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Contents:

• WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
• GAY WEDDGS
• MARGARET CHO EXPLAS WHY SHE’S HOLDG GAY WEDDGS ON HER PSYCHO COMEDY TOUR
• 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
• EXCLIVE: 'EMPIRE' TO AIR FIRST BLACK GAY WEDDG ON NETWORK TV
• GAY WEDDGS
• 'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
• ‘THE WEDDG COACH’S’ GAY WEDDG EPISO IS A WILD RI THROUGH GAY PERFORMATIVE EXCELLENCE

WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E

(The Goln Girls had aired a gay "mment ceremony" earlier 1991, but the word marriage wasn't said. Near the end of the episo, Roc says he's not yet fortable wh his uncle beg gay, but he's learng to be "fortable wh beg unfortable, " which is a big step for him.

"Can't Help" is chock full of the sorts of easy gay jok that typified a lot of '90s edi featurg gay characters.

GAY WEDDGS

At one pot, Andrew sists that he didn't thk black people uld be gay, bee they weren't scend om "sissy" Europeans. When Andrew tells him this is jt a phase, spurred by havg married an "ugly woman, " Rsell says that, no, he's been gay his whole life and jt lyg to himself.

What ma the battle for gay rights so different was that anybody uld be gay, so, siarly, anybody uld be prejudiced. The characters don't make all of the way to full acceptance of gay rights by the end of the episo. " Roc posns the fight for gay rights as on a ntuum wh all other civil rights battl, and that was somethg few other elements of pop culture were alg wh at the time.

MARGARET CHO EXPLAS WHY SHE’S HOLDG GAY WEDDGS ON HER PSYCHO COMEDY TOUR

Beg homophobic is simple when you don't know any gay people.

It's far more plited when your own brother or uncle is gay.

Jt four FayMorn Fay ma great stris givg Ameri a gay uple that they uld not jt love, but one that they uld relate to.

10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY

" Kev and Stty's weddg was a landmark moment for gay marriage on work ble, as "Prr Commtments" was the first same-sex marriage held between seri regulars on a work TV show, acrdg to Rollg 's AnatomyAfter seasons of pullg for the "" uple of Grey's Anatomy, Derek and Meredh, Grey's dienc were given a new uple to root for: Callie and Arizona. Massey also won three Daytime Emmys, beg the first actor to w Outstandg Younger Actor a Drama Seri awards for playg a gay character.

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EXCLIVE: 'EMPIRE' TO AIR FIRST BLACK GAY WEDDG ON NETWORK TV

Former Bake Off: The Profsnals prenter Tom Allen has land his next role mark the 10th anniversary of same-sex marriag beg legalised England and Wal, Allen has been chosen to prent a TV special tled My Big Gay Weddg. Ahead of the seri, he spoke of his light hostg , sayg: "The fact that same-sex upl uldn't get married here jt ten years ago means we should never be placent about the progrs we've ma, and so 's only right to celebrate Bourdillon/Love Productns//Channel 4Related: Ryan Reynolds gets fans exced wh Bake Off photo "I'm lookg forward to makg this joyo celebratn of love and gay marriage, or garriage as I like to ll .

"A spokperson om the broadster add: "To memorate this momento ocsn, edian, prenter and wrer, Tom Allen is pullg out all the stops to arrange the weddg of their dreams for one gay uple. Bet//Getty ImagRelated: Great Brish Bake Off merch: Aprons, okbooks, gifts and moreMy Big Gay Weddg will feature the weddg of a happy uple " a joyo celebratn of love, muny and hard-won equaly" and a number of other celebri will be volved helpg wh the ceremony, as they plan to make the weddg one to prenter will also discs his own experienc growg up gay durg the special, which is set for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Elsewhere, Allen is preparg to embark on a 2023 tour, which kicks off Big Gay Weddg is expected to air later this year on BBC One and BBC Entertament and Tech DealsShop Sky als across TV, broadband and mobileCred: SkyShop Google Pixel 7a phonCred: GoogleCoronatn Street X Joanie - Gilroy Retro Newton And Ridley SweatshirtCred: Joanie ClothgLEGO Disney and Pixar ‘Up’ HoeCred: LEGOLEGO 007 Aston Mart DB5 Jam BondCred: LEGOSign up for Apple TV+Cred: Apple TV+Barbie The Movie doll Cred: BarbieSign up for Disney+Cred: Disney+/LusfilmTed Lasso x Nike: AFC Richmond home kCred: NikeThe Woman Me by Brney SpearsCred: Gallery UK/Simon & SchterJojo: Fally Home by Johann RabeCred: Hodr & StoughtonThe Wcher wolf pendantCred: AmazonBarbenheimer - Barbie v Oppenheimer T-shirtCred: PrtervalBarbenheimer T-shirtCred: EtsyBt PS5 als - where to buy PS5 today?

GAY WEDDGS

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA

“It’s a place where lerally the most tragic event of gay polics happened, so to go back there and celebrate marriage equaly there was such a triumph, and I wanted to brg a b of that energy to the shows. After five seasons, the show is still fdg a way to ph culture forward by airg the first weddg of a Black, gay uple durg primetime on a major broadst work.

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‘THE WEDDG COACH’S’ GAY WEDDG EPISO IS A WILD RI THROUGH GAY PERFORMATIVE EXCELLENCE

The third nuptials belonged to fictnal characters Stef Foster and Lena Adams of “The Fosters”—TV’s first gay characters to say “I do” sce the Supreme Court stck down the Defense of Marriage Act. The ABC Fay drama’s creators, Bradley Breweg and Peter Paige, cred “universal synergy” wh the impecble timg of the filmg of the garn ceremony on June 28, the same day two of the upl challengg Prop 8 California (which bans gay marriage) beme legally weddg is part of the show’s first season fale, which airs on Aug. It was jt que a celebratn of the show, of what was happeng historilly for gay and lbian upl.

The first show to feature a gay weddg was Fox's "Roc" which showed a ceremony between two men; "Roseanne" followed su 1995. In anticipatn of the Supreme Court lg June, the script for "The Fosters" fale lled for a weddg — no matter what the higher urt cid, said Paige, who is bt known for his role on Showtime's “Queer as Folk, " which also featured two gay weddgs.