For most of TV history, gay characters have been absent or the butt of a joke, but there are a few posive exampl of early reprentatn.
Contents:
- THE FIRST GAY KISS A TV DRAMA AND OTHER STORI: HOW ROS NA RúN BROKE BOUNDARI 1990S IRELAND
- LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
- WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
- GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
- SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
- WATCH: 'THE FOSTERS' FEATUR YOUNGT GAY KISS IN TV HISTORY
- FROM ELLEN TO G KENWORTHY: A HISTORY OF GAY KISS ON TV
THE FIRST GAY KISS A TV DRAMA AND OTHER STORI: HOW ROS NA RúN BROKE BOUNDARI 1990S IRELAND
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Filmed the Connemara village of an Spidéal Co Galway, aired the first kiss between a gay uple 1996, and has vered a number of difficult topics, cludg rape, illns, murr and domtic recently, vered the issue of ‘gaslightg’, a form of domtic abe relatnships, explored through a storyle wh two sisters. Deirdre Ní Fhlatharta has worked on-and-off for Ros na Rún for almost 25 years; she’s directed Ros na Rún, and has been a seri producer for the show for eight told that when they portrayed the first gay kiss on Irish televisn, she remembers the ntroversy ed – but strs wasn’t meant to be sensatnalist.
Na Rún has always prid themselv on wrg story-driven and character-driven parts, so was the se that to took a nsc cisn to say ‘let’s air the first gay kiss to be ntroversial’. 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.
LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
From TV's first same-sex kiss ever to Disney's first gay kiss on "Star vs. the Forc of Evil," the are the moments that refed televisn and ma history. * first gay kiss on irish tv *
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.
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.
WHEN WAS THE FIRST GAY TV SERI? EXPLORG THE HISTORY OF LGBT+ REPRENTATN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
The Season 3 fale of Dawson's Creek aired 20 years ago on May 24, 2000. The episo featured TV's first gay kiss, between Kerr Smh's character Jack * first gay kiss on irish tv *
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.
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.
GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
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.
SIZZLG ! 20 YEARS AGO, THIS GAY KISS MA TV HISTORY: WATCH
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. 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.
WATCH: 'THE FOSTERS' FEATUR YOUNGT GAY KISS IN TV HISTORY
While there was fely some problematic elements to the show, still showed beg gay a much more well-round, ls stereotypil light than before, and was one of the first major seri to lead off three gay characters. ‘Every show has a gay character now.
FROM ELLEN TO G KENWORTHY: A HISTORY OF GAY KISS ON TV
First havg a heterosexual relatnship wh Oz (Seth Green), Willow veloped feelgs and relatnship wh young wch Tara (Amber Benson), before g out as gay to her iends.
2009: Morn Fay troduce gay uple Cam and Mch adoptg a Vietname baby. Leadg gay rol, Cameron (Eric Stontreet) and Mchell (Jse Tyler Fergon) were troduced after adoptg a Vietname dghter, Lily.
They later went on to get married and adopt a send child, but this was the first time on a major s that the ncept of adoptn, and raisg a fay a gay hoehold, was tly displayed at length.