Watch the first ever gay kiss on Brazilian TV
By Nick Levine
Brazilian TV aired its first ever gay kiss on Friday (January 31) following demand from viewers.
The historic moment took place on a soap opera called Amor à Vida, as gay couple Felix (Matthew Solano) and Niko (Thiago Fragoso) finally locked lips.
Our friends at Queerty report that Rede Globo, the network that makes the soap, were compelled to show a kiss between the couple after a social media campaign from viewers, who wanted to see a more passionate embrace from Felix and Niko than their usual hugs and pecks on the cheek.
The first mouth-to-mouth gay kiss on British TV took place in 1989, when two gay characters on EastEnders, Guido and Colin, were seen locking lips. US TV viewers had to wait until 2007 to see a gay kiss, when daytime soap As The World Turns finally showed a man-on-man smacker.
Watch the kiss between Felix and Niko below:
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