Gay TV and Me

Contents:

• GLEE'S KURT GETS FIRST GAY KISS (BUT NOT OM HIS TEENAGE DREAM)
• GLEE: KURT’S LIFE NOW THREATENED FOR THE GAY KISS HE NEVER WANTED
• GLEE'S FIRST GAY KISS! AND IT'S A SHOCKER!

GLEE'S KURT GETS FIRST GAY KISS (BUT NOT OM HIS TEENAGE DREAM)

Jt prr to that, the drama thirtysomethg lost over a ln dollars advertisg for simply showg two gay men bed together. Six years later, the stgglg ABC seri Relativy showed the first romantic kiss between two gay characters (one of whom was played by Hoe's Lisa Elste). And though the first gay teenager on TV was played by Ryan Phillippe on One Life to Live 1992, took until 2001 for the first kiss between gay teens to take place on Dawson's Creek—and the amount of prs voted to the event was recent years, the teenage characters of Le and Noah had the first daytime gay kiss on As the World Turns, and primetime seri cludg Ugly Betty and Dperate Hoewiv have aired liplocks between s young gay characters.

Glee fans have been speculatg for weeks that McKley High's openly gay stunt Kurt would get his first kiss on tonight's while fally happened, certaly didn't pan out as scene had been set for Kurt, played by Chris Colfer, to spark up a romance wh Blae, another gay stunt om a rival glee charmed Kurt wh his group's rendn of Katy Perry's Teenage Dream at the Dalton Amy for the Boys and a passnate moment seemed imment. First kiss: Sexually nfed Karofsky, who had been bullyg Kurt about beg gay, ma a move on the stunt tonight's episo of Glee Shocked: Kurt was left totally stunned by the kiss Tough guy: The football jock had been makg Kurt's school days hell But to the surprise of viewers was Karofsky, a 'Neanrthal' football jock who had been subjectg Kurt to bullyg about his sexualy, who locked lips wh was left reelg after the kiss and took Blae to nont nfed Karofsky, who rpond wh only said last week that the st had been sworn to secrecy over the kiss. Sparks fly: Fans were expectg Kurt to share a kiss wh Blae, a fellow gay stunt om a rival glee club We n dance until we die: Blae and his troupe performed Katy Perry's h Teenage Dream 'That's never happened before.

Glee's Kurt gets first gay kiss (but NOT om his Teenage Dream). On last night’s Glee, we saw the return of Max Adler’s character Dave, who forced himself on Chris Colfer and beme Kurt’s first gay kiss. And jt like viewers, Adler had no ia he was gog to play a gay.

GLEE: KURT’S LIFE NOW THREATENED FOR THE GAY KISS HE NEVER WANTED

Are we settg ourselv up for a gay bashg storyle? So Kurt’s First Gay Glee Was Kiss Was A Surprise. Kurt is the first gay character to e out season one of Glee, and is badly bullied for .

However, Dave later reveals he is gay after tryg to kiss Kurt season two. Televison shows like How to Get Away wh Murr, Empire, Fakg It, and Morn Fay are workg diligently toward normalizg the display of gay affectn.

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GLEE'S FIRST GAY KISS! AND IT'S A SHOCKER!

The programs are givg what we want: gay love a te and reprentative form. In realy a kiss might be meangls, but means a great al when a major work broadsts a gay kiss to lns.

(skip to 26:40)RoseanneABC's Roseanne embraced ntroversy, cludg numero gay-clive moments. In a 1994 episo, Roseanne shared a kiss wh Mariel Hemgway, who played a lbian stripper at a lol gay bar. Although this was not the first lbian kiss on the show, was the first not done to thwart creepy men htg on Warrr Prcs Durg the 1990s and 2000s, viewers excedly watched actrs Lucy Lawls (Xena) and Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle) lock lips on several ocsns, all while wonrg if the two were gay or not.

In an terview, Lucy Lawls stated Xena was "fely gay. However, a recent episo ma headl for featurg TV's youngt gay kiss history: It occurred between teenage characters Ju and & Grace Classic edy Will & Grace had dienc cheerg durg a 2000 episo when Will and Jack locked lips.