Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade just broadcast its first ever same-sex kiss.
During a live performance of the new Broadway musical The Prom, actresses Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla kissed in what is believed to be the first ever LGBTQ kiss broadcast as part of the parade.
It’s the world’s largest parade and the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States, so it was a landmark moment for queer representation.
The kiss proved very popular on social media. Check out the best responses from Twitter below.
https://twitter.com/melissaradz/status/1065613136093429761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1065613136093429761&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fmacys-parade-2018-gay-kiss_us_5bf6d42fe4b0eb6d930c8577
Thanks to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade folks who did that open gay kiss. We are normal everyday folks who want to be accepted. 👩❤️💋👩🌈💕
— Sommer Shade (@sommershade) November 22, 2018
Two girls. Just kissed. On live TV. On the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I suddenly cried. Lovely. Thanks given to @ThePromMusical. (& Macy’s/NBC.) & lesbians everywhere. & turkeys. For their sacrifice. But esp. @ThePromMusical.
— Tina Landau (@TinaLandau) November 22, 2018
Thanks to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade folks who did that open gay kiss. We are normal everyday folks who want to be accepted. 👩❤️💋👩🌈💕
— Sommer Shade (@sommershade) November 22, 2018
I cried through the entire @ThePromMusical parade number! LOVE! JOY! And the @Macys parade’s 1st #lgbtq kiss ever! 😍😭🎉
— Michael Hull (@MichaelHullNYC) November 22, 2018
.@ThePromMusical I love you! What a lesson you just taught the country on the @Macys thanksgiving parade! ❤️💛💜🧡💚💙
— Caissie Levy (@CaissieLevy) November 22, 2018
What an incredible, inclusive, wonderful sight to see! Bravo @Macys parade! #loveislove https://t.co/UhrCRDLZVa
— Thommy Hutson (@ThommyHutson) November 22, 2018
The #macysthanksgivingdayparade just showed two girls kissing during Broadway showcase performance of The Prom.
You know – I'm thankful for #20gayteen. I finally live in a world where national TV isn't ashamed to show this on a wildly broadcasted event. #representationmatters pic.twitter.com/t6oI2a8nzN
— Leesah (@pumpkindino) November 22, 2018
Cheering and sobbing watching @ThePromMusical on #MacyParade – cannot WAIT to see this show!
— Michael Urie (@michaelurie) November 22, 2018
so uhhhh can we just talk about the fact there was a queer kiss on live tv during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? my gay ass is LIVING
— Melanie 💫 (@melanie___anne) November 22, 2018
macys parade def just broadcasted a f/f kiss at 9am on Thanksgiving morning so hey: my day is going pretty well! were eatin good today gays
— HEZ♻️ (@HEXHEZ) November 22, 2018
The Prom made its Broadway debut earlier this month, and tells the story of a lesbian in Indiana who is banned from taking her girlfriend to prom.
After the news is made public, a group of actors from NYC travel to Indiana in protest.
You can buy tickets here.
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