"Roseanne and 'The Kiss"         This past winter break, myself and one of my best friends were driving down one of the main roads in our home town of Elmira, New York. I happened to look up at a billboard that was on the side of the road, and saw a sign that read something like: "Be safe, be smart, be protected." I thought to myself (immediately) "well, that's a big improvement from a few years …showed first 75 words of 1272 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1272 total…played a major role in this, and I don't think that the gay community will forget that, given the fact that the articles by GLAAD that I read praised them immensely for their efforts. The attitude of the media has changed so much in recent years, and I believe that more groundbreaking shows in all genres and for all attitudes and communities will continue to show up in the mainstream because of shows like "Roseanne."