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Queer the Opinion: The Death of Archie

All In The Family premiered on January 12,and by the end of the year would become the most watched television show in the United States. Steve, a masculine ex—professional football player, was the first gay male character to appear on a sitcom, and likely the first gay man many Americans had seen represented on television.

The all-American character stirred controversy. Gay was a one-shot guest role for Carey. But after that groundbreaking episode aired, similar representations of gay men on archies would follow throughout the next decade on shows including The Mary Tyler Moore ShowMaudeCheers and more.

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