From Ellen to G Kenworthy: A history of gay kiss on TV

Contents:

• FROM ELLEN TO G KENWORTHY: A HISTORY OF GAY KISS ON TV
• SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
• BRAZIL AIRS FIRST PRIMETIME GAY MALE KISS
• LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
• GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
• 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
• NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS

FROM ELLEN TO G KENWORTHY: A HISTORY OF GAY KISS ON TV

In realy, Buddy was gay and had a major csh on Eric.

SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH

Due to Eric's nstant talk about his plited relatnship wh Donna Pctti, Buddy thought that Eric might also be gay. Grace's character, of urse, wasn't gay and acted plete shock.

The 1998 kiss om the actors occurred jt mere months before another gay kiss on Dawson's Creek. It wasn't the first gay kiss, however, sce there were several shows prr to That '70s Show that featured two female characters kissg. The seri was also set the '70s when many people weren't open to homosexualy, and the suatn was a product of the tim.

BRAZIL AIRS FIRST PRIMETIME GAY MALE KISS

In the origal seri, there was always a ht that Fez might be gay, but he never me out. 18), but he did sre a solid-gold moment when he gave his boyiend, Matt Wilkas, a quick kiss at the bottom of the embrace was ught live on TV by NBC as part of their Olympic footage, quickly went viral — and proved to be a tone for a young man who, as a youngster, never “dreamed of seeg a gay kiss on TV at the Olympics. My childhood self would never have dreamed of seeg a gay kiss on TV at the Olympics but for the first time ever a kid watchg at home CAN!

— G Kenworthy (@gkenworthy) Febary 19, 2018Although perhaps the first gay kiss televised om the Olympics, Kenworthy and Wilkas’s smooch is not the only same-sex one that’s been showsed on TV. Here’s a ndown of 10 more famo gay kiss that have ma history on the small screen.

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

Roseanne, 1994Roseanne Barr never shied away om ntroversial topics her h seri, and addrsed gay issu several tim on the show over the years.

Conner herself receiv the kiss om Mariel Hemgway, who plays a lbian stripper at a lol gay bar. The work, ABC, noted that viewers by and large reacted favorably, fdg the episo Real World, 1994The late Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora were one of TV’s landmark gay upl, wh their relatnship beg explored on MTV’s h realy seri. The closens between actors Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson unfold gradually, wh a natural-feelg kiss occurrg durg an emotnal scene the fifth Vio Mic Awards, 2003Although neher Madonna nor Brney Spears intify as gay, their surprise, attentn-grabbg kiss at the 2003 VMAs stantly was hailed as a fantastilly outrageo moment, and beme one of the most inic imag awards show history.

GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY

Poor Christa Aguilera is largely left out of this entire scenar, but her part should not be Amerin Mic Awards, 2009Unlike Brney and Madonna, Amerin Idol alum Adam Lambert do 100% intify as gay, and he spiced up the 2009 AMAs by layg an open-mouthed kiss on a male dancer durg his performance of “For Your Entertament” at the AMAs. It was ed very entertag, but ed Good Morng Ameri to ncel his appearance on their show the followg Fosters, 2015ABC Fay’s The Fosters, a show focg on the story of a lbian uple and their fay of blogil and fostered children, ma TV history by showg two 13-year-old male characters the youngt-ever gay kiss on screen.

10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY

TV's First Gay Kiss — ‘Dawson's Creek'. The episo featured TV's first gay kiss, between Kerr Smh's character Jack McPhee's and his prom date Ethan (Adam Kfman). ' … Look at any show today — edy or drama — you're gog to have gay, lbian and transgenr characters.

Gay Kiss prevly on Towleroad.

NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS

He is the thor of 25 books and hosts the natnally syndited, daily talk rad show, the Le of has been lled "The History-Makg Gay Kiss, " as "The Fosters" TV show, which airs durg prime time on the ABC Fay work, featured the "Youngt Same-Sex TV Kiss Ever. " Y, on a so-lled "fay iendly" work, two 13-year-old boys locked lips, and gay activists and their alli are celebratg the, formally known as the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, stated that, "ABC Fay's 'The Fosters' breaks new ground wh Ju and Connor kiss. Remember, we're talkg about velopg children here, about kids who have not yet e to puberty (or, who have jt e to puberty), and now some of their favore TV characters are actg out their homosexual sir, makg for a whole new kd of role mol.

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I'm simply potg out that many people who thought they were "gay" eventually disver they are study I read found that roughly 25 percent of young teens terviewed thought that they might be gay, but 10 years later, the number of those who intified as gay was one-tenth that how many of them engage all kds of sexual practic and relatnships today bee of their earlier sexual experimentatn?