Just Because:

From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things

 Sometimes, like when see caps like the first two of Ryan Carnes and Barry Shen from General Hospital, I think how about far we've come.

 Then... I see caps like the ones below from the 1970 version of Battlestar Galactic and realize TV, although not as open about it, was even gayer back then...

Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict and Herbert Jefferson Jr.