtrictns of the 1934 Hays Co clud: open-mouthed kissg, ltful embrac, sctn, rape, abortn, prostutn and whe slavery, nudy, obsceny and all s efforts, the Productn Co didn't erase homosexuals om the screen; jt ma them harr to fd.

Danvers Hchck's "Rebec, " and Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo "The Malte Faln, " beg a long le of movie characters which subtle hts of homosexualy are ed to make villas more menacg.

" "I don't thk the censors at that time realized that this was about gay people, " says Arthur Lrents of Hchck's film "Rope", for which Lrents wrote the screenplay, based on the te story of gay psychopathic murrers Leopold and Loeb.