List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters

This article is about live action television series. For animated series, see List of animated works with LGBT characters. For comedy series, see List of comedy television series with LGBT characters.

This is a list of dramatic television series (including web television and miniseries) that feature noteworthy lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters.

Asexual, graysexual, non-binary and pansexual characters are also included.

Series

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2018–	Insatiable	Netflix	Bob Barnard Bob Armstrong Nonnie Thompson Deborah "Dee" Marshall	Christopher Gorham Dallas Roberts Kimmy Shields Ashley D. Kelley	Bob Barnard claims to enjoy sex with women but self-identifies as gay. He has been in love with Bob Armstrong since they were teenagers. Bob Armstrong self-identifies as bisexual. He loves his wife Coralee, but realises that he also loves Bob Barnard. Nonnie is a closeted lesbian. She was in love with best friend Patricia "Patty" Bladell (series main character), but eventually starts dating Dee. Dee is a lesbian.
2018–	Vida	Starz	Emma Hernandez Eddy Martínez Cruz Sam	Mishel Prada Ser Anzoategui Maria-Elena Laas Michelle Badillo	Emma is lesbian (but won't identify as such). Eddy is lesbian and Vida's widow. Cruz is lesbian. Sam is non-binary.
2018–	Condor	Audience	Sarah Tan Sharla Shepard	Ellen Wong Christina Moses
2018–	The House of Flowers	Netflix	Julián de la Mora Diego María José Paulina de la Mora	Darío Yazbek Bernal Juan Pablo Medina Paco León Cecilia Suárez	Julián is bisexual. He was in a relationship with a woman while secretly dating Diego. Diego is gay. María José (formerly José María) is a transgender woman who was previously married to Paulina and had a son with her. Although years have passed since their divorce, Paulina seems to still have feelings for María José, regardless of her gender.
2018–	Pose	FX	Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista Angel Evangelista Elektra Abundance Pray Tell Damon Richards-Evangelista Ricky Evangelista Candy Abundance Martinez 'Lil Papi' Evangelista	Mj Rodriguez Indya Moore Dominique Jackson Billy Porter Ryan Jamaal Swain Dyllon Burnside Angelica Ross Angel Bismark Curiel	Blanca is a transgender woman. Angel is a transgender woman. Elektra is a transgender woman. Pray is gay. Damon is gay. Ricky is Damon's boyfriend. Candy is a transgender woman. Martinez described himself as an "equal opportunity lover".
2018	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Showcase (AU)	Michael Fitzhubert Irma Leopold Miranda Reid Greta McGraw Marion Quade	Harrison Gilbertson Samara Weaving Lily Sullivan Anna McGahan Madeleine Madden	Michael is in love with Albert Crundall. Irma kisses Miranda Reid. Greta is a geography teacher whose father exiled her from home for being a lesbian. Marion is lesbian. Greta and Marion are in a relationship.
2018–	SKAM Austin	Facebook Watch	Shay Dixon	La'Keisha Slade	Shay is lesbian. She develops a crush on Megan, her best friend's (Marlon) girlfriend.
2018–	Safe	Canal 8 Netflix	Pete Mayfield	Marc Warren	Pete is gay.
2018–	Sweetbitter	Starz	Ariel ("Ari") Sasha	Eden Epstein Daniyar	Ariel is a lesbian and a womanizer. Sasha is a gay Russian immigrant who befriends Tess.
2018–	Killing Eve	BBC America	Villanelle Bill Pargrave	Jodie Comer David Haig	Villanelle is a bisexual assassin. Bill is bisexual, but was predominantly involved with men in the past. He chose to enter into a heterosexual marriage by arrangement because he wanted to father a child, and occasionally has sex with his wife who knows about his history with men.
2018–	For the People	ABC	Kate Littlejohn Anya Ooms	Susannah Flood Caitlin Stasey
2018–	Krypton	SyFy	Adam Strange Nyssa-Vex	Shaun Sipos Wallis Day	Adam is human and might be gay or bisexual. In season 1 episode "House of Zod", a passing moment between him and another man suggested he may not be heterosexual. Nyssa is bisexual and was in a same-sex relationship in the past.
2018–	Step Up: High Water	YouTube Red	Tal Baker Johnny One	Petrice Jones Al Calderon	Tal is a super talented dancer, a current student of High Water. Johnny One is a social media genius, greatly benefiting from his computer programming skills.
2018–	The Terror	AMC	Cornelius Hickey William Gibson John Bridgens Henry Peglar	Adam Nagaitis Edward Ashley John Lynch Kevin Guthrie	Hickey is the main antagonist of the show and has a secret relationship with Gibson. Although they break up in episode 3 they remain close and still seem to have feelings for each other. Bridgens and Peglar are minor characters sharing a passion for literature. Their relationship is mostly implied.
2018–	Station 19	ABC	Travis Montgomery Maya Bishop	Jay Hayden Danielle Savre	Travis is the “heart” of the Fire Station, who acknowledged his husband during the pilot episode, and in episode 2 we find out his husband was a firefighter who died on the job. Maya is a bisexual close friend of Andy, who references her many male and female partners in season 1, episode 3.
2018–	Harrow	ABC	Simon Van Reyk	Remy Hii	Simon is Dr.Harrow's assistant and he has a boyfriend named David.
2018–	Instinct	CBS	Dylan Reinhart Andy Wilson	Alan Cumming Daniel Ings	Dylan is gay. A former CIA operative-turned-university professor and best-selling author now helping the New York Police Department. He is married to Andy. Dylan Reinhart is the first openly Gay lead character in an American prime time television drama. (HeartBeat is the first American prime time drama series to include a main character that was openly Lesbian, and also in a lesbian relationship.)
2018	Collateral	BBC Two Netflix	Jane Oliver Linh Xuan Huy	Nicola Walker Kae Alexander	Jane is a vicar in a lesbian relationship with an illegal immigrant, Linh Xuan Huy. Linh is Jane's lover.
2018	Life Sentence	The CW	Ida Abbott Poppy	Gillian Vigman Claudia Rocafort	Ida is bisexual. She leaves her husband to be with her friend, Poppy. Poppy is Ida's girlfriend and Stella's godmother.
2018	Rise	NBC	Simon Saunders Michael Hallowell Jeremy	Ted Sutherland Ellie Desautels Sean Grandillo	Simon is a closeted gay student raised by a very conservative religious family. Jeremy is Simon’s co-star in the play, and potential love interest. Michael is transgender.
2018–	Burden of Truth	CBC	Molly Ross Luna Spence	Sara Thompson Star Slade	Molly is lesbian. Luna is lesbian and a First Nation native. Molly and Luna are in a relationship. In season 1 episode "Witch Hunt" they go to the prom as a couple, holding hands as they enter and afterwards dance together.
2018	Seven Seconds	Netflix	Kadeuce Porter Brenton Butler	Corey Champagne Daykwon Gaines
2018–	This Close	SundanceNow	Michael Ryan	Josh Feldman Colt Prattes	Michael is a graphic novelist, and Ryan is a real estate agent. The series starts after their engagement to be married is broken.
2018	Everything Sucks!	Netflix	Kate Messner Emaline Addario	Peyton Kennedy Sydney Sweeney	Kate spends the season struggling with her sexual identity, before coming to terms that she's a lesbian. Emaline might be bisexual. She is seen dating a male classmate, but then she and Kate reveal their attraction towards one another and later share a kiss.
2018	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	FX	Gianni Versace Andrew Cunanan Antonio D'Amico Lee Miglin Jeffrey Trail David Madson	Édgar Ramírez Darren Criss Ricky Martin Mike Farrell Finn Wittrock Cody Fern	Gianni Versace was gay. Andrew Cunanan was a gay serial/spree killer and he murdered Versace. Antonio D'Amico is gay and Versace's partner at the time of his death. Lee Miglin was bisexual and married to the same woman for 38 years before he was murdered by Cunanan, his former escort. Jeffrey Trail was gay and murdered by Cunanan. David Madson was gay, witnessed the murder of Jeffrey Trail, and is thereafter also killed by Cunanan.
2018–	The Alienist	TNT / Netflix	Willem Van Burgen	Josef Altin
2018	Here and Now	HBO	Ramon Bayer-Boatwright Henry Navid Shokrani	Daniel Zovatto Andy Bean Marwan Salama	Ramon and Henry are a gay couple. Navid is gender fluid.
2018–	Counterpart	Starz	Nadia Fierro/Baldwin Clare Greta	Sara Serraiocco Nazanin Boniadi Liv Lisa Fries
2018–	Altered Carbon	Netflix	Isaac Bancroft Sergei Brevlov	Antonio Marziale Chris McNally
2018–	Black Lightning	The CW	Anissa Pierce / Thunder Grace Choi Chenoa	Nafessa Williams Chantal Thuy Shein Mompremier	Anissa is a lesbian superhero. Grace Choi is bisexual and Anissa's love interest. Chenoa is a lesbian and Anissa's girlfriend. They were together for one year before Anissa became involved with Grace.
2018–	9-1-1	FOX	Michael Grant Henrietta "Hen" Wilson	Rockmond Dunbar Aisha Hinds	Michael Grant is gay. Henrietta is a lesbian and married to a woman. They are raising a child together.
2017	The End of the F***ing World	Channel 4 Netflix	Eunice Noon Teri Darego	Gemma Whelan Wunmi Mosaku	DC Noon is a lesbian. DC Darego is a lesbian. Noon and Darego are police force partners.
2017–	The Sinner	USA Network	Heather Novack	Natalie Paul	Detective Novack is a out lesbian.
2017–	Dark	Netflix	Peter Doppler	Stephan Kampwirth
2017–2018	Prison Playbook	tvN	Yoo Han Yang ("Looney") Song Ji Won	Lee Kyu Hyung Kim Joon Han	Han Yang is gay. Ji Won is gay and Han Yang's boyfriend.
2017–	Money Heist (La Casa de Papel)	Antena 3 / Netflix	Helsinki	Darko Peric
2017–	Borderliner	Netflix	Nikolai Andreassen Kristoffer Lund	Tobias Santelmann Morten Svartveit	Nikolai, the lead character, is closeted and has a secret boyfriend, Kristoffer.
2017–	She's Gotta Have It	Netflix	Nola Darling Opal Gilstrap	DeWanda Wise Ilfenesh Hadera	Nola describes herself as a pansexual. Opal is a lesbian in a relationship with Nola.
2017	The Frozen Dead	M6	Irène Ziegler Greta	Julia Piaton Sophie Guillemin	Ziegler is openly lesbian and the captain of the St. Martin detective squad. Greta is Ziegler's partner and owner of a local inn where they reside together.
2017–	S.W.A.T	CBS	Officer III Christina "Chris" Alonso	Lina Esco	Chris Alonso comes out as bisexual in episode "Homecoming" (1.07) when she says: "I love men. And I also love women. Why does a girl have to choose?"
2017–	Gone	NBC	James	Andy Mientus	James was kicked out of his home after his father found out that he was gay and later got kidnapped because of it.
2017	Godless	Netflix	Marie Agnes MacNue Callie Dunne	Merritt Weaver Tess Frazer	Mary Agnes is bisexual. The widow of the town's mayor, she wears her husband's clothes and is in a same-sex relationship with the town's schoolteacher, Callie Dunne. Callie is a lesbian and the town's teacher. She was a prostitute in La Belle's brothel before it was turned into a school.
2017–	Runaways	Hulu	Karolina Dean Nico Minoru	Virginia Gardner Lyrica Okano	Karolina is a lesbian and an alien descendant with superpowers. Nico Minoru is bisexual. Formerly in a relationship with Alex Wilder, now reciprocates Karolina's attraction for her.
2017–	Andi Mack	Disney Channel	Cyrus Goodman	Joshua Rush	Cyrus comes out as gay when he tells Buffy that he, too, had a crush on Jonah.
2017–	Mindhunter	Netflix	Wendy Carr Annaliese Stilman	Anna Torv Lena Olin	Dr. Wendy Carr, a psychologist at a Boston university, is a closeted lesbian in a relationship with Dr. Annaliese Stilman, the head of Wendy's university department. Annaliese, however, is more open about who they are to each other.
2017–	Suburra: Blood on Rome	Netflix	Alberto "Spadino" Anacleti	Giacomo Ferrara	Spadino is a gay man whose traditional family forces him into accepting a sham straight marriage.
2017–	Ghost Wars	Syfy	Val McGrath-Dufresne Marilyn McGrath-Dufresne	Luvia Petersen Kristin Lehman	Val (the mayor of Port Moore) and Marilyn (the town doctor) are lesbians and married to each other.
2017–2018	Valor	The CW	Thea Zoe Cho	Melissa Roxburgh Chelle Ramos	Thea is a closeted bisexual CIA agent. She has two short-term relationships with a female soldier named SSG Zoe Cho in Episode #3, and male pilot CPT Leland Gallo in Episode #7.
2017–	Dynasty	The CW / Netflix	Steven Carrington Sam "Sammy Jo" Jones	James Mackay Rafael de la Fuente	In this remake of the classic 1980s TV series of the same name, Sammy Jo (originally played by a woman in the 1980s TV series) is the nephew of Cristal Flores. Sam is "a cute schemer" who is romantically connected to Steven Carrington; Sam has a one-night stand with Steven in the pilot episode, and helps himself to some of the cash in Steven's pocket. Later, they both realize that Sam's aunt Cristal is Steven's new stepmother.
2017–	Star Trek: Discovery	CBS All Access / Netflix	Paul Stamets Hugh Culber	Anthony Rapp Wilson Cruz	Paul and Hugh are gay men and in a loving relationship.
2017–	The Deuce	HBO	Paul	Chris Coy	Paul is gay and a bartender at Vincent Martino's bar, the Hi-Hat.
2017–	The Orville	Fox	Bortus Klyden	Peter Macon Chad L. Coleman	Bortus and Klyden are mates and members of an alien race, the Moclans, where homosexuality is the norm among their species.
2017	Man in an Orange Shirt	BBC Two	Thomas March Michael Berryman Adam Berryman Steve	James McArdle Oliver Jackson-Cohen Julian Morris David Gyasi	The story of two gay relationships set in different eras: Thomas and Michael during the 1940s, and Adam and Steve in the present.
2017–	Mr. Mercedes	Audience	Lou Linklatter	Breeda Wool	Lou is a butch lesbian subjected to overt homophobia.
2017–	Midnight, Texas	NBC	Joe Strong Chuy Strong	Jason Lewis Bernardo Saracino	Joe Strong is a fallen angel, Chuy is his husband and half-demon.
2017–	Ozark	Netflix	Roy Petty Russ Langmore	Jason Butler Harner Marc Menchaca
2017–	The Bold Type	Freeform	Adena El-Amin Kat Edison Leila/Lelia	Nikohl Boosheri Aisha Dee Katerina Tannembaum	Adena is a lesbian and Muslim feminist, professional photographer who begins a romance with Kat. Kat realizes she's bisexual when she falls in love with Adena. Leila is Adena's ex.
2017	Will	TNT	Christopher Marlowe Thomas Walsingham	Jamie Campbell Bower Edward Hayter
2017	Gypsy	Netflix	Jean Holloway Sidney Pierce Dolly Holloway	Naomi Watts Sophie Cookson Maren Heary	Jean is bisexual, married to a man, and becomes obsessed with Sidney. Sidney is bisexual and the former girlfriend of one of Jean's male patients. Dolly is Jean's daughter and may be lesbian or transgender.
2017	Blood Drive	SyFy	The Scholar The Gentleman	Darren Kent Andrew James Hall
2017	The Mist	Spike	Adrian Garf Tyler Denton	Russell Posner Christopher Gray	Adrian is pansexual. Tyler is deeply in the closet. They have a brief relationship before things drive them apart.
2017–	Las chicas del cable (Cable Girls)	Netflix	Carlota Rodríguez de Senillosa Sara Millán	Ana Fernández Ana Polvorosa	Carlota is bisexual. Sara is a bisexual trans woman who falls in love with Carlota. Carlota and Sara have a polyamorous relationship together with Carlota's husband, Miguel.
2017–	Ackley Bridge	Channel 4	Nasreen Paracha Lila Shariff Naveed Haider	Amy-Leigh Hickman Anneika Rose Gurjeet Singh	Nasreen comes out to her mother as a lesbian and tells her she's in love with another woman (series 1, episode 5). Lila is a lesbian and Nasreen's science teacher. Nasreen and Lila become involved in a relationship for a short while. Naveed is gay.
2017–	Claws	TNT	Quiet Ann Uncle Daddy Toby	Judy Reyes Dean Norris Evan Daigle
2017	Daytime Divas	VH1	Kibby Ainsley	Chloe Bridges	Kibby is bisexual.
2017–	American Gods	Starz	Bilquis Jinn Salim	Yetide Badaki Mousa Kraish Omid Abtahi
2017–	Dear White People	Netflix	Lionel Higgins Silvio Romo Neika Hobbs Monique Conner Kelsey Phillips Wesley Alvarez P. Ninny	DeRon Horton D.J. Blickenstaff Nia Long Zee James Luke O'Sullivan Nia Jervier Rudy Martinez Lena Waithe	Lionel is a gay main character. Silvio is gay and Lionel's love interest. Neika and Monique are a lesbian couple. Conner is a conflicted gay man. In season 2, episode 4, Kelsey tells Coco that she's a "gold star" lesbian. Wesley is gay and Lionel's love interest. P. Ninny is a butch lesbian character in a show within the show who at first denies her sexual orientation but later admits that she is.
2017–	The Handmaid's Tale	Hulu	Moira Emily Sylvia Peter Dan Odette	Samira Wiley Alexis Bledel Clea DuVall Ben Lewis John Carroll Lynch Rebecca Rittenhouse	Moira had a girlfriend "before". Emily and Sylvia were married and had a kid "before".
2017	APB	Fox	Tasha Goss	Tamberla Perry
2017–	Prison Break: Resurrection	Fox	Sid A&W	Kunal Sharma Marina Benedict
2017–	Famous in Love	Freeform	Alexis Glenn Rachel Davis	Niki Koss Katelyn Tarver	Alexis is bisexual and has an affair with Rachel.
2017–	Feud	FX	Victor Buono	Dominic Burgess
2017–	13 Reasons Why	Netflix	Courtney Crimsen Todd Crimsen Steve Crimsen Ryan Shaver Tony Padilla Brad Caleb Tamika	Michele Selene Ang Robert Gant Alex Quijano Tommy Dorfman Christian Navarro Henry Zaga R.J. Brown Clarke Hollingsworth	Courtney is a lesbian. She was closeted until the finale episode of season 2 ("Bye"), when she came out to her adoptive gay parents. Todd and Steve are Courtney's parents. Ryan told Hannah he was gay in season 1, episode 8. Tony used to date Ryan and now he's dating Brad (episode 8). Tamika is Courtney's girlfriend.
2017	When We Rise	ABC	Cleve Jones (young) Cleve Jones Roma Guy (young) Roma Guy Diane (young) Diane Ken Jones (young) Ken Jones Matt Michael Pat Norman Del Martin Phyllis Lyon Jean Cecilia Chung Scott José Sarria Bobbi Jean Baker Anne Kronenberg Sally Gearhart	Guy Pearce Austin P. McKenzie Mary-Louise Parker Emily Skeggs Rachel Griffiths Fiona Dourif Michael K. Williams Jonathan Majors Tyler Young Charlie Carver Whoopi Goldberg Rosie O'Donnell Maddie Corman Caitlin Gerard Ivory Aquino Nick Eversman Michael DeLorenzo Jazzmun Britt Irvin Carrie Preston	The miniseries is about the growth of the LGBT civil rights movement in San Francisco, and America, from the 1970s until the 2010s, with characters based on actual persons. Cleve Jones is Gay and an AIDS activist. Roma Guy is a feminist Lesbian and social justice activist. Ken Jones is a Gay activist. Pat Norman is a Lesbian activist, founder of the Lesbian Mothers Union and first openly gay employee of the San Francisco Health Department. Del Martin is a feminist Lesbian and activist, and co-founder of Daughters of Bilitis. Phyllis Lyon is a feminist Lesbian and activist, and co-founder of Daughters of Bilitis. Cecilia Chung is a trans woman and political activist. José Sarria is a Gay political activist and founder of the Imperial Court System. Bobbi Jean Baker is a transgender activist. Anne Kronenberg is the campaign manager for Harvey Milk and his aide on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Sally Gearhart is a feminist Lesbian and political activist.
2017–	Legion	FX	Lenny Busker Clark	Aubrey Plaza Hamish Linklater	Clark has a husband and a child.
2017–	The Good Fight	CBS All Access	Maia Rindell Amy Breslin	Rose Leslie Heléne Yorke	Maia is a lesbian. Amy is Maia's girlfriend.
2017	24 Legacy	Fox	Andy Shalowitz Thomas Locke	Dan Bucatinsky Bailey Chase
2017–	Mary Kills People	Global	Jess Naomi	Abigail Winter Katie Douglas
2017–	Taboo	FX	Godfrey	Edward Hogg	Godfrey is secretary at the East India Company and lives in a London Molly House.
2017	The Halcyon	ITV	Toby Hamilton Adil Joshi	Edward Bluemel Akshay Kumar	Toby is the younger son of the family who owns the titular hotel. Adil and Toby have feelings for each other.
2017–	Riverdale	The CW	Kevin Keller Moose Mason Joaquin Toni Topaz Cheryl Blossom Fangs Fogarty Chic	Casey Cott Cody Kearsley Rob Raco Vanessa Morgan Madelaine Petsch Drew Ray Tanner Hart Denton	Kevin is openly gay. He had a short tryst with Moose Mason, a bisexual football player at Riverdale High. Joaquin becomes involved with Kevin. Toni is bisexual. She kissed Jughead, but later stated she preferred girls. Cheryl Blossom was attracted to Archie throughout season 1, but in the early episodes of season 2 she was rumored to have a secret crush on Josie. In season 2 episode 14, Cheryl came out as bisexual.In season 2 episode 17,Cheryl and Toni share a kiss. Chic is supposedly the older half-brother of Betty Cooper. Though his sexuality is never mentioned in the show, there are several hints that he's indeed pansexual. When asked about a possible relationship with Kevin Keller, actor Hart Denton states that "Chic loves anything and everything, he's all about everybody".
2017–	Harlots	ITV Encore Hulu	Amelia Scanwell Violet Cross Prince Rasselas Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam Charlotte Wells Nancy Birch Margaret Wells	Jordon Stevens Rosalind Eleazar Josef Altin Liv Tyler Jessica Brown Findlay Kate Fleetwood Samantha Morton	Amelia and Violet have a secret romantic relationship. Prince Rasselas lives with his male partner. Lady Isabella _______. Charlotte _______. Nancy _______. Margaret _______.
2017	Emerald City	NBC	The Witch of the West	Ana Ularu
2017–	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Netflix	Charles Sir	Rhys Darby Don Johnson	Charles and Sir are partners, both in business and in marriage.
2017–	One Day at a Time	Netflix	Elena Alvarez Ramona Syd	Isabella Gomez Judy Reyes Sheridan Pierce	Elena is lesbian and the teenage daughter in the family, she comes out during the series first season. Ramona is a lesbian. Syd identifies as non-binary. Syd is befriended by Elena and they eventually date.
2016–	Preacher	AMC	Proinsias Cassidy Eccarius	Joseph Gilgun Adam Croasdell	Proinsias is bisexual. Eccarius is bisexual. Proinsias and Eccarious have shown attraction to men and women and are romantically involved with each another.
2016–	Luke Cage	Netflix	Hernan "Shades" Alvarez Darius "Comanche" Jones	Theo Rossi Thomas Q. Jones	Shades is bisexual. Comanche is gay. Shades and Comanche were lovers while in prison.
2016–2018	Falling Water	USA Network	Alexis Simms Christine	Sepideh Moafi Parisa Fitz-Henley	Detective Alexis Simms is lesbian. She lives with Christine. Christine is lesbian and the girlfriend of Alexis.
2016–	The Crown	Netflix	Antony Armstrong-Jones	Matthew Goode
2016–	Victoria	ITV	Lord Alfred Paget Edward Drummond	Jordan Waller Leo Suter	Lord Alfred is a very minor character from the first series. In the second series, his part is expanded and Drummond is introduced as a potential love interest. They kiss in series two of the show.
2016–	This Is Us	NBC	William Hill Jessie	Ron Cephas Jones Denis O'Hare	William is bisexual and had a relationship with Jessie.
2016–2017	Pure Genius	CBS	Jess Wallace Ally (Ali)	Taylor Rose Irene Choi
2016–	Star	FOX	Simone Davis Cotton Brown Miss Bruce	Brittany O'Grady Amiyah Scott Miss Lawrence	Simone kissed her troubled friend, Karen, in the fifth episode of season 2. Cotton Brown is the transgender daughter of Carlota Brown (played by Queen Latifah). Miss Bruce is transgender, too, and they both work in Carlota Brown's beauty shop.
2016–	Timeless	NBC	Denise Christopher	Sakina Jaffrey	Denise is lesbian and a Special Agent. She's married to Michelle, with whom she has a son and daughter.
2016–	The OA	Netflix	Buck Vu	Ian Alexander	Buck is a transgender boy.
2016	The Deleted	Fullscreen (company)	Mason Landon Agatha Sophie Logan	Will Peltz Todd Maurer Madeline Brewer Julia Kelly Daniel Zovatto
2016–2017	Incorporated	Syfy	Theo Ant	Eddie Ramos Matt Landry	Theo is one of the main characters of Incorporated. In the second episode Ant is introduced as Theo's partner.
2016–	El marginal	Televisión Pública Argentina	Juan Pablo "Diosito" Borges Morcilla Fiorella	Nicolás Furtado Carlos Portaluppi Guido Botto Fiora	Juan's sexual orientation has not been specified, but is likely bisexual. He is in love with Miguel Palacios/Osvaldo Peña. Morcilla is bisexual. Fiorella is gay. He is in a relationship with Morcilla.
2016–	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Netflix	Michel Gerard Donald	Yanic Truesdale Sam Pancake	Michel is from the original Gilmore Girls series and is married to Frederick (David Greenman), though he is not seen. Donald is a newer Stars Hollow resident introduced upon discussion of the first potential LGBT Pride festival for the town, where some more notable characters' sexualities are mentioned and/or danced around.
2016	The Young Pope	HBO	Cardinal Bernardo Gutierrez Cardinal Andrew Dussolier Cardinal Mario Assente Ángelo Sanchez Freddy Blakestone	Javier Cámara Scott Shepherd Maurizio Lombardi Marcos Franz Alex Esola	Gutierrez comes out as gay in the first season's final episode. Dussolier is seen having sex with a man and a woman in episode 6 of season 1. Assente confirms his homosexuality in private conversation with Pope Pius XIII in episode 2 of season 1. Sanchez is accused of "sexual disturbances", which seems to be the euphemism for homosexual tendencies. He denies being gay and commits suicide in episode 6 of season 1. The truth about his sexuality remains unclear. Freddy is a young gay man fascinated by Monsignor Gutierrez at some point.
2016–2017	No Tomorrow	The CW	Kareema Sofia	Sarayu Blue Marta Milans	Kareema is pansexual; she has a sexual tryst with Sofia, an immigrant wanting to marry her brother for a green card.
2016–	Van Helsing	Syfy	Susan Vanessa Helsing	Hilary Jardine Kelly Overton	Susan had a boyfriend before the vampire apocalypse. In episode 1.09 she kisses her friend Vanessa (Van) Helsing on the lips and attempts physical intimacy with her. Vanessa kisses Susan back.
2016	Notorious	ABC	Levi	Ramon de Ocampo	Levi had romantic feelings towards his childhood best friend Oscar Keating and cat-fished him.
2016–	Goliath	Amazon Studios	Michelle McBride Callie Senate	Maria Bello Molly Parker
2016	Class	BBC Three	Charlie Smith Matteusz Andrzejewski	Greg Austin Jordan Renzo	Charlie is an alien prince and is dating Matteusz, who comes from a very religious family who don't tolerate him having a boyfriend.
2016	Eyewitness	USA Network	Philip Shea Lukas Waldenbeck	Tyler Young James Paxton	Phillip and Lukas are secretly in a relationship. Lukas is violently closeted while Philip is comfortable with his sexuality. Lukas has a girlfriend. "Eyewitness" is based on the Norwegian show "Øyevitne".
2016	Conviction	ABC	Hayes Morrison Jackson Morrison Franklin "Frankie" Cruz Rey Armas Naomi Golden	Hayley Atwell Daniel Franzese Manny Montana Ian Paola Ilfenesh Hadera	Hayes is bisexual and her brother, Jackson, is gay. Frankie and Rey had a romantic relationship while cellmates. Naomi is bisexual and Hayes' ex-girlfriend.
2016–2017	The Exorcist	FOX	Katherine Rance Father Marcus Keane Verity Peter Morrow	Brianne Howey Ben Daniels Brianna Hildebrand Christopher Cousins	During a flashback, it is confirmed that Katherine is queer, and that she dated a friend from college before her death in a car accident that Katherine survived (another character references the girl as "the love of her life"). Father Marcus mentions that he has been "mostly" celibate after being excommunicated in season one, and he exchanges a flirtatious look with a man at a bar. A demon suggests that girls "aren't his type", indicating that he is gay. In season two, Marcus has a love interest in Peter Morrow, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife investigator, and the two men bond before sharing a kiss on Peter's boat. Verity mentions that she is gay in a conversation about her distrust of religion due to the fact she was sent to a conversion camp when she was younger.
2016–	Westworld	HBO	Logan Clementine Pennyfeather Elsie Hughes	Ben Barnes Angela Sarafyan Shannon Woodward	Logan is seen having sex with both a man and a woman in episode 2 of season 1, and is most likely bisexual.
2016–	Bull	CBS	Chunk Palmer	Chris Jackson
2016–	Easy	Netflix	Jo Chase	Jacqueline Toboni Kiersey Clemons	Jo and Chase meet, fall in love, and become a lesbian couple in season 1 episode 2, "Vegan Cinderella".
2016–	Berlin Station	Epix	Hector DeJean Faisal Al-Fakeeh Hans Richter	Rhys Ifans Kerem Can Bernhard Schütz
2016	Quarry	Cinemax	Buddy	Damon Herriman	Buddy is assumed to be gay because some of his partners in crime call him "queer", and in the third episode he is seen spending his time in a gay bar.
2016–	Better Things	FX	Rick Tressa	Diedrich Bader Rebecca Merz
2016–	The Collection	Amazon Studios / BBC Worldwide	Claude Sabine	Tom Riley
2016–2017	Too Close to Home	TLC	Dax Victor	Nick Ballard Charles Justo
2016	Barracuda	ABC	Danny Kelly Martin Taylor Demet	Elias Anton Ben Kindon Nicole Gulasekharam	Danny and Martin masturbate together and kiss. Danny is gay and Martin is bisexual.
2016–2017	The Get Down	Netflix	Marcus 'Dizzee' Kipling Thor	Jaden Smith Noah Le Gros	Dizzee and Thor are both popular graffiti artists who paint on trains. They end up at an exclusive underground LGBT club, and kiss.
2016	Dead of Summer	Freeform	Blair Ramos Drew Reeves	Mark Indelicato Zelda Williams
2016	American Gothic	CBS	Alison Hawthorne-Price Naomi Flynn	Juliet Rylance Maureen Sebastian
2016–	Animal Kingdom	TNT	Deran Cody Adrian Janine "Smurf" Cody Mark Liston Linc	Jake Weary Spencer Treat Clark Ellen Barkin Andy Favreau Damon Erik Williams	Deran is in the closet in the beginning of the series but comes out to his brother later on. Adrian is out. The two are in a secret relationship, but Deran destroys it and doesn't face his feelings until it's too late.
2016–	Wynonna Earp	Syfy CHCH-DT (Season 1) Space	Waverly Earp Nicole Haught Jeremy Chetri	Dominique Provost-Chalkley Katherine Barrell Varun Saranga	Waverly, the younger sister of Wynonna, had a boyfriend until she met Nicole Haught. She was caught off guard by her attraction towards her. Nicole Haught, a lesbian, is a deputy sheriff and was immediately captivated by Waverly. The two build a friendship which eventually becomes romantic. Waverly and Nicole Haught as a couple are known by the fan portmanteau "Wayhaught". Jeremy is Gay.
2016	Hunters	Syfy	Dylan Briggs	Mark Coles Smith	Briggs had a lover killed by the hunters.
2016–	The Durrells	ITV	Sven	Ulric von der Esch	Sven's feelings for Mrs. Durrell are being used to hide his homosexuality.
2016	Damien	A&E	James Shay Patrick	David Meunier Michael Therriault	James and Patrick appear to be in a long-term committed relationship. They have a son, Jacob.
2016–	Marcella	ITV	Matthew Neil Yann Hall Cara Thomas	Ben Cura Tobias Santelmann Florence Pugh
2016–	Hap and Leonard	SundanceTV	Leonard Pine Raoul	Michael K. Williams Enrique Murciano	Leonard is gay.
2016–2017	The Catch	ABC	Margot Bishop Felicity Shawn Rhys Bishop Jamison	Sonya Walger Shivani Ghai Caleb Smith John Simm Nick Hounslow	Margot (bisexual) and Felicity (bisexual) have an affair.
2016–	The Girlfriend Experience	Starz	Christine Reade Avery Suhr	Riley Keough Kate Lyn Sheil	Single scene in an early episode of the series. Christine and Avery spend one night together while temporary flatmates.
2016	Heartbeat	NBC	Max Eliott	Joshua Leonard
2016–	Slasher	Super Channel (season 1) Netflix	Robin Turner (season 1) Justin Faysal (season 1) Antoine (season 2) Renée (season 2) Glenn Morgan/Benny Ironside (season 2)	Christopher Jacot Mark Ghanimé Christopher Jacot Joanne Vannicola Ty Olsson
2016	The Family	ABC	Willa Warren Bridey Cruz	Alison Pill Floriana Lima
2016–	The A Word	BBC One, SundanceTV	Tom Clarke	Matt Greenwood
2016–2018	The Night Manager	BBC One	Major Lance "Corky" Corkoran	Tom Hollander
2016	Recovery Road	Freeform	Vern Testaverde	Daniel Franzese
2016–2017	The Shannara Chronicles	MTV (season 1) Spike	Eretria Princess Lyria	Ivana Baquero Vanessa Morgan	Eretria is bisexual. She may have romantic feelings for Amberle in season 1. She and Princess Lyria were in a relationship in season 2.
2016	Crashing	Channel 4	Fred Sam Will	Amit Shah Jonathan Bailey Lachie Chapman
2016–	Lucifer	Fox Netflix	Lucifer Morningstar Mazikeen	Tom Ellis Lesley-Ann Brandt	Lucifer is pansexual. Maze is pansexual.
2016–	Legends of Tomorrow	CW	Sara Lance/White Canary Todd Rice/Obsidian Guinevere Citizen Cold Ray Terrill John Constantine Ava Sharpe	Caity Lotz Lance Henriksen Elyse Levesque Wentworth Miller Russell Tovey Matt Ryan Jes Macallan	Sara is bisexual. Todd Rice is homosexual. Guinevere is an English queen featured in episode "Camelot/3000" who develops a crush on Sara. Leonard Snart's doppelgänger, Citizen Cold, from another Earth (Earth-X) is gay and appears to be in a relationship with superhero Ray Terrill. Ray Terrill is _______. John Constantine is bisexual. Ava enters into a relationship with Sara Lance. In episode "Beebo the God of War", Ava says she's 'not the husband type'.
2016–	Billions	Showtime	Tara Mohr Donnie Caan Taylor Mason Walter	Annapurna Sriram David Cromer Asia Kate Dillon Matthew Humphreys	Tara Mohr is a lesbian. After a cocaine-snorting lesbian sex tryst that was secretly videotaped, she was blackmailed into spying on her employer. She was not seen again in the series after being caught snooping by a coworker. Donnie Caan was closeted until he met Walter. They are married. Taylor Mason is the first gender neutral character on mainstream North American television. Walter is the husband of Donnie Caan.
2016–2018	Shades of Blue	NBC	Lieutenant Matt Wozniak Donnie Pomp Nate Wozniak	Ray Liotta Michael Esper Cameron Scoggins	Wozniak is the corrupt commander of the 64th Precinct, and the main target in an FBI anti-corruption investigation. He has a wife and hides his bisexuality from everyone. He engages in random hook-ups with men that he meets in bars. He also secretly dated Internal Affairs Lieutenant Donnie Pomp. Wozniak's son Nate is introduced in season 2. He has a boyfriend named Jay.
2016–	Shadowhunters	Freeform	Alec Lightwood Magnus Bane Raphael Santiago Ollie Samantha Aline Penhallow	Matthew Daddario Harry Shum, Jr. David Castro Alexandra Ordolis Tara Joshi Eileen Li	Alec is gay and was in love with Jace, who is straight. He struggled with his sexuality until he met Magnus. Magnus is openly bisexual, he has had both female and male sexual partners in the past. He is now in a relationship with Alec. Raphael is an asexual vampire, though he is romantically attracted to Isabelle. Ollie is Luke's new partner at the precinct. She is in a relationship with her girlfriend, Samantha. Aline is a lesbian.
2016–	Degrassi: Next Class	Family Channel	Miles Hollingsworth III Zoe Rivas Tristan Milligan Vijay Maraji Yael Baron Rasha Zuabi Esme Song Francesca "Frankie" Hollingsworth	Eric Osborne Ana Golja Lyle Lettau Dante Scott Jamie Bloch Dalia Yegavian Chelsea Clark Sara Waisglass	Miles is bisexual. Zoe is a lesbian. Tristan is gay. Vijay is gay. Yael is non-binary/genderqueer and uses they/them pronouns. Rasha is a lesbian. Esme and Frankie enter a polyamorous relationship with Zig.
2015–	The Magicians	Syfy	Eliot Waugh Quentin Coldwater King Idri of Loria Margo Hanson	Hale Appleman Jason Ralph (actor) Leonard Roberts Summer Bishil	Eliot is gay. Quentin slept with Eliot and Margo in episode 01X11 and is bisexual. In 03x05, Quentin kissed Eliot and they spent their whole life growing old together having a family of their own in a separate timeline. King Idri is probably bisexual, becoming sexually involved with Elliot. Margo is bisexual.
2015–	Unforgotten	ITV	Eric Slater Jimmy Sullivan Colin Osborne Simon Osborne	Tom Courtenay Harley Alexander-Sule Mark Bonnar Charlie Condou	In series 1, Eric Slater is a bisexual man who has spent his life in a heterosexual marriage. Jimmy Sullivan was Eric's gay lover (along with another man named Nicholas seen only in a photograph). They were both murdered by Eric's wife. In series 2, Colin Osborne is gay and a barrister. Simon Osborne is gay and Colin's husband.
2015–	The Expanse	SyFy Amazon Studios	Anna Volovodov	Elizabeth Mitchell	Anna is a lesbian and has a wife and daughter.
2015–2018	The Path	Hulu	Hawk Lane Caleb Matthews Mary Cox Betsy	Kyle Allen Titus Makin Jr. Emma Greenwell Whitney Crowder	Hawk is the son of a family who are part of a cult-like movement called Meyerism. Although he has had girlfriends in the past, in the third season, he gets involved with a closeted gay Christian youth named Caleb. Mary joins the movement due to her infatuation with Cal, and is later involved with Cal as well as Sean, who eventually becomes her boyfriend. When Sean is briefly sent away, she seduces Betsy in order to steal drugs from the infirmary.
2015–2017	Narcos	Netflix	Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera	Alberto Ammann
2015–	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	The CW	'White Josh' Wilson Darryl Whitefeather Maya Valencia Perez	David Hull Pete Gardner Esther Povitsky Gabrielle Ruiz	White Josh is gay. Darryl is bisexual, and in a relationship with White Josh. Maya is bisexual. Valencia becomes aware that she is bisexual when she starts dating a woman named Beth (Emma Willmann) late in season 3.
2015–2017	Dark Matter	Syfy	Two / Portia Lin / Rebecca Dr. Irena Shaw	Melissa O'Neil Zoie Palmer	Two is revealed to be bisexual in 3x01 when she hallucinates about another woman and kisses her. In 3x10, Portia and Irena Shaw, a lesbian, are seen as having been in love with each other.
2015–	Into the Badlands	AMC	Tilda Odessa	Ally Ioannides Maddison Jaizani
2015–2017	Skam	NRK	Eskild Tryggvasson Isak Valtersen Even Bech Næsheim	Carl Martin Eggesbø Tarjei Sandvik Moe Henrik Holm	Isak and Eskild are gay. Even is pansexual.
2015–2018	12 Monkeys	Syfy	Oliver Peters	Ramon de Ocampo	In season 1, Episode 10 Oliver makes reference to certain Jason who is later known to be his husband.
2015–	Humans	Channel 4	Niska Astrid	Emily Berrington Bella Dayne	In season 2, Niska who is a synth (synthetic human) meets Astrid who is a human and learns how to love.
2015–	È arrivata la felicità	Rai 1	Valeria Camilli Rita Nardelli	Giulia Bevilacqua Federica De Cola	Valeria and Rita are lesbians.
2015–	Westside	TV3	Bjelke "Bilkey" van Heeder	Todd Emerson
2015–	Supergirl	The CW	Maggie Sawyer Alex Danvers	Floriana Lima Chyler Leigh	Introduced in Season 2, Maggie Sawyer is a police detective and a lesbian. Alex Danvers is the adopted sister of Supergirl and works at the DEO; she comes out as a lesbian in Season 2 and becomes involved with Maggie.
2015–	Killjoys	Space SyFy	Prima "Pree" Dezz Delle Seyah Kendry Aneela Kin Ritt	Thom Allison Mayko Nguyen Hannah John-Kamen	Pree is gay. Delle flirts with Yalena "Dutch" Yardeen throughout the series and even kisses her (Dutch is heterosexual). During season 3, Delle becomes interested in Aneela and they have sex. Aneela may be lesbian or bisexual. It's unclear since the only sexual interest she has displayed has been towards Delle.
2015–2017	Stitchers	Freeform	Camille Engelson Amanda Weston	Allison Scagliotti Anna Akana	Camille is bisexual. Her only known relationship in the series was with boyfriend Linus. In season 2 episode 4, she says "Dirk and I only dated for about a week. I dated his sister a lot longer." In season 3, Camille falls in love with medical examiner Amanda Weston and in episode 4 says to Amanda, "My life makes sense with you in it." Amanda's orientation appears to be lesbian.
2015–2018	Merlí	TV3	Bruno Oliver Pol Quima	David Solans Iñaki Mur Carlos Cuevas Manel Barceló	Bruno is gay and hasn't come out of the closet. He is in love with Pol, with whom he made out at a party. Bruno left in Season 2 to begin a new life in Rome. Oliver is gay. Pol's sexual preference has been questioned as he made out with Bruno at a party claiming that "You have to try everything". In the second season Bruno and Pol have sex. After Bruno leaves, Pol begins to cry, implying he has feelings for Bruno. Quima is a transwoman and new English teacher.
2015–	Fear The Walking Dead	AMC Studios	Victor Strand Thomas Abigail	Colman Domingo Dougray Scott	Strand and Thomas were in a relationship.
2015–	Cheetah In August (Series)	Vimeo	August Chandler	Andre Myers	August is a main character who struggles to understand his mental condition or sexual power.
2015–2016	This Life	CBC	Oliver Lawson	Kristopher Turner	Oliver is the brother of the main character, and his boyfriend is recently deceased.
2015	Deutschland 83	RTL Television	Alexander Edel Tobias Tischbier	Ludwig Trepte Alexander Beyer	Alexander Edel is the rebellious son of General Edel. He tests positive for HIV after having sexual contact with Tobias Tischbier, a professor at the University of Bonn.
2015–	Versailles	Canal+	Philippe d'Orléans Chevalier de Lorraine Thomas Beaumont	Alexander Vlahos Evan Williams Mark Rendall
2015–	Blindspot	NBC	Bethany Mayfair Sofia Varma Alexandra Rich Dotcom Boston	Marianne Jean-Baptiste Sarita Choudhury Eisa Davis Ennis Esmer Josh Dean	Assistant Director Mayfair (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is dating Sofia Varma (Sarita Choundhury) until they have an argument and Sofia commits suicide. After quite a while, Mayfair meets Alexandra (Eisa Davis) and they are interested in each other.
2015	Home Fires	ITV	Teresa Fenchurch Connie Ward	Leanne Best Rachael Elizabeth	Teresa and Connie were lovers and taught at the same Liverpool school until the head master discovered their secret.
2015–	Jessica Jones	Netflix	Jeri Hogarth Wendy Ross-Hogarth Pam Inez Green	Carrie-Anne Moss Robin Weigert Susie Abromeit Leah Gibson	Jeri is a lesbian. Wendy is Jeri's wife. They are divorcing. Pam is Jeri's assistant and mistress. Inez Green is _______. (Jeri Hogarth is the first lesbian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Marvel Comics her character was named Jeryn Hogarth and was male.)
2015	Flesh and Bones	Starz	Paul Grayson Trey Eduardo	Ben Daniels Karell Williams Anthony Lee Medina
2015	London Spy	BBC Two	Danny Holt Alex Scottie	Ben Whishaw Edward Holcroft Jim Broadbent	Alex and Danny meet in episode one, but tragedy soon strikes, and Danny finds himself in the center of a conspiracy beyond belief.
2015–	Master of None	Netflix	Denise	Lena Waithe	Denise is the lesbian best friend of main character Dev.
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	Sky 1	Scotty McNeil Arnold Gaines	Kyle Soller Paterson Joseph
2015	Cuffs	BBC One	Jake Vickers Simon Reddington Donna Prager Alice Gove Corey Draper	Jacob Ifan Andrew Hawley Eleanor Matsuura Pippa Nixon	Jake is the main character of the series and is a rookie police officer. Simon is the station's defense solicitor. Corey is the son of Jake's partner and Tutor Constable, Ryan.
2015–2018	Code Black	CBS	Malaya Pineda Carla Niven Noa Kean	Melanie Chandra Shiri Appleby Emily Tyra	Malaya is a second year resident as of season 2. Carla is her former girlfriend. Noa is a first-year resident who has stated she has dated both men and women in the past.
2015–2018	Quantico	ABC	Elias Harper Hannah Wyland Harry Doyle Will Olsen Sebastian Chen	Rick Cosnett Eliza Coupe Russell Tovey Jay Armstrong Johnson David Lim	Elias Harper is an openly gay intelligence analyst trainee at the FBI Academy. Hannah Wyland is Ryan Booth's ex-wife. She left him because she had fallen in love with a woman. Harry Doyle is an openly gay MI6 agent and CIA trainee at The Farm. He and Sebastian, another trainee, began having feelings for each other, despite Sebastian's attempt to suppress his feelings prior to leaving the training facility. Also, Harry slept with Will Olsen as part of a personal mission during his time at The Farm.
2015–2017	Rosewood	FOX	Pippy Rosewood Tara	Gabrielle Dennis Anna Konkle	Pippy is a lesbian. Tara is bisexual. Pippy and Tara are engaged to be married in Season 1. Pippy's ex-girlfriend appears in several episodes. Tara kisses another man on the show and has an ex-boyfriend.
2015–	Club de Cuervos	Netflix	Aitor Cardoné	Alosian Vivancos
2015–	Glitch	ABC1	Charlie Thompson	Sean Keenan	Charlie one of the characters who rises from the dead with no memory. though through a series of flash backs as he regains his memory we do learn that he was in deed in love and in a relationship with one of his fellow soldiers.
2015–	Mr. Robot	USA Network	Gideon Goddard Tyrell Wellick Whiterose Harry Anwar Raziz Dominique DiPierro Darlene Alderson	Michel Gill Martin Wallström BD Wong Randy Harrison Mitchell Winter Grace Gummer Carly Chaikin	Gideon is gay and the main character's boss. Tyrell does not self-identify with a sexual orientation but has had sex with men and women, though usually only to further his personal agenda. At the end of the second season Tyrell confesses that he is in love with Elliot. Whiterose is a transgender woman. Harry is Gideon's partner. Anwar is gay. Darlene is bisexual and sleeps with Dominique. Dominique is lesbian.
2015–	Scream	MTV	Audrey Jensen Rachel Murray Gina Manny	Bex Taylor-Klaus Sosie Bacon Zena Grey Giullian Yao Gioiello	Audrey and Rachel are a lesbian couple before Rachel is killed.
2015	Complications	USA Network	Gretchen Polk	Jessica Szohr
2015–2018	UnREAL	Lifetime	Jay Faith Alexi Petrov Xavier Fiona	Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Breeda Wool Alex Sparrow Jaime Callica Tracie Thoms	Jay is a gay producer on Everlasting. Faith is a lesbian contestant from Everlasting.
2015–2018	Sense8	Netflix	Capheus Onyango Sun Bak Nomi Marks Kala Dandekar Riley Blue Wolfgang Bogdanow Lito Rodriguez Will Gorski Hernando Amanita Raoul Zakia	Aml Ameen / Toby Onwumere Doona Bae Jamie Clayton Tina Desai Tuppence Middleton Max Riemelt Miguel Angel Silvestre Brian J. Smith Alfonso Herrera Freema Agyeman Erik Hayser Mumbi Maina	Nomi Marks is a trans woman. Hernando is Lito's boyfriend. Amanita is bisexual and Nomi's girlfriend. Raoul is Lito's first gay lover. In 2015, actor Brian J. Smith stated that Lana Wachowski "thinks all the [sensates] characters are pan-sexual."
2015–2016	Wayward Pines	FOX	Frank Armstrong	Michael Garza
2015–2016	Aquarius	NBC	Charles Manson Ken Karn	Gethin Anthony Brian F. O'Byrne
2015–	Younger	TV Land	Maggie Lauren Heller	Debi Mazar Molly Bernard
2015–	The Royals	E!	Princess Eleanor Henstridge Mandy/Samantha Cook Cyrus	Alexandra Park Sarah Dumont Jake Maskall	Eleanor is bisexual, and formerly involved with her bodyguard, Jasper. Mandy is bisexual and ex-girlfriend of Jasper, and his partner in a con to steal a diamond from Eleanor. Cyrus is ________.
2015	Dig	USA	Detective Golan Cohen Udi	Ori Pfeffer Tsahi Halevi	Golan is a detective and friend of Peter. They work together to solve the show's mystery. He lives with his son and with Udi. Udi is Golan's boyfriend.
2015	The Returned	A&E/ Netflix - global rights	Dr. Julie Han Deputy Nikki Banks	Sandrine Holt Agnes Bruckner
2015–2017	American Crime	ABC Network	Eric Tanner Taylor Blaine Luke	Joey Pollari Connor Jessup Taylor John Smith
2015	Olympus	Syfy	Lykos Kimon Adriadne	Wade Burns Levi Meaden Sophia Lauchlin Hirt	Kimon is Prince Lykos's manservent and lover. Adriadne is bisexual.
2015	Banana	E4	Freddie Baxter Dean Monroe Henry Best Vivienne "Scotty" Scott Vanessa Moore Sian Moore Violet	Freddie Fox Fisayo Akinade Vincent Franklin Letitia Wright Lynn Hunter Georgia Henshaw Hannah John-Kamen
2015	Cucumber	Channel 4	Henry Best Lance Sullivan Freddie Baxter Dean Monroe Cliff Costello Vivienne "Scotty" Scott	Vincent Franklin Cyril Nri Freddie Fox Fisayo Akinade Con O'Neill Letitia Wright
2015	Backstrom	Fox	Gregory Valentine	Thomas Dekker
2015	Eye Candy	MTV	Connor Oliver	John Garet Stoker Parker Pogue	Connor dates Oliver in Season 1.
2015–	Empire	Fox	Jamal Lyon Michael Sanchez Tiana Brown Ryan Morgan Mimi Whiteman Derek Major Tory Ash	Jussie Smollett Rafael de la Fuente Serayah McNeill Eka Darville Marisa Tomei Tobias Truvillion Rumer Willis	Jamal Lyon is the middle son of the Lyon family, a talented, gay singer-songwriter. Michael is Jamal's ex-boyfriend. Tiana engages in a relationship with a woman early in the first season. Australian videographer Ryan Morgan is another love interest for Jamal.
2014–	Janet King	ABC1	Janet King Bianca Grieve Ashleigh Larsson	Marta Dusseldorp Anita Hegh Aimee Pedersen	Janet King and Ashleigh Larsson are a lesbian couple. In Season 2, after Ashleigh's death, Janet is leading a Royal Commission and AFP Sergeant Grieve is brought in to work undercover and thereafter protect Janet. Mutual attraction develops and they become sexually involved. In Season 3, they enter into a relationship.
2014–	NCIS: New Orleans	CBS	Tammy Gregorio	Vanessa Ferlito	She was married to a man, but later had a relationship with a woman.
2014–	The Last Ship	TNT	Lt. Alisha Granderson	Christina Elmore	In season 1 Alisha mentions have a girlfriend back home.
2014	Øyevitne	NRK	Philip Henning	Axel Bøyum Odin Waage	Philip and Henning develop feelings for each other over the course of the show after witnessing a crime together. Philip has accepted his feelings but Henning needs more convincing.
2014–2018	The Librarians	TNT	Cassandra Killian	Lindy Booth	Cassandra is bisexual.
2014–2016	From Dusk till Dawn	El Rey	Santanico Pandemonium Amaru	Eiza González Natalie Martinez
2014–	Outlander	Starz	Duke of Sandringham Jonathan Randall (aka Black Jack) Lord John Grey	Simon Callow Tobias Menzies David Berry	The Duke of Sandringham is _____. Randall derives sexual pleasure from abusing males or females, which by virtue makes him bisexual. Outlander author Diana Gabaldon stated that Black Jack Randall "is not a homosexual" but, rather, an "equal-opportunity" sexual sadist and the gender of his sexual victims does not matter. Lord John Grey is gay and was/is in love with Jamie Fraser. Grey also speaks about a past male lover.
2014–	Grantchester	ITV	Leonard Finch Daniel Marlowe	Al Weaver Oliver Dimsdale
2014–2015	Finding Carter	MTV	Bird Madison	Vanessa Morgan Molly Kunz	Bird and Madison are love interests.
2014	Glue	E4	James Warwick Caleb "Cal" Bray	Billy Howle Tommy Lawrence Knight
2014–2016	Carmilla (series)	Vervegirl	Carmilla Karnstein Laura Hollis Danny Lawrence Susan LaFontaine	Natasha Negovanlis Elise Bauman Sharon Belle Kaitlyn Alexander	A cute, funny campy web series created after the vampire Novella book, Carmilla. Many of the characters are female and queer and there is also a non-binary character (LaFontaine) who is non-binary in real life as well. Carmilla Karnstein is a 100+ year old vampire who is used to creating chaos and doing bad things. Laura Hollis is a do-gooder who believes there is good in everyone. Throughout the 3 seasons, they both struggle with their internal voices that try to influence the things they feel they should be doing, versus their growing affection and feelings they have for each other.
2014–	The 100	The CW	Commander Lexa Clarke Griffin Niylah Nathan Miller Bryan Eric Jackson	Alycia Debnam-Carey Eliza Taylor Jessica Harmon Jarod Joseph Jonathan Whitesell Sachin Sahel	Lexa revealed to Clarke that she was once in love with a girl named Costia. The writers revealed that Lexa is a lesbian. In season 1, Clarke has a relationship with Finn, and in season 2 Clarke and Lexa kiss. It was confirmed that Clarke is bisexual. In season 3 she has sex with a woman named Niylah, and later with Lexa. It is revealed in season 3 that Nathan has a boyfriend on Farm Station. Bryan is Nathan's boyfriend in seasons 3 & 4. Eric and Nathan are together as of season 5.
2014–	Jane the Virgin	The CW	Luisa Alver Rose Solano Wesley Masters Krishna Adam Alvaro Jane Ramos Petra Andel	Yara Martinez Bridget Regan Brian Jordan Alvarez Shelly Bhalla Tyler Posey Rosario Dawson Yael Grobglas	Luisa and Rose had an affair while Rose was married to Luisa's father, making Rose her stepmother. Wesley is an openly gay writer attending grad school with Jane. At the writers' retreat he mentions he had broken up with his boyfriend. Adam is revealed as bisexual in 4x05. Introduced in Season 4, Jane Ramos is a shady lawyer and is an open lesbian. Petra realized she's bisexual when she felt an attraction towards Jane Ramos leading to the two of them kissing, sleeping together, and starting a romance.
2014–	Transparent	Amazon.com	Maura Pfefferman Sarah Pfefferman Tammy Cashman Syd Feldman Ali Pfefferman Davina Shea Gittel Leslie Vicki Barb Lila Marcy Lyfe	Jeffrey Tambor Amy Landecker Melora Hardin Carrie Brownstein Gaby Hoffmann Alexandra Billings Trace Lysette Hari Nef Cherry Jones Anjelica Huston Tig Notaro Alia Shawkat Bradley Whitford Folake Olowofoyeku
2014–	Madam Secretary	CBS	Blake Moran Kat Sandoval	Erich Bergen Sara Ramirez	Blake comes out as bisexual at the end of season 3. Kat is bisexual.
2014–2016	The Mysteries of Laura	NBC	Max Carnegie	Max Jenkins
2014–	The Flash	The CW	Captain David Singh Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper Rob	Patrick Sabongui Andy Mientus Jeremy Schuetze	The Central City police commander, Captain David Singh, is openly gay and married to Rob. Hartley Rathaway is also openly gay.
2014–2015	Red Band Society	Fox	Sarah Souders Kenji Gomez-Rejon	Andrea Parker Wilson Cruz
2014–	Gotham	Fox	Renee Montoya Barbara Kean Tabitha Galavan The Lady Fish Mooney Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin	Victoria Cartagena Erin Richards Jessica Lucas Michelle Gomez Jada Pinkett Smith Robin Lord Taylor	Barbara is bisexual. Renee, similar to her comic book counterpart, is a lesbian, and is the ex-girlfriend of Barbara. Barbara Kean is seen flirting openly with The Lady at a ladies' club. The Lady flirts back and she and Barbara form an alliance to torture Jim Gordon. Fish is described to be "sexually fluid." She had feelings for Lazlo, but later on she would ask girls auditioning for a singing role, if they "liked girls or boys", then she'd tell them to seduce her. On one of these occasions, the girl kissed Fish. The Penguin is in love with Edward Nygma/The Riddler.
2014–2017	Kingdom	Audience Network	Nate Kulina Will	Nick Jonas Jonathan Howard
2014–	How to Get Away with Murder	ABC	Annalise Keating Connor Walsh Oliver Hampton Bonnie Winterbottom Aiden Walker Eve Rothlo Simon Drake Tegan Price Jeff Ted	Viola Davis Jack Falahee Conrad Ricamora Liza Weil Elliot Knight Famke Janssen Behzad Dabu Amirah Vann D.W. Moffett Jim Abele	Annalise and Eve were in a relationship while they were in law school; Annalise left her for Sam Keating, whom she married. Annalise is confirmed by Davis as pansexual Connor is a gay law student, recruited by his professor, a defense attorney, to work at her firm among four others. Oliver is an I.T. specialist whom Connor first seduced to get information. Over time, the two develop feelings for each other. Bonnie confessed her love for Annalise in season 4 and the two had shared a kiss. Aiden is engaged to Michaela Pratt, but he also had a relationship with a man before
2014–2015	Chasing Life	Freeform	Brenna Carver Greer Danville Margo	Haley Ramm Gracie Dzienny Aurora Perrineau	Brenna is bisexual. She begins a relationship with out lesbian Greer, despite the fact that Brenna already had a boyfriend. Later she chooses Greer over her boyfriend and they begin a relationship. Margo is an older girl who graduated from the school and said she would help Brenna edit a video to enter in a video contest. Margo and Brenna kissed and decided to date. Later Brenna finds out that the woman Margo used to date is a 40-year-old woman who still lives with her, so she breaks up with Margo.
2014–2017	Halt and Catch Fire	AMC	Joe MacMillan Lev Haley Clark	Lee Pace August Emerson Susanna Skaggs	Joe is bisexual and main character of the show. Lev is openly gay. Haley Clark is revealed to be lesbian in season 4.
2014–2017	The Strain	FX	Dutch Velders Nikki	Ruta Gedmintas Nicola Correia-Damude
2014–2015	Dominion	Syfy	Ethan Mack Uriel Arika	Jonathan Howard Katrine De Candole Shivani Ghai
2014–2016	Tyrant	FX	Sammy Al-Fayeed Abdul Haitham El-Amin	Noah Silver Mehdi Dehbi Raphael Acloque	Sammy is the closeted son of Barry Al-Fayeed, who returns to his Middle Eastern home country where his unstable brother inherits their late father's throne. Abdul is a closeted young man whose family has long served as security for the Al-Fayeed family. Sammy and Abdul develop a connection, but when Abdul learns that Sammy's family has extended their visit, he discontinues their relationship, reminding Sammy that there are rules he has to follow.
2014–2017	The Night Shift	NBC	Drew Allister Rick	Brendan Fehr Luke Macfarlane	Rick is Drew's boyfriend, who is introduced in 1x06, when he and his platoon are involved in a bus accident.
2014–2016	Penny Dreadful	Showtime	Dorian Gray Ethan Chandler Ferdinand Lyle Angelique Brona Croft/Lily Frankenstein Justine	Reeve Carney Josh Hartnett Simon Russell Beale Jonny Beauchamp Billie Piper Jessica Barden	Dorian, Ethan and Brona/Lily are bisexual or pansexual. Ferdinand is a (closeted) homosexual. Angelique is transgender.
2014–2017	Black Sails	Starz	James Flint Eleanor Guthrie Max Anne Bonny Thomas Hamilton	Toby Stephens Hannah New Jessica Parker Kennedy Clara Paget Rupert Penry-Jones	Eleanor is bisexual, and in season 1, she is in a relationship with Max, who is a lesbian. Max and Anne Bonny start a relationship in season 2 (Anne is either a lesbian or bisexual). In season 2, it is revealed that Flint was in a relationship with Thomas. Their separation was the reason behind Flint waging war against the world, and Flint was Thomas's "truest love".
2014–2015	Looking	HBO	Patrick Agustín Dom Frank Lynn Richie Kevin	Jonathan Groff Frankie J. Alvarez Murray Bartlett O.T. Fagbenle Scott Bakula Raúl Castillo Russell Tovey	Most of the characters are gay men living in San Francisco.
2014	Star-Crossed	The CW	Sophia + all other Atrians Taylor Beecham	Brina Palencia Natalie Hall	All Atrians are pansexual. Sophia has a crush on Taylor. Although she is in a serious relationship with Drake, while they are temporarily broken up, Taylor kisses Sophia.
2014–	True Detective	HBO	Paul Woodrugh	Taylor Kitsch
2013–	The Tunnel	Sky Atlantic Canal+	Elise Wassermann Eryka Klein	Clémence Poésy Laura De Boer	Elise (bisexual) has had sex with men out of practical necessity and has not experienced emotional involvement with any sex partner. Until she met Eryka Klein, Elise had never felt romantic attraction for someone. She falls in love with Eryka. Eryka (lesbian) falls in love with Elise.
2013–2017	Broadchurch	ITV	Maggie Radcliffe Jocelyn Knight	Carolyn Pickles Charlotte Rampling
2013–	Vikings	History (Canada)	Ragnar Lothbrok Athelstan Charles of West Francia Lagertha Roland Astrid	Travis Fimmel George Blagden Lothaire Bluteau Katheryn Winnick Huw Parmenter Josefin Asplund	Ragnar, on multiple occasions, has asked Athelstan to join him and Lagertha in bed, implying bisexuality. He also told Athelstan that he loved him. Athelstan considered joining Ragnar and Lagertha in a threesome but decided against it due to his religious vows. Charles is _____. Lagertha is _____. Roland is _____. Astrid is _____.
2013–2016	The Fall	BBC Two	Danielle Ferrington DSI Stella Gibson	Niamh McGrady Gillian Anderson	Dani is a lesbian. Stella is bisexual.
2013–	Peaky Blinders	BBC Two	James	Josh O'Connor	James is a gay writer who lives with Ada Shelby and her son, Karl.
2013–	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	ABC	Joey Gutierrez	Juan Pablo Raba	Joey is a gay Inhuman who can melt metals.
2013–	Wentworth	SoHo	Franky Doyle Erica Davidson Kim Chang Joan Ferguson Maxine Conway Bridget Westfall Lucy Gambaro Allie Novak Bea Smith Jodie Spiteri	Nicole da Silva Leeanna Walsman Ra Chapman Pamela Rabe Socratis Otto Libby Tanner Sally-Anne Upton Kate Jenkinson Danielle Cormack Pia Miranda	In this Australian prison drama series, Erica Davidson is bisexual, Maxine Conway is a transgender woman and Bea Smith is pomosexual.
2013–2015	Defiance	Syfy	Stahma Tarr Kenya Rosewater Doc Meh Yewll Lev Ulysses Skevur Niles Pottinger Sgt. Frei Poole	Jaime Murray Mia Kirschner Trenna Keating Hannah Cheeseman Rob Archer Michael Dyson James Murray Douglas Nyback	Kenya is a bisexual sex worker. Stahma begins seeing her in 1x07 with ulterior political motives, but it is later clear that she developed genuine feelings for her. In 2x05, Yewll is haunted by hallucinations of her late wife, Lev. Ulysses and Skevur are minor henchmen of Datak Tarr's who are mentioned to be in a sexual relationship. In 2x05, it is revealed Pottinger attended the same boarding school as Amanda's ex-fiancé Connor Lang, and had an unrequited crush on him. Several other minor sex worker characters (Tirra, Deirdre, Gorath) are mentioned to have both male and female clients. There are several characters who have only been shown in heterosexual relationships, but have never had their orientations explicitly confirmed as heterosexual, with some lines that seem to suggest that sexuality is not labelled anymore, and bisexuality is very common.
2013–2015	Hemlock Grove	Netflix	Brooke Bluebell Mrs. Banks Dr. Clementine Chasseur Dr. Johann Pryce	Lorenza Izzo Jennifer Gidson Kandyse McClure Joel de la Fuente	In the pilot episode, Brooke has an affair with her female science teacher Mrs. Banks. Dr. Chasseur is a werewolf hunter, and is a lesbian.
2013–	Hit the Floor	VH1	Jude Kinkade Zero Lucas	Brent Antonello Adam Senn Jonathan Bennett	Zero is a closeted bisexual basketball player and Jude is his agent. Jude realises he is gay, and comes out to his father and stepmother. Jude and Zero begin a friends with benefits arrangement in season 2, but feelings get involved and Jude gives Zero an ultimatum. In season 3, Zero comes out by kissing Jude in public, and the two are now in a committed relationship.
2013–2014	Betrayal	ABC	Jules Whitman Valerie McAllister	Sofia Black D'Elia Elizabeth McLaughlin	Valerie McAllister begins dating her dads new assistant Jules Whitman.
2013–2014	Dracula	NBC	Lord Laurent Daniel Davenport Lucy Westenra	Anthony Howell Lewis Rainer Katie McGrath	Laurent is a member of a secret society dedicated to opposing Dracula (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Daniel is his lover. Lucy is a rich society girl who harbors secret romantic feelings for her best friend, Mina Murray (Jessica De Gouw).
2013–2017	East Los High	Hulu	Camila Barrios Jocelyn Reyes	Vannessa Vasquez Andrea Sixtos	Camila and Jocelyn who have been best friends since high school begin a romantic relationship.
2013	Dates	Channel 4	Erica Kate	Gemma Chan Katie McGrath	Erica goes on a blind date with Kate in one episode; Erica is closeted, whereas Kate is out and proud.
2013–2014	In the Flesh	BBC Three	Kieren Walker Rick Macy Simon Monroe	Luke Newberry David Walmsley Emmett J Scanlan	Kieren is a PDS suffer (Partially Deceased Syndrome) who has come back to life. He committed suicide after his boyfriend Rick died in Afghanistan. Rick is found and is also a PDS suffer. He comes back home but is killed by his father before anything can happen between him and Kieren in their new life. In the second season Simon is introduced and is thought to be straight since he is with Amy. He is believed to be one of the twelve disciples of the undead prophet and is a member of the Undead Liberation Army. He reveals himself to Kieren and the two become a couple.
2013–2018	House of Cards	Netflix	Frank Underwood Edward Meechum Rachel Posner Lisa Williams Michael Corrigan John Pasternak Thomas Yates	Kevin Spacey Nathan Darrow Rachel Brosnahan Kate Lyn Sheil Christian Camargo Todd Alan Crain Paul Sparks	Frank has been shown to have sexual encounters with both men and women. Yet, the author claims that Frank ignores the label of being bisexual and is simply attracted to people regardless of their gender. Meechum has a threesome with Claire and Frank in Chapter 24.
2013–2016	Masters of Sex	Showtime	Betty DeMillo Barton Scully Dale	Annaleigh Ashford Beau Bridges Finn Wittrock	Betty is a lesbian sex worker and an early research subject in Masters and Johnson's study. Helen and Betty are in a relationship. Scully is the provost at the university where Masters initiates his study. Masters learns Scully is gay in the episode "Standard Deviation". Dale is a hustler whom Scully patronizes. It is he who informs Masters of Scully's orientation.
2013–2018	The Originals	The CW	Josh Rosza Aiden Tristan de Martel Eddie Keelin Freya Mikaelson	Steven Krueger Colin Woodell Oliver Ackland Keahu Kahuanui Christina Moses Riley Voelkel	Josh is a newly-turned vampire and openly gay. Aiden is gay and a werewolf. In season 2, he and Josh date. Tristan is bisexual. (The writers were going to explore his sexual preference, but his current drive left little time for romance.) Eddie is Josh's boyfriend in season 4. Keelin is bisexual and a werewolf. She is the last of her clan, and becomes gradually involved with Freya. Freya is bisexual and a witch.
2013–2015	Hannibal	NBC	Hannibal Lecter Will Graham Margot Verger Alana Bloom Francis Dolarhyde Jimmy Price	Mads Mikkelsen Hugh Dancy Katharine Isabelle Caroline Dhavernas Richard Armitage Scott Thompson	It's revealed in season 3 that Hannibal Lecter (who according to Fuller is omnisexual) is in love with Will Graham. In the last episode of the same season Will demonstrates the feelings are mutual, replying to Bedelia's question of whether he reciprocates or not. Since the inception of the show Fuller has repeatedly referred to the series as a love story between the two men; in addition to this he has confirmed that their relationship is one of mutual attraction. Margot Verger, introduced in season two, is a lesbian. Alana Bloom, who is bisexual, begins a relationship with Margot in season three, and they eventually marry and have a son, Morgan. Even though, during the series, he dates Reba McClane, on his ledger, Francis Dolarhyde claims to be interested in establishing a romantic relationship with Hannibal by writing "I am so eager to please you to be your friend your lover perhaps". Bryan Fuller has stated that Jimmy Price is openly gay on Twitter.
2013–2014	The Bridge	FX	Adriana Perez Lucy	Emily Rios Alyssa Diaz	Adriana reveals to her coworker Daniel Frye that she is a lesbian when he asks her how she avoided getting tied down with children like other female members of her family. In season 2 her girlfriend Lucy is introduced.
2013–	Ray Donovan	Showtime	Lena Tommy Wheeler	Katherine Moennig Austin Nichols	Lena is a personal assistant working for titular character Ray. Tommy is a closeted gay actor.
2013–	A Place to Call Home	Channel 7	James Bligh Harry Polson Dr. Henry Fox	David Berry Dominic Allburn Tim Draxl	In season 3, James meets a new love interest, Dr. Fox.
2013–2016	Devious Maids	Lifetime	Alejandro Rubio	Matt Cedeño	Alejandro is a Latin music star and closeted homosexual.
2013–	Orange Is the New Black	Netflix	Piper Chapman Alex Vause Sophia Burset Nicky Nichols Lorna Morello Carrie "Big Boo" Black Tricia Miller Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren Poussey Washington Brook Soso Desi Piscatella	Taylor Schilling Laura Prepon Laverne Cox Natasha Lyonne Yael Stone Lea DeLaria Madeline Brewer Uzo Aduba Samira Wiley Kimiko Glenn Brad William Henke	Piper Chapman, the protagonist of the series, is bisexual, and was in relationship with lesbian Alex Vause before breaking up with her and becoming engaged to Larry Bloom. Since they've been in prison, Piper has rekindled her relationship with Alex. Laverne Cox, an African-American trans actress, plays Sophia Burset, a transgender character. The Advocate suggested that Orange is the New Black contains the first ever women-in-prison narrative including a real transgender woman. Nicky, Suzanne, Big Boo, Tricia and Poussey are lesbians. Lorna's true sexuality is undetermined, but has been involved with men and women. Brook has revealed she is attracted to people, not genders, meaning she is pansexual. New corrections officer Desi Piscatella is gay.
2013–2015	Atlantis	BBC One	Pythagoras Icarus	Robert Emms Joseph Timms
2013–2015	Under the Dome	CBS	Carolyn Hill Alice Calvert	Aisha Hinds Samantha Mathis	Hill and Calvert are raising a daughter, Norrie Calvert-Hill (Mackenzie Lintz), together.
2013–2018	The Fosters	Freeform	Stef Adams-Foster Lena Adams-Foster Jude Adams-Foster Connor Stevens Cole Noah Monte Porter Aaron Ximena Sinfuego	Teri Polo Sherri Saum Hayden Byerly Gavin MacIntosh Tom Phelan Kalama Epstein Annika Marks Elliot Fletcher Lisseth Chavez	Stef and Lena are a married lesbian couple. Stef has a son from a previous marriage to police department colleague Mike Foster. Stef and Lena serve as adoptive and foster parents to additional children. Jude is the youngest of their adopted children, who begins to question his sexuality after developing an attraction to his best friend Connor, who becomes his first boyfriend. It is revealed in Season 2 that Connor has feelings for Jude and has kissed him. Cole is a transitioning FtM transgender teen runaway who lives at a group foster home. Noah is Jude's second boyfriend. Monte is bisexual and becomes the school principal of Lena's charter school in Season 2. Aaron is a transgender FtM who becomes Callie's boyfriend. Ximena comes out as a lesbian to Callie in Season 5 episode "Sanctuary".
2013–2014	The Carrie Diaries	The CW	Walt Reynolds Bennet Wilcox Larissa Loughlin Samantha "Sam" Jones Jill "Mouse" Chen Dona LaDonna	Brendan Dooling Jake Robinson Freema Agyeman Lindsey Gort Ellen Wong Chloe Bridges	Walt (season 1 and 2) was in a heterosexual relationship, but seemed to always have inner struggle with his sexuality. After meeting Bennet, a columnist at Interview, Walt begins to explore his inner feelings after seeing how open Bennet is about being gay. Taking place in New York City in the mid 1980s, the environment was very welcoming and Walt finally admitted to himself and others that he was gay. Bennet (season 1 and 2) is openly gay and he protects LGBT rights, he and Walt are a couple later. ,br> Larissa (season 1 and 2) is hetero-flexible, she doesn't have a problem having sex with women. Sam (season 2) could be bicurious or hetero-flexible, she claimed to have once had sex with Larissa since they were going to engage in a threesome, but the man never arrived. Mouse (season 1 and 2) may be bicurious. Donna (season 1 and 2) could be bicurious too, she and Mouse slept together at a party when they were drunk.
2013–2017	Orphan Black	Space (Canada) BBC America (USA)	Cosima Niehaus Felix Dawkins Delphine Cormier Tony Sawicki Shay Davydov Sarah Manning	Tatiana Maslany Jordan Gavaris Evelyne Brochu Tatiana Maslany Ksenia Solo Tatiana Maslany	Cosima is a graduate student in biology and one of several clones whose origin is central to the series' mystery. Felix is the foster brother and confidant of Sarah Manning, the show's main protagonist. Delphine and Cosima are in a relationship. Tony (formerly Antoinette) is a transgender clone introduced in Season 2. In 4x07 Sarah has a one-night stand with a woman, indicating that she is bisexual. This has later been confirmed true by Tatiana Maslany at Comic Con 2016.
2013–2016	Please Like Me	ABC (Australia)	Josh Geoffrey Patrick Arnold Hannah	Josh Thomas Wade Briggs Charles Cottier Keegan Joyce Hannah Gadsby	Josh is the main character of the show and he has different love interests through the seasons. His first is Geoffrey, who he gets together with because they were hanging out when they got tired, and Geoffrey suggested they slept in the same bed. This led to Josh coming out of the closet. He gets a new roommate, Patrick, and has a very short relationship with him. Arnold is his longest lasting love interest. Hannah is a friend of Josh's mom and is a lesbian.
2013–2016	Banshee	Cinemax	Job	Hoon Lee	Job is a computer hacker and confidant to the series' protagonist, Lucas Hood (Antony Starr). The character has been described variously as transgender, a transvestite and a drag queen; Lee believes the character is "constantly evolving" and is not interested in "figuring out the label of who he is and every aspect of that".
2013–2015	The Following	Fox	Paul Torres Jacob Wells Agent Gina Mendez Jana Murphy Dawn	Adan Canto Nico Tortorella Valerie Cruz Leslie Bibb Kristen Bush	Paul and Jacob are initially introduced in season 1 as "Bill" and "Willy", neighbors of season one antagonist Joe Carroll's only surviving victim, Sarah. This is soon revealed as a ruse engineered by Joe, who believed Sarah would perceive gay neighbors as non-threatening. Both before and after they broke cover the pair were sexually involved but both characters were killed before the full extent of their relationship was clarified. Agent Mendez, introduced in season 2, is Ryan Hardy's boss. Jana Murphy is Mendez's ex-wife, with whom she has children. Jana turns out to be one of Joe's followers. Dawn is Mendez's new wife as of the season 3 opener, during which their wedding took place.
2013–2015	Da Vinci's Demons	Starz	Leonardo da Vinci Jacopo Saltarelli Andrea del Verrocchio	Tom Riley Christopher Elson Allan Corduner	While historical scholarship generally regards Leonardo as homosexual, the series depicts him as sexually active with a woman (perhaps bisexual). In the season one episode "The Tower", Leonardo declares that his involvement with Saltarelli was experimentation and that he refuses to label himself. In 2x05 'The Sun and Moon' it is implied that Andrea has a sexual relationship with a young man who works in his workshop.
2013	Camp	NBC	Todd Raffi	Adam Garcia Christopher Kirby	Todd and Raffi are an interracial couple raising two adopted children.
2013–2015	My Mad Fat Diary	E4	Archie	Dan Cohen	Rae Earl, the main character, discovers that Archie is gay when she catches him spying on the men's changing room in the leisure centre in which he works. He has a relationship with Lois, a girl in Chloe's group, in series 2 but she breaks up with him when Rae reveals his sexuality to Lois. He comes out subsequent to this.
2012–2016	Last Tango in Halifax	BBC One	Caroline Dawson Kate McKenzie	Sarah Lancashire Nina Sosanya	Caroline is lesbian. Kate is lesbian. Caroline and Kate were married before Kate's untimely death.
2012–	Call the Midwife	BBC One	Patience "Patsy" Mount Delia Bubsy	Emerald Fennell Kate Lamb	The two nurses fall in love. Delia is struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle and awakens with amnesia, not remembering who Patsy is to her. Delia recovers and they are reunited, but Patsy had to go to Hong Kong to care for her terminally ill father. After her father's death, Patsy returns to Delia. The characters exited the series when both actresses left the show.
2012–2018	Nashville	ABC	Will Lexington Brent McKinney Kevin Bicks Zach Welles	Chris Carmack Derek Krantz Kyle Dean Massey Cameron Scoggins	Will is a closeted up-and-coming country singer. Brent is an openly gay record executive. Kevin is an openly gay songwriter, stationed in Nashville.
2012–	Arrow	The CW	Sara Lance/White Canary Nyssa al Ghul Curtis Holt Paul Nick Anastas	Caity Lotz Katrina Law Echo Kellum Chenier Hundal Evan Roderick	Nyssa and Sara begin a relationship when Sara joins the league of assassins. Curtis Holt is introduced in season 4 as an openly gay employee of Felicity's at Palmer Tech and is married to his husband Paul. In "The Thanatos Guild," Curtis asks police officer Nick out for a drink or dinner and he agrees. They've been dating after that.
2012–2013	Bomb Girls	Global	Betty McRae Teresa	Ali Liebert Rachel Wilson	Betty McRae has an unrequited love for her best friend Kate Andrews. After being rejected by Kate, Betty starts a relationship with Teresa.
2012–2016	Ripper Street	BBC One	Fred Best	David Dawson
2012–	Chicago Fire	NBC	Leslie Shay Clarice Carthage Devon	Lauren German Shiri Appleby Vedette Lim	Leslie Shay is a paramedic on Ambulance 61 and Clarice Carthage is her pregnant ex-girlfriend. They reconcile their relationship and Clarice moves back in with Shay, only for Clarice to break up with Shay for a second time and move to New York with her ex-husband to gain split-custody of her child. In season 2 Shay briefly dates Devon, who robs their apartment and disappears. She returns near the end of season 2, apologizing and promising to pay Shay back the money she stole.
2012–2017	Girls	HBO	Elijah Krantz George	Andrew Rannells Billy Morrissette	Elijah is the ex-boyfriend of lead character Hannah (Lena Dunham) and she finds out that he is gay in season 1. In season 2 they become roommates. George is Elijah's boyfriend. In season 2 they get into an argument leading to Elijah's questioning his sexuality and ends up sleeping with main character Marnie (Allison Williams). Elijah then describes himself as bisexual.
2012–	The Returned	Canal+	Julie Laure	Céline Sallette Alix Poisson	Julie is a nurse and Laure is a police lieutenant. They were formerly lovers but as of the series premiere had not seen each other for seven years.
2012–2017	Saving Hope	CTV (Canada) NBC (US)	Shahir Hamza Victor Reis Maggie Lin Sydney Katz	Huse Madhavji Salvatore Antonio Julia Taylor Ross Stacey Farber	Hamza is a neurosurgeon and Reis is an OR nurse. They are in a long-term relationship. In season 3 Maggies new boss Dr Katz surprises her by kissing her which starts a complicated journey of discovery for orthodox closeted lesbian Sydney. She is engaged to a man but develop romantic feelings for Maggie. The pair kisses again after Sydney admits to Maggie that she likes women.
2012–2018	Major Crimes	TNT	Rusty Beck Gustavo Wallace	Graham Patrick Martin Rene Rosado	First appearing in the series finale of The Closer, Rusty is a foster child who witnesses a crime. Captain Shannon Raydor (Mary McDonnell) decides to assume custody of Rusty. In season 4 Gustavo Wallace and Rusty started dating.
2012–2018	Scandal	ABC	Cyrus Beene James Novak Michael Ambruso Fenton Glackland	Jeff Perry Dan Bucatinsky Matthew Del Negro Dean Norris	Cyrus is the White House Chief of Staff. He is openly gay and in a long-term relationship with (though not yet legally married to) James.
2012–2013	Underemployed	MTV	Sophia Swanson	Michelle Ang
2012–2013	Emily Owens, M.D.	The CW	Tyra Dupre	Kelly McCreary	Tyra, a first-year surgical intern and daughter of the chief resident, quickly befriends Emily. She is openly gay.
2012–2013	Smash	NBC	Tom Levitt Dennis Bobby Sam Strickland John Goodwin Ellis Boyd Kyle Bishop Blake	Christian Borle Phillip Spaeth Wesley Taylor Leslie Odom, Jr. Neal Bledsoe Jaime Cepero Andy Mientus Daniel Abeles	Tom is a Broadway composer. Dennis, Bobby and Sam are ensemble members and Tom had a short-term relationship with Sam. John is a lawyer. He and Tom dated briefly. Ellis began as Tom's personal assistant before becoming assistant to Broadway producer Eileen Rand (Anjelica Huston). He left the series after season one and an ex-girlfriend later outed him as gay. Kyle Bishop is the book writer for the rival show Hit List. Blake is the lighting director for Hit List and he and Kyle became involved.
2012	Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves	SVT1	Rasmus Paul Benjamin	Adam Pålsson Simon J. Berger Adam Lundgren
2012	Political Animals	USA	T.J. Hammond Diane Nash Sean Reeves	Sebastian Stan Vanessa Redgrave David Monahan	T.J. is son of former President "Bud" Hammond and Elaine Barrish, the first openly gay child of a sitting President of the United States. Justice Diane Nash is the first openly gay Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a former mentor of Elaine's. Reeves is a married, closeted Congressman with whom T.J. has had an affair.
2012	GCB	ABC	Blake Reilly	Mark Deklin	Blake is a closeted homosexual and in a marriage of convenience with Cricket (Miriam Shor), who is aware of his sexual orientation.
2012	The L.A. Complex	CTV (Canada) MuchMusic (Canada)	Kaldrick King Tariq Muhammad Christopher Taylor	Andra Fuller Benjamin Charles Watson Jarod Joseph	Kaldrick King is a closeted, black rapper known for his violence, yet his personality and real self is significantly deeper than what he openly shows. Tariq is an aspiring rapper working at the production company where Kaldrick records and the two start a secret relationship that ends in tears. Christopher Taylor is Kaldrick's openly gay lover who works as a lawyer.
2012–2015	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	ABC	Dr. Elizabeth 'Mac' MacMillan	Tammy MacIntosh	Mac is a lesbian. She doesn't conceal her orientation and sports menswear.
2011–	Black Mirror	Netflix	Yorkie Kelly	Mackenzie Davis / Annabel Davis Gugu Mbatha-Raw / Denise Burse	In episode "San Junipero", Yorkie is a lesbian; Kelly is bisexual and was once married to a man. They fall in love and choose to exist together permanently in San Junipero.
2011–2016	Scott and Bailey	ITV	Helen Bartlett DC Anna Ran	Nicola Walker Jing Lusi	Helen Bartlett is in S3 only, but notable for her story and impact. DC Anna Ran joins in S5.
2011–2016	Person of Interest	CBS	Sameen Shaw Root (Samantha Groves)	Sarah Shahi Amy Acker	Root joins the series at the end of season one and upon meeting Shaw in season two is instantly attracted to her, which Shaw later reciprocates. Root flirts with Shaw throughout the show and follows the bury your gays trope an episode after being reunited with her lover in season 5. It is unclear whether Root identifies as a lesbian or a bisexual character, as we never see her interact romantically with male characthers, but she falls in love with Sameen. Shaw is a bisexual character who is seen multiple times being responsive to male and female come-ons, but ends the series in love and mourning of Root, whom she slept with and die for just episodes earlier.
2011–	American Horror Story	FX	Chad (season 1) Patrick (season 1) Peggy (season 1) Lana Winters (season 2/6) Wendy (season 2) Marion (season 2) Quentin Fleming (season 3) Stanley (season 4) Thor (season 4) Dell Toledo (season 4) Andy (season 4) Lucy Creb (season 4) Alice (season 4) The Countess Elizabeth (season 5) Will Drake (season 5) Ramona Royale (season 5) Natacha Rambova (season 5) Liz Taylor (season 5) Aileen Wuornos (season 5) Cricket Marlowe (season 6) Edward Philippe Mott (season 6) Guinness (season 6) Ashley Gilbert (season 6) Ally Mayfair-Richards (season 7) Ivy Mayfair-Richards (season 7) Winter Anderson (season 7) Harrison Wilton (season 7) Jack Samuels (season 7) Kai Anderson (season 7) Bob Thompson (season 7) Valerie Solanas (season 7) Bebe Babbitt (season 7) Martha (season 7) Maurice (season 7) Bruce (season 7) Andy Warhol (season 7) Erika (season 7)	Zachary Quinto Teddy Sears Kathleen Rose Sarah Paulson Clea DuVall Joan Severance Leslie Jordan Denis O'Hare Michael Murray Michael Chiklis Matt Bomer Shauna Rappold Angela Sarafyan Lady Gaga Cheyenne Jackson Angela Bassett Alexandra Daddario Denis O'Hare Lily Rabe Leslie Jordan Evan Peters / Elliott Ehlers Henderson Wade Leslie Jordan Sarah Paulson Alison Pill Billie Lourd Billy Eichner Colton Haynes Evan Peters Dermot Mulroney Lena Dunham Frances Conroy / Lyla Porter-Follows Shondalia White Ryan Alvarez Miguel Sagaz Evan Peters Annie Ilonzeh	In Murder House, Chad and his partner Patrick are the former owners of the haunted house around which the first season centers. Peggy is described as Chad's "supportive lesbian friend". In Asylum, Lana Winters is a closeted lesbian reporter seeking to break a story in Briarcliff Asylum. Wendy, Lana's lover, is a grade school teacher who is manipulated into having Lana committed to the asylum. Marion is Lana's current wife. In Coven, Quentin Fleming is a Witches' Council member. In Freak Show, Stanley is a con artist who is often seen in the company of male sex workers such as Thor. Dell Toledo is the strongman of the freakshow, married to Desiree and is a closeted bisexual, he had an affair with a hustler named Andy. Lucy had an affair with Alice and her husband, murdered her and her lover. In Hotel, the Countess Elizabeth is a bisexual vampire who had relationships with men and women, Ramona Royale is one of her many former lovers. Natacha Rambova had a three-way relationship with the Coutness and Rudolph Valentino, she's based in the real life actress who's also bisexual. Will Drake identifies himself as gay, but after starting a relationship with the Countess he confesses to being bisexual. Liz Taylor is a transgender woman who works as a bartender at the Hotel Cortez. Based on the real life person, Aileen Wuornos is a bisexual serial killer. In Roanoke, Cricket Marlowe is famous gay medium who finds missing children, in the documentary My Roanoke Nightmare, he is portrayed by actor Ashley Gilbert, who's also gay. Edward Philippe Mott is a wealthy aristocratic nobleman, he had a wife but left her with his child to live with his lover Guinness. In Cult, Ally is a woman suffering from the recent resurfacing of her multiple phobias, she is married to Ivy, who have an affair with Winter. Harrison is a gay man married to a woman, Meadow, whom he refers to as a fag hag. Detective Samuels is Harrison's lover. Kai is the cult leader and had sexual intercourse with both Jack and Harrison. Bob Thompson is a network news anchor, he has an affair with Serena but also keep a male gimp hostage in his attic. Valerie Solanas, inspired by the real life person, was a lesbian woman founder of SCUM a radical feminist cult, Bebe Babbitt is her former lover. Martha is a bisexual woman. Maurice and Bruce are gay men and the three of them are former members of SCUM. Andy Warhol, inspired by the real life gay artist was shot by Valerie. Erika is Ally's new girlfriend.
2011–2014	Being Human	Syfy	Emily	Alison Louder	Emily is lead character Josh's sister.
2011–2014	Borgia	Canal+	Francesc Gaset Giuliano della Rovere Francesco Alidosi	Art Malik Dejan Čukić Matt Di Angelo	After being falsely accused of sodomy in the episode "Palm Sunday", Gaset admits to Pope Alexander VI (John Doman) that he does have the desires of a sodomite. Della Rovere is occasionally called a sodomite by the Pope and his fellow cardinals; his relationship with Alidosi is confirmed in the episode "The Seven Sorrows".
2011–2019	Game of Thrones	HBO	Renly Baratheon Loras Tyrell Oberyn Martell Ellaria Sand Marei Master Torturer Olyvar Varys Yara Greyjoy	Gethin Anthony Finn Jones Pedro Pascal Indira Varma Josephine Gillan Michael Shelford Will Tudor Conleth Hill Gemma Whelan	Renly is the brother of King Robert. Loras is the Knight of Flowers. Both are gay. Prince Oberyn, known as the Red Viper, is a member of House Martell of Dorne. He is bisexual. Ellaria is Prince Oberyn's paramour and also bisexual. Marei is bisexual. Olyvar is a gay male sex worker and spy working for Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish. Varys stated that, before being castrated, he had no romantic or sexual feelings for men or women. Because of this, it's assumed that he is asexual and aromantic. Yara is sexual with women.
2011–2015	Hart of Dixie	CW	Crickett Watts Jaysene Charles	Brandi Burkhardt Erica Piccininni	Crickett comes out as a lesbian in the season finale of season 3. In Season 4, Crickett divorces her husband and begins a suttle romance with Jaysene who is a volunteer firefighter.
2011–2016	Hell on Wheels	AMC	Louise Ellison	Jennifer Ferrin	Louise Ellison is a newspaper reporter sent by New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley to cover the building of the Union Pacific Railroad; she reveals that the assignment was a punishment for exhibiting attraction toward Greeley's daughter.
2011–2014	The Killing	AMC (Seasons 1-3) Netflix (Season 4)	Regi Darnell Bullet	Annie Corley Bex Taylor-Klaus	Regi Darnell was protagonist Sarah Linden's social worker as a child who remained a mother figure to her; she marries her female partner in the first episode of season 3. One of the main characters introduced in season 3 is a young homeless lesbian named Bullet.
2011–2018	Once Upon a Time	ABC	Mulan Ruby Lucas Dorothy Gale Alice/Tilly Robin	Jamie Chung Meghan Ory Teri Reeves Rose Reynolds Tiera Skovbye	Mulan is a female warrior who had feelings for Philip and Aurora. (Jamie Chung confirmed that she was a lesbian and in love with Aurora.) Ruby Lucas is a werewolf who once had a boyfriend named Peter, and later has a relationship with Dorothy Gale. Alice (under a curse as Tilly in Hyperion Heights) revealed that she had a girlfriend in her past. In season 7 episode 10, "The Eighth Witch", Alice reveals her true love is Robin. They begin a romantic relationship.
2011–2015	Revenge	ABC	Nolan Ross Tyler Barrol Marco Romero Patrick Osbourne Regina	Gabriel Mann Ashton Holmes E.J. Bonilla Justin Hartley Seychelle Gabriel	Nolan rates himself a 3 on the Kinsey scale. Tyler is a "sexually ambiguous hustler" described in publicity material as a "Talented Mister Ripley type". Marco is a past boyfriend and CEO of Nolan Ross. Marco appears in flashbacks and in present-day in season 2. Patrick is the illegitimate son of Victoria Greyson (Madeline Stowe). He and Nolan had feelings for each other in season 3.
2011–	Shameless	Showtime	Ian Gallagher Kash Mickey Milkovich Jess Monica Gallagher Roberta Lloyd Lishman Molly Milkovich Svetlana Milkovich Veronica Fisher Angela Jasmine Hollander Caleb Trevor Alan Kopchek Hal Abraham Paige Nessa Mel	Cameron Monaghan Pej Vahdat Noel Fisher Missy Doty Chloe Webb Carlease Burke Harry Hamlin Madison Rothschild Isidora Goreshter Shanola Hampton Dichen Lachman Amy Smart Jeff Pierre Elliot Fletcher Jonathan Schmock Bill Brochtrup Bradley Whitford Jessica Szohr Perry Mattfield	Ian is a gay teenager involved in a sexual relationship with Kash, his boss, who is married and a father. It is unclear whether Kash identifies as other than straight, although he admits to Ian that he did not like having sex with his wife. Mickey is a delinquent and the brother of Ian's beard girlfriend Mandy; he and Ian begin a sexual relationship although Mickey does not initially show any emotional attraction toward Ian. Jess is a bartender at the neighborhood bar The Alibi Room. Gallagher clan mother Monica is in a relationship with Roberta which ends in season two. Lloyd picks up Ian in a gay bar in season two; he turns out to be the father of Jimmy (Justin Chatwin), the boyfriend of Ian's sister Fiona (Emmy Rossum). Svetlana is Mickey's bisexual wife and former sex worker. In season 5, Angela is a lesbian that frequents the diner that Fiona works at, but later leaves town. Jasmine is a bisexual friend of Fiona who is interested in her. After Fiona refuses to offer her financial help, Jasmine gets angry and leaves, never speaking to her again. In season 6, Veronica, Svetlana and Kev enter a polyamorous relationship. Caleb was Ian's boyfriend who cheated on him with a woman. Trevor is a transgender, bisexual male who became Ian's boyfriend. Hal is Fiona's gay co-worker.
2011–2017	Switched at Birth	Freeform	Matthew Renzo Josh Padden Natalie Pierce Hilary	Daniel Durant Alec Mapa Austin Cauldwell Stephanie Nogueras Abby Walla	Matthew is revealed as gay and romantically interested in Emmett. Josh Padden is Daphne's friend who has a crush on Daphne's boyfriend Mingo. Natalie tells Bay in season two that she's gay, and she and her girlfriend Hillary are not allowed into prom because Hillary is wearing a suit.
2011–2017	Teen Wolf	MTV	Danny Mahealani Ethan Caitlin Emily Mason Hewitt Brett Talbot Corey Lucas Jackson Whittemore	Keahu Kahuanui Charlie Carver Zelda Williams Lauren McKnight Khylin Rhambo Cody Saintgnue Michael Johnston Eddie Ramos Colton Haynes	Danny is on the lacrosse team with the titular character. Ethan is an "alpha" werewolf who becomes romantically involved with Danny in season three. Caitlin is bisexual. Emily, Caitlin's ex-girlfriend was sacrificed by the darach. Mason is an out and proud gay freshman athlete. Brett is a bisexual werewolf playing on another lacrosse team. Corey and Lucas were a couple, but Lucas was killed by the Doctors after becoming a chimera. Corey and Mason are now a couple. In the final season, Jackson and Ethan are a committed romantic couple.
2011–2013	Necessary Roughness	USA	Rex Evans	Travis Smith	Evans is the quarterback for the New York Hawks. He comes out at the end of season 2, becoming the first openly gay active football player in the show's universe.
2011–2013	The Borgias	Showtime	Micheletto Corella Augustino Pascal	Sean Harris Darwin Shaw Charlie Carrick	Micheletto is a condottiero in service to Cesare Borgia (François Arnaud).
2011–2012	Bedlam	Sky Living	Ryan	Will Young
2011–2012	Ringer	The CW	Olivia Charles Catherine Martin	Jaime Murray Andrea Roth	Olivia was the partner of Andrew Martin (Ioan Gruffudd) in an investment firm. Catherine is Andrew's ex-wife. They were in a secret relationship.
2011	Crownies	ABC1	Janet King Ashleigh Larsson	Marta Dusseldorp Aimee Pedersen	Janet King is a lesbian who lives with her partner Ashleigh Larsson, and she becomes pregnant via IVF. (The characters continue in the Janet King spin-off.)
2011	The Playboy Club	NBC	Bunny Alice Sean Beasley Frances Dunhill	Leah Renee Sean Maher Cassidy Freeman	Alice is a Playboy Bunny and secretly lesbian. She is in a sham marriage with Sean, who is gay. Frances begins dating Nick Dalton (Eddie Cibrian) to provide him with a politically acceptable public "girlfriend" and to make her appear heterosexual to her father.
2011–	Waterloo Road	BBC One	Martin Dunbar	Matt Greenwood
2011	Skins	MTV	Tea Marvelli	Sofia Black D'Elia	Tea, a cheerleader, replaced the popular gay character Maxxie from the UK original, sparking outrage among fans.
2010–	Luther	BBC	DS Emma Lane	Rose Leslie	Emma is a lesbian.
2010–	Sherlock	BBC One	Irene Adler Jim Moriarty Eurus Holmes	Lara Pulver Andrew Scott Sian Brooke	Irene Adler is a dominatrix who sells her services to both men and women and appears to have a girlfriend in A Scandal in Belegravia. Jim Moriarty is Sherlock's arch enemy that was confirmed to be gay in the last episode of season 4 by Moriarty explaining which assistants of his are good with "stamina" and "aftercare". Eurus Holmes is Sherlock's lost sister that has been locked up since a young age and she claimed to have sex with a female security worker that worked there.
2010–2015	Rookie Blue	Global	Gail Peck Holly Stewart Frankie Anderson	Charlotte Sullivan Aliyah O'Brien Katharine Isabelle	Gail Peck befriends Holly Stewart the new forensic specialist. The two share a kiss at Frank and Noelle's wedding and again when Gail is shot at. The two then begin a relationship.
2010–2015	Strike Back	Sky1 (season 1–5 ) Cinemax (season 2–5 )	James Leatherby Fahran	Dougray Scott Daniel Ben Zenou	Leatherby is a former SAS officer and an antagonist in season 4. Fahran is his lover.
2010–2013	Dance Academy	ABC1 ABC3	Sammy Ollie Jai Rhys O'Leary	Tom Green Keiynan Lonsdale Chris Foy Richard Brancatisano	Jai asks Sammy for his number in Season 1. Sammy dates Ollie in season 2. Rhys is an actor and dates Ollie in Season 3.
2010–2015	Downton Abbey	ITV PBS	Thomas Barrow Philip, Duke of Crowborough	Rob James-Collier Charlie Cox	Thomas is a footman in the aristocratic Crawley household. The Duke of Crowborough is Lady Mary's suitor and Thomas's lover.
2010–2015	Parenthood	NBC	Haddie Braverman Lauren	Sarah Ramos	Haddie and Lauren are revealed to be dating at the end of the 5th season.
2010–2015	Lost Girl	Showcase	Bo Lauren The Morrigan, Evony Fleurette Marquise Vex Nadia Tamsin Crystal Mark Dagny	Anna Silk Zoie Palmer Emmanuelle Vaugier Paul Amos Athena Karkanis Rachel Skarsten Ali Liebert Luke Bilyk Olivia Scriven	Bo, a bisexual succubus, is a Fae that survives by feeding from life force and the energy created from sex with males or females. She is a superhuman who did not know she was a member of the supernatural Fae world until she was discovered by them. Season 1: Bo becomes romantically and sexually involved with Dyson (heterosexual), a Light Fae detective, and Lauren (lesbian), a human doctor. (The three became known as the "Love Triangle" of the series.) Season 3: Bo and Lauren entered into a committed relationship, but Lauren broke it off because she thought she would always be asking more from Bo than Bo could give. Season 5: Bo and Lauren made love again when alone together during a blackout. Bo thereafter asked Lauren to give their relationship another chance and Lauren consented; however, Lauren then broke it off from fear of becoming a burden to Bo as she aged in human years. At the end, Lauren reconsidered her decision and told Bo that she wanted to spend her life with her, and the two are united again, this time for good. The relationship between Bo and Lauren became popularly referred to as "Doccubus". The Morrigan (aka Evony Fleurette Marquise), bisexual leader of the Dark Fae, was seduced by Lauren (Season 4). Vex, always risqué with both sexes throughout the series, was revealed to be attracted to Mark (Season 5). Nadia (lesbian), Lauren's girlfriend, awoke from a 5-year comatose state, was possessed by an evil entity, and Bo was forced to kill her (Season 2). Tamsin (bisexual) initiated a 'friends with benefits' relationship with Bo, but Bo subsequently ended it when she realized it had become romantic for Tamsin. (Season 5) Crystal (lesbian or bisexual). Lauren had a one-night stand with Crystal, a co-worker (Season 4). Mark (bisexual) returned Vex's attraction and they become a couple (Season 5). Dagny (lesbian or bisexual), Tamsin's daughter, is seen kissing another girl inside a car (Season 5).
2010–	The Walking Dead	AMC	Tara Chambler Alisha Aaron Eric Denise Cloyd Paul "Jesus" Monroe	Alanna Masterson Juliana Harkavy Ross Marquand Jordan Woods-Robinson Merritt Wever Tom Payne	Tara enters into a brief relationship with former Marine Alisha before Alisha is killed in a firefight. Aaron is one of the residents of the Alexandria safe-zone, who is in a relationship with Eric. Denise is an inexperienced doctor that began a relationship with Tara in the show's sixth season.
2010–2017	Pretty Little Liars	Freeform	Emily Fields Maya St. Germain Paige McCullers Samara Cook Alison DiLaurentis Shana Fring Talia Sandoval Jenna Marshall Charlotte DiLaurentis	Shay Mitchell Bianca Lawson Lindsey Shaw Claire Holt Sasha Pieterse Aeriél Miranda Miranda Rae Mayo Tammin Sursok Vanessa Ray	Emily first begins a romance with Maya and comes out as lesbian to her dad. She later has a rocky relationship with Paige, then dates Samara and has some short relantionships.. Shana and Jenna were dating, which makes Jenna bisexual. Alison kisses Emily before her disappearance, claiming she was "practicing" for kissing men. When she returns, she says Emily's feelings for her weren't one-sided and they sleep together. In season 7 Alison kisses Emily and she confesses her feelings for her and they start dating, finally accepting her bisexuality. Emily and Talia get involved with each other while working at Ezra's coffee shop. Emily finds out that Talia is married to a man and realizes their relationship was too complicated. Charlotte is Alison's transgender sister. At the end of the show, Alison and Emily are living together. Alison proposes and they get engaged.
2010–2014	Boardwalk Empire	HBO	Angela Darmody Mary Dittrich	Aleksa Palladino Lisa Joyce	Angela is the fiancée of lead character Jimmy Darmody and uses his last name. Mary and her husband run a photography studio. They have an affair in season 1.
2010–2012	Lip Service	BBC Three	Cat McKenzie Frankie Alan Tess Roberts Detective Sgt Sam Murray Sadie Anderson Dr Lexy Price Dr Declan Love	Laura Fraser Ruta Gedmintas Fiona Button Heather Peace Natasha O'Keeffe Anna Skellern Adam Sinclair	A series about a group of 20s to 30s lesbians and their friends, set in Glasgow, Scotland. Frankie returns from working in New York, NY for her Aunt's funeral having run away from a serious relationship with Cat two years prior. Frankie wishes to resume where they left off, but instead has a string of meaningless flings with other women as she grieves the loss of her Aunt and attempts to solve the mystery of her real identity. Tess is dumped by long-term girlfriend who had been cheating on her. Sam and Cat start to develop a serious relationship after their first (blind) date goes badly.
2010–2013	Spartacus	Starz	Barca Pietros Auctus Agron Nasir Tiberius Saxa Belesa Sabinus Castus Gaia Lucretia Illythia	Antonio Te Maioha Eka Darville Josef Brown Daniel Feuerriegel Pana Hema Taylor Christian Antidormi Ellen Hollman Luna Rioumina Aaron Jakubenko Blessing Mokgohloa Jaime Murray Lucy Lawless Viva Bianca	Barca is falsely accused of disobedience and executed; His lover, Pietros, commits suicide believing himself abandoned. Auctus was Barca's lover in the prequal, Gods of the Arena. Though Agron was initially one of those who raised voice that the former slave Nasir should be killed for attacking Spartacus, Agron and Nasir become lovers after Nasir proves his trustworthiness and skill as a fighter in the rebellion.
2010–2013	The Big C	Showtime	Lee	Hugh Dancy	Lee is introduced in season two as a fellow patient in Cathy's (Laura Linney) melanoma clinical trial.
2010–2012	Upstairs Downstairs	BBC	Dr Blanche Mottershead	Alex Kingston	Publication of a scandalous novel exposes Blanche's unconventional lifestyle and her former lover Lady Portia Alresford.
2010–2011	Gigantic	TeenNick	Ryan Katins Charlie Maddock	Greg Ellis Don O. Knowlton	Ryan is the adoptive father of lead characters Piper and Finn. An action movie superstar, his children find him in bed with his boyfriend Charlie in the episode "Carpe Diem".
2010–2011	Law & Order: LA	NBC	Lt. Arleen Gonzales	Wanda De Jesus (pilot) Rachel Ticotin	In the episode "El Sereno", Gonzales is accused of racial bigotry in a murder investigation. At trial she comes out as a lesbian, testifying that the bigotry she has faced for being gay has led her to overcome her own bigotry.
2010–2011	Hellcats	The CW	Darwin	Jeremy Wong
2010	Thorne	Sky1 HD	Phil Hendricks	Aidan Gillen
2010	Undercovers	NBC	Lance	Jay Scully	Lance is a chef at the catering company operated by the lead couple.
2010	Outlaw	NBC	Lucinda Pearl	Carly Pope	Lucinda is bisexual and a private investigator.
2010	Rubicon	AMC	Kale Ingram Walter	Arliss Howard	Ingram is the supervisor of the series's lead character. Walter is his younger partner.
2010	The Whole Truth	ABC	Alejo Salazar	Anthony Ruivivar	Salazar is second-in-command at lead character Jimmy Brogan's (Rob Morrow) New York law firm. His husband is a lobbyist in Washington, DC.
2009–2015	Glee	Fox	Kurt Hummel Blaine Anderson Brittany S. Pierce Santana Lopez Wade "Unique" Adams Danielle "Dani" Elliot "Starchild" Gilbert Adam Crawford David Karofsky Quinn Fabray Chandler Kiehl Cody Tolentino Hiram Berry LeRoy Berry Sebastian Smythe Eli.C Jeremiah Gavroche Sandy Ryerson Elaine Liz Stevens Jan Rick Denham Spencer Porter Alistair	Chris Colfer Darren Criss Heather Morris Naya Rivera Alex Newell Demi Lovato Adam Lambert Oliver Kieran-Jones Max Adler Dianna Agron Justin Castor Bryce Johnson Jeff Goldblum Brian Stokes Mitchell Grant Gustin Ian Gilligan Alexander Nifong Caden Michael Gray Stephen Tobolowsky Kayla Kalbfleisch Meredith Baxter Patty Duke Tyler Vogt Marshall Williams Finneas O'Connell	Kurt Hummel was the first gay, lead, cast member. At the start of the series he was in the closet but he soon came out and became the only out-gay kid in William McKinley high school. Blaine Anderson was introduced in season 2 as Kurt's love interest. At the end of season 4 it was revealed the Blaine wanted to propose to Kurt. Brittany is bisexual. In season 2 Santana admitted she was in love with Brittany and wanted to be with her, Brittany at the time was already in a relationship with Artie but by season 3 Brittany and Santana were in a secret relationship. Santana is a lesbian. In season 3 Santana was still closeted but following an argument with Finn Hudson she was forced to come out. Her parents and classmates were accepting but her abuela took the news very badly. Brittany and Santana broke up in season 4 but in season 5 they met again, realized they still loved each other, and move in together. Wade "Unique" Adams is a trans woman introduced in late season 3. She only feels comfortable in woman's clothing. She auditioned for the part of Rizzo in Grease but her parents didn't want her to as they were scared it would increase the amount of bullying she received for being herself. They also told her to only dress as a woman when she was at home or when performing in a competition. Dani was introduced in season 5 as a love interest for Santana. Starchild was introduced in season 5 as a member of Kurt's band. Kurt felt threatened by Starchild but they soon made up which resulted as a source of jealousy to Blaine. Adam was a love interest of Kurt's introduced in season 4, however, Kurt realised he was only with Adam to get over Blaine and so he ended it off-screen. Quinn Fabray has a one-night stand with Santana Lopez in Season 4, Episode 14 entitled "I Do". David Karofsky was the bully who forced Kurt to move schools in season 2. The reason for Karofsky's bullying was that was confused with his own sexuality. In season 3 Karofsky transferred schools to avoid people finding out about his sexuality, however, someone from his new school saw him with Kurt on Valentine's Day and he spread the truth, leading to his subsequent attempted suicide. Chandler Kiehl is a boy who Kurt met at a music store in season 3. Their bond caused Blaine to become paranoid and jealous and so Kurt told Chandler that they couldn't talk anymore. Cody is a fake, bisexual, Santa. He seduced Kurt and then robbed Kurt, Rachel and Santana overnight. Hiram and Leroy Berry are Rachel's gay dads. Sebastian Smythe is a member of rival glee club, Dalton Academy Warbler's. He wanted to be with Blaine, but Blaine rejected him as he loved Kurt too much. Sebastian became a source of jealousy of Kurt's. Eli.C is the person Blaine cheated on Kurt with in season 4. Jeremiah is an older guy who Blaine had a crush on in season 2, however Jeremiah rejected him as it would have been illegal. Gavroche is very flamboyant and was named after Gavroche from Les Misérables. Sandy Ryerson was the closeted coach of the McKinley High glee club before Rachel Berry caught him caressing student, Hank Saunders, which led to him being fired. He returned to the series as he helped Sue Sylvester try to stop the glee club. Elaine was paid by Santana to pretend to be her girlfriend to make Brittany jealous. Liz and Jan were a lesbian couple who appeared at the end of season 4, Jan proposed to Liz whilst at dinner with Blaine and Kurt, Liz accepted. Rick Dunham was a show choir director that Sue pushed down a flight of stairs to take his job.
2009–2017	The Vampire Diaries	The CW	Bill Forbes Luke Parker Mary Louise Nora	Jack Coleman Chris Brochu Teressa Liane Scarlett Byrne	Bill Forbes is Caroline's father who divorced her mother after coming out as gay (Season 3). Luke Parker is a warlock and Liv's twin brother who appears in Season 5 and 6. Mary Louise and Nora are a lesbian couple and two members of the Heretic witch/vampire coven who appear in Season 7.
2009–2016	The Good Wife	CBS	Kalinda Sharma Owen Cavanaugh Lana Delany	Archie Panjabi Dallas Roberts Jill Flint	Kalinda is bisexual and a private investigator. Owen is the brother of lead character Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies). Lana and Kalinda are in a relationship in season 3.
2009–2014	White Collar	USA	Special Agent Diana Barrigan	Marsha Thomason	Diana is in a relationship with a woman named Christie, who first appears in the season three episode "Deadline" played by Moran Atias. The couple becomes engaged but Diana later reports they have broken up.
2009–2014	Warehouse 13	Syfy	Helena G. Wells Agent Steve Jinks	Jaime Murray Aaron Ashmore	Helena "H.G." Wells speaks of having both male and female lovers. Jinks is an ATF agent and a "human lie detector".
2009–2013	Misfits	E4	Greg Adley Stuart Melissa Emma	Shaun Dooley Oliver Lansley Kehinde Fadipe Hannah Britland
2009–2013	Southland	NBC (season 1) TNT (season 2–5)	Officer John Cooper	Michael Cudlitz	Officer Cooper has been described as "the pained heart of the series."
2009–2012	Make It or Break It	ABC Family	Max Spencer	Josh Bowman	In the season two episode "What Lies Beneath", Max comes out as bisexual.
2009–2011	Being Erica	CBC (Canada) SOAPNet (US)	Dave Ivan Dr. Naadiah Cassidy Holland	Bill Turnbull Michael Northey Joanne Vannicola Anna Silk	Dave and Ian are in a committed relationship. Beginning in season 3, the couple purchases the local coffee shop together and are upgraded to series regulars. Dr. Naadiah is a therapist. Cassidy had a brief relationship with Erica in season one.
2009–2011	United States of Tara	Showtime	Marshall Gregson Ted Mayo Hany Jason Lionel Trane Noah Kane	Keir Gilchrist Michael Hitchcock Sammy Sheik Andrew Lawrence Michael Willett Aaron Christian Howles	Marshall is the teenage son of main characters Tara (Toni Collette) and Max (John Corbett). Ted and Hany are an interracial, intergenerational couple and neighbors of the Gregsons. Jason is Marshall's closeted love interest during season 1. Jason's sexuality is left undefined, but it is suggested he is bisexual; As Kate (Marshall's sister) puts it, he is a "bi-curious church monkey". Lionel founded the gay-straight alliance at Marshall's high school. He was Marshall's first boyfriend. Noah is an openly gay classmate of Marshall and Lionel's.
2009–2011	Stargate Universe	Syfy	Camile Wray Sharon	Ming-Na Reiko Aylesworth	Camile is a civilian leader on Destiny. Sharon is her life partner back on Earth. They have been together over 12 years.
2009–2010	Trauma	NBC	Tyler Briggs	Kevin Rankin	Tyler is a gay EMT. He comes out to his partner Cameron Boone in the episode "Masquerade" and to his father in "Sweet Jane".
2009–2010	Caprica	Syfy	Sam Adama Larry	Sasha Roiz Julius Chapple	Sam is the brother of Joseph Adama and a member of the Tauron mob. Larry is his husband.
2009–2010	FlashForward	ABC	Janis Hawk Maya	Christine Woods Navi Rawat	Janis is a closeted lesbian and FBI agent whose sexual orientation is known to at least some of her colleagues. Maya is an artist who has a romantic tryst with Janis in one episode titled "Gimme Some Truth" #1.5.
2009	The Prisoner	AMC	11-12 909	Jamie Campbell Bower Vincent Regan	11-12 is the son of 2 (Ian McKellen), leader of The Village. 909 is his lover, which relationship 11-12 keeps secret from his father.
2009	Kings	NBC	Jack Benjamin Joseph Lasile	Sebastian Stan Michael Arden	Jack Benjamin is the Prince and son of King Silas Benjamin. Joseph is Jack's clandestine boyfriend. Both are gay.
2008–2013	Raw	RTÉ Two (Season 1) RTÉ One (Season 2–5)	Geoff Mitchell Pavel Rebien	Damon Gameau Kryštof Hádek
2008–2013	90210	The CW	Teddy Montgomery Shane Ian Marco Salazar Tripp Willinson Adrianna Tate-Duncan Gia Mannetti	Trevor Donovan Ryan Rottman Kyle Riabko Freddie Smith Alan Ritchson Jessica Lowndes Rumer Willis	Teddy dated several female characters until he realized that he was gay in Season 3. Adrianna had a short romance with Gia in Season 2.
2008–	Murdoch Mysteries	CBC	James Gillies Chief Constable Giles Dr. Emily Grace Lillian Moss	Michael Seater Nigel Bennett Georgina Reilly Sarah Mitich	Emily Grace is bisexual. She was in a relationship with George Crabtree and dated Leslie Garland. In Season 8 episode "High Voltage", she meets suffragette Lillian Moss; and thereafter falls in love with her. Lillian Moss is a lesbian. She was disowned by her family for refusing to marry a hand-picked husband. Lillian's real name was Helen and she had once been involved with a married woman. She was attracted to Emily Grace and they subsequently enter into a romantic relationship. The series has included episodes where homosexuality was an aspect of the story ("Til Death Do Us Part" is about the murder of a secretly gay man, shows the underground gay community, and sodomy laws are referred; "Victor, Victorian" is about cross-dressing women in a private club; in "Murdochophobia" a woman in a group commits suicide after her relationship with another woman in it is exposed; "What Lies Buried" reveals a constable that used to extort young male prostitutes).
2008–2013	Being Human	BBC Three	Carl Dan	Steve John Shepherd	Carl is a gay vampire. He shares a flat with his human boyfriend Dan. until he accidentally kills him during sleep. The police is looking for him so Carl escapes to Brasil.
2008–2013	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	ABC Family	Griffin Peter Anne Juergens Nora	Brando Eaton Kristopher Higgins
2008–2014	Sons of Anarchy	FX	June Stahl Amy Tyler Wendy Case Venus Van Dam Gemma Teller Morrow Alexander "Tig" Trager	Ally Walker Pamela J. Gray Drea de Matteo Walton Goggins Katey Sagal Kim Coates	Agent June Stahl was bisexual. Agent Amy Tyler was her professional and personal partner during the third season. Wendy realizes she likes women before season 4. Venus Van Dam is a transgender sex worker introduced in Season 5. Gemma is seen waking up next to different women on more than one occasion (she also gets called out about it by Nero Padilla, who would later become her boyfriend), indicating Gemma is bisexual. Tig Trager develops an interest in Venus Van Dam in Season 6 which becomes physical in Season 7. He later refers to himself as "just gay enough".
2008–2014	True Blood	HBO	Lafayette Reynolds Tara Thornton Jason Stackhouse Eric Northman Eddie Gautier Steve Newlin Jesus Velasquez Russell Edgington Talbot Pam Yvetta David Finch	Nelsan Ellis Rutina Wesley Ryan Kwanten Alexander Skarsgård Stephen Root Michael McMillian Kevin Alejandro Denis O'Hare Theo Alexander Kristin Bauer van Straten Natasha Alam John Prosky	Lafayette is a gay short-order cook, drug dealer and sex worker. Tara is Lafayette's cousin. After being involved with several men in the first three seasons, she is involved with a woman as of the premiere of season 4. She later shows interest in a relationship with Pam. Jason is the brother of protagonist Sookie Stackhouse, and is shown to have multiple sexual dreams about men, though he never acts on it. He's very likely bisexual or at least bicurious. Eric Northman is the sheriff of the vampires in his town, and a pansexual vampire who has multiple relations with males in the show. Eddie is a gay vampire and former accountant, one of Lafeyette's clients. Steve Newlin starts out as the leader of an anti-vampire Christian ministry. He is made a vampire sometime between the end of season two and the end of season four, coming out to Jason Stackhouse as a "gay vampire American". Jesus joined the series in season 3 as Lafayette's love interest. He is a nurse at the nursing home where Lafayette's mother lives and a brujo (witch). Russell is the Vampire King of Mississippi in season 3 and Talbot is his consort. After being implied bisexual in seasons 1 and 2, Pam is seen engaging in oral sex with Yvetta in season 3. David Finch is a hypocritical right-wing politician who was an occasional client of Lafayette's in season 1.
2008–2011	Física o Química	Antena 3	Fernando "Fer" Redondo David Ferrán Alma Núñez Borja	Javier Calvo Adrián Rodríguez Sandra Blázquez Israel Rodríguez	Fer is one of the main characters of the series. During Season 3, Fer falls for David, the new straight soccer punk at the school. Eventually David comes out of the closet and begins a relationship with Fer which becomes an emotional roller coaster ride for both characters over several seasons. Their relationship touches on several teenage and LGBT issues such as parental problems, conversion therapy, and teen suicide. Though she never confirmed her bisexuality, Alma has been in sexual relationship with both boys and girls. Borja is Fer's new boyfriend and fianceé (Season 6).
2008–2010	Hvaler	TV 2	Lone Heidi	Lisa Loven Kaia Varjord	Lone begins a relationship with kitesurfer Heidi and the two eventually move to Cape Town together.
2008–2010	Legend of the Seeker	Syndicated	Cara Mason	Tabrett Bethell	In the television series, Cara is portrayed as bisexual.
2008–2010	In Treatment	HBO	Jesse	Dane DeHaan	Jesse, one of Dr. Paul Weston's patients, is an adopted teenager searching for his real parents.
2008–2009	Raising the Bar	TNT	Charlie Sagansky	Jonathan Scarfe
2008–2009	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	HBO	BK	Desmond Dube
2008	Cashmere Mafia	ABC	Caitlin Dowd Alicia Lawson	Bonnie Somerville Lourdes Benedicto	Bisexual or bi-curious Caitlin met and dated lesbian Alicia for a number of episodes.
2007–	Notruf Hafenkante	ZDF	Melanie Hansen Helen Anneza	Sanna Englund Dennenesch Zoudé	Melanie and Helen meet and begin a relationship towards the end of Season 7.
2007–2013	Skins	E4	Maxxie Oliver Tony Stonem Cassie Ainsworth Dale James Emily Fitch Naomi Campbell Franky Fitzgerald Matty Levan Mini McGuinness Alex Henley Nick Levan Rider	Mitch Hewer Nicholas Hoult Hannah Murray Matthew Hayfield Sean Verey Kathryn Prescott Lily Loveless Dakota Blue Richards Sebastian De Souza Freya Mavor Sam Jackson Sean Teale Daniel Black	Maxxie is openly gay (first generation, season 1 and 2). Tony may be is hetero-flexible. Tony's sexuality is left unclear as he has had both male and female sexual relationships, though he has never had a boyfriend. He had an adventure with Maxxie in Rusia (first generation, season 1 and 2). Cassie said that she was straight before that she know pussies, this happened when Sid broke her heart in season 2 (first generation, season 1 and 2). Dale is a minor character who kissed Maxxie after he tried to hit him (first generation, season 2). James is Maxxie's boyfriend (first generation, season 2). Emily is a lesbian, but she had sex with JJ (second generation, season 3, 4 and 7). Naomi is Emily's girlfriend, she is a lesbian. The two are in a committed relationship. Franky is an androgynous pansexual (third generation, season 5 and 6). Matty, is bisexual, though this trait is left unsaid in the series (third generation, season 5 and 6). Alex is a gay character who joins the 'third generation' in season 6 (third generation, season 6). Nick kissed Alex at a party, he isn't gay and doesn't look like bisexual, but he may be bicurious or hetero-flexible (third generation, season 5 and 6). Rider is a minor bisexual character, he slept with Alex in season 2, but this scene isn`t shown, it's known because there is a photo that Liv saw (third generation, season 5 and 6).
2007–2012	Damages	FX (seasons 1–3) The 101 Network (season 4– )	Ray Fiske	Željko Ivanek	Fiske was the lead defense attorney on the first season's central case. He was closeted and concealing a relationship with a key witness. Fiske shot himself to death in plaintiff's attorney Patti Hewes's office.
2007–2015	Mad Men	AMC	Salvatore Romano Carol Joyce Kurt	Bryan Batt Kate Norby Zosia Mamet Edin Gali	Sal is a closeted member of the ad agency's art department. Carol is the roommate of (and in love with) the office manager, Joan. Joyce is a lesbian friend of Peggy's. Kurt is an art director with the agency.
2007–2012	Gossip Girl	The CW	Eric van der Woodsen Harold Waldorf Roman Asher Hornsby Jonathan Whitney Freddy Parnes Julian Rawlins Josh Ellis	Connor Paolo John Shea William Abadie Jesse Swenson Matt Doyle Austin Lysy Harmon Walsh Neal Bledsoe	Eric is Serena van der Woodsen's brother who is outed by Georgina in season 1. Harold is Blair Waldorf's father, and Roman is his boyfriend. Asher and Jonathan are Eric's ex-boyfriends. Freddy is Roman's ex-lover. Julian is school play's director. Josh is a gay man who Chuck kisses in order to ensure that he gives Blair the honorr of making NYU's freshman speech in season 3.
2007–2011	Greek	ABC Family	Calvin Owens Heath Michael Grant	Paul James Zack Lively Max Greenfield Gregory Michael	Calvin is a young man who is inadvertently outed in the first-season finale. Heath, from a rival fraternity, and Calvin are casual sex partners in season 1 and in season 4 the two are a couple. Calvin had a brief relationship with the older Michael in season 2. Grant is Calvin's season 3 love interest.
2007–2010	The Tudors	Showtime (US) BBC (UK) CBC (Canada)	Thomas Tallis William Compton George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford Mark Smeaton	Joe Van Moyland Kristen Holden-Ried Pádraic Delaney David Alpay	Historical figure Tallis is portrayed as being involved in a sexual relationship with nobleman Compton, although there is no supporting historical evidence. George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's brother is portrayed as gay, again there is no historical supporting evidence.
2007–2009	Pushing Daisies	ABC	Coroner	Sy Richardson	Series creator Bryan Fuller planned a slow reveal of the coroner's sexuality and his crush on Emerson Cod (Chi McBride).
2007–2009	The Lair	here!	Most of the principal characters	see cast list	Supernatural-themed series following a vampire cult that operates a sex club.
2007–2009	The Best Years	Global/E! (Canada) The N (US)	Lee Campbell	Alan Van Sprang	Lee owns local hot spot nightclub Colony. He is bisexual and HIV-positive.
2007–2008	Dirty Sexy Money	ABC	Patrick Darling IV Carmelita	William Baldwin Candis Cayne	Darling, a United States Senate candidate, is carrying on an affair with the transgender Carmelita, the latest of several such affairs.
2007–2008	Dirt	FX	Leo Spiller Jack Dawson Garbo	Will McCormack Grant Show Carly Pope	Leo is lead character Lucy Spiller's bisexual brother. Jack is a closeted movie star. Garbo is a lesbian drug dealer. Other lead characters Julia Mallory and Willa McPherson experiment with bisexuality.
2007	Jekyll	BBC One	Miranda Calendar Min	Meera Syal Fenella Woolgar	Miranda is a lesbian private investigator. Min is her partner and is having their baby.
2006–2010	Heroes	NBC	Claire Bennet Gretchen Berg	Hayden Panettiere Madeline Zima	Gretchen and Claire are roommates in college in Season 4. Later on, it is revealed that Gretchen is bisexual and has romantic feelings for Claire which are later reciprocated by Claire.
2006–2013	Dexter	Showtime	Isaak Sirko	Ray Stevenson	Sirko was a Ukrainian mobster seeking to kill Dexter Morgan to avenge the death of Sirko's lover Viktor, whom Morgan had murdered in season 7.
2006–2015	Waterloo Road	BBC1 (UK)	Jo Lipsett Ros McCain Matt Wilding Josh Stevenson Nate Gurney Nikki Boston Lorraine Donnegan >br> Vix Spark	Sarah-Jane Potts Sophie McShera Chris Geere William Rush Scott Haining Heather Peace Daniela Denby-Ashe	Jo is an openly gay French teacher. In season 5, episode 17, Ros kisses Jo after completing her exams, despite already having a boyfriend. Matt Wilding, music teacher at the school was gay and was with a boyfriend for three years, but the fact that he was unwilling to live openly as a gay man was a source of constant rows between them and meant the relationship was doomed to failure. Josh is teacher Tom's son and comes out after initially having attractions for his best friend Finn Sharkey. Nate is an openly gay teenage character with romantic connections to Josh.
2006–2011	Torchwood	BBC Three (series 1) BBC Two (series 2) BBC One (series 3) Starz (season 4– )	Jack Harkness Ianto Jones Toshiko Sato Owen Harper Captain John Hart Brad Angelo Colasanto Charlotte Wills	John Barrowman Gareth David-Lloyd Naoko Mori Burn Gorman James Marsters Dillon Casey Daniele Favilli Marina Benedict	The series' creator, Russell T Davies (who is gay), has described Torchwood as "a very bisexual series". The lead character, Captain Jack Harkness, was previously established on Doctor Who as omnisexual. Ianto begins the series in a secretive heterosexual relationship, but eventually enters a relationship with Jack. Toshiko is similarly, bisexual, entering a relationship with a woman named Mary while attracted to teammate Owen. Owen is also bisexual, having a threesome with a man and a woman, and confirmed intentional sexual tension with Mark Lynch. Jack's namesake, the real Captain Jack Harkness (Matt Rippy) from 1941 was also gay and was subject to a parting kiss. Jack's ex partner, Captain John Hart James Marsters appears in the second series premiere and the second series finale. In episode nine of series four, recurring character Charolotte Willis comes out as a lesbian.
2006–2012	Eureka	Syfy	Vincent	Chris Gauthier	Vincent is hinted at being the only openly gay member of Eureka's recurring characters, though this is handled very lightly and only rarely appears to any major degree.
2006–2011	Brothers & Sisters	ABC	Kevin Walker Scotty Wandell Chad Barry Jason McCallister Saul Holden	Matthew Rhys Luke Macfarlane Jason Lewis Eric Winter Ron Rifkin	Kevin is a gay attorney and part of a large family. Scotty is Kevin's husband. Chad was a bisexual former love interest for Kevin. Jason McCallister is the brother of Senator Robert McCallister and a Methodist minister and was Kevin's previous boyfriend. Saul acknowledged to his sister that years previously he had been in love with another man and Saul came out to Kevin.
2006–2011	Big Love	HBO	Alby Grant Dale Tomasson	Matt Ross Ben Koldyke	Alby is a closeted gay Mormon, scheming to control his polygamous sect. He meets Dale, an attorney who runs an "ex-gay" group, in season four and the two become lovers until Dale commits suicide.
2006–2010	Ugly Betty	ABC	Justin Suarez Marc St. James Alexis Meade Cliff St. Paul Austin	Mark Indelicato Michael Urie Rebecca Romijn David Blue Ryan McGinnis	Marc is the openly gay personal assistant of the fashion editor at MODE magazine. Justin is the fashion forward, performing arts-loving nephew of Betty. He came out in the second-to-last episode. Alexis (formerly Alex) is a trans woman and the sibling of lead character Daniel. Cliff is a fashion photographer and Marc's boyfriend in season two. Austin and Justin begin a relationship in the final episodes of the series.
2006–2009	Hotel Babylon	BBC One	Ben Trueman	Michael Obiora	Ben is the flamboyant, openly gay front desk receptionist at the hotel.
2006	The Line of Beauty	BBC	Nick Guest Wani Ouradi Leo Charles	Dan Stevens Alex Wyndham Don Gilet	Nick, an Oxford graduate, starts a relationship with Leo, a black council worker.
2006	Sinchronicity	BBC Three	Jase Mani Faye	Daniel Percival Navin Chowdhry John Sheahan	Jase is a closeted man who finds a male lover, Mani. Faye is a transgender woman.
2005–2010	Outrageous Fortune	TV3	Bilkey van der Heever Angel	Jon Brazier Hori Ahipene	Bilkey is gay. Angel is a transwoman.
2005–	Supernatural	The CW	Charlie Bradbury Chuck Shurley/God Castiel Jesse Cuevas Cesar Cuevas	Felicia Day Rob Benedict Misha Collins Lee Rumohr/Valin Shinyei Hugo Ateo	Charlie Bradbury was a computer hacker and IT employee and open lesbian who assisted Sam and Dean Winchester in cases in Seasons 7, 8, 9, and 10. God mentions having had girlfriends and boyfriends in the past. Castiel has stated he is utterly indifferent to sexual orientation. The hunters Jesse and Cesar Cuevas are husbands.
2005–	Doctor Who	BBC	Captain Jack Harkness River Song Madame Vastra Jenny Flint Clara Oswald Bill Potts Time Lord	John Barrowman Alex Kingston Neve McIntosh Catrin Stewart Jenna Coleman Pearl Mackie	Jack Harkness is an omnisexual character from the 51st century, also appearing as the lead in spin-off series Torchwood. River Song is bisexual and has had relationships with both men and women (she is also from the 51st century, where pansexuality is a norm). Madame Vastra, a Silurian, and her human wife Jenny Flint are lesbians. Clara Oswald has mentioned romantic relationships with women and has had relationships with men on screen. (The word 'bisexual' was never used in the show but has been insinuated.) Bill Potts is a lesbian and the first openly gay companion to the Time Lord. Time Lords can regenerate as male or female. In season 10 episode 11, "World Enough and Time", The Doctor tells Bill that Missy (aka The Master) had been his "man-crush"; adding, "We're billions of years beyond your petty human obsession with gender and its associated stereotypes."
2005–2017	Bones	Fox	Angela Montenegro Roxie Lyon	Michaela Conlin Nichole Hiltz	Angela is bisexual. She had a brief relationship with college friend Roxie, but later married Dr. Jack Hodgins.
2005–	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	Callie Torres Erica Hahn Arizona Robbins Lauren Boswell Leah Murphy Joe Walter Eliza Minnick Penelope Blake Carina DeLuca Casey Parker	Sara Ramirez Brooke Smith Jessica Capshaw Hilarie Burton Tessa Ferrer Steven W. Bailey Jack Yang Marika Dominczyk Samantha Sloyan Stefania Spampinato Alex Blue Davis	Callie and Erica embark on a romantic relationship during the fifth season until Erica abruptly leaves the hospital. Shortly after, Callie continues to explore her sexuality with Arizona, and the two eventually establish a relationship. Joe is the bartender and owner of the bar that the doctors frequent. Walter is Joe's off-again on-again boyfriend. They end up adopting twins together. Arizona has an affair with Lauren in Season 9, and Leah in Season 10. Penelope (Penny) is introduced as a love interest for Callie in Season 12. Eliza is introduced as a love interest for Arizona in Season 13. After they break up, Carina is introduced to the show as a bisexual love interest for Arizona and Owen. Casey is a transgender man who is a first-year surgical intern in Season 14.
2005–2012	Weeds	Showtime	Sanjay Patel Isabelle Hodes Captain Roy Till DEA Agent Shlatter	Maulik Pancholy Allie Grant Jack Stehlin Andrew Rothenberg	Sanjay declared his love for lead character Nancy Botwin but later speculated that it was a case of diva worship. Isabelle is the young daughter of lead characters Dean and Celia Hodes; she identifies as lesbian. Till and Shlatter are professional partners at the Drug Enforcement Administration and also lovers.
2005–2008	South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer Carlin Ashley Davies	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave	In this show targeted at teen viewers Spencer Carlin moves to Los Angeles from Ohio and befriends Ashley Davies. The relationship builds and Spencer's coming out to her parents is triggered by her mother walking in on the young couple. In the end of the third season they move in together.
2005–2006	Sleeper Cell	Showtime	Salim Jason	Omid Abtahi Michael Rady	Salim is a gay member of an Islamic terrorist cell. Jason is the man with whom he begins developing a relationship. The characters appeared in season 2, Sleeper Cell: American Terror.
2005–2006	Sugar Rush	Channel 4 (UK)	Kim Daniels Beth Saint Dave David	Olivia Hallinan Laura Donnelly Sarah-Jane Potts Matthew Vaughan Daniel Coonan	Kim Daniels is a lesbian who has an unrequited love with her best friend Sugar. Kim attends a Christian group in the hopes of curing her homosexuality where she meets Beth and the two begin a brief relationship. In season 2 Kim begins dating Saint and the two eventually move it together. Dave and David are Kim's gay neighbours who are raising their son Tom together.
2005–2006	Noah's Arc	Logo	Noah Nicholson Alex Kirby Ricky Davis Chance Counter Wade Robinson	Darryl Stephens Rodney Chester Christian Vincent Doug Spearman Jensen Atwood	Shows the lives of a small group of gay men of color living in the Los Angeles, California area.
2005	Beating Heart	MBC	Kim Hae-jung	Harisu	Hae-jung is trans woman and sibling of lead character Kim Chang-wan.
2005	Commander in Chief	ABC	Vince Taylor	Anthony Azizi	Vince is the Special Aide to the President. In Episode 8, it is revealed that he is gay and has been found to have HIV.
2005	The Book of Daniel	NBC	Peter Webster	Christian Campbell	Peter is Daniel's 23-year-old gay Republican son.
2005	Inconceivable	NBC	Scott Garcia	David Norona	Scott is a gay attorney who works at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. In the pilot episode, he and his partner have their child.
2005	Fingersmith	BBC	Sue Trinder Maud Lilly	Sally Hawkins Elaine Cassidy
2005	Eyes	ABC	Chris Didion	Rick Worthy
2004–2012	House	Fox	"Thirteen" (Dr. Remy Hadley)	Olivia Wilde	"Thirteen" is bisexual and has been shown in relationships with both men and women.
2004–2013	Shameless	Channel 4 (UK)	Ian Gallagher Kash Karib Jez Monica Gallagher Norma Mickey Macguire	Gerard Kearns Chris Bisson Lindsey Dawson Annabelle Apsion Dystin Johnson Ciarán Griffiths
2004–2012	Desperate Housewives	ABC	Andrew Van De Kamp Justin Peter McMillan Bob Hunter Lee McDermott Robin Gallagher Katherine Mayfair	Shawn Pyfrom Ryan Carnes Lee Tergesen Tuc Watkins Kevin Rahm Julie Benz Dana Delany	Manipulative Andrew claims to be gay but confesses to be bisexual. Andrew's boyfriend Justin is gay. Peter McMillan is the bisexual boyfriend of Andrew's mother. Bob and Lee, a gay couple, move onto Wisteria Lane during the 4th season. Robin is a lesbian ex-stripper who dates Katherine, who discovers she is a bisexual.
2004–2011	Rescue Me	FX	Mike Silletti	Michael Lombardi	Silletti (aka "Probie") initially secretly receives oral sex from a queer construction worker roommate, who later outs him to the other firefighters at Silletti's hall. Silletti then self-identifies as bisexual, but later reverts to stating he is heterosexual.
2004–2011	Entourage	HBO	Lloyd	Rex Lee	Assistant to super-agent Ari Gold.
2004–2009	Battlestar Galactica	Sci Fi Channel	Felix Gaeta Six D'Anna Helena Cain	Alessandro Juliani Tricia Helfer Lucy Lawless Michelle Forbes	Admiral Helena Cain had a romantic relationship with a civilian network analyst, Gina Inviere, who she later discovered was one of the model Six Cylons. In the webisodes The Face of the Enemy, Gaeta is shown to be in a romantic relationship with a man, Lieutenant Hoshi. D'Anna, Gaius and six were shown to be in a relationship together.
2004–2009	The L Word	Showtime	Bette Porter Dana Fairbanks Marina Ferrer Tina Kennard Shane McCutcheon Alice Pieszecki Jenny Schecter Jodi Learner Carmen de la Pica Morales Cherie Jaffe Molly Kroll Max/Moira Sweeney Tasha Williams Lara Perkins Phyllis Kroll Nadia Karella Niki Stevens Joyce Wischnia Paige Sobel	Jennifer Beals Erin Daniels Karina Lombard Laurel Holloman Katherine Moennig Leisha Hailey Mia Kirshner Marlee Matlin Sarah Shahi Rosanna Arquette Clementine Ford Daniela Sea Rose Rollins Lauren Lee Smith Cybill Shepherd Jessica Capshaw Kate French Jane Lynch Kristanna Loken	Bette and Tina were in a relationship 7 years prior to the show beginning. They are on and off throughout the show. Tina is shown to be with both men and women when she is not with Bette. Tina and Helena have a brief relationship in season 2. Bette also has a relationship in season 4-5 with Jodi. Bette has a small fling with student Nadia Alice and Dana are together in season 2. Jenny discovers her lesbianism after an affair with Marina. Shane sleeps with many characters throughout the show and briefly considers marrying Carmen despite her ongoing affair with Cherie. She has a brief relationship with Paige and another with Molly (Phyllis's Daughter). Shane ends the show in a relationship with Jenny. Dana's first love interest is Lara who she later gets back together with. Alice also has a relationship with Bette's boss Phyllis. Phyllis settles down with Bette's lawyer Joyce. Max is a trans man who is in a relationship with Jenny who helps him to transition.
2004–2009	Lost	ABC	Tom Friendly	M. C. Gainey
2004–2007	Veronica Mars	UPN	Seth Rafter Ryan Marcos Oliveres Kelly Kuzzio Kylie Marker Marlena Nichols Peter Ferrer	Robert Clark Bradford Anderson Jeremy Ray Valdez Lucas Grabeel Kristin Cavallari Miriam Korn Luke Frydenger	There are a number of positively portrayed minor gay characters in Veronica Mars, although for most being gay is incidental to their characters, similar to their portrayal of ethnic minorities.
2004–2006	Deadwood	HBO	Joanie Stubbs Jane Canary	Kim Dickens Robin Weigert	Joanie is a lesbian and falls in love with Jane. Jane (aka Calamity Jane) grows in love with Joanie and reciprocates her attention.
2004–2005	Hex	Arena (Aus) Sky One (UK)	Thelma Bates Peggy the Ghost Maya Robertson Tom Wright	Jemima Rooper Katy Carmichael Laura Donnelly Samuel Collings	Thelma Bates has an unrequited love on her best friend Cassie Hughes, her love is so strong that she came back from the dead as a ghost to protect Cassie. Tom Wright has an unrequited crush on Leon Taylor. Maya Robertson begins a relationship with Thelma after being killed and brought back as a ghost by Malachi.
2004–2005	Moorat	ARY TV	Reshma Babra Bijli Chamki Shola	Abid Ali Kashif Mahmood Ehtasham Warsi Rashid Farooqi Mehmood Akhtar	Moorat Aka Eunuch's Wedding, a sensitive story that unfolds their deprived and isolated world and yet portrays eloquently how they too are not far away from the human emotions and feelings and their world not much different to ours.
2004	Wonderfalls	Fox	Sharon Tyler Beth	Katie Finneran Kari Matchett	Sharon inadvertently came out in the first episode. She and Beth (who is bisexual) dated throughout the series.
2004	Jack & Bobby	WB	Jimmy McCallister	Tom Cavanagh	Brother of Grace McCallister and uncle to the boys. Also a gay teenage character who commits suicide which emotionally affects Jack.
2003–	NCIS	CBS	Ned Dorneget	Matt L. Jones	Ned was a Cyber operations Special agent who identified as gay.
2003–2011	One Tree Hill	WB	Anna Taggaro Josh Avery	Daniella Alonso Paul Teal	Appearing in season 2 only, Anna is a classmate of Peyton's who struggles with rumors of her sexuality before finally coming out as a lesbian. Her family has been denying this fact for many years and once the secret is out, they move to another place. In season 7, Josh stars as the leading male in Seven Dreams 'Til Tuesday. He is secretly gay fearing that if he came out his career would be ruined and his reputation as a party boy would come undone. After confiding in a friend and getting acceptance, he decides to come out but the reactions of the public are not shown.
2003–2010	Nip/Tuck	FX	Liz Cruz Sophia Lopez Ava Moore Dr. Quentin Costa Kit McGraw Ridley Lange Vanessa Bartholomew Cherry Peck Julia McNamara Olivia Lord	Roma Maffia Jonathan Del Arco Famke Janssen Bruno Campos Sophia Bush Kate Mara Rhona Mitra Willam Belli Joely Richardson Portia de Rossi	Liz Cruz is openly lesbian. Sophia Lopez's transgender identity is the trigger of a significant story arc in Season 1. At the second season's finale, Ava Moore is revealed to be transgender, which causes deep consequences in the series. Dr. Quentin Costa is openly bisexual. Detective Kit McGraw is bisexual. Cherry Peck is a transgender character who plays a significant role in Season 3. Julia was married to Dr. Sean McNamara but following their divorce fell in love with Olivia.
2003–2007	The O.C.	Fox	Marissa Cooper Alex Kelly Carson Ward	Mischa Barton Olivia Wilde Brian McNamara	Marissa and Alex, both bisexual, have a brief relationship. Luke's father Carson is gay.
2003–2005	Carnivàle	HBO	Gecko Sophie Libby Dreifuss	John Fleck Clea DuVall Carla Gallo	Gecko, the show's "lizard man," has dialogue that indicates he is gay or bisexual. Fortune teller Sophie seduces cootch dancer Libby in one episode in Season 1.
2003	Angels in America	HBO	Prior Walter Louis Ironson Joe Pitt Roy Cohn	Justin Kirk Ben Shenkman Patrick Wilson Al Pacino	Chronicles AIDS in the 1980s
2003	Crystal Boys	PTS	A-Qing Zhao Ying	Fan Chi-wei Yang Youning
2002–2010	Firefly	Fox	Inara Serra	Morena Baccarin	In the episode "War Stories," Inara takes a female client, implying that she is bisexual.
2002–2008	The Shield	FX	Julien Lowe	Michael Jace	Lowe was a police officer who struggled with his homosexuality due to his devout Christian beliefs.
2002–2006	Everwood	WB	Carl Feeney Kyle Hunter	Dylan Walsh Steven R. McQueen	Nina leaves her husband Carl after finding out he has an affair with a man. Kyle is the sensitive gay character and music student tutored by lead character Ephram Brown. Ephram is sensitive and accepting of Kyle and helps him come out.
2002–2004	Stingers	Nine Network	Constable Christina Dichiera	Jacinta Templeton	Christina was a young police constable who was recruited into a deep cover unit of the Victorian Police. She is gay and had a brief affair with the daughter of her unit's commander.
2002	Tipping the Velvet	BBC Two	Nan Astly Kitty Butler Diana Lethaby Florence Banner Zena Blake	Rachael Stirling Keeley Hawes Anna Chancellor Jodhi May Sally Hawkins	Nan is entranced by Kitty when she sees her perform. The two become friends and then lovers. Nan believes she is in love until Kitty betrays her. Nan lives with Diana for over a year she also has an affair with Zena. Eventually she settles down with Florence.
2002–2008	The Wire	HBO	Kima Greggs Omar Little Felicia "Snoop" Pearson William Rawls Cheryl Brandon Dante Renaldo	Sonja Sohn Michael K. Williams Felicia Pearson John Doman Melanie Nicholls-King Michael Kevin Darnall Ernest Waddell Ramon Rodriguez	Kima and Omar are both consistently gay ensemble members. Throughout the show they each have multiple partners. William's sexuality is not openly discussed, but he is seen in a gay bar during Season 3.
2001–2015	Degrassi: The Next Generation	CTV The N MuchMusic	Marco Del Rossi Dylan Michalchuk Paige Michalchuk Tim Alex Nuñez Riley Stavros Zane Park Adam Torres Fiona Coyne Tristan Milligan Imogen Moreno Jack Jones Miles Hollingsworth III Zoe Rivas	Adamo Ruggiero John Bregar Lauren Collins Alex House Deanna Casaluce Argiris Karras Shannon Kook-Chun Jordan Todosey Annie Clark Lyle O'Donohoe Cristine Prosperi Niamh Wilson Eric Osborne Ana Golja	Marco is gay. Dylan is Marco's boyfriend, also Paige's older brother. Paige is bisexual. Tim is gay and briefly dates Marco. Alex is lesbian and Paige's girlfriend. Riley is gay and initially struggles with his sexuality. Zane is Riley's boyfriend. Adam is a transgender male. Fiona briefly dates Adam, then realizes she is lesbian. Tristan is gay. Imogen is bisexual or pansexual. Jack dates Imogen. In the break between seasons 13 and 14, Miles begins dating Tristan, suggesting that he is bisexual. Zoe struggles with her sexuality until admitting to herself she is gay.
2001–2005	The Secret Life of Us	Network 10	Simon Trader Richie Blake Miranada Lang Chole	David Tredinnick Spencer McLaren Abi Tucker Nina Liu	Simon is gay despite an extensive heterosexual love life in his early life. Richie is Gay despite at the start of the show he was in a relationship with Miranda. Miranda despite having mainly heterosexual relationships through most of the show she falls in love with Chloe in series 3 as she explains "I'm Heterosexual, but I happened to have fallen in love with a woman". Chloe is a lesbian.
2001–2005	24	Fox	Mandy	Mia Kirshner	Mandy is bisexual.
2001–2005	Six Feet Under	HBO	David Fisher Keith Charles	Michael C. Hall Mathew St. Patrick	Gay relationship among lead characters.
2001–2002	The Education of Max Bickford	CBS	Erica Bettis	Helen Shaver	Erica used to be a man named Steve; she went through a sex reassignment surgery.
2001–2002	Leap Years	Showtime	Gregory Paget	Garret Dillahunt	Series follows characters in three different time settings, 1993, 2001 and 2008. Gregory pursues heterosexual relationships in 1993 but in present and future time settings he is exclusively gay.
2001–2002	100 Centre Street	A&E	Judge Attallah "Queenie" Sims	LaTanya Richardson
2001	Dice	The Movie Network	Patrick Styvesant	Martin Cummins	Patrick's sexual orientation was ambiguous until he told a woman who tried to seduce him that he is gay in episode 5.
2001	Further Tales of the City	Showtime Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson	Olympia Dukakis Paul Hopkins Billy Campbell Françoise Robertson	(Adapted from the Armistead Maupin book.)
2001	Metrosexuality	Channel 4	Max Jordan Dean Bambi Cindy	Rikki Beadle-Blair Karl Collins Paul Keating Davey Fairbanks Carleen Beadle
2000–2012	Hospital Central	Telecinco	Esther García Macarena Fernández	Fátima Baeza Patricia Vico	Nurse Esther had several relationships with men until she fell in love and married lesbian doctor Macarena.
2000–2005	Queer as Folk	Showtime	Melanie Marcus Lindsay Peterson Ben Bruckner Brian Kinney Justin Taylor Ted Schmidt Emmett Honeycutt David Cameron Michael Novotny Vic Grassi Dusty	Michelle Clunie Thea Gill Robert Gant Gale Harold Randy Harrison Scott Lowell Peter Paige Chris Potter Hal Sparks Jack Wetherall Rae Ellen Bodie	Melanie is lesbian. Lindsay is bisexual. She has an affair with Sam Auerbach in season 4. Melanie and Lindsay are in a relationship and raising a daughter (Jenny) and son (Gus) together. Brian and Justin are in a loose relationship. Ben and Michael are in a relationship. Dusty is lesbian and a friend of Melanie and Lindsay. This QAF series is the North American version. The original series is British.
2000–2002	Dark Angel	Fox	Original Cindy	Valarie Rae Miller
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune	Sci Fi Channel	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen	Ian McNeice	The wicked Baron survives an assassination attempt involving a poisoned needle planted in the body of one of his male slave lovers.
1999–	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	NBC	Dr. George Huang Ken Randall	B. D. Wong Ernest Waddell	Huang is a psychiatrist and FBI agent who frequently consults with the Special Victims Unit. He first casually mentions his homosexuality in the 2009 episode "Hardwired". Randall is the son of Detective Odafin Tutuola (Ice-T).
1999–2007	The Sopranos	HBO	Vito Spatafore	Joseph R. Gannascoli	Vito was murdered in season 6 for being gay.
1999–2002	Once and Again	ABC	Jessie Sammler Katie Singer	Evan Rachel Wood Mischa Barton	Jessie learns that she has romantic feelings for Katie in Season 3 and the two of them begin to secretly date in the series final episodes.
1999–2006	Bad Girls	ITV	Helen Stewart Nikki Wade Shell Dockley Denny Blood Lorna Rose Shaz Wiley Al McKenzie Neil Grayling Cassie Tyler Roisin Connor Kris Yates Selena Geeson Arun Parmar Pat Kerrigan Sheena Williams Mandy Goodhue	Simone Lahbib Mandana Jones Debra Stephenson Alicya Eyo Luisa Bradshaw-White Lindsey Fawcett Pauline Campbell James Gaddas Kellie Bright Siobhan McCarthy Jennifer Ness Charlotte Lucas Rebecca Hazlewood Liz May Brice Laura Rogers Angela Bruce
1999–2000	Queer as Folk	Channel 4	Stuart Alan Jones Vince Tyler Nathan Maloney Alexander Perry Lisa Levene Romey Sullivan Cameron Roberts	Aidan Gillen Craig Kelly Charlie Hunnam Antony Cotton Saira Todd Esther Hall Peter O'Brien	Ground-breaking Channel Four show which included scenes of a 15-year-old boy involved in gay sex acts. The shows sponsors, Scottish & Newcastle withdrew their sponsorship and canceled their Becks beer advertising, from the show.
1999	Wasteland	ABC	Russell Baskind	Dan Montgomery, Jr.	Russell is a closeted soap opera star.
1998–2009	All Saints	Seven Network	Dr. Charlotte Beaumont	Tammy MacIntosh	Started out in the series identifying as a lesbian, but then had a relationship with a man, had a child, and is now more bisexual than gay.
1998–2003	Dawson's Creek	WB	Jack McPhee Doug Witter Ethan Brody Toby Professor Freeman Eric David	Kerr Smith Dylan Neal Adam Kaufman David Monahan Sebastian Spence Ryan Bittle Greg Rikaart	Doug Witter constantly denied he was gay through most of the show but he finally came to terms with his relationship with Jack in the final episode of the series. Jack was originally a love interest for Joey, but after rumours of his sexuality begin to circulate the school, he comes out as gay in season 2. Jack shares a passionate kiss with Ethan in an episode titled "True Love". This kiss sparks a conversation with Jack's father in which he opens up about the struggle of feeling so different and finally earn's acceptance from his father.
1998–2002	Playing the Field	BBC One	Gabrielle Holmes Angie Gill	Saira Todd Tracy Whitwell	Gabrielle Holmes begins a relationship with her teammate Angie Gill.
1998–2002	Felicity	WB	Javier Clemente Quintata Ryan Crane Samuel	Ian Gomez Eddie McClintock Austin Tichenor	Javier is Felicity's boss at Dean and Deluca; his partner throughout most of the series is Samuel. Ryan, the brother of Noel Crane, Felicity's on-and-off boyfriend, comes out in the episode "Love and Marriage."
1998	More Tales of the City	Showtime Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson	Olympia Dukakis Paul Hopkins Billy Campbell Cynda Williams	(Adapted from the Armistead Maupin book.)
1997–2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	WB UPN	Willow Rosenberg Tara Maclay Kennedy Andrew Wells Larry Blaisdell Scott Hope	Alyson Hannigan Amber Benson Iyari Limon Tom Lenk Larry Bagby Fab Filippo	Larry, Xander's bully from season one, later tells Xander he's gay in season two. Scott Hope, a character in season three is revealed to be gay in season seven. Willow and Tara enter into a relationship in season 4. Kennedy, also a lesbian, is introduced in season 7 and becomes involved with Willow. Andrew was confirmed to be gay by series creator Joss Whedon although it was never directly stated on-screen.
1997–2003	Oz	HBO	Tobias Beecher Christopher Keller Alonzo Torquemada	Lee Tergesen Christopher Meloni Bobby Cannavale	Toby and Chris have an intense love/hate relationship.
1996–2000	Profiler	NBC	George Fraley	Peter Frechette	While he was a main character, his being gay was only referenced a couple of times.
1996–1997	Relativity	ABC	Rhonda Roth	Lisa Edelstein	Rhonda is the lesbian sister of lead character Leo.
1996	Matt Waters	CBS	Russ Achoa	Felix A. Pire	Russ is a gay high school student.
1995–1997	Murder One	ABC	Louis Hines	John Fleck	Louis is the personal assistant to lead attorney Ted Hoffman (Daniel Benzali).
1995–1996	Live Shot	UPN	Lou Waller	Tom Byrd	Waller is the sportscaster at fictional television station KXZX.
1995	Courthouse	CBS	Judge Rosetta Reide	Jennifer Lewis	Reide is a single mother involved in a relationship with her housekeeper.
1994–2009	ER	NBC	Kerry Weaver Yosh Takata Maggie Doyle Kim Legaspi Sandy Lopez Courtney Brown Charles "Chaz" Pratt Jr.	Laura Innes Gedde Watanabe Jorja Fox Elizabeth Mitchell Lisa Vidal Michelle Hurd Sam Jones III	Dr. Kerry Weaver questions her sexual orientation in Season 7 when she falls in love with staff psychiatrist Kim Legaspi, but was afraid to admit it to Legaspi or herself. While Legaspi is openly lesbian and willing to pursue a romantic relationship, Weaver is closeted and suffers from internalized homophobia. In Season 8, Weaver began a new relationship with firefighter Lt. Sandy Lopez. As the two got close, Lopez told Kerry she refused to date a woman who was in the closet. Lopez forcibly outed Weaver with a passionate kiss in front of her co-workers. What followed over the next two seasons was a groundbreaking story for network television as the development of the romance between the two women was treated with the courtship, passion and arguments often reserved for heterosexual couples.
1994–2000	Party of Five	Fox	Ross Werkman	Mitchell Anderson	Ross Werkman was a recurring role as the violin teacher for Claudia Salinger, one of the main characters. Ross appeared in all six seasons of the series.
1994–1995	My So-Called Life	ABC	Enrique 'Rickie' Vasquez	Wilson Cruz
1994–1996	Cardiac Arrest	BBC One	Dr. James Mortimer	Jonathan Dow
1993–2005	NYPD Blue	ABC	Lt. Thomas Bale PAA John Irvin Officer Abby Sullivan	Currie Graham Bill Brochtrup Paige Turco	John Irvin was a recurring character introduced in Season 2 as the openly gay 15th Precinct's Administrative Aide. Abby was a uniformed police officer in Seasons 4 and 5 who was a friend of Greg Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) and an open lesbian involved with a woman named Kathy (played by Lisa Darr).
1993–1996	Sisters	NBC	Norma Lear	Nora Dunn	Norma was a minor character; a TV producer introduced in Season 4 who was an out-and-proud lesbian, (though her partner, Chris, never appeared onscreen).
1993	Wild Palms	ABC	Tully Woiwode Tommy Lazlo	Nick Mancuso Ernie Hudson	Tully and Tommy were a gay couple and part of the 'Friends' rebel group.
1993	Tales of the City	PBS Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson Beauchamp Day	Olympia Dukakis Marcus D'Amico Billy Campbell Cynda Williams Thomas Gibson	Anna Madrigal's character is later revealed to be a transsexual; male to female gender. Michael Tolliver is an openly gay resident of Anna Madrigal's boarding house. John Fielding is a closeted doctor who casually dates Michael. D'orothea was a closeted lesbian model who had a romantic history with Mona Ramsey (Chloe Webb). Beauchamp is seen having an affair with Mary Ann Singleton and Jon Fielding. (The miniseries was adapted from the novel of the same name by Armistead Maupin and resulted in a Congressional investigation into U.S. public television.)
1993–1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	NBC	Tim Bayliss	Kyle Secor	Tim Bayliss came out as bisexual in season 6, and was the first main character on a television drama to be a member of the LGBT community.
1990–2010	Law & Order	NBC	Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	Southerlyn came out as a lesbian in her final appearance, in "Ain't No Love".
1990	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	BBC	Jess	Charlotte Coleman	Lesbian schoolgirl grows up in a repressive Lancashire industrial district, finds love.
1988–1989	HeartBeat	ABC	Marilyn McGrath Patty	Gail Strickland Gina Hecht	McGrath is a nurse practitioner and co-founder of a women's clinic. Patty is a chef and the partner of Marilyn. HeartBeat is the first prime time series in the U.S. to include a lesbian, Marilyn McGrath, as a main character. Patty is a recurring character.
1987	Two of Us	BBC	Matthew Phil	Jason Rush Lee Whitlock	Gay teenager Matthew has strong friendship with Phil, who also has a girlfriend. Phil decides to run away with Matthew. Girlfriend goes to get him back. 2 versions shot, one where boys end up together 1987, one where Phil returns with girlfriend 1988. Includes famous shower scene with 2 men kissing for first time on British TV. Originally cut due to Section 28 legislation, later shown in full.
1987–1991	thirtysomething	ABC	Russell Weller Peter Montefiore	David Marshall Grant Peter Frechette	First primetime television program to show two men in bed together, in the 1989 episode "Strangers". Five of the show's ten sponsors dropped out, costing ABC $1.5 million.
1986–1994	L.A. Law	NBC	C. J. Lamb	Amanda Donohoe	Cara Jean "C.J." Lamb is a British-born bisexual lawyer who has a brief involvement with Abby Perkins (Michele Greene) in Season 5. The two share a kiss in the 1991 episode "He's a Crowd" and later go on a date (off screen). This was during Greene's final episodes of the season and their relationship was not developed further. Donohoe also left the series the following year at the end of Season 6.
1986	Dress Gray	NBC	Cadet David Hand	Patrick Cassidy	Miniseries about the investigation of Hand's murder; character is seen mostly in flashback.
1985	Hollywood Beat	NBC	George Grinsky	John Matuszak	George was a gay man who ran the coffee shop where the two principal characters hung out.
1984–1996	CBS Schoolbreak Special	CBS	Todd Bowers	Richard Joseph Paul	Episode "What If I'm Gay?" first aired March 31, 1987.
1984	Celebrity	NBC	Mack Crawford	Joseph Bottoms	Mini-series spanning the life of three famous friends from 1950 to 1975.
1983	One Summer	Channel 4	Kidder	James Hazeldine	Five-part drama series about two teenage boys from Liverpool who run away to Wales. They stay with Kidder, a reclusive gay painter.
1981–1987	Hill Street Blues	NBC	Eddie Gregg Officer Kate McBride	Charles Levin Lindsay Crouse	Eddie was a gay male sex worker who becomes friends with Mick Belker (Bruce Weitz) after helping him take down his pimp. He would guest star in a few episodes of the show before dying of AIDS in the episode "Slum-Enchanted Evening". McBride comes out after being falsely accused of sexually harassing a female prisoner.
1981–1982	Dynasty	ABC	Steven Carrington	Al Corley	The trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado. At the end of the three-hour premiere episode "Oil", Blake Carrington reveals he is disgusted by Steven's homosexuality, and Steven's refusal to "conform" sets father and son at odds.
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Granada (UK) PBS (US)	Charles Ryder Sebastian Flyte	Jeremy Irons Anthony Andrews
1979–1986	Prisoner	Network Ten	Franky Doyle Sharon Gilmour Judy Bryant Joan Ferguson Terri Malone	Carol Burns Margot Knight Betty Bobbitt Maggie Kirkpatrick Margot Knight	Australian prison drama series Known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H

See also

• List of animated television programs with LGBT characters
• List of comedy television series with LGBT characters
• List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters
• List of soap operas with LGBT characters
• List of LGBT characters in television and radio
• List of news and information television programs featuring LGBT subjects
• Lists of television programs with LGBT characters
• Television works about intersex

Further reading

• Becker, Ron (2006). Gay TV and Straight America. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-3689-8.