Watch: Here's How 90s Ss Treated Gay Characters

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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.

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Will & Grace: Created by David Kohan, Max Mutchnick. Wh Debra Msg, Megan Mullally, Eric McCormack, Sean Hay. Gay lawyer Will and straight terr signer Grace share a New York Cy apartment. Their bt iends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral sociale Karen." data-id="ma * gay series in the 90s *

Black Monday (Showtime)Inially about the events leadg up to the worst stock market crash history, the seri has expand beyond that, cludg more time spent the world of Andrew Rannells’ closeted gay character, Blair, who is a sham marriage wh Casey Wilson and havg a secret affair wh a polician played by Tuc Watks. Dear Whe People (Netflix)The seri created by Jt Simien pulls the veil back on what many believed was a post-racial world followg the electn of Print Barack Obama, offerg sight to the Black experience as seen through the terlockg stori of several stunts, cludg buddg gay journalist Lnel (DeRon Horton), attendg the fict, predomantly whe Ivy League school Wchter Universy. Heartstopper (Netflix)The Brish g-of-age seri adapted om the graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman tells the story of Charlie Sprg (Joe Locke), a gay schoolboy who falls love wh his classmate, Nick Nelson (K Connor).

It's a S (Max)Spanng a startg 1981, the five-part seri created by Davi follows a group of gay iends -- Rchie (Olly Alexanr), Rose (Omari Douglas) and Col (Callum Stt Howells) -- and their straight girliend, Jill (Lydia Wt), as they go om chasg their dreams to fightg for survival a prejudiced society.

Lookg (HBO)Told over two short seasons and a 90-mute film, Lookg is creator Michael Lannan's moody and darkly funny story about three gay men -- Patrick (Jonathan Groff), Agt (Frankie J. Pose (FX)Co-created by Steven Canals, the groundbreakg seri follows the liv of Black and brown transgenr women and gay men of the 1980s New York Cy ballroom scene. Special (Netflix)Created by and starrg Ryan O’Connell, Special tells the story of Ryan, a gay man wh cerebral palsy steppg out om the protectn of his helipter mom to create a world of his own, which means movg out, makg new iends and fdg romance.

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As Michael, Harris’ life is upend after his hband of 17 years (Tuc Watks) sudnly leav him and is forced to navigate New York Cy as a newly sgle gay man his mid-forti. Their bt iends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral sociale lawyer Will and straight terr signer Grace share a New York Cy apartment. Their bt iends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral sociale productn, box office & pany Episos246Vios54Funny Women of TelevisnFunny Women of TelevisnWe salute the brilliant women behd all those unfettable lghs on the small the galleryMore like thisReview It's gettg betterI'm startg to like the Will & Grace characters better, the wrg's gettg better and the lghs are g more often than when I first started watchg 4-5 weeks ago.

I love those shows, but 's disappotg how poorly they age -- the characters are clearly homophobic, regardg queerns as weird at bt and a threat at worst. Even by today's standards, 's a pretty posive pictn of a gay character -- there's no ht of hostily om Frasier, asi om the awkwardns about havg been on a date wh his boss. There was John Waters' aspiratnal character on The Simpsons, a popular gay gut character on Married wh Children, and South Park's Big Gay Al (who is plited and problematic, I know).

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