Dawson's Creek Kiss on its 20th Anniversary

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Twenty years ago, Kerr Smith made history as one half of the first kiss between two men on a prime-time drama. The iconic moment took place during Dawson's Creek's Season 3 finale.

Though Jack McPhee (Smith) had come out of the closet a season prior, it was a long and arduous journey before the young teen shared his first kiss with a boy he liked.

The early part of Jack's coming out story focused on the tribulations of being gay in a small town and in a conservative family, but in the Season 3 finale, Jack drove to see his estranged love, played by Adam Kaufman, at his college campus and kissed him, making a statement that he wasn't afraid to be himself anymore. "I remember that episode like yesterday," Smith told TV Guide during a recent