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As LGBT representation continues to be on the rise in media, many new television series feature prominent lesbian, gay, or bisexual characters. In the past few years, tons of successful shows have emerged that feature non-heterosexual characters. Whether side characters or part of the core cast, you can vote on some of the best new shows with <a href="/list/best-fictional-gay-role-models/eric-diaz" target="_blank">gay characters</a> on the list below.

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What are the best new shows with gay characters? Euphoria&nbsp;features the breakout characters Rue and Jules, who take the viewers on a journey through their experiences with drugs, relationships, and identity discovery.&nbsp;Love, Victor&nbsp;gives us a wholesome spinoff of Love, Simon with even more gay leads. Genera+ion features several gay characters, including Chester, Nathan, and Greta. Other good current shows with gay characters include Batwoman, I Am Not Okay With This,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Zoey&#39;s Extraordinary Playlist. 
 
Which <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-shows-currently-on-the-air?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">current TV shows</a> with gay characters deserves the top spot on this list? Help us decide by voting up the shows they&#39;re on. And if you want even fresher stories of LGBTQ+ characters, check out the list of <a href="/list/best-gay-tv-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Curernt</a><a href="/list/best-gay-tv-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank"> TV Shows With Gay Characters</a>.

The Best Newer TV Shows With Gay Characters

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The 30+ Best New TV Shows With Gay Characters

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From aunts living with &quot;good friends&quot; to historians not sure why two men would want to be buried together, straight people often forget that gay people exist. The subreddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend" target="_blank">r/sapphoandherfriend </a>collects the most egregious examples of gay erasure, both small and large. Here are some that had us slapping our foreheads the hardest.&nbsp;

27 Times Straight People Forgot Gay People Existed

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Sometimes straight people seem to completely forget that not everyone is actually straight. These moments of erasure can happen on the small scale (Aunt Pam&nbsp;and her &quot;roommate&quot;) or on academic levels. Here are some examples when ended up straight people looking pretty&nbsp;foolish by not taking off their cultural blinders. You can find more examples like this at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend" target="_blank">r/sapphoandherfriend</a>.

24 Times Straight People Looked Foolish By Forgetting That LGBTQ+ People Exist

Webcomics

Not all comic strips need to deal with super villains or alien invasions in order to be compelling; sometimes the greatest struggles occur simply as part of everyday life. Capturing everyday struggles is what <a href="https://www.facebook.com/assignedmale" target="_blank">artist Sophia Labelle</a> does with her Assigned Male comic strips, specifically the everyday struggles of living as a transgendered individual. Similar to how <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-daily-life-gay-couple-comics/mick-jacobs" target="_blank">Daily Life of a Gay Couple comics</a> convey the lives of a nontraditional couple in animated terms, Sophia Labelle's&nbsp;Assigned Male comic series touches upon the struggles and successes of trans people in colorful yet informative ways. The best Assigned Male comic strips, centered around a young trans girl named Stephie, use humor and education to enlighten people about <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/trans-etiquette/devon-ashby" target="_blank">trans etiquette</a>. By writing comic strips about being transgender, Labelle reveals&nbsp;how day-to-day existence for a trans person can feel just as tumultuous, and relatable,&nbsp;as anything you'd read from&nbsp;Marvel or DC.

This Artist Creates Eye-Opening Comics About Being Trans

Mick Jacobs

Erasure isn&#39;t just a band with some of the best hits of the &#39;80s (give &#39;Drama!&#39; a spin, it holds up!)&nbsp;Erasure&nbsp;also refers to the act of removing all traces of something, usually people outside the mainstream that society wishes would just go away. Most often erasure is used&nbsp;against the&nbsp;LGBTQ+ community when straight people pretend they don&#39;t exist. The subreddit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend/" target="_blank">r/sapphoandherfriend</a>&nbsp;collects moments of casual and historical erasure for our mutual cringing.&nbsp;

27 Times Straight People Pretended Gay People Didn't Exist

Lists of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and all other kinds of celebs working in the entertainment industry and in the public eye.

LGBTQ+ Celebrities

The LGBTQ+ community has long been celebrated within the music industry, as some of the biggest stars of the late 20th century and beyond have identified themselves as such. While it shouldn&#39;t matter whether a singer or band is gay, lesbian, transgender, and so on, there have been plenty throughout music&#39;s history that completely shine. In fact, some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-musical-artists-of-all-time/ranker-music" target="_blank">greatest musicians to date</a> were and are&nbsp;openly gay, and their music stands the test of time no less.&nbsp;

Of all the LGBTQ+ musicians and bands, both old and new, some have taken the music world by storm. Freddie Mercury, and Elton John are just a few gay musicians who&#39;ve become complete <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-gay-icons-in-music/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">LGBTQ+ icons</a>. Yet, plenty of LGBTQ+ groups are following close behind, making names for themselves in the industry, as well as bringing much-needed attention to the entire community. These names include Tyler Glenn, Baths, and Kevin Abstract, among many others you&#39;ll find on the list below. In short, music may be one of the most all-inclusive industries we know&mdash;and we should all be happy about&nbsp;that.

So, who do you think are the best LGBTQ+ musicians? Take a look at the list below and vote up your favorites, and feel free to add others to the list.&nbsp;

The Best LGBTQ+ Musicians

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The 50+ Best LGBTQ+ Musicians and Bands, Ranked

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Since boring straight people are used to experiencing the world through their own privileged perspective, they sometimes forget that people not like them exist. This is how historians assume LGBTQ couples are merely &quot;best friends&quot;, wiping out years of history in the process. Erasure like this also happens on the macro, micro, and personal level and here are some people who are sick of it! You can find more posts like this at <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend/" target="_blank">r/sapphoandherfriend</a>.

23 Posts From People Who Are Sick Of The Straights Casually Erasing LGBTQ Folks

The subreddit r/<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend" target="_blank">sapphoandherfriend</a>&nbsp;provides a space for redditors to post examples of erasure from both history and their personal lives. It&#39;s one things for historians to not presume people in the past were gay, but now? In the 21st century? Wild!

24 Times The Straights Forgot Gay People Exist In The 21st Century

Every now and then straight people manage to completely forget that not everyone is straight. These moments of erasure can happen on the small scale (Aunt Pat and her &quot;roommate&quot;) or on academic levels. Here are some examples when straight people completely lost the plot. You can find more at <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend" target="_blank">r/sapphoandherfriend</a>.

21 Times Straight People Managed To Forget LGBTQ+ People Actually Exist

What are the best LGBTQ+ movies on Netflix available for streaming right now? The list below ranks the best gay and lesbian films on Netflix streaming in one convenient place so you can fully utilize your Netflix service. Some of the best LGBTQ+ movies of all time are now available on Netflix so you can catch up on new films and classic hits right in your living room (or on a laptop- the world is your oyster).

What LGBTQ+ films are available on the Netflix streaming? Or better yet, which ones are actually worth watching? We&#39;ve got answers to both of those questions! This list is here to get you started on the best LGBTQ+​​​​​​​ movies Netflix has to offer. Vote up your favorite good gay and lesbian films on Netflix.

The Best LGBTQ+ Movies Streaming On Netflix

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The Best LGBTQ+ Movies On Netflix, Ranked

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Sometimes straight people really mess up and forget about the actual existence of LGBTQ+ people. Whether its intentional or not, it&#39;s always erasure and that&#39;s simply a bad look. What&#39;s even worse is when straight people go through hoops to imagine a world in which there are only straight people. You can find more examples at <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend" target="_blank">r/sapphoandherfriend</a>. Be sure to vote up the best examples of straight people really putting their foot in it.&nbsp;

23 Awkward Times Straight People Forgot LGBTQ+ People Existed

From needlessly gendering everything to acting like fighting with your spouse is normal, sometimes it seems like straight people arent happy. The subreddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AreTheStraightsOK" target="_blank">r/arethestraightsok</a> collects the best of people hoping that everything is okay at straight people&#39;s homes.

27 Posts That Have Us Wondering If Straight People Are Okay

It&#39;s Pride month! A time for parades, celebrations of the trailblazers who came before us, and for corporations to pander to the LGBTQ+ community for an entire month! Thankfully, people on Twitter are also celebrating with some funny observations and memes. Be sure to vote up your favorites and give these folks a follow.&nbsp;

23 Funny Tweets About Pride Month That Even Straight People Can Enjoy (If They Must)

Lists that best, funniest, saddest, scariest, and most relatable new and returning TV shows and series airing live and on streaming platforms that you should be watching in 2019.

2019: What's on TV?

From Supergirl&nbsp;and The Walking Dead to Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, modern shows have introduced audiences to a whole new cast of LGBTQ+ characters. While Jodie Dallas (played by Billy Crystal on the &#39;70s sitcom Soap) was among the first recurring <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-new-tv-shows-with-gay-characters-of-the-last-few-years/ranker-tv" target="_blank">gay characters on television</a>, there have been many others over the years. Who&rsquo;s your favorite LGBTQ+ TV character?

Television is one of the most powerful and influential mediums in the world, but it wasn&rsquo;t until 1998 that there was an openly gay male lead character on TV. Will &amp; Grace premiered in the fall of that year, absolutely crushed the ratings, and forever changed the gay culture of television. Since then, there have been dozens of LGBTQ+ television characters. Today, there are even gay and transgender superheroes, adoptive fathers, and much, much more.

Who do you think is the best LGBTQ+&nbsp;character&nbsp;of 2019? Vote up your favorites and watch as they top the list.

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The Best LGBTQ+ TV Characters In 2019

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Ranking The 20+ Best LGBTQ+ TV Characters In 2019

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We&rsquo;re ranking the best LGBTQ+ TV couples of all time. Though their representation in the earlier days of television was somewhat lacking, the times - as they say - are a changin&rsquo;, and LGBTQ+ representation on TV has taken off with some of the best recent couples identifying as such.

Some of the best TV shows with gay couples include Six Feet Under, Modern Family, and Orange Is the New Black. David and Patrick from Schitt&rsquo;s Creek, Will and Vince from Will &amp; Grace, and Darry and White Josh from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend&nbsp;are a few of the best gay couples on TV.

Willow and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Susan and Carol from Friends, and Clarke and Lexa from The 100 are some of the best lesbian couples on TV.

You&rsquo;ll find many great LGBTQ+ couples on this list, but feel free to add any that we may have missed. Other shows with gay couples on this list include The New Normal and Degrassi: The Next Generation. Read about more on our TV gay couples list, featuring our favorite LGBTQ+ TV couples.

Vote up the best LGBTQ+ couples on TV, and add your own favorites if they&rsquo;re missing from the list.

The 45+ Best LGBTQ+ Couples In TV History

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The 45+ Best LGBTQ+ TV Couples Of All Time, Ranked By Fans

For anyone in the LGBTQ+ community, coming out to the family is a difficult decision and a scary prospect. Twitter user @franklinleonard <a href="https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/1404846331990921222" target="_blank">wanted to hear</a> the stories that went better than anyone imagined, and what followed was an amazing thread of social media users sharing their most wholesome coming out moments.

17 People Share Heartwarming Stories Of Coming Out To Their Families

17 People Share Wholesome Stories Of Coming Out To Their Families

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List of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-gay-icons-in-sports/celebrity-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">openly gay athletes</a> involved in both professional and college sports. This list includes athletes who have &quot;come out&quot; during their active play and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/athletes-who-have-come-out-as-gay-after-retirement/carlybobarly">athletes who have come out as gay after retirement</a>.Many of the people on this list probably aren't too familiar since few, if any, are active athletes. In 2013, Jason Collins made history as the first active &quot;Big 4&quot; athlete in American sports to announce he is gay. Before Collins, soccer player Robbie Rogers announced he is homosexual. After taking some time off, Rogers signed with the L.A. Galaxy and currently is on the team's roster. Two of the most famous openly lesbian athletes were two of tennis's <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-10-greatest-women_s-tennis-player_s-of-all-time">best female players of all time</a>: Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova. Both of these women are among the most recognized tennis players in the game's illustrious history and have done a lot in raising awareness for LGBT athletes.&nbsp;Globally, there are a bunch of Olympic athletes on this list. From openly gay soccer players to famous gay sports stars, some of the people on this list aren't households names, but they are definitely making history. Check out this list of all the openly gay athletes in the world.

College &amp; Professional Athletes Who Are Openly Gay

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Openly Gay Athletes List

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Best Characters

List of the best gay and queer&nbsp;characters ever to grace the big and silver screens. These fictional gay characters have played both lead and supporting roles in film and TV series, and many who have stolen scenes and become icons in the LGBTQ+ communities. This list includes gay, lesbian, and queer fictional characters who have served as strong gay role models. Over the past few decades, gay characters have become more prominent and popular in film and TV.&nbsp;

Vote for those characters who have had the most impact in modern culture to move them up the list. Which gay fictional character do you think sends the best message to the LGBTQ+ community? Who are your favorite queer fictional characters?

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The Best Fictional LGBTQ+ Role Models

The Best Fictional Queer Role Models & LGBTQ+ Characters

Eric Diaz

Are you the "Sports Guy" on your trivia team? Welcome to your new secret weapons: lists of fascinating facts and obscure info you need to know yesterday.

You Think You Know Athletes?

This list contains information about retired gay athletes, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Several famous football, baseball and basketball players have come out as gay after they retired from professional sports. Some of these famous athletes came out on television, while others wrote about their sexuality in their memoirs.Who is the most famous retired gay athlete? John Amaechi tops our list. John Amaechi played in the NBA from 1995-2003. He came out in 2007 and discussed what it was like being closeted in his book &quot;Man in the Middle.&quot; Bill Bean played in the MLB from 1987-1995. He became the second Major League Baseball player who has ever revealed his homosexuality when he came out in 1999.Several retired football players are also gay. Wade Davis played in the NFL and NFL Europe from 2000-2003. He publicly came out as gay in 2012 and now works as an advocate for gay rights. Kwame Harris played in the NFL from 2003-2008. He publicly came out as gay in 2013. Later that year, he was convicted on misdemeanor counts of domestic violence, assault and battery against his ex-boyfriend, Dimitri Geier.Do you think that it would be difficult to be a gay professional athlete? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Athletes Who Have Come Out as Gay After Retirement

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Retired Gay Athletes | Men in Sports Who Have Come Out After Retirement

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List of the most gay friendly cities in the US. These large cities and smaller towns are known for their large gay and lesbian populations and open communities. Publications like &quot;The Advocate&quot; base their <a href="http://news.advocate.com/post/15571734525/gayest-cities-in-america-2012">annual rankings</a> on criteria like the number of LGBTQ+ elected officials and protective policies and legislation, as well as the community&#39;s level of participation in gay friendly sports, competitions, and social groups. Other groups and sites like <a href="http://thestir.cafemom.com/home_garden/114937/15_Gayest_Cities_in_America">The Stir</a> and blogs like Divine Caroline have looked to the general progressive and welcoming atmospheres of gay and lesbian friendly cities.

Where do you think the top gay friendly cities in the U.S. are? Which are the gayest cities in America? From Key West, Florida to West Hollywood, California, if you are looking for gay-friendly places to live (or to meet homosexual singles in an open, loving environment), this list of the top gay-friendly cities in the United States should help you shape your opinion. If you don&#39;t see the city you think is the most gay friendly, make sure to add it so others can vote for it as the best gay city in the US.

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The Most Gay-Friendly Cities in America

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Gay Friendly Cities | List of the Top LGBTQ+ Places to Live in the US

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If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else? Let the music play!

RuPaul's Drag Race

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Condragulations! You&#39;ve found a ranked list of the best ever contestants to compete on RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race, the glamorous, draga-licious reality game <a href="/list/best-current-vh1-shows/ranker-tv?ref=search" target="_blank">show on VH1.</a>&nbsp;This list includes all previous Drag Race winners as well as those <a href="/list/rupaul-drag-race-most-controversial-eliminations/oliver-pretl-drummond" target="_blank">queens who should have won</a> - like those who popped up again on <a href="/list/best-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-seasons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">All Stars</a>. Who have been your favorite Drag Race cast members <a href="/list/best-rupaul-drag-race-seasons/ranker-tv/" target="_blank">over the seasons</a>?

While some may be partial to the butt padding of Yara Sofia or the quivering belting style of Jiggly Caliente, others prefer the confidence of William, the outlandishness of Tammie Brown, or the poise of Chad Michaels. There are also unforgettable dominant drag queens like Bianca Del Rio and Alyssa Edwards. Alyssa has to be one of the most popular rpdr queens ever. Other notable top drag queens include Katya,&nbsp;All Stars 2&nbsp;champion Alaska, and Adore Delano.&nbsp;

You may see some of the most popular drag queens near the top of the list, but are they really the best drag queens of all time? That&#39;s where you come in!&nbsp;To determine - once and for all - who are the greatest drag queens in the world (or on TV), vote up your favorites while we untuck in the Interior Illusions lounge. And don&#39;t f*** it up.