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.
Contents:
- LOOKG BACK ON THE HISTORIC GAY ‘THAT 70S SHOW’ STORYLE THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN
- 'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
- FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
- GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
LOOKG BACK ON THE HISTORIC GAY ‘THAT 70S SHOW’ STORYLE THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN
24 years later, we explore why the gay character behd the first male-on-male kiss to air on Amerin primetime TV has all but vanished. * 70s show gay kiss *
In realy, Buddy was gay and had a major csh on Eric. Due to Eric's nstant talk about his plited relatnship wh Donna Pctti, Buddy thought that Eric might also be gay. Grace's character, of urse, wasn't gay and acted plete shock.
The 1998 kiss om the actors occurred jt mere months before another gay kiss on Dawson's Creek. It wasn't the first gay kiss, however, sce there were several shows prr to That '70s Show that featured a smooch between two female characters. The seri was also set the '70s when many people weren't open to homosexualy, and the suatn was a product of the tim.
24 years later, the show aired on is seeg a rurgence, but the gay character volved this historic first is nowhere to be found. Reactns supposedly ranged om the typil overt homophobia to disfort wh Eric’s reactn to this kiss, as well as some feelg that the character’s queerns was played for lghs. The seri didn’t see another gay character until a pair of neighbors eight seasons later, and even Jeff and Josh were mostly ic relief characters meant to make Eric’s straight-laced father Red unfortable.
'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
"That '70s Show" has been given the reboot treatment at Netflix, and the s has troduced a new character Ozzie who out as gay. * 70s show gay kiss *
Meanwhile, upg sequel seri That ’90s Show has already announced a gay character as part of the ma iend group. While was highly ntroversial, the late ’90s and 2000s saw a rise gay rol on TV shows and movi that troduced dienc to a realy too many were pretendg to ny. Nohels, Gordon Levt and Topher Grace are the first men to a part of a gay scene on screens That ’70s Show, although the potentially screen-breakg LGBTQ story arc was scrapped, and only one character was gay.
Some chalk up to oppos attract while others are bummed that Eric’s storyle wasn’t adjted to a more proment portrayal of the gay muny wh Buddy who has a lot mon wh him. Some would’ve preferred Eric choose Buddy over Donna bee they seem to have a lot more chemistry the episo, while some would have liked to at least see more of Buddy and what uld’ve been store for him as a gay character the ’70s.
Lookg to revent herself, Leia starts to realize that through new iendships and adventur she may be able to do jt that Pot Place, jt like her parents did all those years before viewers appeared divid by LGBTQ reprentatn the show, cludg character Ozzie (Reyn Doi) who out as gay durg the first season. " In the first season, Ozzie me out as gay. In That '90s Show, Ozzie is out and proud wh his clost iends, namely Leia, her neighbor Gwen (Ashley Aufrhei), Gwen's brother Nate (Maxwell Acee Donovan), and his girliend Nikki (Sam Morelos) is also another sweet moment the first season, where Ozzie tells Kty about his sexualy and asks her if she was "okay" wh the fact that he is gay, to which she rponds that of urse she is okay wh , and giv him a storyle and the cln of a gay character has been hailed as groundbreakg, wh Canadian LGBTQ publitn In Magaze sayg Ozzie "leads the charge for a wele change reprentatn" ss.
FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
The Inceptn star rells Myster Sk, reliv his landmark gay kiss on That '70s Show and reasons wh mors about his own sexual orientatn. * 70s show gay kiss *
Reflectg on the show as a whole, one viewer said they "love the cln of a gay character, " while another hailed the scene which Kty reacted to Ozzie tellg her that he is viewer wrote: "THE SCENE WHEN OZZIE ASKED KITTY IF SHES OK WITH HIM BEING GAY & KITTY BEING SO ACCEPTING OF IT IS MAKING ME HAPPY CRY [sic]"THE SCENE WHEN OZZIE ASKED KITTY IF SHES OK WITH HIM BEING GAY & KITTY BEING SO ACCEPTING OF IT IS MAKING ME HAPPY CRY????? #That90sShow— ✨?✨ (@toriimariaa) January 19, 2023. Is believable there would be a gay teenager who's out to his iends and they're jt ok wh WISCONSIN of all plac the 1990s?! Well I'll take a normal teenage life for a gay kid on TV over hate crime storyl"Look I love reprentatn but like #That90sShow...
Well I'll take a normal teenage life for a gay kid on TV over hate crime storyl— ?ℝ?? (@krztophr) January 19, 2023.
GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
Some viewers also bated the character of Leia, wh one viewer sayg was "a sad realy" that she was unlikely to be gay bee the show already featured Ozzie. Pl the one gay character on the show is one of the most annoyg characters i've ever seen"my roommate is makg me watch that 90s show and they aren’t lbians??? Pl the one gay character on the show is one of the most annoyg characters i’ve ever seen— raven (@lbian_fabray) January 20, 2023.
A mory of Twter ers cricized the show for even cludg one gay character, claimg Netflix had ma That '90s Show "woke.