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- TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
- 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’
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.
NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
Acrdg to Kev Williamson, who is the creator of Dawson’s Creek, the character Jack was always wrten to be gay and have a signifint g out story. A gay man himself, Williamson rightly felt that was sential for gay people to see reprentatns of themselv on screen.
“Even before we brought Jack onto the show, was always signed to have him e out of the closet and be gay. I didn’t share wh everyone bee I was sred as a gay wrer Hollywood that that storyle would be rejected, ” Williamson nfsed an terview wh Hollywood Reporter.