List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1960s–2000s

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This article is about live action drama television programs. Comedy-dramas (aka dramedy) are also included in List of comedy television series with LGBT characters. For animated series, see List of animated series with LGBTQ+ characters.

For live action characters listed by orientation, see List of lesbian characters in television, List of gay characters in television, List of bisexual characters in television, and List of transgender characters in television.

For the list of 2010s series, see [[:List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010s]]. For the list of 2020s series, see [[:List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2020s]].

This is a list of dramatic television series (including web television and miniseries) that premiered in the 1960s–2000s which feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender characters. Non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and graysexual characters are also included. The orientation can be portrayed on-screen, described in the dialogue or mentioned.

1960s

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	NBC	Nurse Betty Ames	T. C. Jones	Nurse Ames is a transvestite serial killer who preys specifically on nurses, in episode "An Unlocked Window". Broadcast in 1965.	1962–1965
The Asphalt Jungle	ABC	Miss Brant	Virginia Christine	Miss Brant is a repressed lesbian, and serial killer who kills girls who give themselves up to boys. Broadcast in 1961. The show was inspired by the 1950 film The Asphalt Jungle.	1961
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	NBC	Barry Goram	Morgan Sterne	Barry is gay, and worked for Gubernatorial candidate Stephen Patterson (Craig Stevens). When Stevens discovers that Barry is gay, he forces him to resign to avoid a scandal. Barry gets revenge by framing Patterson for murder.	1968–1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	NBC	Jack Melino	Robert Hogan	Fourteen year old Cory Melino (Ron Howard), discovers that his divorced father Jack is gay, when he makes a surprise visit to his house. Jane Wyman has a guest role as Dr. Amanda Fallon, who scolds the mother and grandfather (Jim Davis) for hiding this information from Cory, in episode "Discovery at Fourteen"	1969–1973
		Valerie DeMarco Eleanor	Donna Mills Hildy Brooks	Valerie and Eleanor are in a lesbian relationship. Valerie is a nurse, while Eleanor is earning her degree in clinical pyschology.
The Eleventh Hour	NBC	Hallie Lambert	Kathryn Hays	Dr. Starke (Ralph Bellamy) treats Hallie, a lesbian and an unstable actress, who has fallen in love with the female director of the play she is appearing in.	1962–1964
Medical Center	CBS	Dr. Annie Claymore	Lois Nettleton	Dr. Claymore is a lesbian and a psychiatrist called in to handle a heart patient, Tobi, who’s not taking her medicine. Tobi's boyfriend believes that Dr. Claymore is out to convert his girlfriend, in episode "Impasse". In his book Alternate Channels, author Steven Capsuto cites Annie Claymore as "American TV’s first productive, happy lesbian character."	1969–1976
		Dr. Ben Teverly	Paul Burke	A gay research scientist becomes the target of a smear campaign. Dr. Gannon (Chad Everett) defends Teverly against the smears, by reminding his colleagues that "it was a homosexual who painted the ceilings" of the Sistine Chapel.
N.Y.P.D.	ABC	Bert Gaffer	James Broderick	Bert is a closeted construction worker, who agrees to cooperate with the police to catch a gang of blackmailers who are robbing and targeting homosexuals, with threats to out them unless they pay money to them.	1967–1969
		Charles Spad	John Harkins	Charles is an openly gay businessman and activist, who also agrees to help the police with the gang of blackmailers. When he is initially asked to help, Spad makes it clear to them that "just because I'm a homosexual...doesn't mean I know every other one in the country".
The Wednesday Play	BBC One	Robin Fletcher	Nicol Williamson	A cosmopolitan London couple, Peter and Cathy Young (Alfred Lynch and Glenda Jackson), find their outwardly charmed lives upended by Robin, a troubled homosexual friend. Broadcast in 1965.	1964–1970

1970s

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Angels	BBC	Ken Hastings Paul	Michael Howarth Michael Troughton	Ken is gay and fighting to save the hospital from closing. Paul is his lover.	1975–1983
Baretta	ABC	Tommy Rankin	Barry Miller	Tommy is a 14 year old gay street hustler, who witnesses the murder of his friend. Baretta befriends him and investigates the murder.	1975–1978
The Baxters	Syndication	Gay teacher	actor unknown	Fred Baxter (Larry Keith). learns that one of Jonah's (Chris Petersen) teachers is gay. Homophobic neighbor Jerry Johnson (Chuck McCann) circulates a petition demanding that the teacher be fired.	1979–1981
Bronk	CBS	Sara Mitchell	Julie Sommars	Sara is the first female officer assigned to patrol duty in Bronk's (Jack Palance) department. Sara is accused of being a lesbian after an arrest of a female. The series was created by Carroll O'Connor, who was also the executive producer.	1975–1976
Executive Suite	CBS	Julie Solkin	Geraldine Brooks	Julie is in an abusive marriage with her husband, and comes out as lesbian to her best friend Leona (Patricia Smith). Leona responds to Julie that she likes her too, and then feeling upset about this, walks into traffic with Julie right behind her. Consequently, Julie is hit by a truck and dies.	1976–1977
Family	ABC	Flora Jessup	Blair Brown	Miss Jessup is a lesbian teacher who gets Buddy (Kristy McNichol) interested in reading. Stacey (Helen Hunt) bullies Buddy for being a teacher's pet. Stacey's mother (Joyce Van Patten) outs her at a school board meeting and tries to get her fired, but nobody cares because Miss Jessup is the best teacher anybody has ever had.	1976–1980
Lou Grant	CBS	Mike Tynan	Joe Penny	Mike is a gay detective that investigates a fire at a gay bar.	1977–1982
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	ABC	Meg Dayton	Kristina Holland	Meg writes for a lesbian newspaper, and is the ex-roommate of Ann Glover (Meredith Baxter), a collegiate diving superstar. When Ann is accused of trying to seduce a 15 year old student, Meg testifies on her behalf. It turns out that her accuser was in such a panic over her own feelings for Ann, she lied about Ann, in episode "Words of Summer". Meg was the first young adult character to state unequivocally that she was a lesbian on a TV drama. The character of Ann was inspired by Babe Didrikson Zaharias.	1971–1974
Play for Today	BBC One	Lewis Duncan Richie	Anton Rodgers Nigel Havers	Lewis is a gay writer of romantic novels, and Richie is his young on-off boyfriend. Lewis writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes", and the article is a great success. Several fans write letters in support and when he meets some of these fans, he is forced to come out. Broadcast in 1979.	1970–1984
		Kim Niki	Jane Lapotaire Lynne Frederick	Kim is a motorbike-riding artist, who seduces seventeen-year-old debutante Niki, into a brief lesbian relationship. Broadcast in 1976.
		Stephen Piper / Susan	Paul Henley	Stephen is a young, pre-transition bank clerk. She is bullied and belittled by her volatile mother (Sylvia Kay), a teenage girl-next-door, and a homophobic colleague. Susan is British TV drama's first transgender lead character. Broadcast in 1979.
Police Woman	NBC	Mame Janet Gladys	Fay Spain Lynn Loring Laraine Stephens	A trio of lesbians are stealing from and killing off residents in a nursing home. Pepper (Angie Dickinson) goes undercover as a nurse to expose the killing-and-stealing scheme, in episode "Flowers of Evil".	1974–1978
		Marlena	Patricia Crowley	Marlena is a lesbian and a successful business executive, she was Pepper's roommate in college. Marlena is called on to testify on Pepper's behalf when she is accused of sexually molesting a female suspect, in episode "Trial by Prejudice".
Prisoner	Network Ten	Franky Doyle	Carol Burns	Franky is a nicotine-stained lesbian biker who was imprisoned for armed robbery and murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.	1979–1986
		Sharon Gilmour	Margot Knight	Sharon is Judy's lover and a scheming, spoiled young woman who is imprisoned for drug dealing.
		Judy Bryant	Betty Bobbitt	Judy is an American ex-pat lesbian who deliberately committed a crime to join her lover Sharon in prison.
		Joan Ferguson	Maggie Kirkpatrick	Joan is a sinister and cold lesbian prison officer known to the prisoners as "the Freak".
		Terri Malone	Margot Knight	Terri is a bisexual young officer who temporarily became Joan Ferguson's live-in lover. The actor Margot Knight played two characters in this series, inmate Sharon Gilmour in 1980 and prison officer Terri Malone in 1985.
Second City Firsts	BBC Two	Jackie Chrissie	Alison Steadman Myra Frances	Jackie and Chrissie, two officers in the Women's Royal Army Corps, are in a lesbian relationship. The 1974 episode "Girl", featured the first lesbian kiss on British television.	1973–1978
The Streets of San Francisco	ABC	Jackie Collins Tina Harrington	Devon Ericson Joanne Nail	Jackie and Tina are a lesbian couple. Jackie murders Tina’s best friend out of jealousy. Jackie explains to Tina that the knife just slipped.	1972–1977
Tatort	ARD	Robert Karow Liz Ritschard Julia Grosz	Mark Waschke Delia Mayer Franziska Weisz	Robert is the first openly bisexual detective. Liz is lesbian. Julia is either lesbian or bisexual.	1971–

1980s

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Bare Essence	NBC	Robert Spencer Larry DeVito	Ted LePlat Morgan Stevens	Robert is gay, and Larry, a professional football player was his lover.	1982–1983
CBS Schoolbreak Special	CBS	Todd Bowers	Richard Joseph Paul	In the episode "What If I'm Gay?", Todd comes out after his friends find a gay magazine in his desk. Todd confronts his friend Kirk (Manfred Melcher) about his homophobia, which may be rooted in his own anxiety about his sexual orientation, because of the sexual experimentation he and Todd engaged in when younger.	1984–1996
Dress Gray	NBC	David Hand	Patrick Cassidy	David Hand is a gay cadet at the fictional Ulysses S. Grant Military Academy. David is raped and murdered and the prime suspect is Ry Slaight (Alec Baldwin). To clear his name, Ry initiates his own investigation and discovers that Cadet Winant (Joseph Kell), is the actual murderer.	1986
Dynasty	ABC	Steven Carrington	Al Corley (left after season 2)	Self-identifies as homosexual. He is among the earliest gay main characters included in an American television series. When Coleman took over the role, his change in appearance was explained by plastic surgery due to an oil rig explosion.	1981–1989
			Jack Coleman (started in season 3)
		Ted Dinard	Mark Withers	Steven Carrington's former boyfriend from New York City.
		Luke Fuller	Billy Campbell	Has a relationship with Steven Carrington. Luke was killed in the "Moldavian Massacre".
		Chris Deegan	Grant Goodeve	Chris is Steven's gay lawyer, and lived with him platonically for a few episodes.
		Bart Falmont	Kevin Conroy	Bart was a closeted gay, until he was outed by Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson). In the 1991 reunion show, Steven had followed Bart (then played by Cameron Watson) to Washington D.C. and become his lover.
HeartBeat	ABC	Marilyn McGrath Patty	Gail Strickland Gina Hecht	Marilyn and Patty are a lesbian couple. Marilyn is a nurse practitioner and co-founder of a women's clinic, and Patty is a chef. HeartBeat is the first prime time series in the U.S. to include a lesbian (Marilyn McGrath) as a main character.	1988–1989
Hill Street Blues	NBC	Eddie Gregg	Charles Levin	Belker (Bruce Weitz) befriends a gay prostitute named Eddie Gregg, in episode "Trial By Fury". And in episode "Phantom Of The Hill", Eddie's lover is involved in a drug-related murder. Eddie dies of AIDS in episode "Slum Enchanted Evening".	1981–1987
		Officer Kate McBride	Lindsay Crouse	Officer McBride comes out after being falsely accused of sexually harassing a female suspect, in episode "Look Homeward, Ninja".
		Detective Art Bradley	Lawrence Pressman	Detective Bradley, who is off-duty, is the only witness at a deadly shooting at a gay bar. He is reluctant to come forward for fear that he'll be outed, in episode "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance".
		Coach Beasley	James Tolkan	Officer Coffey (Ed Marinaro) is propositioned by Coach Beasley, his former high school football coach, during a prostitution sting, in episode "Queen for a Day".
Hollywood Beat	NBC	George Grinsky	John Matuszak	George was a gay informant whose business was used by undercover cops working in Hollywood. Actor John Matuszak was best known for his role as Sloth in the 1985 movie The Goonies.	1985
L.A. Law	NBC	Norman Chaney	Loren Janes	The firm discovers that their late senior partner Norman was gay.	1986–1994
		Christopher Appleton Mark Gilliam	Peter Frechette Stanley Kamel	Christopher is gay and has AIDS. Christopher is prosecuted by Grace Van Owen (Susan Dey) for the mercy-killing of his lover, who also had the disease. Mark is Christopher's gay attorney.
		Judge Lawrence O'Neil Matt Leonard	Donald Moffat Brian McNamara	Kuzack (Harry Hamlin) chooses retired Judge O'Neil, whom he knows is secretly gay to hear the case of Matt, an Olympic athlete, who loses an endorsement deal after coming out.
		Stan Vlasic	Michael Medeiros	Stan is gay, and a former policeman who sues a journalist who outed him without permission, in episode "Outward Bound".
		James Campbell	Kevin Kilner	James is gay and sues the parents of his lover, who is dying of ALS, when they refuse visitation rights to James, in episode "Smoke Gets in Your Thighs".
		CJ Lamb Abby Perkins	Amanda Donohoe Michele Greene	CJ is a lesbian, and after a celebratory dinner, her and Abby share an intimate kiss, in episode "He's a Crowd". According to Out Magazine, it was the first same-sex kiss on American television.
		Susan Convers	Claudia Christian	Susan is a transgender model who sues the cosmetics company where she worked, when her status is discovered, in episode "Speak, Lawyers, For Me".
One Summer	Channel 4	Kidder	James Hazeldine	Kidder is a reclusive gay painter in this five-part drama series about two teenage boys from Liverpool who run away to Wales, and briefly stay with Kidder.	1983
Scene	BBC	Matthew Phil	Jason Rush Lee Whitlock	Matthew is gay and has a brief sexual relationship with Phil. In the hostile atmosphere of Section 28, a nervous BBC first avoids showing Two of Us (part of BBC Schools TV series) at all, then does, but only at 23.30.	1988
thirtysomething	ABC	Russell Weller Peter Montefiore	David Marshall Grant Peter Frechette	Peter has a one night stand with Russell, in episode "Strangers" The actors were not allowed to touch during the scene and the episode generated controversy and alienated advertisers.	1987–1991
Valley of the Dolls	CBS	Vivienne Moray	Camilla Sparv	Vivienne is a Parisian lesbian artist.	1981
The Women of Brewster Place	ABC	Lorraine Theresa "Tee"	Lonette McKee Paula Kelly	Lorraine and Theresa are a lesbian couple that move into Brewster Place, where they become the subject of malicious gossip. They are the first black lesbian couple portrayed on American television.	1989

1990s

1990

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
21 Jump Street	FOX Off-network syndication (S5)	Evelyn Marks	Olivia Negron	Evelyn is a lesbian history professor and an environmentalist, who is murdered. The team goes undercover at the school to investigate, in episode "A Change of Heart".	1990–1991
Beverly Hills, 90210	FOX	Ben Wester	Esteban Powell	Ben is a gay teenager, thrown out of the house, living in the car wash garage, where he is befriended by David Silver.	1990–2000
		Mike Ryan	Jack Armstrong	Mike is gay and the president of his fraternity. At a wardrobe fitting for a charity event, a fraternity brother gay-baits Steve (Ian Ziering), who in response outs Mike, in episode "Blind Spot".
		Samantha Sanders Karen Lewis	Christine Belford Lisa Thornhill	Samantha and Karen are a lesbian couple. Samantha is Steve's adoptive mother
		Elle	Monika Schnarre	Elle is transgender, and briefly dates Steve.
		Alison Lash Dana	Sara Melson Kristine Mejia	Alison is a lesbian, who had a crush on Kelly. Dana is Alison's girlfriend, and not happy about Kelly.
Law & Order	NBC	Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	After being fired, Southerlyn came out as a lesbian in her final appearance in the series, in episode "Ain't No Love".	1990–2010
Northern Exposure	CBS	Ron Bantz Erick Hillman	Doug Ballard Don McManus	Ron and Erick are a gay couple who buy a house from Maurice (Barry Corbin) in order to open an upscale bed and breakfast called the Sourdough Inn. They get married in the fifth season of the series.	1990-1995
		Cicely Rosyln	Yvonne Suhor Jo Anderson	The fictitious town of Cicely Alaska, where the show takes place, was founded by lesbian partners Cicely and Rosyln in 1908 when their car broke down in the Alaskan wilderness. Their story was told in the final episode of 1992.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	BBC	Jess	Charlotte Coleman	Jess is a lesbian schoolgirl who grows up in a repressive Lancashire industrial district and finds love.	1990

1991

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Silk Stalkings	CBS USA	Rita Lee Lance	Mitzi Kapture	Rita is accused of being a lesbian when an old female friend is found murdered, and she was the last to see her alive.	1991–1999
		Roxy	Kimberly Patton	Roxy is bisexual, and the owner of a health club found murdered after having sex.
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).	1991–1996
Street Justice	Syndication	Danny Malloy	Sean O'Byrne	Malloy's gay brother Danny comes to visit looking forward to a birthday celebration, but is beaten to death by a group of young thugs just because he is gay.

1992

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Melrose Place	FOX	Matt Fielding	Doug Savant	After coming out, Matt is physically assaulted and fired from work because of his sexual orientation. Fox pulled a scene where Matt kissed another man after their first date. The scene included a kiss when it was filmed, but when the show aired, viewers only saw the two men shake hands and share a meaningful look.	1992–1999
		Jeffrey Lindley	Jason Beghe	Jeff was a closeted Navy officer, and after being outed was quickly transferred to the East Coast. He was a brief love interest of Matt.
		Dr. Paul Graham	David Beecroft	Paul was a doctor at fictional Wilshire Memorial Hospital, and had a brief sexual encounter with Matt.
		Alan Ross	Lonnie Schuyler	Alan was a closeted film actor who had a brief sexual encounter with Matt.
		Dave Erickson	Rob Youngblood	Dave was a gay friend of Matt's, and took an interest in Matt, though the sentiment was not returned.
Picket Fences	CBS	Lydia	Cristina Rose	Lydia has a lesbian affair while in college.	1992–1996
		Louise Talbot	Natalija Nogulich	Louise is a transgender teacher, revealed in episode "Pageantry".
		Gerald 'Gerry' Bey Gordy Hartman	Lenny von Dohlen Bill Brochtrup	Gerry and Gordy are a gay couple raising a baby, given up by Gerry's sister, in episode ""Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey".

1993

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Babylon 5	PTEN TNT (S5)	Susan Ivanova Talia Winters	Claudia Christian Andrea Thompson	Susan's relationship with Talia was never explicitly shown on screen, but only implied. Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and actors Claudia Christian and Andrea Thompson made it clear that there was always intended to be a romantic relationship between the two characters.	1993–1997
		Marcus Cole Stephen Franklin	Jason Carter Richard Biggs	Marcus and Stephen travel undercover as a gay couple on their honeymoon, they find out nobody on Mars knows about the shadow war.
CBS Schoolbreak Special	CBS	Linda Jurgenson Paula Hensen	Joanna Cassidy Meredith Baxter	Linda and Paula are a lesbian couple raising a teenage son, Will (Justin Whalin), who is confronted with the conservative views of his new school. Stephen Tropiano writes in his book, The Prime Time Closet, "the hour drama does an excellent job at introducing the subject of gay parenting to young viewers by exposing how prejudice is rooted in fear and ignorance".	1993
Homicide: Life on the Street	NBC	Tim Bayliss	Kyle Secor	Tim, a main character, came out as bisexual in season 6.	1993–1999
NYPD Blue	ABC	John Irvin	Bill Brochtrup	John Irvin was a recurring character introduced in season 2 as the openly gay 15th precinct's administrative aide.	1993–2005
		Officer Abby Sullivan	Paige Turco	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).
Tales of the City	Channel 4	Anna Madrigal	Olympia Dukakis	Anna Madrigal is a trans woman. The miniseries is adapted from the novel of the same name by Armistead Maupin.	1993
		Michael Tolliver	Marcus D'Amico	Michael Tolliver is an openly gay resident of Anna Madrigal's boarding house.
		Jon Fielding	Billy Campbell	John Fielding is a closeted doctor who casually dates Michael.
		Dorothy Wilson	Cynda Williams	Dorothy is a closeted lesbian model who has a romantic history with Mona Ramsey (Chloe Webb).
		Beauchamp Day	Thomas Gibson	Beauchamp is bisexual, having an affair with Mary Ann Singleton and later Jon Fielding.

1994

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
ER	NBC	Kerry Weaver Sandy Lopez	Laura Innes Lisa Vidal	Dr. Weaver and firefighter Sandy Lope, are a lesbian couple.	1994–2009
		Yosh Takata	Gedde Watanabe	Yosh is an openly gay nurse.
		Maggie Doyle	Jorja Fox	Maggie is a lesbian, she was the show's first major gay character.
		Kim Legaspi	Elizabeth Mitchell	Legaspi is openly lesbian.
		Courtney Brown	Michelle Hurd	Courtney is a lesbian and was a TV producer interested in doing segments about the doctors at the hospital.
		Charles "Chaz" Pratt Jr.	Sam Jones III	Chaz is a gay resident and Dr. Pratt's half-brother.
My So-Called Life	ABC	Enrique 'Rickie' Vasquez Mr. Katimski	Wilson Cruz Jeff Perry	Rickie is an openly gay teenager who lived with an abusive uncle who threw him out, and then moved away without telling him. Homeless and nowhere to go, he asks his gay teacher Mr. Katimske for help, who takes him in. In an interview for The Advocate, Wilson Cruz, who is openly gay, said he identified with his character as his dad also threw him out when he came out.	1994–1995
Party of Five	Fox	Ross Werkman	Mitchell Anderson	Ross is openly gay and a violin teacher.	1994–2000
		Perry Marks	Olivia d'Abo	Perry is lesbian and a university professor.
		Victor	Wilson Cruz	Victor is openly gay and the nanny of Owen Salinger.
Touched by an Angel	CBS	Tony Du Bois	Lawrence Monoson	Danny is gay, and has come home to die due to AIDS.	1994-2003

1995

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Courthouse	CBS	Judge Rosetta Reide	Jennifer Lewis	Reide is a single mother involved in a lesbian relationship with her housekeeper.	1995
Live Shot	UPN	Lou Waller	Tom Byrd	Waller is the sports anchor at television station KXZX. He comes out as gay in the final episode of the series, "Decisions, Decisions".	1995–1996
Murder One	ABC	Louis Hines	John Fleck	Louis is gay and the personal assistant to lead attorney Ted Hoffman (Daniel Benzali).	1995–1997

1996

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Matt Waters	CBS	Russ Achoa	Felix A. Pire	Russ is a gay high school student.	1996
Profiler	NBC	George Fraley	Peter Frechette	While he was a main character, his being gay was only referenced a couple of times.	1996–2000
Relativity	ABC	Rhonda Roth	Lisa Edelstein	Rhonda is the lesbian sister of lead character Leo.	1996–1997
This Life	BBC	Warren Jones Ferdinand "Ferdy" Garcia Lenny Sarah Newly	Jason Hughes Ramon Tikaram Tony Curran Clare Clifford	Warren is gay and one of the lead characters from season one. Ferdy is bisexual and Warren's on-off love interest (season 1). He begins coming to terms with his sexuality when he develops a relationship with Lenny (season 2). Lenny is gay. Sarah Newly is lesbian. She is attracted to Anna Forbes and tries to seduce her.	1996–1997

1997

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
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	Willow is lesbian. Even though she has been in a relationship with Daniel “Oz” Osbourne in seasons three to four, she later identifies as lesbian when she and Tara enter into a relationship in season 4. Tara is lesbian. Kennedy is lesbian. Introduced in season 7, she becomes involved with Willow. Andrew was confirmed to be gay by series creator Joss Whedon although it was never directly stated on-screen. Larry, Xander's bully from season one, tells Xander he's gay in season two. Scott, a character in season three, is revealed to be gay in season seven.	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.	1997–2003

1998

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
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.	1998–2009
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.	1998–2003
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 as gay in the episode "Love and Marriage."	1998–2002
More 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	(Sequel to Tales of the City.)	1998
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
Stingers	Nine Network	Christina Dichiera	Jacinta Stapleton	Christina is lesbian (Seasons 6–8). She is a young constable recruited into a deep cover unit of the Victorian Police and had a brief affair with the daughter of her unit's commander.	1998–2004

1999

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Bad Girls	ITV	Helen Stewart Nikki Wade Denny Blood Shaz Wiley Shell Dockley "Mad" Tessa Spall Pat Kerrigan Sheena Williams Lorna Rose Al McKenzie Cassie Tyler Roisin Connor Kris Yates Selena Geeson Arun Parmar Mandy Goodhue Trisha Neil Grayling	Simone Lahbib Mandana Jones Alicya Eyo Lindsey Fawcett Debra Stephenson Helen Schlesinger Liz May Brice Laura Rogers Luisa Bradshaw-White Pauline Campbell Kellie Bright Siobhan McCarthy Jennifer Ness Charlotte Lucas Rebecca Hazlewood Angela Bruce Victoria Pritchard James Gaddas	Helen falls in love with Nikki, although in the first two seasons she is hesitant about her sexual orientation. She breaks up with Nikki, then dates a man, but helps Nikki in the appeal of her sentence. She comes out as lesbian at the end of season 3 when, after Nikki won her appeal and she goes to her victory party, Helen tells Nikki that she had been an idiot and admits "I want a woman". Helen and Nikki are reconciled. Nikki is a lesbian inmate sent to prison after killing a police officer she caught raping her girlfriend, Trisha. She falls in love with Helen, the governor of the prison wing. In season 2 they kiss and have sex for the first time. Denny is a lesbian prisoner convicted of arson. Her girlfriend is Shaz and is sometimes involved with Shell. Shaz is a lesbian prisoner convicted of manslaughter and the girlfriend of Denny. Shell is a bisexual inmate involved with Denny and Jim Fenner. Tessa is an aggressive lesbian prisoner that bullies Nikki, resulting in a fight between them. Pat is a lesbian prisoner. Sheena is a lesbian prisoner. She hooks up with Pat. Lorna is lesbian and a prison officer. Trisha is lesbian and Nikki's partner. She breaks up with Nikki. Neil is gay and closeted for the most part.	1999–2006
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–
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.	1999–2002
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.	1999–2000
The Sopranos	HBO	Vito Spatafore	Joseph R. Gannascoli	Vito was murdered in season 6 for being gay.	1999–2007
Wasteland	ABC	Russell Baskind	Dan Montgomery, Jr.	Russell is a closeted soap opera star.	1999

2000s

2000

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Dark Angel	Fox	Cynthia 'Original Cindy' McEachin	Valarie Rae Miller	Cynthia is a lesbian. She has a short reunion with her ex-lover Diamond (Tangelia Rouse) in episode #1.15, "Shorties in Love".	2000–2002
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.	2000
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.	2000–2012
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.	2000–2005

2001

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
24	Fox	Mandy	Mia Kirshner	Mandy is an occasional character seen in Seasons 1, 2 and 4 who is a mercenary/assassin; she is bisexual.	2001–2005
100 Centre Street	A&E	Attallah "Queenie" Sims	LaTanya Richardson	Attallah is ____.	2001–2002
Degrassi: The Next Generation	CTV Much MTV	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 trans man. 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, eventually coming out as bisexual. Zoe struggles with her sexuality until admitting to herself she is lesbian.	2001–2015
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
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
Further Tales of the City	Showtime	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson DeDe Halcyon Day	Olympia Dukakis Paul Hopkins Billy Campbell Françoise Robertson Barbara Garrick	DeDe is a lesbian. She came out at the end of More Tales of the City, and was romantically involved with D'orothea for a time before being separated. They are both reunited at the end and resume their romance. (Sequel to Tales of the City and More Tales of the City.)	2001
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
Metrosexuality	Channel 4	Max Jordan Dean Bambi Cindy	Rikki Beadle-Blair Karl Collins Paul Keating Davey Fairbanks Carleen Beadle		2001
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
Six Feet Under	HBO	David Fisher Keith Charles	Michael C. Hall Mathew St. Patrick	Gay relationship among lead characters.	2001–2005

2002

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
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.	2002–2006
Firefly	Fox	Inara Serra Councilor	Morena Baccarin Katherine Kendall	Inara is bisexual. She is a Companion, a woman who hires herself out as a courtesan to upper-class clients and dignitaries, male or female, that seek sexual pleasure and accompaniment at social functions. In episode 1x10, "War Stories", her client is a female Councilor. The Councilor is lesbian or bisexual (personal information about her was not provided in the episode).	2002–2003
The Shield	FX	Julien Lowe	Michael Jace	Lowe was a police officer who struggled with his homosexuality due to his devout Christian beliefs.	2002–2008
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. Nan eventually settles down with Florence.	2002
The Wire	HBO	Kima Greggs Omar Little Felicia "Snoop" Pearson William Rawls Cheryl Brandon Wright 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.	2002–2008

2003

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Angels in America	HBO	Prior Walter Louis Ironson Joe Pitt Roy Cohn Belize	Justin Kirk Ben Shenkman Patrick Wilson Al Pacino Jeffrey Wright		2003
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.	2003–2005
Crystal Boys	PTS	A-Qing Zhao Ying	Fan Chi-wei Yang Youning		2003
NCIS	CBS	Ned Dorneget	Matt L. Jones	Ned was a Cyber operations Special agent who identified as gay.	2003–
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 is transgender and 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 transgender and plays a significant role in Season 3. Julia was married to Dr. Sean McNamara but following their divorce, fell in love and had a romance with Olivia in Season 4.	2003–2010
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 in Season 2. Luke's father Carson is gay.	2003–2007
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.	2003–2011

2004

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
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, Felix is shown to be in a romantic relationship with Lieutenant Louis Hoshi. D'Anna, Gaius and six were shown to be in a relationship together.	2004–2009
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.	2004–2006
Desperate Housewives	ABC	Andrew Van de Kamp Justin Alex Cominis Peter McMillan Bob Hunter Lee McDermott Katherine Mayfair Robin Gallagher	Shawn Pyfrom Ryan Carnes Todd Grinnell Lee Tergesen Tuc Watkins Kevin Rahm Dana Delany Julie Benz	Manipulative Andrew claims to be gay but confesses to be bisexual. Justin is gay and Andrew's boyfriend. Alex is Andrew's ex-husband. Peter is the bisexual boyfriend of Andrew's mother. Bob and Lee, a gay couple, move into Wisteria Lane in Season 4. Katherine realizes she is bisexual. Robin is lesbian and an ex-stripper. She dates Katherine (season 6).	2004–2012
Entourage	HBO	Lloyd	Rex Lee	Assistant to super-agent Ari Gold.	2004–2011
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
House	Fox	"Thirteen" (Dr. Remy Hadley)	Olivia Wilde	"Thirteen" is bisexual and has been shown in relationships with both men and women.	2004–2012
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.	2004
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 Sweeney (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 are a lesbian couple who were in a relationship for seven years prior to the show's 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 has a relationship in Seasons 4 and 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 in Season 1. Shane sleeps with many characters throughout the show and briefly considers marrying Carmen despite her ongoing affair with Cherie. Shane has a brief relationship with Paige in Season 4, and a short tryst 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 Sweeney (formerly Moira Sweeney) is a transgender man. He's in a relationship with Jenny who helps him during his transition.	2004–2009
Lost	ABC	Tom Friendly Arturo	M. C. Gainey Francesco Simone	Tom is openly gay and one of the so-called 'Others' who reside on the island. He is later shown with a lover, Arturo. Arturo is gay.	2004–2010
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.	2004–2005
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
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		2004–2013
Veronica Mars	UPN (S1, 2) The CW (S3) Hulu (S4)	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	Seth is ____. Ryan is ____. Marcos is ____. Kelly is ____. Kylie is ____. Marlena is ____. Peter is ____. There are a number of positively portrayed characters, although for most their sexual orientation is incidental.	2004–2007 / 2019
Wonderfalls	Fox	Sharon Tyler Beth	Katie Finneran Kari Matchett	Sharon inadvertently came out in the first episode. Beth is bisexual and dated Sharon throughout the series.	2004

2005

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Beating Heart	MBC	Kim Hae-jung	Harisu	Hae-jung is trans woman and sibling of lead character Kim Chang-wan.	2005
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.	2005–2017
The Book of Daniel	NBC	Peter Webster	Christian Campbell	Peter is Daniel's 23-year-old gay Republican son.	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
Doctor Who	BBC	Captain Jack Harkness River Song Madame Vastra Jenny Flint Clara Oswald Bill Potts	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). 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 Doctor.	2005–
Eyes	ABC	Chris Didion	Rick Worthy		2005
Fingersmith	BBC	Sue Trinder Maud Lilly	Sally Hawkins Elaine Cassidy		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 Levi Schmitt Nico Kim Amelia Shepherd Teddy Altman Taryn Helm	Sara Ramirez Brooke Smith Jessica Capshaw Hilarie Burton Tessa Ferrer Steven W. Bailey Jack Yang Marika Dominczyk Samantha Sloyan Stefania Spampinato Alex Blue Davis Jake Borelli Alex Landi Caterina Scorsone Kim Raver Jaicy Elliot	Callie is bisexual. She 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. Erica is lesbian. Arizona is lesbian. Lauren is ____. She had an affair with Arizona in Season 9. Leah is _____. She had an affair with Arizona in Season 10. Joe is gay. He's the bartender and owner of the bar that the doctors frequent. Walter is gay and Joe's off-again on-again boyfriend. They end up adopting twins together (season 3). Eliza is lesbian. She's introduced as a love interest for Arizona in Season 13. Penelope (Penny) is lesbian. She was introduced as a love interest for Callie in Season 12. Carina is bisexual. She's an OB/GYN attending introduced in season 14. She has relationships with Arizona and Owen. Casey is a transgender man and war veteran who is introduced as a first-year surgical intern in Season 14. Levi is gay and came out after Nico kissed him in the elevator. He had always felt an attraction to men but hadn't understood it. Nico is the first openly gay surgeon in the series. He is in a relationship with Levi. Amelia is bicurious. She is mostly attracted to men, but she mentions she had a crush on Carina and tried to ask her to have a threesome (season 16). Teddy is bisexual. She has been in a relationship with Owen, and was in a love triangle with Allison and Claire (Allison's girlfriend) in the past. She named her daughter after Allison and reveals that she loved Allison more than she ever loved Owen (ep. 16x19, "Love of My Life"). Taryn is _____. She is introduced as a surgical intern in season 14 and has a crush on Meredith Grey.	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
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.	2005–2006
Outrageous Fortune	TV3	Bilkey van der Heever Angel	Jon Brazier Hori Ahipene	Bilkey is gay. Angel is a trans woman.	2005–2010
Sleeper Cell	Showtime	Salim Jason	Omid Abtahi Michael Rady	Salim is a gay member of an Islamic terrorist cell. Jason is the man Salim begins developing a relationship with. The characters appeared in season 2, Sleeper Cell: American Terror.	2005–2006
South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer Carlin Ashley Davies	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave	Spencer moves to Los Angeles from Ohio and befriends Ashley, both of whom are lesbians. Their relationship builds and Spencer's coming out to her parents is triggered by her mother walking in on the young couple. At the end of the series in the third season, they move in together.	2005–2008
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 neighbors who are raising their son Tom together.	2005–2006
Supernatural	The CW	Charlie Bradbury Chuck Shurley/God Crowley Jesse Cuevas Cesar Cuevas Barnes Demian Lily Baker Claire Novak Castiel	Felicia Day Rob Benedict Mark Sheppard Lee Rumohr Hugo Ateo Ernie Grunwald Devin Ratray Jessica Harmon Kathryn Newton Misha Collins	Charlie Bradbury is an openly lesbian computer hacker and IT employee who assisted Sam and Dean Winchester in several cases in seasons 7, 8, 9, and 10. Chuck, also known as God, mentions having had girlfriends and boyfriends in the past (which suggests he's bisexual). Crowley describes his sexuality as 'complicated' as he made deals with both men and women (he's most likely bisexual or pansexual). Jesse is gay. Cesar is gay. Jesse and Cesar are each other's spouses. Barnes is _____. Demian is gay. Lily is _____. Claire is _____. Her attraction to Kaia Nieves was confirmed in season 14, episode 3 when Jody Mills refers to Kaia as Claire's first love. Castiel's sexual orientation is undertermined; however, he confesses his love for Dean Winchester in season 15/episode 18 before being taken by the empty, and had previously shown a genuine interest in women.	2005–2020
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.	2005–2012

2006

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
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.	2006–2011
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
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.	2006–2013
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.	2006–2012
Friday Night Lights	NBC	Lucy Rodell Barbara Gentry Devin Boland	Libby Villari Eleese Lester Stephanie Hunt	Lucy is lesbian and the Mayor of Dillon. Barbara is the lesbian partner of Mayor Rodell. Devin is lesbian.	2006–2011
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.	2006–2010
Hotel Babylon	BBC One	Ben Trueman	Michael Obiora	Ben is the flamboyant, openly gay front desk receptionist at the hotel.	2006–2009
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.	2006
Torchwood	BBC Three (series 1) BBC Two (series 2) BBC One (series 3) Starz (series 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	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. Captain John Hart, Jack's ex-partner, appears in the second series premiere and the second series finale. In episode nine of series four, recurring character Charlotte Willis comes out as a lesbian. The series' creator, Russell T Davies, has described Torchwood as "a very bisexual series".	2006–2011
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.	2006–2010
Waterloo Road	BBC1 (UK)	Jo Lipsett Ros McCain Matt Wilding Josh Stevenson Nate Gurney Nikki Boston Lorraine Donnegan 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.	2006–2015

2007

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
Army Wives	Lifetime	Nicole Galassini Charlotte "Charlie" Mayfield	Kellie Martin Ryan Michelle Bathe	Nicole is lesbian and an Army intelligence captain. At first reluctant to be out about her relationship with Charlie because of the government's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy, Nicole eventually proposes to her. (Season 6) Charlie is lesbian and the civilian partner of Nicole.	2007–2013
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.	2007–2009
Damages	FX (seasons 1–3) Audience Network (season 4–5)	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.	2007–2012
Dirt	FX	Leo Spiller Jack Dawson Garbo Julia Mallory	Will McCormack Grant Show Carly Pope Laura Allen	Leo is bisexual and the brother of lead character Lucy Spiller. Jack is a closeted movie star who has a short tryst with Leo. Garbo is lesbian and a drug dealer. Julia is bisexual. She has sex with Garbo.	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 a trans woman named Carmelita, the latest of several such affairs.	2007–2008
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 gay younger brother who is outed by Georgina in Season 1. Harold is Blair Waldorf's divorced father, and Roman is his boyfriend. Asher and Jonathan are Eric's ex-boyfriends. Freddy is Roman's ex-lover. Julian is the school play's director. Josh is a gay man who Chuck kisses in order to ensure that he gives Blair the honor of making NYU's freshman speech in Season 3.	2007–2012
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.	2007–2011
Jekyll	BBC One	Miranda Calendar Min	Meera Syal Fenella Woolgar	Miranda is a lesbian private investigator. Min is Miranda's partner and is having their baby.	2007
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=
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.	2007–2015
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–
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
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 fluid. 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 Russia (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 fluid (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).	2007–2013
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. George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's brother is portrayed as gay. There is no historical evidence for these orientations.	2007–2010

2008

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
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 is gay. He dated several female characters until he realized that he was gay in Season 3 after having a tryst with Shane. Adrianna is bisexual. She mostly has relationships with men, but had a short romance with Gia in Season 2.	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 Brazil.	2008–2013
Cashmere Mafia	ABC	Caitlin Dowd Alicia Lawson	Bonnie Somerville Lourdes Benedicto	Caitlin is bisexual or bi-curious. She met and dated Alicia, a lesbian, for a number of episodes.	2008
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. 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. Alma has been in sexual relationships with both boys and girls, though she never confirmed her bisexuality. Borja is Fer's new boyfriend and fianceé (Season 6).	2008–2011
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
In Treatment	HBO	Jesse	Dane DeHaan	Jesse, one of Dr. Paul Weston's patients, is an adopted teenager searching for his real parents.	2008–2010
Legend of the Seeker	Syndicated	Cara Mason	Tabrett Bethell	In the television series, Cara is portrayed as bisexual.	2008–2010
Murdoch Mysteries	CBC	Dr. Emily Grace Lillian Moss Detective Llewelyn Watts James Gillies Chief Constable Percival Giles	Georgina Reilly Sarah Mitich Daniel Maslany Michael Seater Nigel Bennett	Emily 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 is 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 and they subsequently enter into a romantic relationship. Llewelyn is revealed to have a male love interest in season 13. James is _____. Percival is ____. The series has included episodes where homosexuality was an aspect of the story ("Till Death Do Us Part" (1x05) is about the murder of a secretly gay man, shows the underground gay community, and sodomy laws are referred; "Victor, Victorian" (3x03) is about cross-dressing women in a private club; in "Murdochophobia" (7x06) a woman in a group commits suicide after her relationship with another woman in it is exposed; "What Lies Buried" (8x07) reveals a constable that used to extort young male prostitutes).	2008–
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	HBO	BK	Desmond Dube		2008–2009
Raising the Bar	TNT	Charlie Sagansky	Jonathan Scarfe		2008–2009
Raw	RTÉ Two (Season 1) RTÉ One (Season 2–5)	Geoff Mitchell Pavel Rebien	Damon Gameau Kryštof Hádek		2008–2013
The Secret Life of the American Teenager	ABC Family	Griffin Peter Anne Juergens Nora	Brando Eaton Kristopher Higgins		2008–2013
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 June's 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 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 a pansexual vampire and the sheriff of the vampires in his town. He has multiple relations with males. 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 4, 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 (male 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 sex client of Lafayette's in Season 1.	2008–2014

2009

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes	Year
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 _____ and a therapist. Cassidy is lesbian and had a brief relationship with Erica in season one.	2009–2011
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 Sam's husband.	2009–2010
FlashForward	ABC	Janis Hawk Maya	Christine Woods Navi Rawat	Janis is an FBI agent and a closeted lesbian. However, her sexual orientation is known to some of her colleagues. Maya is an artist who has a romantic tryst with Janis in episode #1.5, "Gimme Some Truth".	2009–2010
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 is gay. 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 grandmother 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 realized 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 spread the gossip, 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.	2009–2015
The Good Wife	CBS	Kalinda Sharma Lana Delany Sophia Russo Owen Cavanaugh	Archie Panjabi Jill Flint Kelli Giddish Dallas Roberts	Kalinda is bisexual and a private investigator. She has an ex-husband, female lovers, and dates Cary Agos. Lana is lesbian and an F.B.I. agent. She has been involved in an on/off relationship with Kalinda for a long time. In 2x14, she asked Kalinda why she liked to have sex with men, and was it because she didn't want intimacy. Sophia is bisexual and a private investigator. She has a husband and is lovers with Kalinda. Owen is the gay brother of lead character Alicia Florrick.	2009–2016
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.	2009
Make It or Break It	ABC Family	Max Spencer	Josh Bowman	In the season two episode "What Lies Beneath", Max comes out as bisexual.	2009–2012
Misfits	E4	Greg Adley Stuart Melissa Emma	Shaun Dooley Oliver Lansley Kehinde Fadipe Hannah Britland		2009–2013
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 the lover of 11-12, which 11-12 keeps secret from his father.	2009
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."	2009–2013
Stargate Universe	Syfy	Camile Wray Sharon	Ming-Na Reiko Aylesworth	Camile is a civilian leader on Destiny. Sharon is Camile's life partner back on Earth. They have been together over 12 years.	2009–2011
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
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 gay 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
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.	2009–2017
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".	2009–2014
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

See also

• List of fictional asexual characters
• List of fictional intersex characters
• List of fictional non-binary characters
• List of fictional pansexual characters
• List of animated series with LGBTQ+ characters
• List of comedy television series with LGBT characters

• 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 LGBT characters in radio and podcasts
• List of LGBT characters in soap operas

Book sources

• Becker, Ron (2006). Gay TV and Straight America. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813536880.
• Capsuto, Steven (2000). Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-41243-5. LCCN 00104495. OCLC 44596808. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Cortese, Anthony Joseph Paul (2006). Opposing Hate Speech. Foreword by Richard Delgado. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-98427-3. LCCN 2005019176. OCLC 849085841.
• Danuta Walters, Suzanna (2001). All The Rage: The Story Of Gay Visibility In America. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-87231-9. LCCN 2001001665. OCLC 46500686. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8. LCCN 2002003220. OCLC 606827696. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Further reading

• Beresford, Trilby (November 7, 2019). "Broadcast TV Increases LGBTQ Regulars and Lesbian Representation, Study Finds". The Hollywood Reporter.
• Havens, Kaitlin (May 14, 2020). "Perspective: It's time to end 'Lesbian Dead Syndrome'". The Charlatan. Vol. 49, no. 7.
• Millward, Liz; Dodd, Janice G.; Fubara-Manuel, Irene (2017). Killing Off the Lesbians: A Symbolic Annihilation on Film and Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1476668161.
• Riese (March 11, 2016). "All 208 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died". Autostraddle.

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