List of comedy television series with LGBT characters

This is a list of comedy television series (including web television and miniseries) 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
1970–1977	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS	Ben Sutherland	Robert Moore	Ben is gay and the brother of Phyllis. In "My Brother's Keeper" (s3/ep.17), she tries to set him up with Mary, but he instead hangs out with Rhoda who later tells Phyllis the reason why she's not interested in dating Ben.[1]
1972–1973	The Corner Bar	ABC	Peter Panama	Vincent Schiavelli	The first continuing portrayal of a gay person on American television.[2]
1972–1985	Are You Being Served?	BBC	Mr. Humphries	John Inman	British sitcom about staff working in the Grace Brothers department store.
1975	Hot l Baltimore	ABC	George Gordon	Lee Bergere Henry Calvert	The first gay couple on American network television.
1975–1982	Barney Miller	ABC	Marty Morrison Darryl Driscoll Officer Zatelli	Jack DeLeon Ray Stewart Dino Natali	Marty was a semi-regular on the long-running television series and Darryl made several appearances as Marty's lover. Series creator Danny Arnold worked closely with the National Gay Task Force in developing the characters of Darryl and Marty. Initially both were presented as flamboyantly gay men, but as the series progressed Darryl began acting and dressing more conservatively.[3] Officer Zatelli's coming out, initially to Captain Miller but eventually to the entire squad, was the first gay-themed story arc on American television and Arnold again worked with the NGTF to develop it.
1976–1977	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman	Syndicated	Ed McCullough Howard McCullough	Laurence Haddon Beeson Carroll	Ed and Howard were introduced as a pair of brothers sharing a house in the Hartmans' neighborhood but were later revealed to be a gay couple hoping to live an open life in Fernwood.
1976 (unaired)	Snip	NBC	Michael	Walter Wanderman	He was the owner of the salon where the characters worked.
1976	The Nancy Walker Show	ABC	Terry Folson	Ken Olfson	Terry was an out-of-work actor and personal assistant to lead character Nancy Kitteridge (Nancy Walker).
1976	Ball Four	CBS	Unnamed		Based on the book Ball Four. Featured a gay rookie baseball player.[4]
1977	All That Glitters	Syndicated	Linda Murkland	Linda Gray	Linda Murkland was a transgender woman (the first transgender series regular on American television).
1977–1981	Soap	ABC	Jodie Dallas	Billy Crystal	By the end of the series, Jodie was romantically involved with a woman.
1979–1981	Agony	ITV	Michael Rob	Peter Denyer Jeremy Bulloch	First British sitcom to feature a gay couple in a non-camp fashion.[5]

1980s

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1981–1983	Love, Sidney	NBC	Sidney Shore	Tony Randall	The first prime-time television series to have a gay character as its central lead although the character was in the closet for all 40 episodes.
1981	Daily at Dawn	Seven Network	Leslie Windrush	Terry Bader	The first Australian comedy series to feature a regular gay character.[6]
1982–1992	'Allo 'Allo!	BBC	Lt. Hubert Gruber	Guy Siner	Lt. Gruber was clearly depicted as gay, and interested in the series' lead character, Rene Artois (Gorden Kaye). In the series finale's flash-forward scene, however, it was revealed that Gruber eventually married Pvt. Helga Geerhart (Kim Hartman).
1984	Dream Stuffing	Channel 4	Richard	Ray Burdis	British sitcom about two unemployed girls who share a London flat. Their neighbour Richard is gay.
1984–1989	Brothers	Showtime	Cliff Waters Donald Maulpey	Paul Regina Philip Charles MacKenzie	Two heterosexual brothers cope when third brother (Cliff) comes out as gay. Donald is Cliff's gay neighbor.
1985	Sara	NBC	Dennis Kemper	Bronson Pinchot	Dennis is an attorney in the law firm at which the series is set.
1987–1991	Thirtysomething	ABC	Russell Weller Peter Montefiore	David Marshall Grant Peter Frechette	Two supporting gay characters, one an artist and one working in advertising. Focus of the episode Strangers.
1987–1988	Women in Prison	Fox	Bonnie Harper	Antoinette Byron
1987–1989	Hooperman	ABC	Rick Silardi	Joseph Gian	Uniformed Police Officer Rick Silardi is openly gay, but seems to spend most of his time fending off the affections of his straight female police partner, Officer Mo DeMott (Sydney Walsh), who wants to "save him" from being gay by making passes at him whenever possible.
1988–1997	Roseanne	ABC	Bev Harris Leon Carp Scott Nancy Bartlett	Estelle Parsons Martin Mull Fred Willard Sandra Bernhard	In the final episode, Rosanne Conner revealed that the last season was a story she'd written. Her mother wasn't really gay but her sister was.
1989–1991	Doctor Doctor	CBS	Richard Stratford	Tony Carreiro	Richard is the openly gay brother of lead character Mike Stratford (Matt Frewer).

1990s

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
1990–1993	You Rang M'Lord?	BBC	Helen Cooper Cecily "Cissy" Meldrum	Catherine Rabett
1990–1998	Drop the Dead Donkey	Channel 4	Helen Cooper	Ingrid Lacey
1991–1997	The Brittas Empire	BBC	Gavin Featherly Tim Whistler	Tim Marriott Russell Porter	Tim and Gavin are a couple working at the leisure centre, who, throughout, choose not to tell some people due to fear of being fired. Their homophobic boss is innocently oblivious to their relationship for seven years.
1992	Terry and Julian	Channel 4	Julian	Julian Clary
1992–1998	The Larry Sanders Show	HBO	Brian	Scott Thompson
1993	Cutters	CBS	Troy King	Julius Carry	Troy was an Olympic gold medalist turned hairdresser.[7]
1993–1996	The John Larroquette Show	NBC	Pat	Jazzmun	A drag queen who hangs out at the bus station where the lead character works.
1994	Daddy's Girls	CBS	Dennis Sinclair	Harvey Fierstein	Sinclair is a high-strung fashion designer. He was the first gay principal television character played by an openly gay actor.[8]
1994–1998	Ellen	ABC	Ellen Morgan Peter Barnes Barrett	Ellen DeGeneres Patrick Bristow Jack Plotnick	After months of media speculation, Ellen Morgan came out in "The Puppy Episode". Peter and Barrett were Ellen's friends and a couple.
1994–1999	The Vicar of Dibley	BBC	Frank Pickle	John Bluthal
1994–2004	Friends	NBC	Carol Willick Susan Bunch	Jane Sibbett Jessica Hecht	Carol is lesbian and Ross's ex-wife. Susan is lesbian and Carol's girlfriend. Carol and Susan married in season 2 episode "The One with the Lesbian Wedding". It was the first lesbian wedding portrayed on U.S. television.[9][10]
1995	Muscle	The WB	Bronwyn Jones	Amy Pietz	Lead character Bronwyn is a lesbian news anchor.
1995	The Pursuit of Happiness	NBC	Alex Chosek	Brad Garrett
1995	Agony Again	BBC	Michael	Sacha Grunpeter	Short-lived sequel to 1979 sitcom Agony. Jane Lucas's son Michael is gay.
1995–1996	High Society	CBS	Stephano	Luigi Amodeo	[11]
1995–1996	The Crew	Fox	Paul Steadman	David Burke
1996	Public Morals	CBS	John Irvin	Bill Brochtrup
1996	Party Girl	Fox	Derrick	John Cameron Mitchell	Short-lived sitcom based on the 1995 theatrical film[11]
1996	Lush Life	Fox	Nelson "Margarita" Marquez	John Ortiz	[11]
1996–2002	Spin City	ABC	Carter Sebastian Heywood	Michael Boatman
1997–1998	Fired Up	NBC	Ashley	Mark Davis	[11]
1997–2000	Veronica's Closet	NBC	Josh Blair	Wallace Langham	Josh's sexuality was obfuscated as a running joke until the 2000 episode "Veronica Helps Josh Out", when he came out as gay.
1998–2004	Sex and the City	HBO	Stanford Blatch Anthony Marantino Samantha Jones	Willie Garson Mario Cantone Kim Cattrall	Stanford and Anthony are gay. Samantha is bisexual and has a romance with a woman, Maria (Sônia Braga).
1998–2006 2017–2020	Will & Grace	NBC	Will Truman Jack McFarland Karen Walker Vince D'Angelo	Eric McCormack Sean Hayes Megan Mullally Bobby Cannavale	Will and Jack are gay. Karen's bisexuality is implied. (e.g. In season 6, episode 2, "Last Ex to Brooklyn", when a woman at the dinner table says she drinks because it makes sex better, Karen reaches over and fills her glass with wine; and when she becomes upset and leaves, Karen says "Oh, yeah. Just where I was hoping this evening was going.", grabs her purse and follows after her.) Vince is Will's partner.
1999	Oh, Grow Up	ABC	Ford Lowell Sal	John Ducey Ed Marinaro	Ford is a married man who left his wife after realizing he was gay.[12] Sal is lead character Hunter's (Stephen Dunham) boss.[13]
1999–2000	Strangers with Candy	Comedy Central	Jerri Blank Geoffrey Jellineck Chuck Noblet	Amy Sedaris Paul Dinello Stephen Colbert	Jerri is bisexual. Jellineck and Noblet carried on a clandestine affair.
1999–2001	Beggars and Choosers	Showtime	Malcolm Laffley	Tuc Watkins	Laffley is a television casting director who came out to disprove sexual harassment charges leveled at him by a woman.
1999–2001	Los Beltrán	Telemundo	Fernando Salazar Kevin Lynch	Gabriel Romero James C. Leary	Fernando and Kevin are gay. They are the first openly-gay characters on Spanish-language television, and first same-sex couple that marry.

2000s

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2000	Normal, Ohio	Fox	William "Butch" Gamble	John Goodman
2000–2001	Grosse Pointe	WB	Ted Johnson Kevin the P.A. Greg	Michael Hitchcock Nat Faxon Jonathan Del Arco	Ted Johnson has a crush on his acting mate Johnny Bishop. Kevin the P.A. has a brief crush on Dave May.
2000–2011	My Family	BBC One	Michael Harper	Gabriel Thompson
2001	The Ellen Show	CBS	Ellen Richmond	Ellen DeGeneres
2001	Some of My Best Friends	CBS	Warren Fairbanks Vern Limoso	Jason Bateman Alec Mapa	Based on the film Kiss Me, Guido.
2001–2008 2014–	Trailer Park Boys	Showcase (season 1-7) Netflix (season 8- )	Jim Lahey Randy	John Dunsworth Patrick Roach	The characters of trailer park supervisor, Jim Lahey and assistant trailer park supervisor Randy are both bisexual men.
2001–2010	Scrubs	NBC	Todd Quinlan ("The Todd")	Robert Maschio	Initially portrayed as womanizing and heterosexual, Todd displays same-sex attractions as well and eventually reveals that he is attracted to almost everyone he sees, regardless of gender. He later enters into a three-way sexual relationship with a man and woman.[14]
2002	That '80s Show	CBS	Sophia	Brittany Daniel	Corey's bisexual ex-girlfriend who has an unreturned crush on Corey's sister Katie.
2002–2007	Kath & Kim	ABC1 Seven Network	Sharon Strzelecki	Magda Szubanski	Sharon is a sports fanatic, especially around male-oriented games, and has dated guys, but it is later implied in the film Kath & Kimderella that she might have bisexual feelings, even though she is clueless about her own sexual orientation, believes that a shirt with the LGBT rainbow flag colors looks good on her, and later gyrating around a lesbian golfer. (Szubanski is a Lesbian in real-life)
2003–2015	Two and a Half Men	CBS	Evelyn Harper Jenny Harper Alan Harper	Holland Taylor Amber Tamblyn Jon Cryer	Evelyn is bisexual and the mother of Charlie and Alan Harper. For most of the series she is portrayed as a heterosexual, but there are instances in seasons 8, 9, and 11 where she has lesbian sex with three different women. Jenny, the previously unknown daughter of Charlie, is lesbian. She engages in several one-night stands with various women (introduced in season 11).[15] Whilst Alan is portrayed as a heterosexual man, he sometimes likes to crossdress in Evelyn's clothes and has made moves towards Walden Schmidt that suggest same-sex attraction.
2003–2009	Reno 911!	Comedy Central	Lieutenant Dangle Deputy Kimball	Thomas Lennon Mary Birdsong
2003–2006	Aquí no hay quien viva	Antena 3	Mauri Hidalgo Fernando Navarro Bea Villarejo Diego Álvarez Rosa Izquierdo Ana Abel	Luis Merlo Adrià Collado Eva Isanta Mariano Alameda María Almudéver Vanesa Romero Alberto Maneiro	Stable gay relationship between main characters Mauri and Fernando. During a time they were broken up, Mauri had a relationship with Diego, who left him for another man and later regretted it. But by then Mauri and Fernando were together again. Mauri also has a son by artificial insemination with lesbian best friend Bea, who had a relationship with a lawyer, Rosa, for a while. Afterwards, she had a wild night with Ana, who became lesbian for her and became a stable couple.
2003–2006 2013–	Arrested Development	Fox (season 1—3) Netflix (season 4— )	George Oscar "Gob" Bluth II Barry Zuckerkorn	Will Arnett Henry Winkler	GOB is hinted to be bisexual throughout the series. He ends up falling in love with his enemy, Tony Wonder. It is a running joke that Barry is a closeted gay man who is frequently thinking of outlandish excuses to conceal his true activities.
2003–2004	It's All Relative	ABC	Simon Banks Philip Stoddard	Christopher Sieber John Benjamin Hickey
2003–2015	Peep Show	Channel 4	Jeremy 'Jez' Usborne	Robert Webb	Jez is implied to be bisexual a few times throughout the series. In the series 9 episode 'Threeism' he sleeps with Megan's boyfriend Joe and then enters into a relationship with both of them.
2004–2011	Entourage	HBO	Lloyd	Rex Lee
2005–2014	How I Met Your Mother	CBS	James Stinson Lily Aldrin	Wayne Brady Alyson Hannigan	James first appears in season 2 episode 10 as Barney's gay black brother. He is married to a man named Tom and they have 2 children together. Though Lily's sexuality is never clearly defined, she has mentioned wanting to have a relationship with a woman and is implied to have a crush on her female friend Robin.
2005–2013	The Office	NBC	Oscar Martinez Gil Matt Robert Lipton	Oscar Nuñez Tom Chick Sam Daly Jack Coleman	Oscar is a calm and low-level accountant.
2005–2009	My Name is Earl	NBC	Kenny James Stuart Daniels	Gregg Binkley Mike O'Malley
2005–2008	South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer Carlin Ashley Davies Kelly Carmen	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave Ashley Schneider Brooke Vallone	Ashley Davies is an out lesbian with a reputation for being easy. Spencer Carlin is still coming to terms with her sexuality and later starts a relationship with Ashley. Kelly an out lesbian tries to seduce Spencer but is rejected. Spencer begins dating Carmen after breaking up with Ashley.
2005–2007	The War At Home	Fox	Khaleel "Kenny" Al-Bahir	Rami Malek	Kenny is a 16-year-old boy who harbors a secret crush on his best friend Larry and is subsequently kicked out of his house when his parents find out he's gay.[16]
2005–2006	Out of Practice	CBS	Regina Barnes	Paula Marshall
2005–2006	Twins	The WB	Neil	Christopher Fitzgerald
2005–2006	Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby	TVNZ 1	Alisdair Morton Lesley Tangaroa	Thomas Robins Grace Hoet
2005–	It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia	FXX	Mac (Ronald MacDonald) Dennis Reynolds Dee Reynolds Charlie Kelly Frank Reynolds Artemis Dubois	Rob McElhenney Glenn Howerton Kaitlin Olson Charlie Day Danny DeVito Artemis Pebdani	Mac comes out of the closet after denying his sexuality (season 12, episode 6), even coming out and going back in the closet (season 11, episodes 9 and 10). Mac came out again (season 12, episode 6), this time remaining out of the closet. Dennis mentioned multiple times in the show that he would be willing to have sex with men if the situation came up. He was confirmed as bisexual by the actor. Dee, Charlie, and Frank have been described by the cast and creators as being at least bisexual. During a San Diego Comic-Con panel in 2013, when asked if Dennis was "vaguely bisexual", Glenn Howerton said "Oh, I think all the characters are. I don't even know if it's 'vaguely'." Danny DeVito then went on to say "The show is called "All-ways Sunny In Philadelphia [...] We go all ways."[17] The cast has mentioned multiple times on Conan that all their characters are ambiguously gay.[18] They have gone on to say that they feel "everyone" might be gay, and that it is reflective of society, as they have never met anyone who isn't gay.[19] Artemis is a friend of the gang and is likely bisexual. In a promotional video for the show she states that she has "had lesbian encounters. Plural. [...] There were a couple years there, where scissoring some bull dyke was the only way I could get my squirts off." In the same promo she also asked if it "cost extra to send this [dating] video to both sexes".[20]
2005	All About George	ITV	Russel	Rory Jennings
2005	The Comeback	HBO	Mickey Deane	Robert Michael Morris	Mickey is a hairdresser and confidant to lead character Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) who, despite being obviously gay, believes he is closeted.
2005	It's Me...Gerald	Showcase	Gerald	Gerald L'Ecuyer
2006–2013	30 Rock	NBC	Devon Banks Jonathan J.D. Lutz Randy	Will Arnett Maulik Pancholy John Lutz Jeffery Self	Devon Banks is Jack Donaghy's nemesis, an executive who constantly tries to foil Jack's attempts to advance professionally. At first Devon is closeted but in the fifth season, it is revealed he has moved to Brooklyn and had children with an African-American dancer, Cashmere. Jonathan is Jack's assistant, who is smitten with his boss. J.D. Lutz is a TGS writer, whose sexual orientation was a mystery throughout the series. It was revealed in the series finale that he is bisexual. Randy is Liz Lemon's cousin.
2006–2007	The Business	IFC	Terrence von Holtzen Wendell Cooper	Matt Silver Neil Napier	Terrence is an intern who in season 2 is promoted to Associate Co-head of the Animation and Historical Adaptation Department. Wendell is the company's accountant. In a sexually charged second-season episode, Terrence admits his repressed homosexuality and he and Wendell hook up.
2006–2007	Cover Girl	SRC	Mathieu/Veronica Justin/Joujou Newton/Lana Cherry Sundae	René Richard Cyr Vincent Bolduc Frédéric Pierre Gilles Renaud	Series focuses on four drag queens.
2006–2007	The Class	CBS	Kyle Lendo Aaron	Sean Maguire Cristian de la Fuente	Kyle is in a relationship with Aaron. He is a second grade teacher at an elite private school.
2006	Crumbs	ABC	Mitch Crumb	Fred Savage
2006	So NoTORIous	VH1	Sasan	Zachary Quinto	Sasan is based on Tori Spelling's friend Mehran Farhat.
2007–2009	Reaper	The CW	Tony Steve	Ken Marino Michael Ian Black	Tony and Steve are a gay couple who live next door to the main trio of Sam, Sock, and Ben. It is later learned they are demons waging a war against the Devil. Steve is killed during the rebellion and manages to get into Heaven. He later becomes Sam's guardian angel.
2007	Kick	SBS	Layla Jackie	Nicole Chamoun Romi Trower	Layla is a Muslim-Australian who lives with her conservative family and is unenthusiastically engaged to be married to a man named Sharif. But when she falls in love with fellow fencer Jackie, she has to choose between following her heart or making her family happy.
2007–2010	The Sarah Silverman Program	Comedy Central	Brian Steve	Brian Posehn Steve Agee	Sarah's neighbors.
2007–	Benidorm	ITV	Kenneth du Beke Troy Ramsbottom Gavin Ramsbottom Mateo Castellanos	Tony Maudsley Paul Bazely Hugh Sachs Jake Canuso	Kenneth is ___ and a hairdresser in the Solana hotel. Troy is gay and Gavin's husband. Gavin is gay and Troy's husband. Mateo is ___ and had a homoerotic tryst with Troy.
2008–2009	Sophie	CBC	Matt Scott Verner Bernard	Jeff Geddis Ian Matthews Stéphane Demers	Matt is an OB/GYN and lead character Sophie's best friend. Verner is his partner. Bernard is a waiter at the café where Matt and Sophie hang out, with whom Matt has an affair.
2008	Sordid Lives: The Series	Logo	Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram Ty Williamson	Leslie Jordan Jason Dottley	Brother Boy likes to perform as Tammy Wynette and tries to escape from treatments to dehomosexualize him. Ty is an actor in Los Angeles coming to terms with his homosexuality.
2008–2014	Mord mit Aussicht	Das Erste	Bärbel Schmied Mathilde	Meike Droste (de) Alwara Höfels	Bärbel is bisexual, and a police officer. She falls in love with Mathilde, which confuses Bärbel because she is not a lesbian. Mathilde is bisexual. A carpenter, she states that she is open to relationships with both women and men. They have a short affair in "Waltzing Mathilde" (S1/ep10).[21]
2009–2015	Nurse Jackie	Showtime	Mohammed "Mo-Mo" de la Cruz Thor Lundgren Dr. Eleanor O'Hara	Haaz Sleiman Steve Wallem Eve Best	Mohammed and Thor are gay nurses at All Saints' Hospital. Mohammed was dropped after the first season. The producers stated the reason being "the character's storyline ran its course".[22] Eleanor is bisexual and in a relationship with a woman journalist in season 2.[23]
2009–2011	United States of Tara	Showtime	Marshall Gregson	Keir Gilchrist
2009–2015	Glee	Fox	Kurt Hummel Sandy Ryerson Blaine Anderson Dave Karofsky Sebastian Smythe Brittany Pierce Santana Lopez Hiram Berry LeRoy Berry Unique Adams	Chris Colfer Stephen Tobolowsky Darren Criss Max Adler Grant Gustin Heather Morris Naya Rivera Jeff Goldblum Brian Stokes Mitchell Alex Newell	Kurt is a member of the glee club. He comes out to his father in the episode "Preggers". Sandy, a self-described "predatory gay", was the glee club director until being fired for inappropriate contact with a student. He then turned to dealing in medical marijuana to make a living. Blaine was introduced in "Never Been Kissed", and soon becomes Kurt's boyfriend. Dave was introduced as a football player and a bully in season one. In season two, he begins targeting Kurt for being gay. In "Never Been Kissed", Kurt confronts Dave and Dave kisses him. Sebastian is introduced in "The First Time" as a new Warbler who sets his sights on Blaine. Brittany lets slip in "Sectionals" that she and Santana have had sex. Initially meant as a throw away line to jokingly make reference to the closeness of the two then minor characters, the writers began taking the relationship seriously due to pressure from fans and both Morris and Rivera. The storyline saw great advances in the second season once the actresses were promoted to the main cast. They are seen making out on Brittany's bed in "Duets" and also make reference to the lesbian sex act of scissoring. In "Sexy" Santana finally professes her love for Brittany and later admits that she is a lesbian. Brittany is thought to be bisexual or pansexual. Hiram and LeRoy Berry are Rachel's fathers. Unique is a transgender member of the rival Vocal Adrenaline show choir who identifies as female. She joins New Directions in season 4.
2009–2020	Modern Family	ABC	Mitchell Pritchett Cameron Tucker Longinus Pepper Saltzman Crispin Steven Stefan Ronaldo Gil Thorpe Pam Susan Andrew Simon Brodrick Raymond Teddy	Jesse Tyler Ferguson Eric Stonestreet Kevin Daniels Nathan Lane Craig Zimmerman Colin Hanlon Rodrigo Rojas Christian Barillas Rob Riggle Wendi McLendon-Covey Michaela Watkins Jeremy Scott Johnson Matt McGrath Jeremy Rowley Kevin Bernston Larry Sullivan	When the series begins, Mitchell and Cameron are gay men that have been together for five years and have an adopted Vietnamese-born daughter, Lilly. (Characters need descriptions.)
2009–2013	Go Girls	TVNZ 2	Levi Hirsh Kent	Leon Wadham Josh McKenzie	Levi is a sassy gay Jewish man whose Go Girls pledge is to get revenge. Levi's ex-boyfriend and first love since high school.

2010s

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2010–2014	Good Luck Charlie	Disney Channel	Susan Cheryl	Desi Lydic Lilli Birdsell	In the fourth season episode "Down a Tree", Bob and Amy find out during a playdate that Charlie's friend Taylor has two mothers, Susan and Cheryl.
2010–2015	Hot in Cleveland	TV Land	Caroline Moretti	Laura San Giacomo	Melanie Moretti's (Valerie Bertinelli) estranged sister Caroline is a lesbian and her girlfriend was trying to hit on Melanie.
2010–2012	Grandma's House	BBC Two	Simon Ben Theodore	Simon Amstell Iwan Rheon	Lead character Simon is a fictionalized version of gay comedian and TV host Simon Amstell. Over the course of the series he develops a relationship with actor Ben Theodore.
2010–2011	The Hard Times of RJ Berger	MTV	Max Owens	Jayson Blair	Lead character RJ (Paul Iacono) discovers Max is gay when he sees him making out in the high school locker room showers with Guillermo in the season 2 episode "Steamy Surprise".
2010–2011	Blue Mountain State	Spike	Denise Roy Mary Jo Cacciatore	Gabrielle Dennis Frankie Shaw	Denise was bisexual, acknowledging having had sex with several people of both sexes. Mary Jo joined the series in season 2 and began identifying as lesbian in season 3.
2010–2011	$h! My Dad Says*	CBS	Tim	Tim Bagley
2010	Running Wilde	Fox	Mr. Lunt	Robert Michael Morris	Mr. Lunt is the personal assistant to lead character Steve Wilde (Will Arnett).
2011–	Mrs. Brown's Boys	RTÉ One	Rory Brown Dino Doyle	Rory Cowan Gary Hollywood
2011–2014	Suburgatory	ABC	Mr. Wolfe	Rex Lee
2011–2015	Hart of Dixie	The CW	Crickett Watts	Brandi Burkhardt	In season 4, Crickett comes out just as she was about to renew vows with Stanley Watts. After this she started dating Jaysene.[24]
2011–2016	Awkward	MTV	Clark Stevenson Ricky Schwartz Theo Abbott Cole Higgins	Joey Haro Matthew Fahey Evan Crooks Monty Geer	Clark is outed by the school bully in the season one finale. He becomes a confidant to lead character Jenna (Ashley Rickards) and eventually identifies himself as the anonymous poster who has been commenting on her blog. Clark is caught making out with Ricky in the final episode of season two. Theo and Cole are both gay and appear in Season 4 and 5. They are troublemakers and best friends.
2011–2013	Happily Divorced	TV Land	Peter Lovett	John Michael Higgins	Peter, a realtor, comes out to his wife Fran (Fran Drescher) after 18 years of marriage. The series is based on the real story of Drescher and her ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson.[25]
2011–2013	Happy Endings	ABC	Max Blum Derrick Jane Kerkovich-Williams Grant	Adam Pally Stephen Guarino Eliza Coupe James Wolk	Max, a bearish slacker who constantly schemes ridiculous ideas to take advantage of his tendency toward laziness, is one of the show's central characters. Derrick, a recurring character, is a friend of his from the gym. Jane can be classified as bisexual. In season 3, her husband found out that she was in love with several women during college. Grant is Max's ex-boyfriend.
2011–2017	Episodes	Showtime	Andy Button Helen Basch Carol Rance	Joseph May Andrea Savage Kathleen Rose Perkins
2011	Death Valley	MTV	Carla Rinaldi Julia	Tania Raymonde Stacey LaBerge	Officer Rinaldi is revealed as a lesbian at the end of episode "Zombie Fights", when she makes out with barmaid Julia.[26]
2011	Sirens	Channel 4	Ashley Greenwick	Richard Madden	Ashley is a gay EMT.[27]
2012–	Ima ve'abaz	HOT 3	Erez Sammy	Yehuda Levi Yiftach Klein	Erez and Sammy are an Israeli gay couple raising a child with their best friend Talia (Maya Dagan).
2012–2013	The Girl's Guide to Depravity	Cinemax	Tyler	Joe Komara	Tyler is gay and the wise-cracking bartender at the club frequented by several of the other characters.[28]
2012–	House Husbands	Nine Network	Kane Tom Alex Eve	Gyton Grantley Tim Campbell Darren McMullen Justine Clarke
2012–2014	Anger Management	FX	Patrick	Michael Arden
2012–2016	House of Lies	Showtime	Roscoe Kaan Principal Gita April	Donis Leonard, Jr. Mo Gaffney Megalyn Echikunwoke	Roscoe is the pre-teen son of lead character Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle). He exhibits gender-variant behaviour, including cross-dressing, and has expressed interest in both boys and girls. Principal Gita is the principal of Roscoe's school; she was formerly married to a man before finding her "life partner Deandra". April is a former stripper turned law student who has a self-described "weakness for pretty girls".
2012–2013	Malibu Country	ABC	Geoffrey	Jai Rodriguez
2012–2013	Go On	NBC	Anne	Julie White	Anne is a member of the show's central support group, a lesbian mother whose wife recently died.[29]
2012–2013	The New Normal	NBC	David Sawyer Bryan Collins Gary Snyder Monte	Justin Bartha Andrew Rannells Michael Hitchcock Matt Bomer	David and Bryan are a gay couple who have hired a surrogate mother. Gary is a counselor at the surrogacy agency.
2012–2013	Whitney	NBC	Neal	Maulik Pancholy	Neal comes out as bisexual after his friends catch him on a date with a man.
2012	Partners	CBS	Louis Wyatt	Michael Urie Brandon Routh	Louis is an architect who is business partners with his heterosexual childhood friend Charlie. Wyatt is a nurse and Louis's boyfriend.
2013–2015	Getting On	HBO	Patsy De La Serta	Mel Rodriguez
2013–2016	Vicious	ITV	Freddie Thornhill Stuart Bixby	Ian McKellen Derek Jacobi	Freddie and Stuart are both gay and in a committed relationship.
2013–	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox NBC	Captain Ray Holt Kevin Cozner Rosa Diaz	Andre Braugher Marc Evan Jackson Stephanie Beatriz	Ray Holt is the openly gay captain of the 99th Police Precinct. Kevin Cozner is Holt's husband. Rosa Diaz is a detective and comes out as bisexual in episode "99" after a fellow detective overhears a woman calling her "babe" on the phone.[30][31][32]
2013–2016	Please Like Me	ABC2	Josh Geoffrey Patrick Arnold Hannah	Josh Thomas Wade Briggs Charles Cottier Keegan Joyce Hannah Gadsby	The series begins with Josh realizing that he is gay after breaking up with Claire and getting hit on by Geoffrey.
2013–2014	Sean Saves the World	NBC	Sean	Sean Hayes	Sean is a divorced gay father with a successful, yet demanding, career.
2013–	Mom	CBS	Bonnie Plunkett	Allison Janney	Bonnie is bisexual. In episode "Mashed Potatoes and a Little Nitrous" (2.19), the group thinks that the reason why Bonnie is mean is because she's lonely, and Christy, her daughter, asks if anyone knows someone that Bonnie could be set up with. When she's asked if it has to be a man, Christy replies: "Not really. She's been known to eat from both sides of the buffet."
2013–2017	Liv and Maddie	Disney Channel	Maddie Rooney	Dove Cameron	Maddie is the lesbian twin sister of Liv Rooney. Actor Cameron confirmed that Maddie "was definitely gay".[33]
2014	Marry Me	NBC	Kevin Kevin	Dan Bucatinsky Tim Meadows
2014	Babylon	Channel 4	Tony	Stuart Martin
2014–2019	Broad City	Comedy Central	Ilana Wexler Abbi Abrams Jaime Castro Matt Bevers Lesley Marnel	Ilana Glazer Abbi Jacobson Arturo Castro John Gemberling Clea DuVall	Ilana is bisexual.[34] Abbi is bisexual.[34] She hooked up with girls in college and dates Dr. Lesley Marnel. Jaime is gay. Matt is a closeted bisexual. Lesley is lesbian.[35]
2014–2016	Faking It	MTV	Amy Raudenfeld Karma Ashcroft Shane Harvey Lauren Cooper Noah Brad Sabrina Pablo Reagan Duke Lewis Jr.	Rita Volk Katie Stevens Michael Willett Bailey De Young Elliot Fletcher Sidney Franklin Sophia Taylor Ali Anthony Palacios Yvette Monreal Skyler Maxon	Amy harbours secret feelings for her best friend Karma. Karma is a fake lesbian in the first season. In the second season, she kisses Amy passionately in a pool at a party (after showing hints that she might have feelings for her).[36] Shane, the most popular boy in school, is openly gay. Lauren is intersex (the first intersex main character on a television show). Noah is transgender and gay. Brad is asexual. Sabrina is Karma and Amy's old friend who later confess her love for Amy.
2014	Mystery Girls	ABC Family	Nick Diaz	Miguel Pinzon
2014–2019	Silicon Valley	HBO	Dee Dee Donald "Jared" Dunn	A.D. Miles Zach Woods	Dee Dee is gay, and runs a gay christian dating app called FirstSight.[37] Jared has had relationships with women, but is implied to be bisexual through his comments about his time as a male prostitute and how he found it hard to "not fall in love every time [he] turned a trick." His relationship with Richard Hendricks is also debatable, and it is questionable whether Jared is in love with him or just extremely devoted to his company.
2014–2015	Sirens	USA Network	Hank St. Clare Valentina 'Voodoo' Dunacci Nick	Kevin Daniels Kelly O'Sullivan Jesse Luken	Based on the 2011 series of the same name. Hank is a gay, Voodoo is an asexual EMT. Nick is Hank's on-again, off-again boyfriend.
2014–2016	Undateable	NBC	Brett	David Fynn
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Netflix	Ben McKinley Dozen	Bradley Cooper Michael Ian Black
2014–2018	Young & Hungry	Freeform	Elliot Park Alan	Rex Lee Bryan Safi
2014–2015	The McCarthys	CBS	Ronny McCarthy	Tyler Ritter
2015	One Big Happy	NBC	Lizzy	Elisha Cuthbert
2015	Weird Loners	FOX	Zara Sandhu	Meera Rohit Kumbhani
2015–	Grace and Frankie	Netflix	Sol Bergstein Robert Hanson	Sam Waterston Martin Sheen
2015	Clipped	TBS	Buzzy	George Wendt
2015–2018	Another Period	Comedy Central	Victor Albert Dr. John Goldberg	Brian Huskey David Wain Moshe Kasher
2015–2016	Boy Meets Girl	BBC Two	Judy Charlie	Rebecca Root Tyler Luke Cunningham
2015–2016	Scream Queens	FOX	Sam Chanel #3	Jeanna Han Billie Lourd	Sam is a lesbian and Chanel #3 is attracted to Sam. After playing spin the bottle and kissing Sam, Chanel #3 thinks she might be into girls.[38] They go on to admit their feelings for one another, but Chanel #3 tells Sam that they will only ever be friends. After Sam is killed, Chanel #3 tells a friend that she "is in love with love" (which suggests that she is or may be pansexual).
2015–2016	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	FX	Ava Davvy Gigi	Elaine Hendrix Rebecca Naomi Jones Elizabeth Gillies	Ava has had several lesbian encounters in her life. Davvy is a lesbian and singer.
2015–	Superstore	NBC	Mateo Jeff	Nico Santos Michael Bunin
2015	Grandfathered	FOX	Annelise	Kelly Jenrette
2015–	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Netflix	Titus Andromedon Brandon Mikey Politano	Tituss Burgess Brandon Jones Mike Carlsen	Titus is gay and Kimmy's friend and roommate. Brandon is the gay husband of Kimmy's friend, Cyndee. Mikey is Titus's boyfriend.[39]
2015	Telenovela	NBC	Gael Garnica	Jose Moreno Brooks
2015–2017	Dr. Ken	ABC	Clark Leslie Beavers Connor	Jonathan Slavin Stephen Guarino
2015–	The Switch	OutTV	Sü	Nyla Rose	Trans woman played by trans actress.
2015	Other Space	Yahoo! Screen	Karen Lipinski Tina Shukshin Stewart Lipinski	Bess Rous Milana Vayntrub Karan Soni	Karen and Tina are revealed to have had a one-night stand in college. Stewart mentions having had a boyfriend and is attracted to Tina's male fraternal twin in a dream.[40]
2015–2019	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	The CW	'White Josh' Wilson Darryl Whitefeather Maya Valencia Perez	David Hull Pete Gardner Esther Povitsky Gabrielle Ruiz	White Josh is gay. Darryl is bisexual, and in a relationship with White Josh.[41] Maya is bisexual.[42] Valencia becomes aware that she is bisexual when she starts dating a woman named Beth (Emma Willmann) late in Season 3.[43]
2015–2020	Schitt's Creek	CBC	David Rose Connor Jake Patrick Brewer Sebastien Raine Ronnie Lee	Dan Levy Matthew Tissi Steve Lund Noah Reid François Arnaud Karen Robinson	David is pansexual. In 1x10 ("Honeymoon") he explained his sexuality to Stevie as: "I like the wine, and not the label." Later in the same episode, his father said, "My son is pansexual." Connor is a gay student at the town's high school. Jake is bisexual. He was dating Stevie and David at the same time, and he wanted to be a "throuple". Patrick is gay. He came out to his parents in 5x11 ("Meet the Parents"). He is David's business partner and the two shared a kiss in 3x13 ("Grad Night"). In season four, Patrick and David become a couple and are engaged in 5x13 ("The Hike"). In 6x14 ("Happy Ending") Patrick and David get married. Sebastien is gay. He is David's ex-boyfriend and a photographer. Ronnie is a lesbian and a member of the town council.
2015–	Fresh Off The Boat	ABC	Nicole Ellis	Luna Blaise	Nicole comes out to Eddie by telling him she likes girls. In episode "A League Of Her Own" she comes out as a lesbian to her stepmother and father.[44]
2015–	Rentnercops (de)	ARD	Victoria "Vicky" Adam Greta Adam	Katja Danowski (de) Jutta Dolle (de)	Vicky is a lesbian detective chief and head of her department.[45][46] Greta is lesbian and Vicky‘s wife.[47] [48]
2016–	The Good Place	NBC	Eleanor Shellstrop John Wheaton	Kristen Bell Brandon Scott Jones	Eleanor is bisexual. She has exhibited attraction to male and female characters, including Chidi Anagonye, Tahani Al-Jamil, and Janet.[49] John is a bitchy gay gossip columnist who frequently mocked Tahani on his blog.
2016–	You Me Her	Audience Network	Isabelle "Izzy" Silva Emma Trakarsky	Priscilla Faia Rachel Blanchard	One of the first shows on TV about polyamory, this hilariously, awkward dramedy details the ups and downs that can ensue from such an arrangement. In season 1, Emma and Jack are married and in an attempt to spice things up they decide to hire and escort (Izzy). Izzy is a Psychology Graduate student who is trying to make enough money to pay for school so she decides to take her friends advice and becomes an escort. The connection between all three of them is immediate, but the connection and chemistry between Izzy and Emma is intense. Though Izzy never actually states her sexual identity, it is assumed that she is likely bisexual or pansexual. Emma is bisexual and admitted to having a few romantic and sexual relationships with women in the past.
2016–2017	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	BBC America	Panto Trost Silas Dengdamor Tina Tevetino	Christopher Russell Lee Majdoub Izzie Steele	Panto and Silas are lovers. Tina is bisexual.
2016–2017	The Real O'Neals	ABC	Kenny O'Neal Allison Adler-Wong Brett Young	Noah Galvin Ramona Young Sean Grandillo	Kenny is the middle child of a Catholic family living in Chicago.
2016	Zoe Ever After	BET	Valente	Tory Devon Smith
2016–	American Housewife	ABC	Angela	Carly Hughes	One of Katie's best friends and fellow moms.
2016–2017	The Great Indoors	CBS	Mason	Shaun Brown	Mason is bisexual.
2016–	Upstart Crow	BBC Two	William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe	David Mitchell Tim Downie	The series portrays both Will and Kit as bisexual.
2016–	Fuller House	Netflix	Casey	Ben J. Pierce	Casey is gay. He and Ramona go to the school prom together as friends.
2016–2019	The Tick	Prime Video	Dangerboat	Alan Tudyk (voice)	Dangerboat, Overkill's artificial intelligence watercraft, develops homosexual feelings for Arthur.[50]
2017–	Loudermilk	Audience	Claire	Anja Savcic
2017–2018	Imposters	Bravo	Maddie Saffron Julia "Jules" Langmore Gina Michael	Inbar Lavi Marianne Rendón Chastity Dotson Sam Gilroy	Maddie is a bisexual con-artist who can seduce both men and women. She is Jule's ex-wife. Jules is a lesbian and was conned by Maddie.
2017–2019	Andi Mack	Disney Channel	Cyrus Goodman TJ Kippen	Joshua Rush Luke Mullen	Cyrus first comes out when he tells Buffy Driscoll that he had a crush on Jonah Beck. Later he tells Andi that she's not the only one who likes Jonah because he likes him, too. Eventually his feelings for Jonah subside and he comes out to him when he says he's gay. TJ's gay orientation is confirmed in the final episode of the series, when he and Cyrus become a couple.[51][52][53] Andi Mack is the first Disney Channel series with a character that comes out as gay.[54][55]
2017–2019	Friends from College	Netflix	Max Adler Felix Forzenheim	Fred Savage Billy Eichner	Max is a literary argent and Felix is Max's domestic partner.
2017–2018	Trial & Error	NBC	Larry Henderson Summer Henderson	John Lithgow Krysta Rodriguez	Larry and Summer are bisexual.
2017–2020	One Day at a Time	Netflix	Elena Alvarez Syd	Isabella Gómez Sheridan Pierce	Elena comes out as a lesbian in the second half of the first season.[56] Elena befriends, and eventually dates Syd, who is non-binary.[57]
2017–2020	GLOW	Netflix	Arthie Premkumar Yolanda Florian	Sunita Mani Shakira Barrera Alex Rich	Arthie may be lesbian or bisexual.[58] Yolanda is a lesbian.[59] Arthie and Yolanda are roommates that fall for each other. In season 2 it's revealed that Florian is gay and dies from an AIDS illness.[60]
2017–2018	Detroiters	Comedy Central	Lea	Lailana Ledesma	Lea is gay. In episode "Jefferson Porger" (2.02), it is revealed that she has a girlfriend, Scarlett.[61]
2017	195 Lewis	One Nine Five Lewis (series website)	Yuri Camille	Rae Leone Allen Sirita Wright	Yuri is lesbian. Camille is lesbian. Yuri and Camille are a couple experimenting with polyamory.[62][63]
2018–	Grown-ish	Freeform	Nomi Segal Big Dave Paige Hewson	Emily Arlook Barrett Carnahan Katherine Moenning	Nomi is bisexual, but not out to her family.[64] Dave is bisexual.[65] Paige is _____ and a professor.
2018	LA to Vegas	Fox	Bernard	Nathan Lee Graham	Bernard is gay.[66]
2018	Champions	NBC	Michael Patel Ruby	Josie Totah Fortune Feimster	Michael is a 15-year-old gay teenager who lives with his father and uncle in Brooklyn. Ruby is a lesbian and trainer at the gym.
2018–2019	The Cool Kids	Fox	Sid	Leslie Jordan	Sid is an elderly gay man living in a retirement home. He claims to have come out to his wife just before Y2K.
2018	Murphy Brown	CBS	Pat Patel	Nik Dodani	Pat is openly gay.[67]
2018–	Sally4Ever	Sky Atlantic HBO	Sally Emma	Catherine Shepherd Julia Davis	Sally comes out as lesbian when she meets Emma and they get involved. Emma is lesbian.[68][69]
2018–	Queering	YouTube	Harper Val Devon	Sophia Grasso Susan Gallagher Diana Oh	Harper is lesbian. Val is Harper's mother and comes out as bisexual. Devon is lesbian.[70][71]
2018–	Derry Girls	Channel 4	Clare Devlin	Nicola Coughlan	Clare comes out as a lesbian (series 1, episode 6).[72][73]
2018–	Barry	HBO	NoHo Hank Cristobal Sifuentes	Anthony Carrigan Michael Irby	NoHo Hank and Cristobal are either interested in each other or in having a secret relationship, as seen when they embrace in the finale of season two. They are both mob leaders.[74]
2018–	Kidding	Showtime	Scott Perera Rex Farpopolis	Bernard White Andrew Tinpo Lee	Scott was a closeted gay. He and Rex had a secret affair.[75]
2019–	Black Monday	Showtime	Keith Shankar	Paul Scheer	Keith was a closeted gay.[76]
2019–	Shrill	Hulu	Fran Gabe Parrish	Lolly Adefope John Cameron Mitchell	Fran is a lesbian and the main character's best friend. Gabe is gay and the main character's boss.[77]
2019	Now Apocalypse	Starz	Ulysses Gabriel Isaac	Avan Jogia Tyler Posey Jacob Artist	Ulysses is ____. Gabriel is ____. Isaac is ____.
2019–	The Other Two	Comedy Central	Cary Dubek	Drew Tarver	Cary is openly gay.[78]
2019–	Ghosts	BBC One	The Captain	Ben Willbond	The Captain displays increasing signs of being a closeted gay man.
2019	No Good Nick	Netflix	Jeremy Thompson Eric	Kalama Epstein Gus Kamp	Jeremy is gay. Eric is gay. Jeremy and Eric are seen kissing in Part 2, and Eric helps Jeremy come out to his family.
2019–	What We Do in the Shadows	FX	Nadja Laszlo Cravensworth Nandor	Natasia Demetriou Matt Berry Kayvan Novak	Nadja is a bisexual vampire. Laszlo is bisexual. He is an English nobleman turned into a vampire by Nadja and is now married to her. Nandor is a bisexual 757-year-old vampire.
2019–	Year of the Rabbit	Channel 4	Eli Rabbit Tanner Joseph Merrick	Matt Berry Paul Kaye David Dawson	In the season 1 finale, it is revealed that Eli and Tanner used to be police partners and had some sort of relationship during this time. This is part of the reason that they have since become enemies. Joseph has stereotypical characteristics of a gay man and kisses Strauss in the finale, but this seems to be more out of fun than any real romantic interest in him.
2019–	Dickinson	Apple TV+	Emily Dickinson Susan Gilbert	Hailee Steinfeld Ella Hunt	Emily and Susan are in a secret homosexual relationship.[79][80]
2019–	Mrs. Fletcher	HBO	Margo	Jen Richards	Margo is a trans woman.[81]
2019–	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series	Disney+	Carol Dana Carlos Seb	Nicole Sullivan Michelle Noh Frankie A. Rodriguez Joe Serafini	Carol is _____. Dana is _____. Carol and Dana are Nini's mothers. Carlos is gay. Seb is gay. Carlos and Seb are dating.
2019–	Merry Happy Whatever	Netflix	Kayla Quinn	Ashley Tisdale	After twice breaking up with Alan, Kayla thinks she may be lesbian.[82]
2019–	Work in Progress	Showtime	Abby Chris	Abby McEnany Theo Germaine	Abby is lesbian and describes herself as a "fat, queer dyke". Chris is a trans man.[83]
2019–	Dead to Me	Netflix	Judy Hale Michelle Gutierrez Det. Ana Perez	Linda Cardellini Natalie Morales Diana-Maria Riva	Judy is bisexual. She was engaged to Steve Wood and becomes romantically involved with Michelle. Michelle is lesbian. Ana is lesbian and the ex-girlfriend of Michelle.[84]
2019–	Jann	CTV	Jann Cynthia	Jann Arden Sharon Taylor	Jann is bisexual and, among several turmoils, coping with the end of her relationship with Cynthia. Cynthia is lesbian.
2019–2020	Carol's Second Act	CBS	Dr. Lexie Gilani	Sabrina Jalees	Lexie is lesbian.[85]
2019–	Metro Sexual	9Go! 9Now	Dr. Steph Huddleston Dr. Langdon Marsh	Geraldine Hickey Riley Nottingham	Steph is lesbian. Langdon is gay. (Series.[86][87])

2020s

Year	Show	Network	Character	Actor	Notes
2020–	Twenties	BET	Hattie	Jonica "Jojo" T. Gibbs	Official descriptor of Hattie's sexuality is "queer"[88]
2020–	Avenue 5	HBO	Ryan Clark	Hugh Laurie	Clark has a husband and a wife, indicating he is bi or pansexual.
2020–	Diary of a Future President	Disney+	Bobby Canero-Reed Camila	Charlie Bushnell Jessica Marie Garcia	Bobby is gay or bisexual. He develops feelings for his friend Liam.[89] Camila is lesbian. She has a girlfriend, but can't come out to her parents.[90]
2020–	Everything's Gonna Be Okay	Freeform	Nicholas Alex	Josh Thomas Adam Faison	Nicholas is gay.[91] Alex is gay and Nicholas' boyfriend.[92]
2020–	Indebted	NBC	Joanna	Jessy Hodges	Joanna is lesbian.[93]
2020–	Feel Good	Channel 4 Netflix	Mae George	Mae Martin Charlotte Ritchie	Mae does not identify her sexual orientation. She has had relationships with men and women and is currently in a lesbian relationship. George, Mae's girlfriend, identified as straight before she started dating Mae.[94][95]
2020–	High Fidelity	Hulu	Robyn "Rob" Brooks Simon Miller Blake	Zoë Kravitz David H. Holmes Edmund Donovan	Robyn is bisexual. She's trying to understand why her relationships are always doing something wrong. Simon is gay and Robyn's ex-boyfriend. Blake is gay. Simon and Blake are a couple.
2020–	Danger Force	Nickelodeon	Dustan Justin	Brandon Claybon Tommy Dickie	In "Say My Name", Dustan and Justin came to get Ellis and explained that his birth mother was Samantha, and that they are the adoptive fathers of Ellis.[96]
2020–	Kate & Koji	ITV	'Medium' Dan	Blake Harrison	Dan is Bisexual
2020–	YYY	Line TV	Porpla Nott Pun Arm Chino Grab	Poppy Ratchapong Yoon Phusanu Lay Talay Scott Sattapong CNew Chatchai Got Suttiruk	Porpla is transgender. Nott and Pun are gay love interests. Arm has a same-sex crush on Nott. Chino and Grab are also gay love interests.[97] (Reliable sources needed for series.)
2020–	Boy Luck Club	AsianAmericanMovies.com	JJ Lai Julian Tran Otis Wu Aiden Wong Ronald Cruz	Kit DeZolt David Vi Hoang Eric J Cheng Stanson Chung Justin Madriaga	JJ, Julian, Otis, Aiden, and Ronald are gay.[98][99]
2020–	Space Force	Netflix	Adrian Mallory Jerome Lalosz	John Malkovich Michael Hitchcock	Dr. Mallory and Jerome seem to be in a relationship.
2020–	Julie and the Phantoms	Netflix	Alex Willie	Owen Patrick Joyner Booboo Stewart	Alex is gay.[100][101] Willie becomes Alex's love interest.[102]

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