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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). 'An Amerin Fay' (1973) This landmark documentary followg the Loud fay is primarily known as the precursor of realy TV – wh the chet of PBS – but also stood out bee one of the fay's sons, Lance, was openly gay at a time when society was ls hospable. 'Soap' (1977-81)Jodie Dallas (Billy Crystal) was work TV's first memorable gay seri regular.
(That also ma him the first openly gay father primetime. In 1985, NBC aired "An Early Frost, " the first TV movie alg wh AIDS, which followed a young gay man (Aidan Qun) alg wh HIV and g out to his parents.
MOTHER OF GAY BOY SUT TO APPEAR ON ‘ELLEN’
'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.
'Queer Eye' (2003-07; 2018-)Five gay men who were experts such fields as fashn, groomg and terr sign beme media stars this h personal makeover show. Billy Porter, who stood out as emcee and fashn signer Pray Tell, beme the first openly gay Black man to w an Emmy as lead more signifint moments, vis the onle Pri Month exhib at The Paley Center for Media.