List of comedy television series with LGBT characters

This article is about live action comedy television series. For comedy-drama (aka dramedy), see List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters. For animated series, see List of animated works with LGBT characters.

This list includes series that feature noteworthy lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters. Miniseries and web television programs are included.

Series

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1972–1973	The Corner Bar	ABC	Peter Panama	Vincent Schiavelli	The first continuing portrayal of a gay person on American television.
1972–1985	Are You Being Served?	BBC	Mr. Humphries	John Inman	British sitcom about staff working in the Grace Brothers department store.
1975	Hot l Baltimore	ABC	George Gordon	Lee Bergere Henry Calvert	The first gay couple on American network television.
1975–1982	Barney Miller	ABC	Marty Morrison Darryl Driscoll Officer Zatelli	Jack DeLeon Ray Stewart Dino Natali	Marty was a semi-regular on the long-running television series and Darryl made several appearances as Marty's lover. Series creator Danny Arnold worked closely with the National Gay Task Force in developing the characters of Darryl and Marty. Initially both were presented as flamboyantly gay men, but as the series progressed Darryl began acting and dressing more conservatively. Officer Zatelli's coming out, initially to Captain Miller but eventually to the entire squad, was the first gay-themed story arc on American television and Arnold again worked with the NGTF to develop it.
1976–1977	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman	Syndicated	Ed McCullough Howard McCullough	Laurence Haddon Beeson Carroll	Ed and Howard were introduced as a pair of brothers sharing a house in the Hartmans' neighborhood but were later revealed to be a gay couple hoping to live an open life in Fernwood.
1976 (unaired)	Snip	NBC	Michael	Walter Wanderman	He was the owner of the salon where the characters worked.
1976	The Nancy Walker Show	ABC	Terry Folson	Ken Olfson	Terry was an out-of-work actor and personal assistant to lead character Nancy Kitteridge (Nancy Walker).
1976	Ball Four	CBS			Based on the book Ball Four. Featured a gay rookie baseball player.
1977	All That Glitters	Syndicated	Linda Murkland	Linda Gray	Linda Murkland was a transgender woman (the first transgender series regular on American television).
1977–1981	Soap	ABC	Jodie Dallas	Billy Crystal	By the end of the series, Jodie was romantically involved with a woman.
1979–1981	Agony	ITV	Michael Rob	Peter Denyer Jeremy Bulloch	First British sitcom to feature a gay couple in a non-camp fashion.
1981–1983	Love, Sidney	NBC	Sidney Shore	Tony Randall	The first prime-time television series to have a gay character as its central lead although the character was in the closet for all 40 episodes.
1981	Daily at Dawn	Seven Network	Leslie Windrush	Terry Bader	The first Australian comedy series to feature a regular gay character.
1982–1992	'Allo 'Allo!	BBC	Lt. Hubert Gruber	Guy Siner	Lt. Gruber was clearly depicted as gay, and interested in the series' lead character, Rene Artois (Gorden Kaye). In the series finale's flash-forward scene, however, it was revealed that Gruber eventually married Pvt. Helga Geerhart (Kim Hartman).
1984	Dream Stuffing	Channel 4	Richard	Ray Burdis	British sitcom about two unemployed girls who share a London flat. Their neighbour Richard is gay.
1984–1989	Brothers	Showtime	Cliff Waters Donald Maulpey	Paul Regina Philip Charles MacKenzie	Two heterosexual brothers cope when third brother (Cliff) comes out as gay. Donald is Cliff's gay neighbor.
1985	Sara	NBC	Dennis Kemper	Bronson Pinchot	Dennis is an attorney in the law firm at which the series is set.
1987–1991	Thirtysomething	ABC	Russell Weller Peter Montefiore	David Marshall Grant Peter Frechette	Two supporting gay characters, one an artist and one working in advertising. Focus of the episode Strangers.
1987–1988	Women in Prison	Fox	Bonnie Harper	Antionette Byron
1987–1989	Hooperman	ABC	Rick Silardi	Joseph Gian	Uniformed Police Officer Rick Silardi is openly gay, but seems to spend most of his time fending off the affections of his straight female police partner, Officer Mo DeMott (Sydney Walsh), who wants to "save him" from being gay by making passes at him whenever possible.
1988–1997	Roseanne	ABC	Bev Harris Leon Carp Scott Nancy Bartlett	Estelle Parsons Martin Mull Fred Willard Sandra Bernhard	In the final episode, Rosanne Conner revealed that the last season was a story she'd written. Her mother wasn't really gay but her sister was.
1989–1991	Doctor Doctor	CBS	Richard Stratford	Tony Carreiro	Richard is the openly gay brother of lead character Mike Stratford (Matt Frewer).
1990–1993	You Rang M'Lord?	BBC	Helen Cooper Cecily "Cissy" Meldrum	Catherine Rabett
1990–1998	Drop the Dead Donkey	Channel 4	Helen Cooper	Ingrid Lacey
1991–1997	The Brittas Empire	BBC	Gavin Featherly Tim Whistler	Tim Marriott Russell Porter	Tim and Gavin are a couple working at the leisure centre, who, though out, choose not to tell some people due to fear of being fired. Their homophobic boss is innocently oblivious to their relationship for seven years.
1992	Terry and Julian	Channel 4	Julian	Julian Clary
1992–1998	The Larry Sanders Show	HBO	Brian	Scott Thompson
1993	Cutters	CBS	Troy King	Julius Carry	Troy was an Olympic gold medalist turned hairdresser.
1993–1996	The John Larroquette Show	NBC	Pat	Jazzmun	A drag queen who hangs out at the bus station where the lead character works.
1994	Daddy's Girls	CBS	Dennis Sinclair	Harvey Fierstein	Sinclair is a high-strung fashion designer. He was the first gay principal television character played by an openly gay actor.
1994–1998	Ellen	ABC	Ellen Morgan Peter Barnes Barrett	Ellen DeGeneres Patrick Bristow Jack Plotnick	After months of media speculation, Ellen Morgan came out in "The Puppy Episode". Peter and Barrett were Ellen's friends and a couple.
1994–1999	The Vicar of Dibley	BBC	Frank Pickle	John Bluthal
1994–2004	Friends	NBC	Carol Willick Susan Bunch	Jane Sibbett Jessica Hecht	Carol is Ross's ex-wife, who realized that she was a lesbian. In 1996, Carol marries Susan, her partner, in network TV's first lesbian wedding.
1995	Muscle	The WB	Bronwyn Jones	Amy Pietz	Lead character Bronwyn is a lesbian news anchor.
1995	The Pursuit of Happiness	NBC	Alex Chosek	Brad Garrett
1995	Agony Again	BBC	Michael	Sasha Grunpeter	Short-lived sequel to 1979 sitcom Agony. Jane Lucas's son Michael is gay.
1995–1996	High Society	CBS	Stephano	Luigi Amodeo
1995–1996	The Crew	Fox	Paul Steadman	David Burke
1996	Public Morals	CBS	John Irvin	Bill Brochtrup
1996	Party Girl	Fox	Derrick	John Cameron Mitchell	Short-lived sitcom based on the 1995 theatrical film
1996	Lush Life	Fox	Nelson "Margarita" Marquez	John Ortiz
1996–2002	Spin City	ABC	Carter Sebastian Heywood	Michael Boatman
1997–1998	Fired Up	NBC	Ashley	Mark Davis
1997–2000	Veronica's Closet	NBC	Josh Blair	Wallace Langham	Josh's sexuality was obfuscated as a running joke until the 2000 episode "Veronica Helps Josh Out", when he came out as gay.
1998–2004	Sex and the City	HBO	Stanford Blatch Anthony Marantino Samantha Jones	Willie Garson Mario Cantone Kim Cattrall	Stanford and Anthony are gay. Samantha is bisexual and has a romance with a woman, Maria (Sônia Braga).
1998–2006 2017–	Will & Grace	NBC	Will Truman Jack McFarland Karen Walker Vince D'Angelo	Eric McCormack Sean Hayes Megan Mullally Bobby Cannavale	Will and Jack are gay. Karen's bisexuality is implied. (e.g. In season 6, episode 2, "Last Ex to Brooklyn", when a woman at the dinner table says she drinks because it makes sex better, Karen reaches over and fills her glass with wine; and when she becomes upset and leaves, Karen says "Oh, yeah. Just where I was hoping this evening was going.", grabs her purse and follows after her.) Vince is Will's partner.
1999	Oh, Grow Up	ABC	Ford Lowell Sal	John Ducey Ed Marinaro	Ford is a married man who left his wife after realizing he was gay. Sal is lead character Hunter's (Stephen Dunham) boss.
1999–2000	Strangers with Candy	Comedy Central	Jerri Blank Geoffrey Jellineck Chuck Noblet	Amy Sedaris Paul Dinello Stephen Colbert	Jerri is bisexual. Jellineck and Noblet carried on a clandestine affair.
1999–2001	Beggars and Choosers	Showtime	Malcolm Laffley	Tuc Watkins	Laffley is a television casting director who came out to disprove sexual harassment charges leveled at him by a woman.
1999–2001	Los Beltrán	Telemundo	Fernando Salazar Kevin Lynch	Gabriel Romero James C. Leary	Fernando and Kevin are gay. They are the first openly-gay characters on Spanish-language television, and first same-sex couple that marry.
2000	Normal, Ohio	Fox	William "Butch" Gamble	John Goodman
2000–2001	Grosse Pointe	WB	Ted Johnson Kevin the P.A. Greg	Michael Hitchcock Nat Faxon Jonathan Del Arco	Ted Johnson has a crush on his acting mate Johnny Bishop. Kevin the P.A. has a brief crush on Dave May.
2000–2011	My Family	BBC One	Michael Harper	Gabriel Thompson	On 15 April 2010, MailOnline reported that despite his earlier reputation as a womanizer, Michael would come out as gay to his parents in the tenth series.
2001	The Ellen Show	CBS	Ellen Richmond	Ellen DeGeneres
2001	Some of My Best Friends	CBS	Warren Fairbanks Vern Limoso	Jason Bateman Alec Mapa	Based on the film Kiss Me, Guido
2001–2008 2014–	Trailer Park Boys	Showcase (season 1-7) Netflix (season 8- )	Jim Lahey Randy	John Dunsworth Patrick Roach	The characters of trailer park supervisor, Jim Lahey and assistant trailer park supervisor Randy are both bisexual men.
2002	That '80s Show	CBS	Sophia	Brittany Daniel	Corey's bisexual ex-girlfriend who has an unreturned crush on Corey's sister Katie.
2002–2007	Kath & Kim	ABC1 Seven Network	Sharon Strzelecki	Magda Szubanski	Sharon is a sports fanatic, especially around male-oriented games, and has dated guys, but it is later implied in the film Kath & Kimderella that she might have bisexual feelings, even though she is clueless about her own sexual orientation, believes that a shirt with the LGBT rainbow flag colors looks good on her, and later gyrating around a lesbian golfer. (Szubanski is a Lesbian in real-life)
2003–2015	Two and a Half Men	CBS	Evelyn Harper Jenny Harper	Holland Taylor Amber Tamblyn	Evelyn is the bisexual mother of Charlie and Alan Harper (Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer). For most of the series, Evelyn is portrayed as a heterosexual but there are instances in seasons 8, 9, and 11 where she has lesbian sex with three different women, including actress Lynda Carter. Jenny joins the cast in season 11, the previously unknown daughter of Charlie. She engages in several one-night stands with various women.
2003–2009	Reno 911!	Comedy Central	Lieutenant Dangle Deputy Kimball	Thomas Lennon Mary Birdsong
2003–2006	Aquí no hay quien viva	Antena 3	Mauri Hidalgo Fernando Navarro Bea Villarejo Diego Álvarez Rosa Izquierdo Ana Abel	Luis Merlo Adrià Collado Eva Isanta Mariano Alameda María Almudéver Vanesa Romero Alberto Maneiro	Stable gay relationship between main characters Mauri and Fernando. During a time they were broken up, Mauri had a relationship with Diego, who left him for another man and later regretted it. But by then Mauri and Fernando were together again. Mauri also has a son by artificial insemination with lesbian best friend Bea, who had a relationship with a lawyer, Rosa, for a while. Afterwards, she had a wild night with Ana, who became lesbian for her and became a stable couple.
2003–2006 2013–	Arrested Development	Fox (season 1—3) Netflix (season 4— )	George Oscar "Gob" Bluth II Barry Zuckerkorn	Will Arnett Henry Winkler	GOB is hinted to be bisexual throughout the series. He ends up falling in love with his enemy, Tony Wonder. It is a running joke that Barry is a closeted gay man who is frequently thinking of outlandish excuses to conceal his true activities.
2003–2004	It's All Relative	ABC	Simon Banks Philip Stoddard	Christopher Sieber John Benjamin Hickey
2003–2015	Peep Show	Channel 4	Jeremy 'Jez' Usborne	Robert Webb	Jez is implied to be bisexual a few times throughout the series. In the series 9 episode 'Threeism' he sleeps with Megan's boyfriend Joe and then enters into a relationship with both of them.
2004–2011	Entourage	HBO	Lloyd	Rex Lee
2005–2014	How I Met Your Mother	CBS	James Stinson	Wayne Brady	James first appears in season 2 episode 10 as Barney's gay black brother. He is married to a man name Ted and they have 2 children together.
2005–2013	The Office	NBC	Oscar Martinez Gil Matt Robert Lipton	Oscar Nuñez Tom Chick Sam Daly Jack Coleman	Oscar is a calm and low-level accountant.
2005–2009	My Name is Earl	NBC	Kenny James Stuart Daniels	Gregg Binkley Mike O'Malley
2005–2008	South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer Carlin Ashley Davies Kelly Carmen	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave Ashley Schneider Brooke Vallone	Ashley Davies is an out lesbian with a reputation for being easy. Spencer Carlin is still coming to terms with her sexuality and later starts a relationship with Ashley. Kelly an out lesbian tries to seduce Spencer but is rejected. Spencer begins dating Carmen after breaking up with Ashley.
2005–2007	The War At Home	Fox	Khaleel "Kenny" Al-Bahir	Rami Malek	Kenny is a 16-year-old boy who harbors a secret crush on his best friend Larry and is subsequently kicked out of his house when his parents find out he's gay.
2005–2006	Out of Practice	CBS	Regina Barnes	Paula Marshall
2005–2006	Twins	The WB	Neil	Christopher Fitzgerald
2005–2006	Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby	TVNZ 1	Alisdair Morton Lesley Tangaroa	Thomas Robins Grace Hoet
2005–	It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia	FXX	Mac (Ronald MacDonald) Dennis Reynolds	Rob McElhenney Glenn Howerton	In the episode "Hero or Hate Crime" (season 12, episode 6), Mac comes out of the closet after denying his sexuality, even coming out and going back in the closet in the two part episode "The Gang Goes to Hell" (season 11, episodes 9 and 10). Mac came out again in "Hero or Hate Crime" (season 12, episode 6), this time remaining out of the closet. Dennis was confirmed as bisexual by the actor, mentioning multiple times in the show that he would be willing to have sex with men if the situation came up.
2005	All About George	ITV	Russel	Rory Jennings
2005	The Comeback	HBO	Mickey Deane	Robert Michael Morris	Mickey is a hairdresser and confidant to lead character Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) who, despite being obviously gay, believes he is closeted.
2005	It's Me...Gerald	Showcase	Gerald	Gerald L'Ecuyer
2006–2013	30 Rock	NBC	Devon Banks Jonathan J.D. Lutz Randy	Will Arnett Maulik Pancholy John Lutz Jeffery Self	Devon Banks is Jack Donaghy's nemesis, an executive who constantly tries to foil Jack's attempts to advance professionally. At first Devon is closeted but in the fifth season, it is revealed he has moved to Brooklyn and had children with an African-American dancer, Cashmere. Jonathan is Jack's assistant, who is smitten with his boss. J.D. Lutz is a TGS writer, whose sexual orientation was a mystery throughout the series. It was revealed in the series finale that he is bisexual. Randy is Liz Lemon's nephew.
2006–2007	The Business	IFC	Terrence von Holtzen Wendell Cooper	Matt Silver Neil Napier	Terrence is an intern who in season 2 is promoted to Associate Co-head of the Animation and Historical Adaptation Department. Wendell is the company's accountant. In a sexually charged second-season episode, Terrence admits his repressed homosexuality and he and Wendell hook up.
2006–2007	Cover Girl	SRC	Mathieu/Veronica Justin/Joujou Newton/Lana Cherry Sundae	René Richard Cyr Vincent Bolduc Frédéric Pierre Gilles Renaud	Series focuses on four drag queens.
2006–2007	The Class	CBS	Kyle Lendo Aaron	Sean Maguire Cristian de la Fuente	Kyle is in a relationship with Aaron. He is a second grade teacher at an elite private school.
2006	Crumbs	ABC	Mitch Crumb	Fred Savage
2006	So NoTORIous	VH1	Sasan	Zachary Quinto	Sasan is based on Tori Spelling's friend Mehran Farhat.
2007–2009	Reaper	The CW	Tony Steve	Ken Marino Michael Ian Black	Tony and Steve are a gay couple who live next door to the main trio of Sam, Sock, and Ben. It is later learned they are demons waging a war against the Devil. Steve is killed during the rebellion and manages to get into Heaven. He later becomes Sam's guardian angel.
2007	Kick	SBS	Layla Jackie	Nicole Chamoun Romi Trower	Layla is a Muslim-Australian who lives with her conservative family and is unenthusiastically engaged to be married to a man named Sharif. But when she falls in love with fellow fencer Jackie, she has to choose between following her heart or making her family happy.
2007–2010	The Sarah Silverman Program	Comedy Central	Brian Steve	Brian Posehn Steve Agee	Sarah's neighbors.
2007–	Benidorm	ITV	Kenneth du Beke	Tony Maudsley	Hairdresser in the Solana hotel.
2008–2009	Sophie	CBC	Matt Scott Verner Bernard	Jeff Geddis Ian Matthews Stéphane Demers	Matt is an OB/GYN and lead character Sophie's best friend. Verner is his partner. Bernard is a waiter at the café where Matt and Sophie hang out, with whom Matt has an affair.
2008	Sordid Lives: The Series	Logo	Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram Ty Williamson	Leslie Jordan Jason Dottley	Brother Boy likes to perform as Tammy Wynette and tries to escape from treatments to dehomosexualize him. Ty is an actor in Los Angeles coming to terms with his homosexuality.
2009–	Nurse Jackie	Showtime	Mohammed "Mo-Mo" de la Cruz Thor Lundgren Dr. Eleanor O'Hara	Haaz Sleiman Steve Wallem Eve Best	Mohammed and Thor are nurses at All Saints' Hospital. Mohammed was dropped after the first season, the producers' stated reason being "the character’s storyline ran its course". Dr. O'Hara is in a relationship with a woman journalist in season 2 but has had sex on the show with at least one man.
2009–2011	United States of Tara	Showtime	Marshall Gregson	Keir Gilchrist
2009–2015	Glee	Fox	Kurt Hummel Sandy Ryerson Blaine Anderson Dave Karofsky Sebastian Smythe Brittany Pierce Santana Lopez Hiram Berry LeRoy Berry Unique Adams	Chris Colfer Stephen Tobolowsky Darren Criss Max Adler Grant Gustin Heather Morris Naya Rivera Jeff Goldblum Brian Stokes Mitchell Alex Newell	Kurt is a member of the glee club. He comes out to his father in the episode "Preggers". Sandy, a self-described "predatory gay", was the glee club director until being fired for inappropriate contact with a student. He then turned to dealing in medical marijuana to make a living. Blaine was introduced in "Never Been Kissed", and soon becomes Kurt's boyfriend. Dave was introduced as a football player and a bully in season one. In season two, he begins targeting Kurt for being gay. In "Never Been Kissed", Kurt confronts Dave and Dave kisses him. Sebastian is introduced in "The First Time" as a new Warbler who sets his sights on Blaine. Brittany lets slip in "Sectionals" that she and Santana have had sex. Initially meant as a throw away line to jokingly make reference to the closeness of the two then minor characters, the writers began taking the relationship seriously due to pressure from fans and both Morris and Rivera. The storyline saw great advances in the second season once the actresses were promoted to the main cast. They are seen making out on Brittany's bed in "Duets" and also make reference to the lesbian sex act of scissoring. In "Sexy" Santana finally professes her love for Brittany and later admits that she is a lesbian. Brittany is thought to be bisexual or pansexual. Hiram and LeRoy Berry are Rachel's fathers. Unique is a transgender member of the rival Vocal Adrenaline show choir who identifies as female. She joins New Directions in season 4.
2009–	Modern Family	ABC	Mitchell Pritchett Cameron Tucker Haley Dunphy	Jesse Tyler Ferguson Eric Stonestreet Sarah Hyland	As of the series opener, Mitchell and Cameron have been together for five years and have an adopted Vietnamese-born daughter, Lilly. In season 8, Haley flirts with a girl. It was confirmed she was bisexual by the actress on Twitter.
2009–2013	Go Girls	TVNZ 2	Levi Hirsh Kent	Leon Wadham Josh McKenzie	Levi is a sassy gay Jewish man whose Go Girls pledge is to get revenge. Levi's ex-boyfriend and first love since high school.
2010–2015	Hot in Cleveland	TV Land	Caroline Moretti	Laura San Giacomo	Melanie Moretti's (Valerie Bertinelli) estranged sister Caroline is a lesbian and her girlfriend was trying to hit on Melanie.
2010–2012	Grandma's House	BBC Two	Simon Ben Theodore	Simon Amstell Iwan Rheon	Lead character Simon is a fictionalized version of gay comedian and TV host Simon Amstell. Over the course of the series he develops a relationship with actor Ben Theodore.
2010–2011	The Hard Times of RJ Berger	MTV	Max Owens	Jayson Blair	Lead character RJ (Paul Iacono) discovers Max is gay when he espies him making out in the high school locker room showers with Guillermo in the season 2 episode "Steamy Surprise".
2010–2011	Blue Mountain State	Spike	Denise Roy Mary Jo Cacciatore	Gabrielle Dennis Frankie Shaw	Denise was bisexual, acknowledging having had sex with several people of both sexes. Mary Jo joined the series in season 2 and began identifying as lesbian in season 3.
2010–2011	$h*! My Dad Says	CBS	Tim	Tim Bagley
2010	Running Wilde	Fox	Mr. Lunt	Robert Michael Morris	Mr. Lunt is the personal assistant to lead character Steve Wilde (Will Arnett).
2011–	Mrs. Brown's Boys	RTÉ One	Rory Brown Dino Doyle	Rory Cowan Gary Hollywood
2011–2014	Suburgatory	ABC	Mr. Wolfe	Rex Lee
2011–2015	Hart of Dixie	The CW	Crickett Watts	Brandi Burkhardt	In season 4, Crickett comes out just as she was about to renew vows with Stanley Watts. After this she started dating Jaysene.
2011–2016	Awkward	MTV	Clark Stevenson Ricky Schwartz Theo Abbott Cole Higgins	Joey Haro Matthew Fahey Evan Crooks Monty Geer	Clark is outed by the school bully in the season one finale. He becomes a confidant to lead character Jenna (Ashley Rickards) and eventually identifies himself as the anonymous poster who has been commenting on her blog. Clark is caught making out with Ricky in the final episode of season two. Theo and Cole are both gay and appear in Season 4 and 5. They are troublemakers and best friends.
2011–2013	Happily Divorced	TV Land	Peter Lovett	John Michael Higgins	Peter, a realtor, comes out to his wife Fran (Fran Drescher) after 18 years of marriage. The series is based on the real story of Drescher and her ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson.
2011–2013	Happy Endings	ABC	Max Blum Derrick Jane Kerkovich-Williams Grant	Adam Pally Stephen Guarino Eliza Coupe James Wolk	Max, a bearish slacker who constantly schemes ridiculous ideas to take advantage of his tendency toward laziness, is one of the show's central characters. Derrick, a recurring character, is a friend of his from the gym. Jane can be classified as bisexual. In season 3, her husband found out that she was in love with several women during college. Grant is Max's ex-boyfriend.
2011–2017	Episodes	Showtime	Andy Button Helen Basch Carol Rance	Joseph May Andrea Savage Kathleen Rose Perkins
2011	Death Valley	MTV	Carla Rinaldi Julia	Tania Raymonde Stacey LaBerge	Officer Rinaldi is revealed as a lesbian at the end of episode "Zombie Fights", when she makes out with barmaid Julia.
2011	Sirens	Channel 4	Ashley Greenwick	Richard Madden	Ashley is a gay EMT.
2012–	Ima ve'abaz	HOT 3	Erez Sammy	Yehuda Levi Yiftach Klein	Erez and Sammy are an Israeli gay couple raising a child with their best friend Talia (Maya Dagan).
2012–2013	The Girl's Guide to Depravity	Cinemax	Tyler	Joe Komara	Tyler is the wise-cracking bartender at the club frequented by several of the other characters.
2012–	House Husbands	Nine Network	Kane Tom Alex Eve	Gyton Grantley Tim Campbell Darren McMullen Justine Clarke
2012–2014	Anger Management	FX	Patrick	Michael Arden
2012–2016	House of Lies	Showtime	Roscoe Kaan Principal Gita April	Donis Leonard, Jr. Mo Gaffney Megalyn Echikunwoke	Roscoe is the pre-teen son of lead character Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle). He exhibits gender-variant behaviour, including cross-dressing, and has expressed interest in both boys and girls. Principal Gita is the principal of Roscoe's school; she was formerly married to a man before finding her "life partner Deandra". April is a former stripper turned law student who has a self-described "weakness for pretty girls".
2012–2013	Malibu Country	ABC	Geoffrey	Jai Rodriguez
2012–2013	Go On	NBC	Anne	Julie White	Anne is a member of the show's central support group, a lesbian mother whose wife recently died.
2012–2013	The New Normal	NBC	David Sawyer Bryan Collins Gary Snyder Monte	Justin Bartha Andrew Rannells Michael Hitchcock Matt Bomer	David and Bryan are a gay couple who have hired a surrogate mother. Gary is a counselor at the surrogacy agency.
2012–2013	Whitney	NBC	Neal	Maulik Pancholy	Neal comes out as bisexual after his friends catch him on a date with a man.
2012	Partners	CBS	Louis Wyatt	Michael Urie Brandon Routh	Louis is an architect who is business partners with his heterosexual childhood friend Charlie. Wyatt is a nurse and Louis's boyfriend.
2013–2015	Getting On	HBO	Patsy De La Serta	Mel Rodriguez
2013–2016	Vicious	ITV	Freddie Thornhill Stuart Bixby	Ian McKellen Derek Jacobi
2013–	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox	Captain Ray Holt Kevin Cozner Rosa Diaz	Andre Braugher Marc Evan Jackson Stephanie Beatriz	Ray Holt is the openly gay captain of the 99th Police Precinct. Kevin Cozner is Holt's husband. Rosa Diaz is a detective and comes out as bisexual in episode "99" after a fellow detective overhears a woman calling her "babe" on the phone.
2013–	Please Like Me	ABC2	Josh Geoffrey Patrick Arnold Hannah	Josh Thomas Wade Briggs Charles Cottier Keegan Joyce Hannah Gadsby	The series begins with Josh realizing that he is gay after breaking up with Claire and getting hit on by Geoffrey.
2013–2014	Sean Saves the World	NBC	Sean	Sean Hayes	Sean is a divorced gay father with a successful, yet demanding, career.
2014	Marry Me	NBC	Kevin Kevin	Dan Bucatinsky Tim Meadows
2014	Babylon	Channel 4	Tony	Stuart Martin
2014–	Broad City	Comedy Central	Ilana Wexler Jaime Castro	Ilana Glazer Arturo Castro	Main character Ilana is bisexual. Her roommate, Jaime, is gay.
2014–2016	Faking It	MTV	Amy Raudenfeld Karma Ashcroft Shane Harvey Lauren Cooper Noah Brad Sabrina Pablo Reagan Duke Lewis Jr.	Rita Volk Katie Stevens Michael Willett Bailey De Young Elliot Fletcher Sidney Franklin Sophia Taylor Ali Anthony Palacios Yvette Monreal Skyler Maxon	Amy harbours secret feelings for her best friend Karma. Karma is a fake lesbian in the first season. In the second season, she kisses Amy passionately in a pool at a party (after showing hints that she might have feelings for her). Shane, the most popular boy in school, is openly gay. Lauren is intersex (the first intersex main character on a television show). Noah is transgender and gay. Brad is asexual. Sabrina is Karma and Amy's old friend who later confess her love for Amy.
2014	Mystery Girls	ABC Family	Nick Diaz	Miguel Pinzon
2014–2015	Sirens	USA Network	Hank St. Clare Valentina 'Voodoo' Dunacci Nick	Kevin Daniels Kelly O'Sullivan Jesse Luken	Based on the 2011 series of the same name. Hank is a gay, Voodoo is an asexual EMT. Nick is Hank's on-again, off-again boyfriend.
2014–2016	Undateable	NBC	Brett	David Fynn
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Netflix	Ben McKinley Dozen	Bradley Cooper Michael Ian Black
2014–2018	Young & Hungry	Freeform	Elliot Park Alan	Rex Lee Bryan Safi
2014–2015	The McCarthys	CBS	Ronny McCarthy	Tyler Ritter
2015	One Big Happy	NBC	Lizzy	Elisha Cuthbert
2015	Weird Loners	FOX	Zara Sandhu	Meera Rohit Kumbhani
2015–	Grace and Frankie	Netflix	Sol Bergstein Robert Hanson	Sam Waterston Martin Sheen
2015	Clipped	TBS	Buzzy	George Wendt
2015–	Another Period	Comedy Central	Victor Albert Dr. John Goldberg	Brian Huskey David Wain Moshe Kasher
2015–2016	Boy Meets Girl (2015)	BBC Two	Judy Charlie	Rebecca Root Tyler Luke Cunningham
2015–2016	Scream Queens	FOX	Sam Chanel #3	Jeanna Han Billie Lourd	Sam is a lesbian and Chanel #3 is attracted to Sam. After playing spin the bottle and kissing Sam, Chanel #3 thinks she might be into girls. They go on to admit their feelings for one another, but Chanel #3 tells Sam that they will only ever be friends. After Sam is killed, Chanel #3 tells a friend that she "is in love with love" (which suggests that she is or may be pansexual).
2015–2016	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	FX	Ava Davvy Gigi	Elaine Hendrix Rebecca Naomi Jones Elizabeth Gillies	Ava has had several lesbian encounters in her life. Davvy is a lesbian and singer.
2015–	Superstore	NBC	Mateo Jeff	Nico Santos Michael Bunin
2015	Grandfathered	FOX	Annelise	Kelly Jenrette
2015–	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Netflix	Titus Andromedon Brandon Mikey Politano	Tituss Burgess Brandon Jones Mike Carlsen	Titus is Kimmy's friend and roommate. Brandon is the gay husband of Kimmy's friend, Cyndee. Mikey is Titus's ex-boyfriend.
2015	Telenovela	NBC	Gael Garnica	Jose Moreno Brooks
2015–2017	Dr. Ken	ABC	Clark Leslie Beavers Connor	Jonathan Slavin Stephen Guarino
2015–	The Switch	OutTV	Sü	Nyla Rose	Trans woman played by trans actress.
2015–	Other Space	Yahoo! Screen	Stewart Lipinski Karen Lipinski Tina Shukshin	Karan Soni Bess Rous Milana Vayntrub	Karen and Tina are revealed to have had a one night stand in college. Stewart mentions having had a boyfriend.
2015–	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	The CW	White Josh Daryl Whitefeather	David Hull Pete Gardener
2015–	Schitt's Creek	CBC	David Rose Connor Jake Patrick Sebastian Caine	Dan Levy	It is said that David is pansexual and while discussing the matter of his sexuality with Stevie, comparing it with wine, he said that he likes the wine, not the label. Jake is bisexual. He was dating Stevie and David at the same time, and he wanted to be a "throuple". Patrick is David's business partner and the two shared a kiss in the third-season finale after coming back from Date on David's birthday. Sebastian is David's ex-boyfriend and a photographer.
2015–	Fresh Off The Boat	ABC	Nicole Ellis	Luna Blaise	Nicole comes out to Eddie by telling him she likes girls. In episode "A League Of Her Own" she comes out as a lesbian to her stepmother and father.
2016–	You Me Her	Audience Network	Isabelle "Izzy" Silva Emma Trakarsky	Priscilla Faia Rachel Blanchard	One of the first shows on TV about Polyamory, this hilariously, awkward dramedy details the ups and downs that can ensue from such an arrangement. In season 1, Emma and Jack are married and in an attempt to spice things up they decide to hire and escort (Izzy). Izzy is a Psychology Graduate student who is trying to make enough money to pay for school so she decides to take her friends advice and becomes an escort. The connection between all three of them is immediate, but the connection and chemistry between Izzy and Emma is intense. Though Izzy never actually states her sexual identity, it is assumed that she is likely Bisexual or Pansexual. Emma is Bisexual and admitted to having a few romantic and sexual relationships with women in the past.
2016–2017	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	BBC America	Panto Trost Silas Dengdamor Tina Tevetino	Christopher Russell Lee Majdoub Izzie Steele	Panto and Silas are lovers. Tina is bisexual.
2016–2017	The Real O'Neals	ABC	Kenny O'Neal Allison Adler-Wong Brett Young	Noah Galvin Ramona Young Sean Grandillo	Kenny is the middle child of a Catholic family living in Chicago.
2016	Zoe Ever After	BET	Valente	Tory Devon Smith
2016–	American Housewife	ABC	Angela	Carly Hughes	One of Katie’s best friends and fellow moms.
2016–2017	The Great Indoors	CBS	Mason	Shaun Brown	Mason is bisexual.
2017–	Loudermilk	Audience	Claire	Anja Savcic
2017–2018	Imposters	Bravo	Maddie Saffron Julia "Jules" Langmore Gina Michael	Inbar Lavi Marianne Rendón Chastity Dotson Sam Gilroy	Maddie is a bisexual con-artist who can seduce both men and women. She is Jule's ex-wife. Jules is a lesbian and was conned by Maddie.
2017–	Friends from College	Netflix	Max Adler Felix Forzenheim	Fred Savage Billy Eichner	Max is a literary argent and Felix is Max's domestic partner.
2017–	Trial & Error	NBC	Larry Henderson Summer Henderson	John Lithgow Krysta Rodriguez	Larry and Summer are bisexual.
2017–	One Day at a Time	Netflix	Elena Alvarez Syd	Isabella Gómez Sheridan Pierce	Elena comes out as a lesbian in the second half of the first season. Elena befriends, and eventually dates Syd, who identifies as non-binary.
2017–	GLOW	Netflix	Arthie Premkumar Yolanda Florian	Sunita Mani Shakira Barrera Alex Rich	Arthie may be lesbian or bisexual. Yolanda is a lesbian. Arthie and Yolanda are roommates that fall for each other. In season 2 it's revealed that Florian is gay and dies from an AIDS illness.
2018–	Grown-ish	Freeform	Nomi Segal Big Dave	Emily Arlook Barrett Carnahan	Nomi is bisexual, but not out to her family. Dave is bisexual.
2018–	Champions	NBC	Michael Patel Ruby	J. J. Totah Fortune Feimster	Michael is a 15-year-old gay teenager who lives with his father and uncle in Brooklyn. Ruby is a lesbian and trainer at the gym.
2018–	The Cool Kids	Fox	Sid	Leslie Jordan	Sid is an elderly gay man living in a retirement home. He claims to have come out to his wife just before Y2K.

See also

• List of animated works with LGBT characters
• List of comedy and variety television programs with LGBT cast members
• List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters
• List of LGBT characters in television and radio
• List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters
• List of news and information television programs featuring LGBT subjects
• List of reality television programs with LGBT cast members
• List of situation comedies without laugh tracks
• List of soap operas with LGBT characters
• Lists of television programs with LGBT characters

Further reading

• Becker, Ron (2006). Gay TV and Straight America. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-3689-8.
• Danuta Walters, Suzanna (2001), "All gay, all the time?", in Danuta Walters, Suzanna (ed.), All the rage: the story of gay visibility in America, Chicago: Chicago University Press, p. 100, ISBN 978-0-226-87232-2. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) Preview.
• Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. New York, Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8.