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Who's Gay On TV?
posted Thursday, 1 October 2009
We gays LOVE our TV!!! (No, not THAT TV - not that we don't like them as well...). Maybe it was/is our form of escape to a different world. We especially like TV when there are gay characters!!! We posted an AfterElton poll of the Favorite Gay Characters of all time. So what's on the tube this year?
The folks at GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) have done a study on status of the gays on television (click here for complete study). If you don't like a lot of words and want to know what channel to turn to, here ya go... (notice it's just network shows, not cable).
LEADING CHARCTERS | ||||
| Show | Network | Character | Actor | Orientation/Ethnicity |
| Brothers & Sisters | ABC | Kevin Walker | Matthew Rhys | gay/white |
| Grey's Anatomy | ABC | Callie Torres | Sara Ramirez | bisexual/Latina |
| Modern Family | ABC | Mitchell Cameron | Jesse Tyler Ferguson Eric Stonestreet | gay/white gay/white |
| Melrose Place | The CW | Ella Simms | Katie Cassidy | bisexual/white |
| Subtotal: 5 | ||||
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS | ||||
| Show | Network | Character | Actor | Orientation/Ethnicity |
| American Dad! | Fox | Roger the Alien | Seth MacFarlane | gay/non-human |
| The Beautiful Life | The CW | Simon Lockridge | Dusan Dukic | gay/white |
| Bones | Fox | Angela Montenegro | Michaela Conlin | bisexual/API |
| Brothers & Sisters | ABC | Saul Holden Scotty Wandell | Ron Rifkin Luke Macfarlane | gay/white gay/white |
| Glee | Fox | Kurt Hummel | Chris Colfer | gay/white |
| Grey's Anatomy | ABC | Arizona Robbins | Jessica Capshaw | lesbian/white |
| House | Fox | Remy "Thirteen" Hadley | Olivia Wilde | bisexual/white |
| Mercy | NBC | Angel Garcia | Guillermo Diaz | gay/Latino |
| The Office | NBC | Oscar Martinez | Oscar Ninez | gay/Latino |
| Southland | NBC | Officer John Cooper | Michael Cudlitz | gay/white |
| Trauma | NBC | Tyler Briggs | Kevin Rankin | gay/white |
| Ugly Betty | ABC | Marc. St. James | Michael Urie | gay/white |
| Subtotal: 13 | ||||
RECURRING CHARACTERS | ||||
| Show | Network | Character | Actor | Orientation/Ethnicity |
| American Dad! | FOX | Terry Bates Greg Corbin | Mike Barker Seth MacFarlane | gay/white gay/white |
| Desperate Housewives | ABC | Lee McDermott Bob Hunter Andrew Van de Kamp | Kevin Rahm Tuc Watkins Shawn Pyfrom | gay/white gay/white gay/white |
| Friday Night Lights | NBC | Mayor Lucy Rodell | Libby Villari | lesbian/white |
| Gossip Girl | The CW | Eric Van der Woodsen | Conor Paolo | gay/white |
| Heroes | NBC | Gretchen | Madeline Zima | lesbian/white |
| Melrose Place | The CW | Caleb Brewer | Victor Webster | gay/white |
| Rules of Engagment | CBS | Brad | Orlando Jones | gay/black |
| The Simpsons | FOX | Patty Bouvier Waylon Smithers | Julie Kavner Harry Shearer | lesbian/white gay/white |
| Subtotal: 12 | ||||
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