I remember the Ellen episode where she came out. My gf at the time and I didn't have a TV, but we would make a point of going to a friend's house to watch every week because of that. Willow on BtVS was a big deal too. (Those both seem very obvious; I feel like I should have a slew of other examples...)
Oh, our local soap, Shortland Street, has had various same-sex pairings. Back in the 90s when I'd sometimes watch, the couples always ended up moving to the other end of the country, for some reason or another. It became a running joke after a while.
More recently, I adored Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) in Sex Education -- there was a lot of varied representation in that show. And of course, lots of BL shows out of Southeast Asia. :-)
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I remember the Ellen episode where she came out. My gf at the time and I didn't have a TV, but we would make a point of going to a friend's house to watch every week because of that. Willow on BtVS was a big deal too. (Those both seem very obvious; I feel like I should have a slew of other examples...)
Oh, our local soap, Shortland Street, has had various same-sex pairings. Back in the 90s when I'd sometimes watch, the couples always ended up moving to the other end of the country, for some reason or another. It became a running joke after a while.
More recently, I adored Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) in Sex Education -- there was a lot of varied representation in that show. And of course, lots of BL shows out of Southeast Asia. :-)