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It was a groundbreaking kiss, heard all over russia. Over fifteen years back in dawson's bay premiered the first ever gay male kiss on primetime tv when jack mcphee and his boyfriend ethan shared a beautiful kiss at the end of the show's season. Over the past many decades, talk shows have featured gay characters. But jack and ethan's kiss wasn't the first homosexual kiss shown on tv. That honor goes to the competitive, in-demand show of its own time, l.A. Law, which features the first lesbian kiss ever shown on tv. However, with this age of theatricals, documentaries and talk shows featuring important homosexual characters, why was it only in 2000 that it was actually possible to see a kiss between several men unfolding out? Let's take a little tour of the evolution of gay kissing on tv shall we? The first time two gay characters even appeared together on a television series (aka as a couple) was in 1975 on the short-lived show hot i baltimore on channel abc. The series featured an elderly gay couple named george and gordon. And before that, a 1972 tv movie called it's a certain summer featured a gay romance between big stars martin sheen and hal holbrook. And why would it take another 15+ years for a homosexual kiss to appear on tv, another 10 years, on top of choosing a gay couple, just to kiss? 1991: first homosexual the kiss went on the air After a number of years of premise for television projects to show a homosexual kiss and view new perspectives, the popular series l.A. Law finally made it when cj and abby shared a kiss in the series. Unfortunately, the actress who played abby later claimed that the content was just a publicity stunt, despite the producers saying they were looking to add "more depth" to cj's character. The american family association protested the kiss, but there was not much fuss. However, [older gay grandpa] character relationships were not invented at all. 1993: palisade Two years later, actors and actresses and the cameramen and special effects technicians of picket fences attempt to show a scene in which two teenage girls kiss. However their cbs network requires the scene to be re-shot in the dark. There is no progress. 1994: roseanne shares a lesbian kiss A full year after the picket fences debacle ended, roseanne came out, despite that abc first threatened not to film. Broadcast episode - includes a scene in which mariel hemingway's character sharon kisses roseanne in a bar in the episode don't ask, don't tell. The episode drew over twenty million viewers. 1996: friends miss a big opportunity In the episode "the one with the lesbian wedding", the friends miss the chance to show susan and carol in a completely normal happy occasion at their wedding. You could imagine that the end of the wedding celebration would be the perfect time to kiss the newlyweds. But unfortunately the series decided to skip it. 1997: relativity gets cheeky The abc relativity series shows the first kiss between two girls with an interesting mouth when supporting character rhonda, played by house's lisa edelstein, shares a romantic kiss with an alternate woman, susanna, after their first date. 2000: dawson's creek

Although the break-in is not yet the first official gay kiss on tv (will and grace have two men pecking at their lover in protest), 2000 marks the first time we watch two men passionately kiss on tv in dawson's bay." Jack and ethan's kiss in the final episode, aptly titled "true love," is touching, only to end up with jack's heart breaking. However, the kiss was needed for the television landscape. He revealed that kisses, tenderness and thirst must be accessible to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation.