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MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SON EJ COMG OUT AS GAY
Magic Johnson opened up on 'The Ellen DeGener Show' about his son EJ g out as gay — watch the vio * gay kid on ellen *
"I had to look myself the mirror and say, 'What if your son home and tells you he's gay? 'All the Fay' (1971-79)Livg up to s trailblazg reputatn, Norman Lear's legendary edy be the first s wh a gay storyle 1971, as bigoted Archie has trouble believg an old buddy is gay. While many shows remaed hant, other Lear shows troduced LGBTQ characters, cludg a gay uple on "Hot L Baltimore" (1975); a trans woman on "The Jeffersons" (1977); and a trans ma character on the short-lived "All That Glters" (1977).
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MOTHER OF GAY BOY SUT TO APPEAR ON ‘ELLEN’
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'One Life to Live' (1968-2013)As an openly gay teen, Billy Douglas (Ryan Phillippe) was a groundbreakg character daytime televisn when he was troduced 1992. 'My So-Called Life' (1994-95)This much-praised but short-lived ABC high school drama featured Wilson Cz as Rickie Vasquez, the first openly gay actor to play a gay ma character on a primetime seri.
'The Real World: San Francis' (1994) Pedro Zamora, a young gay man who was HIV-posive, offered an empathetic human face to challenge hostile ritur the third season of the inic MTV realy soap. Watershed moment:20-year flashback: Ellen DeGener me out, and paved the way for more gay TV role'Will & Grace' (1998-2006; 2017-20)Unlike on "Ellen, " two gay characters were at the center om the begng of this NBC edy. 'Queer as Folk' (2000-05)In 2000, Showtime's drama featurg an ensemble of gay men livg Ptsburgh was a sign of premium ble's abily to foc on niche dienc, providg programmg broadst works shied away om.