Gay Teens on TV: A Timele |

Contents:

• THERE'S CONTROVERSY OVER THAT GAY TEEN KISS ON 'THE FOSTERS'
• WATCH: 'THE FOSTERS' FEATUR YOUNGT GAY KISS IN TV HISTORY
• THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS
• DAVID LEVHAN EXPLOR GAY TEENAGE LOVE 'TWO BOYS KISSG'
• HOW ONE GAY TEEN AND HIS STRAIGHT BT FRIEND HAD THE BT PROM EVER
• A YOUNG GAY MAN MEETS HIS FIRST LOVE IN THIS HARROWG SHORT FILM
• GAY TEENS ON TV: A TIMELE

THERE'S CONTROVERSY OVER THAT GAY TEEN KISS ON 'THE FOSTERS'

Ma Characters:Riley: Gay. Mar: GayRecurrg characters:.

Zane: Gay. Ma Characters:Kurt: Gay.

WATCH: 'THE FOSTERS' FEATUR YOUNGT GAY KISS IN TV HISTORY

Blae: Gay. Dave: Gay/unsure.

Ma Characters:Maxxie: Gay. Ma Characters:Teddy:Gay. Mar:Gay.

Ma Characters:Marshall Gregson: GayRecurrg characters:. Lnel Trane: Gay.

THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS

Noah Kane: Gay. Jt: GayRecurrg characters:.

At: Gay. The kids of Edgemont are faced wh issu that happen their liv, whether the issu are racism, homosexualy, or discrimatn.

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DAVID LEVHAN EXPLOR GAY TEENAGE LOVE 'TWO BOYS KISSG'

Recurrg characters:Griff: Gay. Peter: Gay. Recurrg Characters:Eric: Gay.

Recurrg Characters:Danny: Gay. It was the youngt gay kiss TV history. "We are here to tell the te stori of what is to grow up and the are te stori of what is to grow up as a young, potentially gay person.

" Although he admted his hatn as a straight male, Byerly told the Daily Beast he me to terms wh filmg the gay kiss bee of the impact uld have for viewers of the show, particularly for the LGBT muny.

HOW ONE GAY TEEN AND HIS STRAIGHT BT FRIEND HAD THE BT PROM EVER

"I want people to watch the show and see the stggle that Ju go though and feel more fortable about themselv; to feel like don’t matter whether you are gay or straight or bisexual or transgenr or whatever you are, that you are happy wh who you are, and that you are acceptg of yourself. Dpe stereotyp of the homophobic jock, athlet were more likely to have kissed another man than non-athlet.

" here's the al, gay teen boys livg Ameri. Meanwhile, here the Stat, the gays are creasgly allowed to kiss. On TV's sadst show, Glee, gay Kurt will receive a gay kiss on the next episo.

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.

A YOUNG GAY MAN MEETS HIS FIRST LOVE IN THIS HARROWG SHORT FILM

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.

In a "very special episo, " Roc fds out his uncle is gay and has a partner. 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.

GAY TEENS ON TV: A TIMELE

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.

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).