"That was by far the gayest thing that has ever been on TV, period." That's how Chris Colfer described the fan favorite scene between he and Darren Criss singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in the Christmas episode of "Glee" in this week's Entertainment Weekly.
Chris, who recently snagged a Golden Globe for his performance as the bullied, yet defiant Kurt, appears on the cover of EW with his "Glee" co-star Darren for a story about the recent trend of gay characters on network television.
The issue, which hits newsstands today, chronicles the history of gay teenagers on TV from classics like "My So-Called Life," "Dawson's Creek" and "Degrassi" to current ground breakers like "Glee" and "Pretty Little Liars" (both of which were nominated for GLAAD Media Awards this week).
So just how much has the television landscape changed over the past few years? In 2005, the folks over at "The O.C." were met with resistance when they tried to show a short-lived relationship between Marissa (Mischa Barton) and Alex (Olivia Wilde). One of the show's executive producers explained, "We could’ve had more support in terms of making that a long-term story line. There were definitely some questions about how long we were doing this story. And we did have to do some editing to make kisses shorter and pull back on some physicality of the characters."
Now, nearly six years later, in the wake of the string of tragic gay youth suicides that shook the U.S., "Glee" has openly gay characters with a fledgling romance. As "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy put the "Baby, It's Cold Outside" scene, "I was proud of that. I think it pushed the envelope a bit.”
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