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- DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY
- NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY
One of the most important storyl vered by Dawson’s Creek was the season 2 cisn to have Jack (Kerr Smh) reveal he was gay. Asi om Rickie on 1994’s My So-Called Life, there hadn’t been an out gay teen on a major work seri before. I had jt, my 20s, gone through the g-out procs and had told my parents I was gay.
Jack and his younger sister, Andie, arrive Capi 1998 begng their sophomore year at Capi High School. Jack is a lm, trovert, kd prence at the begng of the seri, slowly openg up to everyone and, after g to terms wh beg gay, he is seen as more extrovert and at ease wh iends and meetg new people, explorg his love life and inty throughout the seri. His shy and awkward ways are revealed to be om supprsg his nature and g to terms wh beg gay.
As Jack leav Capi for llege, he chang que a lot, wantg to leave behd the 'persona' or label he feels he acquired there, of eher 'Andie's brother', 'Joey's boyiend' or 'the gay kid'. I didn't ask to be gayMr.
NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
McPhee – No more than I asked for a gay son... The two have a relatnship for a while, until Jack to terms wh beg gay.
Jack is surprised to learn that Ethan's gay and they immediately have a nnectn, wh Jack beg terted gettg to know the first other gay kid he's met. Jack nonts the at about this homophobic treatment and they ver for Eric, but Jack figur out was him.
Insi the groundbreakg cisn to have Jack e out as gay (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • APRIL 2018). Rememberg the beloved character and his historic gay kiss…. The recent release of Dawson’s Creek on Netflix Canada is nveniently timed, sce 2020 marks two s sce the show’s groundbreakg kiss between gay characters Jack McPhee (Kerr Smh) and Ethan Brody (Adam Kfman).