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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