Examples of primetime television gay and lesbian kissing
"Kids in the Hall": 1991 on CBC in the skit "Cathy's Wild Weekend". Scott Thompson
plays a female secretary who picks up a guy in a bar for an in-bed tongue kissing session. In 1993, Thompson plays the Queen tongue-kissing a beaver played by Bruce McCulloch
.
"LA Law", 1991. Attorneys CJ Lamb (Amanda Donohue) and Abby Perkins (Michele Greene
) kissed for 11 seconds as they hugged after succeeding with a plan to win Abby a raise.
"Melrose Place": On May 18, 1994, Matt (Doug Savant
) shares an intimate moment through a kiss near the pool with guest-star boyfriend Rob (Ty Miller) -- except you don't see anything because a threatened
advertiser boycott goads Fox into cutting away from the liplock.
"Relativity": On Jan. 11, 1997, on this short-lived ABC drama, a lesbian couple caresses, nuzzles and goes for some
passionate, open-mouthed kissing.
"Ellen": After coming out in the spring of 1997, Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres) and friends go on to
smooch up a storm -- both for romantic and comedic purposes -- including a liplock between Ellen and best friend Paige (Joely Fisher).
"
Party of Five": In 1999, college student Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell) engages in a short-lived lesbian affair with a professor (Olivia D'Abo) after the
breakup with her abusive boyfriend.
"Ally McBeal": In a much-watched episode on Nov. 1, 1999, Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart) and fellow
lawyer and co-worker Ling Woo (Lucy Liu) engage in a 21-second-long kiss. Ally also kisses most of her other female co-workers.
"Will & Grace
": In an episode in the 2002-2003 season on the NBC sitcom, Will (Eric McCormack) liplocks with his best friend Jack (Sean Hayes
) while "The Today Show's" Al Roker and the rest of the New York crowd and TV audience look on. The scene, though somewhat of a political statement since it is a kiss on the lips between two gay men, is played
primarily for comic effect.
"Dawson's Creek" May 24, 2000 -- It's the kiss that's called the first romantic gay kiss between two men. After a season of teenage angst and longing, in the
episode, titled "True Love," Jack McPhee (Kerr Smith), who came out last season after briefly dating Joey Potter (Katie Holmes), shares an onscreen kiss with
former friend now turned boyfriend Ethan (Adam Kauffman).
"Queer As Folk" (British Version) 2000, on Showcase (Canada) contains numerous gay male kissing scenes. The US version (filmed in the Toronto, Canada gay village on Church St)
debuts in 2001 and carries on the tradition.
"All My Children" daytime soap Apr 23, 2003 ABC. Not primetime but widely publicized kiss between 16-year-old teenager Bianca Montgomery (Eden Riegel
) and Lena (Olga Sosnovska) in the role of a bisexual schemer.
with much much more to come (hopefully)...
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