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Contents:
- LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
- EASTENRS’ HISTORIC FIRST GAY KISS TO BE BROADST AS PART OF BBC FOUR’S PRI SEASON
- ‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER
- HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL
- HOW TO WATCH I KISSED A BOY ONLE AND STREAM ALL EPISOS OF FIRST EVER UK GAY DATG SHOW FREE FROM ANYWHERE
- TOM HOLLAND GO VIRAL FOR PERFORMG TENSE GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM
LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
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‘Homosexualy and Christiany’ was a rad discsn programme, and followed a readg of Dr.
Sherw Bailey's book ‘Homosexualy and the Wtern Christian Tradn’. Homosexualy and Christiany, was broadst at 7. Although there may have been earlier exampl, this appears to be the first programme on the BBC to directly addrs what was then generally thought of as the ‘problem’ of homosexualy.
EASTENRS’ HISTORIC FIRST GAY KISS TO BE BROADST AS PART OF BBC FOUR’S PRI SEASON
The U.K.’s first gay datg show 'I Kissed A Boy,' onted by Dannii Mogue, featur 10 sgle men hopg to fd love a sunny villa Italy. * bbc first gay kiss *
Even by the 1980s, is hard to fd LGBTQ+ programmg that set a posive ntext for gay liv, let alone one that celebrated the diversy of this part of the BBC’s dience. BBC TV turned to discsn programm to thrash out issu such as Sectn 28 legislatn, gay marriage equaly, and the equal age of nsent – all issu facg LGBTQ+ people at the end of that . Day to Day, and later Kilroy (1986-2004), BBC One’s weekday discsn programme, vered the topic of the ‘promotn of homosexualy’ schools the wake of the Sectn 28 legislatn, and is typil of the perd.
Prenter Robert Kilroy Silk hosts a discsn that reflects the highly polarised views of the, Tuday 26 January 1988, BBC One, 09:20The first gay kiss. By 1995 BBC Two’s Gaytime TV had h the screens. Warm, excg and celebratory wh a ‘e and jo the party’ sensibily, this was an LGBTQ+ programme for gay people by gay people.
Our Gaytime TV llectn for the BBC’s Oral History Collectn, tak a closer look at the people who ma the show, and why turned LGBTQ+ programmg on s we still need more LGBTQ+ reprentatn? Oliver Kent, the BBC’s head of ntug drama revealed 2017 that there had been a number of plats that Holby Cy had ntaed ‘too many gay characters’.
‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER
Wh only four gay characters out of 17 at the time, was that excsive? While we may now take for granted the prence of queer figureheads on TV, ls than 30 years ago the mere prence of someone intifyg as gay uld send viewers to a tailsp, pecially as beg gay – or gay marriage – was illegal. For ’s Pri Week, we’ve looked back through the years of LGBT relatnships on TV, celebratg landmark moments and trailblazg shownners who fied the odds to get the sential scen on air while startg to break down homophobia and transphobia the procs.
Here are jt some of the characters and shows that broke new ground brgg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer stori to our screens. 1989: Col Rsell and Guido Smh air first gay kiss on UK TV Eastenrs. Col Rsell and Guido Smh aired the first lip-to-lip kiss on Eastenrs (Picture: BBC)In 1989, the first lip-to-lip gay kiss aired on Brish TV urty of Eastenrs.
It happened between Col Rsell (Michael Cashman) and his romantic other half Guido Smh (Nicholas Donovan) – after years of character Col beg out and gay on the seri.
HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL
1994: Brooksi airs first pre-watershed gay kiss between Beth and Margaret. The first lbian kiss beme so inic aired as part of the 2012 Olympic ceremony (Picture: Channel 4)Brooksi’s 1994 lbian kiss between Beth (Anna Friel) and Margaret (Nila Stephenson) is often ced as the first UK gay kiss, but unfortunately they were five years late.
It was also the first gay kiss between two women. The moment was so inic, even managed to land a place a montage for the2012 London Olympic Openg Ceremony – airg across the world cludg untri where homosexualy was illegal. Sean and Pedro held their first gay mment ceremony on TV1994: The Real World airs first gay weddg ceremony on TV, and stars HIV+ nttant.
HOW TO WATCH I KISSED A BOY ONLE AND STREAM ALL EPISOS OF FIRST EVER UK GAY DATG SHOW FREE FROM ANYWHERE
In 1994, realy TV show The Real World: San Francis broke some ser ground whout even meang to when gay uple Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora held a mment ceremony to each other live on air. Exchangg vows and rgs, the pair effectively beme the first gay weddg to ever air on televisn. But the show phed forward regardls, and even had gay rights activist Candace Ggrich officiate the weddg to drive the pot home.
1997: Ellen Degener out as gay on her s. It’s one of the most fg moments of the late 90s – Ellen Degener g out as gay, first as a character on her show, and then publicly shortly after. Queer as Folk was a no-holds-barred look at life of three gay men Manchter (Picture: Channel 4)1999: Queer As Folk lnch the UK.
TOM HOLLAND GO VIRAL FOR PERFORMG TENSE GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM
Starrg Aidan Gillan, Charlie Hunnam and Craig Kelly – Queer As Folk beme groundbreakg telly part to s no-holds-barred look at life and sex on the Manchter gay scene.
Lnched by Rsell T Davi, Queer as Folk aired at a turng pot time for homosexualy and acceptance, wh the ernment that same year lowerg the age of nsent for gay sex down to 16, the same as heterosexual sex.