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The following televisions programs include central LGBTQ+ themes or cast members.
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The following televisions programs include central LGBTQ+ themes or cast members.
| Year | Title | Network | Personality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013– | Time of Death | Showtime | Nicole "Little" Lencioni [1] | Little is a 25-year-old lesbian who becomes caretaker to her younger siblings after their mother dies. [2] |
| 2013–2014 | Hello Ross | E! | Ross Matthews | Weekly talk show focusing on the entertainment industry. [3] |
| 2011–2018 | The Chew | ABC | Clinton Kelly | |
| 2011–2014 | Our America with Lisa Ling | OWN | "Transgender Lives" originally aired February 22, 2011. "Pray the Gay Away?" originally aired March 8, 2011. "Pray the Gay Away - Breaking News", a follow-up, aired August 21, 2012. Another follow-up, "God & Gays", aired June 20, 2013. | |
| 2011–2012 | The Rosie Show | OWN | Rosie O'Donnell | The series debuted on October 10, 2011. [4] |
| 2010– | The Gossip Queens | Syndicated | Alec Mapa | |
| 2010–2017 | Fashion Police | E! | George Kotsiopoulos [5] | |
| 2010– | The Talk | CBS | Sara Gilbert | |
| 2010–2012 | The Nate Berkus Show | Syndicated | Nate Berkus | |
| 2010 | "Gary and Tony Have a Baby" | CNN | Gary Spino Tony Brown | An installment in CNN's ...In America documentary series anchored by Soledad O'Brien. |
| 2009– | Watch What Happens: Live | Bravo | Andy Cohen | Talk show focusing on the world of entertainment in general and Bravo programming specifically. |
| 2009– | Don't Quit Your Gay Job | OUTtv | Rob Easton Sean Horlor | Two hosts competing on who is best in various stereotypical jobs. |
| 2009 | The Wanda Sykes Show | Fox | Wanda Sykes Brant Kaiwi | Talk show. Kaiwi performed in the drag persona "Porche". |
| 2008–? | here! With Josh and Sara | here! | Josh Rosenzweig | Televised version of the podcast of the same name. |
| 2008– | Primetime: What Would You Do? | ABC | Various scenarios involving gay-related media | |
| 2008 | The Ben and Dave Show | here! | Ben Harvey Dave Rubin | Televised version of the podcast of the same name. |
| 2006–2007 | The Megan Mullally Show | MyNetworkTV | Megan Mullally | Talk show. Mullally acknowledged her bisexuality while appearing on Will & Grace . |
| 2006 | Inside TV Land: Tickled Pink | TV Land | Hour-long special on the history of homosexuality in classic TV programs. | |
| 2005–2009 | 365gay News | Logo | Jason Bellini Itay Hod Chagmion Antoine | News programming produced in partnership with CBS. Originally titled CBS News on Logo. Moved to online-only in 2009. [6] |
| 2004–2006 | The Brini Maxwell Show | Style | Ben Sander as Brini Maxwell | Drag queen with home and hobby tips. |
| 2004 | How Gay are You? | Sky1 | 'Lighthearted' look at whether it is possible to be 'too gay'? | |
| 2003–2013 | What Not to Wear | TLC | Clinton Kelly | |
| 2003–2022 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Syndicated | Ellen DeGeneres | Talk show hosted by DeGeneres. |
| 2003– | Anderson Cooper 360 | CNN | Anderson Cooper | Nightly news show hosted by journalist Anderson Cooper. Cooper came out publicly in July 2012. |
| 2003 | Totally Gay! | VH1 | Trev Broudy (Narrator) Ellen DeGeneres Melissa Etheridge Rupert Everett Barney Frank John Cameron Mitchell | Documentary about the mainstreaming of LGBT culture in the United States. |
| 2002– | The Suze Orman Show | CNBC | Suze Orman | Orman is a financial adviser and television personality who has written a number of books. She came out publicly in 2007. |
| 2002–2005 | Locker Room | PrideVision | PJ DeBoy Nina Arsenault | Gay sports program. |
| 2001–2002 | That Gay Show | BBC | Kristian Digby Scott Capurro | Lifestyle magazine show aimed at gay men. |
| 2000–2003 | So Gay TV | PrideVision | Mathieu Chantelois Jason Ruta | Newsmagazine show about LGBT issues. |
| 1997–2001 | QT: QueerTelevision | Citytv | Irshad Manji | |
| 1997– | The View | Syndicated | Rosie O'Donnell | O'Donnell joined the cast in 2006 and left in 2007. |
| 1996–2002 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Syndicated | Rosie O'Donnell | O'Donnell came out shortly before leaving the show. |
| 1996–1998 | The RuPaul Show | VH1 | RuPaul | Talk show hosted by drag queen. |
| 1995–2001 | 10% QTV | Rogers Television | LGBT newsmagazine; first continuing LGBT-themed series in Canadian television history | |
| 1994–1995 | The Charles Perez Show | Syndicated | Charles Perez | Perez was not openly gay during the series, although his appearance in an episode of the first season of The Real World had the effect of outing him. |
| 1993–2004 | Ricki Lake | Syndicated | Jonny McGovern | McGovern was a correspondent for the show during its final season. |
| 1993–1999 | Turning Point | ABC | "For Better or Worse: Same-Sex Marriage" aired November 7, 1996. | |
| 1992–2012 | In the Life | PBS | Monthly LGBT news magazine. | |
| 1980 | Gay Power, Gay Politics | CBS | Episode of CBS Reports purporting to explore gay political clout in San Francisco but was criticized for focusing on the seamier aspects of gay life. | |
| 1973– | ABC News Closeup | ABC | The episode "Homosexuals" first aired on December 18, 1979. [7] | |
| 1972 | Coming Out | Maclean-Hunter | Short-run documentary series profiling LGBT people in Toronto. | |
| 1967 | CBS Reports: The Homosexuals | CBS | Hal Call Frank Kameny Jack Nichols Gore Vidal | Hosted by Mike Wallace. Several anonymous gay men were interviewed for the program, which concealed the men's identities by seating them in shadow and in one instance behind a potted palm tree. |
| 1961 | The Rejected | KQED (TV) | Hal Call Don Lucas | One hour documentary produced by local public television station. |
| 1956–1978 | This Week | ITV | The program aired the documentary "Homosexuals" in 1964, followed by "Lesbians" in 1965. [8] |
These lists of television programs with LGBT characters include:
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For many years, LGBT representation increased on animated series and animated films. In the 1990s, LGBT characters were depicted in animated series like South Park, The Ambiguously Gay Duo, and The Simpsons. In the early 2000s, LGBT representation increased in Western animation, culminating in GLAAD's "Where We Are in TV" report in 2005, even as representation in such animation was scattered and disparate. In the 2000s, series like Queer Duck, The Oblongs, The Venture Bros., Drawn Together, and Archer would air. It would not be until the advent of shows like Steven Universe, The Legend of Korra, and Adventure Time in the 2010s, that LGBT characters in animation would gain more of a prominent role, leading to shows such as She-Ra and the Princesses of Power in 2018 and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts in 2020, along with other series in the 2020s. This page will show this progress by building off the lists of animated series which contain these characters and explain the History of LGBT characters in animation. It does not focus on LGBT characters in anime series or films, which is examined on the LGBT themes in anime and manga page.
This is an index list of various lists of LGBT films split by decade, storyline and those made-for-television. Films directed by women, animated films as well as an alphabetical list of such movies are also included.
