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Online but also in documentaries and even in books people have claimed that the first same sex brush on television between women happened in an episode of the TV illustrate ‘L.A. Law’ in 1991 and between men in an episode of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ in 2000.
Others claim TV’s first gay kiss between two men was on an episode of the British soap ‘Eastenders’ disseminate in 1989 and the first womxn loving womxn kiss was on TV in 1994 on the British soap ‘Brookside’.
That is not correct.
At first this appears to be a usual case of the American media ignoring that there is a world outside of the Together States and that we also own televisions!
Some reporters disregard to add “ON AMERICAN TV” when they write about the first this or that. But although the peck in ‘L.A. Law’ may have been the first kiss(es) between two women on American TV, the one in ‘Dawson’s Creek’ was not the first romantic kiss between men.
Before we endure we must also make a distinction between romantic kisses and non-romantic or platonic kisses.
A intimate kiss involves like and/or passion, a general kiss can be out o
LGBT representation on TV through the ages – from EastEnders’ first gay kiss to trans superheroes
Television has come a drawn-out way over the years and has proven to be an essential tool for the LGBT community in developing widespread visibility and awareness to the nature.
While we may now get for granted the presence of queer figureheads on TV, less than 30 years ago the mere presence of someone detecting as gay could send viewers into a tailspin, especially as being gay – or male lover marriage – was illegal.
As a result, things were often noted in code – such as flamboyancy or dress meaning – in order to depict their sexuality, with kissing and romance happening off the screen.
But there were moments that paved the way for greater acceptance – allowing people to finally feel seen for the way they want to admire .
For Metro.co.uk’s Pride Week, we’ve looked back through the years of LGBT relationships on TV, celebrating landmark moments and trailblazing showrunners who defied the odds to get these essential scenes on air while starting to break down homophobia and transphobia in the process.
Here are just some of the characters and shows tha
Viewers watching ‘first ever lgbtq+ kiss’ on UK TV can’t understand backlash it got at the time
People watching the first lgbtq+ kiss broadcast on British TV are wondering how it prompted such a backlash at the time.
The year was 1989, the show was EastEnders and Colin Russell (Michael Cashman and Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan) were turning in for the night.
Before bed they discussed getting a nightcap and then distributed a kiss, and given some of the reactions, you'd think the nature had ended.
When it was first broadcast in 1989 it was slammed by certain politicians as portraying a 'revolting scene' which displayed 'perverted practices'.
Another MP said it might be period to 'reconsider the whole future of EastEnders', while the BBC was bombarded by complaints.
This is the environment in which the first gay kiss on TV in the UK was broadcast, and you can see the moment here:
If that footage angered you, then I offer you put down the newspaper complaining about how everything is woke these days, wind your neck in and take some deep breaths.
Also remember that it is Pride month s
The first same-sex attracted kiss in a TV drama and other stories: How Ros na Rún broke boundaries in 1990s Ireland
IRISH LANGUAGE SOAP opera Ros na Rún has been running for almost 25 years, and claims to be the largest independent film commissioned in Irish broadcasting history, as well as the most concentrated movie centre outside of Dublin and Wicklow.
Filmed in the Connemara village of an Spidéal in Co Galway, it aired the first brush between a same-sex attracted couple in 1996, and has covered a number of difficult topics, including rape, illness, murder and domestic violence.
More recently, it covered the issue of ‘gaslighting’, a build of domestic abuse in relationships, explored through a storyline with 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 series producer for the show for eight years.
She told TheJournal.ie that when they portrayed the first gay brush on Irish television, she remembers the controversy it caused – but stresses it wasn’t meant to be sensationalist.
“Showing that was something that wasn’t done in Ireland at the time,” she s