- 1983-84: Danny Pintauro (Who's the Boss?) played the first Paul Ryan
- 1985-1986: Steven Weber, who appeared in the 1995 gay themed Jeffrey appeared as Kevin Gibson
- 1988: First gay character on a soap opera, Hank Elliot
- 1996-1997: Kerr Smith, who played gay highschool/college student Jack McPhee on Dawson's Creek appeard as Ryder Hughes (co-star James Van Der Beek appeared on the show in 1995 as Stephen Anderson; the actor who portrayed Dawson's father, John Wesley Shipp, also appeared on the show and won a Daytime Emmy in 1988 as Best Supporting Actor portraying Doug Cummings; the current Paul Ryan, Roger Howarth, also appeared on the 5th season of Dawson's Creek)
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