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	Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Television Characters
		To be listed a character should have appeared in at least three episodes and be explicitly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.
		Characters by decade of debut: 1961-1970 (1 character documented), 1971-1980 (58 characters documented), 1981-1990 (89 characters documented), 1991-2000 (336 characters documented), 2001-present (310 characters documented to date).
		Publicity for this show included the news that one of the minor recurring characters was gay.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/tv-characters.html (2021 words)

	TV ACRES: TV Resource - Characters
		Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Television Characters - According to the author David A. Wyatt, "To be listed a character should have appeared in at least three episodes and be explicitly gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans-gendered.
		Gay and Lesbian Milestones on TV - Lists occurrences of Gay and Lesbian Characters gathered by the Religious Tolerance Group that have appeared on television beginning from 1972.
		The transformations from actress into character are illustrated with before and after shots and, wherever possible, with behind the scenes shots of the makeup process.
	www.tvacres.com /tv_resources_characters.htm (540 words)

	LIST OF TELEVISION SHOWS WITH GAY CHARACTERS : Encyclopedia Entry
		Doug Witter's character constantly denied he was gay through most of the show but he finally came to terms with his relationship with Jack in the final episode of the series.
		Lee was a high-camp television producer who was generally well liked and resepcted by the show's other characters, and was a popular character with the show's viewers.
		The first gay character on daytime serials was introduced in 1982, although she never had a love interest.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/List_of_television_shows_with_gay_characters (3729 words)

	GLAAD: Where Have All the Gay Characters Gone?
		Visit our Where We Are On TV Section for a complete list of the lesbian and gay characters appearing this fall, and a season-to-season comparison.
		Suzanna Walters, a professor of sociology at Georgetown University and author of "All The Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America," said the decline of LGBT images on television is a warning sign to the gay community and its straight allies.
		The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated topromoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia anddiscrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
	www.glaad.org /media/archive_detail.php?id=3 (699 words)

	Trouble With Gay Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		But more stunning was the reason: A brief passage buried in the book about two gay fathers and their adopted son apparently had discouraged many librarians across the country from buying the title.
		At a time when gay culture is gaining wider acceptance in American society as reflected in television shows, movies, magazines, fashion trends and recent court decisions Freeman's experience is a reminder that sensitivities still run high on the issue, especially when it comes to marketing new books for younger children.
		She remains torn about the plot for her third episode, but refuses to blame librarians for her troubles, saying they are on the front line of a tough battle and deserve more public support for their efforts on behalf of freedom of speech.
	www.library.unt.edu /classes/slis/_private/gay_characters.htm (2118 words)

	List of television shows with LGBT characters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This show was groundbreaking in that it was the first American nighttime drama to have a core character as a homosexual.
		Lee was a high-camp television producer who was generally well liked and resepcted by the show's other characters, and was a popular character with the show's viewers.
		The first gay character on daytime serials was introduced in 1982, although she never had a love interest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_television_shows_with_gay_characters (3288 words)

	Southern Voice Online
		Gay characters on PBS’s ‘Miss Marple’ are positive, but television still too often portrays us as killers or murder victims.
		Like most PBS shows, “Miss Marple” is well-made, full of excellent actors and thoroughly enjoyable, even though the episodes stick close to the conventions of the mystery genre.
		As nice as it is to see same-sex kisses on public television, it’s sad that gay characters on sleuthing shows, including “Law and Order” and “CSI,” are most often killers or victims rather than heroes, investigators or even innocent bystanders.
	www.sovo.com /2005/5-6/arts/television/index.cfm (614 words)

	Bozell's Entertainment Column -- 06/17/1997 -- Vulgarians Inside the Gate
		Television network executives are "vulgarians" selling "dirt" and "filth," thereby sending America "down a moral sewer" and "distort[ing] the ethical perceptions of our children." The words of a fundamentalist preacher...
		No, this denunciation of the television industry came from former "Tonight Show" host Steve Allen, in a June 9 speech at the Banff TV Festival in Canada.
		Since its characters are older than those on "Friends" and "Spin City," they can not only condone casual sex, they can go further, ridiculing marriage and making light of divorce.
	www.mrc.org /BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/1997/col19970617.asp (730 words)

	Bush Miscalculates on Gay Republicans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He had first said a year ago that he would be willing to appoint openly gay officials, then seemed to backtrack in a talk with conservatives.
		In 1978, Ronald Reagan, the former California governor and Republican presidential front-runner, met quietly with a gay delegation.
		Television shows are full of openly gay characters.
	www.brook.edu /views/op-ed/rauch/20000417.htm (680 words)

	Loquitur - Ratings high for gay shows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The shows they starred in or were featured became the most watched shows on television.
		A show that was controversial a couple years ago that has recently fizzled, but is still being shown, is "Queer as Folk" on Showtime.
		The writers of this show, who are also gay, decided to write a show about gay men, but show the sexual and racy side of their lives along with their everyday lives.
	www.theloquitur.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=860835a4-e825-41b2-86d8-1e158f10db21 (501 words)

	Drawn Together Review - Television for Kids at iVillage.com
		Characters are also purposely one-dimensional, sending up stereotypes based on race, gender, and sexuality.
		This means that almost every episode includes various slurs and situations in which the characters insult one another, as well as people of different ethnicities, religious groups, and sexual orientations.
		Characters' sexuality is constantly being examined and challenged, kissing scenes are exaggerated (viewers see tongues rotating and hyper-flailing), and in one episode, a flashback shows Captain Hero being gangbanged by a group of fraternity brothers at a party.
	parenting.ivillage.com /familyentertainment_csm/tv/0,,b0m60wl8,00.html (494 words)

	Gay Cable's Like Straight, Except for Nervous Jokes - New York Times
		But it sometimes is hard to tell whether gay jokes on television stem from satirical self-mockery, subliminal hostility or a just a backlash against the lockstep political correctness on dramas, sitcoms and ABC Family shows.
		In "Wedding Crashers," the gay brother is repellent and firmly rebuffed - an easy laugh that also served as a device to signal that the two heroes, for all their closeness, were not actually gay.
		In the premiere of NBC's "My Name Is Earl," a show that is certainly the most promising of the new network comedies, its redneck, loser hero Earl (Jason Lee) is so repulsed when he discovers that an old schoolmate is gay that he runs screaming from the house.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/09/01/arts/television/01watc.html?ex=1283227200&en=56d962e51f637ad5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (962 words)

	Top 10 Best and Worst Shows on Primetime Network TV 1996-1997
		Moreover, with few exceptions, this show was rated "TV-PG" under the new industry guidelines, indicating (falsely) that it was suitable for older children and teens, and that most of the material was appropriate for younger viewers, which it simply is not.
		Characters regularly engage in premarital and extramarital sex and, in the season finale, the show comes out in favor of gay adoption, the lone gay character taking custody of his dead brother's daughter.
		Fans of the show will long remember it for showcasing respect for parental authority, a family that sticks together through adversity, the repercussions of teen sex, and the benefits of adoption.
	www.parentstv.org /ptc/publications/reports/top10bestandworst/97top/main.asp (1165 words)

	FanDominion: Television Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The show is scheduled to debut on Sci Fi UK in October 2006.
		The show will chronicle the adventures of a group called the Freak Squad, who work as circus side show freaks but are occasionally called to service by a secret government agency to fight evil.
		Both of her previous shows, although popular and critically acclaimed, were cancelled by the network because they attracted an audience too old for CBS's marketing wishes.
	www.fandominion.com /news/television (5615 words)

	How Much Is Enough? \| PopMatters Television Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		None of these characters was included in this year's tally, although all are still featured on their respective shows: so, it is not surprising that the count for the 2002 season has declined.
		Gays and lesbians make up 10% of the population, yet only accounted for 2% of tv characters in the 2001-2002 season.
		But someone has to create such characters in believable formats, the networks have to get the balls to broadcast their stories, and all other links in the chain must work to make diversity a priority as well.
	www.popmatters.com /tv/features/021107-gaytv.shtml (1776 words)

	A Welsh View: Television
		Belgian television viewers were given a preview of the 25-second film earlier this week, when it was shown on the main evening news.
		In the show, the program’s main character, Peter Griffin, offers to tell a friend that his wife is cheating on him because of his self-proclaimed gifted way of breaking bad news to people.
		But like the British version of the show, it can't last forever, which is why Ali G is doing more with his other characters Borat and Bruno.
	xo.typepad.com /blog/television (7482 words)

	Picking the year's 10 best shows takes a little jury duty
		Constructing year-ending lists of best can be satisfying, sure, but the challenge comes with a large side of agony.
		Fellow jurors consisted of television producers and writers, a former executive of a premium cable network, professors at major universities and two of the country's respected television critics.
		The list includes veterans that gave us their finest seasons to date, newcomers that, in their short TV lifespan, have creatively dazzled viewers, and one of the season's finest made-for-TV films.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /tv/203569_tv14.html (990 words)

	New York Blade Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		THERE WAS ONLY one new gay character on mid-season replacement shows in recent weeks: Chris Didion, the gay private investigator so wonderfully played by Rick Worthy on ABC’s “Eyes” (Wednesdays at 10 p.m.).
		He also said that he’s seen some gay characters on pilot television shows but it’s too soon to say whether that will translate into more gay characters on network television this fall.
		The dreamiest addition to this gay drama has got to be Ryan Scott Greene, who plays Brandon, a hot new character who is going to give Brian (Gale Harold) a run for his money in the sexy and slutty department.
	www.newyorkblade.com /2005/4-1/arts/television/logo.cfm (1321 words)

	Gay & Lesbian Research Guide
		Plays included "are works containing major characters whose gay or lesbian sexuality is integral to the play's message, and plays whose primary themes are gay or lesbian." Most of the 700 plays are by American playwrights although the works of a few non-Americans have been included.
		This encyclopedia uses an alphabetical arrangement to list names of characters, real-life people, groups of people, professions and jobs, abstract subjects, titles of films/radio programs/television shows, titles of songs, and words relating to homosexuality in television, film, and radio in the UK between 1923-1993.
		The guide concludes with a list of mail-order video sources, gay and lesbian film festivals, filmographies for actors and directors, and an index of actors, actresses, and directors.
	www.library.yale.edu /rsc/gayles/gayfilm.html (698 words)

	GLAAD: GLAAD Sets Record 'Straight' on Quantum Leap Gay Episode
		According to Jennings, who read drafts of the script, the portrayal of a gay ex-cadet is negative and unbalanced, since he is shown as being someone willing to commit suicide to get others in trouble and as planning to reveal the sexual orientation of other gay cadets.
		The dialogue between the show's two major characters is full of offensive, stereotype-based "jokes" that are never responded to or balanced by accurate information about gay men and lesbians.
		The only previous Quantum Leap dealing with a lesbian or gay character involved a stereotyped lesbian character who tries to murder her former lover for leaving her for a man. That episode was extremely negative and unbalanced.
	www.glaad.org /media/archive_detail.php?id=303 (665 words)

	Television's Fall Schedule: The Homosexual Agenda Advances
		Kirk and Madsen were convinced that the gay rights movement was in danger of failure, largely because homosexual behavior was so different from the norm and repulsive to most Americans.
		Their first commandment, therefore, was to "talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible." Almost 15 years after the book's publication, it is clear that the approach is working.
		GLAAD just released its annual analysis of LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender] characters on television and declared that "this season's line-up marks a critical step forward in representations of same-sex relationships and families." A closer look reveals that this "critical step forward" for the homosexual agenda is an understatement.
	www.crosswalk.com /1221885 (1081 words)

	Movie-List: DVD: Queer as Folk: The Complete First Season, Vols. 1-6 (Widescreen)
		I am a gay man and can honestly say I do not need my gay television to be politically correct, dumbed down, or god forbid, metrosexual like Queer Eye (gag).
		Now, this show isn't for everyone because I think some of the people who saw this show was looking for something that represented the gay lifestyle in a more realistic way.
		It's not ALWAYS that way, but it can be, and the show just takes us all to that one point in life when it's fresh and everything is all about the looks and daring situations before you get to more emotionally complex situations, as this show does cleverly and quickly.
	www.movie-list.com /onvideo-ca/shop.php?c=1&n=952768&i=B00005RIY5&a=reviews&p=1&x=Queer_as_Folk_The_Complete_First_Season_Vols_1_6_Widescreen (801 words)

	GAY AND LESBIAN MILESTONES ON TV AND OTHER MEDIA
		It is also not clear whether the "more than two dozen homosexual characters" which appear weekly on TV actually over represent or under represent the occurrence of homosexuality in the general population.
		It showed two women and a man cohabiting strictly for financial and security reasons.
		Today, it is difficult to find a TV show that does not have a committed, unmarried couple living together in a sexual relationship.
	www.religioustolerance.org /hom_medi1.htm (607 words)

	Blog@Newsarama » Few gays on TV, study shows; what about comics?
		The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has released its annual study of network TV dramas and comedies, and finds just nine gay or lesbian characters in regular lead or supporting roles in eight fall shows.
		Using the Gay League’s list of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters, I count 10 in starring/co-starring roles in DC and Marvel titles, with another six or so in supporting and/or recurring roles.
		I always though of having a token gay character, by that I mean making a character gay just for the sake of “bringing the numbers up” as a stupid idea.
	blog.newsarama.com /2006/08/22/few-gays-on-tv-study-shows-what-about-comics (491 words)

	List of television programs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of television shows set in Manchester (U.K. List of television shows set in Miami
		List of television shows set in Washington, D.C. edit] Lists by genre or characteristic
		List of television shows cancelled after one episode
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TV_shows (170 words)

	Variety.com - Hot Topics
		The clock is ticking on new shows and old in the new television season.
		As Kevin Morris shows a visitor around the loftlike, soon-to-be-vacated Santa Monica digs of his entertainment firm Barnes Morris Klein Mark Yorn Barnes & Levine, it becomes apparent that the impending move is symbolic as well as physical.
		The life and death of television shows, new and old, could be determined by the upcoming Nielsen numbers.
	www.variety.com /index.asp?layout=hot_topics_main (3154 words)

	Gay world news, travel news and reports for gay travelers. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While new to broadcast television, multi-dimensional gay and lesbian relationships are a staple of cable network programming.
		Shows like HBO's "The Wire" and "Six Feet Under" and Showtime's "Queer as Folk" feature lesbian and gay characters in complex romantic and sexual relationships.
		The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representations of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
	www.bluway.com /news/inews.php?action=news_antrinis&newsid=1&id=4804 (650 words)

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