List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters

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

Series

Year	Title	Network	Character name	Actor	Notes
2016—	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Netflix	Michel Gerard Donald	Yanic Truesdale Sam Pancake	Michel is from the original Gilmore Girls series and is married to Frederick (David Greenman), though not seen. Donald is a newer Stars Hollow resident introduced upon discussion of the first potential LGBT Pride festival for the town, where some more notable character's sexualities are mentioned and/or danced around.
2016—	No Tomorrow	The CW	Kareema	Sarayu Blue
2016—	Van Helsing	Syfy	Susan Vanessa Helsing	Hilary Jardine Kelly Overton	Susan had a boyfriend before the vampire apocalypse. In episode 1.09 she kisses her friend Vanessa (Van) Helsing on the lips and attempts physical intimacy with her. Vanessa kisses Susan back.
2016—	Notorious	ABC	Levi	Ramon de Ocampo
2016—	Class	BBC Three	Charlie Matteusz	Greg Austin Jordan Renzo	Charlie is an alien prince and is dating Matteusz, who comes from a very religious family that doesn't tolerate him having a boyfriend.
2016—	Eyewitness	USA Network	Philip Shea Lukas Waldenbeck	Tyler Young James Paxton	Phillip and Lukas are secretly in a relationship. Lukas is violently closeted while Philip is comfortable with his sexuality. Lukas has a girlfriend.
2016	Conviction	ABC	Hayes Morrison Jackson Morrison Franklin “Frankie” Cruz Rey Armas Naomi Golden	Hayley Atwell Daniel Franzese Manny Montana Ian Paola Ilfenesh Hadera	Hayes is bisexual and her brother, Jackson, is gay. Frankie and Rey had a romantic relationship while cellmates. Naomi is bisexual and Hayes' ex-girlfriend.
2016—	The Exorcist	FOX	Katherine Rance Father Marcus Keane	Brianne Howey Ben Daniels
2016—	Westworld	HBO	Logan Clementine Pennyfeather Elsie Hughes	Ben Barnes Angela Sarafyan Shannon Woodward	Logan is seen having sex with both a man and a woman in episode 2 of season 1, and is most likely bisexual.
2016—	Bull	CBS	Chunk Palmer	Chris Jackson
2016—	Easy	Netflix	Jo Chase	Jacqueline Toboni Kiersey Clemons
2016—	Berlin Station	Epix	Hector DeJean Faisal Al-Fakeeh Hans Richter	Rhys Ifans Kerem Can Bernhard Schütz
2016—	Quarry	Cinemax	Buddy	Damon Herriman	Buddy is assumed to be gay because some of his partners in crime call him "queer", and in the third episode he is seen spending his time in a gay bar.
2016—	The Collection	Amazon Studios / BBC Worldwide	Claude Sabine	Tom Riley
2016—	Too Close to Home	TLC	Dax Victor	Nick Ballard Charles Justo
2016—	Barracuda	ABC	Danny Kelly Martin Taylor Demet	Elias Anton Ben Kindon Nicole Gulasekharam	Danny and Martin masturbate together and kiss. Danny is gay and Martin is bisexual.
2016—	The Get Down	Netflix	Marcus 'Dizzee' Kipling Thor	Jaden Smith Noah Le Gros	Dizzee and Thor are both popular graffiti artists that paint on trains, they end up at an exclusive underground lgbt club and kiss
2016	Dead of Summer	Freeform	Blair Ramos Drew Reeves	Mark Indelicato Zelda Williams
2016	American Gothic	CBS	Alison Hawthorne-Price Naomi Flynn	Juliet Rylance Maureen Sebastian
2016—	Animal Kingdom	TNT	Deran Cody Adrian Janine "Smurf" Cody	Jake Weary Spencer Treat Clark Ellen Barkin
2016—	You Me Her	Audience Network	Isabelle "Izzy" Silva Emma Travarsky	Priscilla Faia Rachel Blanchard	Izzy and Emma are involved in a three way romance which also involve Emma husband Jack
2016—	Wynonna Earp	Syfy CHCH-DT	Waverly Earp Officer Nicole Haught	Dominique Provost-Chalkley Katherine Barrell	Waverly and Officer Haught fell in love. (Their romance is known by the fan-created portmanteau "Wayhaught".)
2016	Hunters	Syfy	Dylan Briggs	Mark Coles Smith	Briggs had a lover killed by the hunters.
2016—	The Durrells	ITV	Sven	Ulric von der Esch	Sven's feelings for Mrs. Durrell are being used to hide his homosexuality.
2016	Damien	A&E	James Shay Patrick	David Meunier Michael Therriault	James and Patrick appear to be in a long term committed relationship. They have a son, Jacob.
2016—	Marcella	ITV	Matthew Neil Yann Hall Cara Thomas	Ben Cura Tobias Santelmann Florence Pugh
2016—	Hap and Leonard	SundanceTV	Leonard Pine Raoul	Michael K. Williams Enrique Murciano
2016—	The Catch	ABC	Margot Bishop Felicity Shawn	Sonya Walger Shivani Ghai Caleb Smith
2016—	The Girlfriend Experience	Starz	Christine Reade Avery Suhr	Riley Keough Kate Lyn Sheil	Single scene in an early episode of the series. Christine and Avery spend one night together while temporary flatmates.
2016	Heartbeat	NBC	Max Eliott	Joshua Leonard
2016—	Slasher	Super Channel	Robin Turner Justin Faysal	Christopher Jacot Mark Ghanimé	Robin and Justin are both gay and are partners.
2016	The Family	ABC	Willa Warren Bridey Cruz	Alison Pill Floriana Lima
2016—	The A Word	BBC One, SundanceTV	Tom Clarke	Matt Greenwood
2016—	The Real O'Neals	ABC	Kenny O'Neal	Noah Galvin
2016—	The Night Manager	BBC One	Major Lance "Corky" Corkoran	Tom Hollander
2016—	Buscando el norte	Antena 3	Carol Adela	Belén Cuesta Silvia Alonso	Carol (out lesbian) meets Adela when she moves to Berlín. As they're both Spanish, Adela tries to help Carol but she finds out her boyfriend is sleeping around with other girls. After heavy drinking they hook up. Adela says it was a one time thing, but Carol is unable to forget her. The series continues as Carol tries to make Adela realize that she could be with a girl too.
2016	Recovery Road	Freeform	Vern Testaverde	Daniel Franzese
2016—	The Shannara Chronicles	MTV	Eretria	Ivana Baquero	Eretria is bisexual. She could also have possible romantic feelings for Amberle.
2016—	Crashing	Channel 4	Fred Sam Will	Amit Shah Jonathan Bailey Lachie Chapman
2016—	The Magicians	Syfy	Eliot Waugh Quentin Coldwater	Hale Appleman Jason Ralph (actor)	Eliot is bisexual. Quentin sleeps with Eliot in episode 11 of season 1, and is probably bisexual.
2016—	Lucifer	Fox	Lucifer Morningstar Mazikeen	Tom Ellis Lesley-Ann Brandt	Both Maze and Lucifer are bisexual.
2016—	Legends of Tomorrow	CW	Sara Lance/White Canary Todd Rice/Obsidian	Caity Lotz Lance Henriksen	Sara is bisexual.
2016—	Billions	Showtime	Tara Mohr Donnie Caan	Annapurna Sriram David Cromer
2016—	Shades of Blue	NBC	Lieutenant Matt Wozniak Donnie Pomp	Ray Liotta Michael Esper	Wozniak is the corrupt commander of the 64th Precinct, and the main target in an FBI anti-corruption investigation. He is a main character.
2016—	Zoe Ever After	BET	Valente	Tory Devon Smith
2016—	Shadowhunters	Freeform / Netflix - global rights	Alec Lightwood Magnus Bane	Matthew Daddario Harry Shum, Jr.	Alec is gay. Magnus is bisexual.
2015—	Skam	NRK	Eskild Tryggvasson Isak Valtersen Even Bech Næsheim	Carl Martin Eggesbø Tarjei Sandvik Moe Henrik Holm	Eskild is gay. Isak is in the closet, but he's gay. He has a crush on his best friend in season one. In season three he starts to like Even, who has a girlfriend but also likes Isak.
2015—	Humans	Channel 4	Niska	Emily Berrington
2015—	Westside	TV3	Bjelke "Bilkey" van Heeder	Todd Emerson
2015—	Supergirl	The CW	Maggie Sawyer Alex Danvers	Floriana Lima Chyler Leigh
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 singer.
2015—	Killjoys	SyFy	Pree	Thom Allison
2015—	Stitchers	ABC Family	Camille Engelson	Allison Scagliotti	In 2x04 she mentions having dated a girl in the past, indicating that she is bisexual.
2015—	Merlí	TV3	Bruno Oliver Pol	David Solans Iñaki Mur Carlos Cuevas	Bruno is gay and he hasn't come out of the closet. He is in love with one of his friends, Pol, with whom he made out in a party. Oliver is gay. The sexuality of Pol has been questioned as he made out with Bruno in a party claiming that "You have to try everything". On the second season Bruno and Pol have sex, meaning Pol is Bisexual.
2015	Telenovela	NBC	Gael Garnica	Jose Moreno Brooks
2015—	Superstore	NBC	Mateo Jeff	Nico Santos Michael Bunin
2015—	Fear The Walking Dead	AMC Studios	Victor Strand Thomas Abigail	Colman Domingo Dougray Scott	Strand and Thomas was in a relationship.
2015—	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	The CW	White Josh Darryl Whitefeather Maya	David Hull Pete Gardner Esther Povitsky	White Josh is gay. Darryl is bisexual. Maya is bisexual.
2015—	Dr. Ken	ABC	Clark Leslie Beavers Connor	Jonathan Slavin Stephen Guarino
2015—	Cheetah In August (Series)	Vimeo	August Chanlder	Andre Myers	August is a main character who struggles to understand his mental condition or sexual power.
2015—	This Life	CBC	Oliver Lawson	Kristopher Turner	Oliver is the brother of the main character, and his boyfriend is recently deceased.
2015	Deutschland 83	RTL Television	Alexander Edel Tobias Tischbier	Ludwig Trepte Alexander Beyer	Alexander Edel is the rebellious son of General Edel. He is tested positive for HIV after having sexual contact with Tobias Tischbier. Tobias Tischbier is a professor at the University of Bonn.
2015—	Versailles	Canal+	Philippe d'Orléans Chevalier de Lorraine	Alexander Vlahos Evan Williams
2015—	Blindspot	NBC	Bethany Mayfair Sofia Varma Alexandra	Marianne Jean-Baptiste Sarita Choudhury Eisa Davis	Assistant Director Mayfair (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) was dating Sofia Varma (Sarita Choundhury) until they had an argument and Sofia committed suicide. After quite a while, Mayfair met Alexandra (Eisa Davis) and they are interested in each other.
2015	Home Fires	ITV	Teresa Fenchurch	Leanne Best
2015—	Jessica Jones	Netflix	Jeri Hogarth Wendy Ross-Hogarth Pam	Carrie-Anne Moss Robin Weigert Susie Abromeit	Jeri is a lesbian. She is based on a character from the comics who was male. (She also appears in Daredevil episode "A Cold Day In Hell's Kitchen".) Wendy is Jeri's soon to be ex-wife. Pam is Jeri's assistant and lover.
2015	Flesh and Bones	Starz	Paul Grayson Trey Eduardo	Ben Daniels Karell Williams Anthony Lee Medina
2015	London Spy	BBC Two	Danny Holt Alex Scottie	Ben Whishaw Edward Holcroft Jim Broadbent	Alex and Danny meet in episode one, but tragedy soon strikes, and Danny finds himself in the center of a conspiracy beyond belief.
2015—	Master of None	Netflix	Denise	Lena Waithe	Denise is the lesbian best friend of main character Dev.
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	Sky 1	Scotty McNeil Arnold Gaines	Kyle Soller Paterson Joseph
2015	Cuffs	BBC One	Jake Vickers Simon Reddington Donna Prager Alice Gove Corey Draper	Jacob Ifan Andrew Hawley Eleanor Matsuura Pippa Nixon	Jake is the main character of the series and is a rookie police officer. Simon is the station's defense solicitor. Corey is the son of Jake's partner and Tutor Constable, Ryan
2015	Grandfathered	FOX	Annelise	Kelly Jenrette
2015—	Code Black	CBS	Malaya Pineda Carla Niven Noa Kean	Melanie Chandra Shiri Appleby Emily Tyra	Malaya is a second year resident as of season 2. Carla is her former girlfriend. Noa is a first year resident who has stated she has dated both men and women in the past.
2015—	Quantico	ABC	Elias Harper Hannah Wyland Harry Doyle Will Olsen Sebastian Chen	Rick Cosnett Eliza Coupe Russell Tovey Jay Armstrong Johnson David Lim	Elias Harper is an openly gay man. Hannah Wyland is Ryan Booth's ex-wife. She left him because she had fallen in love with a woman. Harry is trainee at the farm. He and Sebastian begin having feeling for each other, dispite the Sebastian attempt to hide his feelings.
2015—	Rosewood	FOX	Pippy Rosewood Tara	Gabrielle Dennis Anna Konkle
2015—	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 gets killed off Chanel #3 tells a friend that she will "is in love with love" meaning that she is pansexual.
2015—	Boy Meets Girl (2015)	BBC Two	Judy	Rebecca Root
2015—	Club de Cuervos	Netflix	Aitor Cardoné	Alosian Vivancos
2015—	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Netflix	Ben McKinley Dozen	Bradley Cooper Michael Ian Black
2015—	Glitch	ABC1	Charlie Thompson	Sean Keenan
2015—	Mr. Robot	USA Network	Gideon Goddard Tyrell Wellick Whiterose Harry	Michel Gill Martin Wallström BD Wong Randy Harrison	Gideon is the main character's boss. Tyrell is Senior Vice President of Technology at E Corp. While Tyrell does not specifically identify with a certain sexuality, he has had sex with both men and women, though usually only to further his personal agenda. At the end of the second season Tyrell confessed he is in love with Elliot. Whiterose is a transgender woman who is a hacker with the Dark Army. Harry is Gideon's partner.
2015—	Scream	MTV	Audrey Jensen Rachel Murray Gina	Bex Taylor-Klaus Sosie Bacon Zena Grey	Audrey and Rachel were a couple before Rachel was killed.
2015—	Another Period	Comedy Central	Victor Albert Dr. John Goldberg	Brian Huskey David Wain Moshe Kasher
2015	Complications	USA Network	Gretchen Polk	Jessica Szohr
2015	Clipped	TBS	Buzzy	George Wendt
2015—	UnREAL	Lifetime	Jay Faith	Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Breeda Wool
2015—	Sense8	Netflix	Lito Rodriguez Nomi Marks Hernando Amanita Riley Blue Sun Bak Wolfgang Bogdanow Capheus Will Gorski Kala Dandekar	Miguel Angel Silvestre Jamie Clayton Alfonso Herrera Freema Agyeman Tuppence Middleton Doona Bae Max Riemelt Aml Ameen Brian J. Smith Tina Desai	The directors of Sense8 have confirmed in an interview that each of the sense8's are pansexual; Nomi is also a trans woman. Hernando is Lito's boyfriend. Amanita is Nomi's girlfriend.
2015—2016	Aquarius	NBC	Charles Manson Ken Karn	Gethin Anthony Brian F. O'Byrne
2015—	Grace and Frankie	Netflix	Sol Bergstein Robert Hanson	Sam Waterston Martin Sheen
2015	Weird Loners	FOX	Zara Sandhu	Meera Rohit Kumbhani
2015—	Younger	TV Land	Maggie Lauren Heller	Debi Mazar Molly Bernard
2015	One Big Happy	NBC	Lizzy	Elisha Cuthbert
2015—	The Royals	E!	Cyrus Princess Eleanor	Jake Maskall Alexandra Park
2015—	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Netflix	Titus Andromedon Brandon Mikey Politano	Tituss Burgess Brandon Jones Mike Carlsen
2015	Dig	USA	Detective Golan Cohen Udi	Ori Pfeffer Tsahi Halevi	Golan is a detective and friend of Peter. They work together to solve the show's mystery. He lives with his son and with Udi. Udi is Golan's boyfriend.
2015	The Returned	A&E/ Netflix - global rights	Dr. Julie Han Deputy Nikki Banks	Sandrine Holt Agnes Bruckner
2015—	American Crime	ABC Network	Eric Tanner Taylor Blaine	Joey Pollari Connor Jessup
2015—	Olympus	Syfy	Lykos Kimon Adriadne	Wade Burns Levi Meaden Sophia Lauchlin Hirt	Kimon is Prince Lykos's manservent and lover. Adriadne is bisexual.
2015—	Schitt's Creek	CBC	David Rose	Daniel 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.
2015	Banana	E4	Freddie Baxter Dean Monroe Henry Best Vivienne "Scotty" Scott Vanessa Moore Sian Moore Violet	Freddie Fox Fisayo Akinade Vincent Franklin Letitia Wright Lynn Hunter Georgia Henshaw Hannah John-Kamen
2015	Cucumber	Channel 4	Henry Best Lance Sullivan Freddie Baxter Dean Monroe Cliff Costello Vivienne "Scotty" Scott	Vincent Franklin Cyril Nri Freddie Fox Fisayo Akinade Con O'Neill Letitia Wright
2015	Backstrom	Fox	Gregory Valentine	Thomas Dekker
2015	Eye Candy	MTV	Connor Oliver	John Garet Stoker Parker Pogue	Connor dates Oliver in Season 1.
2015—	Empire	Fox	Jamal Lyon Michael Sanchez Tiana Brown Ryan Morgan Mimi Whiteman Derek Major	Jussie Smollett Rafael de La Fuente Serayah McNeill Eka Darville Marisa Tomei Tobias Truvillion	Jamal Lyon, the middle son of the Lyon family, a talented, gay singer-songwriter. Michael is Jamal's ex-boyfriend. Tiana engages in a relationship with woman early in the first season. Australian videographer Ryan Morgan is another love interest for Jamal.
2014—	From Dusk till Dawn	El Rey	Santanico Pandemonium Amaru	Eiza González Natalie Martinez
2014—	Outlander	Starz	Duke of Sandringham Jonathan Wolverton Randall	Simon Callow Tobias Menzies	Jonathan "Black Jack " Randall is the described by author Diana Gabaldon as being a sexual sadist. He gets sexual pleasure from hurting people, their gender doesn't matter. He is not a homosexual or Bisexual.
2014—	Grantchester	ITV	Leonard Finch	Al Weaver
2014	Babylon	Channel 4	Tony	Stuart Martin
2014	Marry Me	NBC	Kevin Kevin	Dan Bucatinsky Tim Meadows
2014—2015	Finding Carter	MTV	Bird Madison	Vanessa Morgan Molly Kunz	Bird and Madison are love interests
2014	Glue	E4	James Warwick Caleb "Cal" Bray	Billy Howle Tommy Lawrence Knight
2014—2016	Carmilla (series)	Vervegirl	Carmilla Karnstein Laura Hollis Danny Lawrence Susan LaFontaine	Natasha Negovanlis Elise Bauman Kaitlyn Alexander Sharon Belle
2014—	The 100	The CW	Commander Lexa Clarke Griffin Niylah Nathan Miller Bryan	Alycia Debnam-Carey Eliza Taylor Jessica Harmon Jarod Joseph Jonathan Whitesell	Lexa revealed to Clarke that she was once in love with a girl named Costia. The writers have revealed that Lexa is a lesbian. In season 1, Clarke has a relationship with Finn, and in season 2 Lexa and Clarke kiss. It has been confirmed that Clarke is bisexual, and in season 3 she has sex with a woman named Niylah and later had sex with Lexa. It is revealed in season 3 that Miller has a boyfriend on Farm Station. Bryan is Miller's boyfriend.
2014—	Jane the Virgin	The CW	Luisa Alver Rose Solano Wesley Masters	Yara Martinez Bridget Regan Brian Jordan Alvarez	Luisa and Rose had an affair while Rose was married to Luisa's father, making Rose her stepmother. Wesley is attending grad school with Jane. At the writers retreat he mentions he had broke up with his boyfriend.
2014—	Transparent	Amazon.com	Mort/Maura Pfefferman Sarah Pfefferman Tammy Cashman Syd Feldman	Jeffrey Tambor Amy Landecker Melora Hardin Carrie Brownstein
2014—2016	Faking It	MTV	Amy Raudenfeld Karma Ashcroft Shane Harvey Lauren Cooper Pablo Reagan Duke Lewis Jr. Noah Brad Sabrina	Rita Volk Katie Stevens Michael Willett Bailey De Young Anthony Palacios Yvette Monreal Skyler Maxon Elliot Fletcher Sidney Franklin Sophia Taylor Ali	Amy is questioning her sexuality, Karma is a fake lesbian in the first season, Shane is gay and Lauren is intersex. In the second season, Karma kisses Amy passionately in a pool at a party. Karma has been showing several hints that she might have feelings for Amy. The others are gay/lesbian/bisexual and participate in just a few episodes each as boyfriends/girlfriends to the main characters, including Noah who is transgender and gay. Brad is asexual.
2014—	Madam Secretary	CBS	Blake Moran	Erich Bergen
2014—2016	The Mysteries of Laura	NBC	Max Carnegie	Max Jenkins
2014—	The Flash	The CW	Captain David Singh Hartley Rathaway Rob	Patrick Sabongui Andy Mientus Jeremy Schuetze	The Central City police commander, Captain David Singh, is openly gay and married to Rob. Hartley Rathaway is also openly gay.
2014—2015	Red Band Society	Fox	Sarah Souders Kara Souders Kenji Gomez-Rejon	Andrea Parker Zoe Levin Wilson Cruz
2014—	Gotham	Fox	Renee Montoya Barbara Kean Tabitha Galavan The Lady Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin	Victoria Cartagena Erin Richards Jessica Lucas Michelle Gomez Robin Lord Taylor	Barbara is bisexual. Renee, similarly to her comic book counterpart is a lesbian and the ex-girlfriend of Barbara. Barbara Kean is seen flirting openly with The Lady at a ladies club, The Lady flirts back and her & Barbara form an alliance to torture Jim Gordon. The Penguin is in love with Edward Nygma/The Riddler.
2014—	Kingdom	Audience Network	Nate Kulina	Nick Jonas
2014—	How to Get Away with Murder	ABC	Connor Walsh Oliver Hampton Aiden Walker Annalise Keating Eve Rothlo	Jack Falahee Conrad Ricamora Elliot Knight Viola Davis Famke Janssen	Connor is a law student, recruited by his professor, a defense attorney, to work at her firm among four others. Oliver is an I.T. specialist who Connor first seduced to get information. Over time, the two developed feelings toward each other. Aiden is engaged to Michaela Pratt. He also had a relationship with Connor when they were teenagers. Annalise and Eve were in a relationship while the two were in law school.
2014—2015	Chasing Life	ABC Family	Brenna Carver Greer Danville Margo	Haley Ramm Gracie Dzienny	Brenna begins a relationship with out lesbian Greer, despite the fact Brenna already had a boyfriend. Later on she chooses Greer over her boyfriend and they begin a relationship. Margo is an older girl who graduated from the school and said she would help Brenna edit a video she was going to enter into a video contest. Margo and Brenna kiss and decide to date. But later on Brenna finds out that the woman Margo used to date is a 40-year-old woman who still lives with her so she breaks up with Margo.
2014—	Halt and Catch Fire	AMC	Joe MacMillan Lev	Lee Pace August Emerson	Joe is the bisexual main character of the show.
2014—	The Strain	FX	Dutch Velders Nikki	Ruta Gedmintas Nicola Correia-Damude
2014—2015	Dominion	Syfy	Ethan Mack Uriel Arika	Jonathan Howard Katrine De Candole Shivani Ghai
2014—	Young & Hungry	Freeform	Eliiot Park Alan	Rex Lee Bryan Safi
2014—2016	Tyrant	FX	Sammy Al-Fayeed Abdul	Noah Silver Mehdi Dehbi	Sammy is the closeted son of Barry Al-Fayeed, who returns to his Middle Eastern home country where his unstable brother inherits their late father's throne. Abdul is a closeted young man whose family has long served as security for the Al-Fayeed family. Sammy and Abdul develop a connection, but when Abdul learns that Sammy's family has extended their visit, he discontinues their relationship, reminding Sammy that there are rules he has to follow.
2014—	The Night Shift	NBC	Drew Allister Rick	Brendan Fehr Luke Macfarlane	Rick is Drew's boyfriend, who is introduced in 1x06, when he and his platoon are involved in a bus accident.
2014—2016	Penny Dreadful	Showtime	Dorian Gray Ethan Chandler Ferdinand Lyle Angelique Lily Justine	Reeve Carney Josh Hartnett Simon Russell Beale Jonny Beauchamp Billie Piper Jessica Barden	Dorian and Ethan are bisexual or pansexual. It is implied that Vanessa and Mina might be as well. Angelique is transgender.
2014—	Black Sails	Starz	James Flint Eleanor Guthrie Max Anne Bonny Thomas Hamilton	Toby Stephens Hannah New Jessica Parker Kennedy Clara Paget Rupert Penry-Jones	Eleanor is the bisexual female lead of the show. In season 1 Eleanor has a love affair with sex-worker Max, who is a lesbian. Max and Anne Bonny starts a relationship in season 2, indicating that Anne is bisexual as well. In season 2 it is revealed that Flint had a secret affair with Thomas Hamilton, indicating that he is bisexual.
2014—2015	Looking	HBO	Patrick Agustín Dom Frank Lynn Richie Kevin	Jonathan Groff Frankie J. Alvarez Murray Bartlett O.T. Fagbenle Scott Bakula Raúl Castillo Russell Tovey	Most of the characters are gay men living in San Francisco.
2014	Janet King	ABC1	Janet King Ashleigh Larsson	Marta Dusseldorp Aimee Pedersen	Spin-off from Crownies, Janet King is a lesbian who lives with her partner Ashleigh Larsson and their two children.
2014	Star-Crossed	The CW	Sophia (first 'out' character) + all other Atrians Taylor Beecham	Brina Palencia Natalie Hall	All Atrians are pansexual Sophia has a crush on Taylor. Although she is in a serious relationship with Drake, while they are temporarily broken up, Taylor kisses Sophia.
2014—2015	True Detective	HBO	Paul Woodrugh	Taylor Kitsch
2013—	Broadchurch	ITV	Maggie Radcliffe Jocelyn Knight	Carolyn Pickles Charlotte Rampling
2013—	Vikings	History (Canada)	Emperor Charles Roland Lagertha Astrid	Lothaire Bluteau Huw Parmenter Katheryn Winnick Josefin Asplund
2013—	The Fall	BBC Two	Danielle Ferrington DSI Stella Gibson	Niamh McGrady Gillian Anderson	Dani is a lesbian. Stella is bisexual.
2013—	Peaky Blinders	BBC Two	James	Josh O'Connor	James is a gay writer who lives with Ada Shelby and her son, Karl.
2013—	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	ABC	Joey Gutierrez	Juan Pablo Raba	Joey is a gay Inhuman who can melt metals.
2013—	Wentworth	SoHo	Franky Doyle Erica Davidson Kim Chang Joan Ferguson Maxine Conway Bridget Westfall Lucy Gambaro Allie Novak Bea Smith Jodie Spiteri	Nicole da Silva Leeanna Walsman Ra Chapman Pamela Rabe Socratis Otto Libby Tanner Sally-Anne Upton Kate Jenkinson Danielle Cormack Pia Miranda	An Australian prison drama series. Erica Davidson is bisexual, Maxine Conway is a transgender woman and Bea Smith is pomosexual.
2013—2015	Defiance	Syfy	Stahma Tarr Kenya Rosewater Doc Meh Yewll Lev Ulysses Skevur Niles Pottinger Sgt. Frei Poole	Jaime Murray Mia Kirschner Trenna Keating Hannah Cheeseman Rob Archer Michael Dyson James Murray Douglas Nyback	Kenya is a bisexual sex worker. Stahma begins seeing her in 1x07 with ulterior political motives, but it is later clear that she developed genuine feelings for her. In 2x05, Yewll is haunted by hallucinations of her late wife, Lev Ulysses and Skevur are minor henchmen of Datak Tarr's who are mentioned to be in a sexual relationship. In 2x05, it is revealed Pottinger attended the same boarding school as Amanda's ex-fiance Connor Lang, and had an unrequited crush on him. Several other minor sex worker characters (Tirra, Deirdre, Gorath) are mentioned to have both male and female clients. There are several characters who have only been shown in heterosexual relationships, but have never had their orientations explicitly confirmed as heterosexual, with some lines that seem to suggest that sexuality is not labelled anymore, and bisexuality is very common.
2013—2015	Hemlock Grove	Netflix	Brooke Bluebell Mrs. Banks Dr. Clementine Chasseur Dr. Johann Pryce	Lorenza Izzo Jennifer Gidson Kandyse McClure Joel de la Fuente	In the pilot episode, Brooke has an affair with her female science teacher Mrs. Banks. Dr. Chasseur is a werewolf hunter, she is a lesbian.
2013—	Hit the Floor	VH1	Jude Kinkade Zero Lucas	Brent Antonello Adam Senn Jonathan Bennett	Zero is a closeted bisexual basketball player and Jude is his agent. Jude realises he is gay, and comes out to his father and stepmother. Jude and Zero begin a friends with benefits arrangement in season 2, but feelings get involved and Jude gives Zero an ultimatum. In season 3, Zero comes out by kissing Jude in public, and the two are now in a committed relationship.
2013—2014	Betrayal	ABC	Jules Whitman Valerie McAllister	Sofia Black D'Elia Elizabeth McLaughlin	Valerie McAllister begins dating her dads new assistant Jules Whitman.
2013—2014	Dracula	NBC	Lord Laurent Daniel Davenport Lucy Westenra	Anthony Howell Lewis Rainer Katie McGrath	Laurent is a member of a secret society dedicated to opposing Dracula (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Daniel is his lover. Lucy is a rich society girl who harbors secret romantic feelings for her best friend, Mina Murray (Jessica De Gouw).
2013—	East Los High	Hulu	Camila Barrios Jocelyn Reyes	Vannessa Vasquez Andrea Sixtos	Camila and Jocelyn who have been best friends since high school begin a romantic relationship.
2013	Dates	Channel 4	Erica Kate	Gemma Chan Katie McGrath
2013—2014	In the Flesh	BBC Three	Kieren Walker Rick Macy Simon Monroe	Luke Newberry David Walmsley Emmett J Scanlan	Kieren is a PDS suffer (Partially Deceased Syndrome) who has come back to life. He committed suicide after his boyfriend Rick died in Afghanistan. Rick is found and is also a PDS suffer. He comes back home but is killed by his father before anything can happen between him and Kieren in their new life. In the second season Simon is introduced and is thought to be straight since he is with Amy. He is believed to be one of the twelve disciples of the undead prophet and is a member of the Undead Liberation Army. He reveals himself to Kieren and the two become a couple.
2013—	House of Cards	Netflix	Frank Underwood Edward Meechum Rachel Posner Lisa Williams Michael Corrigan John Pasternak Thomas Yates	Kevin Spacey Nathan Darrow Rachel Brosnahan Kate Lyn Sheil Christian Camargo Todd Alan Crain Paul Sparks	Frank has been shown to have sexual encounters with both men and women. Yet, the author claims that Frank ignores the label of being bisexual and is simply attracted to people regardless of their gender. Meechum has a threesome with Claire and Frank in Chapter 24.
2013—	Masters of Sex	Showtime	Betty DeMillo Helen Barton Scully Dale	Annaleigh Ashford Beau Bridges Finn Wittrock	Betty is a lesbian sex worker and an early research subject in Masters and Johnson's study. Helen and Betty are in a relationship. Scully is the provost at the university where Masters initiates his study. Masters learns Scully is gay in the episode "Standard Deviation". Dale is a hustler whom Scully patronizes. It is he who informs Masters of Scully's orientation.
2013—	The Originals	The CW	Josh Rosza Aiden Tristan de Martel	Steven Krueger Colin Woodell Oliver Ackland	Josh Rozsa is a newly turned vampire and openly gay. In season 2, he dates Aiden, who is a werewolf. Tristan is bisexual, and the writers were going to explore it, but his current drive left little time for romance.
2013—	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	FOX	Raymond Jacob "Ray" Holt Kevin Cozner Frederick	Andre Braugher Marc Evan Jackson Nick Offerman
2013—2015	Hannibal	NBC	Hannibal Lecter Will Graham Margot Verger Alana Bloom Francis Dolarhyde Jimmy Price	Mads Mikkelsen Hugh Dancy Katharine Isabelle Caroline Dhavernas Richard Armitage	It's revealed in season 3 that Hannibal Lecter (who according to Fuller is omnisexual) is in love with Will Graham. In the last episode of the same season Will demonstrates the feelings are mutual, replying to Bedelia's question of whether he reciprocates or not. Since the inception of the show Fuller has repeatedly referred to the series as a love story between the two men; in addition to this he has confirmed that their relationship is one of mutual attraction. Margot Verger, introduced in season two, is a lesbian. Alana Bloom, who is bisexual, begins a relationship with Margot in season three, and they eventually marry and have a son, Morgan. Even though, during the series, he dates Reba McLane, on his ledger, Francis Dolarhyde claims to be interested in establishing a romantic relationship with Hannibal by writing "I am so eager to please you to be your friend your lover perhaps.". Bryan Fuller has stated that Jimmy Price is openly gay on Twitter
2013—2014	The Bridge	FX	Adriana Perez Lucy	Emily Rios Alyssa Diaz	Adriana reveals to her coworker Daniel Frye that she is a lesbian when he asks her how she avoided getting tied down with children like other female members of her family. In season 2 her girlfriend Lucy is introduced.
2013—	Ray Donovan	Showtime	Lena Tommy Wheeler	Katherine Moennig Austin Nichols	Lena is a personal assistant working for titular character Ray. Tommy is a closeted gay actor.
2013—	A Place to Call Home	Channel 7	James Bligh Harry Polson Dr. Henry Fox	David Berry Dominic Allburn Tim Draxl	In season 3, James meets a new love interest, Dr. Fox.
2013—	Devious Maids	Lifetime	Alejandro Rubio	Matt Cedeño	Alejandro is a Latin music star and closeted.
2013—	Orange Is the New Black	Netflix	Piper Chapman Alex Vause Sophia Burset Nicky Nichols Lorna Morello Carrie "Big Boo" Black Tricia Miller Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren Poussey Washington Brook Soso Desi Piscatella	Taylor Schilling Laura Prepon Laverne Cox Natasha Lyonne Yael Stone Lea DeLaria Madeline Brewer Uzo Aduba Samira Wiley Kimiko Glenn Brad William Henke	Piper Chapman, the protagonist of the series, is bisexual, and was in relationship with lesbian Alex Vause before breaking up with her and becoming engaged to Larry Bloom. Since they've been in prison, Piper has rekindled her relationship with Alex. Laverne Cox, an African-American trans actress, plays Sophia Burset, a transgender character. The Advocate suggested that Orange is the New Black contains the first ever women-in-prison narrative including a real transgender woman. Nicky, Suzanne, Big Boo, Tricia and Poussey are lesbians. Lorna's true sexuality is undetermined, but has been involved with men and women. Brook has revealed she is attracted to people, not genders, meaning she is pansexual. New corrections officer Desi Piscatella is gay.
2013—2015	Atlantis	BBC One	Pythagoras Icarus	Robert Emms Joseph Timms
2013—2015	Under the Dome	CBS	Carolyn Hill Alice Calvert	Aisha Hinds Samantha Mathis	Hill and Calvert are raising a daughter, Norrie Calvert-Hill (Mackenzie Lintz), together.
2013—	The Fosters	Freeform	Stef Adams-Foster Lena Adams-Foster Jude Adams-Foster Cole Connor Stevens Noah Monte Porter	Teri Polo Sherri Saum Hayden Byerly Tom Phelan Gavin MacIntosh Kalama Epstein Annika Marks	The two leads, Stef and Lena, are a married lesbian couple. Stef has a biological child from a previous mixed-sex marriage and the couple serve as adoptive and foster parents to additional children. The youngest of their adopted children is Jude, who begins to question his sexuality after developing an attraction to his best friend and first boyfriend, Connor. It is revealed in Season 2 that Connor has feelings for Jude and has kissed him. Noah is Jude's second boyfriend. Cole is a transgender teen runaway who lives at a group foster home.
2013—2014	The Carrie Diaries	The CW	Walt Reynolds Bennet Wilcox Larissa Loughlin Samantha "Sam" Jones Jill "Mouse" Chen Dona LaDonna	Brendan Dooling Jake Robinson Freema Agyeman Lindsey Gort Ellen Wong Chloe Bridges	Walt (season 1 and 2) was in a heterosexual relationship, but seemed to always have inner struggle with his sexuality. After meeting Bennet, a columnist at Interview, Walt begins to explore his inner feelings after seeing how open Bennet is about being gay. Taking place in New York City in the mid 1980s, the environment was very welcoming and Walt finally admitted to himself and others that he was gay. Bennet (season 1 and 2) is openly gay and he protetcs LGBT rights, he and Walt are a couple later. Larissa (season 1 and 2) is hetero-flexible, she doesn't have a problem having sex with women. Sam (season 2) could be bicurious or hetero-flexible, she claimed to have once had sex with Larissa since they were going to engage in a threesome, but the man never arrived. Mouse (season 1 and 2) may be bicurious. Donna (season 1 and 2) could be bicurious too, she and Mouse slept together at a party when they were drunk.
2013—	Orphan Black	Space (Canada) BBC America (USA)	Cosima Niehaus Felix Dawkins Delphine Cormier Tony Sawicki Shay Davydov Sarah Manning	Tatiana Maslany Jordan Gavaris Evelyne Brochu Tatiana Maslany Ksenia Solo Tatiana Maslany	Cosima is a graduate student in biology and one of several clones whose origin is central to the series' mystery. Felix is the foster brother and confidant of Sarah Manning, the show's main protagonist. Delphine and Cosima are in a relationship. Tony (formerly Antoinette) is a transgender clone introduced in Season 2. In 4x07 Sarah has a one-night stand with a woman, indicating that she is bisexual. This has later been confirmed true by Tatiana Maslany at Comic Con 2016.
2013—	Please Like Me	ABC (Australia)	Josh Geoffrey Patrick Arnold Hannah	Josh Thomas Wade Briggs Charles Cottier Keegan Joyce Hannah Gadsby
2013—2016	Banshee	Cinemax	Job	Hoon Lee	Job is a computer hacker and confidant to the series' protagonist, Lucas Hood (Antony Starr). The character has been described variously as transgender, a transvestite and a drag queen; Lee believes the character is "constantly evolving" and is not interested in "figuring out the label of who he is and every aspect of that".
2013—2015	The Following	Fox	Paul Torres Jacob Wells Agent Gina Mendez Jana Murphy Dawn	Adan Canto Nico Tortorella Valerie Cruz Leslie Bibb Kristen Bush	Paul and Jacob are initially introduced in season 1 as "Bill" and "Willy", neighbors of season one antagonist Joe Carroll's only surviving victim, Sarah. This is soon revealed as a ruse engineered by Joe, who believed Sarah would perceive gay neighbors as non-threatening. Both before and after they broke cover the pair were sexually involved but both characters were killed before the full extent of their relationship was clarified. Agent Mendez, introduced in season 2, is Ryan Hardy's boss. Jana Murphy is Mendez's ex-wife, with whom she has children. Jana turns out to be one of Joe's followers. Dawn is Mendez's new wife as of the season 3 opener, during which their wedding took place.
2013—2015	Da Vinci's Demons	Starz	Leonardo da Vinci Jacopo Saltarelli Andrea del Verrocchio	Tom Riley Christopher Elson Allan Corduner	While historical scholarship generally regards Leonardo as homosexual, the series depicts him as sexually active with a woman. In the season one episode "The Tower", Leonardo declares that his involvement with Saltarelli was experimentation and that he refuses to label himself. In 2x05 'The Sun and Moon' it is implied that Andrea has a sexual relationship with a young man who works in his workshop.
2013	Camp	NBC	Todd Raffi	Adam Garcia Christopher Kirby	Todd and Raffi are an interracial couple raising two adopted children.
2013—2015	My Mad Fat Diary	E4	Archie	Dan Cohen	Rae Earl, the main character, discovers that Archie is gay when she catches him spying on the men's changing room in the leisure centre in which he works. He has a relationship with Lois, a girl in Chloe's group, in series 2 but she breaks up with him when Rae reveals his sexuality to Lois. He comes out subsequent to this.
2012—	Call the Midwife	BBC One	Patience "Patsy" Mount Delia Busby	Emerald Fennell Kate Lamb	In series 4, it is revealed that Patsy is in a relationship with Delia Busby. They plan on living together, renting a flat however Delia gets into a biking accident and loses her memory. In the 2015 Christmas special, she fully recovers and as off series 5, Delia becomes a lodger in Nonnatus House and is training to become a midwife. Patsy and Delia are going to Paris together for a holiday.
2012—	Nashville	ABC	Will Lexington Brent McKinney Kevin Bicks	Chris Carmack Derek Krantz Kyle Dean Massey	Will is a closeted up-and-coming country singer. Brent is an openly gay record executive. Kevin is an openly gay songwriter, stationed in Nashville.
2012—	Arrow	The CW	Sara Lance Nyssa al Ghul Curtis Holt	Caity Lotz Katrina Law Echo Kellum	Nyssa and Sara begin a relationship when Sara joins the league of assassins. Nyssa's father is the leader of the league. Curtis Holt is introduced in season 4, as an openly gay employee of Felicity's at Palmer Tech.
2012—2013	Bomb Girls	Global	Betty McRae Teresa	Ali Liebert Rachel Wilson	Betty McRae has an unrequited love for her best friend Kate Andrews. After being rejected by Kate, Betty starts a relationship with Teresa.
2012—	Ripper Street	BBC One	Fred Best	David Dawson
2012—	Chicago Fire	NBC	Leslie Shay Clarice Carthage Devon	Lauren German Shiri Appleby Vedette Lim	Leslie Shay is a paramedic on Ambulance 61 and Clarice Carthage is her pregnant ex-girlfriend. They reconcile their relationship and Clarice moves back in with Shay, only for Clarice to break up with Shay for a second time and move to New York with her ex-husband to gain split-custody of her child. In season 2 Shay briefly dates Devon, who robs their apartment and disappears. She returns near the end of season 2, apologizing and promising to pay Shay back the money she stole.
2012—	Girls	HBO	Elijah Krantz George	Andrew Rannells Billy Morrissette	Elijah is the ex-boyfriend of lead character Hannah (Lena Dunham) and she finds out that he is gay in season 1. In season 2 they become roommates. George is Elijah's boyfriend. In season 2 they get into an argument leading to Elijah's questioning his sexuality and ends up sleeping with main character Marnie (Allison Williams). Elijah then describes himself as bisexual.
2012—	The Returned	Canal+	Julie Laure	Céline Sallette Alix Poisson	Julie is a nurse and Laure is a police lieutenant. They were formerly lovers but as of the series premiere had not seen each other for seven years.
2012—	Saving Hope	CTV (Canada) NBC (US)	Shahir Hamza Victor Reis Maggie Lin Sydney Katz	Huse Madhavji Salvatore Antonio Julia Taylor Ross Stacey Farber	Hamza is a neurosurgeon and Reis is an OR nurse. They are in a long-term relationship. In season 3 Maggies new boss Dr Katz surprises her by kissing her which starts a complicated journey of discovery for orthodox closeted lesbian Sydney. She is engaged to a man but develop romantic feelings for Maggie. The pair kisses again after Sydney admits to Maggie that she likes women.
2012—	Major Crimes	TNT	Rusty Beck	Graham Patrick Martin	First appearing in the series finale of The Closer, Rusty is a foster child who witnesses a crime. Captain Shannon Raydor (Mary McDonnell) decides to assume custody of Rusty.
2012—	Scandal	ABC	Cyrus Beene James Michael Ambruso	Jeff Perry Dan Bucatinsky Matthew Del Negro	Cyrus is the White House Chief of Staff. He is openly gay and in a long term relationship with (though not yet legally married to) James.
2012—2013	Underemployed	MTV	Sophia Swanson	Michelle Ang
2012—2013	Emily Owens, M.D.	The CW	Tyra Dupre	Kelly McCreary	Tyra, a first-year surgical intern and daughter of the chief resident, quickly befriends Emily. She is openly gay.
2012—2013	The New Normal	NBC	David Bartholomew Sawyer Bryan Collins Gary Monte	Justin Bartha Andrew Rannells Michael Hitchcock Matt Bomer
2012—2013	Smash	NBC	Tom Levitt Dennis Bobby Sam Strickland John Goodwin Ellis Boyd Kyle Bishop Blake	Christian Borle Phillip Spaeth Wesley Taylor Leslie Odom, Jr. Neal Bledsoe Jaime Cepero Andy Mientus Daniel Abeles	Tom is a Broadway composer. Dennis, Bobby and Sam are ensemble members and Tom had a short-term relationship with Sam. John is a lawyer. He and Tom dated briefly. Ellis began as Tom's personal assistant before becoming assistant to Broadway producer Eileen Rand (Anjelica Huston). He left the series after season one and an ex-girlfriend later outed him as gay. Kyle Bishop is the book writer for the rival show Hit List. Blake is the lighting director for Hit List and he and Kyle became involved.
2012	Political Animals	USA	T.J. Hammond Diane Nash Sean Reeves	Sebastian Stan Vanessa Redgrave David Monahan	T.J. is son of former President "Bud" Hammond and Elaine Barrish, the first openly gay child of a sitting President of the United States. Justice Diane Nash is the first openly gay Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a former mentor of Elaine's. Reeves is a married, closeted Congressman with whom T.J. has had an affair.
2012	GCB	ABC	Blake Reilly	Mark Deklin	Blake is a closeted homosexual and in a marriage of convenience with Cricket (Miriam Shor), who is aware of his sexual orientation.
2012	The L.A. Complex	CTV (Canada) MuchMusic (Canada)	Kaldrick King Tariq Muhammad Christopher Taylor	Andra Fuller Benjamin Charles Watson Jarod Joseph	Kaldrick King is a closeted, black rapper known for his violence, yet his personality and real self is significantly deeper than what he openly shows. Tariq is an aspiring rapper working at the production company where Kaldrick records and the two start a secret relationship that ends in tears. Christopher Taylor is Kaldrick's openly gay lover who works as a lawyer.
2012—	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	ABC	Dr. Elizabeth 'Mac' Macmillan	Tammy MacIntosh
2011—	Scott and Bailey	ITV	Helen Bartlett DC Anna Ran	Nicola Walker Jing Lusi	Helen Bartlett is in S3 only, but notable for her story and impact. DC Anna Ran joins in S5.
2011—2016	Person of Interest	CBS	Sameen Shaw Samantha Groves (Root)	Sarah Shahi Amy Acker
2011—	American Horror Story	FX	Chad (season 1) Patrick (season 1) Peggy (season 1) Lana Winters (season 2) Wendy (season 2) Stanley (season 4) Dell Toledo (season 4) Andy (season 4) Liz Taylor (season 5) The Countess (season 5) Will Drake (season 5) Ramona Royale (season 5) Cricket Marlowe (Season 6) Edward Philippe Mott (Season 6) Guiness (Season 6)	Zachary Quinto Teddy Sears Kathleen Rose Perkins Sarah Paulson Clea Duvall Denis O'Hare Michael Chiklis Matt Bomer Denis O'Hare Lady Gaga Cheyenne Jackson Angela Bassett Leslie Jordan Evan Peters Henderson Wade	Chad and his partner Patrick are the former owners of the haunted house around which the first season centers. Peggy is described as Chad's "supportive lesbian friend". Lana Winters is a closeted lesbian reporter seeking to break a story on season 2's Briarcliff Asylum. Wendy, Lana's lover, is a grade school teacher who is manipulated into having Lana committed to the asylum. In season 4, Stanley is a con artist who is often seen in the company of male sex workers. Dell Toledo is the strongman of the freakshow and married to Desiree and is a closeted homosexual. In the season 4 episode "Pink Cupcakes" it is revealed that he had an affair with a hustler named Andy (Matt Bomer). In season 5, the Countess is a bisexual vampire who has a foursome with two men and another woman. Will Drake identifies himself as gay, but has a sexual encounter with the Countess. He later confesses to being bisexual. Ramona Royale is the former lover of the Countess.
2011—2014	Being Human	Syfy	Emily	Alison Louder	Emily is lead character Josh's sister.
2011—	Awkward	MTV	Clark Stevenson Ricky Schwartz Theo Abbott Cole Higgins	Joey Haro Matthew Fahey Evan Crooks Monty Geer	Theo and Cole are both gay and appear in Season 4 and 5. They are troublemakers and best friends.
2011—2014	Borgia	Canal+	Francesc Gaset Giuliano della Rovere Francesco Alidosi	Art Malik Dejan Čukić Matt Di Angelo	After being falsely accused of sodomy in the episode "Palm Sunday", Gaset admits to Pope Alexander VI (John Doman) that he does have the desires of a sodomite. Della Rovere is occasionally called a sodomite by the Pope and his fellow cardinals; his relationship with Alidosi is confirmed in the episode "The Seven Sorrows".
2011—	Game of Thrones	HBO	Renly Baratheon Loras Tyrell Oberyn Martell Ellaria Sand Olyver Varys Yara Greyjoy	Gethin Anthony Finn Jones Pedro Pascal Indira Varma Will Tudor Conleth Hill Gemma Whelan	Renly is the brother of King Robert. Loras is the Knight of Flowers. Both are gay. Prince Oberyn, known as the Red Viper, is a member of House Martell of Dorne. He is bisexual. Ellaria is Prince Oberyn's paramour and also bisexual. Olyver is a gay male sex worker and spy working for Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish. Varys stated that, before being castrated, he had no romantic or sexual feelings for men or women. Because of this, it's assumed that he is asexual and aromantic.
2011—2015	Hart of Dixie	CW	Crickett Watts Jaysene Charles	Brandi Burkhardt Erica Piccininni	Crickett comes out as a lesbian in the season finale of season 3. In Season 4, Crickett divorces her husband and begins a suttle romance with Jaysene who is a volunteer firefighter.
2011—	Hell on Wheels	AMC	Louise Ellison	Jennifer Ferrin	Louise Ellison is a newspaper reporter sent by New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley to cover the building of the Union Pacific Railroad; she reveals that the assignment was a punishment for exhibiting attraction toward Greeley's daughter.
2011—2014	The Killing	AMC (Seasons 1-3) Netflix (Season 4)	Regi Darnell Bullet	Annie Corley Bex Taylor-Klaus	Regi Darnell was protagonist Sarah Linden's social worker as a child who remained a mother figure to her; she marries her female partner in the first episode of season 3. One of the main characters introduced in season 3 is a young homeless lesbian named Bullet.
2011—	Once Upon a Time	ABC	Mulan Ruby Lucas Dorothy Gale	Jamie Chung Meghan Ory Teri Reeves	Mulan is a female warrior who had feelings for Philip and Aurora. Ruby Lucas is a werewolf who once had a boyfriend named Peter, and later has a relationship with Dorothy Gale.
2011—2015	Revenge	ABC	Nolan Ross Tyler Barrol Marco Romero Patrick Osbourne Regina	Gabriel Mann Ashton Holmes E.J. Bonilla Justin Hartley Seychelle Gabriel	Nolan rates himself a 3 on the Kinsey scale. Tyler is a "sexually ambiguous hustler" described in publicity material as a "Talented Mister Ripley type". Marco is a past boyfriend and CEO of Nolan Ross. Marco appears in flashbacks and in present-day in season 2. Patrick is the illegitimate son of Victoria Greyson (Madeline Stowe). He and Nolan had feelings for each other in season 3.
2011—	Shameless	Showtime	Ian Gallagher Kash Mickey Milkovich Jess Monica Gallagher Roberta Lloyd Lishman Svetlana Milkovich Veronica Fisher Angela Jasmine Hollander Caleb Trevor	Cameron Monaghan Pej Vahdat Noel Fisher Missy Doty Chloe Webb Carlease Burke Harry Hamlin Isidora Goreshter Shanola Hampton Dichen Lachman Amy Smart Jeff Pierre Elliot Fletcher	American series based on the UK original. Ian is a gay teenager involved in a sexual relationship with Kash, his boss, who is married and a father. It is unclear whether Kash identifies as other than straight, although he admits to Ian that he did not like having sex with his wife. Mickey is a delinquent and the brother of Ian's beard girlfriend Mandy; he and Ian begin a sexual relationship although Mickey does not initially show any emotional attraction toward Ian. Jess is a bartender at the neighborhood bar The Alibi Room. Gallagher clan mother Monica is in a relationship with Roberta which ends in season two. Lloyd picks up Ian in a gay bar in season two; he turns out to be the father of Jimmy (Justin Chatwin), the boyfriend of Ian's sister Fiona (Emmy Rossum). Svetlana is Mickey's lesbian wife and former sex worker. In season 5, Angela, an Asian lesbian that frequents the diner that Fiona works at is introduced, but later leaves town. Jasmine is a bisexual friend of Fiona who is interested in her. After Fiona refuses to offer her financial help, Jasmine gets angry and leaves, never speaking to her again. On season 6, Veronica, Svetlana and Kev enter on a polyamorous relationship. Caleb was Ian's boyfriend who cheated on him with a woman. Trevor is a transgender male who is a friend and possible love interest for Ian.
2011—	Switched at Birth	ABC	Matthew Renzo Josh Padden	Daniel Durant Alec Mapa Austin Cauldwell	Daniel Durant is revealed as gay and romantically interested in Emmett. Josh Padden is Daphne's friend who has a crush on Daphne's boyfriend Mingo.
2011—	Teen Wolf	MTV	Danny Mahealani Ethan Caitlin Emily Mason Hewitt Brett Talbot Corey Lucas	Keahu Kahuanui Charlie Carver Zelda Williams Lauren McKnight Khylin Rhambo Cody Saintgnue Michael Johnston Eddie Ramos	Danny is on the lacrosse team with the titular character. Ethan is an "alpha" werewolf who becomes romantically involved with Danny in season three. Caitlin is bisexual. Emily, Caitlin's ex-girlfriend was sacrificed by the darach. Mason is an out and proud gay freshman athlete. Brett is a bisexual werewolf playing on another lacrosse team. Corey and Lucas were a couple, but Lucas was killed by the Doctors after becoming a chimera. Corey and Mason are now a couple.
2011—2013	Necessary Roughness	USA	Rex Evans	Travis Smith	Evans is the quarterback for the New York Hawks. He comes out at the end of season 2, becoming the first openly gay active football player in the show's universe.
2011—2013	The Borgias	Showtime	Micheletto Corella Augustino Pascal	Sean Harris Darwin Shaw Charlie Carrick	Micheletto is a condottiero in service to Cesare Borgia (François Arnaud).
2011—2012	Bedlam	Sky Living	Ryan	Will Young
2011—2012	Ringer	The CW	Olivia Charles Catherine Martin	Jaime Murray Andrea Roth	Olivia was the partner of Andrew Martin (Ioan Gruffudd) in an investment firm. Catherine is Andrew's ex-wife. They were in a secret relationship.
2011	Crownies	ABC1	Janet King Ashleigh Larsson	Marta Dusseldorp Aimee Pedersen	Janet King is a lesbian who lives with her partner Ashleigh Larsson, she is pregnant via IVF. In series 2 of Janet King, Ash has been killed.
2011	The Playboy Club	NBC	Bunny Alice Sean Beasley Frances Dunhill	Leah Renee Sean Maher Cassidy Freeman	Alice is a Playboy Bunny and secretly lesbian. She is in a sham marriage with Sean, who is gay. Frances begins dating Nick Dalton (Eddie Cibrian) to provide him with a politically acceptable public "girlfriend" and to make her appear heterosexual to her father.
2011—	Waterloo Road	BBC One	Martin Dunbar	Matt Greenwood
2011	Skins	MTV	Tea Marvelli	Sofia Black D'Elia	Tea, a cheerleader, replaced the popular gay character Maxxie from the UK original, sparking outrage among fans.
2010—	Luther	BBC	DS Emma Lane	Rose Leslie	Emma is a lesbian.
2010—2014	Tierra de lobos	Multipark Ficción y Boomerang TV	Cristina Isabel Lobo	Berta Hernández Adriana Torrebejano	The series takes place in the 19th century in Spain. Cristina, a sex worker, wants to get back at her special client Antonio Lobo by seducing his daughter Isabel. What she doesn't anticipate is falling in her own trap. Isabel and Cristina start a forbidden love that will bring them both joy and pain.
2010—2015	Rookie Blue	Global	Gail Peck Holly Stewart Frankie Anderson	Charlotte Sullivan Aliyah O'Brien Katharine Isabelle	Gail Peck befriends Holly Stewart the new forensic specialist. The two share a kiss at Frank and Noelle's wedding and again when Gail is shot at. The two then begin a relationship.
2010—2015	Strike Back	Sky1 (season 1—5 ) Cinemax (season 2—5 )	James Leatherby Fahran	Dougray Scott Daniel Ben Zenou	Leatherby is a former SAS officer and an antagonist in season 4. Fahran is his lover.
2010—2013	Dance Academy	ABC1 ABC3	Sammy Ollie Jai Rhys O'Leary	Tom Green Keiynan Lonsdale Chris Foy Richard Brancatisano	Jai asks Sammy for his number in Season 1. Sammy dates Ollie in season 2. Rhys is an actor and dates Ollie in Season 3.
2010—2015	Downton Abbey	ITV PBS	Thomas Barrow Duke of Crowborough	Rob James-Collier Charlie Cox	Thomas is a footman in the aristocratic Crawley household. The Duke of Crowborough is Lady Mary's suitor and Thomas's lover.
2010—2015	Parenthood	NBC	Haddie Braverman Lauren	Sarah Ramos	Haddie and Lauren are revealed to be dating at the end of the 5th season.
2010—2015	Lost Girl	Showcase (Canada)	Bo Lauren Nadia Tamsin Vex The Morrigan, Evony Fleurette Marquise	Anna Silk Zoie Palmer Athena Karkanis Rachel Skarsten Paul Amos Emmanuelle Vaugier	Lost Girl tells the story of Bo, a superhuman who did not know she was a member of the supernatural Fae world until she was discovered by them. She is a succubus, a Fae that survives by feeding from life force and the energy created from sex with males or females. Season 1: Bo becomes romantically and sexually involved with Dyson (a Light Fae detective) and Lauren (a human doctor). (The three became known as the "Love Triangle" of the series.) Season 2: Lauren's girlfriend, Nadia, awoke from a 5-year comatose state, was possessed by an evil entity, and Bo was forced to kill her. Season 3: Bo and Lauren entered into a committed relationship, but Lauren broke it off. Season 4: Lauren had a one-night stand with Crystal, a co-worker; Bo and Lauren had a quickie at a party; Lauren seduced The Morrigan (Evony Fleurette Marquise), leader of the Dark Fae. Season 5: Vex was revealed to be attracted to Mark. Tamsin (bisexual) initiated a 'friends with benefits' relationship with Bo, but Bo subsequently ended it when she realized it had become romantic for Tamsin. Bo and Lauren made love again when alone together during a blackout. Bo thereafter asked Lauren to give their relationship another chance and Lauren consented; however, Lauren then broke it off from fear of becoming a burden to Bo as she aged in human years. At the end, Lauren reconsidered her decision and told Bo that she wanted to spend her life with her, and the two are united again, this time for good. The relationship between Bo and Lauren became popularly referred to as "Doccubus".
2010—	The Walking Dead	AMC	Tara Chambler Alisha Aaron Eric Denise Cloyd	Alanna Masterson Juliana Harkavy Ross Marquand Jordan Woods-Robinson Merritt Wever	Tara enters into a brief relationship with former Marine Alisha before Alisha is killed in a firefight. Aaron is one of the residents of the Alexandria safe-zone, who is in a relationship with Eric. Denise is an inexperienced doctor that began a relationship with Tara in the show's sixth season.
2010—	Pretty Little Liars	Freeform	Emily Fields Maya St. Germain Paige McCullers Samara Cook Alison DiLaurentis Shana Fring Talia Sandoval Jenna Marshall Charlotte DiLaurentis	Shay Mitchell Bianca Lawson Lindsey Shaw Claire Holt Sasha Pieterse Aeriél Miranda Miranda Rae Mayo Tammin Sursok Vanessa Ray	Emily first begins a romance with Maya, her new neighbor. She later has a rocky relationship with Paige, then dates Samara. She then briefly reunites with Maya. Following Maya's death, she begins dating Paige once more. Alison kisses Emily before her disappearance, claiming she was "practicing" for kissing men. However, after her return, she and Emily seem to kiss sincerely. In season 7 Alison kisses Emily first and seems to be showing romantic feelings for Emily. They could possibly be dating. Shana and Jenna were dating. Emily and Talia begin getting involved with each other whilst both working at Ezra's coffee shop. Emily finds out that Talia is married to a man and realizes their relationship was too complicated for her to handle. Charlotte is Alison's transgender sister although later on it is revealed that Charlotte is actually her first cousin and not her sister. .
2010—2014	Boardwalk Empire	HBO	Angela Darmody Mary Dittrich	Aleksa Palladino Lisa Joyce	Angela is the fiancée of lead character Jimmy Darmody and uses his last name. Mary and her husband run a photography studio. They have an affair in season 1.
2010—2012	Lip Service	BBC Three	Cat McKenzie Frankie Alan Tess Roberts Detective Sgt Sam Murray Sadie Anderson Dr Lexy Price Dr Declan Love	Laura Fraser Ruta Gedmintas Fiona Button Heather Peace Natasha O'Keeffe Anna Skellern Adam Sinclair	A series about a group of 20s to 30s lesbians and their friends, set in Glasgow, Scotland. Frankie returns from working in New York, NY for her Aunt's funeral having run away from a serious relationship with Cat two years prior. Frankie wishes to resume where they left off, but instead has a string of meaningless flings with other women as she grieves the loss of her Aunt and attempts to solve the mystery of her real identity. Tess is dumped by long-term girlfriend who had been cheating on her. Sam and Cat start to develop a serious relationship after their first (blind) date goes badly.
2010—2013	Spartacus	Starz	Barca Pietros Auctus Agron Nasir Tiberius Saxa Belesa Sabinus Castus Gaia Lucretia Illythia	Antonio Te Maioha Eka Darville Josef Brown Daniel Feuerriegel Pana Hema Taylor Christian Antidormi Ellen Hollman Luna Rioumina Aaron Jakubenko Blessing Mokgohloa Jaime Murray Lucy Lawless Viva Bianca	Barca is falsely accused of disobedience and executed; His lover, Pietros, commits suicide believing himself abandoned. Auctus was Barca's lover in the prequal, Gods of the Arena. Though Agron was initially one of those who raised voice that the former slave Nasir should be killed for attacking Spartacus, Agron and Nasir become lovers after Nasir proves his trustworthiness and skill as a fighter in the rebellion.
2010—2013	The Big C	Showtime	Lee	Hugh Dancy	Lee is introduced in season two as a fellow patient in Cathy's (Laura Linney) melanoma clinical trial.
2010—2012	Upstairs Downstairs	BBC	Dr Blanche Mottershead	Alex Kingston	Publication of a scandalous novel exposes Blanche's unconventional lifestyle and her former lover Lady Portia Alresford.
2010—2011	Gigantic	TeenNick	Ryan Katins Charlie Maddock	Greg Ellis Don O. Knowlton	Ryan is the adoptive father of lead characters Piper and Finn. An action movie superstar, his children find him in bed with his boyfriend Charlie in the episode "Carpe Diem".
2010—2011	Law & Order: LA	NBC	Lt. Arleen Gonzales	Wanda De Jesus (pilot) Rachel Ticotin	In the episode "El Sereno", Gonzales is accused of racial bigotry in a murder investigation. At trial she comes out as a lesbian, testifying that the bigotry she has faced for being gay has led her to overcome her own bigotry.
2010—2011	Hellcats	The CW	Darwin	Jeremy Wong
2010	Thorne	Sky1 HD	Phil Hendricks	Aidan Gillen
2010	Undercovers	NBC	Lance	Jay Scully	Lance is a chef at the catering company operated by the lead couple.
2010	Outlaw	NBC	Lucinda Pearl	Carly Pope	Lucinda is bisexual and a private investigator.
2010	Rubicon	AMC	Kale Ingram Walter	Arliss Howard	Ingram is the supervisor of the series's lead character. Walter is his younger partner.
2010	The Whole Truth	ABC	Alejo Salazar	Anthony Ruivivar	Salazar is second-in-command at lead character Jimmy Brogan's (Rob Morrow) New York law firm. His husband is a lobbyist in Washington, DC.
2009—	Modern Family	ABC	Cameron Tucker Mitchell Pritchett	Eric Stonestreet Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Since the beginning of the series, Cameron and Mitchell have been in an openly gay relationship. In the first season they adopt a baby, Lily, and throughout the series they are given a very high sense of queer worth. Both live a comfortable lifestyle and their families are supportive in everything they do. Mitchell is sometimes portrayed as being shy about his relationship in public, but eventually this changes and he learns to be very open and hopes that the public will accept him and Cameron as they are.
2009—2015	Glee	Fox	Kurt Hummel Blaine Anderson Brittany S. Pierce Santana Lopez Wade "Unique" Adams Danielle "Dani" Elliot "Starchild" Gilbert Adam Crawford David Karofsky Quinn Fabray Chandler Kiehl Cody Tolentino Hiram Berry LeRoy Berry Sebastian Smythe Eli.C Jeremiah Gavroche Sandy Ryerson Elaine Liz Stevens Jan Rick Denham Spencer Porter Alistair	Chris Colfer Darren Criss Heather Morris Naya Rivera Alex Newell Demi Lovato Adam Lambert Oliver Kieran-Jones Max Adler Dianna Agron Justin Castor Bryce Johnson Jeff Goldblum Brian Stokes Mitchell Grant Gustin Ian Gilligan Alexander Nifong Caden Michael Gray Stephen Tobolowsky Kayla Kalbfleisch Meredith Baxter Patty Duke Tyler Vogt Marshall Williams Finneas O'Connell	Kurt Hummel was the first gay, lead, cast member. At the start of the series he was in the closet but he soon came out and became the only out-gay kid in William McKinley high school. He dresses very flamboyantly and creates his own style which lands him a job at Vogue in Season 4. Blaine Anderson was introduced in season 2 as Kurt's love interest, he was lead-singer of Dalton Academy Warbler's a show choir competing with Kurt's, Kurt transferred to Dalton after severe bullying from his sexuality but he transferred back to McKinley in late season 2, in season 3 Blaine also transferred to McKinley to see Kurt more. In season 4 the two broke up as Blaine cheated on Kurt, they did meet at Christmas however and slept together at Will and Emma's wedding, and by the end of season 4 it was revealed the Blaine wanted to propose to Kurt to show him he loved him and would never do anything so bad ever again. Brittany is bisexual and was used by Santana for sexual reasons only as Santana only identified herself as straight, however, 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. In season 3 Santana was still closeted but following an argument with Finn Hudson she was forced to come out of the closet, her parents and classmates were accepting but her abuela (grandmother) took the news very badly. Brittany and Santana broke up in season 4 but in season 5 they met again as the glee club was ending, after meeting each other they realised they still loved each other and decided to go away together, but Santana also bought Brittany a ticket back to New York so she could move in with her. Wade "Unique" Adams is a trans woman introduced in late season 3. She only feels comfortable in woman's clothing and in season 4 after being fed up that her show choir 'Vocal Adrenaline' at Carmel High was exploiting this fact she transferred to McKinley. 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 Pamela Lansbury alongside Dani, Santana and Rachel Berry . Kurt felt threatened by Starchild but they soon made up which resulted as a source of jealousy to Blaine. Adam was a love interest of Kurt's introduced in season 4, however, Kurt realised he was only with Adam to get over Blaine and so he ended it off-screen. Quinn Fabray has a one-night stand with Santana Lopez in Season 4, Episode 14 entitled "I Do". David Karofsky was the bully who forced Kurt to move schools in season 2, the source of Karofsky's bullying was from the fact he was confused with his own sexuality, this was shown when he tried to kiss Kurt following an argument. Karofsky didn't come out the closet and became Santana's beard in late season 2 in a plot to both make Brittany jealous and to convince Kurt to move back to McKinley. In season 3 Karofsky had transferred schools to avoid people finding out about his sexuality, but after meeting Kurt at a gay bar realised he had feelings for him and so became a secret admirer over Valentine's Day, however, Kurt rejected him as he was with Blaine. However, someone from Karofsky's new school saw the two together on Valentine's Day and he spread the truth of Karofsky's sexuality leading to him being bullied and subsequent attempted suicide. Chandler Kiehl is a boy who Kurt met at a music store in season 3, the two bonded instantly and began texting, however, this caused Blaine to become extremely 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, he even admitted to be willing to see Blaine behind Kurt's back, however 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. It was said they would return in season 5 as mentors to Kurt and Blaine, but haven't made an appearance as of yet. Rick Dunham was a show choir director that Sue pushed down a flight of stairs to take his job.
2009—	The Vampire Diaries	The CW	Bill Forbes Luke Parker Mary Louise Nora	Jack Coleman Chris Brochu Teressa Liane Scarlett Byrne	Bill Forbes is Caroline's father who divorced her mother after coming out as gay (Season 3). Luke Parker is a warlock and Liv's twin brother who appears in Season 5 and 6. Mary Louise and Nora are a lesbian couple and two members of the Heretic witch/vampire coven who appear in Season 7.
2009—2016	The Good Wife	CBS	Kalinda Sharma Owen Cavanaugh Lana Delany	Archie Panjabi Dallas Roberts Jill Flint	Kalinda is bisexual and a private investigator. Owen is the brother of lead character Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies). Lana and Kalinda are in a relationship in season 3.
2009—2014	White Collar	USA	Special Agent Diana Barrigan	Marsha Thomason	Diana is in a relationship with a woman named Christie, who first appears in the season three episode "Deadline" played by Moran Atias. The couple becomes engaged but Diana later reports they have broken up.
2009—2014	Warehouse 13	Syfy	Helena G. Wells Agent Steve Jinks	Jaime Murray Aaron Ashmore	Helena "H.G." Wells speaks of having both male and female lovers. Jinks is an ATF agent and a "human lie detector".
2009—2013	Southland	NBC (season 1) TNT (season 2–5)	Officer John Cooper	Michael Cudlitz	Officer Cooper has been described as "the pained heart of the series."
2009—2012	Make It or Break It	ABC Family	Max Spencer	Josh Bowman	In the season two episode "What Lies Beneath", Max comes out as bisexual.
2009—2011	Being Erica	CBC (Canada) SOAPNet (US)	Dave Ivan Dr. Naadiah Cassidy Holland	Bill Turnbull Michael Northey Joanne Vannicola Anna Silk	Dave and Ian are in a committed relationship. Beginning in season 3, the couple purchases the local coffee shop together and are upgraded to series regulars. Dr. Naadiah is a therapist. Cassidy had a brief relationship with Erica in season one
2009—2011	United States of Tara	Showtime	Marshall Gregson Ted Mayo Hany Jason Lionel Trane Noah Kane	Keir Gilchrist Michael Hitchcock Sammy Sheik Andrew Lawrence Michael Willett Aaron Christian Howles	Marshall is the teenage son of main characters Tara (Toni Collette) and Max (John Corbett). Ted and Hany are an interracial, intergenerational couple and neighbors of the Gregsons. Jason is Marshall's closeted love interest during season 1. Jason's sexuality is left undefined, but it is suggested he is bisexual; As Kate (Marshall's sister) puts it, he is a "bi-curious church monkey". Lionel founded the gay-straight alliance at Marshall's high school. He was Marshall's first boyfriend. Noah is an openly gay classmate of Marshall and Lionel's.
2009—2011	Stargate Universe	Syfy	Camile Wray Sharon	Ming-Na Reiko Aylesworth	Camile is a civilian leader on Destiny. Sharon is her life partner back on Earth. They have been together over 12 years.
2009–2010	Trauma	NBC	Tyler Briggs	Kevin Rankin	Tyler is a gay EMT. He comes out to his partner Cameron Boone in the episode "Masquerade" and to his father in "Sweet Jane".
2009–2010	Caprica	Syfy	Sam Adama Larry	Sasha Roiz Julius Chapple	Sam is the brother of Joseph Adama and a member of the Tauron mob. Larry is his husband.
2009–2010	FlashForward	ABC	Janis Hawk	Christine Woods	Janis is an closeted lesbian FBI agent whose sexual orientation is known to at least some of her colleagues.
2009	The Prisoner	AMC	11-12 909	Jamie Campbell Bower Vincent Regan	11-12 is the son of 2 (Ian McKellen), leader of The Village. 909 is his lover, which relationship 11-12 keeps secret from his father.
2009	Kings	NBC	Jack Benjamin Joseph Lasile	Sebastian Stan Michael Arden	Jack Benjamin is the Prince and son of King Silas Benjamin. Joseph is Jack's clandestine boyfriend. Both are gay.
2008—2013	Raw	RTÉ Two (Season 1) RTÉ One (Season 2–5)	Geoff Mitchell Pavel Rebien	Damon Gameau Kryštof Hádek
2008—2013	90210	The CW	Teddy Montgomery Shane Ian Marco Salazar Tripp Willinson Adrianna Tate-Duncan Gia Mannetti	Trevor Donovan Ryan Rottman Kyle Riabko Freddie Smith Alan Ritchson Jessica Lowndes Rumer Willis	Teddy dated several female characters until he realized that he was gay in Season 3. Adrianna had a short romance with Gia in Season 2.
2008-	Murdoch Mysteries	CBC (Canada)	James Gillies Chief Constable Giles Lillian Moss Dr. Emily Grace	Michael Seater Nigel Bennett Sarah Mitich Georgina Reilly
2008–2013	Being Human	BBC Three	Carl Dan	Steve John Shepherd	Carl is a gay vampire. He shares a flat with his human boyfriend Dan. until he accidentally kills him during sleep. The police is looking for him so Carl escapes to Brasil.
2008–2013	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	ABC Family	Griffin Peter Anne Juergens Nora	Brando Eaton Kristopher Higgins
2008–2014	Sons of Anarchy	FX	June Stahl Amy Tyler Wendy Case Venus Van Dam Gemma Teller Morrow Alexander "Tig" Trager	Ally Walker Pamela J. Gray Drea de Matteo Walton Goggins Katey Sagal Kim Coates	Agent June Stahl was bisexual. Agent Amy Tyler was her professional and personal partner during the third season. Wendy realizes she likes women before season 4. Venus Van Dam is a transgender sex worker introduced in Season 5. Gemma is seen waking up next to different women on more than one occasion (she also gets called out about it by Nero Padilla, who would later become her boyfriend), indicating Gemma is bisexual. Tig Trager develops an interest in Venus Van Dam in Season 6 which becomes physical in Season 7. He later refers to himself as "just gay enough".
2008–2014	True Blood	HBO	Lafayette Reynolds Tara Thornton Jason Stackhouse Eric Northman Eddie Gautier Steve Newlin Jesus Velasquez Russell Edgington Talbot Pam Yvetta David Finch	Nelsan Ellis Rutina Wesley Ryan Kwanten Alexander Skarsgård Stephen Root Michael McMillian Kevin Alejandro Denis O'Hare Theo Alexander Kristin Bauer van Straten Natasha Alam John Prosky	Lafayette is a gay short-order cook, drug dealer and sex worker. Tara is Lafayette's cousin. After being involved with several men in the first three seasons, she is involved with a woman as of the premiere of season 4. She later shows interest in a relationship with Pam. Jason is the brother of protagonist Sookie Stackhouse, and is shown to have multiple sexual dreams about men, though he never acts on it. He's very likely bisexual or at least bicurious. Eric Northman is the sheriff of the vampires in his town, and a pansexual vampire who has multiple relations with males in the show. Eddie is a gay vampire and former accountant, one of Lafeyette's clients. Steve Newlin starts out as the leader of an anti-vampire Christian ministry. He is made a vampire sometime between the end of season two and the end of season four, coming out to Jason Stackhouse as a "gay vampire American". Jesus joined the series in season 3 as Lafayette's love interest. He is a nurse at the nursing home where Lafayette's mother lives and a brujo (witch). Russell is the Vampire King of Mississippi in season 3 and Talbot is his consort. After being implied bisexual in seasons 1 and 2, Pam is seen engaging in oral sex with Yvetta in season 3. David Finch is a hypocritical right-wing politician who was an occasional client of Lafayette's in season 1.
2008–2011	Física o Química	Antena 3	Fernando "Fer" Redondo David Ferrán Alma Núñez Borja	Javier Calvo Adrián Rodríguez Sandra Blázquez Israel Rodríguez	Fer is one of the main characters of the series. During Season 3, Fer falls for David, the new straight soccer punk at the school. Eventually David comes out of the closet and begins a relationship with Fer which becomes an emotional roller coaster ride for both characters over several seasons. Their relationship touches on several teenage and LGBT issues such as parental problems, conversion therapy, and teen suicide. Alma is the mysterious new girl at the school. She never confirmed that she is bisexual, but during the series she has sexual relationships with girls and boys. Borja is Fer's new boyfriend during Season 6.
2008–2010	Hvaler	TV 2	Lone Heidi	Lisa Loven Kaia Varjord	Lone begins a relationship with kitesurfer Heidi and the two eventually move to Cape Town together.
2008–2010	Legend of the Seeker	Syndicated	Cara Mason	Tabrett Bethell	In the television series, Cara is portrayed as bisexual.
2008–2010	In Treatment	HBO	Jesse	Dane DeHaan	Jesse, one of Dr. Paul Weston's patients, is an adopted teenager searching for his real parents.
2008–2009	Raising the Bar	TNT	Charlie Sagansky	Jonathan Scarfe
2008–2009	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	HBO	BK	Desmond Dube
2008	Cashmere Mafia	ABC	Caitlin Dowd Alicia Lawson	Bonnie Somerville Lourdes Benedicto	Bisexual or bi-curious Caitlin met and dated lesbian Alicia for a number of episodes.
2007–	Notruf Hafenkante	ZDF	Melanie Hansen Helen Anneza	Sanna Englund Dennenesch Zoudé	Melanie and Helen meet and begin a relationship towards the end of Season 7.
2007–2013	Skins	E4	Maxxie Oliver Tony Stonem Cassie Ainsworth Dale James Emily Fitch Naomi Campbell Franky Fitzgerald Matty Levan Mini McGuinness Alex Henley Nick Levan Rider	Mitch Hewer Nicholas Hoult Hannah Murray Matthew Hayfield Sean Verey Kathryn Prescott Lily Loveless Dakota Blue Richards Sebastian De Souza Freya Mavor Sam Jackson Sean Teale Daniel Black	Maxxie is openly gay (first generation, season 1 and 2). Tony may be is hetero-flexible. Tony's sexuality is left unclear as he has had both male and female sexual relationships, though he has never had a boyfriend. He had an adventure with Maxxie in Rusia (first generation, season 1 and 2). Cassie said that she was straight before that she know pussies, this happened when Sid broke her heart in season 2 (first generation, season 1 and 2). Dale is a minor character who kissed Maxxie after he tried to hit him (first generation, season 2). James is Maxxie's boyfriend (first generation, season 2). Emily is a lesbian, but she had sex with JJ (second generation, season 3, 4 and 7). Naomi is Emily's girlfriend, she is a lesbian. The two are in a committed relationship. Franky is an androgynous pansexual (third generation, season 5 and 6). Matty, is bisexual, though this trait is left unsaid in the series (third generation, season 5 and 6). Alex is a gay character who joins the 'third generation' in season 6 (third generation, season 6). Nick kissed Alex at a party, he isn't gay and doesn't look like bisexual, but he may be bicurious or hetero-flexible (third generation, season 5 and 6). Rider is a minor bisexual character, he slept with Alex in season 2, but this scene isn`t shown, it's known because there is a photo that Liv saw (third generation, season 5 and 6).
2007–2012	Damages	FX (seasons 1–3) The 101 Network (season 4– )	Ray Fiske	Željko Ivanek	Fiske was the lead defense attorney on the first season's central case. He was closeted and concealing a relationship with a key witness. Fiske shot himself to death in plaintiff's attorney Patti Hewes's office.
2007–2015	Mad Men	AMC	Salvatore Romano Carol Joyce Kurt	Bryan Batt Kate Norby Zosia Mamet Edin Gali	Sal is a closeted member of the ad agency's art department. Carol is the roommate of (and in love with) the office manager, Joan. Joyce is a lesbian friend of Peggy's. Kurt is an art director with the agency.
2007–2012	Gossip Girl	The CW	Eric van der Woodsen Harold Waldorf Roman Asher Hornsby Jonathan Whitney Freddy Parnes Julian Rawlins Josh Ellis	Connor Paolo John Shea William Abadie Jesse Swenson Matt Doyle Austin Lysy Harmon Walsh Neal Bledsoe	Eric is Serena van der Woodsen's brother who is outed by Georgina in season 1. Harold is Blair Waldorf's father, and Roman is his boyfriend. Asher and Jonathan are Eric's ex-boyfriends. Freddy is Roman's ex-lover. Julian is school play's director. Josh is a gay man who Chuck kisses in order to ensure that he gives Blair the honorr of making NYU's freshman speech in season 3.
2007–2011	Greek	ABC Family	Calvin Owens Heath Michael Grant	Paul James Zack Lively Max Greenfield Gregory Michael	Calvin is a young man who is inadvertently outed in the first-season finale. Heath, from a rival fraternity, and Calvin are casual sex partners in season 1 and in season 4 the two are a couple. Calvin had a brief relationship with the older Michael in season 2. Grant is Calvin's season 3 love interest.
2007–2010	The Tudors	Showtime (US) BBC (UK) CBC (Canada)	Thomas Tallis William Compton George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford Mark Smeaton	Joe Van Moyland Kristen Holden-Ried Pádraic Delaney David Alpay	Historical figure Tallis is portrayed as being involved in a sexual relationship with nobleman Compton, although there is no supporting historical evidence. George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's brother is portrayed as gay, again there is no historical supporting evidence.
2007–2009	Pushing Daisies	ABC	Coroner	Sy Richardson	Series creator Bryan Fuller planned a slow reveal of the coroner's sexuality and his crush on Emerson Cod (Chi McBride).
2007–2009	Reaper	The CW	Tony Steve	Ken Marino Michael Ian Black	Tony and Steve enter the series as 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.
2007–2009	The Lair	here!	Most of the principal characters	see cast list	Supernatural-themed series following a vampire cult that operates a sex club.
2007–2009	The Best Years	Global/E! (Canada) The N (US)	Lee Campbell	Alan Van Sprang	Lee owns local hot spot nightclub Colony. He is bisexual and HIV-positive.
2007–2009	Heroes	NBC	Claire Bennet Gretchen Berg	Hayden Panettiere Madeline Zima	Gretchen and Claire are roommates in college. Later on it is revealed that Gretchen has romantic feelings for Claire which are later reciprocated by Claire.
2007–2008	Dirty Sexy Money	ABC	Patrick Darling IV Carmelita	William Baldwin Candis Cayne	Darling, a United States Senate candidate, is carrying on an affair with the transgender Carmelita, the latest of several such affairs.
2007–2008	Dirt	FX	Leo Spiller Jack Dawson Garbo	Will McCormack Grant Show Carly Pope	Leo is lead character Lucy Spiller's bisexual brother. Jack is a closeted movie star. Garbo is a lesbian drug dealer. Other lead characters Julia Mallory and Willa McPherson experiment with bisexuality.
2007	Jekyll	BBC One	Miranda Calendar Min	Meera Syal Fenella Woolgar	Miranda is a lesbian private investigator. Min is her partner and is having their baby.
2006–2013	Dexter	Showtime	Isaak Sirko	Ray Stevenson	Sirko was a Ukrainian mobster seeking to kill Dexter Morgan to avenge the death of Sirko's lover Viktor, whom Morgan had murdered in season 7.
2006–2015	Waterloo Road	BBC1 (UK)	Jo Lipsett Ros McCain Matt Wilding Josh Stevenson Nate Gurney Nikki Boston Lorraine Donnegan Vix Spark	Sarah-Jane Potts Sophie McShera Chris Geere William Rush Scott Haining Heather Peace Daniela Denby-Ashe	Jo is an openly gay French teacher. In season 5, episode 17, Ros kisses Jo after completing her exams, despite already having a boyfriend. Matt Wilding, music teacher at the school was gay and was with a boyfriend for three years, but the fact that he was unwilling to live openly as a gay man was a source of constant rows between them and meant the relationship was doomed to failure. Josh is teacher Tom's son and comes out after initially having attractions for his best friend Finn Sharkey. Nate is an openly gay teenage character with romantic connections to Josh.
2006–2011	Torchwood	BBC Three (series 1) BBC Two (series 2) BBC One (series 3) Starz (season 4– )	Jack Harkness Ianto Jones Toshiko Sato Owen Harper Captain John Hart Brad Angelo Colasanto Charlotte Wills	John Barrowman Gareth David-Lloyd Naoko Mori Burn Gorman James Marsters Dillon Casey Daniele Favilli Marina Benedict	The series' creator, Russell T Davies (who is gay), has described Torchwood as "a very bisexual series". The lead character, Captain Jack Harkness, was previously established on Doctor Who as bisexual or pansexual. 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 strongly implied to have a threesome with a man and a woman (using alien technology to seduce them). Jack's namesake, the real Captain Jack Harkness (Matt Rippy) from 1941 was also gay and was subject to a parting kiss. Jack's ex partner, Captain John Hart James Marsters appears in the second series premiere and the second series finale. In episode nine of series four, recurring character Charolotte Willis comes out as a lesbian.
2006–2012	Eureka	Syfy	Vincent	Chris Gauthier	Vincent is hinted at being the only openly gay member of Eureka's recurring characters, though this is handled very lightly and only rarely appears to any major degree.
2006–2011	Brothers & Sisters	ABC	Kevin Walker Scotty Wandell Chad Barry Jason McCallister Saul Holden	Matthew Rhys Luke Macfarlane Jason Lewis Eric Winter Ron Rifkin	Kevin is a gay attorney and part of a large family. Scotty is Kevin's husband. Chad was a bisexual former love interest for Kevin. Jason McCallister is the brother of Senator Robert McCallister and a Methodist minister and was Kevin's previous boyfriend. Saul acknowledged to his sister that years previously he had been in love with another man and Saul came out to Kevin.
2006–2011	Big Love	HBO	Alby Grant Dale Tomasson	Matt Ross Ben Koldyke	Alby is a closeted gay Mormon, scheming to control his polygamous sect. He meets Dale, an attorney who runs an "ex-gay" group, in season four and the two become lovers until Dale commits suicide.
2006–2010	Ugly Betty	ABC	Justin Suarez Marc St. James Alexis Meade Cliff St. Paul Austin	Mark Indelicato Michael Urie Rebecca Romijn David Blue Ryan McGinnis	Marc is the openly gay personal assistant of the fashion editor at MODE magazine. Justin is the fashion forward, performing arts-loving nephew of Betty. He came out in the second-to-last episode. Alexis (formerly Alex) is a trans woman and the sibling of lead character Daniel. Cliff is a fashion photographer and Marc's boyfriend in season two. Austin and Justin begin a relationship in the final episodes of the series.
2006	The Line of Beauty	BBC	Nick Guest Wani Ouradi Leo Charles	Dan Stevens Alex Wyndham Don Gilet	Nick, an Oxford graduate, starts a relationship with Leo, a black council worker.
2006	Sinchronicity	BBC Three	Jase Mani Faye	Daniel Percival Navin Chowdhry John Sheahan	Jase is a closeted man who finds a male lover, Mani. Faye is a transgender woman.
2005-2010	Outrageous Fortune	TV3	Bilkey van der Heever Angel	Jon Brazier Hori Ahipene	Bilkey is gay. Angel is a transwoman.
2005-2007	Dante's Cove	here TV	Ambrosius "Bro" Vallin Kevin Archer Toby Moraitis Van (Seasons 1 & 2) Amber (Season 1) Tina (Season 1) Diana Childs (Seasons 2 & 3) Michelle (Season 2) Michelle (Season 3) Marco Laveau (Season 2) Brit (Seasons 2 & 3) Griff (Season 3) Elena (Season 3) Trevor (Season 3)	William Gregory Lee Gregory Michael Charlie David Nadine Heimann Zara Taylor Rena Riffel Thea Gill Erin Cummings Jill Bennett Gabriel Romero Michelle Wolff Jensen Atwood Jenny Shimizu Reichen Lehmkuhl	The majority of the series characters are homosexual. Griff's character is bisexual.
2005–	Supernatural	The CW	Charlie Bradbury Chuck Shurley/God	Felicia Day Rob Benedict	Charlie Bradbury was a computer hacker and IT employee and open lesbian who assisted Sam and Dean Winchester in cases in Seasons 7, 8, 9, and 10. God is pansexual.
2005–	Doctor Who	BBC	Captain Jack Harkness River Song Madame Vastra Jenny Clara	John Barrowman Alex Kingston Neve McIntosh Catrin Stewart	"Omnisexual" character from the 51st Century; Jack was spun off into the series Torchwood in Autumn 2006 on BBC Three Clara is bisexual River is bisexual, also from the 51st century, where pansexuality is a norm Vastra, a Silurian, and Jenny, her human lover, were introduced in "A Good Man Goes to War".
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–	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	Callie Torres Erica Hahn Arizona Robbins Lauren Boswell Leah Murphy Joe Walter	Sara Ramirez Brooke Smith Jessica Capshaw Hilarie Burton Tessa Ferrer Steven W. Bailey Jack Yang	Callie and Erica embark on a romantic relationship during the fifth season until Erica abruptly leaves the hospital. Shortly after, Callie continues to explore her sexuality with Arizona, and the two eventually establish a relationship. Joe is the bartender and owner of the bar that the doctors frequent. Walter is his off-again on-again boyfriend. They end up adopting twins together. Arizona has an affair with Lauren in Season 9, and Leah in Season 10
2005–2012	Weeds	Showtime	Sanjay Patel Isabelle Hodes Captain Roy Till DEA Agent Shlatter	Maulik Pancholy Allie Grant Jack Stehlin Andrew Rothenberg	Sanjay declared his love for lead character Nancy Botwin but later speculated that it was a case of diva worship. Isabelle is the young daughter of lead characters Dean and Celia Hodes; she identifies as lesbian. Till and Shlatter are professional partners at the Drug Enforcement Administration and also lovers.
2005–2008	South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer Carlin Ashley Davies	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave	In this show targeted at teen viewers Spencer Carlin moves to Los Angeles from Ohio and befriends Ashley Davies. The relationship builds and Spencer's coming out to her parents is triggered by her mother walking in on the young couple. In the end of the third season they move in together.
2005–2006	Sleeper Cell	Showtime	Salim Jason	Omid Abtahi Michael Rady	Salim is a gay member of an Islamic terrorist cell. Jason is the man with whom he begins developing a relationship. The characters appeared in season 2, Sleeper Cell: American Terror.
2005–2006	Sugar Rush	Channel 4 (UK)	Kim Daniels Beth Saint Dave David	Olivia Hallinan Laura Donnelly Sarah-Jane Potts Matthew Vaughan Daniel Coonan	Kim Daniels is a lesbian who has an unrequited love with her best friend Sugar. Kim attends a Christian group in the hopes of curing her homosexuality where she meets Beth and the two begin a brief relationship. In season 2 Kim begins dating Saint and the two eventually move it together. Dave and David are Kim's gay neighbours who are raising their son Tom together.
2005–2006	Noah's Arc	Logo	Noah Nicholson Alex Kirby Ricky Davis Chance Counter Wade Robinson	Darryl Stephens Rodney Chester Christian Vincent Doug Spearman Jensen Atwood	Shows the lives of a small group of gay men of color living in the Los Angeles, California area.
2005	Beating Heart	MBC	Kim Hae-jung	Harisu	Hae-jung is trans woman and sibling of lead character Kim Chang-wan.
2005	Commander in Chief	ABC	Vince Taylor	Anthony Azizi	Vince is the Special Aide to the President. In Episode 8, it is revealed that he is gay and has been found to have HIV.
2005	The Book of Daniel	NBC	Peter Webster	Christian Campbell	Peter is Daniel's 23-year-old gay Republican son.
2005	Inconceivable	NBC	Scott Garcia	David Norona	Scott is a gay attorney who works at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. In the pilot episode, he and his partner have their child.
2005	Fingersmith	BBC	Sue Trinder Maud Lilly	Sally Hawkins Elaine Cassidy
2005	Eyes	ABC	Chris Didion	Rick Worthy
2004–2012	House	Fox	"Thirteen" (Dr. Remy Hadley)	Olivia Wilde	"Thirteen" is bisexual and has been shown in relationships with both men and women.
2004–2013	Shameless	Channel 4 (UK)	Ian Gallagher Kash Karib Jez Monica Gallagher Norma Mickey Macguire	Gerard Kearns Chris Bisson Lindsey Dawson Annabelle Apsion Dystin Johnson Ciarán Griffiths
2004–2012	Desperate Housewives	ABC	Andrew Van De Kamp Justin Peter McMillan Bob Hunter Lee McDermott Robin Gallagher Katherine Mayfair	Shawn Pyfrom Ryan Carnes Lee Tergesen Tuc Watkins Kevin Rahm Julie Benz Dana Delany	Manipulative Andrew claims to be gay but confesses to be bisexual. Andrew's boyfriend Justin is gay. Peter McMillan is the bisexual boyfriend of Andrew's mother. Bob and Lee, a gay couple, move onto Wisteria Lane during the 4th season. Robin is a lesbian ex-stripper who dates Katherine, who discovers she is a bisexual.
2004–2011	Rescue Me	FX	Mike Silletti	Michael Lombardi	Silletti (aka "Probie") initially secretly receives oral sex from a queer construction worker roommate, who later outs him to the other firefighters at Silletti's hall. Silletti then self-identifies as bisexual, but later reverts to stating he is heterosexual.
2004–2011	Entourage	HBO	Lloyd	Rex Lee	Assistant to super-agent Ari Gold.
2004–2009	Battlestar Galactica	Sci Fi Channel	Felix Gaeta Six D'Anna Helena Cain	Alessandro Juliani Tricia Helfer Lucy Lawless Michelle Forbes	Admiral Helena Cain had a romantic relationship with a civilian network analyst, Gina Inviere, who she later discovered was one of the model Six Cylons. In the webisodes The Face of the Enemy, Gaeta is shown to be in a romantic relationship with a man, Lieutenant Hoshi. D'Anna, Gaius and six were shown to be in a relationship together.
2004–2009	The L Word	Showtime	Bette Porter Dana Fairbanks Marina Ferrer Tina Kennard Shane McCutcheon Alice Pieszecki Jenny Schecter Jodi Learner Carmen de la Pica Morales Cherie Jaffe Molly Kroll Max/Moira Sweeney Tasha Williams Lara Perkins Phyllis Kroll Nadia Karella Niki Stevens Joyce Wischnia Paige Sobel	Jennifer Beals Erin Daniels Karina Lombard Laurel Holloman Katherine Moennig Leisha Hailey Mia Kirshner Marlee Matlin Sarah Shahi Rosanna Arquette Clementine Ford Daniela Sea Rose Rollins Lauren Lee Smith Cybill Shepherd Jessica Capshaw Kate French Jane Lynch Kristanna Loken	Bette and Tina were in a relationship 7 years prior to the show beginning. They are on and off throughout the show. Tina is shown to be with both men and women when she is not with Bette. Tina and Helena have a brief relationship in season 2. Bette also has a relationship in season 4-5 with Jodi. Bette has a small fling with student Nadia Alice and Dana are together in season 2. Jenny discovers her lesbianism after an affair with Marina. Shane sleeps with many characters throughout the show and briefly considers marrying Carmen despite her ongoing affair with Cherie. She has a brief relationship with Paige and another with Molly (Phyllis's Daughter). Shane ends the show in a relationship with Jenny. Dana's first love interest is Lara who she later gets back together with. Alice also has a relationship with Bette's boss Phyllis. Phyllis settles down with Bette's lawyer Joyce. Max is a trans man who is in a relationship with Jenny who helps him to transition.
2004–2009	Lost	ABC	Tom Friendly	M. C. Gainey
2004–2007	Veronica Mars	UPN	Seth Rafter Ryan Marcos Oliveres Kelly Kuzzio Kylie Marker Marlena Nichols Peter Ferrer	Robert Clark Bradford Anderson Jeremy Ray Valdez Lucas Grabeel Kristin Cavallari Miriam Korn Luke Frydenger	There are a number of positively portrayed minor gay characters in Veronica Mars, although for most being gay is incidental to their characters, similar to their portrayal of ethnic minorities.
2004–2005	Hex	Arena (Aus) Sky One (UK)	Thelma Bates Peggy the Ghost Maya Robertson Tom Wright	Jemima Rooper Katy Carmichael Laura Donnelly Samuel Collings	Thelma Bates has an unrequited love on her best friend Cassie Hughes, her love is so strong that she came back from the dead as a ghost to protect Cassie. Tom Wright has an unrequited crush on Leon Taylor. Maya Robertson begins a relationship with Thelma after being killed and brought back as a ghost by Malachi.
2004–2005	Moorat	ARY TV	Reshma Babra Bijli Chamki Shola	Abid Ali Kashif Mahmood Ehtasham Warsi Rashid Farooqi Mehmood Akhtar	Moorat Aka Eunuch's Wedding, a sensitive story that unfolds their deprived and isolated world and yet portrays eloquently how they too are not far away from the human emotions and feelings and their world not much different to ours.
2004	Wonderfalls	Fox	Sharon Tyler Beth	Katie Finneran Kari Matchett	Sharon inadvertently came out in the first episode. She and Beth (who is bisexual) dated throughout the series.
2004	Jack & Bobby	WB	Jimmy McCallister	Tom Cavanagh	Brother of Grace McCallister and uncle to the boys. Also a gay teenage character who commits suicide which emotionally affects Jack.
2003–2011	One Tree Hill	WB	Anna Taggaro Josh Avery	Daniella Alonso Paul Teal	Appearing in season 2 only, Anna is a classmate of Peyton's who struggles with rumors of her sexuality before finally coming out as a lesbian. Her family has been denying this fact for many years and once the secret is out, they move to another place. In season 7, Josh stars as the leading male in Seven Dreams 'Til Tuesday. He is secretly gay fearing that if he came out his career would be ruined and his reputation as a party boy would come undone. After confiding in a friend and getting acceptance, he decides to come out but the reactions of the public are not shown.
2003–2010	Nip/Tuck	FX	Liz Cruz Sophia Lopez Ava Moore Dr. Quentin Costa Kit McGraw Ridley Lange Vanessa Bartholomew Cherry Peck Julia McNamara Olivia Lord	Roma Maffia Jonathan Del Arco Famke Janssen Bruno Campos Sophia Bush Kate Mara Rhona Mitra Willam Belli Joely Richardson Portia de Rossi	Liz Cruz is openly lesbian. Sophia Lopez's transgender identity is the trigger of a significant story arc in Season 1. At the second season's finale, Ava Moore is revealed to be transgender, which causes deep consequences in the series. Dr. Quentin Costa is openly bisexual. Detective Kit McGraw is bisexual. Cherry Peck is a transgender character who plays a significant role in Season 3. Julia was married to Dr. Sean McNamara but following their divorce fell in love with Olivia.
2003–2007	The O.C.	Fox	Marissa Cooper Alex Kelly Carson Ward	Mischa Barton Olivia Wilde Brian McNamara	Marissa has a lesbian affair with Alex, who is bisexual. Luke's father Carson is gay.
2003–2005	Carnivàle	HBO	Gecko Sophie Libby Dreifuss	John Fleck Clea DuVall Carla Gallo	Gecko, the show's "lizard man," has dialogue that indicates he is gay or bisexual. Fortune teller Sophie seduces cootch dancer Libby.
2003	Angels in America	HBO	Prior Walter Louis Ironson Joe Pitt Roy Cohn	Justin Kirk Ben Shenkman Patrick Wilson Al Pacino	Chronicles AIDS in the 1980s
2003	Crystal Boys	PTS	A-Qing Zhao Ying	Fan Chi-wei Yang Youning
2002-2010	Firefly	Fox	Inara Serra	Morena Baccarin	In the episode "War Stories," Inara takes a female client, implying that she is bisexual.
2002–2008	The Shield	FX	Julien Lowe	Michael Jace	Lowe was a police officer who struggled with his homosexuality due to his devout Christian beliefs.
2002–2006	Everwood	WB	Carl Feeney Kyle Hunter	Dylan Walsh Steven R. McQueen	Nina leaves her husband Carl after finding out he has an affair with a man. Kyle is the sensitive gay character and music student tutored by lead character Ephram Brown. Ephram is sensitive and accepting of Kyle and helps him come out.
2002–2004	Stingers	Nine Network	Constable Christina Dichiera	Jacinta Templeton	Christina was a young police constable who was recruited into a deep cover unit of the Victorian Police. She is gay and had a brief affair with the daughter of her unit's commander.
2002	Tipping the Velvet	BBC Two	Nan Astly Kitty Butler Diana Lethaby Florence Banner Zena Blake	Rachael Stirling Keeley Hawes Anna Chancellor Jodhi May Sally Hawkins	Nan is entranced by Kitty when she sees her perform. The two become friends and then lovers. Nan believes she is in love until Kitty betrays her. Nan lives with Diana for over a year she also has an affair with Zena. Eventually she settles down with Florence.
2002	The Wire	HBO	Kima Greggs Omar Little Felicia "Snoop" Pearson William Rawls Cheryl Brandon Dante Renaldo	Sonja Sohn Michael K. Williams Felicia Pearson John Doman Melanie Nicholls-King Michael Kevin Darnall Ernest Waddell Ramon Rodriguez	Kima and Omar are both consistently gay ensemble members. Throughout the show they each have multiple partners. William's sexuality is not openly discussed, but he is seen in a gay bar during Season 3.
2001–	Degrassi: The Next Generation	CTV The N MuchMusic	Marco Del Rossi Dylan Michalchuk Paige Michalchuk Tim Alex Nuñez Riley Stavros Zane Park Adam Torres Fiona Coyne Tristan Milligan Imogen Moreno Jack Jones Miles Hollingsworth III Zoe Rivas	Adamo Ruggiero John Bregar Lauren Collins Alex House Deanna Casaluce Argiris Karras Shannon Kook-Chun Jordan Todosey Annie Clark Lyle O'Donohoe Cristine Prosperi Niamh Wilson Eric Osborne Anna Golja Nikki Gould	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 male transgender person. Fiona briefly dates Adam, then realizes she is lesbian. Tristan is in grade 9. Imogen dates Fiona. In the break between seasons 13 and 14, Miles begins dating Tristan, suggesting that he is bisexual. Zoe loves Grace and kisses her. Zoe struggles with her sexuality until admitting to herself she is gay. However, Grace is straight and does not reciprocate Zoe's feelings.
2001–2005	The Secret Life of Us	Network 10	Simon Trader Richie Blake Miranada Lang Chole	David Tredinnick Spencer McLaren Abi Tucker Nina Liu	Simon is gay despite an extensive heterosexual love life in his early life. Richie is Gay despite at the start of the show he was in a relationship with Miranda. Miranda despite having mainly heterosexual relationships through most of the show she falls in love with Chloe in series 3 as she explains "I'm Heterosexual, but I happened to have fallen in love with a woman". Chloe is a lesbian.
2001–2005	24	Fox	Mandy	Mia Kirshner	Mandy is bisexual.
2001–2005	Six Feet Under	HBO	David Fisher Keith Charles	Michael C. Hall Mathew St. Patrick	Gay relationship among lead characters.
2001–2002	The Education of Max Bickford	CBS	Erica Bettis	Helen Shaver	Erica used to be a man named Steve; she went through a sex reassignment surgery.
2001–2002	Leap Years	Showtime	Gregory Paget	Garret Dillahunt	Series follows characters in three different time settings, 1993, 2001 and 2008. Gregory pursues heterosexual relationships in 1993 but in present and future time settings he is exclusively gay.
2001–2002	100 Centre Street	A&E	Judge Attallah "Queenie" Sims	LaTanya Richardson
2001	Dice	The Movie Network	Patrick Styvesant	Martin Cummins	Patrick's sexual orientation was ambiguous until he told a woman who tried to seduce him that he is gay in episode 5.
2001	Further Tales of the City	Showtime Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson	Olympia Dukakis Paul Hopkins Billy Campbell Françoise Robertson	From the Armistead Maupin book.
2001	Metrosexuality	Channel 4	Max Jordan Dean Bambi Cindy	Rikki Beadle-Blair Karl Collins Paul Keating Davey Fairbanks Carleen Beadle
2000—2012	Hospital Central	Telecinco	Esther García Macarena Fernández	Fátima Baeza Patricia Vico	Nurse Esther had several relationships with men until she fell in love and married lesbian doctor Macarena.
2000–2005	Queer as Folk	Showtime	Melanie Marcus Ben Bruckner Lindsay Peterson Brian Kinney Justin Taylor Ted Schmidt Emmett Honeycutt David Cameron Michael Novotny Vic Grassi	Michelle Clunie Robert Gant Thea Gill Gale Harold Randy Harrison Scott Lowell Peter Paige Chris Potter Hal Sparks Jack Wetherall	U.S. remake of earlier UK series. Brian and Justin are in a loose relationship. Mel and Lindsay are raising a child together. Ben and Michael are in a relationship.
2000–2002	Dark Angel	Fox	Original Cindy	Valarie Rae Miller
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 briefly crush on Dave May.
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune	Sci Fi Channel	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen	Ian McNeice	The wicked Baron survives an assassination attempt involving a poisoned needle planted in the body of one of his male slave lovers.
1999–	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	NBC	Dr. George Huang Ken Randall	B. D. Wong Ernest Waddell	Huang is a psychiatrist and FBI agent who frequently consults with the Special Victims Unit. He first casually mentions his homosexuality in the 2009 episode "Hardwired". Randall is the son of Detective Odafin Tutuola (Ice-T).
1999–2007	The Sopranos	HBO	Vito Spatafore	Joseph R. Gannascoli	Vito was murdered in season 6 for being gay.
1999–2002	Once and Again	ABC	Jessie Sammler Katie Singer	Evan Rachel Wood Mischa Barton	Jessie learns that she has romantic feelings for Katie in Season 3 and the two of them begin to secret date in the series final episodes.
1999–2001	Los Beltrán	Telemundo	Fernando Salazar Kevin Lynch	Gabriel Romero James C. Leary	Fernando and Kevin were the first openly gay characters and the first same-sex couple to marry on Spanish-language television.
1999–2006	Bad Girls	ITV	Helen Stewart Nikki Wade Shell Dockley Denny Blood Lorna Rose Shaz Wiley Al McKenzie Neil Grayling Cassie Tyler Roisin Connor Kris Yates Selena Geeson Arun Parmar Pat Kerrigan Sheena Williams Mandy Goodhue	Simone Lahbib Mandana Jones Debra Stephenson Alicya Eyo Luisa Bradshaw-White Lindsey Fawcett Pauline Campbell James Gaddas Kellie Bright Siobhan McCarthy Jennifer Ness Charlotte Lucas Rebecca Hazlewood Liz May Brice Laura Rogers Angela Bruce
1999–2000	Queer as Folk	Channel 4	Stuart Alan Jones Vince Tyler Nathan Maloney Alexander Perry Lisa Levene Romey Sullivan Cameron Roberts	Aidan Gillen Craig Kelly Charlie Hunnam Antony Cotton Saira Todd Esther Hall Peter O'Brien	Ground-breaking Channel Four show which included scenes of a 15-year-old boy involved in gay sex acts. The shows sponsors, Scottish & Newcastle withdrew their sponsorship and canceled their Becks beer advertising, from the show.
1999	Wasteland	ABC	Russell Baskind	Dan Montgomery, Jr.	Russell is a closeted soap opera star.
1998–2009	All Saints	Seven Network	Dr. Charlotte Beaumont	Tammy MacIntosh	Started out in the series identifying as a lesbian, but then had a relationship with a man, had a child, and is now more bisexual than gay.
1998–2003	Dawson's Creek	WB	Jack McPhee Doug Witter Ethan Brody Toby Professor Freeman Eric David	Kerr Smith Dylan Neal Adam Kaufman David Monahan Sebastian Spence Ryan Bittle Greg Rikaart	Doug Witter constantly denied he was gay through most of the show but he finally came to terms with his relationship with Jack in the final episode of the series. Jack was originally a love interest for Joey, but after rumours of his sexuality begin to circulate the school, he comes out as gay in season 2. Jack shares a passionate kiss with Ethan in an episode titled "True Love". This kiss sparks a conversation with Jack's father in which he opens up about the struggle of feeling so different and finally earn's acceptance from his father.
1998–2002	Playing the Field	BBC One	Gabrielle Holmes Angie Gill	Saira Todd Tracy Whitwell	Gabrielle Holmes begins a relationship with her teammate Angie Gill.
1998–2002	Felicity	WB	Javier Clemente Quintata Ryan Crane Samuel	Ian Gomez Eddie McClintock Austin Tichenor	Javier is Felicity's boss at Dean and Deluca; his partner throughout most of the series is Samuel. Ryan, the brother of Noel Crane, Felicity's on-and-off boyfriend, comes out in the episode "Love and Marriage."
1998	More Tales of the City	Showtime Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson	Olympia Dukakis Paul Hopkins Billy Campbell Cynda Williams	From the Armistead Maupin book.
1997–2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	WB UPN	Willow Rosenberg Tara Maclay Kennedy Andrew Wells Larry Blaisdell Scott Hope	Alyson Hannigan Amber Benson Iyari Limon Tom Lenk Larry Bagby Fab Filippo	Larry, Xander's bully from season one, later tells Xander he's gay in season two. Scott Hope, a character in season three is revealed to be gay in season seven. Willow and Tara enter into a relationship in season 4. Kennedy, also a lesbian, is introduced in season seven. Andrew was confirmed to be gay by series creator Joss Whedon although it was never directly stated on-screen.
1997–2003	Oz	HBO	Tobias Beecher Christopher Keller Alonzo Torquemada	Lee Tergesen Christopher Meloni Bobby Cannavale	Toby and Chris have an intense love/hate relationship.
1996–2000	Profiler	NBC	George Fraley	Peter Frechette	While he was a main character his being gay was only referenced a couple of times.
1996–1997	Relativity	ABC	Rhonda Roth	Lisa Edelstein	Rhonda is the lesbian sister of lead character Leo.
1996	Matt Waters	CBS	Russ Achoa	Felix A. Pire	Russ is a gay high school student.
1995–1997	Murder One	ABC	Louis Hines	John Fleck	Louis is the personal assistant to lead attorney Ted Hoffman (Daniel Benzali).
1995–1996	Live Shot	UPN	Lou Waller	Tom Byrd	Waller is the sportscaster at fictional television station KXZX.
1995	Courthouse	CBS	Judge Rosetta Reide	Jennifer Lewis	Reide is a single mother involved in a relationship with her housekeeper.
1994–2009	ER	NBC	Kerry Weaver Yosh Takata Maggie Doyle Kim Legaspi Sandy Lopez Courtney Brown Charles "Chaz" Pratt Jr.	Laura Innes Gedde Watanabe Jorja Fox Elizabeth Mitchell Lisa Vidal Michelle Hurd Sam Jones III
1994–2000	Party of Five	Fox	Ross Werkman	Mitchell Anderson	Ross Werkman was a recurring role as the violin teacher for Claudia Salinger, one of the main characters. Ross appeared in all six seasons of the series.
1994–1995	My So-Called Life	ABC	Enrique 'Rickie' Vasquez	Wilson Cruz
1994–1996	Cardiac Arrest	BBC One	Dr. James Mortimer	Jonathan Dow
1993–2005	NYPD Blue	ABC	Lt. Thomas Bale PAA John Irvin Officer Abby Sullivan	Currie Graham Bill Brochtrup Paige Turco
1993–1996	Sisters	NBC	Norma Lear	Nora Dunn
1993	Wild Palms	ABC	Tully Woiwode Tommy Lazlo	Nick Mancuso Ernie Hudson
1993	Tales of the City	PBS Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson	Olympia Dukakis Marcus D'Amico Billy Campbell Cynda Williams	Adapted from the novel by Armistead Maupin. Resulted in Congressional investigation into U.S. public television. Anna Madrigal's character is later revealed to be a transexual; male to female gender. Michael Tolliver is a resident of Anna Madrigal's boarding house and John Fielding is a closeted doctor who casually dates Michael.
1993-1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	NBC	Tim Bayliss	Kyle Secor	Tim Bayliss came out as bisexual in season 6, and was the first main character on a television drama to be a member of the LGBT community.
1990–2010	Law & Order	NBC	Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	Southerlyn came out as a lesbian in her final appearance, in "Ain't No Love".
1990	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	BBC	Jess	Charlotte Coleman	Lesbian schoolgirl grows up in a repressive Lancashire industrial district, finds love.
1988–1989	HeartBeat	ABC	Marilyn McGrath Patty	Gail Strickland Gina Hecht	McGrath was a nurse practitioner and her girlfriend Patty was a chef. They were the first recurring lesbian couple on American television.
1987	Two of Us	BBC	Matthew Phil	Jason Rush Lee Whitlock	Gay teenager Matthew has strong friendship with Phil, who also has a girlfriend. Phil decides to run away with Matthew. Girlfriend goes to get him back. 2 versions shot, one where boys end up together 1987, one where Phil returns with girlfriend 1988. Includes famous shower scene with 2 men kissing for first time on British TV. Originally cut due to Section 28 legislation, later shown in full.
1987–1991	thirtysomething	ABC	Russell Weller Peter Montefiore	David Marshall Grant Peter Frechette	First primetime television program to show two men in bed together, in the 1989 episode "Strangers". Five of the show's ten sponsors dropped out, costing ABC $1.5 million.
1986–1994	L.A. Law	NBC	C. J. Lamb	Amanda Donohoe	Cara Jean "C.J." Lamb is a British-born bisexual lawyer who has a brief involvement with Abby Perkins (Michele Greene) in Season 5. The two share a kiss in the 1991 episode "He's a Crowd" and later go on a date (off screen). This was during Greene's final episodes of the season and their relationship was not developed further. Donohoe also left the series the following year at the end of Season 6.
1986	Dress Gray	NBC	Cadet David Hand	Patrick Cassidy	Miniseries about the investigation of Hand's murder; character is seen mostly in flashback.
1985	Hollywood Beat	NBC	George Grinsky	John Matuszak	George was a gay man who ran the coffee shop where the two principal characters hung out.
1984–1996	CBS Schoolbreak Special	CBS	Todd Bowers	Richard Joseph Paul	Episode "What If I'm Gay?" first aired March 31, 1987.
1984	Celebrity	NBC	Mack Crawford	Joseph Bottoms	Mini-series spanning the life of three famous friends from 1950 to 1975.
1983	One Summer	Channel 4	Kidder	James Hazeldine	Five-part drama series about two teenage boys from Liverpool who run away to Wales. They stay with Kidder, a reclusive gay painter.
1981—1987	Hill Street Blues	NBC	Eddie Gregg Officer Kate McBride	Charles Levin Lindsay Crouse	Eddie was a gay male sex worker who becomes friends with Mick Belker (Bruce Weitz) after helping him take down his pimp. He would guest star in a few episodes of the show before dying of AIDS in the episode "Slum-Enchanted Evening". McBride comes out after being falsely accused of sexually harassing a female prisoner.
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Granada (UK) PBS (US)	Charles Ryder Sebastian Flyte	Jeremy Irons Anthony Andrews
1979—1986	Prisoner	Network Ten	Franky Doyle Sharon Gilmour Judy Bryant Joan Ferguson Terri Malone	Carol Burns Margot Knight Betty Bobbitt Maggie Kirkpatrick Margot Knight	Australian prison drama series Known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H
1974—1977	The Box	Network Ten	Lee Whiteman Vicky Stafford	Paul Karo Judy Nunn	The high camp Lee is a respected television producer and later director, who had two same sex relationships during his time in the series. Karo won a Logie Award in 1976 for the portrayal. Vicky was a sardonic bisexual magazine reporter turned TV presenter who seduced Felicity (Helen Hemingway) in the first episode of The Box, a scene featuring the first lesbian kiss on Australian TV.
1972—1977	Number 96	Network Ten	Don Finlayson	Joe Hasham	The first openly gay character appears on Australian TV when Don (Joe Hasham) comes out as gay to Bev (Abigail), who is in love with him. Don later enjoys several relationships, the most enduring being with live-in boyfriend Dudley (Chard Hayward).

See also

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

References

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