List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2020s
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This is a list of dramatic television series (including web television and miniseries) that premiered in the 2020s 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.
2020
[edit]Year | Show | Network | Character | Actor | Notes |
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2020 | 2gether | GMM 25 | Tine | Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn | The main characters of the series. Sarawat is persuaded by Tine to become his fake boyfriend, to escape his gay admirer, Green. Over time, Sarawat and Tine fall in love with each other. |
Sarawat | Bright Vachirawit Chivaaree | ||||
Man | Mike Chinnarat Siriphongchawalit | He is a Sarawat's friend. He likes Tine's elder brother Type. | |||
Green | Gun Korawit Boonsri | He's gay and Dim's boyfriend. Due to his conflicts with Dim, he seeks a new relationship with Tine, his crush with whom he becomes very clingy. After Dim makes amends with him, he starts his relationship over and lets go of Tine. | |||
Type | Toptap Jirakit Kuariyakul | Tine's younger brother, whom Man fell in love with. | |||
Phukong | Frank Thanatsaran Samthonglai | Sarawat's younger brother who has a crush on Mil. | |||
Mil | Drake Sattabut Laedeke | He likes Tine and he is the enemy of Sarawat. Mil is Sarawat's younger brother Phukong's love interest. | |||
Dim | Guy Sivakorn Lertchuchot | Dim is Green's boyfriend. | |||
2020– | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Fox | TK Strand | Ronen Rubinstein | TK is a gay paramedic who was formerly a firefighter. He is married to Carlos.[1] |
Carlos Reyes | Rafael Silva | Carlos is gay and a policeman. He is married to TK.[2] | |||
Paul Strickland | Brian Michael Smith | Paul is a trans man and a firefighter.[3] | |||
Nancy Gillian | Brianna Baker | Nancy is a bisexual woman and a paramedic. | |||
2020– | Alice In Borderland | Netflix | Hikari Kuina | Aya Asahina | Kuina is a transgender woman and skilled fighter.[4] |
2020–2021 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Netflix | Dawn Schafer | Xochitl Gomez (season 1) Kyndra Sanchez (season 2) |
Dawn is open to any gender.[5][6] |
2020 | The Baker and the Beauty | ABC | Natalie Garcia | Belissa Escobedo | Natalie is lesbian. Amy is lesbian and Natalie's girlfriend.[7] |
Amy | Madelyn Sher | ||||
2020–23 | Big Sky | ABC | Jerrie Kennedy | Jesse James Keitel | Jerrie is a trans woman prostitute and musician from Montana. In season 1, episode 3, Jerrie is asked when she knew that she was a different gender than how she was biologically born. Jerrie said she knew as early as four years old, and when she was fourteen, told her parents that she was a girl.[8][9] |
2020– | Blood & Water | Netflix | Chris Ackerman | Arno Greeff | Chris is introduced as having been in a relationship with Zama. He has an affair with Mark and reveals that he is pansexual.[10] |
Mark Tedder | Duane Williams | Mark is gay.[11] | |||
2020– | Blutige Anfänger | ZDF | Michael Kelting | Werner Daehn | Michael is gay and Claas' partner.[12]
Claas is Michael's partner.[12] Bruno is gay and hooks up/is interested in Phillip.[13] Phillip hooks up with Bruno.[14] |
Dr. Claas Steinebach | Martin Bretschneider | ||||
Bruno Pérez | Martin Peñaloza Cecconi | ||||
Phillip Schneider | Eric Cordes | ||||
2020– | Bridgerton | Netflix | Henry Granville | Julian Ovenden | Henry is secretly gay and has a relationship with Lord Wetherby.[15] |
Lord Wetherby | Ned Porteous | ||||
Benedict Bridgerton | Luke Thompson | As of season 3, Benedict is canonically pansexual.[16] | |||
Francesca Bridgerton | Hannah Dodd | As of the season 3 finale, Francesca is implied to be attracted to women.[17] | |||
2020 | Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! | TV Tokyo, Tencent Video, Crunchyroll | Kiyoshi Adachi | Eiji Akaso | Kurosawa is secretly in love with Adachi and often fantasizes about him. Adachi lacks self-confidence, but he is starting to change because of his relationship with Kurosawa.[18] |
Yuichi Kurosawa | Keita Machida | ||||
2020–2022 | Control Z | Netflix | Gerry Granda | Patricio Gallardo | Gerry is Gay. He struggled with coming to terms with his sexuality since his secret was revealed early in season 1. He first thought he was bisexual because he liked women but also looked at men. In season 3 episode 6, he comes out as gay and admitting it in his juvenile detention center.[19][20] |
Isabela De La Fuente | Zión Moreno | Isabela is a trans woman. Her secret, which was she transitioned, was the first secret to be revealed. She states that she transitioned before enrolling at National School.[19][20] | |||
Álex Salomone | Samantha Acuña | Álex is openly Lesbian, and in a relationship with Gabriela.[19][20] | |||
Maria Alexander | Fiona Palomo | Maria is Bisexual. She has a crush on her new friend Claudia in season 2, and her attraction is confirmed when she kisses Claudia. | |||
Luis Navarro | Luis Curiel | Luis is Gay. He had a crush on popular kid Gerry Granda.[19][20] | |||
Felipe 'Pipe' | Pierre Louis | Felipe is openly Gay and Gerry's love interest. They have a fling in season 2, before their relationship end when Gerry goes to juvenile detention. He and Gerry reunite at the end of season 3. | |||
Bernardo | David Montalvos | Bernardo is Gay and Gerry's love interest in season 3 while he was still in juvenile detention. Their relationship ends when Gerry leaves the center. | |||
Gabriela | Lidia San José | Gabriela is Lesbian and a teacher. She was in a relationship with Álex from season 1 to season 2, before her departure to Spain.[19][20] | |||
2020 | Council of Dads | NBC | Dr. Oliver Post | J. August Richards | Oliver is gay and married to Peter. They are fathers.[21][22] |
Peter Richards | Kevin Daniels | Peter is gay and married to Oliver.[21] | |||
Charlotte Perry | Thalia Tran | Charlotte is lesbian. Charlotte and J.J. are siblings being raised by their mother and the Council of Dads after their father dies of cancer.[21][22] | |||
JJ Perry | Blue Chapman | J.J. is transgender. J.J. and Charlotte are siblings being raised by their mother and the Council of Dads after their father dies of cancer.[21][22] | |||
2020 | Curon | Netflix | Daria Raina | Margherita Morchio | Daria is bisexual.[23] |
Micki Asper | Juju Di Domenico | Micki is lesbian.[23] | |||
2020 | Deputy | Fox | Brianna Bishop | Bex Taylor-Klaus | Brianna is a lesbian, and a deputy sheriff. In season 1, episode 9, Brianna comes out as non-binary and takes the Bishop surname as the neutral identity name.[24][25] |
Genevieve | Karrueche Tran | Genevieve is a lesbian and Brianna's girlfriend.[24][25] | |||
2020 | Desenfrenadas | Netflix | Vera | Tessa Ía | Marcela is lesbian, and in a relationship with Vera.[26][27] |
Marcela | Coty Camacho | Vera dated males but didn't like sex with them. She came out to Marcela and is in a relationship with her.[26][27] | |||
2020-2021 | Diary of a Future President | Disney+ | Roberto "Bobby" Cañero-Reed | Charlie Bushnell | Bobby is gay.[28] |
CJ | Donovin Miller | CJ and Bobby start dating.[28] | |||
Camilla | Jessica Marie Garcia | Camilla and Daniella are girlfriends and get engaged in season 2.[29] | |||
Daniella | Ellie Reed | ||||
2020 | Dispatches from Elsewhere | AMC | Simone | Eve Lindley | Simone is a main character and a trans woman.[30] |
2020 | Don't Look Deeper | Quibi | Aisha | Helena Howard | Aisha is bisexual.[31] |
2020–2021 | El Cid | Amazon Prime Video | Garcia | Nicolás Illoro | Garcia is gay or bisexual. He is in love with Nuño, his personal advisor.[32] |
2020– | FBI: Most Wanted | CBS | Sheryll Barnes | Roxy Sternberg | Sheryll is a former undercover cop in the NYPD, and it's revealed in episode 4 that she is a lesbian. She's married to a woman, and they have a daughter.[33] |
2020–2021 | Feel Good | Channel 4; Netflix |
Mae | Mae Martin | Mae, a recovering addict, does not initially identify her sexuality. She has had relationships with men and women and is in a same-sex relationship. In season 1, episode 5, she identifies as transgender, non-binary, and bisexual. Then in season 1, episode 6, she attempts sex with a man.[34][35] |
George | Charlotte Ritchie | George, Mae's girlfriend, previously identified as straight before she started dating Mae.[34][35] | |||
2020 | Gameboys | YouTube Netflix |
Cairo Lazaro | Elijah Canlas | Cairo is gay. Cairo and Gavreel are love interests.[36][37] |
Gavreel Mendoza Alarcon | Kokoy De Santos | Gavreel is gay. Cairo and Gavreel are love interests.[36][37] | |||
Pearl Gatdula | Adrianna So | Pearl is bisexual.[36][37] | |||
2020–2021 | Gentefied | Netflix | Ana Morales | Karrie Martin | Ana is a lesbian, she is also in a relationship with Yessika.[38] |
2020 | Get Even | BBC iPlayer | Olivia Hayes | Jessica Alexander | Olivia is lesbian and likes Amber's flirtations.[39] |
Amber | Razan Nassar | Amber is lesbian and interested in Olivia. They kiss and acknowledge their feelings for each other in season 1, episode 9, "Get It Out".[39] | |||
2020 | Grand Army | Netflix | Siddhartha "Sid" Pakam | Amir Bageria | Sid is gay. He is struggling to accept his sexuality and is outed. Sid and Victor are love interests.[40][41] |
Victor | August Blanco Rosenstein | Victor is bisexual.[40][41] | |||
2020 | The Haunting of Bly Manor | Netflix | Danielle "Dani" Clayton | Victoria Pedretti | Dani is lesbian. Dani and Jamie become a romantic relationship.[42][43] |
Jamie Taylor | Amelia Eve | Jamie is lesbian.[42][43] | |||
2020– | Head High | Three | Steven Grimstone | Richard Crouchley | Steven is gay and Imogen's twin brother.[44] |
2020 | Helstrom | Hulu | Chris Yen | Alain Uy | Chris is gay.[45] |
Derrick Jackson | Hamza Fouad | Derrick is gay and Chris's boyfriend.[45] | |||
2020– | Hightown | Starz | Jackie Quinones | Monica Raymund | Jackie is lesbian and a National Marine Fisheries Service agent on Cape Cod.[46][47] |
Devonne Wilson | Gia Crovatin | Devonne is lesbian and Jackie's ex-girlfriend.[46] | |||
2020 | Hollywood | Netflix | Richard "Dick" Samuels | Joe Mantello | Richard is a closeted gay studio executive.[48][49] |
Ernest "Ernie" West | Dylan McDermott | Ernest is a sexually fluid Hollywood pimp.[48] | |||
Rock Hudson | Jake Picking | Hudson comes out as a gay man with his boyfriend, Archie Coleman.[49] | |||
Archie Coleman | Jeremy Pope | Archie is an African-American aspiring screenwriter and boyfriend of Rock Hudson.[49] | |||
Henry Willson | Jim Parsons | Willson is a gay Hollywood talent agent.[50] | |||
George Cukor | Daniel London | Cukor is a known homosexual.[51] | |||
Noël Coward | Billy Boyd | Coward is a known homosexual.[51] | |||
2020–2023 | Hunters | Amazon Prime Video | Millie Morris | Jerrika Hinton | Millie is a closeted lesbian FBI agent.[52] |
Maria De La Ruiz | Julissa Bermudez | Maria is a lesbian and Millie's girlfriend.[52] | |||
2020 | I Am Not Okay with This | Netflix | Sydney "Syd" Novak | Sophia Lillis | Sydney is a teenager coming to terms with her lesbian orientation. She has romantic feelings for her best friend Dina, and her first sex experience was with her male friend Stanley, but she later decides to just be friends with him.[53][54][55] |
2020 | I May Destroy You | BBC One HBO |
Kwame | Paapa Essiedu | Kwame is gay and one of the main character's, Arabella, best friends. Damon is one of Kwame's hookups. Tyrone is Kwame's love interest. Kai is a trans man and Terry's, Kwame's friend, love interest.[56] |
Damon | Fehinti Balogun | ||||
Tyrone | Gershwyn Eustache Jr | ||||
Kai | Tyler Luke Cunningham | ||||
2020- | Industry | HBO | Gus Sackey | David Jonsson | Gus is gay and hooks up with Theo.[57] |
Robert Spearing | Harry Lawtey | Robert is bisexual.[58] | |||
TheoTuck | Will Tudor | Theo is gay, closeted, occasionally hooks up with Gus and has a girlfriend.[57] | |||
2020 | Julie and the Phantoms | Netflix | Alex Mercer | Owen Patrick Joyner | Alex is a gay ghost, and the drummer for the fictional band Julie and the Phantoms. He falls in love with another gay ghost named Willie, an avid skateboarder.[59][60][61] |
Willie | Booboo Stewart | Willie is a gay ghost, and a diehard skateboarder. He is Alex's love interest.[62] | |||
2020 | Katy Keene | The CW | Jorge/Ginger Lopez | Jonny Beauchamp | Jorge Lopez is openly gay and performs in drag bars under 'Ginger', his female persona.[63] |
Pepper Smith | Julia Chan | Pepper is queer. She is an it girl with a mysterious past.[64] | |||
2020– | Kissing Game | Netflix | Fran | Iza Moreira | Fran is a closeted lesbian.[65][66] |
Chico | Michel Joelsas | Chico is gay and becomes infatuated with an older man, Maurilio.[67][66] | |||
Bel | Luana Nastas | Bel is bisexual and the first victim of the mysterious disease.[68] | |||
Maurílio | Thomas Aquino | Maurílio is an older man and is closeted. He becomes involved with a gay high school student, Chico.[66] | |||
Alex Nero | Caio Horowicz | Alex is demisexual, and only feels sexually attracted to someone when he has an emotional bond with them. They can be gay, straight, bisexual, or pansexual, and may have any gender identity.[66] | |||
2020–2022 | Little America | Apple TV+ | Rafiq | Haaz Sleiman | Rafiq and Zain are both gay Syrian refugees seeking asylum in the United States.[69] |
Zain | Adam Ali | ||||
2020 | Little Fires Everywhere | Hulu | Mia Warren | Kerry Washington | Mia is bisexual and had an affair with her professor, Pauline, while studying arts.[70] |
Pauline Hawthorne | Anika Noni Rose | Pauline is a lesbian.[70] | |||
Izzy Richardson | Megan Stott | Izzy is lesbian. She was in love with her former best friend April, whom she had been secretly together with for over a year.[70] | |||
April Jarvis | Isabel Gravitt | April is a closeted lesbian. She was in a hidden relationship with Izzy, then ostracized her when they were discovered kissing at a party.[70] | |||
2020–2022 | Locke & Key | Netflix | Duncan Locke | Aaron Ashmore | Duncan is gay and has a partner named Brian Rogan.[71] |
2020–2022 | Love, Victor | Hulu | Victor Salazar | Michael Cimino | Victor is a new student in high school, who comes out and dates Benji Campbell.[72][73] |
Benji Campbell | George Sear | Benji is an openly gay teenager, who works as a barista at the coffee shop where Victor works part-time.[73] | |||
Rahim | Anthony Keyvan | Rahim is initially introduced in season 2 as the closeted gay friend of Victor's younger sister Pilar. He later becomes a love interest for Victor.[74] | |||
Derek | Lukas Gage | Derek is openly gay and is Benji's boyfriend for a short period.[75] | |||
Bram Greenfeld | Keiynan Lonsdale | Bram is gay and Simon's boyfriend, he appears in season 1, episode 8, when Victor goes to New York.[76] | |||
Simon Spier | Nick Robinson | Simon is openly gay and Bram's boyfriend. He appears via voice-over, narrating messages to Victor, and appears in person in season 1, episode 8.[77] | |||
2020 | Lovecraft Country | HBO | Montrose Freeman | Michael K. Williams | Montrose is a closeted gay. He and Sammy have a secret affair.[78] |
Sammy | Jon Hudson Odom | ||||
2020 | Luna Nera | Netflix | Leptis | Lucrezia Guidone | Leptis is lesbian and a witch. Leptis and Tebe are a couple.[79] |
Tebe | Manuela Mandracchia | Tebe is lesbian and a witch.[79] | |||
2020– | Miss Scarlet and The Duke | Alibi | Rupert Parker | Andrew Gower | Rupert is secretly gay, and a wealthy bachelor whose controlling mother wants him to find a suitable wife. When he proposes to Eliza Scarlet and she declines, he is relieved and reveals to her that he is gay. In season 1, episode 4, ("Memento Mori"), he proposes an arrangement of convenience to Eliza, wherein she can benefit from his wealth, while in return he can live an independent life without the pressure of a real marriage. He makes it clear to her that it would not involve intimacy between them and recoils at the thought of sex with a woman (Eliza turns him down amicably).[80] |
2020–2022 | Motherland: Fort Salem | Freeform | Raelle Collar | Taylor Hickson | Raelle is lesbian. In episode "Hail Beltane" (season 1, episode 4) she tells a male witch at the Beltane festival that she's "not into guys". Unaware of who she really is, Raelle falls for Scylla, and they begin a relationship.[81][82] |
Scylla Ramshorn | Amalia Holm | Scylla is bisexual and seduces Raelle. She is a Spree terrorist using a false identity and assigned with bringing Raelle to them, but she develops feelings for her. In episode "Bellweather Season" (season 1, episode 5) she defies the Spree and before disappearing during a Spree attack tells Raelle "Whatever happens, I love you."[83][84] Their relationship ends after Scylla's affiliation with the Spree is discovered.[85] | |||
2020 | Mr Heart | Viki | Sang Ha | Lee Se Jin | Sang Ha has a crush on Jin Won since high school. They are love interests.[86] |
Jin Won | Cheon Seung Ho | ||||
2020 | My Engineer | Tencent Video | Bohn | Cooper Patpasit | Bohn is gay and the love interest of Duen.[87][88] |
Duen | Poy Kritsanapong | Duen is gay and the love interest of Bohn.[87] | |||
Ram | Perth Nakhun | Ram is gay and the love interest of King.[87] | |||
King | Lay Talay | King is gay and the love interest of Ram.[87] | |||
Mek | Ryan Peng | Maek is gay and the love interest of Boss.[87] | |||
Boss | Inntouch Naphat | Boss is gay and the love interest of Maek.[87] | |||
Frong | Shane Nutchapol | Frong is gay and the love interest of Thara.[87] | |||
Thara | Nutthapong Phibunthanakiet | Thara is gay and the love interest of Frong.[87] | |||
2020– | Mystic | CBBC TVNZ |
Caleb Burford | Joshua Tan | Caleb comes out as gay.[89] |
2020– | Mythic Quest | Apple TV+ | Rachel | Ashly Burch | Rachel and Dana are in a romantic relationship.[90] |
Dana | Imani Hakim | ||||
2020–2023 | Never Have I Ever | Netflix | Fabiola Torres | Lee Rodriguez | Fabiola is lesbian.[91] |
Eve | Christina Kartchner | Eve is lesbian and Fabiola's love interest.[91] | |||
Jonah Sharpe | Dino Petrera | Jonah is a gay high school student.[92] | |||
2020–2021 | Nurses | Global | Ashley Collins | Natasha Calis | Ashley is a lesbian and a nurse.[93][94] |
Caro | Alexandra Ordolis | Caro, a paramedic, is lesbian and Ashley's love interest.[93] | |||
Candy Kemper | Katie Uhlmann | ||||
2020 | October Faction | Netflix | Geoff Allen | Gabriel Darku | Geoff is openly gay.[95] |
Phillip Mishra | Praneet Akilla | Phillip is a closeted gay teenager, and in a relationship with Geoff.[96] | |||
2020– | P-Valley | Starz | Uncle Clifford | Nicco Annan | Cliff is queer and gender fluid. She is the owner of the strip club, where the show is based around.[97][98] |
Lil Murda | J. Alphonse Nicholson | Lil Murda is still trying to figure out his sexuality. He is involved in a gay sex scene with Uncle Clifford in season 1, episode 4.[99][100] | |||
2020 | Party of Five | Freeform | Matthew | Garcia | Matthew is a trans man.[101][102] |
2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Showtime | Rio (Reina) | Natalie Dormer | Rio is bisexual and queen of Fly Rico's gang. She is one of Magda's shapeshifter forms. The show was canceled after one season.[103][104] |
Mateo Vega | Johnathan Nieves | Mateo is involved in a threesome with Fly Rico and Rio.[103] | |||
Fly Rico | Sebastian Chacon | Fly is involved in a threesome with Mateo Vega and Rio.[105] | |||
Charlton Townsend | Michael Gladis | Charlton is a closeted gay.[103] | |||
Kurt | Dominic Sherwood | Kurt is a closeted gay.[103] | |||
2020–2023 | Perry Mason | HBO | Della Street | Juliet Rylance | Della is the legal secretary of one of the titular character's clients. She and Hazel are in a relationship.[106] |
Hazel Prystock | Molly Ephraim | ||||
2020– | Power Book II: Ghost | Starz | Dru Tejada | Lovell Adams-Gray | Dru is gay. |
Effie Morales | Alix Lapri | Effie is bisexual[107] | |||
2020 | The Queen's Gambit | Netflix | D.L. Townes | Jacob Fortune-Lloyd | Townes is gay.[108] |
2020–2023 | Ragnarok | Netflix | Isolde Eidsvoll | Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin | Isolde is a lesbian.[109] |
Laurits Seier | Jonas Strand Gravli | Laurits is bisexual[110] | |||
2020 | Ratched | Netflix | Mildred Ratched | Sarah Paulson | Mildred is bisexual, and a nurse at fictional Lucia State Hospital psychiatric asylum. She has sexual relations with a private detective staying at her motel. Then after meeting Gwedolyn Briggs, they start dating in secret.[111][112][113] |
Gwendolyn Briggs | Cynthia Nixon | Gwedolyn is a lesbian, and personal assistant to the Governor. She becomes interested in Mildred and takes her to a lesbian bar. They later start dating.[111] | |||
Ingrid | Harriet Sansom Harris | Ingrid is staying at the hospital for depression. She undergoes a lobotomy which has the unintended side-effect of bringing out lesbian desires. They then use hydrotherapy to try to cure her lesbianism.[111] | |||
Lily Cartwright | Annie Starke | Lily is a lesbian, being treated at the hospital for her lesbianism. She is given a lobotomy and when that doesn't work, undergoes hydrotherapy.[111] | |||
2020 | Reality Z | Netflix | Nina | Ana Hartmann | Nina is bisexual. She's in a polyamorous relationship with Roberta and Lucas.[114] |
Madonna | Wallie Ruy | Madonna is a trans woman.[114] | |||
Roberta | Mariah de Moraes | Roberta is bisexual and in a relationship with Nina and Lucas.[114] | |||
2020–2022 | Snowpiercer | TNT | Bess Till | Mickey Sumner | Bess is lesbian. Bess and Jinju are a couple.[115][116] |
Jinju Seong | Susan Park | Jinju is lesbian.[115] | |||
2020 | Someone Has to Die | Netflix | Gabino Falcón | Alejandro Speitzer | Gabino is gay.[117][118] |
Alonso Aldama | Carlos Cuevas | Alonso is a closeted gay.[117][118] | |||
2020 | Soulmates | AMC | Mateo | Bill Skarsgård | Mateo is gay.[119] |
Jonah | Nathan Stewart-Jarrett | Jonah is gay.[119] | |||
2020–2023 | Star Trek: Picard | CBS All Access | Seven of Nine | Jeri Ryan | Seven is pansexual. At the end of Season One she had begun a relationship with Raffi.[120][121] Seven of Nine was introduced in Star Trek: Voyager.[122][123] |
Raffi Musiker | Michelle Hurd | Raffi is bisexual and a former Starfleet officer, but she quit after the fiasco of the Romulan rescue. She is estranged from her biological family. At the end of Season One she had begun a relationship with Seven of Nine.[124] | |||
Bjayzl | Necar Zadegan | Bjayzl is pansexual, and a criminal businesswoman. She was known for brutalizing former Borg drones, extracting their implants, and selling them on the black market.[125] | |||
2020–2022 | Summertime | Netflix | Sofia | Amanda Campana | Sofia is lesbian.[126] |
2020 | Tales from the Loop | Amazon Prime Video | Gaddis | Ato Essandoh | Gaddis is gay and in love with Alex in an alternate reality. But he ends up with Kent, once he returns to his own reality. In season 1, episode 6, "Parallel".[127][128] |
Gaddis 2.0 | Kevin Harris | Gaddis 2.0 is gay and part of an alternate reality for Gaddis.[127] | |||
Alex | Jon Kartajarena | Alex is gay and is in a brief relationship with Gaddis 2.0.[127] | |||
Kent | Brian Maillard | Both alternate versions of Kent are shown to be flirting with Gaddis.[127] | |||
2020 | Teenage Bounty Hunters | Netflix | Sterling | Maddie Phillips | Sterling is bisexual. She dated Luke in the beginning of the series and after their breakup falls in love with April.[129][130] |
April | Devon Hales | April identifies as a lesbian but is still in the closet. After Sterling kisses April, they begin a relationship.[129][130] | |||
Jocelyn Durbin | Jillana Darby | Jocelyn is bisexual, and in a throuple with Gary and Tina.[130] | |||
Tina | Heather Hayes | Tina is bisexual, and in a throuple with Gary and Jocelyn.[130] | |||
2020–2021 | TharnType 2: 7 Years of Love | One31 | Tharn Thara Kirigun | Mew Suppasit Jongcheveevat | Tharn and Type are a gay couple, and both are college students. The series is a sequel to TharnType: The Series and an adaptation of the popular book series TharnType's Story: Hate You, Love You More by Mame (Orawan Vichayawannakul).[citation needed] |
Type Thiwat Phawattakun | Gulf Kanawut Traipipattanapong | ||||
2020 | Tiny Pretty Things | Netflix | Shane McRae | Brennan Clost | Shane is openly gay and confident and comfortable in his sexuality. He is a student at fictional Archer School of Ballet in Chicago. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton.[131] |
Oren Lennox | Barton Cowperthwaite | Oren is struggling with body dysmorphia, while questioning his sexuality. He also attends the ballet school and is Shane's roommate, who he is sleeping with.[132][133] | |||
Isabel Cruz | Jess Salgueiro | Isabel is lesbian and was a soldier. During her tours, she met and fell in love with Zoe Estrella. After returning home, they got married.[134] | |||
Topher Brooks | Shaun Benson | Topher is a gay ballet master at the school and is married to Alan Renfrew.[135][136] | |||
Alan Renfrew | Morgan Kelly | Alan (aka Gears) is the ballet school's sports medicine expert and married to Topher Brooks.[135][136] | |||
Dev Ranaweera | Josh Pyman | Dev is a gay businessman, with connections to the ballet school, and becomes Shane's new lover.[135] | |||
Zoe Estrella | Alexandra Augustine | Zoe is lesbian and met Isabel while on duty in Afghanistan. They fell in love and got married. Zoe was unable to shake the memories of what happened and killed herself. She is only seen in flashbacks.[134] | |||
2020 | Tommy | CBS | Abigail "Tommy" Thomas | Edie Falco | Abigail is a lesbian and the first female Chief of Police for the Los Angeles Police Department.[137] |
Kiley Mills | Katrina Lenk | Kiley is lesbian and Tommy's romantic interest.[138] | |||
2020–2021 | Twenties | BET | Hattie | Jonica T. Gibbs | Hattie is a lesbian writer.[139][140][141] |
Ida B. | Sophina Brown | Ida is bi-curious, and Hattie's boss. Hattie and Ida are starting a relationship.[140][139][141] | |||
Chuck | Jevon McFerrin | Chuck is bisexual.[140][139][141] | |||
2020 | Utopia Falls | Hulu | Brooklyn 2 | Humberly González | Brooklyn is fluid and interested in learning more about Sage. They are in a romantic relationship.[142][143] |
Sage 5 | Devyn Nekoda | Sage's sexuality is undefined, and she is in a relationship with Brooklyn.[144] | |||
2020 | Vagrant Queen | Syfy | Elida Al-Feyr | Adriyan Rae | Elida is pansexual, and a former queen turned scavenger. When Elida first meets Amae, she interrupts a sexual encounter between Amae and a woman. Elida and Amae are love interests.[145][146] |
Amae Rali | Alex McGregor | Amae is pansexual and a skilled mechanic and pilot. Elida and Amae are love interests.[147] | |||
2020– | Van der Valk | ITV | Lucienne Hassell | Maimie McCoy | Lucienne is lesbian. She has sometimes spent a night on Simon Van der Valk's houseboat. When their colleague Brad sees them together one morning, he starts a salacious gossip about them. After her ex-girlfriend returned the keys to Lucienne's apartment, the team is at their bar hangout and Lucienne confronts Brad about his spreading rumors knowing that she batted for the other team (season 1, episode 2, "Only in Amsterdam").[148] |
2020 | Veneno | Atresplayer Premium | Cristina Ortiz "La Veneno" | Jedet, Daniela Santiago, Isabel Torres | Cristina Ortiz, "La Veneno" is a trans woman.[149] |
Valeria Vegas | Lola Rodríguez | Valeria Vegas is a trans woman and a Cristina fan.[149] | |||
Paca la Piraña | Paca la Piraña, Desireé Rodríguez | Paca la Piraña is a trans woman and a sex worker.[149][150] | |||
2020–2021 | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | AMC | Felix Carlucci | Nico Tortorella | Felix is gay and a security officer at Campus Colony.[151] |
Will Campbell | Jelani Alladin | Will is gay and Felix's boyfriend.[152] | |||
2020–2022 | Warrior Nun | Netflix | Sister Beatrice | Kristina Tonteri-Young | Beatrice is lesbian.[153] |
2020–2024 | We Are Five | Globoplay | Heloísa "Lica" Gutierrez | Manoela Aliperti | Lica is ___, and a student and artist. She is the daughter of a wealthy family and is also an activist.[154] |
Samantha Lambertini | Giovanna Grigio | Samantha is bisexual, and a book publisher. She is Lica's ex-girlfriend, but the two are still in love.[154] | |||
Augusto "Guto" Sampaio Neto | Bruno Gadiol | Guto is a closeted gay man but comes out later in the series.[155][156] | |||
Miguel | Marcos Oliveira | Miguel is openly gay and performs as drag queen 'Michele Esmeralda'.[157][158] | |||
Alice | Dirá Paes | Alice is a lesbian journalist who gets involved with Lica.[154] | |||
Cristina "Tina" Yamada | Ana Hikari | Tina is bisexual.[154] | |||
Catarina | Julia Terron | Catarina is bisexual and hooks up with Lica.[154] | |||
Renata | Deborá Rodrigues | Renata is lesbian and is Samantha's girlfriend.[154] | |||
Erica | Renata Guida | Erica is lesbian and engaged to Alice.[154] | |||
2020 | We Are Who We Are | HBO; Sky Atlantic |
Sarah Wilson | Chloë Sevigny | Sarah and Maggie are a married lesbian couple.[159] |
Maggie Teixeira | Alice Braga | ||||
2020 | Where Your Eyes Linger | Rakuten Viki | Han Tae-joo | Han Gi-chan | Tae-joo is gay and the only heir of a chaebol family. He is involved with his gay bodyguard, Kang-gook.[160][161] |
Kang-gook | Jang Eui-soo | Kang-gook is gay and the bodyguard for Han Tae-joo. They are romantically involved.[160][161] | |||
2020 | White Lines | Netflix | Kika Calafat | Marta Milans | Kika is bisexual.[162] |
Sissy | Geena Román | Sissy is bisexual and works at the club and has a sort of relationship with Kika.[163] | |||
2020 | Why R U? | One 31; Line TV |
Zon | Tommy Sittichok | Why R U? is a Thai boys' love drama television series. The show features 12 characters that identify as gay or bisexual. Zon is bisexual. Saifah is bisexual. Zon and Saifah are love interests.[164][165][166] |
Saifah | Jimmy Karn | ||||
Tutor | Saint Suppapong | Tutor is gay. Fighter is gay. Tutor and Fighter are love interests.[167] | |||
Fighter | Zee Pruk | ||||
Zen | Toy Thanapat | Zen has a crush in Zon, but it's one-sided. He later became love interest with Natee.[168] | |||
Natee | Tonnam Piamchon | ||||
Japan | Park Parnupat | Japan and Tanthai are love interests.[169] | |||
Tanthai | Seng Wichai | ||||
Dew | Max Saran | Dew and Blue are love interests, with Champ possibly having a crush on Blue.[170] | |||
Blue | Nat Natasitt | ||||
Champ | Mark Sorntast | ||||
Luktan | Taralatah | Luktan is a transgender woman.[171] | |||
2020–2022 | The Wilds | Amazon Prime Video | Toni Shalifoe | Erana James | Toni is lesbian. Toni and Shelby start off hating each other, but in time they grow closer and eventually start a relationship. During flashbacks we see Toni and Regan's past relationship.[172][173][174] |
Shelby Goodkind | Mia Healey | Shelby is lesbian.[172][174] | |||
Regan | Bella Shepard | Regan is lesbian and Toni's ex-girlfriend.[172][174] | |||
2020–2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | NBC | Mo | Alex Newell | Mo is Zoey's gay, gender non-conforming neighbor and DJ who tries to help her understand the extent of her power.[175] |
Eddie | Patrick Ortiz | Eddie is gay and Mo's love interest.[176] |
2021
[edit]Year | Show | Network | Character | Actor | Notes |
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2021-2022 | 4400 | The CW | Keisha | Ireon Roach | Keisha is a lesbian and used to have a relationship with Jessica Tanner |
Andre Davis | TL Thompson | Andre is a transgender male and one of the 4400. | |||
Jessica Tanner | Wilder Yari | Jessica is a lesbian and a government agent. She used to have a relationship with Keisha | |||
Soyraya | Kausar Mohammed | Soyraya is a lesbian and a computer field expert. She has a short-term romance with Keisha. | |||
2021– | Chucky | USA Syfy |
Jake | Zackary Arthur | Jake is gay and is in a relationship with Devon.[177] |
Devon | Bjorgvin Arnarson | Devon is in a relationship with Jake.[178] | |||
Nica Peirce | Fiona Dourif | Nica and Tiffany are lovers.[179][180] | |||
Tiffany Valentine | Jennifer Tilly | ||||
2021 | Cowboy Bebop | Netflix | Faye Valentine | Daniella Pineda | Faye Valentine is bisexual.[181][182] |
2021–2023 | Cruel Summer | Freeform | Kate Wallis | Olivia Holt | Kate is sapphic and in a relationship with Mallory.[183] |
Mallory Higgins | Harley Quinn Smith | Mallory is lesbian and in relationship with Kate.[183] | |||
Vince Fuller | Allius Barnes | Vince is gay and dating Ben.[183] | |||
Ben Hallowell | Nathaniel Ashton | Ben is gay and dating Vince.[183] | |||
2021– | The Equalizer | CBS | Viola "Aunt Vi" Marsette | Lorraine Toussaint | Aunt Vi is bisexual. She has an ex-girlfriend during college and also uses dating apps for seeking men.[184][185] |
2021– | Family Law | Global/Sky Investigation | Lucy Svensson | Genelle Williams | Lucy is a psychiatrist and a lesbian. |
Maggie Roth | Ali Liebert | Maggie is a lesbian and married to Lucy. | |||
2021–2022 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Netflix | Dane | Theo Graham | Dane is queer. He is interested in Riven and Beatrix.[186][187] |
2021– | Foundation | Apple TV+ | Bel Riose | Ben Daniels | Bel is a disgraced general of the Empire who was reinstated to lead a mission to Terminus. Glawen is his husband and second-in-command.[188] |
Glawen Curr | Dino Fetscher | ||||
2021 | Generation | HBO Max | Greta | Haley Sanchez | Greta is asexual, and has a crush on Riley.[189][190] |
Nathan | Uly Schlesinger | Nathan is bisexual, and hooks up with his sister's boyfriend at a party.[191] | |||
Chester | Justice Smith | Chester is gay.[191] | |||
Sam | Nathan Stewart-Jarrett | Sam is gay and the school guidance counselor.[192] | |||
Riley | Chase Sui Wonders | Riley is bisexual. She makes out with Pablo (Anthony Keyvan) at the aquarium and gives him a hand job in season 1, episode "Toasted".[193] When the student's bus breaks down on a trip to San Francisco, they are forced to stay at a local motel. Riley and Greta are assigned a room together. Riley and Greta kiss, and when Riley starts to undress to have sex with Greta, she freaks out and says "I don't hook up", which leads to Riley storming out of the room, in season 1, episode "Desert Island".[194] | |||
Lucia (Luz) |
Marisela Zumbado | Luz is queer.[195] Luz hooks up with Riley (after being rejected by Greta), at the motel they are staying at, when their bus breaks down on a trip to San Francisco, in season 1, episode "Desert Island".[196] | |||
Joe | J. August Richards | Joe and Patrick are married[191] | |||
Patrick | John Ross Bowie | ||||
Hookup Guy (Garrett) |
Isai Torres | Chester hooks up with 'Garrett' through a dating app, while they're out of school for an air quality day. Garrett gives Chester oral sex.[197] | |||
2021– | Ghosts | CBS | Captain Isaac Higgintoot | Brandon Scott Jones | They have had secret romantic feelings for one another since they were alive, and they begin a relationship at the end of the first season. |
Nigel Chessum | John Hartman | ||||
2021– | Ginny & Georgia | Netflix | Maxine "Max" Baker | Sara Waisglass | Maxine is lesbian and Ginny's friend.[198] |
2021–23 | Gossip Girl | HBO Max | Max Wolfe | Thomas Doherty | Max is pansexual. By the end of episode 6, he has a threesome with Audrey and Aki.[199][200] |
Akeno "Aki" Menzies | Evan Mock | Aki is Audrey's bisexual boyfriend. By the end of episode 6, he has a threesome with Audrey and Max.[201][200] | |||
Monet De Haan | Savannah Lee Smith | Monet is a lesbian.[202] | |||
Rafael "Rafa" Caparros | Jason Gotay | Rafa used to hook up with Max.[203] | |||
Gideon Wolfe | Todd Almond | Gideon is a cisgender gay male who expresses himself through his femininity.[204] | |||
Luna La | Zión Moreno | Luna is a trans woman.[205] | |||
Roy Sachs | John Benjamin Hickey | Roy is married to Gideon.[206] | |||
2021 | Halston | Netflix | Halston | Ewan McGregor | Halston is gay.[207] |
2021– | Harlem | Amazon Prime Video | Tye Reynolds | Jerrie Johnson | Tye is a lesbian. |
Quinn Joseph | Grace Byers | Quinn comes out as bisexual in season 2. | |||
Eric | Jonathan Burke | Eric is bisexual. | |||
Isabela Benitez-Santiago | Juani Feliz | Isabela is a lesbian and dates Quinn. | |||
Aimee | Rachel True | Aimee is pansexual. | |||
Anna Sharpe | Kate Rockwell | Anna dates Tye for a bit. | |||
Zoe | Courtnee Carter | Zoe is 'fwb' with Tye. | |||
Nikki | Peppermint | Nikki is Camille's cousin, and she is trans. | |||
2021 | Hawkeye | Disney+ | Wendy | Adetinpo Thomas | Wendy is a New York Police Department officer who has a wife.[208] |
2021 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Amazon Prime Video | Allison | Madison Iseman | Allison is bisexual, and she is dating Margot.[209] |
Margot | Brianne Tju | Margot is lesbian, and she is dating Allison.[209] | |||
Johnny | Sebastian Amoruso | Johnny is gay.[209] | |||
2021–2023 | iCarly | Paramount+ | Harper | Laci Mosley | Harper is pansexual, and she is dating Double Dutch.[210] |
Double Dutch | Poppy Liu | Double Dutch is a sapphic pop singer, and she is dating Harper.[211] | |||
2021- | I Gi Tis Elias | Mega Channel | Alkmini Georgilea | Angeliki Kintoni | Alkimi was in a relationship with a woman named Antonia.[212] |
2021– | Invasion | Apple TV+ | Yamato Mitsuki | Shioli Kutsuna | Yamato and Hinata are lovers.[213][214] |
Hinata Murai | Rinko Kikuchi | ||||
2021 | The Irregulars | Netflix | Dr. Watson | Royce Pierreson | Watson is gay and in love with Sherlock Holmes.[215] |
2021 | It's a Sin | Channel 4 | Ritchie Tozer | Olly Alexander | Ritchie is gay, who moves to London to start his law degree. The series follows three young gay men and flatmates in 1980s London who have their lives turned upside down by the AIDS crisis.[216] |
Roscoe Babatunde | Omari Douglas | Roscoe is gay and 18 years old. His Nigerian family disown him when he comes out.[216] | |||
Colin Morris-Jones | Callum Scott Howells | Colin is gay and moves to London with the hopes of becoming a Savile Row tailor.[216] | |||
Ash Mukherjee | Nathaniel Curtis | Ash is gay, and Ritchie has a crush on him.[217] | |||
Henry Coltrane | Neil Patrick Harris | Henry is a gay British tailor who lives with his gay partner.[216] | |||
2021–2022 | Kevin Can F**k Himself | AMC | Patricia "Patty" Deirdre O'Connor | Mary Hollis Inboden | Patty and Tammy start dating.[218] |
Tammy Ridgeway | Candice Coke | ||||
2021 | Kitz | Netflix | Kosh Ziervogel | Zoran Pingel | Kosh and Hans are a couple. |
Hans Gassner | Ben Felipe | ||||
2021–2023 | Kung Fu | The CW | Ryan Shen | Jon Prasida | Ryan is gay and a quick-witted medical student who has to deal with the sudden return of his estranged older sister, Nicky (Olivia Liang).[219] |
Joe Harper | Bradley Gibson | Joe Harper is a SF Bay Area LGBTQ social activist who has a short romance with Ryan (Season 1) | |||
Sebastian Cailao | JB Tadena | Sebastian is a chief at the Harmony Dumplings restaurant and Ryan's love interest (Season 2- ) | |||
2021- | Leonardo | Rai 1 | Leonardo da Vinci | Aidan Turner | Leonardo, the protagonist and lead role, is homosexual. |
2021 | Light on Me | Viki, WeTV, AbemaTV | Woo Tae-kyung | Lee Sae-on | Tae-kyung had a crush on Da-on at first but ended up with Shin-woo at the end of the series.[220] |
Noh Shin-woo | Kang Yoo-seok | Shin-woo is in love with Tae-kyung.[221] | |||
Shin Da-on | Choe Chan-yi | Da-on realised he had feeling for Tae-kyung at the end of the series.[222] | |||
2021– | Loki | Disney+ | Loki | Tom Hiddleston | Loki is bisexual.[223] |
Sylvie | Sophia Di Martino | Sylvie is bisexual.[224][225] | |||
2021 | The Long Call | ITV | Matthew Venn | Ben Aldridge | Matthew is a gay detective. Matthew and Jonathan are married.[226] |
Jonathan Roberts | Declan Bennett | ||||
2021-2023 | My Beautiful Man | Viki, WeTV, GagaOOLala | Kiyoi Sou | Yagi Yusei | The "loner" falls in love at first sight with the "King" Kiyoi. |
Hira Kazunari | Hagiwara Riku | ||||
2021 | My Love Mix-Up! | TV Asahi, Viki | Sota Aoki | Shunsuke Michieda | Aoki and Ida are the main characters and in love with each other.[227] |
Kōsuke Ida | Ren Meguro | ||||
2021– | The Ms. Pat Show | BET+ | Ashley | Brittany Inge | Ashley is a lesbian. |
Tanika | Miya Golden | Tanika and Ashley dated. | |||
Jesse | Josh Dunn | Jesse is non-binary. | |||
2021–2024 | NCIS: Hawaiʻi | CBS | Lucy Tara | Yasmine Al-Bustami | Lucy is a junior field agent of the NCIS. Kate is a Special Agent of the DIA. They are both romantically involved with each other. |
Kate Whistler | Tori Anderson | ||||
2021 | The Nevers | HBO Max | Hugo Swann | James Norton | Hugo Swann is pansexual.[228] |
Frank Mundi | Ben Chaplin | Mundi is gay and revealed to have had a past affair with Swann.[229] | |||
2021 | New Heights | Netflix | Michi Wyss | Julian Koechlin | Michi and Joel are a couple. |
Joel Bachmann | Benito Bause | ||||
2021– | The Newsreader | ABC | Dale Jennings | Sam Reid | Dale is bisexual and one of the main characters. |
Tim Ahern | Chai Hansen | Tim is gay. | |||
2021– | Nine Perfect Strangers | Hulu | Lars Lee | Luke Evans | Lars is gay.[230] |
2021–2022 | One of Us Is Lying | Peacock | Janae | Jess McLeod | Janae is gender-fluid and a lesbian . Maeve is sapphic, and they were/are dating.[231] |
Maeve | Melissa Collazo | ||||
Cooper | Chibuikem Uche | Kris and Cooper are gay and in a secret relationship.[231] | |||
Kris | Karim Diane | ||||
2021- | Only Murders in the Building | Hulu | Mabel Mora | Selena Gomez | Mabel is bisexual, and she was dating Alice Banks.[232] |
Sazz Pataki | Jane Lynch | Sazz is homosexual. She is shot and killed at the end of season three. Jan is bisexual, and they were dating.[233][234] | |||
Jan Bellows | Amy Ryan | ||||
2021 | Ossan's Love | ViuTV | "KK" Chak Kwok Keung | Kenny Wong | Tin entered a love triangle with his boss KK and his co-worker and flatmate Muk.[235] |
"Muk" Ling Siu Muk | Anson Lo | ||||
"Tin" Tin Yat Hung | Edan Lui | ||||
2021-2022 | Paradise (Spanish TV series) | HBO Max | Álvaro | Cristian López | A closeted gay student turned ghost who is forced to face his sexuality at the end of season 1. He and Zeta date for a period of time. |
Zeta | Héctor Gozalbo | A bully turned ghost who is forced to face his sexuality at the end of season 1. Álvaro and him become boyfriends for a period of time. | |||
2021– | Power Book III: Raising Kanan | Starz | Shannon Burke | Shanley Caswell | Shannon is lesbian. |
Detective Adina Foyle | Paloma Guzmán | Adina is lesbian. | |||
2021– | Un professore | Rai 1 | Simone Balestra | Nicolas Maupas | Simone is gay and in love with Manuel.[236] |
2021– | The Sex Lives of College Girls | HBO Max | Leighton Murray | Reneé Rapp | A closeted lesbian who comes out at the end of season 1. |
Willow | Renika Williams | Willow is a lesbian. | |||
Travis | Betti | Travis is gay. | |||
Alicia | Midori Francis | Alicia is the love interest of Leighton in season 1 | |||
Tova | Vico Ortiz | Tova is non-binary. | |||
Tatum | Gracie Dzienny | Tatum is the love interest of Leighton in season 2. | |||
2021–2023 | Shadow and Bone | Netflix | Jesper Fahey | Kit Young | Jesper is bisexual.[237] |
Fedyor Kaminsky | Julian Kostov | Fedyor and Ivan are in a romantic relationship.[238] | |||
Ivan | Simon Sears | ||||
Nadia Zhabin | Gabrielle Brooks | Nadia is queer.[239] | |||
2021–2023 | Sky Rojo | Netflix | Wendy | Lali Esposito | Wendy is a lesbian.[240] |
2021–2022 | To My Star | iQIYI, GagaOOLala | Han Ji Woo | Kim Kang Min | Ji Woo and Seo Jun are the main characters and in love with each other.[241] |
Kang Seo Jun | Son Woo Hyun | ||||
2021– | The Upshaws | Netflix | Bernard Upshaw Jr. | Jermelle Simon | Bernard is a closeted gay man, who comes out near the end of season 1.[242] |
Hector | Dewayne Perkins | Hector is gay and the love interest of Bernard. | |||
2021–2024 | Walker | The CW | Liam Walker | Keegan Allen | Liam is gay and Cordell Walker's brother.[243] |
2021 | We Best Love | Tencent Video | Gao Shide | Sam Lin | Shide and Shuyi are the main characters and in love with each other.[244] |
Zhou Shuyi | Yang Yu Teng | ||||
Pei Shouyi | Ray Chang | Zhenxuan has had a history with Shouyi. They are dating at the end of the series.[245] | |||
Yu Zhenxuan | Shih Chihtian | ||||
Shi Zheyu | Richard Lee | Bingwei has a crush on Zheyu. They get married at the end of the series.[246] | |||
Liu Bingwei | Evan Luo | ||||
2021– | The Wheel of Time | Amazon Prime Video | Moiraine Damodred | Rosamund Pike | Moiraine and Siuan are both Aes Sedai of the White Tower. They were in a relationship.[247] |
Siuan Sanche | Sophie Okonedo | ||||
2021– | The White Lotus (Season 1) | HBO | Armond | Murray Bartlett | Armond and Dillon were gay. They were fling.[248] |
Dillon | Lukas Gage | ||||
2021–2023 | With Love | Amazon Prime Video | Jorge Diaz Jr | Mark Indelicato | Jorge is Gay and Gender Non-Conforming, he is in a relationship with Henry.[249] |
Henry | Vincent Rodriguez III | Henry is Jorge's Boyfriend.[249] | |||
Sol Perez | Isis King | Sol is trans and non-binary, They are also in a relationship with Miles who has a non-binary child.[249] | |||
Charlie Murphy | Birdie Silverstein | Charlie is a non-binary 13 year old kid.[249] | |||
2021– | Yellowjackets | Showtime | Taissa Turner | Tawny Cypress (adult) / Jasmin Savoy Brown (teen) | Taissa was in a relationship with Van in her teenage years and is married to Simone as an adult.[250] |
Vanessa "Van" Palmer | Lauren Ambrose (adult) / Liv Hewson (teen) | Van dated Taissa in her teenage years.[251] | |||
Simone Abara | Rukiya Bernard | Simone is married to Taissa in the present.[252] | |||
2021– 2024 | Young Royals | Netflix | Wilhelm | Edvin Ryding | Wilhelm is the lead character, a young Swedish prince who falls in love with Simon whilst at boarding school. They pursue a romance in secret, but he struggles to reconcile his love with his family and the world's expectations of him.[253] |
Simon | Omar Rudberg | Simon is gay. He falls in love with Wilhelm and finds the heavy expectations Wilhelm is under difficult.[254] |
2022
[edit]Year | Show | Network | Character | Actor | Notes |
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2022 | About Youth | Viki, GagaOOLala | Ye Guang | Li Zhen Ha | Smitten by the kindness that Ye Guang showed him, Xu Qi Zhang is more than happy to repay it, but this newfound friendship develop into something more. |
Xu Qi Zhang | Shen Jyun | ||||
Fan Rui Hao / Ray | Hsu Shuo Ting | Ray is not used to being treated well by his previous boyfriend, but he gives Ah Jian a chance. | |||
Ah Jian | Andy Huang | ||||
2022- | All American: Homecoming | The CW | Nathaniel Hardin | Rhoyle Ivy King | Nathaniel is a non-binary transgender freshman university student at Bringtson University and a mutual friend of the protagonist Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya). |
2022- | Alma | Netflix | Alma | Mireia Oriol | Alma is the lead character, and she had feelings for one of her friends Deva, who takes control of her body to save her. |
Deva | Claudia Roset | Deva is bisexual, she always had feelings for Alma and confessed them to her, but they never dated. | |||
Martin | Javier Morgade | Martin is gay and one of the main characters and is the key to the prophecy, Through the show we see him fall in love with Bruno, and chooses to be with him but in the end Bruno gets possessed by a demon. | |||
Bruno | Pol Monen | Bruno is gay, He falls in love with Martin and saved him when he was missing, but in the end he gets possessed by a demon and kidnaps Martin. | |||
2022– | Andor | Disney+ | Vel Sartha | Faye Marsay | Vel is the leader of a team of rebels. |
Cinta Kaz | Varada Sethu | Cinta is Vel's girlfriend | |||
2022 | Barons | ABC TV | Dani Kirk | Sophia Forrest | Dani has two different, one-time sexual relationships in Episode #2; first with friend and fellow surfer Reg Thompson (Hunter Page-Lochard) and then with photographer Shirley Kwong (Catherine Văn-Davies). |
2022 | The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself | Netflix | Nathan Byrne | Jay Lycurgo | Nathan is bisexual and romantically involved with both Annalise and Gabriel.[255] |
Gabriel | Emilien Vekemans | Gabriel is queer.[255] | |||
2022- | Big Boys | Channel 4 | Jack Rooke | Dylan Llewellyn | Jack is the main character and a closeted gay student.[256] |
Yemi | Olisa Odele | Yemi is a gay fashion student who accompanies Jack as he tries to explore his sexuality at university.[256] | |||
2022 | Blueming | iQIYI | Cha Si Won | Kang Eun Bin | Si Won and Da Un are the main characters and in love with each other. |
Hyeong Da Un | Jo Hyuk Joon | ||||
2022 | Check Out | Amarin TV | Daounea | Best Vittawin Veeravidhayanant | The main characters of the series. They met in Khao Yai. Their paths crossed again when Nine was hired by Tee. They fell in love with each other even though they were in relationships with other people at the same time. |
Nine | Chahub Marut Ghoummeddin | ||||
Tee | M Sarawut Laoruamsap | He is Daounea's boyfriend. They broke up, but Tee was still in love with Daounea and tried to get back together with him. | |||
Ice | Beam Atichart Lawansathian | He kissed Tee. | |||
Top | Plustor Pronpiphat Pattanasettanon | He was in a FWB relationship with Nine. | |||
Oab | Bigboss Natthakit Sangvornkitruchai | A boy Tee met on a dating app. They were kissing. | |||
2022– | Di4ries | Netflix | Daniele Parisi | Biagio Venditti | Daniele is gay. |
2022– | Dirty Lines | Netflix | Ramon | Chris Peters | Ramon and Alexander fall in love with each other. Ramon is gay. |
Alexander | Michael Muller | ||||
2022-2023 | Eternal Yesterday | Netflix, Apple TV, Viki, GagaOOLala | Oumi Mitsuru | Inoue Sora | Koichi and Mitsuru are strongly attracted to each other. |
Yamada Koichi | Komiya Rio | ||||
2022 | Everything Calls for Salvation | Netflix | Gianluca | Vincenzo Crea | Gianluca is gay. |
2022 | The Fame Game | Netflix | Avinash Anand | Lakshvir Saran | Avinash and Samar are gay and are lovers. |
Samar | Danish Sood | ||||
2022 | First Kill | Netflix | Juliette Fairmont | Sarah Catherine Hook | Juliette is a lesbian vampire who dated Cal Burns.[citation needed] |
Calliope "Cal" Burns | Imani Lewis | Calliope Burns is a lesbian monster hunter who fell for Juliette.[citation needed] | |||
2022 | GAP | CH3+ | “Mon” Kornkamon | Rebecca Patricia Armstrong | Sam is unambiguously Mon's idol. In order to be near her, Mon gets a job working under her. |
“Sam” Samanan Anantrakul | Freen Sarocha Chankimha | ||||
2022– | Heartbreak High | Netflix | Darren Rivers | James Majoos | Darren Rivers, a queer and non-binary student. In love with Ca$h. |
Quinni Gallagher-Jones | Chloe Hayden | Quinni Gallagher-Jones is Darren's lesbian best friend who is autistic. Has a relationship with Sasha. | |||
Malakai Mitchell | Thomas Weatherall | Malakai Mitchell is a bisexual[citation needed] Bundjalung basketball jock new to Hartley. Has threesome with Harper and Dusty. Has a relationship with Rowan. | |||
Douglas "Ca$h" Piggot | Will McDonald | “Ca$h” Piggott is an asexual eshay. In love with Darren. | |||
Dustin “Dusty” Reid | Joshua Heuston | Dustin “Dusty” Reid is a bisexual[citation needed] musician who had a threesome with Harper and Malakai | |||
Sasha So | Gemma Chua-Tran | Sasha So is a lesbian who dates Quinni. | |||
Anthony “Ant” Vaughn | Brodie Townsend | Ant had a sexual experience with Darren | |||
Rowan Callaghan | Sam Rechner | Rowan has relationships with both Malakai and Amerie. | |||
2022– | Heartstopper | Netflix | Nick Nelson | Kit Connor | Nick is bisexual, and he is dating Charlie.[257] |
Charlie Spring | Joe Locke | Charlie is gay, and he is dating Nick.[257] | |||
Elle Argent | Yasmin Finney | Elle is a transgender girl.[257] | |||
Tara Jones | Corinna Brown | Tara is lesbian, and she is dating Darcy.[257] | |||
Darcy Olsson | Kizzy Edgell | Darcy is lesbian, and she is dating Tara.[257] | |||
Ben Hope | Sebastian Croft | Ben was Charlie's first boyfriend who abused him.[257] | |||
Mr. Ajayi | Fisayo Akinade | He is Charlie's gay art teacher.[257] | |||
Coach Singh | Chetna Pandya | She is Nick's lesbian rugby coach.[257] | |||
Mr. Farouk | Nima Taleghani | He is a teacher who is gay.[258] | |||
Sahar Zahid | Leila Khan | Sahar is bisexual and friends with Tara, Darcy and Elle.[259] | |||
James McEwan | Bradley Riches | He is the only other out gay boy at school.[260] | |||
Naomi Russell | Bel Priestley | She is a transgender student enrolling at Elle's art school.[261] | |||
2022 | High Heat | Netflix | Gerardo | Daniel Gama | There's a gay storyline in the series between Gerardo (Daniel Gama) and Fabio (Nahuel Escobar). |
Fabio | Nahuel Escobar | ||||
2022–2023 | Holy Family | Netflix | Germán | Álex García | Germán is a gay private investigator having a romance with Abel. |
Abel | Iván Pellicer | Abel is gay and in love with Germán. | |||
Manu | Daniel Grao | Manu is gay and married to Diego ex police officer. (2 season charactar) | |||
2022– | House of the Dragon | HBO | Laenor Velaryon | Theo Nate & John Macmillan | Laenor is gay and the lover to Ser Joffrey Lonmouth & to Ser Qarl Correy. |
Joffrey Lonmouth | Solly McLeod | Joffrey is gay and the lover to Ser Laenor Velaryon. | |||
Qarl Correy | Arty Froushan | Qarl is gay and the lover to Ser Laenor Velaryon. | |||
2022– | How I Met Your Father | Hulu | Ellen | Tien Tran | Ellen is a lesbian who moves to New York City after her divorce from her wife, and she is a main character.[262] |
2022– | Interview with the Vampire | AMC | Louis de Pointe du Lac | Jacob Anderson | Louis is gay |
Lestat de Lioncourt | Sam Reid | Lestat is bisexual | |||
Armand | Assad Zaman | Armand has had relationships with men and women | |||
Claudia | Bailey Bass (Season 1) / Delainey Hayles (Season 2 - ) | Claudia has had relationships with men and women | |||
Madeleine | Roxane Duran | Madeleine has had relationships with men and women | |||
Nicolas de Lenfent | Joseph Potter | Nicolas (Nicki) was in a relationship with Lestat | |||
Santiago | Ben Daniels | Santiago has had relationships with women and is mentioned to have had sex with Armand | |||
Tuan Pham | Yung Nguyen | Tuan Pham is mentioned to have had sex with Armand | |||
Quang Pham | Khetphet Phagnasay | Quang Pham is mentioned to have had sex with Armand | |||
2022 | Irma Vep | HBO | Laurie | Adria Arjona | Laurie and Mira are exes.[263] |
Mira | Alicia Vikander | ||||
2022 | KinnPorsche | One 31 iQIYI |
Kinn Theerapanyakul | Phakphum Romsaithong | KinnPorsche is a Thai boys' love drama series. It currently features 10 LGBT characters, though labels are rarely used to identify characters.[264]
Kinn is identified as gay by Porsche;[265] Porsche had been involved with women prior to dating Kinn.[266][267] Kinn and Porsche are the show's main couple. |
Porsche Kittisawasd | Nattawin Wattanagitiphat | ||||
Vegas Theerapanyakul | Wichapas Sumettikul | Vegas has only been involved with men. He and Pete develop a mutual attraction.[268] | |||
Pete | Jakapan Puttha | ||||
Kim Theerapanyakul | Jeff Satur | Porchay initially has a crush on Kim; Kim later reciprocates his feelings.[269][270] | |||
Porchay Kittisawasd | Tinnasit Isarapongporn | ||||
Tay | Nititorn Akkarachotsopona | Tay and Time are in a relationship.[271] | |||
Time | Chalach Tantijibul | ||||
Yok | Patteerat Laemluang | Yok is a trans woman.[272] | |||
Tawan | Naphat Vikairungroj | Tawan is Kinn's ex-boyfriend.[273] | |||
2022 | Love in the Air | GMM 25 | Payu | Boss Chaikamon Sermsongwittaya | Payu is bisexual, and he is Rain's boyfriend. |
Rain | Noeul Nuttarat Tangwai | Rain is bisexual, and he is Payu's boyfirend. Also, he was infatuated with Ple. | |||
Prapai | Fort Thitipong Sangngey | Prapai is in love with Sky. | |||
Sky | Peat Wasuthorn Chaijindar | Sky is gay, and he is Prapai's boyfriend. | |||
Som | Nut Phattaraporn Pengsuk | Som is Ple's older brother, and he's crush with Payu. | |||
Gun | Dunk Patak Pingmuang | Gun is Sky's ex-boyfirend. | |||
2022 | My Tooth Your Love | WeTV, Viki, GagaOOLala | Jin Xun An | Yu Jin | Jin Xun An has romantic feelings toward Bai Lang and love eventually sparks between them. |
Bai Lang | Andy Wu | ||||
He Qing Tian / "RJ" | Michael Chang | Zhou Cheng Hao is developing a close relationship with He Qing Tian. | |||
Zhou Cheng Hao | Alex Chou | ||||
2022– | Old-Fashioned Cupcake | Fuji Television, Viki, GagaOOLala | Sanae Nozue | Kouhei Takeda | Togawa confesses to Nozue that he has loved him ever since he inspired him to have a positive outlook towards life during his job interview. After reflecting, Nozue comes to accept his feelings for Togawa and the two become a couple.[274] |
Minoru Togawa | Tatsunari Kimura | ||||
2022– 2023 | Our Flag Means Death | HBO | Stede Bonnet | Rhys Darby | Stede is in a relationship with Blackbeard.[275] |
Blackbeard | Taika Waititi | Blackbeard is in a relationship with Stede.[275] | |||
Jim | Vico Ortiz | Jim is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[276] | |||
Oluwande Boodhari | Samson Kayo | Oluwande is Jim's friend, crewmate and later lover.[277] | |||
Black Pete | Matthew Maher | Black Pete is in a relationship with crewmate Lucius.[278] | |||
Lucius | Nathan Foad | Lucius is in a relationship with crewmate Black Pete.[278] | |||
Calico Jack | Will Arnett | Calico Jack is an old crewmate of Blackbeard's and tries to make Stede jealous of his and Blackbeards past flings.[279] | |||
Archie | Madeleine Sami | Archie is in a relationship with Jim in season 2. | |||
2022– | Outer Range | Amazon Prime Video | Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk | Tamara Podemski | Hawk is lesbian.[280] |
2022– | Peacemaker | HBO Max | Christopher Smith / Peacemaker | John Cena | Peacemaker is bisexual.[281] |
Leota Adebayo | Danielle Brooks | Leota is a lesbian and the daughter of A.R.G.U.S. leader Amanda Waller and a member of Project Butterfly.[282] | |||
Keeya | Elizabeth Ludlow | Keeya is Leota Adebayo's wife.[282] | |||
2022 | Plus & Minus | Viki | Fu Li Kung | Shi Cheng Xuan | Zheng Ze Shou and Fu Li Gong are in love with each other. |
Cheng Tse Shou | Max Lin | ||||
Kato Yuki / X | Zheng Qi Lei | Kato Yuki and Jian Ying Ze collide and slowly realize each other's inner desires. | |||
Jian Ying Ze | Matt Lee | ||||
2022– | Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin | HBO Max | Ash | Jordan Gonzalez | Ash is a trans student and Mouse's love interest.[283] |
Elodie Honrada | Lea Salonga | Elodie and Shirley are married women and Mouse's mothers.[284] | |||
Shirley Honrada | Kim Berrios Lin | ||||
2022 | Promised Land | ABC | Antonio Sandoval | Tonatiuh | Antonio is gay.[285] |
2022 | Queen | Netflix | Sylwester Borkowski | Andrzej Seweryn | Sylwester is gay and a part-time drag queen. |
2022–2023 | Rebelde | Netflix | Luka Colucci | Franco Masini | Luka is gay and was outed by Jana at his aunt's wedding. He is part of the band.[286] |
Guillermo Álvarez (Dixon) | Jerónimo Cantillo | Dixon is bisexual. In episode four, he stated to Estebán Torres that he goes both ways. He is part of the band.[286] | |||
Emília Alo | Giovanna Grigio | Emília is pansexual. Although she dated Sebastián, she ended up dating Andi, and she is part of the band.[286] | |||
Andrea Agosti (Andi) | Lizeth Selene | Andi is lesbian. She is dating Emília, and she is part of the band.[286] | |||
2022 | The Rising | Sky One/NOW TV | Neve Kelly | Clara Rugaard | Neve and the protagonist had a one-time tryst with Alex Wyatt |
Alex Wyatt | Nenda Neururer | Alex is either a lesbian or bisexual. She has a one-time tryst with Neve | |||
2022– | The Sandman | Netflix | The Corinthian | Boyd Holbrook | The Corinthian is a Nightmare created by Dream that went rogue and started killing humans, against the orders of Dream. The Corinthian has a preference for eating the eyes of young men and/or sleeping with them.[287] |
Johanna Constantine | Jenna Coleman | Johanna is a bisexual magician who deals in the Occult. In episode 3, Dream comes to her because she has his Sand, and she tells him that she left it at her ex-girlfriend's apartment, whom she left six months prior but still has feelings for.[288] | |||
Judy | Daisy Head | Judy is a frequent customer at the 24-hour diner in episode 5. She comes in after a fight with her girlfriend Donna the previous night, trying to get in contact with her.[289] | |||
Alex Burgess | Laurie Kynaston | Alex is the 2nd son of Roderick Burgess, the magician who imprisons Dream in 1916. In episode 1, he falls in love with Paul, and they remain together until 2020, when Paul helps Dream escape.[290] | |||
Desire of the Endless | Mason Alexander Park | Desire is one of the seven Endless, the anthropomorphic embodiment of desire, sibling of Dream. They have no gender and go by all pronouns.[291] | |||
Lucifer Morningstar | Gwendoline Christie | Lucifer is a fallen angel from Heaven, and ruler of Hell. They have no sex or gender, and are androgynous.[291] | |||
2022 | Semantic Error | GagaOOLala | Jang Jae-young | Park Seo-ham | Jae-young and Sang-woo are the main characters and in love with each other.[292] |
Choo Sang-woo | Park Jae-chan | ||||
2022– | Severance | Apple TV+ | Irving Bailiff | John Turturro | Bailiff and Goodman fall in love with each other in an environment that forbids any kind of romantic attraction.[293] |
Burt Goodman | Christopher Walken | ||||
2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Disney+ | Craig Hollis / Mr. Immortal | David Pasquesi | Hollis is bisexual. He has many ex-wives and an ex-husband.[294] |
2022–2024 | She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat | NHK General TV | Nomoto Yuki | Manami Higa | One day, Nomoto finds herself making way more than she can eat by herself. And so she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone.[295][296][297] |
Kasuga Totoko | Emi Nishino | ||||
2022– | SkyMed | Paramount+ | Captain Milosz Nowak | Thomas Elms | Nowak and Tristan became boyfriends.[298] |
Tristan Green | Kheon Clarke | ||||
Lexi Martine | Mercedes Morris | Lexi and Stef became girlfriends. | |||
Stef | Sydney Kuhne | ||||
2022 | The Rookie: Feds | ABC | Simone Clark | Niecy Nash | Main cast
Fun fact: Niecy and Jessica are married in real life |
Elena | Michelle Núñez | 12 eps | |||
Dina Jackson | Jessica Betts | 4 eps | |||
Evelyn Hope | Kearran Giovanni | 3 eps | |||
2022 | The White Lotus Sicily (Season 2) | HBO | Jack | Leo Woodall | Jack might be bisexual. He was having sex with Quentin, apparently for money.[299] |
Mia | Beatrice Grannò | Mia was bisexual.[300] | |||
Quentin | Tom Hollander | Quentin was a wealthy British gay tourist, who had been referred as "uncle" of Jack.[299] | |||
Valentina | Sabrina Impacciatore | Valentina was the closeted hotel manager, who had her sexual awakening w/ her encounter w/ Mia.[300] | |||
2022 | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Netflix | Meldof | Francesca Mills | Meldof is a lesbian. Her war hammer is named after her late wife Gwen. |
Eredin | Jacob Collins-Levy | He is gay and has a relationship with Brian. | |||
Brian | Nathaniel Curtis | He is gay and has a relationship with Eredin. | |||
2022 | This Is Going to Hurt | BBC One | Adam Kay | Ben Whishaw | Adam is a gay doctor. The series is based on the memoir of Adam Kay. Harry is Adam's boyfriend.[301] |
Harry Muir | Rory Fleck Byrne | ||||
2022 | Tom Swift | The CW | Tom Swift | Tian Richards | The lead character and protagonist Tom Swift is gay. |
Rowan | Albert Mwangi | Rowan is a shady member of Congressman Nathan Eskol's security detail. He is gay and has a mild crush on Tom with whom he assists from time to time. | |||
Justin Chase | Hayward Leach | Justin is gay. He has an on-off relationship with Tom. | |||
2022-2023 | Walker: Independence | The CW | Kate Carver | Katie Findlay | Kate is either a lesbian or bisexual. She has a one-time sexual tryst with Charlotte McKenzie (Stella Baker) in episode 1.8 ‘The Death of Mary Collins’. |
2022-2023 | Welcome to Chippendales | Hulu Star |
Nick De Noia | Murray Bartlett | Nick is secretly gay.[302] |
2022– | Welcome to Eden | Netflix | Ibón | Diego Garisa | Ibón is bisexual, one of the main characters in the group. |
Orson | Joan Pedrola | Orson is gay and love interest of Eloy. He's a high level cult board member. | |||
Eloy | Carlos Soroa | Eloy is gay and deaf. He's in love with Orson. He's a part of rebellion. | |||
Zoe | Amaia Aberasturi | Zoe is bisexual, one of the main characters in the group. | |||
Bel | Begoña Vargas | Bel is lesbian, she is a part of rebellion and Zoe's love interest. | |||
Mayka | Lola Rodríguez | Mayka is transexual, she is in love with Charly. She's a high level cult board member. | |||
2022– | Why Are You Like This | ABC | Austin | Will King | Austin is gay and is one of the main characters in the group.[303][304] |
Mia | Olivia Junkeer | Mia is bisexual and is one of the main characters in the group.[303][304] | |||
Daniel | Lawence Lueng | Daniel is one of Penny's coworkers who is gay. He is a recurring character.[303][304] | |||
2022–2023 | Willow | Disney+ | Jade | Erin Kellyman | Jade is a knight-in-training and Kit's love-interest who joins in the quest[305] |
Princess Kit | Ruby Cruz | ||||
2022–2023 | The Winchesters | The CW | Carlos Cervantez | Jojo Fleites | Carlos is bisexual and non-binary.[306] |
2022- | Wreck | BBC Three | Jamie Walsh | Oscar Kennedy | Jamie is gay.[307]
Jamie and Olly are in a relationship. |
Olly Reyes | Anthony Rickman | ||||
Vivian Lim | Thaddea Graham | Vivian is a Lesbian.[307] | |||
Rosie Preston | Miya Ocego | Rosie is trans.[308] |
2023
[edit]Year | Show | Network | Character | Actor | Notes |
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2023 | Absolute Beginners | Netflix | Niko | Bartłomiej Deklewa | Niko and Igor kissed in episode 4. [309] |
Igor | Jan Sałasiński | ||||
2023 | A Boss and a Babe | GMM 25 | "Gun" Gungawin | Force Jiratchapong Srisang | Gun is gay and he is fall in love with Cher. |
Cher / Laem | Book Kasidet Plookphol | Cher is Gun's boyfriend. | |||
Thi | Fluke Pusit Dittapisit | Thi is gay and Zo's boyfriend. | |||
Zo | Ohm Thipakorn Thitathan | Zo is Thi's boyfriend. | |||
Porsche | Thor Thinnaphan Tantui | Porsche is Gun's ex-boyfriend. | |||
2023 | A Breeze of Love | iQIYI | Lee Do Hyun | Woo Ji Han | Dong Wook is Do Hyun's first love. They spent time together and eventually kissed. |
Ban Dong Wook | Shin Jeong You | ||||
Yang Seung Joo | Kim Hyun Jae | Hyun Jae has a crush on Do Hyun. | |||
2023- | The Ark | SyFy | Felix Strickland | Pavle Jerinić | Felix is gay[310] |
2023 | Black Cake | Hulu | Bunny Pringle | Lashay Anderson | Bunny is a queer artist who comes out to her friend Covey.[311] |
CCH Pounder | |||||
2023 | Bodies | Netflix | Alfred Hillinghead | Kyle Soller | Alfred is bisexual or closeted gay, has a family (wife and daughter), works as a cop.[citation needed] |
Henry Ashe | George Parker | Henry is gay working as journalist, helping Alfred with his case.[citation needed] | |||
2023 | Bed Friend | One 31 | Uea Anol | James Supamongkon Wongwisut | Uea is gay. He experiences many traumas. Eventually, he fall in love with King. |
King Kunakorn | Net Siraphop Manithikhun | He is in love with Uea. Their relationship changes from fun to a serious relationship. | |||
Jade Jetaniphat | Yim Pharinyakorn Khansawa | He is Uea's best friend. | |||
Sorn | A Passin Reungwoot | Sorn is the second husband of Uea's mother. He tried to sexually abuse Uea. | |||
Krit | Chane Tawatson Plengsiriwat | He is one of Uea's bosses. He tried to sexually abuse Uea. | |||
Pock | Hymn Elisha Triwiwatkul | He is Uea's ex-boyfriend. He tried to sexually abuse Uea after a breakup. | |||
Mai Pakin | Tutor Koraphat Lamnoi | He joins the cast in the final episode. He will fall in love with Jade in the sequel. | |||
2023 | Castlevania: Nocturne | Netflix | Olrox | Zahn McClarnon | Olrox is a gay vampire, who lost his lover long time ago, he got his revenge and found new love interest Mizrak. Mizrak is a human gay knight, in a hookup-situationship with Orlox. |
Mizrak | Aaron Neil | ||||
2023- | Class | Netflix | Dhruv Sanghvi | Chayan Chopra | Dhruv is gay and boyfriend of Faruq.[citation needed] |
Faruq Manzoor | Chintan Rachchh | Faruq is closeted gay and boyfriend of Dhruv.[citation needed] | |||
Sharan Gujral | Moses Koul | Sharan is bisexual. | |||
2023 | Culprits (TV series) | Disney+ | Joe Petrus / David Marking / Muscle | Nathan Stewart-Jarrett | Joe and Jules are engaged.[312] |
Jules | Kevin Vidal | ||||
2023 | Dead Ringers | Amazon Prime Video | Beverly Mantle | Rachel Weisz | Beverly falls in love with Genevieve, an actress.[313] |
Genevieve Cotard | Britne Oldford | ||||
Rebecca Parker | Jennifer Ehle | Rebecca is lesbian.[313] | |||
2023- | The Eighth Sense | Viki | Jae Won | Lim Ji Sub | Jae Won and Ji Hyun are the main characters and in love with each other.[314] |
Ji Hyun | Oh Jun Taek | ||||
2023 | Fake Profile | Netflix | Adrian | Mauricio Henao | Adrian is gay, son who launches a restaurant and is in a relationship with Cristobal.[citation needed] |
Cristobal | Jair Romero | Cristobal is gay, Property manager and Adrian's partner.[citation needed] | |||
Inti | Julián Cerati[315] | Inti is pansexual, works as a waiter in Adrian's restaurant, flirtings with Adrian and Adrian's sister, had a history with Cristobal | |||
2023 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Netflix | Camille L'Espanaye | Kate Siegel | Camille has a threesome with her male and female assistants.[316] |
Mary McDonnell | Madeline Usher | Madeline is bisexual.[317] | |||
Napoleon "Leo" Usher | Rahul Kohli | Leo has a boyfriend who he cheats on with a woman.[316] | |||
Victorine LaFourcade | T'Nia Miller | Vic is married to a woman.[316] | |||
Prospero "Perry" Usher | Sauriyan Sapkota | Perry is shown to sleep with people of all genders.[316] | |||
C. Auguste Dupin | Carl Lumbly | His husband is mentioned.[316] | |||
Dr. Alessandra "Ali" Ruiz | Paola Núñez | Ali is Vic's wife.[316] | |||
Julius | Daniel Jun | Julius is Leo's boyfriend.[316] | |||
2023 | Fellow Travelers | Showtime | Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller | Matt Bomer | Hawkins is a closeted gay man who works within the State Department during the height of the McCarthy Era. Hawk and Tim form a decades-long off-and-on-again relationship, despite Hawk's marriage with Lucy. |
Tim Laughlin | Jonathan Bailey | Tim is a congressional staffer on McCarthy's campaign, and starts a decades long affair with Hawkins. | |||
Marcus Hooks | Jelani Alladin | Marcus is a closeted black journalist who forms a decades-long relationship with Frankie. | |||
Frankie Hines | Noah Ricketts | Frankie is a drag queen who falls in love with and starts a relationship with Marcus. | |||
Roy Cohn | Will Brill | Roy Cohn is Roy Cohn. | |||
2023- | Found | NBC | Dhan Rana | Karan Oberoi | Dhan is a gay kidnapping victim who now acts as the association's security expert and enforcer when needed, he lives with his husband, who is a mental health professional. |
2023 | Full Circle | Max | Mel Harmony | Zazie Beetz | Mel and Carol are girlfriends.[318] |
Carol | May Hong | ||||
Natalia | Adia | Natalia is Mel's ex-girlfriend.[319] | |||
2023 | Gotham Knights | The CW | Harper Row | Fallon Smythe | Harper is a master thief/engineering tech expert and one of the Gotham Knights vigilante group.[320] Stephanie is a student at Gotham Academy and an ally of the Gotham Knights. They gradually grow more close to each other and eventually kiss for the first time in Episode #11 'Daddy Issues'. |
Stephanie Brown | Anne Lore | ||||
Cullen Row | Tyler DiChiara | Cullen is Haprer's trans brother.[321] | |||
2023 | Hidden Agenda | GMM 25 | Joke Jiranai | Joong Archen Aydın | Zo is probably bisexual. He was crushed Joke's ex-girlfriend. Joke and Zo are the main characters of the series. They fall in love with each other. |
Zo Sitang | Dunk Natachai Boonprasert | ||||
Jeng | Aou Thanaboon Kiatniran | Jeng is Joke's cousin and he is closeted gay. He hides his relationship with Pok. | |||
Pok | Boom Tharatorn Jantharaworakarn | Pok is gay and Jeng's boyfriend. | |||
2023 | I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama | GagaOOLala | Aoyagi Hajime | Akutsu Nichika | Akafuji was deeply in love with Aoyagi. |
Akafuji Yuichiro | Abe Alan | ||||
2023 | If It's With You | GagaOOLala | Kaido Amane | Okura Takato | Ryuuji happened to be Amane's type, and what started out with light feelings is now beginning to change into something unexpected. |
Yamasuga Ryuji | Hyuga Wataru | ||||
2023 | Kiseki: Dear to Me | iQIYI, Viki, WeTV | Bai Zong Yi | Taro Lin | The initial awkwardness between Bai Zong Yi and Fan Ze Rui gradually gives way to familiarity and eventually blossoms into a heartfelt connection. |
Fan Ze Rui | Hsu Kai | ||||
Ai Di | Louis Chiang | Ai Di has a crush on Chen Yi. | |||
Chen Yi | Nat Chen | ||||
2023– | Las pelotaris 1926 | Vix+ | Itzi | María de Nati | Itzi is a lesbian in a relationship with Ane[322] |
2023- | The Last of Us | HBO | Riley Abel | Storm Reid | Riley is queer.[323][324][325] |
Bill | Nick Offerman | Bill is gay.[326] | |||
Ellie | Bella Ramsey | Ellie is lesbian.[327] | |||
Frank | Murray Bartlett | Frank is gay.[326] | |||
2023- | Maestro in Blue | Netflix | Antonis | Orestis Chalkias | Antonis and Spyros are closeted gays and are secretly a couple.[citation needed] |
Spyros | Yorgos Benos | ||||
2023– | Not Dead Yet | ABC | Dennis | Josh Banday | Dennis is married to Ben.[citation needed] |
Ben | Rory O'Malley | ||||
2023 | Our Dating Sim | Rakuten TV, Viki, GagaOOLala | Lee Wan/Ian | Lee Jong-hyuk | Ian and Eddy are the main characters and in love with each other.[328] |
Shin Ki-tae/Eddy | Lee Seung-gyu | ||||
2023 | Our Dining Table | GagaOOLala | Hozumi Yutaka | Inukai Atsuhiro | Yutaka meets Minoru, who asks him to teach him how to make delicious food. Yutaka soon finds himself having a change of heart as he looks forward to the meals they share together. |
Ueda Minoru | Iijima Hiroki | ||||
2023 | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Netflix | Brimsley | Sam Clemmett | Brimsley and Reynolds are secretly a couple.[329] |
Reynolds | Freddie Dennis | ||||
2023 | Ready Daddy Go | ZDF | Michel | Fridolin Sandmeyer | Michael is a gay man who wants to become a father. |
2023 | Ride | Hallmark Channel | Tuff McMurray | Jake Foy | Tuff is openly gay and the youngest son of the McMurray ranch family. Julian is a recurring character and Tuff's love interest. |
Julian Katsaros | Vasilios Filippakis | ||||
2023 | School of Lies | Disney+ Hotstar | Samuel Singh | Aamir Bashir | Samuel is gay and romantically involved with Vikram and TK.[citation needed] |
Tapan "TK" Kaushal | Aryan Singh Ahlawat | TK was romantically involved with both Samuel and Vikram.[citation needed] | |||
Vikram Singh | Varin Roopani | Vikram is in love with TK. He was romantically involved with Samuel and TK.[citation needed] | |||
2023- | Silo | Apple TV+ | Martha Walker | Harriet Walter | Martha is an electrical engineer who runs a workshop in the lower levels of the Silo and Carla is Martha's ex-wife who works in the supply department. |
Carla | Clare Perkins | ||||
2023 | Sin Huella (No Traces) | Amazon Prime Video | Desi | Carolina Yuste | Desi is lesbian.[330] |
2023 | Sing My Crush | iQIYI | Im Han Tae | Son Hyun Woo | Ba Ram and Han Tae strike up an unlikely and close friendship. Ba Ram has a crush on Han Tae. |
Han Ba Ram | Jang Do Yoon | ||||
2023 | Special Ops: Lioness | Paramount+ | Cruz/Zara Manuelos | Laysla De Oliveira | Cruz/Zara is bisexual.[331] |
Aaliyah Amrohi | Stephanie Nur | Aaliyah fell in love with Cruz.[331] | |||
2023- | The Spencer Sisters | CTV | Zane Graham | Thomas Antony Olajide | Zane is a police officer and Antonio is a chief at a local restaurant. They are married. |
Antonio Pereira | Rodrigo Massa | ||||
2023 | Stay with Me | GagaOOLala | Wu Bi | Xu Bin | Wu Bi and Su Yu are step-brothers. Their connection gradually deepens throughout the series. |
Su Yu | Zhang Jiong Min | ||||
2023- | Sullivan's Crossing | CTV | Jackson Canaday | T. Thomason | Jackson is the son of the local police chief. Kaleb is a tourist who shows an interest in Jackson. Both are recurring characters. |
Kaleb Meyer | Calem MacDonald | ||||
2023 | Tore | Netflix | Tore | William Spetz | Tore is gay.[332] |
2023 | A Town Called Malice | Sky Max | Leonard Lord | Lex Shrapnel | Leonard is gay.[citation needed] |
César Cabrol | Marcelo Converti | César is gay.[citation needed] | |||
2023 | Wolf Pack | Paramount+ | Harlan Briggs | Tyler Lawrence Gray | Harlan is gay.[citation needed] |
Cyrus Nix | Zack Nelson | Cyrus is gay.[citation needed] |
2024
[edit]Year | Show | Network | Character | Actor | Notes |
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2024 | Alexander: The Making of a God | Netflix | Alexander | Buck Braithwaite | Alexander is a bisexual Macedonian semigod, a great conqueror.[333] |
2024 | The Acolyte | Disney+ | Jecki Lon | Dafne Keen | Lon's actress Keen confirmed Lon has a crush on Osha, a female former Padawan learner.[334] |
2024 | Dead Boy Detectives | Netflix | Edwin Payne | George Rexstrew | Closeted gay man who’s in love with his best friend Charles and who has two admirers: the crow Monty and the Cat King. |
Monty | Joshua Colley | A gay crow familiar of the witch Esther who is at first tasked with the seduction of Edwin, then develops an actual romantic interest in him. | |||
Cat King | Lukas Gage | Shows a sexual (and perhaps romantic) interest in Edwin. | |||
Jenny Green | Briana Cuoco | Lesbian goth landlady and Tongue & Tail butcher shop's owner. | |||
2024 | Dead Hot | Amazon Prime Video | Eliot | Bilal Hasna | Eliot is gay and looking for his missing gay boyfriend Peter. |
Matsumoto Sakae | Kan Hideyoshi | ||||
Sun | Love Pattranite Limpatiyakorn | ||||
Ongsa | Milk Pansa Vosbein | ||||
Soga Hisashi | Nishiyama Jun | ||||
Peter | Olisa Odele | ||||
2024 | Mary & George | Sky Atlantic, Starz | George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham | Nicholas Galitzine | George Villiers and King James are in a relationship currently, and the king used to be in a relationship with Robert Carr previously. |
James VI and I | Tony Curran | ||||
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset | Laurie Davidson | ||||
Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham | Julianne Moore | Mary Villiers and Sandie enter into a relationship.[335] | |||
Sandie | Niamh Algar | ||||
2024 | My Lady Jane | Amazon Prime | King Edward | Jordan Peters | In this alternate history fantasy series, Edward is portrayed as gay and has a relationship with Fitz.[336] |
Fitz | Joe Klocek | ||||
2024 | Ossan's Love Returns | Prime Video, Viki, GagaOOLala | Maki Ryota | Kento Hayashi | Haruta Soichi and Maki Ryota started living together as newlyweds. They try housekeeping services, but the person who appears at the door turns out to be Kurosawa Musashi.[337] |
Iwanaga Takashi | Furuya Robin | ||||
Tae Myung Ha | Lee Tae-vin | ||||
Cha Yeo Woon | Cha Joo-wan | ||||
Cheon Sang Won | Oh Min-su | ||||
Ahn Kyung Hoon | Cha Woong-ki | ||||
Miyata Akihiro | Hasegawa Makoto | ||||
Shiraishi Yuto | Takamatsu Aloha | ||||
Haruta Soichi | Kei Tanaka | ||||
Kurosawa Musashi | Kōtarō Yoshida | ||||
2024 | Perfect Propose | Fuji TV, GagaOOLala | Watari Hirokuni | Kaneko Shunya | Hiro and Kai once promised to marry each other and Kai is so insistent on assuming the role of Hiro's fiancé. |
Fukaya Kai | Nomura Kota | ||||
2024 | Sight Unseen | CTV, The CW | Lucas Avery | Alex Santos | Lucas is gay. |
2024 | The Spirealm | iQiyi | Lin Jiu Shi | Huang Jun Jie | Lin Jiu Shi and Ruan Nan Zhu have a romantic friendship. The original web novel "Kaleidoscope of Death" by Xi Zi Xu depicted a romantic relationship between the two main male characters, but it was changed for the television adaptation due to media censorship of LGBT portrayals in China. |
Ruan Nan Zhu | Xia Zhi Guang | ||||
2024 | Unknown | Viki, Youku | Wei Zhi Yuan / "Xiao Yuan" | Kurt Huang | Xiao Yuan admits that he likes Wei Qian and forcibly kisses him. |
Wei Qian | Chris Chiu | ||||
2024 | Under the Bridge | Hulu | Cam Bentland | Lily Gladstone | Cam and Rebecca hook up in the bathroom of a bar[338] |
Rebecca Godfrey | Riley Keough |
See also
[edit]- List of lesbian characters in television
- List of gay characters in television
- List of bisexual characters in television
- List of transgender characters in television
- List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1960s–2000s
- List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010–2015
- List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2016–2019
- List of fictional asexual characters
- List of fictional intersex characters
- List of fictional non-binary characters
- List of fictional pansexual characters
- List of animated series with LGBT characters
- List of comedy television series with LGBT characters
- List of horror television series with LGBT characters
- List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters
- List of news and information television programs featuring LGBT subjects
- List of reality television programs with LGBT cast members
- List of LGBT characters in radio and podcasts
- List of LGBT characters in soap operas
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[edit]- Becker, Ron (2006). Gay TV and Straight America. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813536880.
- Beresford, Trilby (November 7, 2019). "Broadcast TV Increases LGBTQ Regulars and Lesbian Representation, Study Finds". The Hollywood Reporter.
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- Havens, Kaitlin (May 14, 2020). "Perspective: It's time to end 'Lesbian Dead Syndrome'". The Charlatan. Vol. 49, no. 7.
- Millward, Liz; Dodd, Janice G.; Fubara-Manuel, Irene (2017). Killing Off the Lesbians: A Symbolic Annihilation on Film and Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1476668161.
- Riese (March 11, 2016). "All 208 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died". Autostraddle.
- GLAAD Primetime Television Season Report:
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