The first gay kiss a TV drama and other stori: How Ros na Rún broke boundari 1990s Ireland

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THE FIRST GAY KISS A TV DRAMA AND OTHER STORI: HOW ROS NA RúN BROKE BOUNDARI 1990S IRELAND

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. * first gay kiss on irish tv *

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.

LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO

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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’.

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 *

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.

GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY

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.

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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.

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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.

FROM ELLEN TO G KENWORTHY: A HISTORY OF GAY KISS ON 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. 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.

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