35 Unfettable Gay TV Kiss Then & Now

Contents:

• 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
• GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
• EXCLIVE: IS "MORN FAY"'S GAY KISS WORTH PUCKERG UP FOR?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ALEXANR STEVENSONSEPTEMBER 27, 2010/9:20 AMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONSEPTEMBER 27, 2010 / 9:20 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EXCLIVE: IS \"MORN FAY\"'S GAY KISS WORTH PUCKERG UP FOR?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-09-27T13:20:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-09-27T13:20:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO DO THE EPISO OF MORN FAY ALG WH MCHELL'S DISFORT OVER PUBLIC DISPLAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFFECTN — APPROPRIATELY TLED "THE KISS" AND AIRG THIS WEDNDAY — LIVE UP TO EXPECTATNS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE ABC PROVID WH AN EXCLIVE ADVANCE PY OF THE EPISO, WE'RE THE UNIQUE POSN TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE ANSWER IS ... AN UNEQUIVOL Y. (ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY WAS APPARENTLY ON SET DURG FILMG OF THE "KISS" SCENE, BUT HASN'T YET SEEN THE ENTIRE EPISO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, 'S CLASSIC MORN FAY, WHICH IS TO SAY, WHILE THE WRERS MANAGE TO WRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREAT MANY LGHS OM THE TOPIC (AND ERIC STONTREET GETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MONSTRATE WHAT A GIFTED PHYSIL EDIAN HE IS), THE SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGHS AT S CHARACTERS, AND EVEN MORE IMPRSIVELY, THERE IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEART AT THE CENTER OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERIC STONTREET TAKG A TUMBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT I MOST APPRECIATED IS THAT RATHER THAN JT HAVG CAMERON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCHELL SIMPLY KISS AND BE DONE WH ORR TO SATISFY CRICS,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW EXPLOR THE ISSU VOLVED, PECIALLY HOW MANY GAY MEN ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORTABLE WH PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SELF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG AL (AS MF -CREATOR STEVE LEVAN SAID WOULDN'T BE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT REGARDLS, IS QUE SWEET AND AFTER A LONG DISCSN NOT JT ABOUT MCHELL'S ISSU SURROUNDG PHYSIL AFFECTN, BUT THOSE OF HIS FATHER AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND BY NOT MAKG A HUGE AL OUT OF THE "GAY" KISS WHEN DO HAPPEN,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} ACTUALLY NORMALIZ THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR THOSE WHO DOUBT WHETHER LEVAN ACTUALLY DID HAVE THIS EPISO PLANNED ALL ALONG AS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATAED OM THE START OF THE "KISS NTROVERSY" (AND WHICH I'VE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELIEVED), "THE KISS" EHER PROV HE WAS TELLG THE TTH, OR SHOWS THE WRERS ARE SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABLE TO SEAMLSLY WEAVE THE TOPIC TO THE EPISO, REFERENCG NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PREV EVENTS, BUT WHAT WE KNEW ABOUT MCHELL AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVER THE SE, "THE KISS" WAS WELL WORTH THE WA AND ONLY FURTHER PROV THAT MORN FAY IS ONE OF THE BT THGS TO HAPPEN FOR GAY VISIBILY POPULAR CULTURE A LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART OF THE JOY WATCHG MORN FAY FOR ME AS A GAY MAN IS THAT THE SHOW ALMOST ALWAYS MANAG TO BE GAY WHOUT HAVG TO ALWAYS BE ABOUT "BEG GAY" AND THIS WEEK'S EPISO MONSTRAT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OTHER WORDS, THE SHOW NOT ONLY EQUENTLY TOUCH ON ISSU THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FACED BY GAY MEN (PARENTAL DISFORT WH HOMOSEXUALY, SELF-ACCEPTANCE), BUT JT AS EQUENTLY PORTRAYS GAY UPLE CAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCHELL SIMPLY AS TWO MEN WHO HAPPEN TO BE LOVE, ARE PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER PARENTS, AND WHOSE PRENCE IS SIMPLY ACCEPTED BY THEIR EXTEND FAI AS ABSOLUTELY NOTHG OUT OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALSO SHOWS THEM AS QUIRKY, FLAWED PEOPLE WHO N SOMETIM GET ANNOYED WH EACH OTHER. "THE KISS" FEATUR TWO SUCH CLASSIC MOMENTS, CLUDG ONE WHILE MCHELL AND CAM ARE SHOPPG, AND ANOTHER WHILE THE TWO MEN DISCS MCHELL'S AVERSN TO PDAS. JSE TYLER FERGON'S REACTNS EACH ARE PRICELS AND PROVE HIS EMMY NOMATN WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND BOTH ARE MOMENTS THAT ANY UPLE A RELATNSHIP — GAY OR STRAIGHT — WILL IMMEDIATELY REGNIZE AND INTIFY WH. AND THE FACT THAT HAPPENS TO BE TWO GAY MEN? WELL, THAT JT MAK THIS "KISS" ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY

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. 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.

GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY

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.

"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.

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AN UNEQUIVOL Y. (ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY WAS APPARENTLY ON SET DURG FILMG OF THE "KISS" SCENE, BUT HASN'T YET SEEN THE ENTIRE EPISO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, 'S CLASSIC MORN FAY, WHICH IS TO SAY, WHILE THE WRERS MANAGE TO WRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREAT MANY LGHS OM THE TOPIC (AND ERIC STONTREET GETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MONSTRATE WHAT A GIFTED PHYSIL EDIAN HE IS), THE SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGHS AT S CHARACTERS, AND EVEN MORE IMPRSIVELY, THERE IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEART AT THE CENTER OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERIC STONTREET TAKG A TUMBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT I MOST APPRECIATED IS THAT RATHER THAN JT HAVG CAMERON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCHELL SIMPLY KISS AND BE DONE WH ORR TO SATISFY CRICS,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW EXPLOR THE ISSU VOLVED, PECIALLY HOW MANY GAY MEN ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORTABLE WH PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SELF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG AL (AS MF -CREATOR STEVE LEVAN SAID WOULDN'T BE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT REGARDLS, IS QUE SWEET AND AFTER A LONG DISCSN NOT JT ABOUT MCHELL'S ISSU SURROUNDG PHYSIL AFFECTN, BUT THOSE OF HIS FATHER AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND BY NOT MAKG A HUGE AL OUT OF THE "GAY" KISS WHEN DO HAPPEN,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} ACTUALLY NORMALIZ THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR THOSE WHO DOUBT WHETHER LEVAN ACTUALLY DID HAVE THIS EPISO PLANNED ALL ALONG AS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATAED OM THE START OF THE "KISS NTROVERSY" (AND WHICH I'VE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELIEVED), "THE KISS" EHER PROV HE WAS TELLG THE TTH, OR SHOWS THE WRERS ARE SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABLE TO SEAMLSLY WEAVE THE TOPIC TO THE EPISO, REFERENCG NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PREV EVENTS, BUT WHAT WE KNEW ABOUT MCHELL AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHATEVER THE SE, "THE KISS" WAS WELL WORTH THE WA AND ONLY FURTHER PROV THAT MORN FAY IS ONE OF THE BT THGS TO HAPPEN FOR GAY VISIBILY POPULAR CULTURE A LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART OF THE JOY WATCHG MORN FAY FOR ME AS A GAY MAN IS THAT THE SHOW ALMOST ALWAYS MANAG TO BE GAY WHOUT HAVG TO ALWAYS BE ABOUT "BEG GAY" AND THIS WEEK'S EPISO MONSTRAT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OTHER WORDS, THE SHOW NOT ONLY EQUENTLY TOUCH ON ISSU THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FACED BY GAY MEN (PARENTAL DISFORT WH HOMOSEXUALY, SELF-ACCEPTANCE), BUT JT AS EQUENTLY PORTRAYS GAY UPLE CAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCHELL SIMPLY AS TWO MEN WHO HAPPEN TO BE LOVE, ARE PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER PARENTS, AND WHOSE PRENCE IS SIMPLY ACCEPTED BY THEIR EXTEND FAI AS ABSOLUTELY NOTHG OUT OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, 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"THE KISS" FEATUR TWO SUCH CLASSIC MOMENTS, CLUDG ONE WHILE MCHELL AND CAM ARE SHOPPG, AND ANOTHER WHILE THE TWO MEN DISCS MCHELL'S AVERSN TO PDAS. JSE TYLER FERGON'S REACTNS EACH ARE PRICELS AND PROVE HIS EMMY NOMATN WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND BOTH ARE MOMENTS THAT ANY UPLE A RELATNSHIP — GAY OR STRAIGHT — WILL IMMEDIATELY REGNIZE AND INTIFY WH. AND THE FACT THAT HAPPENS TO BE TWO GAY MEN? WELL, THAT JT MAK THIS "KISS" ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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.

‘MORN FAY’ ACTORS PRACTICG GAY KISS

Wh that over wh, now there have been plenty of kiss sce and a same-sex weddg, of Our LivAlthough late to the party, NBC's Days of Our Liv aired s first gay kiss 2012, between Will (Chandler Massey) and Neil (Jse Kristofferson). Even though Days didn't lead the pack, still was appld for cludg a gay s six seasons, Ryan Murphy's Glee unabashedly embraced LGBT storyl. LookgAs the HBO dramedy centered on gay men, had no shortage of same-sex kissg, but the kiss between protagonist Patrick (Jonathan Groff) and Kev (Rsell Tovey) had the extra forbidn air -- Kev was not only partnered, he was Patrick's is the New BlackWe uldn't have this list and not feature the impet for !

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EmpireAlthough there isn't any vio footage available of the gay kiss between Jamal Lyon (Jsie Smollett), Empire's heir, and his boyiend Michael (Rafael la Fuente), the picture explas all. Smollett is among the mory of gay actors playg a gay character on a work televisn seri.

MORN FAY'S GAY UPLE TO KISS ON TELEVISN AFTER ALL

By the time Morn Fay’s episo, “The Kiss” (broadst Wednday, 29 September), ma Facebook fans happy, more than 13, 160 had “Like”d the ia of “Cam & Mchell, the adorable gay uple” fally showg a ltle onscreen PDA (Public Displays of Affectn).

Unlike Willow and Tara’s first lbian kiss on US TV (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2001) or Jack and Ethan’s first gay kiss on US TV (Dawson’s Creek, 2000), Cam and Mchell’s isn’t one for the rerds, but perhaps that ultimately is why beme so important to so many of the seri’ fans.

After Elton’s Michael Jensen, who received a preview py of “The Kiss”, liked the way “the show explor the issu volved, pecially how many gay men are not fortable wh public displays of affectn. ” He lled this kiss “one of the bt thgs to happen for gay visibily popular culture a long time.

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” Some tweets voiced plats that the Kiss didn’t go far enough: “So still no gay kiss on Morn Fay!?

While a Facebook mpaign this summer cried jtice at the lack of physil affectn between the two gay characters on Morn Fay, the st revealed that the kiss had been the works for que some time. However, by episo's end, 's clear that sometim jt sayg "thanks" or "I love you" isn't enough—you have to show lsons om this week:Gays don't high five. Two problems wh that; one: Gays don't high-five.

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Two: Gays don't high five.

Groundbreakg on-screen gay kiss through historyThe NBC seri "L. (Youtube) From TV's first same-sex kiss ever to Disney's first gay kiss on "Star vs. )In fact, 's classic Morn Fay, which is to say, while the wrers manage to wrg agreat many lghs om the topic (and Eric Stontreet gets tomonstrate what a gifted physil edian he is), the show neverlghs at s characters, and even more imprsively, there is realheart at the center of the Stontreet takg a tumble What I most appreciated is that rather than jt havg Cameron andMchell simply kiss and be done wh orr to satisfy crics, the show explor the issu volved, pecially how many gay men are notfortable wh public displays of actual kissself isnot abig al (as MF -creator Steve Levan said wouldn't be) regardls, is que sweet and after a long discsn not jt about Mchell's issu surroundg physil affectn, but those of his father as by not makg a huge al out of the "gay" kiss when do happen, actually normaliz the whole for those who doubt whether Levan actually did have this episo planned all along as, hemataed om the start of the "kiss ntroversy" (and which I've alwaysbelieved), "The Kiss" eher prov he was tellg the tth, or shows the wrers are so talentedthey wereable to seamlsly weave the topic to the episo, referencg not onlyprev events, but what we knew about Mchell and his relatnshipwh his father.

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Whatever the se, "The Kiss" was well worth the wa and only further prov that Morn Fay is one of the bt thgs to happen for gay visibily popular culture a long of the joy watchg Morn Fay for me as a gay man is that the show almost always manag to be gay whout havg to always be about "beg gay" and this week's episo monstrat that other words, the show not only equently touch on issu that arefaced by gay men (parental disfort wh homosexualy, self-acceptance), but jt as equently portrays gay uple Cam andMchell simply as two men who happen to be love, are parents jt like any other parents, and whose prence is simply accepted by their extend fai as absolutely nothg out of the also shows them as quirky, flawed people who n sometim get annoyed wh each other. Jse Tyler Fergon's reactns each are pricels and prove his Emmy nomatn was both are moments that any uple a relatnship — gay or straight — will immediately regnize and intify wh.

AFTER FAN CAMPAIGN, JSE TYLER FERGON GETS A BIG(ISH) GAY KISS ON TV'S MORN FAY

And the fact that happens to be two gay men? Y, there will be one onscreen between the show’s gay uple Cam and Mchell, only ’s not yet clear which episo of the upg season of the ABC laffer, which is up for multiple Emmys Sunday night cludg bt edy. Now, wh Proposn 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act DOMA feated, the seri is about to cement the public image of a happy gay nuclear fay wh the weddg of long-term boyiends, Mchell and Cameron.

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Although the reprentatn of gay and lbian characters on Amerin screens is beg creasgly mon, is easy to fet how recently US televisn was a straights-only doma. In the 1960s and 1970s, homosexualy on televisn was treated like a social problem, or an exotic disease.

The low pot of this sort of programmg was CBS’s 1967 hour-long vtigatn The Homosexuals. It opened wh a poll statg that Amerins saw homosexualy as “more harmful to society than adultery, abortn or prostutn”, and did ltle to dispel those fears. While there were also more thoughtful treatments of homosexual characters, such as the ABC TV movie, That Certa Summer, even the tend to portray gayns as a personal misfortune.

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As gay rights groups grew more vol, televisn grew braver pictg gay characters.

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Shows like Hill Street Blu and LA Law featured gay characters, typilly one-off storyl or “special episos”. Here homosexualy was still an issue, though was more likely to be a personal or emotnal one rather than the social problem of earlier tim.

But notable exceptns like Soap’s Jodie Dallas asi, gay characters tend to have a limed shelf-life.