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Contents:
- 20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
- GAY CHARACTERS
20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
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Michael Guer's (Michael Vlamis) romantic entanglements clu -- but are not limed to -- an emotnally guttg break up wh his high school sweetheart (a gay man who left him for the army), a new girliend who rpects his past, and poly triad. 8 of 94 Hilary B Gayle/SHOWTIME The st of The L Word: Generatn Q 9 of 94 Patrick McElhenney/FX Mac, It's Always Sunny Philalphia (Rob McElhenney) It took 13 seasons for Mac (Rob McElhenney) to fally e out, but was well worth the wa for the character and viewers alike. 18 of 94 HBO Stanford Blatch, Sex and the Cy (Willie Garson) Y, Stanford might be Carrie's token "gay bt iend" for the n fo Sex and the Cy, but he paved the way for so many more LGBTQ characters the future -- and he looked fabulo while dog .
22 of 94 Netflix Matthew, Big Mouth (Andrew Rannells) As the only out gay middle schooler (and Mrice's favore) on Big Mouth, Matthew is there for everyone whether they need a soundg board for advice or a sassy remark. 27 of 94 Jan Thijs/CBS Pl Stamets, Star Trek: Disvery (Anthony Rapp) The cln of a gay character Star Trek: Disvery was a big al; each Star Trek seri before had certaly showsed diversy, but never an LGBTQ character. 37 of 94 Beth Dubber/Netflix Ryan Shaver, 13 Reasons Why (Tommy Dorfman) Arrogant, selfish, and openly gay, Ryan is tegral the story of Hannah's (Kathere Langford) suici -- and pots to an evolutnary pot portrayg gay people on TV: We no longer have to like them.
44 of 94 Stt Everett Whe/The CW Darryl Whefeather, Crazy Ex-Girliend (Pete Gardner) A far cry om TV's stereotypil bisexual men -- who are ually prented as young, suave scers, or, some s, as gay men nial -- Darryl was a middle-aged father who was nfint his inty (even if he was a plete goofball) and sure his need for mment and fay, even if meant sacrificg his super-hot bae to get . Spears) Reliable news anchor Mark Bradley was a soundg board for Mary Jane (Gabrielle Unn), and return, he tsted her wh the fact that he was secretly gay and had been livg wh a man for years.
5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
They've bee star-crossed lovers the latter seasons of the Showtime drama, but their love story is a rnerstone of the seri and one of the bt upl -- gay or otherwise -- to grace the screen.
Wong) Allsafe Secury CEO Gion Goddard (Gill) was a passnate, telligent boss who me out to Ellt after beg prsured by his boyiend to be more open about beg gay. 59 of 94 John P Fleenor/FOX Ray Holt, Brooklyn Ne-Ne (Andre Brgher) So tough and poker faced he uld make bad guys eeze wh jt a glare, Holt is the first openly gay active police pta among New York's ft. 65 of 94 Amazon Prime Noah Nicholson, Noah's Arc (Darryl Stephens) Noah was groundbreakg as a gay black character on a niche show durg Logo's early days.
His stggle to e out of the closet to his nservative father and then to fd his inty as an out gay teen whout changg who he was beme an inic story arc that paved the way for more progrsive gay characters on teen soaps today.
GAY CHARACTERS
73 of 94 HBO Patrick Murray, Lookg (Jonathan Groff) Although sometim excciatgly naive and privileged, Patrick was fascatg as the lead of this HBO seri and acted as a mirror to the new world that morn gay men are figurg out how to navigate. 83 of 94 Showtime Brian Kney and Emmett Honeycutt, Queer as Folk (Gale Harold and Peter Paige) Brian Kney, the playboy turned domtic partner, is still one of bolst gay characters to be featured a televisn show. 85 of 94 Mark Seliger/ABC via Getty Imag Ricky Vasquez, My So Called Life (Wilson Cz) For many teens and tweens of the '90s, Ricky's g of age on the high school soap was not jt their first glimpse of fiercens, but history the makg: he was the first openly gay teen on work TV.