List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1970s–2000s

This is a list of dramatic television series (including web television and miniseries) that premiered in the 1970s–2000s which feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender characters. Non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and graysexual characters are also included. The orientation can be portrayed on-screen, described in the dialogue or mentioned.

1970s

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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 set in a women's prison. Known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H.

1980s

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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.
1986	Dress Gray	NBC	David Hand	Patrick Cassidy	Miniseries about the murder investigation of cadet David Hand. The character is seen mostly in flashback.
1981–1989	Dynasty	ABC	Steven Carrington	Al Corley (S1, 2, Reunion) Jack Coleman (S3–8)	The trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado. At the end of the three-hour premiere episode "Oil", Blake Carrington reveals he is disgusted by Steven's homosexuality, and Steven's refusal to "conform" sets father and son at odds.
1988–1989	HeartBeat	ABC	Marilyn McGrath Patty	Gail Strickland Gina Hecht	Marilyn is a nurse practitioner and co-founder of a women's clinic. Patty is a chef and the partner of Marilyn. HeartBeat is the first prime time series in the U.S. to include a lesbian (Marilyn McGrath) as a main character. Patty is a recurring character.[1][2]
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 after helping him take down his pimp. He appeared in a few episodes before dying of AIDS in episode "Slum-Enchanted Evening". Kate comes out after being falsely accused of sexually harassing a female prisoner.
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.
1981	Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls	CBS	Vivienne Moray	Camilla Sparv	Vivienne is lesbian and an artist.[3]
1986–1994	L.A. Law	NBC	Cara Jean "C.J." Lamb Abby Perkins	Amanda Donohoe Michele Greene	Cara is a British-born bisexual lawyer who has a brief involvement with Abby 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 the relationship between the characters was not developed further. Donohoe also left the series the following year at the end of Season 6.
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.
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.
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. The girlfriend goes to get him back. Two versions were shot, one where the boys end up together (1987), one where Phil returns with girlfriend (1988). Includes famous shower scene with two men kissing for first time on British TV. Originally cut due to Section 28 legislation, and later shown in full.
1989	The Women of Brewster Place	ABC	Lorraine Theresa "Tee"	Lonette McKee Paula Kelly	Lorraine is a closeted lesbian. Theresa is a closeted lesbian but embraces her identity and prefers the company of other gay people. Lorraine and Theresa are a couple and move into Brewster Place, where they become the subject of malicious gossip. [4] The relationship between Lorraine and Theresa is the first black lesbian relationship portrayed on American television.[5]

1990s

1990

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1990–2010	Law & Order	NBC	Serena Southerlyn	Elisabeth Röhm	Southerlyn came out as a lesbian in "Ain't No Love" (s15/ep13), her final appearance in the series.
1990	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	BBC	Jess	Charlotte Coleman	Lesbian schoolgirl grows up in a repressive Lancashire industrial district and finds love.
1990	Portrait of a Marriage	BBC Two	Vita Sackville-West Violet Trefusis Harold Nicolson	Janet McTeer Cathryn Harrison David Haig	Vita and Harold are homosexuals maintaining an open marriage in which both can pursue their same-sex preferences. Violet is bisexual. Biopic miniseries about the love affair between Sackville-West and Trefusis (née Keppel).[6][7]

1993

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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.[8]
1993–2005	NYPD Blue	ABC	Lt. Thomas Bale PAA John Irvin Officer Abby Sullivan	Currie Graham Bill Brochtrup Paige Turco	John Irvin was a recurring character introduced in Season 2 as the openly gay 15th Precinct's Administrative Aide. Abby was a uniformed police officer in Seasons 4 and 5 who was a friend of Greg Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) and an open lesbian involved with a woman named Kathy (played by Lisa Darr).
1993–1996	Sisters	NBC	Norma Lear	Nora Dunn	Norma was a minor character; a TV producer introduced in Season 4 who was an out-and-proud lesbian, (though her partner, Chris, never appeared onscreen).
1993	Tales of the City	PBS Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson Beauchamp Day	Olympia Dukakis Marcus D'Amico Billy Campbell Cynda Williams Thomas Gibson	Anna Madrigal is a male-to-female transsexual. Michael Tolliver is an openly gay resident of Anna Madrigal's boarding house. John Fielding is a closeted doctor who casually dates Michael. D'orothea is a closeted lesbian model who has a romantic history with Mona Ramsey (Chloe Webb). Beauchamp is presumed to be bisexual for he is seen having an affair with Mary Ann Singleton and later Jon Fielding. The miniseries is adapted from the novel of the same name by Armistead Maupin. The program resulted in a Congressional investigation into U.S. public television.
1993	Wild Palms	ABC	Tully Woiwode Tommy Lazlo	Nick Mancuso Ernie Hudson	Tully and Tommy were a gay couple and part of the 'Friends' rebel group.

1994

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1994–1996	Cardiac Arrest	BBC One	Dr. James Mortimer	Jonathan Dow
1994–2009	ER	NBC	Kerry Weaver Yosh Takata Maggie Doyle Kim Legaspi Sandy Lopez Courtney Brown Charles "Chaz" Pratt Jr.	Laura Innes Gedde Watanabe Jorja Fox Elizabeth Mitchell Lisa Vidal Michelle Hurd Sam Jones III	Dr. Kerry Weaver questions her sexual orientation in Season 7 when she falls in love with staff psychiatrist Kim Legaspi, but was afraid to admit it to Legaspi or herself. While Legaspi is openly lesbian and willing to pursue a romantic relationship, Weaver is closeted and suffers from internalized homophobia. In Season 8, Weaver began a new relationship with firefighter Lt. Sandy Lopez. As the two got close, Lopez told Kerry she refused to date a woman who was in the closet. Lopez forcibly outed Weaver with a passionate kiss in front of her co-workers. What followed over the next two seasons was a groundbreaking story for network television as the development of the romance between the two women was treated with the courtship, passion and arguments often reserved for heterosexual couples.
1994–1995	My So-Called Life	ABC	Enrique 'Rickie' Vasquez	Wilson Cruz
1994–2000	Party of Five	Fox	Ross Werkman Perry Marks Victor	Mitchell Anderson Olivia d'Abo Wilson Cruz	Ross is openly gay and the violin teacher for Claudia Salinger (main character); he was a recurring character who appeared throughout the series. Perry is lesbian and a professor at Julia Salinger's (main character) university; she appears in three episodes in Season 5. Victor is openly gay and the nanny of Owen Salinger; he was a recurring character who appeared in Season 6.

1995

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1995	Courthouse	CBS	Judge Rosetta Reide	Jennifer Lewis	Reide is a single mother involved in a lesbian relationship with her housekeeper.[9]
1995–1996	Live Shot	UPN	Lou Waller	Tom Byrd	Waller is the sports anchor at television station KXZX. He comes out as gay in the final episode of the series, "Decisions, Decisions".
1995–1997	Murder One	ABC	Louis Hines	John Fleck	Louis is gay and the personal assistant to lead attorney Ted Hoffman (Daniel Benzali).[9]

1996

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1996	Matt Waters	CBS	Russ Achoa	Felix A. Pire	Russ is a gay high school student.[9]
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.[10]
1996–1997	This Life	BBC	Warren Jones Ferdinand "Ferdy" Garcia Lenny Sarah Newly	Jason Hughes Ramon Tikaram Tony Curran Clare Clifford	Warren is gay and one of the lead characters from season one. Ferdy is bisexual and Warren's on-off love interest (season 1). He begins coming to terms with his sexuality when he develops a relationship with Lenny (season 2). Lenny is gay. Sarah Newly is lesbian. She is attracted to Anna Forbes and tries to seduce her.[11][12]

1997

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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	Willow is lesbian. Even though she has been in a relationship with Daniel “Oz” Osbourne in seasons three to four, she later identifies as lesbian when she and Tara enter into a relationship in season 4. [13][14][15] Tara is lesbian.[16] Kennedy is lesbian. Introduced in season 7, she becomes involved with Willow.[17] Andrew was confirmed to be gay by series creator Joss Whedon although it was never directly stated on-screen. Larry, Xander's bully from season one, tells Xander he's gay in season two. Scott, a character in season three, is revealed to be gay in season seven.
1997–2003	Oz	HBO	Tobias Beecher Christopher Keller Alonzo Torquemada	Lee Tergesen Christopher Meloni Bobby Cannavale	Toby and Chris have an intense love/hate relationship.

1998

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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.[18]
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 as gay 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 Françoise Robertson	(Sequel to Tales of the City.)
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.
1998–2004	Stingers	Nine Network	Christina Dichiera	Jacinta Stapleton	Christina is lesbian (Seasons 6–8). She is a young constable recruited into a deep cover unit of the Victorian Police and had a brief affair with the daughter of her unit's commander.[19]

1999

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1999–2006	Bad Girls	ITV	Helen Stewart Nikki Wade Denny Blood Shaz Wiley Shell Dockley "Mad" Tessa Spall Pat Kerrigan Sheena Williams Lorna Rose Al McKenzie Cassie Tyler Roisin Connor Kris Yates Selena Geeson Arun Parmar Mandy Goodhue Trisha Neil Grayling	Simone Lahbib Mandana Jones Alicya Eyo Lindsey Fawcett Debra Stephenson Helen Schlesinger Liz May Brice Laura Rogers Luisa Bradshaw-White Pauline Campbell Kellie Bright Siobhan McCarthy Jennifer Ness Charlotte Lucas Rebecca Hazlewood Angela Bruce Victoria Pritchard James Gaddas	Helen falls in love with Nikki, although in the first two seasons she is hesitant about her sexual orientation. She breaks up with Nikki, then dates a man, but helps Nikki in the appeal of her sentence. She comes out as lesbian at the end of season 3 when, after Nikki won her appeal and she goes to her victory party, Helen tells Nikki that she had been an idiot and admits "I want a woman". Helen and Nikki are reconciled. Nikki is a lesbian inmate sent to prison after killing a police officer she caught raping her girlfriend, Trisha. She falls in love with Helen, the governor of the prison wing. In season 2 they kiss and have sex for the first time. Denny is a lesbian prisoner convicted of arson. Her girlfriend is Shaz and is sometimes involved with Shell. Shaz is a lesbian prisoner convicted of manslaughter and the girlfriend of Denny. Shell is a bisexual inmate involved with Denny and Jim Fenner. Tessa is an aggressive lesbian prisoner that bullies Nikki, resulting in a fight between them. Pat is a lesbian prisoner.[20] Sheena is a lesbian prisoner. She hooks up with Pat. Lorna is lesbian and a prison officer. Trisha is lesbian and Nikki's partner. She breaks up with Nikki. Neil is gay and closeted for the most part.
1999–	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).
1999–2002	Once and Again	ABC	Jessie Sammler Katie Singer	Evan Rachel Wood Mischa Barton	Jessie learns that she has romantic feelings for Katie in Season 3 and the two of them begin to secretly date in the series final episodes.
1999–2000	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.
1999–2007	The Sopranos	HBO	Vito Spatafore	Joseph R. Gannascoli	Vito was murdered in season 6 for being gay.[21]
1999	Wasteland	ABC	Russell Baskind	Dan Montgomery, Jr.	Russell is a closeted soap opera star.

2000s

2000

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2000–2002	Dark Angel	Fox	Cynthia 'Original Cindy' McEachin	Valarie Rae Miller	Cynthia is a lesbian. She has a short reunion with her ex-lover Diamond (Tangelia Rouse) in episode #1.15, "Shorties in Love".
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune	Sci Fi Channel	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen	Ian McNeice	The wicked Baron survives an assassination attempt involving a poisoned needle planted in the body of one of his male slave lovers.
2000–2012	Hospital Central	Telecinco	Esther García Macarena Fernández	Fátima Baeza Patricia Vico	Nurse Esther had several relationships with men until she fell in love and married lesbian doctor Macarena.
2000–2005	Queer as Folk	Showtime	Melanie Marcus Lindsay Peterson Ben Bruckner Brian Kinney Justin Taylor Ted Schmidt Emmett Honeycutt David Cameron Michael Novotny Vic Grassi Dusty	Michelle Clunie Thea Gill Robert Gant Gale Harold Randy Harrison Scott Lowell Peter Paige Chris Potter Hal Sparks Jack Wetherall Rae Ellen Bodie	Melanie is lesbian. Lindsay is bisexual. She has an affair with Sam Auerbach in season 4.[22] Melanie and Lindsay are in a relationship and raising a daughter (Jenny) and son (Gus) together. Brian and Justin are in a loose relationship. Ben and Michael are in a relationship. Dusty is lesbian and a friend of Melanie and Lindsay.

2001

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2001–2005	24	Fox	Mandy	Mia Kirshner	Mandy is an occasional character seen in Seasons 1, 2 and 4 who is a mercenary/assassin; she is bisexual.
2001–2002	100 Centre Street	A&E	Attallah "Queenie" Sims	LaTanya Richardson	Attallah is ____.
2001–2015	Degrassi: The Next Generation	CTV The N MuchMusic	Marco Del Rossi Dylan Michalchuk Paige Michalchuk Tim Alex Nuñez Riley Stavros Zane Park Adam Torres Fiona Coyne Tristan Milligan Imogen Moreno Jack Jones Miles Hollingsworth III Zoe Rivas	Adamo Ruggiero John Bregar Lauren Collins Alex House Deanna Casaluce Argiris Karras Shannon Kook-Chun Jordan Todosey Annie Clark Lyle O'Donohoe Cristine Prosperi Niamh Wilson Eric Osborne Ana Golja	Marco is gay. Dylan is Marco's boyfriend, also Paige's older brother. Paige is bisexual. Tim is gay and briefly dates Marco. Alex is lesbian and Paige's girlfriend. Riley is gay and initially struggles with his sexuality. Zane is Riley's boyfriend. Adam is a transgender male. Fiona briefly dates Adam, then realizes she is lesbian. Tristan is gay. Imogen is bisexual or pansexual. Jack dates Imogen. In the break between seasons 13 and 14, Miles begins dating Tristan, eventually coming out as bisexual. Zoe struggles with her sexuality until admitting to herself she is lesbian. [23]
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.
2001–2002	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	Further Tales of the City	Showtime Channel 4	Anna Madrigal Michael Tolliver Jon Fielding D'orothea/Dorothy Wilson DeDe Halcyon Day	Olympia Dukakis Paul Hopkins Billy Campbell Françoise Robertson Barbara Garrick	DeDe is a lesbian. She came out at the end of More Tales of the City, and was romantically involved with D'orothea for a time before being separated. They are both reunited at the end and resume their romance. (Sequel to Tales of the City and More Tales of the City.)
2001–2002	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	Metrosexuality	Channel 4	Max Jordan Dean Bambi Cindy	Rikki Beadle-Blair Karl Collins Paul Keating Davey Fairbanks Carleen Beadle
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	Six Feet Under	HBO	David Fisher Keith Charles	Michael C. Hall Mathew St. Patrick	Gay relationship among lead characters.

2002

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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.
2002–2003	Firefly	Fox	Inara Serra Councilor	Morena Baccarin Katherine Kendall	Inara is bisexual. She is a Companion, a woman who hires herself out as a courtesan to upper-class clients and dignitaries, male or female, that seek sexual pleasure and accompaniment at social functions. In episode 1x10, "War Stories", her client is a female Councilor. The Councilor is lesbian or bisexual (personal information about her was not provided in the episode).[24]
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	Tipping the Velvet	BBC Two	Nan Astly Kitty Butler Diana Lethaby Florence Banner Zena Blake	Rachael Stirling Keeley Hawes Anna Chancellor Jodhi May Sally Hawkins	Nan is entranced by Kitty when she sees her perform. The two become friends and then lovers. Nan believes she is in love until Kitty betrays her. Nan lives with Diana for over a year she also has an affair with Zena. Nan eventually settles down with Florence.
2002–2008	The Wire	HBO	Kima Greggs Omar Little Felicia "Snoop" Pearson William Rawls Cheryl Brandon Wright Dante Renaldo	Sonja Sohn Michael K. Williams Felicia Pearson John Doman Melanie Nicholls-King Michael Kevin Darnall Ernest Waddell Ramon Rodriguez	Kima and Omar are both consistently gay ensemble members. Throughout the show they each have multiple partners. William's sexuality is not openly discussed, but he is seen in a gay bar during Season 3.[25]

2003

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2003	Angels in America	HBO	Prior Walter Louis Ironson Joe Pitt Roy Cohn Belize	Justin Kirk Ben Shenkman Patrick Wilson Al Pacino Jeffrey Wright
2003–2005	Carnivàle	HBO	Gecko Sophie Libby Dreifuss	John Fleck Clea DuVall Carla Gallo	Gecko, the show's "lizard man," has dialogue that indicates he is gay or bisexual. Fortune teller Sophie seduces cootch dancer Libby in one episode in Season 1.
2003	Crystal Boys	PTS	A-Qing Zhao Ying	Fan Chi-wei Yang Youning
2003–	NCIS	CBS	Ned Dorneget	Matt L. Jones	Ned was a Cyber operations Special agent who identified as gay.
2003–2010	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 is transgender and the trigger of a significant story arc in Season 1. At the second season's finale, Ava Moore is revealed to be transgender, which causes deep consequences in the series. Dr. Quentin Costa is openly bisexual. Detective Kit McGraw is bisexual. Cherry Peck is transgender and plays a significant role in Season 3. Julia was married to Dr. Sean McNamara but following their divorce, fell in love and had a romance with Olivia in Season 4.
2003–2007	The O.C.	Fox	Marissa Cooper Alex Kelly Carson Ward	Mischa Barton Olivia Wilde Brian McNamara	Marissa and Alex, both bisexual, have a brief relationship in Season 2. Luke's father Carson is gay.
2003–2011	One Tree Hill	WB	Anna Taggaro Josh Avery	Daniella Alonso Paul Teal	Appearing in season 2 only, Anna is a classmate of Peyton's who struggles with rumors of her sexuality before finally coming out as a lesbian. Her family has been denying this fact for many years and once the secret is out, they move to another place. In season 7, Josh stars as the leading male in Seven Dreams 'Til Tuesday. He is secretly gay fearing that if he came out his career would be ruined and his reputation as a party boy would come undone. After confiding in a friend and getting acceptance, he decides to come out but the reactions of the public are not shown.

2004

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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, Felix is shown to be in a romantic relationship with Lieutenant Louis Hoshi. D'Anna, Gaius and six were shown to be in a relationship together.
2004–2006	Deadwood	HBO	Joanie Stubbs Jane Canary	Kim Dickens Robin Weigert	Joanie is a lesbian and falls in love with Jane. Jane (aka Calamity Jane) grows in love with Joanie and reciprocates her attention.[26][27]
2004–2012	Desperate Housewives	ABC	Andrew Van de Kamp Justin Alex Cominis Peter McMillan Bob Hunter Lee McDermott Katherine Mayfair Robin Gallagher	Shawn Pyfrom Ryan Carnes Todd Grinnell Lee Tergesen Tuc Watkins Kevin Rahm Dana Delany Julie Benz	Manipulative Andrew claims to be gay but confesses to be bisexual. Justin is gay and Andrew's boyfriend. Alex is Andrew's ex-husband. Peter is the bisexual boyfriend of Andrew's mother. Bob and Lee, a gay couple, move into Wisteria Lane in Season 4. Katherine realizes she is bisexual. Robin is lesbian and an ex-stripper. She dates Katherine (season 6).
2004–2011	Entourage	HBO	Lloyd	Rex Lee	Assistant to super-agent Ari Gold.
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.
2004–2012	House	Fox	"Thirteen" (Dr. Remy Hadley)	Olivia Wilde	"Thirteen" is bisexual and has been shown in relationships with both men and women.
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.
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 Sweeney (Moira Sweeney) Tasha Williams Lara Perkins Phyllis Kroll Nadia Karella Niki Stevens Joyce Wischnia Paige Sobel	Jennifer Beals Erin Daniels Karina Lombard Laurel Holloman Katherine Moennig Leisha Hailey Mia Kirshner Marlee Matlin Sarah Shahi Rosanna Arquette Clementine Ford Daniela Sea Rose Rollins Lauren Lee Smith Cybill Shepherd Jessica Capshaw Kate French Jane Lynch Kristanna Loken	Bette and Tina are a lesbian couple who were in a relationship for seven years prior to the show's beginning. They are on and off throughout the show. Tina is shown to be with both men and women when she is not with Bette. Tina and Helena have a brief relationship in season 2. Bette has a relationship in Seasons 4 and 5 with Jodi. Bette has a small fling with student Nadia Alice and Dana are together in Season 2. Jenny discovers her lesbianism after an affair with Marina in Season 1. Shane sleeps with many characters throughout the show and briefly considers marrying Carmen despite her ongoing affair with Cherie. Shane has a brief relationship with Paige in Season 4, and a short tryst with Molly (Phyllis's Daughter). Shane ends the show in a relationship with Jenny. Dana's first love interest is Lara who she later gets back together with. Alice also has a relationship with Bette's boss Phyllis. Phyllis settles down with Bette's lawyer Joyce. Max Sweeney (formerly Moira Sweeney) is a transgender man. He's in a relationship with Jenny who helps him during his transition.
2004–2010	Lost	ABC	Tom Friendly Arturo	M. C. Gainey Francesco Simone	Tom is openly gay and one of the so-called 'Others' who reside on the island. He is later shown with a lover, Arturo. Arturo is gay.
2004–2005	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.
2004–2011	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.
2004–2013	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
2004–2007 / 2019–	Veronica Mars	UPN (S1, 2) The CW (S3) Hulu (S4)	Seth Rafter Ryan Marcos Oliveres Kelly Kuzzio Kylie Marker Marlena Nichols Peter Ferrer	Robert Clark Bradford Anderson Jeremy Ray Valdez Lucas Grabeel Kristin Cavallari Miriam Korn Luke Frydenger	Seth is ____. Ryan is ____. Marcos is ____. Kelly is ____. Kylie is ____. Marlena is ____. Peter is ____. There are a number of positively portrayed characters, although for most their sexual orientation is incidental.
2004	Wonderfalls	Fox	Sharon Tyler Beth	Katie Finneran Kari Matchett	Sharon inadvertently came out in the first episode. Beth is bisexual and dated Sharon throughout the series.

2005

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2005	Beating Heart	MBC	Kim Hae-jung	Harisu	Hae-jung is trans woman and sibling of lead character Kim Chang-wan.
2005–2017	Bones	Fox	Angela Montenegro Roxie Lyon	Michaela Conlin Nichole Hiltz	Angela is bisexual. She had a brief relationship with college friend Roxie, but later married Dr. Jack Hodgins.
2005	The Book of Daniel	NBC	Peter Webster	Christian Campbell	Peter is Daniel's 23-year-old gay Republican son.
2005	Commander in Chief	ABC	Vince Taylor	Anthony Azizi	Vince is the Special Aide to the President. In Episode 8, it is revealed that he is gay and has been found to have HIV.
2005–	Doctor Who	BBC	Captain Jack Harkness River Song Madame Vastra Jenny Flint Clara Oswald Bill Potts	John Barrowman Alex Kingston Neve McIntosh Catrin Stewart Jenna Coleman Pearl Mackie	Jack Harkness is an omnisexual character from the 51st century, also appearing as the lead in spin-off series Torchwood. River Song is bisexual and has had relationships with both men and women (she is also from the 51st century). Madame Vastra, a Silurian, and her human wife Jenny Flint are lesbians. Clara Oswald has mentioned romantic relationships with women and has had relationships with men on screen. (The word 'bisexual' was never used in the show but has been insinuated.) Bill Potts is a lesbian and the first openly gay companion to the Doctor. [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
2005	Eyes	ABC	Chris Didion	Rick Worthy
2005	Fingersmith	BBC	Sue Trinder Maud Lilly	Sally Hawkins Elaine Cassidy
2005–	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	Callie Torres Erica Hahn Arizona Robbins Lauren Boswell Leah Murphy Joe Walter Eliza Minnick Penelope Blake Carina DeLuca Casey Parker Levi Schmitt Nico Kim Amelia Shepherd Teddy Altman Taryn Helm	Sara Ramirez Brooke Smith Jessica Capshaw Hilarie Burton Tessa Ferrer Steven W. Bailey Jack Yang Marika Dominczyk Samantha Sloyan Stefania Spampinato Alex Blue Davis Jake Borelli Alex Landi Caterina Scorsone Kim Raver Jaicy Elliot	Callie is bisexual.[36] She and Erica embark on a romantic relationship during the fifth season until Erica abruptly leaves the hospital.[37] Shortly after, Callie continues to explore her sexuality with Arizona, and the two eventually establish a relationship. Erica is lesbian.[37] Arizona is lesbian.[38] Lauren is ____. She had an affair with Arizona in Season 9.[39] Leah is _____. She had an affair with Arizona in Season 10.[40] Joe is gay. He's the bartender and owner of the bar that the doctors frequent.[41] Walter is gay and Joe's off-again on-again boyfriend. They end up adopting twins together (season 3).[41] Eliza is lesbian. She's introduced as a love interest for Arizona in Season 13.[38] Penelope (Penny) is lesbian. She was introduced as a love interest for Callie in Season 12.[42] Carina is bisexual. She's an OB/GYN attending introduced in season 14. She has relationships with Arizona and Owen.[43] Casey is a transgender man and war veteran who is introduced as a first-year surgical intern in Season 14.[44] Levi is gay and came out after Nico kissed him in the elevator. He had always felt an attraction to men but hadn't understood it. Nico is the first openly gay surgeon in the series. He is in a relationship with Levi.[45] Amelia is bisexual. She is mostly attracted to men, but she mentions she had a crush on Carina and tried to ask her to have a threesome (season 16).[46] Teddy is bisexual. She has been in a relationship with Owen, and was in a love triangle with Allison and Claire (Allison's girlfriend) in the past. She named her daughter after Allison and reveals that she loved Allison more than she ever loved Owen (ep. 16x19, "Love of My Life").[47][48] Taryn is _____. She is introduced as a surgical intern in season 14 and has a crush on Meredith Grey.[49][50]
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.
2005–2006	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.
2005–2010	Outrageous Fortune	TV3	Bilkey van der Heever Angel	Jon Brazier Hori Ahipene	Bilkey is gay. Angel is a trans woman.
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 Salim begins developing a relationship with. The characters appeared in season 2, Sleeper Cell: American Terror.
2005–2008	South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer Carlin Ashley Davies	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave	Spencer moves to Los Angeles from Ohio and befriends Ashley, both of whom are lesbians. Their relationship builds and Spencer's coming out to her parents is triggered by her mother walking in on the young couple. At the end of the series in the third season, they move in together.
2005–2006	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–	Supernatural	The CW	Charlie Bradbury Chuck Shurley/God Crowley Jesse Cuevas Cesar Cuevas Barnes Demian Lily Baker Claire Novak	Felicia Day Rob Benedict Mark Sheppard Lee Rumohr/Valin Shinyei Hugo Ateo Ernie Grunwald Devin Ratray Jessica Harmon Kathryn Newton	Charlie Bradbury is an openly lesbian computer hacker and IT employee who assisted Sam and Dean Winchester in several cases in seasons 7, 8, 9, and 10.[51] God, also known as Chuck Shurley, mentions having had girlfriends and boyfriends in the past (which suggests he's bisexual). Crowley describes his sexuality as 'complicated' as he made deals with both men and women (he's most likely bisexual or pansexual). Jesse and Cesar Cuevas are gay and each other's spouse. Barnes is _____. Demian is gay. Lily is _____. Claire is _____. Her attraction to Kaia Nieves was confirmed in season 14/ep 3 when Jody Mills refers to Kaia as Claire's first love.
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.

2006

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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.
2006–2011	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.
2006–2013	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.
2006–2012	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	Friday Night Lights	NBC	Lucy Rodell Barbara Gentry Devin Boland	Libby Villari Eleese Lester Stephanie Hunt	Lucy is lesbian and the Mayor of Dillon. Barbara is the lesbian partner of Mayor Rodell. Devin is lesbian.[52]
2006–2010	Heroes	NBC	Claire Bennet Gretchen Berg	Hayden Panettiere Madeline Zima	Gretchen and Claire are roommates in college in Season 4. Later on, it is revealed that Gretchen is bisexual and has romantic feelings for Claire which are later reciprocated by Claire.
2006–2009	Hotel Babylon	BBC One	Ben Trueman	Michael Obiora	Ben is the flamboyant, openly gay front desk receptionist at the hotel.[53][54]
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.
2006–2011	Torchwood	BBC Three (series 1) BBC Two (series 2) BBC One (series 3) Starz (series 4)	Jack Harkness Ianto Jones Toshiko Sato Owen Harper Captain John Hart Brad Angelo Colasanto Charlotte Wills	John Barrowman Gareth David-Lloyd Naoko Mori Burn Gorman James Marsters Dillon Casey Daniele Favilli Marina Benedict	Captain Jack Harkness was previously established on Doctor Who as omnisexual. Ianto begins the series in a secretive heterosexual relationship, but eventually enters a relationship with Jack. Toshiko is similarly, bisexual, entering a relationship with a woman named Mary while attracted to teammate Owen. Owen is also bisexual, having a threesome with a man and a woman, and confirmed intentional sexual tension with Mark Lynch. Jack's namesake, the real Captain Jack Harkness (Matt Rippy) from 1941 was also gay and was subject to a parting kiss. Captain John Hart, Jack's ex-partner, appears in the second series premiere and the second series finale. In episode nine of series four, recurring character Charlotte Willis comes out as a lesbian. The series' creator, Russell T Davies, has described Torchwood as "a very bisexual series".
2006–2010	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.
2006–2015	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.

2007

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2007–2013	Army Wives	Lifetime	Nicole Galassini Charlotte "Charlie" Mayfield	Kellie Martin Ryan Michelle Bathe	Nicole is lesbian and an Army intelligence captain. At first reluctant to be out about her relationship with Charlie because of the government's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy, Nicole eventually proposes to her. (Season 6) Charlie is lesbian and the civilian partner of Nicole.[55][56]
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.
2007–2012	Damages	FX (seasons 1–3) Audience Network (season 4–5)	Ray Fiske	Željko Ivanek	Fiske was the lead defense attorney on the first season's central case. He was closeted and concealing a relationship with a key witness. Fiske shot himself to death in plaintiff's attorney Patti Hewes's office.
2007–2008	Dirt	FX	Leo Spiller Jack Dawson Garbo Julia Mallory	Will McCormack Grant Show Carly Pope Laura Allen	Leo is bisexual and the brother of lead character Lucy Spiller. Jack is a closeted movie star who has a short tryst with Leo. Garbo is lesbian and a drug dealer. Julia is bisexual. She has sex with Garbo.
2007–2008	Dirty Sexy Money	ABC	Patrick Darling IV Carmelita	William Baldwin Candis Cayne	Darling, a United States Senate candidate, is carrying on an affair with the transgender Carmelita, the latest of several such affairs.
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 gay younger brother who is outed by Georgina in Season 1. Harold is Blair Waldorf's divorced father, and Roman is his boyfriend. Asher and Jonathan are Eric's ex-boyfriends. Freddy is Roman's ex-lover. Julian is the school play's director. Josh is a gay man who Chuck kisses in order to ensure that he gives Blair the honor of making NYU's freshman speech in Season 3.
2007–2011	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	Jekyll	BBC One	Miranda Calendar Min	Meera Syal Fenella Woolgar	Miranda is a lesbian private investigator. Min is Miranda's partner and is having their baby.
2007–2009	The Lair	here!	Most of the principal characters	see cast list	Supernatural-themed series following a vampire cult that operates a sex club.
2007–2015	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–	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.
2007–2009	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).[57]
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 fluid. Tony's sexuality is left unclear as he has had both male and female sexual relationships, though he has never had a boyfriend. He had an adventure with Maxxie in Russia (first generation, season 1 and 2). Cassie said that she was straight before that she know pussies, this happened when Sid broke her heart in season 2 (first generation, season 1 and 2). Dale is a minor character who kissed Maxxie after he tried to hit him (first generation, season 2). James is Maxxie's boyfriend (first generation, season 2). Emily is a lesbian, but she had sex with JJ (second generation, season 3, 4 and 7). Naomi is Emily's girlfriend, she is a lesbian. The two are in a committed relationship. Franky is an androgynous pansexual (third generation, season 5 and 6). Matty, is bisexual, though this trait is left unsaid in the series (third generation, season 5 and 6). Alex is a gay character who joins the 'third generation' in season 6 (third generation, season 6). Nick kissed Alex at a party, he isn't gay and doesn't look like bisexual, but he may be bicurious or fluid (third generation, season 5 and 6). Rider is a minor bisexual character, he slept with Alex in season 2, but this scene isn't shown, it's known because there is a photo that Liv saw (third generation, season 5 and 6).
2007–2010	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. George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's brother is portrayed as gay. There is no historical evidence for these orientations.

2008

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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 after having a tryst with Shane. Adrianna had a short romance with Gia in Season 2.
2008–2013	Being Human	BBC Three	Carl Dan	Steve John Shepherd	Carl is a gay vampire. He shares a flat with his human boyfriend Dan until he accidentally kills him during sleep. The police is looking for him so Carl escapes to Brazil.[58]
2008	Cashmere Mafia	ABC	Caitlin Dowd Alicia Lawson	Bonnie Somerville Lourdes Benedicto	Caitlin is bisexual or bi-curious. She met and dated Alicia, a lesbian, for a number of episodes.
2008–2011	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. David comes out of the closet and begins a relationship with Fer which becomes an emotional roller coaster ride for both characters over several seasons. Their relationship touches on several teenage and LGBT issues such as parental problems, conversion therapy, and teen suicide. Alma has been in sexual relationships with both boys and girls, though she never confirmed her bisexuality. Borja is Fer's new boyfriend and fianceé (Season 6).
2008–2010	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	In Treatment	HBO	Jesse	Dane DeHaan	Jesse, one of Dr. Paul Weston's patients, is an adopted teenager searching for his real parents.
2008–2010	Legend of the Seeker	Syndicated	Cara Mason	Tabrett Bethell	In the television series, Cara is portrayed as bisexual.
2008–	Murdoch Mysteries	CBC	Dr. Emily Grace Lillian Moss Detective Llewelyn Watts James Gillies Chief Constable Percival Giles	Georgina Reilly Sarah Mitich Daniel Maslany Michael Seater Nigel Bennett	Emily is bisexual. She was in a relationship with George Crabtree and dated Leslie Garland. In Season 8 episode "High Voltage", she meets suffragette Lillian Moss; and thereafter falls in love with her.[59] Lillian is lesbian. She was disowned by her family for refusing to marry a hand-picked husband. Lillian's real name was Helen and she had once been involved with a married woman. She was attracted to Emily and they subsequently enter into a romantic relationship.[60] Llewelyn is revealed to have a male love interest in season 13. James is _____. Percival is ____. The series has included episodes where homosexuality was an aspect of the story ("Till Death Do Us Part" (1x05) is about the murder of a secretly gay man, shows the underground gay community, and sodomy laws are referred; "Victor, Victorian" (3x03) is about cross-dressing women in a private club; in "Murdochophobia" (7x06) a woman in a group commits suicide after her relationship with another woman in it is exposed; "What Lies Buried" (8x07) reveals a constable that used to extort young male prostitutes).
2008–2009	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	HBO	BK	Desmond Dube
2008–2009	Raising the Bar	TNT	Charlie Sagansky	Jonathan Scarfe
2008–2013	Raw	RTÉ Two (Season 1) RTÉ One (Season 2–5)	Geoff Mitchell Pavel Rebien	Damon Gameau Kryštof Hádek
2008–2013	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	ABC Family	Griffin Peter Anne Juergens Nora	Brando Eaton Kristopher Higgins
2008–2014	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 June's professional and personal partner during the third season. Wendy realizes she likes women before season 4. Venus Van Dam is a transgender sex worker introduced in Season 5. Gemma is seen waking up next to different women on more than one occasion (she also gets called out about it by Nero Padilla, who would later become her boyfriend), indicating Gemma is bisexual. Tig Trager develops an interest in Venus Van Dam in Season 6 which becomes physical in Season 7. He later refers to himself as "just gay enough".
2008–2014	True Blood	HBO	Lafayette Reynolds Tara Thornton Jason Stackhouse Eric Northman Eddie Gautier Steve Newlin Jesus Velasquez Russell Edgington Talbot Pam Yvetta David Finch	Nelsan Ellis Rutina Wesley Ryan Kwanten Alexander Skarsgård Stephen Root Michael McMillian Kevin Alejandro Denis O'Hare Theo Alexander Kristin Bauer van Straten Natasha Alam John Prosky	Lafayette is a gay short-order cook, drug dealer and sex worker. Tara is Lafayette's cousin. After being involved with several men in the first three seasons, she is involved with a woman as of the premiere of Season 4. She later shows interest in a relationship with Pam. Jason is the brother of Sookie Stackhouse, and is shown to have multiple sexual dreams about men, though he never acts on it. He's very likely bisexual or at least bicurious. Eric Northman is a pansexual vampire and the sheriff of the vampires in his town. He has multiple relations with males. Eddie is a gay vampire and former accountant, one of Lafeyette's clients. Steve Newlin starts out as the leader of an anti-vampire Christian ministry. He is made a vampire sometime between the end of season two and the end of Season 4, coming out to Jason Stackhouse as a "gay vampire American". Jesus joined the series in Season 3 as Lafayette's love interest. He is a nurse at the nursing home where Lafayette's mother lives and a brujo (male witch). Russell is the Vampire King of Mississippi in Season 3 and Talbot is his consort. After being implied bisexual in Seasons 1 and 2, Pam is seen engaging in oral sex with Yvetta in Season 3. David Finch is a hypocritical right-wing politician who was an occasional sex client of Lafayette's in Season 1.

2009

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
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.[61] Dr. Naadiah is _____ and a therapist. Cassidy is lesbian and had a brief relationship with Erica in season one.
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 Sam's husband.
2009–2010	FlashForward	ABC	Janis Hawk Maya	Christine Woods Navi Rawat	Janis is an FBI agent and a closeted lesbian. However, her sexual orientation is known to some of her colleagues. Maya is an artist who has a romantic tryst with Janis in episode #1.5, "Gimme Some Truth".
2009–2015	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 is gay. At the start of the series he was in the closet but he soon came out and became the only out-gay kid in William McKinley high school. Blaine Anderson was introduced in Season 2 as Kurt's love interest. At the end of Season 4 it was revealed the Blaine wanted to propose to Kurt. Brittany is bisexual. In Season 2, Santana admitted she was in love with Brittany and wanted to be with her, Brittany at the time was already in a relationship with Artie but by Season 3 Brittany and Santana were in a secret relationship. Santana is a lesbian. In Season 3 Santana was still closeted but following an argument with Finn Hudson she was forced to come out. Her parents and classmates were accepting but her grandmother took the news very badly. Brittany and Santana broke up in Season 4 but in Season 5 they met again, realized they still loved each other, and move in together. Wade "Unique" Adams is a trans woman introduced in late Season 3. She only feels comfortable in woman's clothing. She auditioned for the part of Rizzo in Grease but her parents didn't want her to as they were scared it would increase the amount of bullying she received for being herself. They also told her to only dress as a woman when she was at home or when performing in a competition. Dani was introduced in Season 5 as a love interest for Santana. Starchild was introduced in Season 5 as a member of Kurt's band. Kurt felt threatened by Starchild but they soon made up which resulted as a source of jealousy to Blaine. Adam was a love interest of Kurt's introduced in Season 4, however, Kurt realized he was only with Adam to get over Blaine and so he ended it off-screen. Quinn Fabray has a one-night stand with Santana Lopez in Season 4, Episode 14 entitled "I Do". David Karofsky was the bully who forced Kurt to move schools in Season 2. The reason for Karofsky's bullying was that was confused with his own sexuality. In Season 3 Karofsky transferred schools to avoid people finding out about his sexuality, however, someone from his new school saw him with Kurt on Valentine's Day and spread the gossip, leading to his subsequent attempted suicide. Chandler Kiehl is a boy who Kurt met at a music store in Season 3. Their bond caused Blaine to become paranoid and jealous and so Kurt told Chandler that they couldn't talk anymore. Cody is a fake, bisexual, Santa. He seduced Kurt and then robbed Kurt, Rachel and Santana overnight. Hiram and Leroy Berry are Rachel's gay dads. Sebastian Smythe is a member of rival glee club, Dalton Academy Warbler's. He wanted to be with Blaine, but Blaine rejected him as he loved Kurt too much. Sebastian became a source of jealousy of Kurt's. Eli.C is the person Blaine cheated on Kurt with in Season 4. Jeremiah is an older guy who Blaine had a crush on in Season 2, however Jeremiah rejected him as it would have been illegal. Gavroche is very flamboyant and was named after Gavroche from Les Misérables. Sandy Ryerson was the closeted coach of the McKinley High glee club before Rachel Berry caught him caressing student Hank Saunders, which led to him being fired. He returned to the series as he helped Sue Sylvester try to stop the glee club. Elaine was paid by Santana to pretend to be her girlfriend to make Brittany jealous. Liz and Jan were a lesbian couple who appeared at the end of Season 4. Jan proposed to Liz whilst at dinner with Blaine and Kurt, Liz accepted. Rick Dunham was a show choir director that Sue pushed down a flight of stairs to take his job.
2009–2016	The Good Wife	CBS	Kalinda Sharma Lana Delany Sophia Russo Owen Cavanaugh	Archie Panjabi Jill Flint Kelli Giddish Dallas Roberts	Kalinda is bisexual and a private investigator. She has an ex-husband, female lovers, and dates Cary Agos.[62] Lana is lesbian and an F.B.I. agent. She has been involved in an on/off relationship with Kalinda for a long time. In 2x14, she asked Kalinda why she liked to have sex with men, and was it because she didn't want intimacy.[63][64] Sophia is bisexual and a private investigator. She has a husband and is lovers with Kalinda.[62] Owen is the gay brother of lead character Alicia Florrick.
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.
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.
2009–2013	Misfits	E4	Greg Adley Stuart Melissa Emma	Shaun Dooley Oliver Lansley Kehinde Fadipe Hannah Britland
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 the lover of 11-12, which 11-12 keeps secret from his father.
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."[65]
2009–2011	Stargate Universe	Syfy	Camile Wray Sharon	Ming-Na Reiko Aylesworth	Camile is a civilian leader on Destiny. Sharon is Camile's life partner back on Earth. They have been together over 12 years.
2009–2010	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".
2009–2011	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 gay couple and neighbors of the Gregsons. Jason is Marshall's closeted love interest during Season 1. Jason's sexuality is left undefined, but it is suggested he is bisexual; as Kate (Marshall's sister) puts it, he is a "bi-curious church monkey". Lionel founded the gay-straight alliance at Marshall's high school. He was Marshall's first boyfriend. Noah is an openly gay classmate of Marshall and Lionel's.
2009–2017	The Vampire Diaries	The CW	Bill Forbes Luke Parker Mary Louise Nora	Jack Coleman Chris Brochu Teressa Liane Scarlett Byrne	Bill Forbes is Caroline's father who divorced her mother after coming out as gay (Season 3). Luke Parker is a warlock and Liv's twin brother who appears in Season 5 and 6. Mary Louise and Nora are a lesbian couple and two members of the Heretic witch/vampire coven who appear in Season 7.
2009–2014	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".[66]
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.

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