about the gay/lesbian/bi tv characters - did you only want examples
from US tv?
 
from what we get imported to the UK:
 
there's Doyle in ER,
 
 there was another hospital program which i
caught once, but featured a mother who was in a lesbian relationship
 
Sandra Berhard's character in Rosanne
 
Melrose Place, which I've never seen, has a gay character
 
oh, yes, Frasier has a gay character as well who appears
occasionally, Giff i think is the name
 
 
 
there's a number of example from UK tv - let me know if those are of
interest
 
 
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Aylish Wood
Department of American and Canadian Studies
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
 
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