List of LGBT characters in television and radio
This is a list of live action fictional lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and asexual characters in television, radio, and podcast programs. The orientation can be portrayed on-screen, described in the dialogue or mentioned. Roles include lead, main, recurring, supporting, and guest.
The names are organized alphabetically by surname, or by single name if the character does not have a surname.
Lesbian
Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes |
Iqra Ahmed | Priya Davdra | EastEnders | Iqra is in a relationship with Ash Kaur. |
Nyssa al Ghul | Katrina Law | Arrow | Was in a relationship with Sara Lance. It is also strongly implied her father also passed her up on her inheritance because of her sexuality, and ensuing relationship with Sara. |
Della Alexander | Michelle Joseph | EastEnders | Della and her girlfriend Binnie Roberts were the first lesbian couple to be featured in EastEnders. Their inclusion was an attempt to portray positive examples of homosexual characters. Their lesbian kiss accounted for some 45 percent of viewer complaints to the BBC regarding EastEnders in 1994; provoking more complaints than any other television programme that year. |
Alice / Tilly | Rose Reynolds | Once Upon a Time | Reveals her true love is Robin in episode "The Eighth Witch". She enters into a romantic relationship with Robin. |
Alice | Leah Renee | The Playboy Club | She is a Playboy Bunny in a marriage of convenience with Sean, a gay man. |
Alisha | Juliana Harkavy | The Walking Dead | Former girlfriend of Tara Chambler. |
Elena Alvarez | Isabella Gomez | One Day at a Time | In season 1 episode 10, Elena is seen wearing a white suit for her quinces instead of a dress. Earlier in the episode, she comes out to her mother, saying "...I see myself loving a woman". |
Luisa Alver | Yara Martinez | Jane the Virgin | A lesbian. |
Frankie Anderson | Katharine Isabelle | Rookie Blue | Frankie is a homicide detective and becomes involved with Gail Peck. Like Gail, she is snarky and satirical. She told Gail that her brother had once wanted to set them up because he thought they'd make a perfect match. In the series finale episode, she surprises Gail's roommates when she comes out of Gail's bedroom to get a cup of coffee. |
Winter Anderson | Billie Lourd | ' | Winter recognizes herself as a lesbian. She had a short relationship with Ivy Mayfair-Richards. |
Ariel | Eden Epstein | Sweetbitter | |
Arika | Shivani Ghai | Dominion | |
Athena | Paris Jefferson | ' | |
Jojo Baines | Tamzin Malleson | Marcella | Jojo is the partner of Sascha Kyte. |
Lily Baker | Jessica Harmon | Supernatural | Mentions accidentally killing her girlfriend. |
Regina Barnes | Paula Marshall | Out of Practice | A white lesbian woman. |
Susanna Barnett | Megan Ketch | Jane the Virgin | |
Lena Barnum | Katherine Moennig | Ray Donovan | Lena is a lesbian PR agent who was once involved with Jeannie. |
Josephine Barry | Deborah Grover | Anne with an E | Aunt Josephine had a long-term partner, Gertrude. |
Thelma Bates | Jemima Rooper | Hex | |
Della Bedford | Jayne Atkinson | Bluff City Law | Comes out after she ends her 15-year marriage. |
Judge Lisa Benner | Marg Helgenberger | All Rise | Lisa waited until same-sex marriage became legal to implement Wedding Day at the courthouse. She had been in a four-year relationship when her girlfriend left her on that special day.. |
Diana Berrigan | Marsha Thomason | White Collar | A bisexual doctor. |
Sarah Bishop | Alex Kingston | A Discovery of Witches | Sarah is a witch. She is the partner of Emily Mather. |
Carrie "Big Boo" Black | Lea DeLaria | Orange Is the New Black | She fell for Linda Ferguson. |
Maggie Blackamoor | David Walliams | Little Britain | |
Denny Blood | Alicya Eyo | Bad Girls | Has an on/off relationship with Shell Dockley, before dating fellow prisoner Shaz Wiley. |
Esther Bloom | Jazmine Franks | Hollyoaks | |
Cheryl Blossom | Madelaine Petsch | Riverdale | Cheryl kissed several males on the show, but had no formal relationship with any of them. After going to see Love, Simon with Toni Topaz, she admits that she previously loved a friend named Heather when she was in junior high. In 2x17, Cheryl and Toni kiss. In episode 3x12, Cheryl self-identifies as lesbian. |
Shelley Bower | Alexandra Wescourt | Brookside | |
Klaudia Bracka | Julia Trembecka | Na Wspólnej | One of the most notable "lesbian" person, in contemporary Polish pop culture. Na Wspólnej is a popular Polish soap opera. Klaudia Bracka is in a romantic relationship with bisexual girl, Aleksandra Zimińska. |
Charlie Bradbury | Felicia Day | Supernatural | Friend of Sam and Dean Winchester who reveals herself to be a lesbian in her first episode, stating she can't flirt her way past a guard as he's not a girl. She later kisses Gilda and flirts with a girl at her LARPing tournament. She later develops a crush on Dorothy Baum. |
Virginia Braithwaite | Julie Graham | At Home with the Braithwaites | Virginia had a long-term affair with Tamsin and was infatuated with Megan Hartnoll. |
Amy Breslin | Heléne Yorke | The Good Fight | Her partner is Maia Rindell. |
Brunhilda | Brittney Powell | ' | She fell in love with Gabrielle in the Season 6 episode "The Rheingold". |
Judy Bryant | Betty Bobbitt | Prisoner | |
Louise Bryant | Kristen Sieh | Boardwalk Empire | While Louise's sexuality isn't explicitly stated, the only romantic/sexual relationship she has on-screen is with a women. |
Susan Bunch | Jessica Hecht | Friends | Wife of Carol Willick. They marry in episode "The One with the Lesbian Wedding". |
Kimberley "Kim" Butterfield | Daisy Wood-Davis | Hollyoaks | |
Mary Jo Cacciatore | Frankie Shaw | Blue Mountain State | |
Helena Cain | Michelle Forbes | Battlestar Galactica | |
Alice Calvert | Samantha Mathis | Under the Dome | In an interracial lesbian relationship with Carolyn. |
Naomi Campbell | Lily Loveless | Skins | Naomi identifies as a lesbian in the canonical novel, and when people refer to her as a lesbian once she is "out" she confirms it several times. She feigns attraction to males before coming out as Emily's girlfriend, and she self identifies as a lesbian. |
Jane Canary / Calamity Jane | Robin Weigert | Deadwood ' | Jane returns the affection and physical interest that Joanie Stubbs reveals towards her. The movie is set ten years later, in 1889, during which time she and Joanie became estranged. Jane returns to Deadwood with the hope of winning Joanie back. They rekindle their relationship. |
Spencer Carlin | Gabrielle Christian | South of Nowhere | Struggles with her sexuality throughout season one, with a character named Carmen as her recurring love interest, before eventually entering a relationship with friend, Ashley. |
Wendy Carr | Anna Torv | Mindhunter | Wendy is a psychologist and educator at a Boston university, and was in a relationship with Dr. Annaliese Stilman, the head of her department, until she accepted work as a behavioral science consultant for the FBI. Although she was out in Boston, she went into the closet so she could pursue her research at Quantico. She then meets Kay Manz, a bartender at a local bar, and they fall in love. But Wendy ends their relationship after she overheard Kay tell her ex-husband that she was going to introduce their son to a "friend" and when he asked if it was someone important, Kay said 'no'. |
Tammy Cashman | Melora Hardin | Transparent | College friend of Sarah, they reunite and marry. |
Alice Cassini | Bridget Turner | Doctor Who | Partner of May Cassini. |
May Cassini | Georgine Anderson | Doctor Who | Partner of Alice Cassini. |
Tina Carter | Luisa Bradshaw-White | EastEnders | |
Silvia Castro | Marián Aguilera | Los hombres de Paco | |
Cecile | Kathy Burke | Let Them Eat Cake | |
Tara Chambler | Alanna Masterson | The Walking Dead | Tara was introduced as the first lesbian on The Walking Dead. Tara was in a relationship with Alisha, who dies during an attack on the prison. Her next lover, Denise Cloyd, is also killed. |
Chase | Kiersey Clemons | Easy | She falls in love with Jo. |
Chenoa | Shein Mompremier | Black Lightning | Was in a one-year relationship with Anissa Pierce. |
Christine | Parisa Fitz-Henley | Falling Water | Christine is the girlfriend of Detective Alexis Simms. |
Denise Christopher | Sakina Jaffrey Karen David | Timeless | Special Agent Christopher is married to Michelle and has a daughter and son with her. |
Cleo | Dani Verayo | The Next Step | Cleo is in a relationship with Jude. |
Dr. Denise Cloyd | Merritt Wever | The Walking Dead | Girlfriend of Tara Chambler. |
Kathy Fern Clyde | Anna Konkle | Rosewood | |
Bethany Collins | Mugga | Manifest | Bethany is married to Georgia and is a flight attendant on Flight 828. |
Joey Collins | Kate Bell | Home and Away | |
Kate Connor | Faye Brookes | Coronation Street | Kate dates several women. She was engaged to Caz Hammond. |
Samara Cook | Claire Holt | Pretty Little Liars | Was in a relationship with Emily Fields. |
Helen Cooper | Ingrid Lacey | Drop the Dead Donkey | |
Gina Cortes | Monique Gabriela Curnen | Elementary | After Detective Cortes confronts Joan Watson, Sherlock Holmes posits that she may have been incensed because perhaps Watson slept with Cortes' significant other. To which Watson replied, "Considering she's gay and I'm not, I think that's highly unlikely". |
Fiona Coyne | Annie Clark | ' | Though she previously dated a male classmate, Fiona begins to develop feelings for classmate Imogen. She later comes out as a lesbian, and the two briefly date. |
Theodora Crain | Kate Siegel | The Haunting of Hill House | Theo becomes involved with Trish Park and lets Trish touch her. Theo and Trish move in together. |
Lana Crawford | Bridget Neval | Neighbours | |
Courtney Crimsen | Michele Selene Ang | 13 Reasons Why | Courtney was closeted until the finale episode of season 2, when she came out to her adoptive gay parents. |
Robyn Crisp | Minnie Crowe | Coming of Age | |
Samantha 'Sam' Black Crow | Devery Jacobs | American Gods | Sam has a girlfriend, Natalie. |
Cruz | Maria-Elena Laas | Vida | |
Bridey Cruz | Floriana Lima | The Family | |
Elizabeth Cruz | Roma Maffia | Nip/Tuck | Lesbian anesthesiologist very close to the protagonists, later marrying Christian Roy, leading GLAAD to ask "whether Liz will now be counted as a bisexual character." |
Jess Damon | Brooke Markham | In the Dark | Jess is in a romantic relationship with Vanessa. |
Dani | Demi Lovato | Glee | She was Santana Lopez's girlfriend for a while. |
Kim Daniels | Olivia Hallinan | Sugar Rush | Lesbian protagonist, at first in love with her best friend Sugar, but later becomes girlfriend of Saint. |
Alex Danvers | Chyler Leigh | Supergirl | The episodes Crossfire and Changing deal with Alex's realisation that she is attracted to girls and her coming out. In Medusa, her mother describes Alex as gay. |
Greer Danville | Gracie Dzienny | Chasing Life | A popular rich girl at Brenna's school, it becomes clear that both Greer and Brenna are attracted to each other. They briefly date before her parents are unhappy with her dating a "trouble-maker" like Brenna. They briefly date again before Greer ends up moving. |
Teri Darego | Wunmi Mosaku | The End of the F***ing World | |
Daria | Florence Kasumba | Dominion | |
Ashley Davies | Mandy Musgrave | South of Nowhere | Had a romantic and sexual relationship with Spencer Carlin, which is a popular lesbian ship called "Spashley." |
Elodie Davis | Brianna Hildebrand | Trinkets | |
Shay Davydov | Ksenia Solo | Orphan Black | |
Caroline Dawson | Sarah Lancashire | Last Tango in Halifax | Married to Kate McKenzie. |
DeDe Halcyon Day | Barbara Garrick | Tales of the City | A wealthy socialite that came out publicly after the death of her husband, she has a sexual affair with younger woman Margot Park. |
Carmen de La Pica Morales | Sarah Shahi | The L Word | |
Karolina Dean | Virginia Gardner | Runaways | Karolina Dean, who has the power to "fly and manipulate solar energy," develops feelings for Nico Minoru. At the dance, she initiates a kiss with her crush, to her surprise it's reciprocated. After her capture and subsequent liberation, she is reunited with Nico. To her delighted surprise, Nico initiates their second kiss. Later that night, she falls asleep in Nico's arms. |
Deborah | Julie Goldman | The Mindy Project | Dr. Jean Fishman's wife. |
Lana Delaney | Jill Flint | The Good Wife | An FBI agent, Lana is one of Kalinda Sharma's lovers. |
Denise | Lena Waithe | Master of None | Denise's sexuality and how it impacts her relationship with both her friends and family is explored in S2E8 Thanksgiving |
Clare Devlin | Nicola Coughlan | Derry Girls | |
Midge Dexter | Julie Kavner | Tracey Takes On... | A character frequently performed by actress Julie Kavner. Midge Dexter is a closeted pro-golfer and girlfriend to Chris Warner. She's forced to come out publicly in season one, episode "Romance" after Chris gives her an ultimatum. Tracey Takes On... took home GLAAD Media Awards in 1996 and 1999. |
Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon | Jane Hazlegrove | Casualty | |
Franky Doyle | Carol Burns | Prisoner | |
Franky Doyle | Nicole da Silva | Wentworth | |
Dr. Maggie Doyle | Jorja Fox | ER | |
Roberta Drays | Patti Kim | The Killing | Roberta is the security chief at the Wapi Eagle Casino and is in a relationship with Nicole Jackson, head of the Kalimish tribe. |
Dominga "Daddy" Duarte | Vicci Martinez | Orange is the New Black | |
Faith Duluth | Breeda Wool | The Faith Diaries | |
Claire Duncan | Zosia Mamet | Tales of the City | |
Frances Dunhill | Cassidy Freeman | The Playboy Club | She begins dating Nick Dalton to provide him with a politically acceptable public "girlfriend" and to make her appear heterosexual to her father. |
Callie Dunne | Tess Frazer | Godless | Callie is the town's schoolteacher and was previously a prostitute in its brothel. She's in love with Mary Agnes McNue. |
Adena El-Amin | Nikohl Boosheri | The Bold Type | A Muslim lesbian character. |
Nicole Ellis | Luna Blaise | Fresh Off the Boat | In season four, she reveals that she is gay. |
Emilie | Julie Christiansen | Heartless | Emilie falls in love with Sofie. |
Emma | Julia Davis | Sally4Ever | |
Kelly Epson | Vanessa Lengies | Hawthorne | |
Darya Esford | Narges Rashidi | The Girlfriend Experience | Esford is the dominant ex-lover of Erica Myles. |
Tilly Evans | Lucy Dixon | Hollyoaks | |
Dana Fairbanks | Erin Daniels | The L Word | She was the girlfriend of Alice Pieszecki and Lara Perkins during the series. |
Faith | Alicia Vikander | One Red Nose Day and a Wedding | Faith, daughter of Fiona, marries Miranda, the daughter of Charles and Carrie, in this short film sequel to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. |
Carey Fangbattle | Griffin McElroy | The Adventure Zone | Carey is married to Killian. |
Teresa Fenchurch | Leanne Best | Home Fires | A closeted lesbian in 1940s England, Teresa moved to Great Paxford after the head master at the Liverpool school where she taught discovered the relationship between her and Connie Ward, another teacher at the school. |
Joan "The Freak" Ferguson | Maggie Kirkpatrick | Prisoner | |
Joan Ferguson | Pamela Rabe | Wentworth | Was in a relationship with an inmate Jianna Riley. |
Macarena Fernández-Wilson | Patricia Vico | Hospital Central | |
Marina Ferrer | Karina Lombard | The L Word | Jenny Schecter's ex-girlfriend. |
PC Danielle Ferrington | Niamh McGrady | The Fall | She reveals to DSI Stella Gibson that she was "gay". |
Emily Fields | Shay Mitchell | Pretty Little Liars | Emily comes out in season one and is involved in several relationships throughout the seasons. She is engaged to Alison DiLaurentis. |
Dr. Jean Fishman | Niecy Nash | The Mindy Project | A lesbian doctor. |
Emily Fitch | Kathryn Prescott | Skins | Was in a relationship with Naomi Campbell. |
Jenny Flint | Catrin Stewart | Doctor Who | Married to Madame Vastra, who mentioned that Jenny's family shunned her for her sexuality. |
Amy Flower | Sophia Di Martino | Flowers | |
Lena Adams Foster | Sherri Saum | The Fosters | Married to Stef Adams Foster. |
Stef Adams Foster | Teri Polo | The Fosters | Married to Lena Adams Foster. |
Nicole Galassini | Kellie Martin | Army Wives | Nicole is a captain and Army intelligence officer. She is in a relationship with Charlotte Mayfield, a black woman. |
Dorothy Gale | Teri Reeves | Once Upon a Time | Dorothy is awakened from a sleeping spell with a True Love kiss from Ruby. She is in love with Ruby and they become lovers. |
Robin Gallagher | Julie Benz | Desperate Housewives | |
Regina George | Seychelle Gabriel | Revenge | She has a crush on Charlotte Grayson where they both once drunkenly kissed. |
Georgia | Eva Kaminsky | Manifest | Georgia is married to Bethany Collins. |
Marigold Gilchrist | Amara Miller | 1600 Penn | |
Jen Gilmore | Amy Downham | Hollyoaks | |
Sharon Gilmour | Margot Knight | Prisoner | |
Opal Gilstrap | Ilfenesh Hadera | She's Gotta Have It | |
Grace | Catherine Sephia | Marc Maron and the Temple of Doom | Drama on radio talk show Morning Sedition. |
Lt. Alisha Granderson | Christina Elmore | The Last Ship | |
Shakima Greggs | Sonja Sohn | The Wire | |
Vanessa Ferlito | ' | Tammy is introduced in season 3. In 3x18 she describes herself as 'gay' and has been confirmed as a lesbian by producers. | |
Greta | Sophie Guillemin | The Frozen Dead | She is the partner of Irène Ziegler. |
Bianca Grieve | Anita Hegh | Janet King | After working undercover on an investigation headed by Janet King, AFP Sergeant Grieve is assigned to protect her. They had both previously shown signs of a mutual interest, but kept it under control. They yield to their desire when Bianca is guarding Janet at home and become sexually involved. It develops into a romantic relationship. |
Lia Haddock | Jessica Biel | Limetown | Lia is a journalist investigating the disappearance of the population of a small Appalachian town. |
Erica Hahn | Brooke Smith | Grey's Anatomy | Have a short romantic relationship with Callie Torres and was kater written off the show. |
Nico Hamada | Ellen Tamaki | Charmed | Nico is a detective and she's dating Melanie Vera. |
Lydia Hart | Lydia Kelly | Hollyoaks | |
Beverly Harris | Estelle Parsons | Roseanne | |
Jenny Hartmann | Lucy Scherer | Hand aufs Herz | |
Ruby Haswell | Alicya Eyo | Emmerdale | |
Nicole Haught | Katherine Barrell | Wynonna Earp | Officer Nicole Haught was flirtatious but cautious towards Waverly Earp. They became a couple after Waverly confessed to Nicole that she wanted to be with her. In Season 2 we find out that Nicole has an estranged wife named Shae whom she married impulsively not long after they'd met. In the final episode of the season, Nicole receives signed divorce papers from Shae. |
Janis Hawk | Christine Woods | FlashForward | |
Maddie Heath | Amy James-Kelly | Coronation Street | |
Heather | Stephanie Hyam | Doctor Who | In the first episode of series 10, Heather and Bill admit they 'really liked' each other, before they part ways. In the series 10 finale, 'The Doctor Falls', Heather returns to save Bill's life. When Bill requires confirmation of whether or not she's dead, Heather kisses her. From there, they save the Doctor and depart the T.A.R.D.I.S. to have presumably eternal adventures in space and time as a couple at last. |
Emma Hernandez | Mishel Prada | Vida | |
Nora Hildegard | Scarlett Byrne | The Vampire Diaries | Nora was in love with Mary Louise at the time of her death and was engaged to her. |
Carolyn Hill | Aisha Hinds | Under the Dome | In an interracial lesbian relationship with Alice. |
Neika Hobbs | Nia Long | Dear White People | Neika is engaged to her partner Monique. |
Isabelle Hodes | Allie Grant | Weeds | |
Jeri Hogarth | Carrie-Anne Moss | Daredevil Jessica Jones Iron Fist The Defenders | Jeri is a high-power attorney. She wanted to divorce her wife Wendy so that she could be with her mistress Pam. In season 3, Jeri is diagnosed with ALS and deals with the news by having a drug-fueled orgy with three call girls. |
Cassidy Holland | Anna Silk | Being Erica | |
Laura Hollis | Elise Bauman | Carmilla | Laura is in a long-term relationship with Carmilla Karnstein. |
Jenna Faith Hope | Sarah Desjardins | Impulse | Jenna questions her sexuality throughout season 1, and in season 2 comes out as lesbian after meeting a girl at a college party and being kissed by her. |
Elsie Hughes | Shannon Woodward | Westworld | In the first episode of Season 1, after finishing analyzing the 'host' Clementine Pennyfeather, Elsie's colleague leaves the room. Finally alone, Elsie takes this moment to tenderly kiss the dormant Clementine. She shows zero such affection for any men in the show. |
Hurley | Griffin McElroy | The Adventure Zone | Lesbian, lover of Sloane. |
Kelly Hurst | Nicky Talacko | Family Affairs | |
Linh Xuan Huy | Kae Alexander | Collateral | Linh, an illegal immigrant, is the lover of vicar Jane Oliver. |
Ilainus | Musetta Vander | ' | |
Nicole Jackson | Claudia Ferri | The Killing | Corrupt head of the Kalimish tribe and manager of the Wapi Eagle Casino. She's in a relationship with Roberta Drays, the casino's security chief. |
Maia Jeffries | Anna Jullienne | Shortland Street | |
Candace Jewell | Ion Overman | The L Word | Has an affair with Bette Porter. |
Jez | Lindsey Dawson | Shameless | |
Melantha Jhirl | Jodie Turner-Smith | Nightflyers | |
Jo | Jacqueline Toboni | Easy | She falls in love with Chase. |
Beth Jordache | Anna Friel | Brookside | |
Jude | Molly Saunders | The Next Step | Jude is in a relationship with Cleo. |
Naomi Julien | Petra Letang | EastEnders | |
Katherine "Kate" Kane / Batwoman | Ruby Rose | Batwoman | Kate is the cousin of Bruce Wayne / Batman. While in military Academy she was in a secret relationship with Sophie Moore that ended when Kate's sexual orientation was discovered, she was expelled, and Sophie chose to stay behind and said she wasn't in love with her. She is the first lesbian superhero to head a prime time series. Kate was seen briefly for the first time at the end of The Flash series' season five Arrowverse crossover episode "Elseworlds, Part 1." She is officially introduced in the Arrow season seven Elseworlds crossover episode "Elseworlds, Part 2". |
Karen | Malkia Stampley | The Chi | |
Karn | Laura Matthews | EastEnders | |
Carmilla Karnstein | Natasha Negovanlis | Carmilla | Carmilla is in a relationship with Laura Hollis. |
Sydney Katz | Stacey Farber | Saving Hope | Sydney struggled to come to terms with her sexual identity and her faith. In season 3, Sydney admits to Maggie Lin that she's attracted to women and they kiss. After this she broke up with her fiancé Hershel and came out as a lesbian. She and Maggie grow closer and they have sex. In season 4, it's revealed that she loves Maggie, but departs to Israel with her new girlfriend. In season 5, Sydney and Maggie are reunited and begin a romantic relationship. |
Keelin | Christina Moses | The Originals | In a relationship with Freya Mikaelson. She states her previous relationship was also with a woman. |
Delle Seyah Kendry | Mayko Nguyen | Killjoys | She flirts with Yalena "Dutch" Yardeen and eventually kisses her. She seduces Aneela. |
Kennedy | Iyari Limon | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
Janet King | Marta Dusseldorp | Janet King | She was life partners with Ashleigh Larsson and they had two children, which Janet gave birth to after in vitro fertilisation. Two years after the death of Ash, she becomes sexually involved with Sergeant Bianca Grieve, who had been assigned to protect her from harm. Their mutual attraction develops into a romantic relationship. |
Ruka Kishimoto | Juri Ueno | Last Friends | |
Eryka Klein | Laura De Boer | The Tunnel | Eryka falls in love with Elise Wassermann. |
Jocelyn Knight | Charlotte Rampling | Broadchurch | A barrister for the prosecution, she confesses her long-held love for Maggie Radcliffe and becomes romantically involved with her. |
Phyllis Kroll | Cybill Shepherd | The L Word | Had relationships with Alice Pieszecki and Joyce Wischnia. |
Alice Kwan | Sherry Cola | Good Trouble | |
Sascha Kyte | Victoria Broom | Marcella | Sascha is the partner of Jojo Baines. |
Ashleigh Larsson | Aimee Pedersen | Janet King | Ashleigh was the life partner of Janet King and the co-parent of their two children. |
Charlotte Lau | Amy Yamazaki | Hollyoaks | |
Laura | Angel M. Wainwright | Underemployed | Involved with Sophia Swanson. |
Danny Lawrence | Sharon Belle | Carmilla | Danny has unrequited romantic feelings for her friend Laura Hollis. This crush is the root of the mutual antagonism between her and Carmilla Karnstein. |
Agnes 'Lee' Lebachi | Adelayo Adedayo | Origin | Had a relationship with a female AI. |
Dr. Kim Legaspi | Elizabeth Mitchell | ER | |
Jodi Lerner | Marlee Matlin | The L Word | Bette Porter's ex-girlfriend. |
Emily Levinson | Alison Louder | Being Human | |
Lauren Lewis | Zoie Palmer | Lost Girl | Dr. Lauren Lewis spends years as a pledged servant to The Ash so that she can find a cure for her comatose girlfriend's mysterious illness. Lauren and Bo, a succubus Fae, fall in love. Their relationship became popularly known by the portmanteau word Doccubus, a blend of "Doctor"+"Succubus". |
Lexa | Alycia Debnam-Carey | The 100 | After the funeral of Clarke's prior love interest, Lexa mentions that she "had someone special too." Lexa goes on to describe how her love, Costia, had been abducted, tortured, and beheaded by a political enemy. Later, Lexa kisses Clarke in her tent before the battle. In Season 3 Lexa gets on her knees in front of Clarke, and pledges herself to her in no uncertain terms. Later in the season, Lexa and Clarke make love. In the scene after their union, Lexa gets shot and dies. In the next season, Clarke confesses to her mother that she loved Lexa. |
Lou Linklatter | Breeda Wool | Mr. Mercedes | |
Jo Lipsett | Sarah-Jane Potts | Waterloo Road | |
Anne Lister | Maxine Peake Suranne Jones | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Gentleman Jack | Anne Lister lived an open lesbian lifestyle in 19th century Yorkshire. She was nicknamed "Gentleman Jack" by local townspeople. |
Kate Littlejohn | Susannah Flood | For the People | Kate is involved with ATF agent Anya Ooms. |
Lommie | Maya Eshet | Nightflyers | |
Sandy Lopez | ____ | ER | |
Santana Lopez | Naya Rivera | Glee | Previously dated glee club member, Puck. In season 2 she struggles with her feelings for best friend Brittany and later comes out to her as a lesbian. She's later outed in season 3. Was in a relationship with Brittany and is now married to her. |
Olivia Lord | Portia de Rossi | Nip/Tuck | |
Mary Louise | Teresa Liane | The Vampire Diaries | Mary Louise was in love with Nora at the time of her death and was engaged to her. |
Lao Ma | Jacqueline Kim | ' | |
Cat MacKenzie | Laura Fraser | Lip Service | |
Tara Maclay | Amber Benson | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Was romantically involved in a serious relationship with Willow Rosenberg. |
Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan | Tammy MacIntosh | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Dr. 'Mac' is Miss Phryne Fisher's best friend and confidante. She doesn't conceal her sexual nature and sports menswear in public. |
Maggie | Debi Mazar | Younger | Best friend and roommate of Liza Miller. |
Kay Manz | Lauren Glazier | Mindhunter | Kay works as a bartender at a local bar. She is divorced and has a son. Kay married because it was what her parents expected of her, and had a child because it was what her husband had wanted. When she divorced, she left custody of her son to her ex-husband because she didn't want to continue suppressing her identity and sexual preference. Kay meets Wendy Carr and they enter into a relationship, but it is ended by Wendy after Kay forgot that a custodial exchange weekend had been changed, and when Kay told her ex-husband that she was going to introduce their son to a "friend" and he asked if it was someone important, Wendy overheard Kay answer 'no'. |
Melanie Marcus | Michelle Clunie | Queer as Folk | Melanie is in a domestic partner relationship with Lindsay Peterson. They break up after Lindsay has an affair with a man and are later reunited. |
Joan Severance | ' | Marion is the love interest of. | |
Mandy Marquez | ____ | Doctors | |
Deborah "Dee" Marshall | Ashley D. Kelley | Insatiable | |
Eddy Martínez | Ser Anzoategui | Vida | |
Tea Marvelli | Sofia Black-D'Elia | Skins | |
Jo Masters | Sally Rogers | The Bill | |
Emily Mather | Valarie Pettiford | A Discovery of Witches | Emily is a witch. She is the partner of Sarah Bishop. |
Max | Jessica Parker Kennedy | Black Sails | She had a relationship with Eleanor Guthrie and is in a relationship with Anne Bonny. Max is a former sex worker and expresses no sexual or romantic interest towards men whatsoever. In Season 4 she faces the difficult choice to either lose everything or marry a man, and she chooses not to marry someone she could never feel attraction towards. |
Ally Mayfair-Richards | Sarah Paulson | ' | Ally is married Ivy Mayfair-Richards. |
Ivy Mayfair-Richards | Alison Pill | ' | Married to Ally Mayfair-Richards and has an affair with Winter Anderson. |
Charlotte Mayfield | Ryan Michelle Bathe | Army Wives | Charlie is the civilian partner of Captain Nicole Galassini. |
Kate McBride | Lindsay Crouse | Hill Street Blues | |
Paige McCullers | Lindsey Shaw | Pretty Little Liars | Emily Field's ex-girlfriend. |
Shane McCutcheon | Katherine Moennig | The L Word ' | Shane has had relationships with Carmen de la Pica Morales, Molly Kroll, Jenny Schecter, Dawn Denbo, Cindi Tucker, and others. |
Marilyn McGrath | Gail Strickland | HeartBeat | McGrath is a nurse practitioner and co-founder of a women's clinic. She is in a long-term relationship with Patty. The character of Marilyn McGrath was a groundbreaker as the first main character in a U.S. prime time series that identified as a lesbian. |
Marilyn McGrath-Dufresne | Kristin Lehman | Ghost Wars | Marilyn is the town's doctor. She is married to Val McGrath-Dufresne. |
Val McGrath-Dufresne | Luvia Petersen | Ghost Wars | Val is the mayor of the small Alaskan town. She is married to Marilyn McGrath-Dufresne. |
Greta McGraw | Anna McGahan | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Greta was exiled from home by her father for being a lesbian. She's in a relationship with Marion Quade. |
Kate McKenzie | Nina Sosanya | Last Tango in Halifax | Married to Caroline Dawson. |
Betty McRae | Ali Liebert | Bomb Girls | Betty is a closeted lesbian that falls for her straight friend, but is rejected by her. Later, she meets Teresa, who pursues her. They become romantically involved. |
Cissy Meldrum | Catherine Rabett | You Rang, M'Lord? | |
Kate Messner | Peyton Kennedy | Everything Sucks! | Kate spends the season struggling with her sexual orientation and enters a relationship with her friend Luke after a rumour of her being gay is spread around school. After realizing and admitting that she's a lesbian, Kate and classmate Emaline reveal their attraction for each other, and later kiss. |
Mickey | Dot-Marie Jones | The Faith Diaries | |
Patricia "Tricia" Miller | Madeline Brewer | Orange Is the New Black | |
Minya | Alison Wall | ' | |
Miranda | Lily James | One Red Nose Day and a Wedding | Miranda, daughter of Charles and Carrie, marries Faith, the daughter of Fiona, in this short film sequel to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. |
Tara Mohr | Annapurna Sriram | Billions | After a cocaine-snorting lesbian sex tryst that was secretly videotaped, she was blackmailed into spying on her employer, the U.S. Attorney. She was not seen again in the series after being caught snooping by a coworker. |
Moira | Samira Wiley | The Handmaid's Tale | Moira is captured in a dyke purge, punished for being a lesbian, and kept in captivity. She is later able to escape to Canada. We learn that her girlfriend Odette was rounded up in a dyke purge, reclassified as un-woman, and died in the Colony. |
Monique | Zee James | Dear White People | Monique is engaged to her partner Neika Hobbs. |
Bianca Montgomery | Eden Riegel | All My Children | A periodically recurring character in this drama who has a girlfriend named Reese at one point. |
Molly Montgomery | Sophie Isaacs | Hollyoaks | |
Renee Montoya | Victoria Cartagena | Gotham | Was in a relationship with Barbara Kean in the past. |
Sian Moore | Georgia Henshaw | Cucumber Banana | |
Vivienne Moray | Camilla Sparv | Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Vivienne is an artist living in Paris. |
Ellen Morgan | Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen | |
Lillian Moss | Sarah Mitich | Murdoch Mysteries | A suffragette, Lillian was disowned by her family for refusing to marry a hand-picked husband. Her real name is Helen Walker and was once involved with a married woman. She was attracted to Dr. Emily Grace from the moment they met, and she subsequently enters into a romantic relationship with her. |
Blanche Mottershed | Alex Kingston | Upstairs, Downstairs | |
Mulan | Jamie Chung | Once Upon a Time | Although earlier episodes hinted at the possibility of Mulan being romantically interested in Phillip, Aurora's beloved, actress Jamie Chung later clarified that such was never actually the case, and that Mulan's heart unequivocally belonged to Aurora. |
Emma Muller | ____ | Hand aufs Herz | |
Sam Murgatroyd | Megan Parkinson | Ackley Bridge | Introduced in series two, Sam faces homophobic bullying from students. She then enters a relationship with Nasreen Paracha. |
Sam Murray | Heather Peace | Lip Service | |
Myfanwy | ____ | Little Britain | |
Erica Myles | Anna Friel | The Girlfriend Experience | |
Najara | Kathryn Morris | ' | |
Nicky Nichols | Natasha Lyonne | Orange Is the New Black | |
Cosima Niehaus | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | The creators have been a bit inconsistent in identifying Cosima's sexuality. Graeme Manson once said he thinks "Cosima's been 'bisexual', but maybe she's ready to self-identify as gay. She would defend her freedom to choose, no matter where nature placed her in the spectrum." Later on Twitter, he confirmed that she is indeed gay. Additionally, Cosima did label herself as a lesbian when she accidentally came out while giving a speech as her sister Alison and hada recurring love interest named Shay. |
P. Ninny | Lena Waithe | Dear White People | Ninny is a butch lesbian who at first did not want to admit that she was a lesbian. |
Niylah | Jessica Harmon | The 100 | In the premier of Season 3, Niylah makes love to Clarke Griffin. During Season 4, Niylah and Clarke are sleeping together, and she comforts Clarke after a brutal decision. |
Eunice Noon | Gemma Whelan | The End of the F***ing World | |
Heather Novack | Natalie Paul | The Sinner | Novack is a detective and uncloseted. |
Allie Novak | Kate Jenkinson | Wentworth | |
Alex Nuñez | Deanna Casaluce | ' | Paige Michalchuk's girlfriend and Latina, who struggles to adjust to life after graduation like Marco. |
Ofglen / Ofsteven / Emily | Alexis Bledel | The Handmaid's Tale | She's forced to watch the hanging of her lesbian lover for gender treachery. Ofglen is also convicted of being a gender traitor, but instead of death the government punishes her with female genital mutilation to stop her from having "unnatural" urges. Prior to capture, her wife Sylvia and son were able to escape to Canada. |
Jane Oliver | Nicola Walker | Collateral | Jane is a vicar in a relationship with Linh Xuan Huy, an illegal immigrant. |
Rachel "Bullet" Olmstead | Bex Taylor-Klaus | The Killing | Bullet is a teenager and lives on the street with other runaways. She is trying to find a missing friend and helps the detectives in their search for the killer. Bullet is murdered by him. |
A.M. Onymous | Erin B. Lillis | SubverCity Transmit | Host of the SubverCity Transmit LGBTQIA-centric speculative fiction podcast. Throughout the series, during the introductions and follow-ups to the episode's featured stories, she makes references to her past relationships with women, love letters from female admirers and one particular mysterious "one that got away" for whom she still pines. |
Anya Ooms | Caitlin Stasey | For the People | An ATF agent, she is romantically involved with prosecutor Kate Littlejohn. |
Pam | Susie Abromeit | Jessica Jones | Pam was the mistress of Jeri Hogarth. Her affair with Jeri drove Wendy, Jeri's wife, to file for divorce. She was forced to kill a mind-controlled Wendy to save Jeri's life, then ended her relationship with Jeri. |
Nasreen Paracha | Amy-Leigh Hickman | Ackley Bridge | Nasreen comes out to her mother as a lesbian and tells her she's in love with another woman in the first series. In the second series, she begins a relationship Sam Murgatroyd. |
Margot Park | May Hong | Tales of the City | Margot struggled to adapt to the FtM transition of her girlfriend, but eventually left the relationship and became involved with DeDe Halcyon Day. |
Trish Park | Levy Tran | The Haunting of Hill House | Trish is Theodora Crain's girlfriend and whom Theo allows to be touched by. They move in together. |
Gina Patrick | Dannielle Brent | Hollyoaks | |
Patty | Gina Hecht | HeartBeat | Patty is the partner of Marilyn McGrath. |
Helena Peabody | Rachel Shelley | The L Word | |
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson | Felicia Pearson | The Wire | |
Gail Peck | Charlotte Sullivan | Rookie Blue | Gail is a police officer. Although in the first three seasons she has a history with men, in season 4 she comes out to herself after she meets forensic pathologist Holly Stewart. She told a fellow officer that being with Holly made her feel different and better. After distance between them due to a misunderstanding, Gail told Holly that she didn't want to end up a sad, sorry woman who had thrown away the most wonderful person she had ever met. She told another fellow officer that going to the Peck family dinner was supposed to be her first gathering with them as a lesbian, and had hoped it would have been with Holly. Their relationship ends when Gail forgoes moving to America with Holly because of her intent to become the adoptive parent of an orphaned girl. Gail later meets detective Frankie Anderson and becomes involved with her. |
Aline Penhallow | Eileen Li | Shadowhunters | Had a secret relationship with a woman named Carolyn. Actress Eileen Li has stated that Aline is a lesbian. |
Lara Perkins | Lauren Lee Smith | The L Word | |
Clea DuVall | ' | Was in a relationship with. | |
Kelsey Phillips | Nia Jervier | Dear White People | Kelsey described herself as a "gold star" lesbian in season 2/episode 4. |
Anissa Pierce / Thunder | Nafessa Williams | Black Lightning | |
Dr. Malaya Pineda | Melanie Chandra | Code Black | |
Poppy | Claudia Rocafort | Life Sentence | Poppy is the girlfriend of Ida Abbott. |
Bette Porter | Jennifer Beals | The L Word ' | She had romances with Tina Kennard, Jodi Lerner, Candace Jewell, Alice Pieszecki, among others. |
Alex Portnoy | Brianne Tju | Light as a Feather | |
Bill Potts | Pearl Mackie | Doctor Who | Bill is the first openly and exclusively homosexual, full-time companion character in Doctor Who history. She falls for Heather in the first episode of Series 10, 'The Pilot'. In the finale episode, Heather returns. When Bill questions her status as a living creature, Heather kisses her, asking whether the kiss felt real or not. From there, Heather makes Bill an immortal like her, and they depart the T.A.R.D.I.S. as a couple to have adventures in time and space for eternity. |
Sian Powers | Sacha Parkinson | Coronation Street | Was in a relationship with and engaged to Sophie Webster. |
Marion Quade | Madeleine Madden | Picnic at Hanging Rock | She's in a relationship with Greta McGraw. |
Maggie Radcliffe | Carolyn Pickles | Broadchurch | Editor of the local newspaper, she becomes romantically involved with Jocelyn Knight. |
Ramona | Judy Reyes | One Day at a Time | Member of Penelope's therapy group. |
Jane Ramos | Rosario Dawson | Jane the Virgin | |
Logan Rawlings | Ashley Tisdale | Young and Hungry | |
Reagan | Yvette Monreal | Faking It | A lesbian character. |
Carla Rinaldi | Tania Raymonde | Death Valley | Rinaldi is revealed to be lesbian in episode "Zombie Fights", when she makes out with barmaid Julia. |
Maia Rindell | Rose Leslie | The Good Fight | Her partner is Amy Breslin. |
Zoë Rivas | Ana Golja | ' ' | Briefly dates two male friends, Miles and Drew. Zoë realizes she's gay when she falls in love with Grace Cardinal, although she is only seen as a friend. She comes out to boyfriend Winston in season 3. She later becomes Rasha Zuabi's girlfriend. Her mother does not accept her sexual orientation and kicks her out. |
Arizona Robbins | Jessica Capshaw | Grey's Anatomy | She had several relationships, the main one with her ex-wife Callie Torres. She also had relationships with Lauren Boswell, Eliza Minnick and currently has a relationship with Karina DeLuca. In the show's ninth season, Arizona and Callie raise a baby together. |
Roberta "Bob" | Carlease Burke | Shameless | A truck driver. She becomes involved with Monica Gallagher. |
Binnie Roberts | Sophie Langham | EastEnders | |
Tess Roberts | Fiona Button | Lip Service | |
Maya Robertson | Laura Donnelly | Hex | |
Robin | Tiera Skovbye | Once Upon a Time | Revealed to be in love with Alice in episode "The Eighth Witch". She begins a relationship with her. |
Robin | Maya Hawke | Stranger Things | Comes out to her friend Steve Harrington when he tells Robin that he has a crush on her. Robin is the first non-straight character to be included in the series. |
Christine Rodd | Trudy Hellier | Neighbours | |
Root | Amy Acker | Person of Interest | |
Willow Rosenberg | Alyson Hannigan | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Though only showing attraction to and having relationships with male characters in the first 3 seasons, she begins dating Tara Maclay in season 4. Identifies as a lesbian in Season 5. In two long-term lesbian relationships during the series, including the first long-term lesbian relationship of a lead character on network television. |
Pippy Rosewood | Gabrielle Dennis | Rosewood | A pathology expert who is a relationship with TMI. |
Molly Ross | Sara Thompson | Burden of Truth | Molly is in a relationship with Luna Spence. |
Wendy Ross-Hogarth | Robin Weigert | Jessica Jones | Wife of Jeri Hogarth. She filed for divorce when she discovered Jeri's affair with her secretary, Pam. Wendy was a doctor at a free clinic and financially supported Jeri while the latter was in law school. |
Eve Rothlo | Famke Janssen | How to Get Away with Murder | Notably had a past relationship with fellow defense attorney Annalise Keating. When talking about their past and how a part of her is still in love with Annalise, Eve remarks that she has "been with plenty of other women" since the end of their relationship years ago. |
Dalia Royce | ____ | Suburgatory | In the show, it was revealed that she dated a woman. |
Simone Russell | Lena Cardwell / Chrystee Pharris / Cathy Jenéen Doe | Passions | An African-American lesbian, said to be the first in broadcast daytime dramas. |
Sam | Jeanna Han | Scream Queens | Known by the nickname "Predator Lez". In love with Chanel #3. She's killed by the Red Devil. |
Ruthie | Lily Newmark | Sex Education | |
Saint | Sarah-Jane Potts | Sugar Rush | Kim's girlfriend in season 2. |
Layla Salim | ____ | Kick | |
Peach Salinger | Shay Mitchell | You | |
Sally | Catherine Shepherd | Sally4Ever | Sally comes out when she meets Emma and becomes involved in a relationship with her. |
Samantha | Tara Joshi | Shadowhunters | Girlfriend of Ollie Wilson. |
Jessie Sammler | Evan Rachel Wood | Once and Again | |
Maggie Sawyer | Floriana Lima | Supergirl | She has a girlfriend in one of the episodes, and acts as Alex's love interest and the catalyst to her coming out. The comics character she is based on is lesbian as well. |
Jackie Schneider | Romi Trower | Kick | |
Vivienne "Scotty" Scott | Letitia Wright | Cucumber Banana | |
Rose Seithathi | Florence Kasumba | Deutschland 86 | She's in a relationship with Lenora Rauch. |
Callie Senate | Molly Parker | Goliath | She seduces Michelle McBride and begins a lesbian affair with her. |
Ava Sharpe | Jes Macallan | Legends of Tomorrow | Mentions that she is 'not really the husband kind' and has a relationship with Sara Lance. |
Dr. Irena Shaw | Zoie Palmer | Dark Matter | In episode 3x10, Irena Shaw is seen as having been in love, and in a romantic relationship, with Rebecca. Rebecca used Irena's image to create the Android. |
Leslie Shay | Lauren German | Chicago Fire | A lesbian emergency medical technician who was once in a relationship with Clarice, a bisexual woman. |
Alexis Simms | Sepideh Moafi | Falling Water | Alexis is a homicide detective. She's in a relationship with Christine. |
Ximena Sinfuego | Lisseth Chavez | The Fosters | In episode 5x10, "Sanctuary", Ximena comes out to Callie. |
Katie Singer | Mischa Barton | Once and Again | |
Sloane | Griffin McElroy | The Adventure Zone | Lesbian, lover of Hurley. |
Bea Smith | Danielle Cormack | Wentworth | |
Sofie | Julie Zangenberg | Heartless | Sofie is a succubus that must feed from the life force of humans to survive. If she feeds too much and drains her prey, her victim bursts into flames and is incinerated. She meets Emilie and for the first time in her life feels attraction and falls in love. |
Rose Solano | Bridget Regan | Jane the Virgin | A bisexual woman. |
Veronica "Vero" Sole | Carolina Cerezuela | Hospital Central | |
ADA Serena Southerlyn | Elisabeth Röhm | Law & Order | |
Luna Spence | Star Slade | Burden of Truth | Luna is a First Nation native in a relationship with Molly Ross. |
Ali Spencer | Kelli Hollis | Emmerdale | |
Karen Spencer | Joanna Johnson | The Bold and the Beautiful | In a relationship with a woman named Danielle and later a main stakeholder in a publishing company. |
Norma Starkey | ____ | Shameless | |
Niki Stevens | Kate French | The L Word | |
Holly Stewart | Aliyah O'Brien | Rookie Blue | Holly is a forensic pathologist and becomes involved in a romantic relationship with Gail Peck. She breaks up with Gail when, after landing a job in San Francisco, Gail declines moving with her to America. |
Annaliese Stilman | Lena Olin | Mindhunter | Dr. Annaliese Stilman is the head of the psychology department at a Boston university. She was in a relationship with Wendy Carr until Wendy accepted the FBI's offer to join their team as a behavioral science consultant at Quantico. Annaliese was more open in public with her feelings for Wendy and what they were to each other. |
Frankie Stone | Elizabeth Hendrickson | All My Children | |
Maggie Stone | Elizabeth Hendrickson | All My Children | |
Joanie Stubbs | Kim Dickens | Deadwood ' | Falls in love with Jane Canary. In the movie, set in 1889, she and Jane became estranged during that passage of time. Jane returns to Deadwood in search of Joanie and to try to win her back. They are reunited and their relationship is rekindled. |
Sophia Swanson | Michelle Ang | Underemployed | |
Sylvia | Clea DuVall | The Handmaid's Tale | Wife of Ofglen, she escaped to Canada with their son. |
Zoe Tate | Leah Bracknell | Emmerdale | |
Emily Taylor | ____ | Hollyoaks | |
Teresa | Rachel Wilson | Bomb Girls | Teresa is a Women's Army Corps sergeant. She flirts with and seduces Betty McRae. They eventually become involved in a romantic relationship. |
Mandy Thomas | ____ | Home and Away | |
Rae Thomas | Jossara Jinnaro | Passions | |
Nonnie Thompson | Kimmy Shields | Insatiable | |
Ezri Tigan | Nicole de Boer | ' | The mirror universe version of Ezri Dax is referred to as not being interested in men and has a romantic and sexual relationship with the mirror universe's version of Kira Nerys. The two women share an on-screen kiss and Ezri flirts with other female characters. It's unclear whether her lack of attraction to men is unique to the alternate universe or because this Ezri never received the Dax symbiont, as well as their memories and desires. |
Camilla Torres | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | She asks Dr. Delphine Cormier out to dinner. Delphine confirms this to a mirthful Cosima when she enters the room after Camilla leaves. |
Desiree Upton | Simone Robertson | Home and Away | |
Uriel | Katrine De Candole | Dominion | |
Madame Vastra | Neve McIntosh | Doctor Who | She is married to Jenny Flint. This is confirmed in the episode The Snowmen. |
Alex Vause | Laura Prepon | Orange Is the New Black | Piper Chapman's principal love interest. Alex and Piper were ex-girlfriends prior to their imprisonment in Litchfield Penitentiary. In Season 5, episode 12, Piper asks Alex to marry her and Alex accepts. |
Melanie "Mel" Vera | Melonie Diaz | Charmed | Mel, a graduate student, is in a relationship with Nico Hamada and has the ability to "freeze time." |
Margot Verger | Katharine Isabelle | Hannibal | A lesbian character. |
Veronica | ____ | All in the Family | |
Violet | Hannah John-Kamen | Cucumber Banana | |
Nikki Wade | Mandana Jones | Bad Girls | In a relationship with Officer Helen Stewart. |
Ann Walker | Christine Bottomley Sophie Rundle | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Gentleman Jack | Ann is Anne Lister's lover. She accepts Lister's proposal to live together as partners, followed by a Church blessing in which she becomes her "wife". |
Jenny Walker | Erin B. Lillis | Congeria | Lead character. She is a private investigator and mentions her past romantic relationship with Angela Graves. |
May-Li Wang | Stacy Liu | The Dumping Ground | May-Li is a care worker and in series 3, May-Li is revealed to be in a relationship with another woman and had adopted children. |
Connie Ward | Rachael Elizabeth | Home Fires | Connie was in a secret relationship with colleague Teresa Fenchurch. |
Chris Warner | Tracey Ullman | Tracey Takes On... | A character written and frequently performed by actress-comedian Tracey Ullman. Chris is girlfriend to pro-golfer Midge Dexter. Chris and Midge come out publicly in season one, episode "Romance"; Chris is kidnapped and sent to a "homosexual de-programming center" Straight Ways in season three, episode "Religion." Tracey Takes On... took home GLAAD Media Awards for both episodes. |
Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren | Uzo Aduba | Orange Is the New Black | Susanne fell for Piper Chapman when Piper arrived in the prison. She's in a romantic relationship with Maureen Kukudio. |
Poussey Washington | Samira Wiley | Orange Is the New Black | Poussey's feelings for Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson were unrequited. She developed a relationship with Brook Soso. She dies in a later season of the show. |
Crickett Watts | Brandi Burkhardt | Hart of Dixie | Crickett came out to everyone just as she was about to renew her vows with Stanley Watts. After this she started dating Jaysene. |
Kerry Weaver | Laura Innes | ER | A white lesbian woman in this medical drama, the only lesbian character on NBC at the time. |
Sophie Webster | Brooke Vincent | Coronation Street | |
Bridget Westfall | Libby Tanner | Wentworth | |
Amanda Weston | Anna Akana | Stitchers | Romantic girlfriend of Camille Engelson. |
Nina Williams | Tyla Abercrumbie | The Chi | |
Carol Willick | Jane Sibbett | Friends | Girlfriend of Susan Bunch. They marry in season 2 episode "The One with the Lesbian Wedding". |
Dr. Freya Wilson | Lu Corfield | Doctors | |
Henrietta "Hen" Wilson | Aisha Hinds | 9-1-1 | "Hen" is married to Karen Wilson. They are together raising the son of Hen's ex-girlfriend. |
Karen Wilson | Tracie Thoms | 9-1-1 | Karen is married to Henrietta Wilson. |
Olivia 'Ollie' Wilson | Alexandra Ordolis | Shadowhunters | Ollie is a detective and in a relationship with Samantha. |
Sarah Paulson | ' | Lana was locked in Briarcliff asylum for being a lesbian. She was in a secret relationship with. | |
Hillary Winthrop | Ashley Hinshaw | Workaholics | |
Camile Wray | Ming-Na Wen | Stargate Universe | Her character searches for a way back to Earth and her partner, Sharon. |
Doc Meh Yewll | Trenna Keating | Defiance | |
Yolanda | Shakira Barrera | GLOW | |
Yorkie | Mackenzie Davis | Black Mirror Episode: "San Junipero" | Yorkie is living in a simulated reality within which she meets Kelly, a bisexual woman. They fall in love and Yorkie enters into a romantic relationship with her. |
Irène Ziegler | Julia Piaton | The Frozen Dead | Ziegler is openly lesbian and the captain of the St. Martin detective squad. She's in a committed relationship with Greta. |
Rasha Zuabi | Dalia Yegavian | Zoë Rivas' Muslim girlfriend. |
Gay
Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes |
Aaron | Ross Marquand | The Walking Dead | Aaron is the series' first gay male character, who has a partner named Eric. |
Agron | Dan Feuerriegel | Spartacus | |
Ace | Stephen Colbert | The Ambiguously Gay Duo | Creator Robert Smigel confirmed that one of the characters is gay and the other straight but never specified which one of them. |
Sam Adama | Sasha Roiz | Caprica | Sam, a canon gay character, is an enforcer for the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate on Caprica. He is married to Larry and childless due to his dangerous career. |
Kenny Al-Bahir | Rami Malek | The War At Home | A white gay man who is the best friend of the protagonist. |
Alan | Bryan Safi | Young & Hungry | |
Alex | Adam Faison | Everything's Gonna Be Okay | Nicholas' new boyfriend. |
Noah Alexander | Marcel McCalla | Footballers' Wives | |
Alistair | Finneas O'Connell | Glee | Spencer's boyfriend who joins the glee club. |
Drew Alister | Brendan Fehr | The Night Shift | A gay doctor. |
Wesley Alvarez | Rudy Martinez | Dear White People | Wesley and Lionel Huggins have a relationship in season two of the show. |
Blaine Anderson | Darren Criss | Glee | Has several relationships with men, including a relatively long-term on-and-off relationship with Kurt Hummel that ends with them getting married. |
Andrew | Craig Ferguson | Sean Saves the World | |
Matteusz Andrzejewski | Jordan Renzo | Class | Has relationship with Charlie Smith. |
Titus Andromedon | Tituss Burgess | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | A gay actor struggling on Broadway who is also an extravagant and affectionate roommate of the protagonist. |
Andy | Matt Bomer | ' | Gigolo who had relations with Dell Toledo. |
Anwar | Chaneil Kular | Sex Education | |
Lucas Apert | Stéphane Pitti | Osmosis | |
Luke Ashton | Scott Neal | The Bill | |
Austin | Ryan McGuinnis | Ugly Betty | Although he started as Justin Suarez's rival, he ended up becoming his boyfriend. |
Trevor Ayliss | Tracey Ullman | ' Tracey Takes On... | A male character written and frequently performed by actress-comedian Tracey Ullman. The character was originally created for a comedy special and was later adapted for the HBO comedy series, Tracey Takes On.... Trevor works as a flight attendant; he fathers a child with a female co-worker. He lives London with his partner Barry. Significant sketch: "Childhood". |
Renly Baratheon | Gethin Anthony | Game of Thrones | Publicly married to Margaery Tyrell but is actually in a secret relationship with her brother Loras Tyrell. Margaery is aware of their relationship and is supportive. |
Barnes | Ernie Grunwald | Supernatural | At the end of The Real Ghostbusters it is confirmed that he is in a relationship with Demian. |
Thomas Barrow | Rob James-Collier | Downton Abbey | His past relationship with the Duke of Crowborough is revealed in the first episode of season 1 and his sexuality remains part of his story and character development throughout the run of the series. |
Finn Barton | Joe Gill | Emmerdale | |
Dom Basaluzzo | Murray Bartlett | Looking | |
Noah Baxter | Law Thompson | Hollyoaks | |
Sean Beasley | Sean Maher | The Playboy Club | He is in a marriage of convenience with Alice, a lesbian who works as a Playboy Bunny. |
Rusty Beck | Graham Patrick Martin | The Closer Major Crimes | Young murder witness who lives with police captain Sharon Raydor. In the season two finale, Rusty comes out as gay to Sharon and fears rejection. However, Sharon accepts him completely and makes it clear to him. He later comes out to the Major Crimes squad near the beginning of season 3 to a complete lack of surprise and becomes open afterwards, trying and failing to date a coworker. In season 4, while trying to identify murder victim Mariana Wallace, Rusty meets her brother Gustavo "Gus" Wallace who becomes romantically interested in him. After initially resisting Gus' advances due to distance and his fears of Gus no longer liking him if they date, Rusty enters into a relationship with Gus. Despite this, Rusty is shown to be uncomfortable with being gay, shying away from holding Gus' hand in public which causes them some problems. In "Off the Wagon", Rusty tells Gus he loves him for the first time and intends to spend his life with Gus, something that Gus reciprocates. |
Ben | Bradley Cooper Adam Scott | ' ' | |
Jack Benjamin | Sebastian Stan | Kings | |
Dr. Oliver Berg | Laurence Penry-Jones | Doctors | |
Sol Bergstein | Sam Waterston | Grace and Frankie | |
Henry Best | Vincent Franklin | Cucumber Banana | |
Ida Best | Caldwell Tidicue | Tales of the City | Ida is a drag queen. |
Marco Bianco | Bart Ruspoli | EastEnders | |
Erol Birkan | Fahri Yardım | Dogs of Berlin | |
Kyle Bishop | Andy Mientus | Smash | |
Stuart Bixby | Derek Jacobi | Vicious | Stuart and Freddie Thornhill have been together for almost 50 years. |
Eric Black | ____ | Judging Amy | |
Billie Blaikie | Alan Cumming | The L Word | |
Larry Blaisdell | ____ | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
Richie Blake | Spencer McLaren | The Secret Life of Us | |
Helen Blakemore | ____ | Water Rats | |
Stanford Blatch | Willie Garson | Sex and the City | |
Max Blum | Adam Pally | Happy Endings | An openly gay man who had an important relationship with Grant during the series. |
Dr. Simon Bond | David Sturzaker | Doctors | |
Brad Bottig | Brock Ciarlelli | The Middle | Hinted heavily that he was gay during season 1-6. Character finally came out in season 7 to his best friend, Sue Heck, with the showrunners confirming this. |
Bouffant | Adrian Scarborough | Let Them Eat Cake | |
Edwin Bouwhuis | ____ | Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden | |
John Bowers | Kyle Clements | Doom Patrol | |
Drew Boyd | Matt Battaglia | Queer as Folk | |
Brad | Henry Zaga | 13 Reasons Why | After coming out as gay, Tony said that Brad was his boyfriend. |
Brendan Brady | Emmett J. Scanlan | Hollyoaks | |
Mike Brake | Dominic Rickhards | Night and Day | |
Rory Brears | ____ | Waterloo Road | |
Aaron Brennan | Matt Wilson | Neighbours | |
Brian | Graham Duff | Ideal | Brian has several boyfriends, which become more feminine as the series goes on. He fell in love with one of them in Season Three, and was dumped by him. He dated women in the past, but it is not known if these relationships were a cover so as to remain closeted, or if he is actually bisexual. |
Tom Brisley | Adam Ray | Grange Hill | |
Courtney Brown | ____ | ER | |
Gino Brown | Cameron J. Armstrong | The Rookie | Gino is a nurse at a hospital. He is in a relationship with rookie officer Jackson West. |
Rory Brown | Rory Cowan | Mrs. Brown's Boys | |
Ben Bruckner | Robert Gant | Queer as Folk | Married to main character Michael, has HIV. |
Bryan | Michael Galante | Good Trouble | |
Russell Bryant | Jonathan Newth | After Henry | |
Marco Buis | ____ | Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden | |
Conor Byrne | ____ | Family Affairs | |
Carl | Steve John Shepherd | Being Human | Carl is a gay vampire. He shares a flat with his human boyfriend Dan until he accidentally kills him during sleep. The police is looking for him so Carl escapes to Brazil. |
Carlos | Dylan Marron | Welcome to Night Vale | Carlos is the boyfriend, then later husband of Cecil Palmer. |
Leon Carp | Martin Mull | Roseanne | |
Luke Carson | Vincent Leclerc | This Life | |
Doug Carter | PJ Brennan | Hollyoaks | |
Steven Carrington | Al Corley Jack Coleman | Dynasty | Self-identifies as homosexual, but has relationships with both men and women. He is among the earliest Gay main characters included in an American television series. |
Steven Carrington | James Mackay | Dynasty | |
Johnny Carter | Sam Strike Ted Reilly | EastEnders | |
Owen Cavanaugh | Dallas Roberts | The Good Wife | The gay brother of a lead character and had a boyfriend in the 2012-2013 season. |
Charles | Rhys Darby | A Series of Unfortunate Events | |
Keith Charles | Mathew St. Patrick | Six Feet Under | |
Jeremy Chetri | Varun Saranga | Wynonna Earp | |
Barry Clark | Gary Hailes | EastEnders | |
Christian Clarke | John Partridge | EastEnders | |
Tom Clarke | Matt Greenwood | The A Word | |
Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin | Robin Lord Taylor | Gotham | Talks about his love for Edward Nygma. |
Deran Cody | Jake Weary | Animal Kingdom | |
Paul Coker | Jonny Labey | EastEnders | |
Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Implied to be gay in several episodes. It was later confirmed on an episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.. |
Rico Constantino | ____ | WWE | |
John Cooper | Michael Cudlitz | Southland | A gay police officer. |
Alan J. Corbett | Dustin Milligan | Supernatural | Openly displays feelings for Ghostfacers team leader Ed which is noted by Ed's best friend Harry who thinks its bad for the team. When Corbett's ghost is trapped in a loop of his own death, Ed is able to snap him out of it by telling Corbett he loves him though it is unclear whether Ed was telling the truth. This is significant as it was earlier stated that the type of ghost Corbett was could only be reached on a rare occasion by someone they had a close emotional connection to in life. |
Kevin Cozner | Marc Evan Jackson | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Captain Holt's husband. |
Ian Craig | ____ | The Archers | |
Mitch Crumb | Fred Savage | Crumbs | Savage is a white gay man. |
Hugh Culber | Wilson Cruz | ' | Is the partner of Paul Stamets. |
Roger Curbishley | Adam Rayner | Doctor Who | |
Jesse D'Amato | Dane DeHaan | In Treatment | |
Vince D'Angelo | Bobby Cannavale | Will & Grace | Boyfriend and later Will's husband. |
Jodie Dallas | Billy Crystal | Soap | |
Lieutenant Jim Dangle | Thomas Lennon | Reno 911! | |
Coco Davis | Charles Levin | The Golden Girls | |
Felix Dawkins | Jordan Gavaris | Orphan Black | The gay brother of the protagonist. |
Chevalier de Lorraine | Evan Williams | Versailles | |
Toby De Silva | Matthew Needham | Casualty | |
Montgomery de la Cruz | Timothy Granaderos | 13 Reasons Why | Monty is a closeted football player who becomes involved in a secret relationship with Winston Williams. |
Marco Del Rossi | Adamo Ruggiero | ' | Although he had a false relationship with Ellie Nash, he ended up in a relationship with Dylan Michalchuk, struggling to adjust to life after graduation like Alex. |
Michael Delaney | ____ | All My Children | |
Phil Delaney | Jason Merrells | Queer as Folk | |
Canton Everett Delaware III | Mark Sheppard | Doctor Who | Canton got the blessing of President Nixon to marry his black fiancé in episode "Day of The Moon", until he revealed that his fiancé was a man. |
Demian | Devin Ratray | Supernatural | At the end of The Real Ghostbusters it is confirmed that he is in a relationship with Barnes. |
Silas Dengdamoor | Lee Majdoub | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Panto's boyfriend. |
Marcus Dent | Charlie Condou | Coronation Street | |
Derrick | Spencer Neville | Days of Our Lives | Introduced in November 2014 as a bellhop in the Salem Inn, he flirted with Paul Narita on several occasions. He then played an important part in the developing gay love triangle involving Will Horton, Paul Narita and Sonny Kiriakis. After the first gay double date on a US daytime soap, where it was revealed that Derrick was cut off by his family after coming out, he slept with Paul and hoped they would continue dating and see where things would go. With the change in head writers and the new writing regime axing the historic gay storyline, Derrick suddenly disappeared after mid-August, 2015. |
Ted Dinard | Mark Withers | Dynasty | Steven Carrington's former boyfriend from New York City. |
Ted Dinard | Michael Patrick Lane | Dynasty | Steven Carrington's ex-boyfriend. |
Aaron Dingle | Danny Miller | Emmerdale | |
Rodolfo do Vale | Alejandro Claveaux | Nada Será Como Antes | |
Richie Donado | Raúl Castillo | Looking | Patrick's boyfriend and love of his life. |
Billy Douglas | Ryan Phillippe | One Life to Live | |
Dino Doyle | Gary Hollywood | Mrs. Brown's Boys | |
Scott Drinkwell | Ross Adams | Hollyoaks | |
Edward Drummond | Leo Suter | Victoria | |
Kenneth DuBeke | Tony Maudsley | Benidorm | |
Eddie | Daniel Franzese | Looking | Agustín's boyfriend and later husband. |
Alex Edel | Ludwig Trepte | Deutschland 86 | |
Russell Edgington | Denis O'Hare | True Blood | |
Blane Edwards | ____ | In Living Color | |
Eric Effiong | Ncuti Gatwa | Sex Education | Best friend of Otis. |
Hank Eliot | ____ | As the World Turns | |
Eric | Gus Kamp | No Good Nick | Eric kisses Jeremy in "The Big Mitt" and later tells him that his parents already knew he was gay. |
Georg Eschweiler | ____ | Lindenstraße | |
Gino Esposito | Shane McNamara | Neighbours | |
Ethan | Jonathan Howard | Dominion | |
Ethan | Charlie Carver | Teen Wolf | He's romantically involved with Danny and later Jackson Whittemore. |
Damon Evangelista | Ryan Jamaal Swain | Pose | |
Bernd Fabrius | ____ | Mit Herz und Handschellen | |
Howie Fairbanks | Andrew Francis | The L Word | |
Tom Farrell | ____ | Gimme Gimme Gimme | |
Dustan Farrow | Brandon Claybon | Danger Force | |
Justin Farrow | Tommy Dickle | Danger Force | |
Gavin Featherly | ____ | The Brittas Empire | |
Fabio Fedeli | Brando Pacitto | Baby | |
David Ferrán | ____ | Física o Química | Despite his initial hostility, he ends up being Fernando's boyfriend. |
Matt Fielding | ____ | Melrose Place | |
Jason Figueroa | Peter Rini | Orange is the New Black | Husband of Natalie Figueroa, assistant warden of Litchfield Prison. |
Leonard Finch | Al Weaver | Grantchester | Leonard is a closeted Anglican curate in 1950s England. He loves Daniel Marlowe, but Daniel breaks his heart. |
Don Finlayson | Joe Hasham | Number 96 | TV's first regular gay character, he was a heroic lawyer who had several long running boyfriends and was in the groundbreaking Australian show for its entire five-year run from 1972-1977. |
Oliver Fish | Scott Evans | One Life to Live | In a relationship with Kyle. |
David Fisher | Michael C. Hall | Six Feet Under | |
Christopher Fletcher | Ashleigh Bell-Weir Dylan McCready Shaun Wood Rian McLean | Home and Away | |
Captain James Flint | Toby Stephens | Black Sails | In the second season it is revealed that he had a romantic and sexual relationship with Thomas Hamilton. Show runners Robert Levine and Jon Steinberg continuously refer to Flint as 'gay' rather than 'bisexual'. |
Florian | Alex Rich | GLOW | Florian died from an HIV/AIDs-related illness. His friend Bash is told that he "probably won’t be received by most traditional funeral homes." |
Carsten Flöter | Georg Uecker | Lindenstraße | |
Fred Fonseca | Jimi Mistry | EastEnders | |
Bill Forbes | Jack Coleman | The Vampire Diaries | |
Jamie Forrest | Karl Urban | Shortland Street | |
Aidan Foster | Bob Morley | Neighbours | Aidan is a love interest of Chris Pappas. |
Jonny Foster | Richard Grieve | Emmerdale | |
Jude Adams Foster | Hayden Byerly | The Fosters | Develops romantic feelings for his male best friend Connor Stevens early in the show. In season 2, after mixed signals and Connor coming out as gay himself, the two begin dating. Although Jude was initially reluctant to accept the label 'gay', in the episode "More Than Words" Jude officially comes out to Connor by saying "Hi, I'm Jude, and I'm gay" and that "I'm super gay. For you" after his refusal to label himself nearly leads to a breakup and a conversation with his friend Cole, who is trans, about the power of labels. In "Lucky", Jude goes as far as admitting to being in love with Connor who loves him back. |
Karl Foster | Chris Finch | Coronation Street | |
Alonso Frame | Russell Tovey | Doctor Who | |
Tom Friendly | M. C. Gainey | Lost | |
Hernando Fuentes | Alfonso Herrera | Sense8 | Lito's secret boyfriend. |
Luke Fuller | Billy Campbell | Dynasty | Has a relationship with Steven Carrington. |
Ian Gallagher | Cameron Monaghan | Shameless | A gay man who starts off the show a closeted 15-year-old in a relationship with his married, much-older boss, Kash Karib. Later he starts a physical relationship with Mickey Milkovich, which develops through the series. Season 4 ends with both of them out of the closet. He also had a short relationship with Lloyd, who was old enough to be his grandfather and Trevor. In season 10 he married Mickey Milkovich. |
Mr. Gallant | Evan Peters | ||
Ben Galloway | ____ | Family Affairs | |
Jamie Gangel | ____ | Beautiful Thing | |
William "Butch" Gamble | John Goodman | Normal, Ohio | |
Samuel Garland | Victor Garber | Tales of the City | |
Gary | Steve Carell | The Ambiguously Gay Duo | Creator Robert Smigel confirmed that one of the characters is gay and the other straight but never specified which one of them. |
Gavin | Trey Gerrald | Orange is the New Black | Had a secret gay relationship with Jason Figueroa. |
Dirk Gently | Samuel Barnett | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Show creator Max Landis stated that before the series was cancelled he had planned a romance between Dirk and Lieutenant Assistent. |
Michel Gerard | Yanic Truesdale | Gilmore Girls | |
Craig Gilmore | ____ | The Bill | |
Gideon Goddard | Michel Gill | Mr. Robot | Gideon is Elliot's boss at Allsafe, a cybersecurity company, and a gay man. He is later killed by a Dark Army assassin in the season 3 episode, "eps3.8_stage3.torrent." |
Ethan Gold | Fab Filippo | Queer as Folk | Violin player, had a short-lived relationship with main character Justin Taylor. |
Fred Gonzalez | ____ | Brookside | |
John Goodwin | Neal Bledsoe | Smash | |
Cyrus Goodman | Joshua Rush | Andi Mack | First gay main character on Disney Channel and the first to say the word “gay” in its modern meaning; first has a crush on Jonah Beck, later has a crush on TJ Kippen and they get together in the series finale, marking the first gay romance on Disney Channel. |
Grant | James Wolk | Happy Endings | Max's ex-boyfriend; they start dating again after they run into each other on Valentine's Day. |
Albert Grant | ____ | Big Love | |
Neil Grayling | James Gaddas | Bad Girls | |
Eddie Gregg | ____ | Hill Street Blues | |
Marshall Gregson | Keir Gilchrist | United States of Tara | Tara's son, he becomes Lionel's boyfriend. |
Todd Grimshaw | Bruno Langley | Coronation Street | A gay man. |
Hercules Grytpype-Thynne | Peter Sellers | The Goon Show | |
Guinness | Henderson Wade | ' | |
Nate Gurney | ____ | Waterloo Road | |
José "Joey" Gutierrez | Juan Pablo Raba | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | An Inhuman recurring character who was revealed to previously have had a boyfriend. |
Craig Gutteridge | ____ | Cutting It | |
Naveed Haider | Gurjeet Singh | Ackley Bridge | Naveed arrives at the end of the second series to create a fake marriage arrangement with Nasreen Paracha so as to conceal their sexual orientations. He comes out in series 2, and has a short relationship with Matthew in series 3. |
Thomas Hamilton | Rupert Penry-Jones | Black Sails | |
T.J. Hammond | Sebastian Stan | Political Animals | |
Oliver Hampton | Conrad Ricamora | How To Get Away With Murder | A recurring gay character in a relationship with a law student named Connor. He is diagnosed as HIV-positive at the end of the first season. |
Tae-joo Han | Han Gi-chan | Where Your Eyes Linger | |
Robert Hanson | Martin Sheen | Grace and Frankie | After having an affair with his law-partner Sol for 20 years they finally come out to their wives and children to marry each other. |
Derek Harkinson | Ian Lavender | EastEnders | |
Harrison | Matthew Risch | Tales of the City | |
Harry | David Anthony Higgins | Mike & Molly | He announces he is gay after a failed date with a woman. |
Michael Harper | ____ | My Family | |
Shane Harvey | Michael J. Willett | Faking It | Is openly gay from the pilot and has a boyfriend named Pablo. |
Ste Hay | Kieron Richardson | Hollyoaks | |
Richard Heller | ____ | 24 | |
Alex Henley | ____ | Skins | He kisses Matty Levan in one episode. |
Mason Hewitt | Khylin Rhambo | Teen Wolf | |
Carter Heywood | Michael Boatman | Spin City | |
Lionel Higgins | DeRon Horton | Dear White People | A gay and black student who struggles to find where he fits into university life. |
Louis Hines | ____ | Murder One | |
Kieron Hobbs | Jake Hendriks | Hollyoaks | |
Ken Hodges | Christopher Guard | Casualty | |
Clayton "Clay" Louis Hollingsworth | Monte Markham | The Golden Girls | |
Curtis Holt / Mister Terrific | Echo Kellum | Arrow | Holt is married to a man. |
Ray Holt | Andre Braugher | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | A gay commanding officer of the 99th police precinct. |
Emmett Honeycutt | Peter Paige | Queer as Folk | |
Scott Hope | Fab Filippo | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
Will Horton | Chandler Massey Guy Wilson | Days of Our Lives | Will, the second gay character to join the soap opera, strived on a "journey toward self-acceptance," and learning about his identity. This fan favorite character was later killed off and then later brought back. |
George Huang |Dr. George Huang | BD Wong | ' | Psychiatrist who works with the Special Victims Unit; his sexuality is briefly mentioned. |
Kurt Hummel | Chris Colfer | Glee | The first and main gay character of Glee. He was Blaine Anderson's boyfriend ad later fiancé, had a short relationship with a boy named Adam and an unrequited crush on his later stepbrother Finn Hudson. Finally he marries Blaine. |
Bob Hunter | Tuc Watkins | Desperate Housewives | |
Ian | Kyle Riabko | 90210 | He has a relationship with Teddy Montgomery. |
Shane Ince | ____ | Cutting It | |
Jake | ____ | My Family | |
Kenny James | ____ | My Name Is Earl | A recurring character in this show. |
Jared | Sam Pancake | Svetlana | |
Jason | ____ | Game On | |
Bernard Jasser | Nathan Lee Graham | LA to Vegas | Bernard is a gay flight attendant. |
Geoffrey Jellineck | Paul Dinello | Strangers with Candy | He is in a secret love affair with Mr. Noblet, the history teacher. |
Ashley Jennings | Tony Boncza | EastEnders | |
Jerry | Nicholas Gonzalez | True Blood | |
Jesus / Paul Monroe | Tom Payne | The Walking Dead | Paul, otherwise known as "Jesus," came out as gay in episode "The Other Side." He mentions having had a hard time getting close to boyfriends. |
Steve Jinks | Aaron Ashmore | Warehouse 13 | A gay Warehouse agent in Season 3. |
Joe | ____ | Grey's Anatomy | A gay man, whose partner, Walter, made guest appearances throughout the series. |
Johnathan | ____ | Help Me Help You | |
Ted Johnston | ____ | Trailer Park Boys | |
Lucas Jones | Ryan Carnes | General Hospital | A periodically recurring character in this drama. |
Samuel Josiah "Sammy Jo" Jones | Rafael de la Fuente | Dynasty | Has a one-night stand with Steven Carrington. |
Stuart Alan Jones | Aidan Gillen | Queer as Folk | |
Warren Jones | ____ | This Life | |
Josh | Josh Thomas | Please Like Me | A gay man who has a boyfriend. |
Julian and Sandy | ____ | Round the Horne | |
Justin | Ryan Carnes | Desperate Housewives | |
Kang-gook | Jang Eui-soo | Where Your Eyes Linger | |
Kash Karib | Chris Bisson Pej Vahdat | Shameless Shameless US | Had an affair with 15-year-old Ian Gallagher at the show's beginning. |
Dave Karofsky | Max Adler | Glee | Originally closeted, despite bullying Kurt, he kisses him, revealing his sexual orientation. Then he has a short romance with Blaine. |
Richard Katimski | ____ | My So-Called Life | |
Major Bill Keane, MD | Ricky Schroder | The Andromeda Strain | |
Kevin Keller | Casey Cott | Riverdale | He had an affair with Joaquin DeSantos and a flirtation with Moose Mason. |
Nico Kim | Alex Landi | Grey's Anatomy Station 19 | He works at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. |
Kimon | Levi Meaden | Olympus | |
Jude Kincade | Brent Antonello | Hit the Floor | |
Brian Kinney | Gale Harold | Queer as Folk | |
Nate Kinski | Meyne Wyatt | Neighbours | |
Victor J. Kinzer | ____ | bloomingOUT | |
TJ Kippen | Luke Mullen | Andi Mack | Cyrus Goodman’s love interest; first gay romance on Disney Channel |
Sonny Kiriakis | Freddie Smith | Days of Our Lives | He had a romance with Will Horton. |
Jason Kirk | ____ | Emmerdale | |
Leo Kraft | ____ | Mit Herz und Handschellen | |
Kravitz | Griffin McElroy | The Adventure Zone | In a long term relationship with Taako. |
Elias Kronish | Keith David | Future Man | Elias is married to Marigold but during his youth it was revealed that Elias was having an affair with Leslie, a man. |
Nate Kulina | Nick Jonas | Kingdom | |
Malcolm Laffley | ____ | Beggars and Choosers | |
Jim Lahey | ____ | Trailer Park Boys | |
Paul Lambert | Mathew Bose | Emmerdale | |
Agustín Lanuez | Frankie J. Alvarez | Looking | Married with Eddie. |
Larry | ____ | Caprica | |
Joseph Lasile | Michael Arden | Kings | |
Oliver Lawson | Kristopher Turner | This Life | |
Kyle Lendo | ____ | The Class | |
Lenny | ____ | This Life | |
Leon | ____ | Coronation Street | |
Tom Levitt | Christian Borle | Smash | |
Duke Lewis, Jr. | Skyler Maxon | Faking It | |
Kyle Lewis | Brett Claywell | One Life to Live | In a relationship with Oliver. |
Will Lexington | Chris Caramck | Nashville | A hopeful country music star, he is attracted to other men. He remained a series regular. |
Alec Lightwood | Matthew Daddario | Shadowhunters | Held secretive feelings for his childhood friend Jace Wayland, who was initially oblivious, and straight. Later, Alec develops romantic feelings for and is attracted to Magnus Bane, which helped him come to terms with his sexuality. Came out publicly during his arranged wedding to a woman he could not love. In a relationship with Magnus and recently confessed he loved him romantically, feelings which Magnus reciprocated. |
Rick Lincoln | Luke MacFarlane | The Night Shift | |
Omar Little | Michael K. Williams | The Wire | |
Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag | Nico Santos | Superstore | |
Lloyd | ____ | Entourage | Said to be the only LGBT Asian-Pacific Islander on cable at the time in 2006, although this changed by 2007. |
Ollie Lloyd | Keiynan Lonsdale | Dance Academy | |
John Lord | ____ | The Bill | |
Sebastian Love | David Walliams | Little Britain | |
Lucas | Eddie Ramos | Teen Wolf | Lucas has a boyfriend named Ethan, and in the end of the third season revealed that he is "aware of all the supernatural stuff happening in Beacon Hills." |
Luke | Lee Williams | Ideal | Brian's boyfriend in Series 3. |
Luke | Corbin Bleu | The Middle | In season 9 episode "The Other Man", Luke is a friend of Sue Heck's boyfriend and became involved with Sue's best friend Brad Bottig. |
Lukewarm | ____ | Porridge | |
Jamal Lyon | Jussie Smollett | Empire | Jamal, the son of a famed record producer, has a boyfriend named Michael, and later becomes head of the family's music label. |
Prince Lykos | Wayne Burns | Olympus | |
Mac | ____ | Beaver Falls | |
Macca | ____ | Hollyoaks | |
Eric "Mac" MacFarlane | ____ | E.N.G. | |
Guido Mack | Sebastian Achilles | Dogs of Berlin | He is the partner of Erol Birkan. |
James Mackie | Paul Keating | EastEnders | |
Andrew "Macca" MacKenzie | John Morris | Neighbours | |
Adam Macy | ____ | The Archers | |
Rick Macy | ____ | In the Flesh | |
Mickey Maguire | ____ | Shameless | |
Danny Mahealani | Keahu Kahuanui | Teen Wolf | Is openly gay and was in a relationship with Ethan. |
Nathan Maloney | Charlie Hunnam | Queer as Folk | |
Alex Manes | Tyler Blackburn | Roswell, New Mexico | |
Mani | ____ | Sinchronicity | |
Vijay Maraj | Dante Scott | ' | He had a short romance with Tristan Milligan. |
Anthony Marentino | Mario Cantone | Sex and the City | |
Cricket Marlowe | Leslie Jordan | ' | |
Scott Marsh | ____ | My Family | |
Ben Marshall | Charlie Barnett | Tales of the City | |
Oscar Martinez | Oscar Nunez | The Office | A recurring character, Oscar was, at the time, the only LGBT person of color "among LGBT series regulars," despite his lack of screentime which was bemoaned by GLAAD |
Syed Masood | Marc Elliott | EastEnders | |
Mateo | Dickie Hearts | Tales of the City | Mateo is deaf. |
Kevin Matheson | Russell Tovey | Looking | Have an affair with Patrick. |
Maulpey | Philip Charles MacKenzie | Brothers | |
Noah Mayer | Jake Silbermann | As the World Turns | At one point in this series, Noah shares a kiss with another teen, Luke, and is in a romantic relationship with him. |
Billy Mayhew | Daniel Brocklebank | Coronation Street | |
Ted Mayo | ____ | United States of Tara | |
Ronny McCarthy | Tyler Ritter | The McCarthys | A gay man in Boston with his a strict Irish Catholic family. |
Bazil McCourtey | ____ | Hollyoaks | |
Lee McDermott | ____ | Desperate Housewives | |
Mac McDonald | Rob McElhenney | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | He had relationships with women in the first couple of seasons, but later he's noticeably attracted to men and has feelings for his best friend Dennis. In Season 12's episode "Hero or Hate Crime?", Mac officially comes out and accepts that he's gay. |
David McDowell | Dan Castellaneta | The Tracey Ullman Show | David raises his teen daughter Francessca with his partner, William. |
William McDowell | Sam McMurray | The Tracey Ullman Show | William, along with his partner, David raise their teenage daughter Francessca together. |
Jack McFarland | Sean Hayes | Will & Grace | A white gay man. |
Jonathon McKenna | ____ | Shortland Street | |
McKinley | Michael Ian Black | ' ' | |
Louis McManus | Michael Urie | Partners | |
Jack McPhee | Kerr Smith | Dawson's Creek | Despite being profiled as the new love interest of Joey Potter, he ended up accepting his sexuality and starting a relationship with Doug Whitter. |
John Paul McQueen | James Sutton | Hollyoaks | |
Dylan Michalchuk | ____ | ' | Marco Del Rossi's boyfriend. |
Craig Middlebrooks | Billy Eichner | Parks and Recreation | |
Mickey Milkovich | Noel Fisher | Shameless | Has a relationship with Ian Gallagher, which begins as a "friends with benefits" relationship but develops into more. Starts show in the closet, but later comes out because of the threat of losing Ian. Later marrying Ian. |
Nathan Miller | Jarod Joseph | The 100 | |
Tristan Milligan | ____ | ' ' | A somewhat effeminate boy, he had an affair with a teacher but then he ended up being Miles Hollinsworth III's boyfriend. He was also dated during an episode with Vijay Maraj. |
Ben Mitchell | Matthew Silver Morgan Whittle Charlie Jones Joshua Pascoe Harry Reid Max Bowden | EastEnders | |
Dean Monroe | Fisayo Akinade | Cucumber Banana | |
Simon Monroe | Emmett J. Scanlan | In the Flesh | |
Teddy Montgomery | Trevor Donovan | 90210 | Despite her romance with Erin Silver, she ended up realizing her sexuality after a one-night stand with Ethan, and has a recurring love interest named Ian. |
Travis Montgomery | Jay Hayden | Station 19 | His husband died fighting a fire. |
Buddy Morgan | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | That 70s Show | |
Edward Philippe Mott | Evan Peters | ' | |
Patrick Murray | Jonathan Groff | Looking | |
Steven Myron | ____ | The Sarah Silverman Program | |
Paul Narita | Christopher Sean | Days of Our Lives | The first love of long-time gay character Sonny Kiriakis and a successful professional baseball player, Paul came to Salem in November, 2014. He was immediately loved by fans and became part of a frontburner storyline that included his coming out, discovering that he is the son of John Black and a love triangle between him, Sonny and Will Horton, which also involved the newly introduced fourth gay character on the show, Derrick. Unfortunately, since head writers Christopher Whitesell and Gary Tomlin were replaced by Josh Griffith and Dena Higley, with their material starting to air in mid-August, Paul has appeared only a handful of times, and the frontburner storyline involving him, Sonny, Will and Derrick was axed by the new regime, which involved the killing of the gay legacy character Will, which led to a huge backlash from fans right before the show's 50th anniversary. |
Nasir | Pana Hema Taylor | Spartacus | |
Neil | ____ | Days of Our Lives | |
Steve Newlin | Michael McMillian | True Blood | |
Dave Nice | Harry Enfield | Harry Enfield's Television Programme | In one of the episodes, Dave comes out as gay. |
Nicholas | Josh Thomas | Everything's Gonna Be Okay | Nicholas visits his father and his two half-sisters in Los Angeles, when he learns that his dad is terminally ill. After their father passed away, Nicholas becomes the legal guardian of his two half-sisters. |
Chuck Noblet | Stephen Colbert | Strangers with Candy | He is in a secret love affair with Mr. Jellineck, the art teacher. |
Michael Novotny | Hal Sparks | Queer as Folk | Has two serious relationships in the series, then marries Ben and adopts a teenager. |
Will O'Brien | ____ | Mile High | |
Fearghal O'Farrell | ____ | Come Fly With Me | |
Maxxie Oliver | Mitch Hewer | Skins | |
Diego Olvera | Juan Pablo Medina | La Casa de las Flores | |
Colin Osborne | Mark Bonnar | Unforgotten | Colin is married to Simon Osborne. |
Simon Osborne | Charlie Condou | Unforgotten | Simon is the husband of Colin Osborne. |
Patrick Osbourne | Justin Hartley | Revenge | Was married to a woman, later it was revealed he is gay. |
Adam Osman | Pal Aron | Casualty | |
Brett Owen | ____ | Family Affairs | |
Max Owens | Jayson Blair | The Hard Times of RJ Berger | Despite his appearance as a joker and a soccer player, in the last episode he is caught kissing with a boy in the school showers. |
Tony Padilla | Christian Navarro | 13 Reasons Why | Though not explicitly gay in the book, Tony tells Clay he's gay on the eighth episode of season one. |
Lord Alfred Paget | Jordan Waller | Victoria | |
Ted Paige | ____ | Coronation Street | |
Cecil Gershwin Palmer | ____ | Welcome to Night Vale | Cecil is a gay radio host who develops a crush on Carlos later becoming his boyfriend, and then husband. |
Chunk Palmer | Christopher Jackson | Bull | |
Chris Pappas | James Mason | Neighbours | Aidan is his love interest. |
Elliot Park | Rex Lee | Young & Hungry | |
Shannon Kook | ' | ||
Dan Parker | Adam Sinclair | As If | |
Michael Patel | Josie Totah | Champions | |
Patrick | Teddy Sears | ' | |
Patrick | Michael Arden | Anger Management | |
Russell Paxton | ____ | Lady in the Dark | |
Alexander Perry | ____ | Queer as Folk | |
Dan Peterson | ____ | Queer as Folk | |
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans | Alexander Vlahos | Versailles | |
Frank Pickle | ____ | The Vicar of Dibley | |
Desi Piscatella | Brad William Henke | Orange is the New Black | Reveals to Piper Chapman he is proudly gay, and will not accept her flirty advances. |
Wyatt Plank | Brandon Routh | Partners | |
Spencer Porter | Marshall Williams | Glee | A gay football player who has a boyfriend named Alistair. |
Lance Powell | ____ | The Bill | |
Lance Powell | ____ | Brookside | |
Mitchell Pritchett | Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Modern Family | Married to Cam. |
Justin Pulice | RealTV | ||
Rab | ____ | The Book Group | |
Eric Raleigh | Jordan Woods-Robinson | The Walking Dead | Aaron's boyfriend. |
Flaco Ramirez | Juan Castano | Tales of the City | |
Blair Ramos | Mark Indelicato | Dead of Summer | Is open about his sexuality and is potentially in a relationship with Drew, a trans man. |
Gavin Ramsbottom | ____ | Benidorm | |
Leslie Rappaport | ____ | Check It Out! | |
Hartley Rathaway | Andy Mientus | The Flash | |
Simon Raymond | Andrew Lynford | EastEnders | |
Vaughn Redden | ____ | Neighbours | |
Fernando Redondo | ____ | Física o Química | |
Carlos Reyes | Rafael Silva | ' | Carlos is a police officer in Austin. Love interest for TK Strand. |
Lafayette Reynolds | Nelsan Ellis | True Blood | A black man who had a love interest, a Latino man named Jesús Velásquez. He later starts a relationship with a vampire named James. |
Pol Requena | ____ | Plats Bruts | |
Rich | ____ | As Is | |
Rico | ____ | Doctors | |
Allen Rissbrook | Jamie Kristian | As If | |
Archdeacon Robert | Simon McBurney | Rev. | |
Cameron Roberts | ____ | Queer as Folk | |
Ed Roberts | ____ | Emmerdale | |
Dr. Greg Robinson | ____ | Doctors | |
Lito Rodriguez | Miguel Ángel Silvestre | Sense8 | A famous actor in the closet, Hernando's secret boyfriend. |
Sal Romano | Bryan Batt | Mad Men | A gay man in this dramtic series. |
Marco Romero | E. J. Bonilla | Revenge | |
Fred Rooney | Dean Scofield | Archie Bunker's Place | |
Albert Rosenfield | Miguel Ferrer | Twin Peaks | Coded queer in the original series. |
Colin Russell | ____ | EastEnders | |
Sandy Ryerson | Stephen Tobolowsky | Glee | |
Marco Salazar | Freddie Smith | 90210 | |
Salim | Omid Abtahi | American Gods | Salim has sex with the Jinn and later shows to be in love with him. He is closeted. |
Salim | Omid Abtahi | Sleeper Cell | He is a closeted Islamic fundamentalist. |
Jack Samuels | Colton Haynes | ' | Samuels was in a relationship with Harrison Wilton, and had a one-night stand with Kai Anderson. |
Michael Sanchez | Rafael de la Fuente | Empire | He is the boyfriend of Jamal, the son of a renowned record producer. |
Lucas Sanders | ____ | Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden | |
Sanjay | Maulik Pancholy | Weeds | In the 2007-2008 season, Sanjay came out as gay. |
Saul | ____ | As Is | |
David Sawyer | Justin Bartha | The New Normal | Bryan Collins' husband, who is attempting to start a family with him. |
Falk von Schermbeck | Dick Martens | SK Kölsch | |
Theodore "Ted" Schmidt | Scott Lowell | Queer as Folk | |
Thorsten Schmidt | Martin Rapold | Mit Herz und Handschellen | |
Levi Schmitt | Jake Borelli | Grey's Anatomy Station 19 | He works at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Gets together with Nico Kim in season 15. |
Scott | Fred Willard | Roseanne | |
Colin Scott | _____ | Waterloo Road | |
Norman Scott | Ben Whishaw | A Very English Scandal | Norman was the secret lover of Jeremy Thorpe. |
Sean | Sean Hayes | Sean Saves the World | Sean is a divorced gay father who deals with the return of his 14-year-old daughter to his household. |
Sami Shafiq | ____ | Family Affairs | |
Ryan Shaver | Tommy Dorfman | 13 Reasons Why | After coming out as gay, Tony said that Ryan was his ex-boyfriend. |
TJ Shaw | Patrick Stafford | Major Crimes | Best friend of Rusty Beck in early season 4. During a conversation with psychologist Doctor Joe, its suggested that TJ is interested in Rusty romantically. Rusty confirms TJ is gay, but he is deeply closeted, having not told anyone besides Rusty or gone on a date with another guy. In "Hostage to Fortune", after Rusty neglected their friendship too much due to his obsession with identifying Alice Herrera, TJ ended their friendship after thinking Rusty was asking him out for coffee instead of just asking for his help. |
Philip Shea | Tyler Young | Eyewitness | Philip is an openly gay teen who moves from NYC to a conservative small town to live with his foster parents. He also witnesses a triple homicide when making out his love interest, Lukas. |
Kevin Sheffield | ____ | All My Children | |
Benny Sherwood | Percelle Ascott | Wizards vs Aliens | Benny comes out as gay. |
Dean Silverman | Gary Brun | Home and Away | Dean was Matilda's closeted gay boyfriend. After much prodding, he admitted he was gay and that he was attracted to Gareth. Later on, Gareth and Dean both moved into the city together. |
Silvio | D.J. Blickenstaff | Dear White People | |
Sir | Don Johnson | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Sir and Charles are a gay couple who "operate a lumber mill." While Sir is cruel, forcing child labor in the mill, Charles is more sympathetic, even though Sir's greed leads him to suppress his "good instincts." |
Isaak Sirko | Ray Stevenson | Dexter | |
Charlie Smith | Greg Austin | Class | |
George Smith | ____ | Hollyoaks | |
Luke Smith | Tommy Knight | Doctor Who The Sarah Jane Adventures | Had the series The Sarah Jane Adventures not ended after the death of Elizabeth Sladen, executive producer/showrunner Russell T Davies intended to have Luke come out as gay. |
Sebastian Smythe | Grant Gustin | Glee | A character who has sexual interest in Blaine Anderson. |
Leonard Snart | Wentworth Miller | Legends of Tomorrow | Leonard Snart's doppelgänger known as Citizen Cold from Earth-X is revealed to be in a relationship with Ray Terrill in season 3, episode 8. |
Luke Snyder | Van Hansis | As the World Turns | Luke is a gay teen in this soap opera who is in a romance with Noah, kissing him at one point in the show. |
Mark Solomon | ____ | One Life to Live | |
Vito Spatafore | Joseph R. Gannascoli | The Sopranos | |
Chance | Doug Spearman | Noah's Arc | |
Spike | ____ | Hollyoaks | |
Brian Spukowski | Brian Posehn | The Sarah Silverman Program | |
Hank St. Clare | Kevin Daniels | Sirens | |
Marc St. James | Michael Urie | Ugly Betty | An openly gay character who has a relationship with Cliff, both of whom were later written off the show. |
Paul Stamets | Anthony Rapp | ' | The first Star Trek character to be intended as gay from creation, and is the partner of Hugh Culber. |
Stanley | Denis O'Hare | ' | |
Clive Starr | Huw Bevan | Family Affairs | |
Alex Staton | Orlando Wells | As If | |
Argiras Karras | ' | ||
Ivo Steadman | Marc Warren | No Night Is Too Long | |
Sean Steel | Sam Barriscale | Family Affairs | |
Steve | Michael Ian Black | Reaper | |
Connor Stevens | Gavin MacIntosh | The Fosters | Before coming out, he kissed his best friend Jude Adams Foster, in the youngest same-sex kiss in TV history. He also flirts with Jude a lot and sends him a lot of mixed signals before Jude confronts him, leading to their kiss. He comes out as gay to his father on Season 2 episode "Not That Kind of Girl" and in episode "The End of the Beginning" he begins a relationship with Jude. Following his coming out to his father, he is shown to be out to everyone, openly acknowledging his relationship with Jude in the season 3 premier "Wreckage" when confronted by a classmate and unhesitatingly declaring himself gay at an LGBTQ prom when asked for his sexuality. In "Lucky" he instantly tells Jude he loves him too when Jude tells Connor he loves him. |
Clark Stevenson | Joey Haro | Awkward | |
Josh Stevenson | ____ | Waterloo Road | |
James Stinson | Wayne Brandy | How I Met Your Mother | He the gay brother of Barney. |
Frank Stone | ____ | Dream Team | |
TK Strand | Ronen Rubinstein | ' | TK is a firefighter and the son of Owen, a firefighter captain. Moves to Austin with his father to rebuild a firefighter unit. There he meets Carlos Reyes, a police officer. |
Sam Strickland | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Smash | |
Justin Suarez | Mark Indelicato | Ugly Betty | Always had a great sense of fashion, denied his sexuality at the beginning of the show, but later pseudo comes out by stepping onto the dance floor at a wedding with his boyfriend, and doesn't "conform to typical gender expectations." |
Jimmy Sullivan | Harley Alexander-Sule | Unforgotten | Jimmy was the gay lover of Eric Slater. |
Lance Sullivan | Cyril Nri | Cucumber | |
Taako | Justin McElroy | The Adventure Zone | Justin McElroy has stated that Taako is gay on multiple occasions. He is in a long term relationship with Kravitz. |
Yosh Takata | ____ | ER | |
Klaus Taube | ____ | SK Kölsch | |
Alf Taylor | Frank Bren | Neighbours | |
Justin Taylor | Randy Harrison | Queer as Folk | Has an on-and-off open relationship with the character Brian, many other sexual partners, and one short-lived romance with Ethan, a gifted violin player. He is an artist, and was 17 years old at the show's beginning. |
Ryan Taylor | ____ | Tinsel Town | |
Pray Tell | Billy Porter | Pose | Pray is an HIV-positive ballroom MC and is afraid to share his diagnosis with others. |
Ray Terrill | Russell Tovey | Legends of Tomorrow | Revealed to be in a relationship with Leonard Snart's doppelgänger, Citizen Cold, from Earth-X in season 3, episode 8. |
Thomas | Manifest | Sheldon Best | Thomas fled Jamaica's homophobic persecution as a stowaway on Flight 828, intending to reunite with his boyfriend later. |
Charlie Thomas | ____ | The Archers | |
Daffyd Thomas | Matt Lucas | Little Britain | |
Darren Thompson | Danny Horn | Emmerdale | |
Harry Thompson | Parry Glasspool | Hollyoaks | |
Jeremy Thompson | Kalama Epstein | No Good Nick | Jeremy kisses Eric in episode "The Big Mitt" and comes out as gay to his family in "The Box Job". |
Freddie Thornhill | Ian McKellen | Vicious | Freddie has been in a relationship with Stuart Bixby for almost five decades. They finally tie the knot in series 2. |
Jeremy Thorpe | Hugh Grant | A Very English Scandal | Thorpe was the leader of the Liberal Party for nine years and a closeted homosexual who had affairs with men. |
Tim | ____ | ' | |
Tobias Tischbier | Alexander Beyer | Deutschland 86 | |
Michael "Mouse" Tolliver | Marcus D'Amico Murray Bartlett | Tales of the City Tales of the City | |
Tony | Ken Marino | Reaper | |
Simon Trader | David Tredinnick | The Secret Life of Us | |
Larry Trainor / Negative Man | Matt Bomer | Doom Patrol | |
Lionel Trane | Michael J. Willett | United States of Tara | Marshall's boyfriend. |
Troy | ____ | Benidorm | |
Panto Trost | Christopher Russell | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Silas' boyfriend. |
Ben Trueman | Michael Obiora | Hotel Babylon | Ben is the flamboyant, openly gay front desk receptionist at the hotel. He is a main character, appearing in all four seasons of the series. |
Will Truman | Eric McCormack | Will & Grace | A white gay man, he had a lot of romantic relationships, finally marries Vince D'Angelo. |
Cameron Tucker | Eric Stonestreet | Modern Family | Mitchell Pritchett's husband and Lily's adoptive father. |
Sean Tully | ____ | Coronation Street | A gay man. |
Edward Tunstall | Miles Anderson | EastEnders | |
Dennis Tyler | ____ | True Dare Kiss | |
Jez Tyler | ____ | Britannia High | |
Vince Tyler | ____ | Queer as Folk | |
Loras Tyrell | Finn Jones | Game of Thrones | In a secret relationship with Renly Baratheon who is married to Loras' sister, Margaery Tyrell. |
Richie Valentine | Emun Elliott | Threesome | |
Isak Valtersen | Tarjei Sandvik Moe | Skam | Came out as gay in the third season and is in a long-term relationship with his boyfriend Even. |
Andrew Van de Kamp | Shawn Pyfrom | Desperate Housewives | Son of Rex and Bree Van de Kamp, Andrew, a bisexual man, comes out of the closet, although his mother does not accept it. While some have said Andrew is gay, his voice actor, Shawn Pyfrom, has implied the character is bisexual, while series creator Marc Cherry called Andrew an "empowered gay teen." |
Erik van der Woodsen | Connor Paolo | Gossip Girl | Serena Van der Woodsen's little brother, had some relationships with men during the series. |
Enrique "Rickie" Vasquez | Wilson Cruz | My So-Called Life | |
Jesús Velásquez | Kevin Alejandro | True Blood | Lafayette's boyfriend. |
PC Jake Vickers | Jacob Ifan | Cuffs | Openly gay protagonist who develops a relationship with lawyer Simon Reddington. |
Tony Vincent | Lee Warburton | Casualty | |
Lukas Waldenbeck | James Paxton | Eyewitness | Lukas is a closeted teen living in a conservative small town, who when making out with his love interest, Philip, witnesses a triple homicide. |
Dylan Walker | Eli Brown | ' | |
Kevin Walker | Matthew Rhys | Brothers & Sisters | Gay lawyer, later married with Scotty Wallden, whose story was fully integrated in the central plotlines of the story and openly showing his "romantic relationships in their most passionate or simple moments." |
Gustavo "Gus" Wallace | Rene Rosado | Major Crimes | In season 4, the character of Gus is introduced as a young man searching for his missing sisters who meets openly gay protagonist Rusty Beck in his search. During the course of the fourth and fifth seasons, Rusty and Gus fall in love with the two beginning a relationship and affirming their love for each other in season 5. While never explicitly stated as gay, Gus only ever mentions men when talking about potential other dates and another character comments at one point that Rusty and Gus "bat for the same team" while they are having relationship problems and are forced to stay together for a long period of time. |
Joe Wallace | Jason Rush | EastEnders | |
Connor Walsh | Jack Falahee | How To Get Away With Murder | A law student who is in a relationship with Oliver. |
Harry Doyle | Russell Tovey | Quantico | |
Eric Walsh | ____ | One Life to Live | |
Jackson Walsh | Marc Silcock | Emmerdale | |
Scotty Wandell | Luke Macfarlane | Brothers & Sisters | Kevin Walker's boyfriend and later husband. |
Chad Warwick | Zachary Quinto | ' | |
Cliff Waters | Paul Regina | Brothers | |
Andrew Watson | ____ | Neighbours | |
Eliot Waugh | Hale Appleman | The Magicians | |
Peter Webster | Christian Campbell | The Book of Daniel | A white gay man. |
George Weiss | ____ | Kevin Hill | |
Andrew Wells | Tom Lenk | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Appears to have an interest in male character Xander and expresses a possible interest in his friend Warren Mears. He also calls Johnathon Lenk "the cutest" at one point. In the comic book series, he comes out as gay after drinking a potion that makes him his "ideal man." However, he panics afterwards when he's no longer affected by the potion. |
Jackson West | Titus Makin | The Rookie | Jackson is a rookie cop and the son of a high-ranking police official. He is in a relationship with Gino Brown, a hospital nurse. |
Jason West | ____ | Gavin & Stacey | |
Tim Whistler | ____ | The Brittas Empire | |
Lawrence White | John Bowe | Emmerdale | |
Edgar Wield | ____ | Dalziel and Pascoe | |
Matt Wilding | ____ | Waterloo Road | |
Winston Williams | Deaken Bluman | 13 Reasons Why | Has relationships with Montgomery de la Cruz and Alex Standall. |
Josh "White Josh" Wilson | David Hull | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | |
Josh Wilson | ____ | Weeds | |
Harrison Wilton | Billy Eichner | ' | He recognizes himself as gay despite being married to a woman. He has a relationship with Jack Samuels. |
Doug Witter | Dylan Neal | Dawson's Creek | Has a relationship with Jack McPhee. |
Mr. Wolfe | Rex Lee | Suburgatory | Mr. Wolfe came out as gay half way through the show's first season. |
Bisexual
Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes | - |
Ida Abbott | Gillian Vigman | Life Sentence | Ida left her husband to be with Poppy. | - |
Emaline Addario | Sydney Sweeney | Everything Sucks! | For the first half of the season, Emaline dates Oliver, a male classmate. Following their breakup Emaline becomes attracted to classmate and series protagonist Kate Messner, they admit they like each other and later kiss, making her possibly bisexual. | - |
Cassie Ainsworth | Hannah Murray | Skins | - | |
Frankie Alan | Ruta Gedmintas | Lip Service | It's made very clear she likes girls, and she also slept with a man. | - |
Irene Adler | Lara Pulver | Sherlock | A dominatrix who offers her services to men and women. She's had sex with various men and a female member of the British royal family. | - |
Akemi | Michelle Ang | ' | - | |
Lily Aldrin | Alyson Hannigan | How I Met Your Mother | In a long-term relationship with Marshall Eriksen, but also expresses attraction to women on multiple occasions, especially about her friend Robin Scherbatsky, and says that one of her life goals before marrying Marshall was to have a "lesbian relationship." | - |
Christina "Chris" Alonso | Lina Esco | S.W.A.T. | - | |
Adam Eduardo Alvaro | Tyler Posey | Jane the Virgin | In season 4 episode 5, he reveals to Jane that he is bisexual. | - |
Jez Andrews | Lloyd Everitt | Casualty | Jez joined the series in 2016 and was characterised as a "young, ludicrously handsome and very openly bisexual" paramedic. | - |
Ariadne | Sophia Lauchlin Hirt | Olympus | - | |
Baum Arndt | Philipp Christopher | Origin | He had a relationship with a man and a woman. | - |
Astrid | Josefin Asplund | Vikings | Astrid is a shield-maiden and becomes Lagertha's lover. In the second half of season 4, they have been together for several years. In season 5, she is kidnapped and wedded to Harald Finehair. Pregnant with an unwanted child, Astrid confronts Lagertha in battlefield and asks Lagertha to kill her. When Lagertha hesitates, Astrid lunges at Lagertha with her sword and is killed. | - |
Jane Austen | N/A | Doctor Who | An off-screen romance between the celebrated author and Clara Oswald is implied in two episodes. In "The Magician's Apprentice", Clara states that Austen "is a phenomenal kisser." In episode "Face the Raven", Oswald says to her friend Rigsy, "Sometimes Jane Austen and I prank each other. She's the worst, I love her. Take that how you like." | - |
Nathaniel Baltimore | Hugh Davidson | Saul of the Mole Men | - | |
Magnus Bane | Harry Shum, Jr. | Shadowhunters | Explicitly states interest in both men and women in the episode "Of Men and Angels," then proceeded to show interest in starting a relationship with one of the main male characters. They officially started a relationship in Episode 6 of Season 2 and were established to be in love in Episode 10 of the same season, when they exchanged "I love yous". He's had romantic relationships with women before, with the vampire Camille Belcourt being the one that stings the most. | - |
Georgie Barker | Sasha Sienna | The Magnus Archives | Is shown to date men and eventually becomes romantically involved with a woman. | - |
Sarah Barnes | Loui Batley | Hollyoaks | "I don't know if she'd suddenly turned, though. Maybe she was more bisexual than anything." - Loui Batley on her character's sexuality. | - |
Tyler Barrol | Ashton Holmes | Revenge | He dates Ashley Davenport but later seduces a male character. | - |
Nancy Bartlett | Sandra Bernhard | Roseanne | - | |
Tim Bayliss | Kyle Secor | ' | In the first episode concerning the matter he flatly stated he was "not gay" and did not formally declare himself to be bisexual until Season 7, but even then he did not want to be deemed "a crusader". This way of treating his sexuality is believed to have made the network uncomfortable. | - |
Freddie Baxter | Freddie Fox | Cucumber, Banana | Described by roommate Dean Monroe as being "kind of anything" in reference to his sexuality. He is confirmed as being bisexual by actor Freddie Fox. | - |
Steven Beale | Aaron Sidwell | EastEnders | The buildup to Steven's 2008 exit involved in a bisexual love triangle storyline among him, Stacey, and Christian Clarke, who is Jane's gay brother. He returned in 2016 with a girlfriend, Lauren Branning. | - |
Juliet Becker | Rae Baker | The Bill | - | |
Tobias Beecher | Lee Tergesen | Oz | He had a wife and then has a relationship with his female lawyer; while in prison he has a relationship with Chris Keller and a few sexual encounters with other inmates. | - |
Mariana Belcombe | Anna Madeley | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Mariana is Anne Lister's secret lover. | - |
Ben | David Quirk | Please Like Me | Ben is a one-night stand of Josh's during the initial stages of his open relationship with Arnold. Ben is later hospitalized, facing a possibly life-threatening surgery, causing a dilemma for Josh as to whether or not it is appropriate to visit him. Josh ends up doing so, which frustrates Arnold and creates the defining rift in their relationship. Josh later tries to get back in contact with Ben, but he has begun a relationship with a woman, identifying as sexually fluid. | - |
Polo Benavent | Álvaro Rico | Elite | Polo is in an open relationship with his female classmate Carla Caleruega and often watches when she has sex with their other classmate Christian Expósito. He later develops sexual feelings for Christian himself and initiates a sexual encounter with him, which causes Carla to dump him. He tries to win Carla back but eventually gives up, instead pursuing a relationship with new girl Cayetana Pando. Polo and Cayetana later develop a polyamorous relationship with Valerio Montesinos, their male classmate. He also has a one night stand with his gay friend Ander Muñoz and admits to previously being attracted to his childhood best friend, Guzmán Osuna. | - |
Claire Bennet | Hayden Panettiere | Heroes | Claire Bennet is shown liking men and being seriously involved with a boyfriend. In season 4 episode "Hysterical Blindness", she's kissed by her roommate Gretchen Berg. Although she later spurned Gretchen's interest in her, in "Pass/Fail" she apologizes for having done so and admits that she wants, and is ready, to be with her. They hold hands as they walk away. The series was cancelled and their relationship was not further developed. | - |
Gretchen Berg | Madeline Zima | Heroes | Gretchen Berg is a college student of Arlington University who becomes Claire Bennet's roommate and befriends her. In season 4 episode "Hysterical Blindness", she is revealed to be bisexual when she confesses to Claire that she has a crush on her, and kisses her. | - |
Beth | Kari Matchett | Wonderfalls | - | |
Maddie Bishop | Fola Evans-Akingbola | Siren | Maddie has a boyfriend, Ben, but she is receptive to the attraction that Ryn has shown towards her. | - |
Margot Bishop | Sonya Walger | The Catch | She had an affair with Felicity. | - |
Maya Bishop | Danielle Savre | Station 19 | Maya tells her friends Andy Herrera and Victoria Hughes that taking care of herself includes "lots of sex" with "a series of ladies and gents". | - |
Grace Black | Tamara Wall | Hollyoaks | - | |
Jerri Blank | Amy Sedaris | Strangers with Candy | - | |
Alana Bloom | Caroline Dhavernas | Hannibal | Alana expresses interest in Will Graham in the first season, enters a relationship with Hannibal Lecter in the second season, and ultimately marries and has a child with Margot Verger. Bryan Fuller has repeatedly referred to her as bisexual. | - |
Wolfgang Bogdanow | Max Riemelt | Sense8 | In season finale, is shown to be engaging in a threesome with Kala and her husband, Rajan. | - |
Anne Bonny | Clara Paget | Black Sails | Anne was lover and life-partner with fellow pirate Jack Rackham before she met Max, a prostitute in a Nassau brothel, and they became lovers. | - |
Brendan Boulter | Steven Burrell | Family Affairs | - | |
Haddie Braverman | Sarah Ramos | Parenthood | Has happily been in relationships with both men and women. | - |
Meri Brown | Meri Brown | Sister Wives | - | |
Charlie Buckton | Esther Anderson | Home and Away | When Charlie first arrived in the Bay, Channel Seven described her as having a "bone to pick and the prowess to do it" in reference to her father's relationship with Morag Bellingham, which Charlie disapproved of because her mother had only recently died. | - |
Rosita Bustillos | Tamara Duarte | Wynonna Earp | During the Season 2 Episode 9 episode 'Forever Mine, Never Mind', Rosita invites Waverly Earp to share a hot tub with her. During the course of the scene, they share a kiss that Waverly initiates, but Rosita returns. They both break away, knowing that they both owe fidelity to their respective lovers. | - |
Diane Butcher | Sophie Lawrence | EastEnders | - | |
Caroline Buxton | Tandi Wright | Shortland Street | - | |
Caitlin | Zelda Williams | Teen Wolf | Initially introduced as a lesbian character in her first appearance in season 3a, she was subsequently brought back for an episode of season 3b and was identified as bisexual. | - |
Lockie Campbell | Nick Rhys | Hollyoaks | - | |
Cecelia Cannon | Caitlin Barlow | Teachers | Cecelia's sexuality has been speculated about by other characters throughout the show. During a party in Season 2 Episode 7 Cecelia makes out with a woman and tells her she is bisexual. | - |
Amanita Caplan | Freema Agyeman | Sense8 | Dyed her hair in the colors of the bisexual pride flag and is in a relationship with Nomi. | - |
Brenna Carver | Haley Ramm | Chasing Life | Brenna has been in a relationship with two boys and two girls throughout the show. She has explicitly stated multiple times she is bisexual and joins the LGBT+ club in her school. | - |
Mateo Castellano | Jake Canuso | Benidorm | - | |
Beatrix "Bird" Castro | Vanessa Morgan | Finding Carter | Bird kissed Carter's old friend named Madison, who is a girl, in I Knew You Were Trouble but never clearly stated her sexual preferences. | - |
Cassidy | Joe Gilgun | Preacher | Although mostly attracted to women, Cassidy makes several comments throughout the series about having sex with men, usually under the influence of drugs. In season 3 he kisses and shows attraction towards Eccarius, indicating that their relationship will be more than platonic. | - |
Rosie Chadderton | Lorna Pegler | Is Harry on the Boat? | - | |
August Chandler | Andre Myers | Cheetah in August | August is struggling with understanding his sexuality between men, while exploring women. | - |
Ethan Chandler | Josh Hartnett | Penny Dreadful | Has a "romantic encounter" with Dorian Gray. | - |
Piper Chapman | Taylor Schilling | Orange is the New Black | Having had a previously relationship with another woman prior to the start of the series, she was initially engaged to a man in the first season. | - |
Rick Cheesecloth | Andrew Woodall | Gimme Gimme Gimme | - | |
Oscar Cherniak | Shawn Erker | Renegadepress.com | - | |
Chloe | Nina Liu | The Secret Life of Us | - | |
Grace Choi | Chantal Thuy | Black Lightning | Becomes the girlfriend of Anissa Pierce. | - |
Cassandra Cillian | Lindy Booth | The Librarians | Admitted having feelings for Jenkins and later kissed a lady vampire. | - |
Quentin Coldwater | Jason Ralph | The Magicians | Dates Alice Quinn in season 1, and falls in love with Eliot Waugh in season 3. | - |
Daniel Colson | Mark Dobies | One Life to Live | - | |
John Constantine | Matt Ryan | Legends of Tomorrow | He is a bisexual character who slept with Sara Lance and kissed Gary Green. Canonic bisexuality established in 1992 comic. | - |
Marissa Cooper | Mischa Barton | The O.C. | Shae have relationships with Ryan and Alex through the series. | - |
Jay Copeland | Jaime Passier-Armstrong | Shortland Street | - | |
Lindsey Corkhill | Claire Sweeney | Brookside | - | |
Delphine Cormier | Évelyne Brochu | Orphan Black | A bisexual scientist who fell for Cosima and began helping her learn more about her nature as a clone. | - |
Tim Cornish | Lee Williams | No Night Is Too Long | - | |
Leonardo da Vinci | Tom Riley | Da Vinci's Demons | - | |
Angela Darmody | Aleksa Palladino | Boardwalk Empire | - | |
Ashley Davies | Mandy Musgrave | South of Nowhere | - | |
Ezri Dax | Nicole de Boer | ' | As another host of the symbiont Dax, Ezri, like Jadzia Dax, has memories and romantic feelings toward both men and women. However, in the mirror universe, her counterpart Ezri Tigan is a lesbian. | - |
Jadzia Dax | Terry Farrell | ' | - | |
Beauchamp Day | Thomas Gibson | Tales of the City | - | |
Pamela "Pam" Swynford de Beaufort | Kristin Bauer van Straten | True Blood | A vampire who loves men and women. | - |
Julián de La Mora | Darío Yazbek Bernal | La Casa de las Flores | - | |
Beatriz de Souza | Bruna Marquezine | Nada Será Como Antes | - | |
Comte de Vache | James Greene | Let Them Eat Cake | - | |
Craig Dean | Guy Burnet | Hollyoaks | Had an affair with John Paul McQueen while with girlfriend Sarah Barnes. He found it difficult to choose between them, admitting he loved them both. | - |
Logan Delos | Ben Barnes | Westworld | Logan has sex with two female hosts and one male host. On the same night that he flirts with a male guest, he also kisses a female host. He engages in an orgy with both sexes. | - |
Carina DeLuca | Stefania Spampinato | Grey's Anatomy | - | |
Bo Dennis | Anna Silk | Lost Girl | Bo is a succubus, a Fae that survives by feeding from life force and the energy created from sex with males or females. Bo becomes romantically and sexually involved with Dyson and Lauren. | - |
Sonny Dhillon | Pal Aron | Coronation Street | - | |
Dayanara Diaz | Dascha Polanco | Orange is the New Black | Though appearing to be straight for the first five seasons, Dayanara begins a relationship with Dominga "Daddy" Duarte when she realises she is going to be in prison for life. | - |
Rosa Diaz | Stephanie Beatriz | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Rosa affirms her bisexuality in the series' fifth season episode, "99". | - |
Christina Dichiera | Jacinta Stapleton | Stingers | Had an affair with the daughter of her unit's commander, and with a woman while working undercover. | - |
Alison DiLaurentis | Sasha Pieterse | Pretty Little Liars ' | She have previous relationships with men, buy finally get engaged with Emily Fields. | - |
Debbie Dingle | Charley Webb | Emmerdale | Had a brief relationship with Jasmine Thomas, but has mainly been with men, including Andy Sugden and Cameron Murray. | - |
Mary Dittrich | Lisa Joyce | Boardwalk Empire | - | |
Shell Dockley | Debra Stephenson | Bad Girls | - | |
Rich Dotcom | Ennis Esmer | Blindspot | - | |
Caitlin Dowd | Bonnie Somerville | Cashmere Mafia | During the show, she was romantically attracted to another woman, leading her to rethink her life "previously spent dating only men." | - |
Will Drake | Cheyenne Jackson | ' | Initially self-identifies as gay, but he later reveals he is a closeted bisexual who fears the prejudice others have regarding bisexuality. | - |
Haley Dunphy | Sarah Hyland | Modern Family | - | |
Waverly Earp | Dominique Provost-Chalkley | Wynonna Earp | Had been with long-term boyfriend Champ until she met Nicole Haught and fell for her. Nicole is the first woman Waverly had ever been attracted to and was caught off guard by her feelings for Nicole. | - |
Kat Edison | Aisha Dee | The Bold Type | - | |
Karen Ellis | Tanya Franks | Family Affairs | - | |
Camille Engelson | Allison Scagliotti | Stitchers | Her only known relationship was with boyfriend Linus. In episode 4 of Season 2 she says "Dirk and I only dated for about a week. I dated his sister a lot longer." In Season 3, Camille falls in love with medical examiner Amanda Weston and in episode 4 says to Amanda, "My life makes sense with you in it." Bisexuality confirmed by actress. | - |
Eretria | Ivana Baquero | The Shannara Chronicles | She had feelings for Wil in Season 1 and became the love interest of Princess Lyria in Season 2. | - |
Christian Exposito | Miguel Herrán | Elite | Christian has a brief threeway sexual relationship with his classmate Carla Caleruega and her boyfriend Polo Benavent. | |
Nina Farr | Rebekah Gibbs | Casualty | - | |
Felicity | Shivani Ghai | The Catch | She had an affair with Margot Bishop. | - |
Linda Ferguson | Beth Dover | Orange is the New Black | Had a relationship with Joe Caputo in season 4 and was involved with Carrie "Big Boo" Black in season 5 during the riot. | - |
Morris Fischer | ____ | Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden | - | |
Kris Fisher | Gerard McCarthy | Hollyoaks | - | |
Flowerdew | Peter Sellers | The Goon Show | - | |
Sonia Fowler | Natalie Cassidy | EastEnders | - | |
Billie Frasier | Laura Benanti | Starved | - | |
Donna Freedman | Margot Robbie | Neighbours | - | |
Gabrielle |Gabrielle | Renee O'Connor | ' | She and Xena became best friends over the course of the series, but despite the love they obviously felt for each other they never officially became a couple. | - |
Gael | Tommy Martinez | Good Trouble | - | |
Felix Gaeta | Alessandro Juliani | Battlestar Galactica | - | |
Gaia | Jaime Murray | ' | - | |
Tabitha Galavan | Jessica Lucas | Gotham | - | |
Ian Gallagher | Gerard Kearns | Shameless | Originally starts as a purely gay character, but reveals in later seasons that he has engaged in heterosexual relationships. | - |
Monica Gallagher | Annabelle Apsion Chloe Webb | Shameless Shameless | Married to Frank Gallagher, but has female lovers as well. | - |
Esther García | Fátima Baeza | Hospital Central | Dated several men before marrying Maca. | - |
Ferdinand "Ferdy" Garcia | Ramon Tikaram | This Life | - | |
Anna Garner | Louisa Krause | The Girlfriend Experience | - | |
Jasmine Garza | Luvia Petersen | Continuum | - | |
Conrad Gates | Ben Price | Footballers' Wives | - | |
DSI Stella Gibson | Gillian Anderson | The Fall | In the third episode of the second season, she mouth-kisses Reed Smith to drive away the advances from a male, and the two then headed to Gibson's hotel room but Smith changed her mind. | - |
Inka Gisladottior | Samantha Soule | Tales of the City | In a relationship with Eli Heller. She has a threesome with him and Shawna Hawkins. | - |
Júlia Azevedo Gomes | Letícia Colin | Nada Será Como Antes | - | |
Dr. Emily Grace | Georgina Reilly | Murdoch Mysteries | Emily had relationships with male characters. In Season 8 episode "High Voltage", she meets suffragette Lillian Moss. Emily falls in love with her and has a romantic relationship with Lillian. | - |
Will Graham | Hugh Dancy | Hannibal | While show runner Bryan Fuller initially described Will as heterosexual, he has confirmed that Will is in love with Hannibal. While describing Will and Hannibal's relationship, Fuller says: "You can have this intimate connection with somebody that then causes you to wonder where the lines of your own sexuality are. And we didn't quite broach the sexuality. It was certainly suggested, but the love is absolutely on the table. There is love between these two men, and confusion between these two men." He has also confirmed that the attraction between him and Hannibal is mutual. | - |
Angela Graves | Alexis Bristowe | Congeria | Secondary character in season one. She is a single female with a questionable criminal background who makes references to her past romantic relationship with the lead character, Jenny Walker. | - |
Inez Green | Leah Gibson | Jessica Jones | One of Jeri Hogarth's lovers. | - |
Clarke Griffin | Eliza Taylor | The 100 | Romantically involved with male character Finn and Lesbian characters Lexa and Niylah. In the Season 4 premier, she confesses to her mother in tears that she was in love with Lexa. | - |
Michael Guerin | Michael Vlamis | Roswell, New Mexico | Michael is an alien. | - |
Rosie Gulliver | Sarah Solemani | Bad Education | Dated multiple men and also dated a female former student. | - |
Eleanor Guthrie | Hannah New | Black Sails | Has a complicated on-again, off-again relationship with Charles Vane. In the beginning of season one she and Max, who is a woman, are lovers. | - |
Rana Habeeb | Bhavna Limbachia | Coronation Street | Rana is a married Muslim woman and has an affair with Kate Connor. | - |
Remy "Thirteen" Hadley | Olivia Wilde | House | Is seen in sexual and romantic relationships with males and females. In one episode, she talks about her bisexuality to a co-worker. | - |
Hadley Hale | Lindsey Haun | True Blood | - | |
Evelyn Harper | Holland Taylor | Two and a Half Men | During the show, she has dated women and men. | - |
Owen Harper | Burn Gorman | Torchwood | Had sexual relationships/interest in men and women | - |
Chad Harris-Crane | Donn Swaby Charles Divins | Passions | - | |
Holly Hart | Sandra Huggett | Family Affairs | Had a relationship with Susie Ross, then with Dave Matthews. | - |
Shawna Hawkins | Ellen Page | Tales of the City | - | |
Eli Heller | Benjamin Thys | Tales of the City | In a relationship with Inka Gisladottior. He has a threesome with her and a male actor. | - |
Larry Henderson | John Lithgow | Trial & Error | - | |
Summer Henderson | Krysta Rodriguez | Trial & Error | - | |
David Hide | Jason Durr | Casualty | - | |
Saul Holden | Ron Rifkin | Brothers & Sisters | His bisexuality was revealed in the 2007-2008 season, becoming "the first over-60 series regular LGBT character on broadcast television" according to GLAAD. Later in the show he struggled with his bisexuality, which he had previously hidden from his family. | - |
Miles Hollingsworth III | Eric Osborne | ' ' | Has had romantic relationships with females, and one male. Though he was hesitant to label himself, he finally comes to terms with his sexuality, and comes out as bisexual in the fourth season. | - |
Jean Holloway | Naomi Watts | Gypsy | Married to a man, and sexually involved with Sidney Pierce. | - |
Nolan Hotchkiss | Chris Mason | ' | - | |
Mr. Wilberforce C. Humphries | John Inman | Are You Being Served? Grace and Favour | John Inman played Mr. Humphries in all 69 episodes of Are You Being Served? that aired between 1972 and 1985 and in all 12 episodes of its follow up Grace And Favour that aired in 1992 and 1993. | - |
Tony Hills | Mark Homer | EastEnders | - | |
Holly | Billie Piper | True Love | Is romantically and is implied to be sexually involved with Karen. | - |
Susan Ivanova | Claudia Christian | Babylon 5 | - | |
Jase | Daniel Percival | Sinchronicity | - | |
Audrey Jensen | Bex Taylor-Klaus | Scream | Refers to herself as bicurious. | - |
Elizabeth Johnson | Lady Gaga | ' | Countess Johnson was involved in a polyamorous relationship with Rudolph Valentino and Natacha Rambova. Through the decades she has had many other lovers both male and female including Donovan, Tristan Duffy, Ramona Royale and her husband James Patrick March. | - |
Ianto Jones | Gareth David-Lloyd | Torchwood | Has a secret relationship with a woman at the beginning of the show, then later starts a relationship with main character Jack Harkness, a bisexual captain, later dying in a miniseries. | - |
Ivan Jones | Daniel Brocklebank | Emmerdale | - | |
Samantha Jones | Kim Cattrall | Sex and the City | Though most of her relationships were with men, she had an affair with a woman. | - |
Amber Kalirai | Nikki Patel | Coronation Street | - | |
Karen | Kaya Scodelario | True Love | She is Holly's lover. | - |
Ash Kaur | Gurlaine Kaur Garcha | EastEnders | She is in a relationship with Iqra Ahmed. | - |
Barbara Kean | Erin Richards | Gotham | Was involved romantically with Renee Montoya. | - |
Annalise Keating | Viola Davis | How to Get Away With Murder | She has had relationships with both men and women who reportedly dies at one point in the series. | - |
Christopher "Chris" Keller | Christopher Meloni | Oz | - | |
Kelly | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Black Mirror Episode: "San Junipero" | Once married to a man she loved, Kelly is living a free-spirited existence in a simulated reality where she dates men — until she meets Yorkie, a lesbian. She falls in love with Yorkie and chooses to remain together with her. | - |
Alex Kelly | Olivia Wilde | The O.C. | She have relationships with Marissa Cooper and Seth Cohen while she was on the series. | - |
Tina Kennard | Laurel Holloman | The L Word | She had relationships with men and women in the series, the most important of all with Bette. | - |
Pat Kerrigan | Liz May Brice | Bad Girls | Has a relationship with her cellmate Sheena William. Had a boyfriend before going to prison. | - |
Jane Kerkovich-Williams | Eliza Coupe | Happy Endings | She had a "lesbian stage" during college, although she is married to Brad Williams. | - |
Killian | Griffin McElroy | The Adventure Zone | Married Carey Fangbattle in the finale of the Balance arc. | - |
Judy King | Blair Brown | Orange is the New Black | - | |
Marcus "Dizzee" Kipling | Jaden Smith | The Get Down | - | |
Molly Kroll | Clementine Ford | The L Word | - | |
Lena Kundera | Olga Sosnovska | All My Children | - | |
Lagertha | Katheryn Winnick | Vikings | Lagertha is a shield-maiden and a Queen. In season 4 she enters into a relationship with Astrid, a shield-maiden, and they are together for several years. In season 5, after Astrid was kidnapped and wedded to a king, a pregnant Astrid meets Lagertha in battle and asks to be killed. Lagertha didn't want to do it, but Astrid lunges at her and Lagertha is forced to kill Astrid. | - |
C.J. Lamb | Amanda Donohoe | L.A. Law | - | |
Sara Lance | Caity Lotz | Arrow Legends of Tomorrow | Was in a relationship with Nyssa al Ghul and Oliver Queen but has a preference for women. She is also in a relationship with Ava Sharpe. Her character was later moved over to the Legends of Tomorrow show with the name "White Canary." | - |
Miranda Lang | Abi Tucker | The Secret Life of Us | - | |
Tourmaline Larou | Karla Crome | Carnival Row | Tourmaline and Vignette Stonemoss were lovers in the past and are now close friends. In season 1 she has been shown as having feelings for Vignette. She survives in the Burgue as a sex worker in a Fae brothel, where her clients have been male. | - |
Laura | Laura Ainsworth | Hollyoaks | - | |
Max Lawson | ____ | Family Affairs | - | |
Sophie-Anne Leclerq | Evan Rachel Wood | True Blood | - | |
Hannibal Lecter | Mads Mikkelsen | Hannibal | Has been in relationships with women as well as being in love with a man, Will Graham. Series creator Bryan Fuller said about the relationship between Lecter and Graham, "I feel one is omsexual and one is heterosexual and there's a lot of influence going back and forth"; but he did not specifically identify which of the two. | - |
Matty Levan | Sebastian de Souza | Skins | Though this aspect of the character isn't explicitly mentioned in the series, early scripts of the series were, and the production team considered this trait still true of the character. | - |
Maggie Lin | Julia Taylor Ross | Saving Hope | Has previously dated men. She becomes romantically interested in Dr. Sydney Katz and they kiss and have sex. Later, Zach Miller sets up an online dating profile for Maggie that includes interest in male and female candidates. In season 5, she reunited with Sydney and they begin dating. | - |
Portia Lin / Two / Rebecca | Melissa O'Neil | Dark Matter | Portia Lin was shown as being sexual with men until episode 3x01, in which she hallucinates about another woman, a dead colleague, and kisses her. In episode 3x10, it is revealed that Portia was in love with Dr. Irena Shaw and in a romantic relationship with her. Portia used the image of Irena to create the Android. | - |
Rudy Lom | Mackenzie Crook | Almost Human | He's seen making references to liking both male and female characters in the first and only season of the show, as shown in an episode where he tells a male performance evaluation board member that he could possibly be "the one", and another when he's talking to Dorian and John about talking to women in the dance club. | - |
Danny Lomax | Stephen Billington | Hollyoaks | - | |
Julien Lowe | Michael Jace | The Shield | - | |
Ruby / Red Lucas | Meghan Ory | Once Upon a Time | In season one she was in love with Peter, who dies tragically. In season five episode "Ruby Slippers", she reveals to Mulan that what she should have been searching for, instead of her pack, was someone like Dorothy Gale. Her True Love kiss awakens Dorothy from a sleeping spell and after this they become lovers. | - |
Lucretia | Lucy Lawless | ' ' ' | She has had sexual and romantic relationships with both men and women. | - |
Kith Lyonne | Sarita Choudhury | Jessica Jones | Was in a relationship with Jeri Hogarth, while Jeri was also having a secret affair with Wendy. They broke up. Twenty-five years later, Jeri tries to renew their relationship. | - |
Mary Agnes MacNue | Merritt Wever | Godless | After her husband is killed, she takes over the role of the town's mayor, wears her late husband's clothes, and becomes involved in a romantic same-sex relationship with Callie Dunne. | - |
Helen Magnus | Amanda Tapping | Sanctuary | - | |
Mandy | Mia Kirshner | 24 | - | |
Mango | Chris Kattan | Saturday Night Live | - | |
Christian Mann | Thore Schölermann | Verbotene Liebe | - | |
Sarah Manning | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | She initiates a steamy encounter with a woman and her boyfriend at a bar, but mostly with the other woman. She has also been romantically involved with Cal, who fathered her daughter Kira. | - |
Mark | Luke Bilyk | Lost Girl | Mark is shown as being attracted to females and has sex with Bo Dennis, then as his friendship with Vex grows their relationship becomes romantic. | - |
Evony Fleurette Marquise / The Morrigan | Emmanuelle Vaugier | Lost Girl | The Morrigan, leader of the Dark Fae, seduces males and allows herself to be seduced by women. | - |
Sharon 'Shaz' Marshall | Lindsey Fawcett | Bad Girls | Forms a relationship with Denny Blood in prison, but presumed bisexual. | - |
Cara Mason | Tabrett Bethell | Legend of the Seeker | - | |
Jason Maurio | Andrew Lawrence | United States of Tara | - | |
Maya | Esther Povitsky | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | - | |
Debbie McAllister | Natalie Roles | The Bill | - | |
Michelle McBride | Maria Bello | Goliath | Ex-wife of Billy McBride, Michelle kisses Callie Senate in episode "It's Donald". She enters into a same-sex affair with her. | - |
Mini McGuinness | Freya Mavor | Skins | - | |
Sally McKenna | Sarah Paulson | ' | Sally fell in love with two musicians, a man and a woman, and later had a threesome with them. | - |
Lauren Collins | ' | Has dated a number of male characters, and one female character. Her actress, Lauren Collins, believes that Paige doesn't label herself, though she is often referred to in the media and by fans as bisexual. | - | |
Freya Mikaelson | Riley Voelkel | The Originals | In a relationship with Keelin. | - |
Nicole Miller | Sally Martin | Shortland Street | - | |
Nico Minoru | Lyrica Okano | Runaways | After breaking up with Alex Wilder, Nico begins developing feelings for Karolina Dean. At a dance, Karolina hesitatingly kisses Nico and pulls back, but Nico reciprocated. In a later episode, Nico initiates their second kiss. That night, she and Karolina are seen together, spooning as they sleep. | - |
Eva Kviig Mohn | Lisa Teige | Skam | Eva never explicitly states her sexuality, but she was in relationships with men and she kisses several times Vilde Lien Hellerud. The creator of the show confirmed she was bisexual. | - |
Angela Montenegro | Michaela Conlin | Bones | An Asian-Pacific Island and bisexual woman who once had a relationship with a woman, she is married to Jack Hodgins, with whom she has a son. | - |
Sophie Moore | Meagan Tandy | Batwoman | Sophie was lovers with Kate Kane when the two were cadets in a military academy, but their relationship ended when Kate's sexual orientation was discovered and Kate was discharged; and Sophie chose to remain in the academy and not be with Kate. Sophie later becomes a Crow agent and marries Tyler, another Crow agent. | - |
Blake Moran | Erich Bergen | Madam Secretary | Blake is Elizabeth McCord's Executive Assistant. He comes out to her in season 3 episode 22, "Revelation". | - |
Dylan Moreland | Alexandra Hedison | The L Word | - | |
Lorna Morello | Yael Stone | Orange is the New Black | - | |
Lucifer Morningstar | Tom Ellis | Lucifer | He has been shown many times coming out of the bedroom with men and women. He has hit on men and complimented their looks throughout the series. In episode 2x11, Lucifer's past sexual partners are interviewed by police, with multiple men and women admitting to having sex with him. | - |
Toby Nance | Crystal Lowe | ' | - | |
Neal | Maulik Pancholy | Whitney | - | |
Kira Nerys | Nana Visitor | ' | Her Mirror universe counterpart, Intendant Kira, is bisexual and shown surrounded by a mixed-gender harem. She's eventually depicted being in a romantic relationship with her universe's Ezri Tigan. | - |
Nicki | Nicola Reynolds | Ideal | - | |
Vince Noir | Noel Fielding | The Mighty Boosh | - | |
Dr. Eleanor O'Hara | Eve Best | Nurse Jackie | A bisexual doctor. | - |
Clara Oswald/Oswin Oswald | Jenna Coleman | Doctor Who | In episode "Into the Dalek", she was in a relationship with Danny Pink, and in others she indicated attraction towards the male incarnations of The Doctor. In episode "The Magician's Apprentice", she has an implied off-screen romance with Jane Austen, whom she refers to later as a "phenomenal kisser". A further implied reference occurs in episode "Face the Raven", in which she says about Austen, "I love her. Take that how you like." In the narrative of the series, Clara is "fragmented" through time and space. One of these fragments is named Oswin Oswald. In the episode "Asylum of the Daleks", Oswin says to Rory Williams, "First boy I ever fancied was called Rory...actually, she was called Nina. I was going through a phase." | - |
Dexadrine "Dex" Parios | Cobie Smulders | Stumptown | A bisexual private investigator and veterans who has a problem with gambling. | - |
Patrick | Charles Cottier | Please Like Me | - | |
Danny Pennant | Gary Lucy | EastEnders | - | |
Valencia Perez | Gabrielle Ruiz | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | At the beginning of the series, Valencia is engaged to a man; later in the series she has a relationship with a woman. | - |
Lindsay Peterson | Thea Gill | Queer as Folk | Lindsay is in a partner relationship with Melanie Marcus, but had an affair with a man, Sam Auerbach, in season 4. She and Melanie break up because of it, but reconcile in season 5. | - |
Sarah Pfefferman | Amy Landecker | Transparent | Sarah was married to a man, and was briefly engaged to a woman. She describes herself as bisexual throughout the third season. | - |
Brittany S. Pierce | Heather Morris | Glee | Was in a long-term relationship with Santana, which culminated in a marriage, but have romantic relationships with Artie Abrams and Sam Evans through the series. | - |
Sidney Pierce | Sophie Cookson | Gypsy | Ex-girlfriend of one of Jean Holloway's male patients, she becomes sexually involved with her. | - |
Alice Pieszecki | Leisha Hailey | The L Word ' | She has had relationships and hookups with men and women and identifies as bisexual. | - |
Niles Pottinger | James Murray | Defiance | - | |
Michelle Prado | Floriana Lima | Allegiance | - | |
Natacha Rambova | Alexandra Daddario | ' | She and her husband Rudolph Valentino were both involved in a polyamorous relationship with the young Elizabeth Johnson. | - |
Lenora Rauch | Maria Schrader | Deutschland 86 | She's openly bisexual. | - |
Amy Raudenfeld | Rita Volk | Faking It | After Amy and her best friend Karma pretend to be in a lesbian relationship Amy realises she does in fact love Karma and begins to question her sexuality. Throughout the series she dates both men and women before entering a relationship with her childhood friend Sabrina. | - |
Randy | Patrick Roach | Trailer Park Boys | - | |
Christine Reade | Riley Keough | The Girlfriend Experience | - | |
Shannon Reed | Isla Fisher | Home and Away | - | |
Spencer Reid | Matthew Gray Gubler | Criminal Minds | - | |
Evelyn Rey | Nora Arnezeder | Origin | Rey mentioned that she once had a relationship with a woman. She has also had a relationship with a man. | - |
Charlotte Richards | Tricia Helfer | Lucifer | In episode "Sympathy for the Goddess", Charlotte is delighted when a female searches her body from knees to shoulders. As Detective Chloe Decker conducts a full pat-down on Charlotte, she smiles and says "Oh, you're being incredibly thorough. I like it." The intimation that Charlotte may be open to same-sex activity is self-evident. | - |
Rider | Daniel Black | Skins | - | |
Jane Rigsby | Claire Tyler | Is Harry on the Boat? | - | |
Natalia Rivera Aitoro | Jessica Leccia | Guiding Light | - | |
Kenya Rosewater | Mia Kirschner | Defiance | A bisexual woman. | - |
Nolan Ross | Gabriel Mann | Revenge | He is bisexual and has dated men and women. | - |
Susan Ross | Heidi Swedberg | Seinfeld | - | |
Susie Ross | Tina Landini | Family Affairs | - | |
Ravi Roy | Stephen Uppal | Hollyoaks | - | |
Ramona Royale | Angela Bassett | ' | Was involved in a decade long relationship with the Countess but later left her for a rapper named Prophet Moses. | - |
Rudy | French Stewart | Mom | Chef Rudy was revealed in the 2013-2014 broadcast season that he was bisexual. | - |
Sophia Russo | Kelli Giddish | The Good Wife | A private investigator, Sophia is married and is lovers with Kalinda Sharma. | - |
Ryn | Eline Powell | Siren | Ryn, a mermaid, is attracted to Maddie. She has also shown interest in Ben, Maddie's boyfriend. | - |
Oliver Sabel | Jo Weil | Verbotene Liebe | - | |
Ellaria Sand | Indira Varma | Game of Thrones | - | |
Jean-Ralphio Saperstein | Ben Schwartz | Parks and Recreation | - | |
Toshiko Sato | Naoko Mori | Doctor Who Torchwood | An East Asian bisexual computer expert, he dated and slept with a woman in Torchwood episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts" , and had mutual romantic feelings for Owen Harper. | - |
Madeline Scott | Rachelle Lefevre | Proven Innocent | - | |
Inara Serra | Morena Baccarin | Firefly | Known as a Companion, she's a courtesan for upper-class clients and dignitaries, male or female. | - |
Jenny Schecter | Mia Kirshner | The L Word | Was in a relationship with Tim at the beginning of the series but has relationships with women the rest of the series. | - |
Ricky Schwartz | Matthew Fahey | Awkward | - | |
Kalinda Sharma | Archie Panjabi | The Good Wife | Has an ex-husband, dates Cary, and has been involved with female lovers. | - |
Sameen Shaw | Sarah Shahi | Person of Interest | - | |
Adam Sheldrake | Vince Leigh | Family Affairs | - | |
Eleanor Shellstrop | Kristen Bell | The Good Place | In "Michael's Gambit", the final episode of season 1, she describes Tahani Al-Jamil as "a hot, rich fraud with legs for days", then adds "Side note, I might legit be into Tahani." | - |
Chuck Shurley/God | Rob Benedict | Supernatural | He mentions having had both boyfriends and girlfriends in the eleventh season's twentieth episode Don't Call Me Shurley. | - |
Ella Simms | Katie Cassidy | Melrose Place 2.0 | A regular character and bisexual woman in this series. | - |
Grayson Sinclair | Christopher Villiers | Emmerdale | - | |
Number Six | Tricia Helfer | Battlestar Galactica | - | |
Eric Slater | Tom Courtenay | Unforgotten | Eric was in a heterosexual marriage and had secret Gay relationships with Jimmy Sullivan and another man called Nicholas. | - |
Petra Solano | Yael Grobglas | Jane the Virgin | In early seasons, Petra is in relationships with men, including Rafael Solano, but falls in love with a woman in season 4. | - |
River Song | Alex Kingston | Doctor Who | Mentions in passing that she had a second wife during the series 9 Christmas special. | - |
Sophia | Brina Palencia | Star-Crossed | - | |
Ali Spencer | Kelli Hollis | Emmerdale | - | |
Olivia Spencer | Crystal Chappell | Guiding Light | - | |
Leo Spiller | Will McCormack | Dirt | - | |
Lucy Spiller | Courteney Cox | Dirt | Although she has always dated men, she had a sexual relationship with her friend Tina Harrod. | - |
Charlie St. George | Tyler Barnhardt | 13 Reasons Why | Comes out as bisexual once he starts dating his classmate Alex Standall. | - |
Maya St. Germain | Bianca Lawson | Pretty Little Liars | Was romantically involved with Emily Fields. | - |
Alex Standall | Miles Heizer | 13 Reasons Why | Has an on-again off-again relationship with his classmate Jessica Davis but later has relationships with Winston Williams and Charlie St. George. | - |
June Stahl | Ally Walker | Sons of Anarchy | - | |
Michael Stevens | Anthony Head | Little Britain | - | |
Donald Stewart | Kenny Ireland | Benidorm | - | |
Helen Stewart | Simone Lahbib | Bad Girls | Engaged to a man at the beginning of series 1, but forms a relationship with prisoner Nikki Wade. | - |
Jacqueline Stewart | Janine Duvitski | Benidorm | - | |
Tony Stonem | Nicholas Hoult | Skins | He's in a relationship at the beginning with Michelle, but in an episode he shows sexual curiosity for his friend Maxxie Oliver. | - |
Vignette Stonemoss | Cara Delevingne | Carnival Row | In the past, Vignette was in a relationship with Tourmaline Larou. She and Tourmaline have remained close friends. | - |
Victor Strand | Colman Domingo | Fear the Walking Dead | Confirmed bisexual by the actor. | - |
Robert Sugden | Ryan Hawley | Emmerdale | Robert starts having an affair with Aaron Dingle whilst engaged to Chrissie White. Their affair is exposed as Robert is outed, his marriage to Chrissie ends as him and Aaron enter into a relationship. Robert later confirms his bisexuality to Aaron expressing he had kept it hidden since being a teenager when his father had beat him for it. | - |
Susan | Hilary Jardine | Van Helsing | Susan had an abusive boyfriend when the series began. In episode 1.09 she kisses her friend Vanessa Helsing on the lips and attempts physical intimacy with her. | - |
Anna Taggaro | Daniella Alonso | One Tree Hill | Anna was the first LGBT character to be introduced onto the show. | - |
Brett Talbot | Cody Saintgnue | Teen Wolf | - | |
Tamsin | Rachel Skarsten | Lost Girl | After she is done with him she shares a male one night stand with Bo, then initiates a friends with benefits relationship with her in Season 5. | - |
Stahma Tarr | Jaime Murray | Defiance | A bisexual woman. | - |
Marissa Tasker | Brittany Allen | All My Children | - | |
Charity Tate | Emma Atkins | Emmerdale | Had a brief relationship with Zoe Tate but is generally represented as a 'man's woman' or 'femme fatale' and has had many more relationships with men and been married more than once. | - |
Adrianna Tate-Duncan | Jessica Lowndes | 90210 | He has had relationships with men although she had an affair with a girl named Gia. | - |
Tina Tevetino | Izzie Steele | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Came out as bisexual in Season 2, episode 3. | - |
Thea | Melissa Roxburgh | Valor | - | |
Jasmine Thomas | Jenna Coleman | Emmerdale | - | |
Thor | Noah Le Gros | The Get Down | - | |
Tara Thornton | Rutina Wesley | True Blood | Tara is a bisexual vampire who has a girlfriend named Naomi. | - |
Bob Thompson | Dermot Mulroney | ' | He has a purely sexual relationship with reporter Serina Belinda. Although later it is discovered that he has a masculine sexual exclave. | - |
Number Three | Lucy Lawless | Battlestar Galactica | - | |
Dell Toledo | Michael Chiklis | ' | He had relations with Ethel Darling and Desiree Dupree, but he was in love with a gigolo named Andy. | - |
Toni Topaz | Vanessa Morgan | Riverdale | Toni kissed Jughead, but later said she preferred girls. | - |
Callie Torres | Sara Ramirez | Grey's Anatomy | Callie realized she's bisexual in season 4. She has had romances with men and women. In the show's ninth season, Callie and Arizona raise a baby together. | - |
Paul Torres | Adan Canto | The Following | - | |
Gina Tribbiani | Drea De Matteo | Joey | In the Season 2 episode "Joey and the Holding Hands", it is implied that Gina may be bisexual. | - |
Phil Tyler | Dervla Kirwan | True Dare Kiss | - | |
Jeremy Usborne | Robert Webb | Peep Show | Hinted in earlier series', and confirmed in Series 9 in episodes 'Gregory's Beard' and 'Threeism', where Jeremy starts an affair with his current girlfriend Megan's boyfriend Joe, and discusses his sexuality openly with roommate Mark Corrigan. | - |
Dutch Velders | Ruta Gedmintas | The Strain | Dutch had romantic feelings for Nikki Taylor and Vasiliy Fet, as well as engaging in sex with both. When asked, she described her sexuality as "I specialise in passionate, destructive relationships". | - |
Vex | Paul Amos | Lost Girl | BDSM submissive with a favorite dominatrix in Season 2, he has a sexual fantasy involving Mark in Season 5 and the two of them become a couple. | - |
Nyssa-Vex | Wallis Day | Krypton | Nyssa was in a same-sex relationship in the past. | - |
Villanelle | Jodie Comer | Killing Eve | Villanelle is a psychopathic assassin. | - |
Karen Walker | Megan Mullally | Will & Grace | - | |
Elise Wassermann | Clémence Poésy | The Tunnel | Elise has had sex with men based on an emotionally detached physical necessity. She had never experienced instinctual attraction for anyone until she met Eryka Klein, and falls in love with her. | - |
Tyrell Wellick | Martin Wallström | Mr. Robot | Tyrell's sexuality has never been explicitly stated, but he often uses sex in order to reach his goals and seems pretty comfortable kissing and performing sex acts with both women and men, like Anwar in the show's third episode. He has a wife with whom he is implied to be sexually active in the first season of the show, and confesses his love for the main character of the show, Elliot Alderson, who is a man, in the second season. It has been confirmed by the show creator Sam Esmail that he does indeed love Elliot. | - |
Helena "H.G." Wells | Jaime Murray | Warehouse 13 | In 2.11, Helena stated "many of my lovers were men". In the series' finale Myka reveals that Helena is dating a woman named Giselle. | - |
Jacob Wells | Nico Tortorella | The Following | - | |
Ilana Wexler | Ilana Glazer | Broad City | - | |
Darryl Whitefeather | Pete Gardner | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | He married a woman but after their separation is dating "White Josh", even singing a song declaring himself bisexual titled "Getting Bi." | - |
Jackson Whittemore | Colton Haynes | Teen Wolf | Jackson was in a relationship with girlfriend Lydia Martin from seasons 1 to 3 before moving to London. Jackson returned to season 6 with his boyfriend Ethan. | - |
Jodie Wilde | Montana Manning | Hollyoaks | - | |
Mark Wilde | Callum Blue | As If | - | |
Sheena Williams | Laura Rogers | Bad Girls | Has a child with her boyfriend but forms a relationship with fellow prisoner Pat Kerrigan and intends to stay with her even after release. | - |
Clarice Willow | Polly Walker | Caprica | - | |
Palmer Wyland | Jaime King | The Class | - | |
Xena | Lucy Lawless | She loved Gabrielle |Gabrielle. | - | |
Yasuko 'Yoko' | Haruka Kuroda | Ideal | - | |
Zero | Adam Senn | Hit the Floor | - | |
Aleksandra Zimińska | Marta Wierzbicka | Na Wspólnej | Most notable "bisexual" person, probably only, in contemporary Polish pop culture. Na Wspólnej is a popular Polish soap opera. Aleksandra Zimińska is in a romantic relationship with Klaudia Bracka, played by Polish actress Julia Trembecka. | - |
Zoroaster | Gregg Chillin | Da Vinci's Demons | - |