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Homosexuality on TV


            Homosexuality on Television: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
             With the continuing trends and presence of gay characters, it seems as though Hollywood is headed in the right direction. The 1990s saw surge of gay characters in both television and movies. From Ellen Degeneres and her character Ellen Morgan coming out under much scrutiny on the television show, "Ellen,"" to Julia Roberts and Rupert Everett comedically playing off each other in the motion picture, "My Best Friend's Wedding-.
             Sure, gays and lesbians have been around forever, especially in Hollywood, but never has there been a time to be more out. With the popularity of shows like "Will and Grace-, which feature leading gay characters, as well as "Dawson's Creek- and its supporting character of teenager Jack McPhee, we are slowly seeing gay and lesbian characters creeping into the mainstream media.
             The family unit has always been a treasured and revered dynamic on television and in movies. Dating all the way back to I Love Lucy, storylines focused on the relationship between man and woman. Ozzie and Harriet introduced us to the quintessential American family "father in a suit, mother in pearls, and two exceptional children. It wasn't until the 1970s that gay characters and lifestyles began to emerge. In 1973, "An American Family-, a PBS series featured one of the family's sons revealing his homosexuality. In 1977, the television show Soap costarred Billy Crystal as an openly gay man. In the 1980s, it became trendy to feature gay and lesbian characters in ensemble casts. If you watch reruns, you can always find the token gay, that is, the really flaming homo or the butch lesbian gym teacher. The motion picture Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Catrall, featured Meshach Taylor as Hollywood, an eccentric, finger-snapping homosexual. Many stereotypes such as these continued until the early nineties. .
             In 1991, on "LA Law-, two women share the first same sex kiss on prime time television.


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