For most of TV history, gay characters have been absent or the butt of a joke, but there are a few posive exampl of early reprentatn.
Contents:
- WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
- GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
- SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
- LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
- ‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
- FROM ELLEN TO G KENWORTHY: A HISTORY OF GAY KISS ON TV
WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
* first gay kiss on primetime tv *
1/48CBS1971: All the FayAll the Fay ma LGBT history when troduced the first gay character primetime 1971, revealg that Archie Bunker's bar buddy Steve was gay. The movie is noted for pictg homosexualy a sympathetic—read: normal—light.
GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
From TV's first same-sex kiss ever to Disney's first gay kiss on "Star vs. the Forc of Evil," the are the moments that refed televisn and ma history. * first gay kiss on primetime tv *
4/48YouTube1975: Hot l BalmoreThe Norman Lear s starrg Jam Cromwell, Charlotte Rae and Conchata Ferrell had perhaps the first pictn of a gay uple on an Amerin TV seri.
The character was divisive at the time—early plots had him wantg to bee a woman, he dated several women—but ultimately he was primetime TV's first gay dad.
8/48FOX1991: RocOne of Fox's first shows, Roc, was the first to have a gay weddg on TV.
SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
The Season 3 fale of Dawson's Creek aired 20 years ago on May 24, 2000. The episo featured TV's first gay kiss, between Kerr Smh's character Jack * first gay kiss on primetime tv *
In a "very special episo, " Roc fds out his uncle is gay and has a partner.
LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
10/481992: One Life to LiveIn 1992, the world met One Life to Live's Billy Douglas, played by a young Ryan Phillippe, the first gay teen character on daytime TV.
12/48ABC1994: My So-Called LifeWhile One Life to Live had s first gay teen 1992, primetime's first openly gay teen seri regular character me to My So-Called Life's Enrique "Rickie" Vasquez, played by Wilson Cz. Pedro was openly gay and HIV-posive.
15/481997: Ellen"The Puppy Episo" of Ellen featured Ellen Man (Ellen DeGener) g out as gay, the same time the star me out on the ver of Time magaze, makg Ellen the first show to feature an openly lbian actrs playg an openly lbian character.
‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
18/48WB1999: Dawson's CreekWhile lbian kiss beme a ratgs ploy for shows, TV's first "romantic" gay kiss didn't happen until 1999 on The WB.
22/48CBS2007: As the World TurnsMen were kissg primetime long before daytime fally got on board, but the soaps ught up 2007 when As the World Turns featured the first-ever gay kiss between two male characters, Le Snyr (Van Hansis) and Noah Mayer (Jake Silbermann).
23/48CBS2008: Rachel MaddowThe MSNBC anchor beme the first openly gay anchor of a primetime program on a major news work.
FROM ELLEN TO G KENWORTHY: A HISTORY OF GAY KISS ON TV
While reprentatn of gay characters TV seri has e a long way the last uple of s, has been a pafully slow procs to get to this pot.