Jaguars associate strength ach out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu

Contents:

• NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
• MEA CULPA: KEV SMH APOLOGIZ FOR SHARG ‘GAY KISS' STORY ABOUT BEN AFFLECK FROM ‘CHASG AMY'
• KEV SMH APOLOGIZ FOR TELLG BEN AFFLECK STORY ABOUT GAY KISS 'CHASG AMY'
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ACH NFL
• SMH AMAZED TO BE A GAY 'BEAR' SEX SYMBOL
• KEV SMH DEFENDS GAY BROTHER DONALD ON PIERS MAN (VIDEO)
• KEV SMH DISCS THE GAY MAN OF STEEL

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

But bis troducg viewers to an arguably excciatg ma character, the WB show also gave viewers one of the most inic moments televisn history back 2000: primetime TV’s first “passnate” gay 20 years later, Kerr Smh, who played Jack McPhee on the teen drama, reflected on the impact of that kiss an terview wh Too Fab.

MEA CULPA: KEV SMH APOLOGIZ FOR SHARG ‘GAY KISS' STORY ABOUT BEN AFFLECK FROM ‘CHASG AMY'

The storyle ends heartbreak — Ethan has got back together wh his ex-boyiend and don’t reciprote Jack’s feelgs — but history was ma “Dawson’s Creek, ” Will and Jack kissed on NBC’s “Will and Grace” to prott the fact that they had never seen two gay men kiss on televisn, and a few other shows, cludg “LA Law” and “Relativy” featured two women kissg. In the 1996 “Friends” episo “The One Wh the Lbian Weddg, ” for stance, the seri did not show San and Carol kissg at their own weddg a rult, McPhee said he felt a “huge” rponsibily to play Jack thentilly after Kev Williamson, the creator of “Dawson’s Creek, ” approached him wh the storyl of Jack’s g out and the Jack dated Joey (Katie Holm) earlier episos, Smh said Williamson “always had the tentn of makg one of his characters gay.

”“He was still the closet at that pot too, and every character 'Dawson's Creek' is an extensn of Kev Williamson, " Smh told Too Berlanti, the openly gay wrer, producer and director behd hs, such as “Chillg Adventur of Sabra” and “You, ” mostly wrote Jack’s character arc, acrdg to Smh.

KEV SMH APOLOGIZ FOR TELLG BEN AFFLECK STORY ABOUT GAY KISS 'CHASG AMY'

“Riverdale” also clus a gay character, Kev (Casey Cott), whom Smh likened to Jack on “Dawson’s Creek. ” Kev, too, ma history as the first openly gay character Archie Comics to LGBTQ televisn reprentatn, however, there’s still room for improvement, acrdg to LGBTQ advot.

In July 2017, Gay Star News reported that Smh told the Outft dience that, while filmg Chasg Amy, Affleck said, "A man kissg another man is the greatt actg challenge an actor n ever face.

" Smh later apologized to both Affleck and Wood a Facebook vio, per Gay Star News, sayg, "I feel f***g so stupid.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Film director Kev Smh wish he uld re-ed a story he told about Ben Affleck's gay kiss the 1997 edy-drama "Chasg Amy" after the anecdote led to apologized a few days after he revealed at an LGBT film ftival that Affleck said shortly after filmg the scene that kissg another man is an actor's "greatt" challenge, and that dog so solidified him as a "ser" story offend some — cludg actrs Evan Rachel Wood, who tweeted rponse: "Try gettg raped a scene.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

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KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ACH NFL

You all know how big a fan I am of the gay muny. You all know the rpect and fascatn I have for gay culture and practic.

I've said many an terview, om 'Chasg Amy' onward, that the only reason I never dabbled homosexualy when I was younger was bee I wouldn't know what to say to a guy after he blew a load my mouth - a sentiment that says more about my social awkwardns than any socially awkward stereotyp that've been unfairly hung on the gay muny. Gay or straight has never been a big issue wh me. I've been knee-ep gayns for the better part of my twenti and up (I jt know THAT'S gog to be prted out of ntext somewhere: SMITH SAYS HE'S "KNEE-DEEP IN GAYNESS").

SMH AMAZED TO BE A GAY 'BEAR' SEX SYMBOL

Bob Hawk (he who was most rponsible for exposg the world to 'Clerks') is about as gay as they e (no pun tend), and he lived wh me for three years.

My brother's gay. There are proment members of this board muny who are gay.

KEV SMH DEFENDS GAY BROTHER DONALD ON PIERS MAN (VIDEO)

Now lt you all thk I'm panrg, I'm not tryg to save face wh the View Askew Gay All-Stars list above; I'm jt tryg to give some ntext as to why I was so cshed to receive Stt Seom's GLAAD missive. So as soon as I read , I lled Stt Seom (who joked about how hard was to grow up gay wh a last name like Seom) to addrs his ncerns. He was a sweet guy who, after talkg to him for an hour, admted that his heart, he knew I was not a homophobe.

I poted out that the jok the movie, while funny at face value, do far more than evoke chuckl at the expense of the gay muny.

When you have two ma characters who've both - at one pot or another - hted at or flat-out pped to homo-erotic pas, how on earth n that be nsired "gay-bashg". When that movie me out, the board got flood wh angry posts, mandg "How n you make Jay gay like that?!

KEV SMH DISCS THE GAY MAN OF STEEL

If you believe Stt's stated posn that the target dience for our flicks is "teen and young adult mal", then you have to allow that some of the imprsnable youngsters will have to e to grips wh the fact that the character they hold very arly as one of "their's" has, fact, exprsed homosexual tennci. And eher those folks stop beg fans at that moment, or accept that a character they intify wh engag behavr they may not approve of (if you work unr the assumptn, of urse, that ALL "teen and young adult mal" are terrified of the gay muny).

The gay jok 'Jay and Silent Bob' satirize a young male culture terrified of any ck that isn't their own.

I accept the fact that some folks seeg the flick may not get the joke behd the joke, and jt walk away thkg "Jay and Silent Bob don't wanna be gay, man! " However, I also KNOW - based on posts I've read on this board, followg the release of 'Chasg Amy' and 'Dogma' - that some folks that same mographic will walk away om this movie a ltle more tolerant toward the gay muny.