# Out LGBT television characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079 "2005-03-24T19:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/21 "2005-03-24T21:26:40Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Inara Serra from _Firefly._ …more “gay for pay”, really (I assume you mean the episode with the senator? we all know Mal’s who she really has the hots for) There’s whoever **John Goodman** was, in **Normal, Ohio**. Some characters on **OZ** seemed to be more “gay-gay” than “prison-gay”, if that makes any sense ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/22 "2005-03-24T21:28:22Z")
Garak of _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_, according to the actor who played him, Andrew Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/23 "2005-03-24T21:29:32Z")
Martin Tupper’s father on _Dream On_. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/24 "2005-03-24T21:34:55Z")
Brian (Darlene’s replacement, played by Scott Thompson) on _The Larry Sanders Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/25 "2005-03-24T21:54:33Z")
Debbie Buchman (Paul’s sister) on _Mad About You_ (recurring character) ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/26 "2005-03-24T21:54:38Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > …more “gay for pay”, really (I assume you mean the episode with the senator? we all know Mal’s who she really has the hots for) I have to agree. Inara (why does her name always make the think of sushi?) is definitely in love with Mal. In the episode with the senator, she says something to the effect of “gender doesn’t really matter”, which would make her bi. Oh, and “I’ll be in mah bunk.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/27 "2005-03-24T21:57:47Z")
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned Carrie Weaver from **ER** yet. Carter Heywood from **Spin City** ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/28 "2005-03-24T21:58:07Z")
On Doctor Who, Captain Mike Yates. No wait, it was the actor who openly declaired he was gay, and I am to assum an eveyman charactor is straight unless sated other wise, and not pay any attention to the actor who gives the charctor the personality. :mad: Never mind then. How about the transexual girl on Ally MCBeal for who I rooted to go steady with that guy? No, she’s straight. Oh, how about the episode of “Brisco County Jr” starring Oscar Wilde? No, too obscure. Hmmm…Mango, from the SNL skits? No, he didn’t need to say it. I know! Big Gay Al , from South Park! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/29 "2005-03-24T22:08:35Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Oh, how about the episode of “Brisco County Jr” starring Oscar Wilde? No, too obscure. > > Hmmm…Mango, from the SNL skits? No, he didn’t need to say it. Oscar wasn’t out but “outted”. Mango is closeted- there were jokes about his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/30 "2005-03-24T22:13:40Z")
I recall Oscar wearing flowers of a type that symbolically scream “I’m Gay” in real life, which is as out as it get’s at the time. Sampiro, do you remeber anything about the episode of “Brisco”? I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/31 "2005-03-24T22:22:23Z")
David Duchovny’s character on _Twin Peaks._ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/32 "2005-03-24T22:24:50Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Sampiro, do you remeber anything about the episode of “Brisco”? I don’t. I have all the eps on tape and I don’t recall seeing Oscar, either. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/33 "2005-03-24T22:35:07Z")
I know I say it, but I can’t find it on google. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cockatiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/34 "2005-03-24T22:39:27Z")
Maggie and Lena from “All My Children” were also lesbian. Well, Maggie was bisexual I suppose. Sorry I can’t remember their last names. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/35 "2005-03-24T22:42:55Z")
Androgynous Pat I still count because I recall a sketch wherein she produced a photo from her “sexually experimenting” phase - it showed her with a man & woman with whom she had a menage-a-trois. She must have at least been bi-. Swap in Selma Bouvier for Patty… Nice to learn about Mike Yates from “Dr Who” (or the actor that played him that is). He was one of my first crushes. Added to the list are - Rob - “Will & Grace” Larry - “Will & Grace” Vince - “Will & Grace” Sydney Shore - “Love, Sydney” Doug Leery - “Dawson’s Creek” Philip - “It’s All Relative” Simon - “It’s All Relative” Brian Kinney - “Queer As Folk” Michael Novotny - “Queer As Folk” Justin Talor - “Queer As Folk” Emmett Honeycutt - “Queer As Folk” Ted Schmidt - “Queer As Folk” Ben Bruckner - “Queer As Folk” Lindsay Peterson - “Queer As Folk” Melanie Marcus - “Queer As Folk” Nancy (Sandra Bernhardt’s character) - “Roseanne” Leon (Martin Mull’s character) - “Roseanne” Susan - “Friends” Carol - “Friends” Brian - “the Larry Sanders Show” Debbie Buchman - “Mad About You” Carter Heywood - “Spin City” Big Gay Al - “South Park” Sparky the gay dog - “South Park” Mr. Garrison - “South Park” Mr. Slave - “South Park” Mrs/ Mr. Cartman - “South Park” Denise (formerly Dennis) - “Twin Peaks” Mango - “Saturday Night Live” William ‘Butch’ Gamble - "Normal, Ohio ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/36 "2005-03-24T22:44:19Z")
And - Maggie - “All My Children” Lena - “All My Children” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/37 "2005-03-24T22:53:57Z")
Susan Ivanoba - **Babylon 5** ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/38 "2005-03-24T23:08:01Z")
Showtime had a sitcom called _Brothers_ back in the early 80s with two gay characters, Cliff Waters (played by Paul Regina) and Donald Maltby (played by Philip Charles Mackenzie). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/39 "2005-03-24T23:13:16Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > I know I say it, but I can’t find it on google. :mad: It aired according to Google on 9-8-93. Wilde was played by Stephen Fry (later the star of the movie _Wilde_ and imho the definitive onscreen Oscar.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079/40 "2005-03-24T23:16:56Z")
:smack: Fry played Oscar Wilde on an episode of [Ned Blessing](http://imdb.com/title/tt0106081/), another revisionist western I had confused with _Brisco County_. (They ran the same year.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-lgbt-television-characters/296079.md?page=3)