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"That '70s Show" has been given the reboot treatment at Netflix, and the s has troduced a new character Ozzie who out as gay. * gay tv series 90s *

To celebrate this tone queer visibily, we looked back over the past three s and round up the 30 most inic LGBTQ characters TV history, om loveable gay uple Mchell and Cameron to trans trailblazers like Sophia Burset. Even though Jack McFarland’s character has received a mixed receptn for perpetuatg gay stereotyp, he’s one of the longt nng and most inic queer characters on televisn, appearg ten seasons and 188 episos of Will & Grace to date.

Mark Inlito has gone on rerd to say that he received a lot of fan mail for his portrayal, wh young gay kids ‘thankg’ him bee they’d never seen themselv reprented on televisn before. Seth MacFarlane origally outled an episo which the fan-favoure character me out, but he scrapped , but later admted that Stewie is “almost certaly gay”. He was one of the first gay men livg wh AIDS to be featured on televisn, and what’s more, his mment ceremony to boyiend Sean Sasser was the first same-sex unn broadst on televisn.

14 TV SHOWS THAT BROKE GROUND WH GAY AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS

The gayt s of the may not have been 'Ellen' or 'Will & Grace.' * gay tv series 90s *

More notably, though, was the first hour-long Amerin show to foc solely on the liv of LGBTQ+ people, makg one of the most groundbreakg gay TV shows on this & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020)AF archive / Alamy Stock PhotoWill & Grace don’t have any firsts, really.

What’s so trailblazg about Will & Grace was how normal was; featured two gay men at the center who were happy, well-adjted, and succsful—for the most part.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2001)©20thCentFox/Courty Everett CollectnEven though dulg the Bury Your Gays trope, Willow and Tara will forever be a major tone reprentg young lbian upl.

To be hont, ’s still rehg 2022—a time when gay TV seri still, for the most part, center characters who are whe, cisgenr, and the World Turns (1956–2010)When Le (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann) smooched a 2007 episo of this long-nng soap opera, ma history as daytime TV’s first gay kiss. And while Kurt and Blae weren’t the first teens to kiss on TV, their first kiss 2011 was one of the first queer moments on work TV that felt like an average, everyday Fay (2009–2020)AF archive / Alamy Stock PhotoABC’s ditn to pictg a lovg, nurturg hoehold wh two gay men—Cam (Eric Stontreet) and Mchell (Jse Tyler Fergon)—is what mak Morn Fay so special, even a -pl after s first Is the New Black (2013–2019)©Netflix/Courty Everett CollectnOrange Is the New Black is one of the most diverse TV shows ever, and one of s most imprsive acplishments was lnchg the reer of Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset. “We are thrilled that Pose ph the narrative forward by centerg on the unique and unr-told experienc of trans women and gay people of lor, ” Pose creator Steve Canals said.

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Reflectg on Queer Cema's Goln Age: The Gay '90s.

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