On the historic day this summer that Pl Katami and Jeff Zarrillo were married Los Angel and Krist Perry and Sandy Stier exchanged vows San Francis, a siar weddg took place the backyard of a hoe Long Beach, Calif. 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 Su
Contents:
- 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
- WATCH ‘DAYS OF OUR LIV’ MAKE HISTORY WH TV’S FIRST EVER GAY MALE WEDDG (VIO)
- 'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
- A RARE GLIMPSE AT MN.'S 1ST GAY WEDDG IN 1971
- ‘DAYS OF OUR LIV’ TO AIR SOAPS’ FIRST GAY MALE WEDDG
- THE SHOWS HELPED SHAPE AMERI'S ATTUS ABOUT GAY RELATNSHIPS
10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
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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. " 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. David and Keh's romance helps enpsulate what was like livg as a gay person the early 2000's, and shows how sometim posive change happens and Keh fight untls tim throughout the seri and break up, but always end up g back together.
WATCH ‘DAYS OF OUR LIV’ MAKE HISTORY WH TV’S FIRST EVER GAY MALE WEDDG (VIO)
* first gay marriage on tv *
It was a major step visibily to see an terracial gay relatnship on televisn, and the two grow together and start their own fay throughout Six Feet Unr's five seasons on the air. The seri revolved around a group of black gay men livg Los Angel, and promently featured issu facg that muny, cludg datg, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awarens, and homophobia. We watch as Wa out as a gay man, and fac the harsh reali that n sometim acpany that procs for black men.
HBO's Lookg only aired for two seasons, but I found to be an pecially powerful, joyful, and realistic look to what 's like to be gay man morn society. 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.
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.
'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
At midnight this Wednday, Mnota be the 12th state the natn to legalize same-sex marriage. It's been a lifetime stggle for many, cludg one Mneapolis uple who are believed to be the first gay uple the Uned Stat to be married - 42 years ago. The monstrators who fought to legalize gay marriage Mnota owe a bt to this Mneapolis uple who now shun publicy, but who once shocked the natn to awarens. * first gay marriage 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.
A RARE GLIMPSE AT MN.'S 1ST GAY WEDDG IN 1971
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.
‘DAYS OF OUR LIV’ TO AIR SOAPS’ FIRST GAY MALE WEDDG
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).
23/48CBS2008: Rachel MaddowThe MSNBC anchor beme the first openly gay anchor of a primetime program on a major news work. Soaps have tradnally been far ahead of primetime their portrayal of gay characters, and the nuptials last week were no exceptn. 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 SHOWS HELPED SHAPE AMERI'S ATTUS ABOUT GAY RELATNSHIPS
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.