Lists of television programs with LGBT characters explained

These lists of television programs with LGBT characters include:

Characters

• List of lesbian characters in television
• List of gay characters in television
• List of bisexual characters in television
• List of transgender characters in television
• List of LGBT characters in radio and podcasts
• List of LGBT characters in soap operas

Series

• • • • • List of animated series with LGBTQ+ characters
• List of GL dramas
• List of BL dramas
• List of comedy television series with LGBT characters
  • • • • List of horror television series with LGBT characters

Episodes

• List of 1970s American television episodes with LGBT themes
• List of 1980s American television episodes with LGBT themes
• List of 1990s American television episodes with LGBT themes
• Lists of American television episodes with LGBT themes
• List of pre–Stonewall riots American television episodes with LGBT themes

Films

• List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters

Miscellaneous

• List of fictional asexual characters
• List of fictional bisexual characters
• List of fictional gay characters
• List of fictional intersex characters
• List of fictional lesbian characters
• List of fictional non-binary characters
• List of fictional pansexual characters
• List of fictional trans characters
• List of news and information television programs featuring LGBT subjects

Cast

• List of comedy and variety television programs with LGBT cast members
• List of reality television programs with LGBT cast members

See also

• Television works about intersex

Further reading

• Book: Becker . Ron . Gay TV and Straight America . 2006 . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-3689-7 .
• Book: Capsuto . Steven. Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television . 2000 . . New York . 0-345-41243-5 . 00104495. 44596808.
• Book: Castañeda . Laura . Campbell . Shannon B. . News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity . 2005 . SAGE Publications . 978-1-4129-0999-0 .
• Book: Cortese, Anthony Joseph Paul. . Opposing Hate Speech . 2006 . . 0-275-98427-3 . 2005019176. 849085841.
• Book: Danuta Walters . Suzanna . Suzanna Danuta Walters . All The Rage: The Story Of Gay Visibility In America . 2001 . . 0-226-87231-9 . 46500686 . 2001001665.
• Book: Earle . Harriet E. H. . Gender, Sexuality and Queerness in American Horror Story: Critical Essays . 2019 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-7884-9 .
• Book: Elliott-Smith . Darren . Queer Horror Television and Film: Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins . 2016 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-78673-137-1 .
• Book: Tropiano . Stephen . The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV . 2002 . . 1-55783-557-8 . New York. 606827696. 2002003220 .