Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD.
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JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
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Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD. In April 2016, gay activist webse Pri labeled Steven Universe one of the queert kid’s shows on TV bee most of the characters are prented as gay.
It has also, perhaps most importantly, been a platform to tell stori that have ma gay, lbian, bisexual, trans, queer, tersex, and more people feel ls alone the world – to know there is a big and varied muny to which they belong. They did so by beg the first work superhero TV show wh an LGBTQ+ lead (actrs and character), as is the se of the CW’s Batwoman, or featurg some of the earlit recurrg gay characters on Amerin TV, like Vcent Schiavelli’s Peter Panama on the short-lived The Corner Bar, or Billy Crystal’s Jodie Dallas on Soap. In this sectn you’ll also fd the first Disney Channel show to feature a gay ma character (Andi Mack), the first animated show to feature a same-sex marriage proposal (Steven Universe), and Pose, which broke ground wh s diverse, largely transgenr st, and for beg the seri on which Ja Mock beme the first transgenr woman of lor to direct and wre an episo of televisn.
It also troduced the world to Rickie Vasquez, played by Out ver star Wilson Cz, the first gay character played by a gay actor a leadg role Amerin televisn history.
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * shows with no gay characters *
Hulu's genr-swapped adaptatn of the novel by Nick Hornby and the classic John Cack film -- which starred Zoe Kravz as the rerd-store-owng, list-lovg, bad-at-love Rob and featured gay romance storyl via gay ma character Simon (David H. The seri featured a cute gay uple, Sam and Grizz, who had a cute first kiss after Grizz asked Sam, who sign language, to teach him the sign for "kiss me. The show starred Sean Hay as secret agent Steve Maryweather, the goln boy of the Amerin Intelligence Agency who was forced to obscury Wt Hollywood after he publicly me out as gay.
The show, which jt premiered on May 31, follows a Black, young, gay, billnaire, geni ventor (played by Tian Richards) who is "thst to a world of sci-fi nspiracy and unexplaed phenomena" after his father disappears. Though was highly-anticipated and featured an ensemble st that clud some of our queer fav like Jse Jam Keel, CG, Dev Way, F Arg, Johnny Sibilly, Ryan O'Connell, Kim Cattrall, and Juliette Lewis, Peack axxed the first and only season of Stephen Dunn's morn, rebooted versn of the beloved gay seri om the 2000s by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, which was based off of Rsell T Davi' 1999 Brish TV seri of the same name.
-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.