There is an excellent website compiled by David A Wyatt which lists

gay/lesbian and bisexual Tv characters from 1961- present

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/tv-characters.html.

Hope this is helpful

lesley

 

 

 

 

t 16:09 03/03/98 -0500, you wrote:

>> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Lisa R. Barry wrote:

>>

>> > I am attempting to compile a list of gay/lesbian/bisexual television

>> > characters from tv series.  It doesn't matter whether the series was a

>> > sit-com, drama, or whatever.

>

>Did I miss it, or has no one mentioned the PBS series from several years ago

>called _Tales of the City_, set in San Francisco? I remember gay characters

>figuring prominently (but not names).

>

>Jim Marsden/Bryant College

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