35 Unfettable Gay TV Kiss Then & Now

Contents:

• WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
• WATCH: 10 GAY MEN KISS FOR THE FIRST TIME
• ‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
• 25 UNFETTABLE GAY TV KISS
• BRAZIL AIRS FIRST PRIMETIME GAY MALE KISS
• LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
• SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH

WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN

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. In 1971, the year after the first-ever Pri para the US and when homosexualy was still nsired a disorr, All the Fay beme the first Amerin s to show a gay character on TV, only s fifth episo.

The episo subverted gay stereotyp, as Archie Bunker mocks a man who he nsirs effemate, but turns out to be straight.

It is later revealed that his macho, football-lovg drkg buddy Steve is actually gay. The gay character Peter Panama, played by Vcent Schiavelli, the US TV seri The Corner Bar. A year later, 1972, US s The Corner Bar clud the first-ever gay seri regular on Amerin TV.

WATCH: 10 GAY MEN KISS FOR THE FIRST TIME

Rich Wanl, then-print of the Gay Activists Alliance, lled Peter “the worst stereotype of a gay person I’ve ever seen”. While most early gay characters were siled, not given their own storyl or love terts, eventually same-sex upl began appearg on TV.

Durg the same year as The Corner Bar, Atralia also saw s first gay seri regular – Don Flayson portrayed Joe Hasham on the serial Number 96 between 1972 and 1977. In 1975 ABC’s Hot l Baltimore featured the first gay uple on US work televisn.

Gee and Gordon, played by Lee Bergere and Henry Calvert, were a middle-aged gay uple that appeared on the show, which was so ntroversial that was dropped by the work after six months on air. It wasn’t until 1981 that a TV show wh a gay lead character was shown on primetime US televisn, when NBC’s Love, Sidney aired. However the show’s tular character Sidney Shorr, a sgle gay man, remas the closet for every one of the 40 episos.

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

The UK trailed behd s LGBT+ TV reprentatn, and an openly gay character was not shown on TV until 1985, when the Liverpool-based soap Brooksi troduced Gordon Colls, played by Nigel Cowley. In the UK, Eastenrs broadst the first gay kiss between Col Rsell (Michael Cashman) and his partner Barry Clark (Gary Hail) first kiss between two women on a UK TV seri was aired 1994.

25 UNFETTABLE GAY TV KISS

He is the thor of 25 books and hosts the natnally syndited, daily talk rad show, the Le of has been lled "The History-Makg Gay Kiss, " as "The Fosters" TV show, which airs durg prime time on the ABC Fay work, featured the "Youngt Same-Sex TV Kiss Ever. " Y, on a so-lled "fay iendly" work, two 13-year-old boys locked lips, and gay activists and their alli are celebratg the, formally known as the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, stated that, "ABC Fay's 'The Fosters' breaks new ground wh Ju and Connor kiss. 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.

BRAZIL AIRS FIRST PRIMETIME GAY MALE KISS

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?

His newt book (September, 2015) is Outlastg the Gay Revolutn: Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Gog and How to Turn the Ti. 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.

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

Some ll gaybag, but isn't jt a ploy for ratgs or tillatn, remas a rebell and celebratory act for many around the globe. 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.

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

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.

"Queer as FolkThis show and 's Brish precsor are rponsible for brgg gay culture to a mastream dience. In 2000, Showtime rema the Brish seri and broadst explic gay sex to the world of premium ble subscribers. Brothers & Sisters In the first season of ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, gay character Kev (Matthew Rhys) locked lips wh Stty (Le Macfarlane) 2006.

Although this was not the first gay kiss on work televisn, Kev was one of the few major gay characters on TV at that time.