List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters explained
The following is a list of made-for-television films that feature fictional and factual lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender characters. The orientation can be portrayed on-screen, described in the dialogue or mentioned.
(For queer characters — non-binary, gender fluid, pansexual, etc. — see lists for asexual, intersex, non-binary, and pansexual characters.)
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1970s
1975–1979
1980s
1985–1989
1990s
1995–1999
2000s
2005–2009
2010s
2015–2019
2020s
2020–2024
See also
Further reading
Notes and References
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