'Riverdale' star Kerr Smh on TV's first gay kiss: 'It was tense'

Contents:

• TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
• 25 UNFETTABLE GAY TV KISS
• SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
• GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
• ‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
• GAY KISS ON LIVE TV ADVERTENTLY BYPASS SGAPORE LGBT NTENT BAN
• LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
• GAY KISS
• TOM HOLLAND GO VIRAL FOR PERFORMG TENSE GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM
• KG LIL JAY SLAMS GAY MORS AFTER VIO OF MAT KISSG PROMPTS TROLLS’ RPONSE
• IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY

TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’

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25 UNFETTABLE GAY TV KISS

1987’s Mrice featured a very subtle and tentative – but still inic – gay kiss between Clive (Hugh Grant) and Mrice (Jam Wilby) durg a time when queer romance wasn’t at all somethg we expected to see on the big screen. 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. 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.

SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH

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GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY

There are many lovely lbian kiss on this show, but how about when Piper (Taylor Schillg) fally giv to her attractn to Alex, the no-good ex who helped land her ItThe entire MTV show may be foced on the fx lbian relatnship of Karma and Amy, but 's De and Shane who live out every gay teen's wet dream. Connor and Oliver are the clear power gay uple, but was revealed that Annalise Keatg is attracted to both sex and has a stunng ex-girliend (Famke Jansen) to To Get Away Wh MurrIt's an absolute necsy to clu law stunt, Connor (Jack Falahee), and his boyiend, Oliver (Conrad Rimora) on this list.

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‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’

Although this was not the first gay kiss on work televisn, Kev was one of the few major gay characters on TV at that FayIt wasn't that long ago -- jt 2010 -- that a Facebook mpaign was lnched llg on the creators of Morn Fay to let same-sex uple Mch and Cam share a kiss on screen. ”Bt known for starrg the new Spir-Man trilogy and brgg the Peter Parker character to life the Marvel Cematic Universe (MCU), Tom Holland is currently facg scty om homophob for playg the lead character of Billy Milligan the new limed seri The Crowd Room for Apple 1975, Milligan was arrted for armed robbery and rapg three people on the mp of Oh State Universy.

The actor is straight and has been a relatnship wh Zendaya for many years, so his role on The Crowd Room is clearly jt a role that don’t affect his personal the topic of LGBTQ+ actors playg LGBTQ+ characters, ’s not like Billy Milligan is the most posive dividual out there for an actor to brg to life, so feels like ’s bis the pot for a non-LGBTQ+ actor to play this particular person on as seen on LGBTQ-clive shows like The Last of Us, homophob will clg to jt about any reason to pla about queer characters beg picted on mastream media.

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GAY KISS ON LIVE TV ADVERTENTLY BYPASS SGAPORE LGBT NTENT BAN

Remember, we're talkg about velopg children here, about kids who have not yet e to puberty (or, who have jt e to puberty), and now some of their favore TV characters are actg out their homosexual sir, makg for a whole new kd of role mol. I'm aware, of urse, that gay-intified kids still get bullied many schools across the natn, but I'm also aware that many other schools, g out as gay is seen as ol or even the thg to was nfirmed to me by a very liberal md middle school teacher who told me about a 12-year-old boy who me out as gay her class, only to e to her the next day and say, "I thk I ma a mistake.

"Add to all this the fluence of "Gay Straight Allianc" middle schools and high schools, where kids are enuraged to "e out" to peers and faculty whout their parents even knowg about , upled wh the fluence of Hollywood, the Inter, and aggrsive pro-gay school curricula, and 's all too easy for kids the formative years to bee even more nfed about their once they beg to experiment, pecially at such tenr ag, there's no tellg what practic and behavr and sir might bee a long-term part of their liv. I'm simply potg out that many people who thought they were "gay" eventually disver they are study I read found that roughly 25 percent of young teens terviewed thought that they might be gay, but 10 years later, the number of those who intified as gay was one-tenth that how many of them engage all kds of sexual practic and relatnships today bee of their earlier sexual experimentatn? While we may now take for granted the prence of queer figureheads on TV, ls than 30 years ago the mere prence of someone intifyg as gay uld send viewers to a tailsp, pecially as beg gay – or gay marriage – was illegal.

LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO

For ’s Pri Week, we’ve looked back through the years of LGBT relatnships on TV, celebratg landmark moments and trailblazg shownners who fied the odds to get the sential scen on air while startg to break down homophobia and transphobia the procs. The first lbian kiss beme so inic aired as part of the 2012 Olympic ceremony (Picture: Channel 4)Brooksi’s 1994 lbian kiss between Beth (Anna Friel) and Margaret (Nila Stephenson) is often ced as the first UK gay kiss, but unfortunately they were five years late. In 1994, realy TV show The Real World: San Francis broke some ser ground whout even meang to when gay uple Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora held a mment ceremony to each other live on air.

Lnched by Rsell T Davi, Queer as Folk aired at a turng pot time for homosexualy and acceptance, wh the ernment that same year lowerg the age of nsent for gay sex down to 16, the same as heterosexual sex.

While there was fely some problematic elements to the show, still showed beg gay a much more well-round, ls stereotypil light than before, and was one of the first major seri to lead off three gay characters. They later went on to get married and adopt a send child, but this was the first time on a major s that the ncept of adoptn, and raisg a fay a gay hoehold, was tly displayed at length.

GAY KISS

He was one of the first gay men livg wh AIDS to be featured on televisn, and what’s more, his mment ceremony to boyiend Sean Sasser was the first same-sex unn broadst on televisn. More notably, though, was the first hour-long Amerin show to foc solely on the liv of LGBTQ+ people, makg one of the most groundbreakg gay TV shows on this & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020)AF archive / Alamy Stock PhotoWill & Grace don’t have any firsts, really. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2001)©20thCentFox/Courty Everett CollectnEven though dulg the Bury Your Gays trope, Willow and Tara will forever be a major tone reprentg young lbian upl.

To be hont, ’s still rehg 2022—a time when gay TV seri still, for the most part, center characters who are whe, cisgenr, and the World Turns (1956–2010)When Le (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann) smooched a 2007 episo of this long-nng soap opera, ma history as daytime TV’s first gay kiss. And while Kurt and Blae weren’t the first teens to kiss on TV, their first kiss 2011 was one of the first queer moments on work TV that felt like an average, everyday Fay (2009–2020)AF archive / Alamy Stock PhotoABC’s ditn to pictg a lovg, nurturg hoehold wh two gay men—Cam (Eric Stontreet) and Mchell (Jse Tyler Fergon)—is what mak Morn Fay so special, even a -pl after s first Is the New Black (2013–2019)©Netflix/Courty Everett CollectnOrange Is the New Black is one of the most diverse TV shows ever, and one of s most imprsive acplishments was lnchg the reer of Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset.

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. 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. 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).

TOM HOLLAND GO VIRAL FOR PERFORMG TENSE GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM

Filmg is long done, but the reason for the actor's exhstn is beg Hom Holland cisg a gay bar the crowd roomHom holland cisg a gay bar and takg bbc the crowd roomMARCA ENGLISHIn the show, Holland plays a young man arrted on spicn of mtg a chillg crime.

KG LIL JAY SLAMS GAY MORS AFTER VIO OF MAT KISSG PROMPTS TROLLS’ RPONSE

An alleged vio of Chigo rapper Kg Lil Jay kissg another prison mate after which an mate ss on his lap has given rise to ‘gay’ mors on viral vio surfaced on Twter and has got the rapper’s fans talkg.

“Face don’t match, tattoos don’t match, body don’t match, ” he nied gay mors a 2022 terview In his terview wh Say Chee, the terviewer asked Kg Lil Jay about mors of him “msg” wh a guy.

IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?

Remember, we’re talkg about velopg children here, about kids who have not yet e to puberty (or, who have jt e to puberty), and now some of their favore TV characters are actg out their homosexual sir, makg for a whole new kd of role mol. I’m aware, of urse, that gay-intified kids still get bullied many schools across the natn, but I’m also aware that many other schools, g out as gay is seen as ol or even the thg to do. This was nfirmed to me by a very liberal md middle school teacher who told me about a 12-year-old boy who me out as gay her class, only to e to her the next day and say, “I thk I ma a mistake.

Add to all this the fluence of “Gay Straight Allianc” middle schools and high schools, where kids are enuraged to “e out” to peers and faculty whout their parents even knowg about , upled wh the fluence of Hollywood, the Inter, and aggrsive pro-gay school curricula, and ’s all too easy for kids the formative years to bee even more nfed about their sexualy. One study I read found that roughly 25 percent of young teens terviewed thought that they might be gay, but 10 years later, the number of those who intified as gay was one-tenth that amount. In the latt episo of PeopleTV's Couch Surfg, Will & Grace stars Eric McCormack and Sean Hay look back at memorable moments throughout the show, cludg Will and Jack's big kiss season 2 — one of the first gay kiss on work TV.

Related ntent: Sean Hay reveals how Matt Damon’s fan-favore Will & Grace gut appearance me to be How Debra Msg's 'pa--the-ass' ntract unexpectedly saved the Will & Grace seri fale Debra Msg tak EW behd the scen of Will & Grace tribute to I Love Lucy Episo Reps Will & Grace - Season 1 S10 E16 Rep Will & Grace fale rep: 'It's a Fay Affair' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E15 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'One Job' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E14 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'The Beefke and the Cake Beef' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E13 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Sweatshop Annie & the Annoyg Baby Shower' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E12 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Three Wise Men' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E11 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Staten Island Fairy' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E10 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'The Weddg' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E9 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'There's Somethg About Larry' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E8 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Friends and Lover' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E7 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'A Gay Ol Christmas' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E6 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Rosar's Quceanera' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E5 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'How to Succeed Bs Whout Really Cryg' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E4 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Grandpa Jack' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E3 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Emergency Contact' By Jt Kirkland Will & Grace - Season 1 S9 E2 Rep Will & Grace rep: 'Who's Your Daddy? TK, a homosexual man, had proposed to his partner the prev night, but havg learned that his partner is love wh someone else (his sp stctor), TK is vastated and tri to end his life. But the appete for queer ntent is jt too big to ignore, a mand that not om gay men, but mostly straight least eight shows adapted om novels wh boys’ love romanc are expected to premiere this year across Cha’s major streamg platforms, cludg Alibaba’s You, Tencent Vio, Mango TV, and iQIYI.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

”High risk, high returnsMakg and showg boys’ love dramas Cha is a t-and-moe game between the prof-driven entertament dtry and the homophobic censorship 2016, the h teen seri Addicted (also known as Hero), a drama wh explic gay scen, was pulled om onle streamg platform iQIYI before uld release s last three episos.

While Word of Honor was praised for tellg a movg love story, s productn team was reful to avoid explic mentns of homosexualy durg the show’s productn pany ially agreed to talk to VICE about their boys’ love dramas but nceled the terview after learng that the qutns will touch on the homosexualy implied their works. ‘Socialist brotherhood’Knowg viewers jokgly ll homoerotic relatnships the dramas “socialist brotherhood, ” a reference to how on-screen homosexualy has to be disguised as bromanc le wh official state the two protagonists of You’s Word of Honor shared tense kiss the origal novel, producers of the drama adaptatn had to rort to microexprsns and symbolism to nvey the pair’s feelgs for each other. ” While explic mentns of homosexualy are banned, s lns of fans had no problem ferrg sexual tensn between the two leads, om their poetic flirtg and lgerg eye ntact, almost every episo.

10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY

”Queerbag for shFor all s appeal to homoeroticism, the boys’ love bs Cha surviv by avoidg any discsn of LGBTQ rights while focg on the physil attractivens of s male characters — a batn amics say has ntributed to the silencg of sexual mori Che society. “By htg at male homoerotic love, the directors and actors are appropriatg the tert of funü and gay life, tryg to turn the to sh and traffic, ” said Ge Liang, a rearcher at Kg’s College London who studi boys’ love lerature Cha.

In 2018, a wrer was sentenced to more than 10 years jail for wrg and sellg a gay porn novel; months later, when the film Bohemian Rhapsody was released Cha, parts pictg Freddie Mercury’s relatnships wh men were unceremonly cut. Gay people Cha have poted out how different boys’ love stori are om their real-life experienc — the characters dramas are often picted as young, urbanized, handsome, and wealthy, and rarely e across the hostily that gay people actually face.

Photo: STR / AFPDaniel Hsu, a 31-year-old gay man workg as a teacher Beijg, said while many people enjoy watchg boys’ love dramas, they may not be terted the problems nontg gay people the real world. Where Che state media often portrays gay men as victims of crime, enemi to tradnal valu, and sourc of social stabily, subtle boys’ love dramas have perhaps bee the bt form of queer reprentatn Cha’s state-sanctned pop culture.