What are the current TV shows with gay male characters? Part 3

Pose season 2 will have a gay couple.

The Society is the 4th most watched show on Netflix in the UK right now. I'd like to see the numbers for other countries too. I want it to get a second season.

r1 Well, it had one in the first season as well, so it would've been a step back if they suddenly decided to abandon that. Still, good news!

I think it was running second a couple of weeks ago, r2. It has a fairly big social media following so think it will get a second season. The character of Grizz is especially popular. I suppose he has a fairly broad appeal.

Who is the couple in the gif at R1?

R5 Do you mean OP? They're Andrew and Dylan from The Perfectionists.

r6 Aw, they're cute. But there's another gif where the curly-haired guy is with another guy. So he has several boyfriends on that show?

R7 He cheated on Andrew with another guy but they got back together.

Actually, the guys in OP's gif and in r7 are the same, but yeah. Curly haired Dylan Walker's (Eli Brown) big secret on the show was that he cheated on his boyfried, Andrew (Even Bittencourt) with the murder victim, Nolan (Chris Mason).

r9 I know they're the same, I was thinking about this gif when I mentioned the other guy.

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Black Mirror on Netflix has a gay-adjacent storyline in the episode "Striking Vipers", which dropped today. It's... confusing but I don't want to spoil it too much.

Lifetime's new comedy show American Princess has some gay characters. One of them is "Richard Shakespeare", the gay sidekick of "Her Majesty the Queen".

I guess the show wasn't originally made for Lifetime since they consor all the cursing and a guy's naked ass shot in the second episode.

They also got Tommy Dorfrman, playing the gay bff of the main character, in a recurring role. R15

Possible new gay storyline? I got a gay vibe from the trailer. Then again, I don't speak Spanish so what do I know lol.

Tales of the City has just been released on Netflix. It has gay characters and a gay (male) storyline.

Eastenders will have a gay storyline this summer with Ben and Callum

Their first kiss

Telenovela La Reina del Sur 2 will have a gay couple.

A new show starts 6/18 on OWN. It's called Ambitions & will have a gay couple.

Hollyoaks is adding a new gay character to its roster.

Actor Cerith Flinn will play "Dr. Levi Rochester" and become Scott Drinkwell's (Ross Adams) love interest.

Looks like Ackley Bridge will have gay characters.

I just realized most of these shows are British. Once again we have to look across the pond for any gay content. I swear the UK is the only country that has more gay male characters than lesbians.

[quote]Telenovela La Reina del Sur 2 will have a gay couple.

Well, with "queen" in the title ...

r24, thank you for the Ackley Bridge link. Wasn't aware of the show before and apparently it's in its third season. I love Jo Joyner in the crime comedy series Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.

Once again DL doesn't disappoint.

One of the stories in the last season of Ackley Bridge was centered around Naveed coming out gay - with his supposedly straight friend and crush Cory having sex with him.

THR reviewed Euphoria that starts this weekend. It says it has over 30 nude penises.

Already set my TiVo.

Animal Kingdom

Corrie's gay storyline is kicking off.

Last night's American Princess had a decent amount of gay storyline in it.

I Ctrl+F'd the previous thread and didn't see these two shows mentioned, so here they are.

1. Lodge 49 on AMC (first season now also on Amazon Prime) - don't want to spoil anything as it's pretty satisfying when it happens. Ten episodes, second season returns August 12.

2. High Maintenance on HBO - third season. Episode seven features an ADORABLE arc between a Latino construction worker and a barista. And episode nine has a story about a DLer and the things that come along with being an older gay man (in New York). You can just watch them in isolation like I did and skip the main arc entirely.

Ambitions starts tonight on OWN. It's supposed to have a gay relationship/story.

This show was mentioned last year already, but the new season of GLOW drops August 9th (on Netflix) and the trailer makes it look like Bash is finally leaving the closet and getting a male love interest. So Chris Lowell embracing the glitter in more ways than one should be fun to watch as he's a coked-up goofball most of the time.

A new series started last week called Jett. I watched because it stars Giancarlo Esposito & Carla Gugino (sp?) I watched because I'm a huge fab of Esposito.

The first episode we had a quick male full frontal scene & some bare butts. The second episode we learned that the son of Esposito's character is gay. He had a gay pool party with bare asses. They then had a scene where he forced a guy to give him a blow job.

Even without the gay content I'd recommend the show if you like gritty crime shows.

I was just about to mention Jett but decided against it because... man, it's a rough show. I hated just about everything about the first two episodes apart from the lighting, which is gorgeous. Definitely won't stick around for the third episode.

The inclusion of a gay crime guy is nice, though. We need more of that. The father of that character played another gay crime boss on Breaking Bad, although Vincent Gilligan said he didn't want that pointed out explicitly because it didn't really matter at the end of the day. So yeah, fuck him.

*Sorry, that's Vince GIlligan. I don't know why I went all birth name on him...

R37

I enjoyed the show once I figured out what it was all about but then I like gritty crime dramas.

Speaking of gritty crime dramas, I LOVE the new drama City on a Hill. It's 10 times better than Jett and pure quality. Two episodes in & no gay content so far but Aldis Hodge's body is a fucking work of art & I am a huge Jonathan Tucker fan.

r39 Wanted to check out City on a Hill but it seemed like such a straight boys' club sort of thing. Also, it's set in Boston, which repelled me immediately.

However, I'm also a huge Jonathan Tucker fan and will definitely watch it now. So thanks for pointing that out!

Years & Years starts tonight on HBO.

Legion (on FX) started its final season yesterday. The gay agent was casually holding hands with his husband/co-worker at their workplace, discussing business. It was sweet and Hawley-surreal and definitely something I haven't seen on TV before.

Strange Angel on CBS All Access has a gay guy as one of the lead characters, played by Rupert Friend. He's exploring his (closeted) homosexuality through Aleister Crowley's Thelema. Second season is currently airing.

First season had him in a gay bar and now they gave him an Egyptian lover. Though you can imagine these things are short-lived because... well, it's set in the early '40s L.A., so not exactly the optimal time period for us.

I'm watching episode 2 of Euphoria.

A little kid finds his dad's porno tape stash. He watches one where his dad (McSteamy from Grey's) is putting his thumb in some guy's mouth & telling him to call him Daddy. He's then fucking him & telling him to call him Daddy.

The young son is now a handsome AF high school jock. He's in the high school locker room & showers. All the guys are nude with full frontal. Valls & dicks everywhere.

All of this is in the first 10 minutes.

WTF is this show?

[quote]WTF is this show?

The new normal, hopefully. Those huge prosthetic schlongs were disappointing as men don't generally tend to walk around locker rooms sporting semis, but whatever, it's a start. Here's the discussion thread for this show.

New EE thread here. Continue the discussion about Ben and Callum.

New season of The Society is confirmed.

Euphoria is really good and that sexually confused jock IS hot asf.

The new Scream on Vh-1 is sadly shitty but has a gay character.

What/If has several gay characters plus male eye candy. The show is trashtastic though -- like Melrose Place. I suspect the writers are gay?

R49 Lol, I know. I watched it. I actually liked it. Sure, it's trashy and campy and Renee does chew her scenes, but it's basically a primetime soap. You can't expect too much. It's good for what it is. Also, the gay storyline was done really well, it even included some nudity and a threesome.

Info about Merli spin-off.

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Hoping there's some representation on The Boys, which drops tomorrow on Amazon. Am not holding my breath, though, judging by all the bros involved.

Los Espookys on HBO has a gay character and has just been renewed for a second season. Haven't seen it yet but DLers didn't seem to like it.

'Why Women Kill' features a gay character in the trailer.

Premieres August 15th on CBS All Access.

^^^ Would that be a Winnebago or an Airstream?

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Still no gay men on Pose or Euphoria?

R53, The Boys is based on a comic book series by the same guy who wrote the one Preacher is based on. That guy is basically toxic masculinity manifested in human form, so I wouldn't expect any gay male content outside punchlines of anal rape jokes. While Eric Kripke being the showrunner will probably result in the worst excesses being blunted and characters being given more depth, I wouldn't look to it for representation.

The Boys rather mocks toxic masculinity. There is a holier-than-thou closet case preaching Christian values but makes out with guys in some club.

R59 It wallows in male stupidity and macho shitheadness

I agree with r59. The showrunners knew they needed to tweak the source material a bit in 2019. So the female characters are more fleshed out, rape has been cut (and possibly subverted), and there's only one anal joke that I can recall. And I actually really enjoyed the mini conversion arc with the gay superhero Ezekiel.

Anyway, here's the official thread if anyone wants to discuss the show further. This thread is intended to be more of a list, rather than a discussion of every show listed.

r56=Moron

'Modern Love' with Anne Hathaway and Tina Fey features a gay couple.

Premieres October 18 on Amazon.

Greg Hovanessian plays a gay character in Netflix's sci-fi series 'Another Life'. There are no ssm scenes with him as his husband is back on Earth. There is however a steamy bisexual scene between two hot guys later in the season.

The show is BAD, though, especially in the first half. Then it kinda becomes an enjoyable ride.

Which episode is the bi scene?

Episode eight. Super hot kiss.

Though I'll just add that them competing over the same girl up until that point like two average straight bros is what largely makes their eventual kiss so hot, so it might not be as sexy when seen in isolation.

R66 Why did they kill Superman so early, he is fucking hot

No idea, maybe he was a hook to try and bring in some of the CW audience? Here's the official thread, if anyone's interested.

The Riverdale spinoff, Katy Keene, will have a gay character, played by Jonny Beauchamp. No release date yet, but will air on CW.

Fabulous Jonny.

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Netflix sitcom No Good Nick has a gay (male) couple in season two. Just saw the gifs on Tumblr.

Killjoys, the wacky Canadian scifi show, has gay and lesbian/bi characters galore! My faves are sassy Pree the bar owner with a fascinating back story, and (by Season 3) his hunky muscle stud boyfriend played by hunky muscle stud Gavin Fox.

Also, gay hunky stud Luke McFarland plays straight quite well.

The gay character on Another Life is super hot, but he doesn't really have a storyline, unfortunately. Besides the MMF threesome mentioned above, it also features a relationship between a man and someone I'm assuming is non-binary (but is bio male).

The show is a disaster, though. The creator of Another Life also created Slasher, which had a couple gay characters as well.

What a shocker R75

R70 Too bad he's such a queen

r77 Get fucked with that bullshit, seriously.

Not my type but whatever

R73 Since Kalama Epstein has played gay in both The Fosters and now this, I'm eagerly awaiting for him to come out.

Ok, just binged both seasons of No Good Nick. Really powerful coming out scene but wish there was more. Hopefully there'll be another season.

^^ haha, that's one way to come out to your family

New show with a gay character.

And now he's gone r23

Glamorous was not picked up to series by the CW. Who said The CW always picks up their pilots to series? I guess only when it involved dykes, like Batwoman. Once again the gays are given the bad treatment. Typical.

Judgmental, unhappy, and jealous of happy normal people

The ptr and I are watching ELITE on Netflix - a soapy Spanish drama about a prep school. Extremely hot young men and women. Great gay storyline(s), too. We're loving it as a guilty pleasure! The guys are so fucking hot it's crazy.

r85 What a shame that it didn't work out even after getting retooled. There were so many people excited about this.

r87 Yes, they're all hot. And the second season is coming in September, so you won't have to wait long.

R87, you must be new here bro. Elite has a huge thread on here

GLOW is back and Season 3 tackles Chris Lowells character's sexuality in the most head on way yet. And the scene is hot to boot.

R87 Here's the Elite thread. Enjoy.

I was waiting to read the thread, bro, until I had finished the series.

Thanks for the link. R91.

R60, yeah no. "The Boys" is a great show.

And it has full frontal male nudity and a gay character who makes out with other guys.

"The Boys" has a tertiary gay character, people really should clarify these things. Give people the truth of what to expect.

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Does anyone know of any good animated series with gay characters? I know Voltron has a gay lead, but idk any else.

Does anyone know of any good animated series with gay characters? I know Voltron has a gay lead, but idk any else.

Netflix's She-Ra Princess of Power has lesbian and gay characters. For example Scorpia has a crush on Catra and Bow has two gay dads.

The Politician dropped its trailer today and it looks really good. It has a gay storyline and the main role is played by an out gay man (Ben Platt).

The Politician is so thoroughly gay, it didn't even occur to me to mention it in this thread.

The trailer of The Polititian just came out, r100. It looks like it's must-see gay entertainment. People will hate or love it, but they will sure as hell comment on it.

r101 I know it did, but it's the first Ryan Murphy show for Netflix and he was given free rein, so of course the gay factor would be upped to the max. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it as well. Watching his show as a binge will be a new experience for me.

any new shows with gay characters (no Lesbians) coming this fall?

Scroll upthread and you'll find shows with gay characters coming this fall. New ones get included here as soon as they're announced. One of them is 'Modern Love' on Amazon, coming in October.

And I sure hope you're not that Norwegian anti-lesbian poster, spoiling for a new fight. We wasted so many replies whooping his ass in the last thread...

Schitt's Creek with David and Patrick.

Wait, the last season of Schitt's Creek starts this fall already?

American Princess got cancelled.

Argentine telenovela Argentina, Tierra de Amor y Venganza has a gay storyline.

R104 Asshole, the thread literally says GAY MALE CHARACTERS. If you want to talk about lesbian characters, nobody is stopping you. You can make your own thread for that. That's not what this thread is for though. I want us to stay on topic.

R104 Asshole, the thread literally says GAY MALE CHARACTERS. If you want to talk about lesbian characters, nobody is stopping you. You can make your own thread for that. That's not what this thread is for though. I want us to stay on topic.

r107, not surprising. Lifetime wasn't the right venue for that (see, YOU starring Penn Badgley).

"Four Weddings and a Funeral" on Hulu features secondary gay characters and has introduced an interracial, intergenerational, inter-class gay romance halfway into its first season, which is now airing. It's a fun enough show with some really snappy dialogue (the Pence joke!) and mature writing. HOWEVER, it makes my piss boil that they didn't write the gay couple to be part of the main posse, as was the case in the original. It is egregious and I can't get over it, and I hate that the movie from a quarter of a century ago was more inclusive in this regard.

r109 Why are you freaking out? No one talked about lesbian characters before you brought them up, yet again. I was merely saying we lost a huge portion of the previous thread because someone for some bizarre reason continues bitching about the lesbians completely unprompted.

I don't care if you hate lesbian characters and lesbians in general. Just shut the fuck up about it already, because we all fully understand the two criteria for inclusion in this thread – male and gay. Add other shows with gay male characters if you know any, like I and others have been doing. Or would you like to inform us that straight Swedish characters don't qualify either?

R112 I didn't bring it up though, R104 did.

r113 I'm r104 and I was responding to r103's little snide remark in parentheses in that post, so I don't know why you attacked me. That fact that he had capitalised "lesbians" pissed me off even more.

Apparently this telenovela will have a gay (male) storyline.

r115 They get one second in the whole trailer at 1:28, really? 😕

R116 That's not even part of the gay storyline, not really. I don't want to spoil anything. You have to watch for yourself.

So that's just two straight guys looking at each other seductively, then? Man, telenovelas are crazy.

R118 OK, here you go... SPOILER:

He was going to meet up with that guy, but then he freaked out and left. He (Valentin) has a crush on someone else though, a dog washer named Pedro. They even made out. Pedro is openly gay while Valentin is closeted in a relationship with a woman. This is a show on Amazon Prime. It's not a novela, which is why they are allowed to be more explicit. Most telenovelas won't even air same sex kissing.

r119 Interesting, thanks, I'll check it out!

I might just create a new thread for this show because it's kinda good.

This Close on Sundance - season 2 starts this month I think. (Season 1 was 6 episodes.)

The two main characters are deaf - he's gay, she's straight.

Speaking of gay telenovelas, the gay couple on "Argentina, Tierra de Amor y Venganza" finally kissed.

R122 Thanks for the heads up. I watched season 1 and I liked it. I'm glad it's back.

Where was the director R123? Nobody stands that far apart when kissing. What a waste.

They do sometimes if it's a first kiss, which it was in this case.

I liked This Close, but it's been so long since season 1 I didn't even know it was still being done

r123 I'm going to Argentina in December. How do I sign up for a three-way with them?

On Welsh soap "Pobol y Cwm," they've recently introduced a 17-year old gay kid named "Aled" who has a mad crush on his teacher, "Tyler" (one of the regular gay characters in the village).

"Aled," is supposedly having a great deal of difficulty at home, having just come out to his parents. He's now told teacher Tyler that his father has beat him and told him to get out of the house. He keeps turning to Tyler for guidance and support. Tyler's breaking all kinds of rules by getting involved with him, but he sees his young self in Aled at his age and continues to be sympathetic. Meanwhile, Tyler's husband, Iolo, is getting upset because the kid keeps showing up at their house, and he feels Tyler is risking his career. The couple has had more than one argument over this. We don't really know what Aled's situation actually is, because even if he's telling the truth about his horrible homelife, it's clear that he has designs on his "favorite teacher." He's not only tried to kiss Tyler, but he recently told another boy at school that he "always gets his man."

That spinoff of Catalan/Spanish show Merli about bisexual Pol is supposed to debut later on this year and possibly on Netflix next year. Pol's boyfriend Bruno is set appear also.

I created a thread for El Juego De Las Llaves. Y'all should watch, it's very good. Lots of nudity too, including dicks.

El Juego De Las Llaves has nudity, including flaccid and hard dicks.

The Australian show Bloom is on Hulu now and has a gay relationship.

👀 The top pic on the right. New gay storyline?

r134 Oh, look, it's DL's favorite whore. So they're finally promoting this show I read about some time ago.

It would be nice if it was a gay storyline, but I'm not holding my breath.

Reminder that Elite season 2 dropped on Netflix today and - without giving anything away - it is 🔥🔥🔥 when it comes to gay male content. God bless the Spaniards for putting my teenage wank fantasies on screen like that.

The new season of The Great British Bake Off (S10) started recently and there's gay contestant David, a 30-ish guy - they showed him with his boyfriend during his intro.

There's also three 20-ish twinky guys this year who I think may also be gay, if I trust my gaydar - no background/private life shown for them as yet, to say for sure.

When it comes to young British guys, I can never trust my gaydar.

Gay or European? It's really hard to tell!!

You could always put your trust in the British boarding school system.

Telenovela Cuna de lobos (2019 version) will premiere October 7th. It will have a gay storyline. Here's the trailer.

El Cor de la Ciutat, Merli, Fisica o Quimica, Elite, Merli Sapere Aude,etc..... R136 has a point.

r137 They've been discussed on the GBBO thread.

I just finished watching the first two episodes of This Close season 2. It's really good and well worth the watch. The guy who plays Ryan is hot af. Too bad he's straight irl though, but at least Michael is played by an out gay man.

This seems interesting.

R145 Which ones the Daddy and which one’s the Son?

James comes out to Bethany on Corrie. What's with Bethany and Sarah both falling for gay men? Like mother, like daughter?😂

This show has a gay (male) character.

Are there any gay parents or characters on Single Parents...?

R149 none of the parents are. I might be wrong but there is the a child character who I believe is labeled as "gay" because of the way he behaves.

Also one of the actor's who plays one if the single parents has come out as fluid irl.

#BuryYourGays

r152 Stop spoiling the show on the entire DL within a day of it dropping, fuckface.

R153 It happened in the FIRST fucking episode. If you haven't watched it by now it's your own fucking fault.

Looks like Mrs Fletcher might have a gay storyline, featuring Cameron Boyce (RIP).

Mac! IASIP

r152 Which show?

[quote]Looks like Mrs Fletcher might have a gay storyline

Say WHAT?

Pennyworth on Epix has two gay characters in episode 3, one modeled somewhat on Alan Turing, plus his boyfriend. They are the main plotline of that episode. Marth Kane and Alfred Pennyworth (Batman's mom and butler long before Batman was born) are helping them escape.

R158 LOL, I assume it's a remake.

Well, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists has been cancelled, so that's one less show with gay male characters

Also No Good Nick was cancelled a couple weeks back, so that's another one gone

r161. Well, that sucks. I was looking forward to season two and what they set up with the gay character and his boyfriend.

[quote] Well, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists has been cancelled, so that's one less show with gay male characters

[quote] lso No Good Nick was cancelled a couple weeks back, so that's another one gone

The final season of How To Get Away With Murder started this week which means we can say goodbye to Connor and Oliver as well early 2020.

Ryan Murphy's The Politician has a gay lead. Netflix released the first season a couple of days ago.

R165 And they managed to kill off a gay character in the first episode. The Politician is dead to me.

R161 and R162 That sucks. This is the problem with gay characters, they always add them to shows that suck and get cancelled quickly. Lesbians are on long lasting and critically acclaimed shows, so they never lose as many tv characters as the gays do.

Jonny Beauchamp's character on The CW's upcoming KATY KEENE is gay and a drag queen.

Beauchamp, openly gay, also played a gay character on Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

Season 2 of A Million Little Things premiered this week. Danny is gay.

R168 Mentioned at r70 already. I'm looking forward to it.

R168 So the character's a stereotype...

Stereotypes aren't based on thin air; there's a reason they exist. And most drag queens aren't butch gaybros who are into sports, if you haven't noticed by now.

R165 I'm only half way through the season, but even though Ben Platt is gay, his character seems more bisexual. Unless that changes by the end.

Is Dennis in It's Always Sunny gay? I keep reading that he is, but it may be wishful thinking from fangirls idk.

I think Mac is the gay one, not Dennis.

Yes, Mac is the gay one.

And in The Politician Ben Platt's character is supposed to be fluid/bisexual. He is shown as being in love with a guy and a girl.

R174 Yes, Mac is the gay one. Many fans seem to think Dennis is bi or gay too though.

This is from Tumblr re: Cameron Boyce in Mrs Fletcher:

[Quote]He was announced as a series regular for this role and I believe all of season one was filmed before he passed away so presumably he should be in every episode. I think it is a much shorter season though like only six or eight episodes

The Conners

Looks like I was right about Brian J Smith playing gay in World on Fire.

Wasn't he the character that was originally supposed to be non-binary R179?

R181 Yes, but he came out as gay.

Gif from The Conners.

I just keep getting more and more sad and depressed about Cameron Boyce as the months go by. Fuck. I hate how life takes the good ones while evil people like Trump are still alive and hurting people.

Sorry for going OT. It’s hard for me to avoid talks of Cameron and not go off the rails. The sad part is most people didn’t even know what a gem he was until he passed away. RIP

Disney cancelled Four Dads before it even aired.

Someone is uploading the gay storyline from World on Fire.

R185 Can't say I'm surprised

Ryan murphy can fuck off, the politician killed off the gay storyline in the first episode, and to make it worse he had the main character be in a het relationship that was totally unbelievable for the rest of the show. Ben platt can sing the shit out of river though.

Ryan murphy can fuck off, the politician killed off the gay storyline in the first episode, and to make it worse he had the main character be in a het relationship that was totally unbelievable for the rest of the show. Ben platt can sing the shit out of river though.

No need for me to check it out, then.

I guess a character on Chicago Fire came out

Cuna de Lobos premiered on Monday. This is from the second episode. You can watch the gays from 5:36.

Insatiable season 2 premieres this Friday. Here's the trailer. Not much gay in the trailer, hope that's not the case for the season overall.

Are these two gay?

Are these two gay?

House of Flowers will have its second season premiere this Friday.

r194 I just watched that scene minutes ago and I sensed a VIBE, honey. 👀

Glad I wasn't alone in that, though this might be a case of looking for something that isn't there.

r196 Thanks. Here's a quick refresher course on The House of Flowers. 😏

r194 r197 Which show is that?

r199. That's DC's Titans which has hot guys, but - so far - no gay characters or gay themed story plots.

Though there was word that there would be last year

The sixth episode (Connor, which the still at r194 is from) of Titan's second season was released yesterday. So, there are still a few episodes left.

Well, Superboy has two dads. That seems kinda gay to me. 😉

I get major gay vibes from that actor who plays Robin (Curran Walters)'s IG

He kinda reminds me of Aaron Fuller R204. Especially the lips

Superboy and Robin have a history of a bromance that I imagine the show will lean into, but they are not actually gay.

Isn't this thread supposed to be for actual gay characters, not shipping?

r206 Yes, but someone just asked if there might be something there. Nothing wrong with that.

Insatiable Gave All The Hit Guys to That Fat Faced Bitch, they couldn't at least make the hot Korean gay?

Insatiable Gave All The Hit Guys to That Fat Faced Bitch, they couldn't at least make the hot Korean gay?

Gay gym boys Dax and Ron were back at least in episode 2 of season 7 of Letterkenny released today on Hulu.

Insatiable season 2 was boring. I gave up when I got to the 8th episode. There was hardly any gay stuff this season either. Separating Bob and Bob and having them argue 24/7 was the worst decision they could have made. I really thought they would end up together after last season. I was so disappointed when that wasn't the case.

Plus they brought in Vincent Rodriguez III and the best part of him was from the first episode of the season.

I can't stop staring at that mole on Vincent Rodriguez

Insatiable focuses too much on the fat chuck which is a mistake because she's very unlikable, the show should have just been desperate housewives gay edition instead of that whole murder bs.

R204/R205 I just started watching TITANS (was a fan of the comics & anime), and I agree that adorable Curran has gay-voice and pings - so cacophonously in fact that before I looked up the IMDB I thought he was another actor entirely (Justin Ellings, another very swishy teen actor on the same tier). Curran is still very young, though, and with the current crop of kids sometimes it's hard to tell whether they're gay-leaning or just femme.

R206 I'd be really excited if one of the Titans characters was revealed as gay or bi in the new series. In the comics iirc, it was implied that Jericho might be gay and that Ravager/Rose Wilson leaned toward lesbianism as did Batgirl/Cassandra Cane, but I don't think it was ever confirmed. Personally I've always felt there was some tension between Dick & Jason (or Nightwing & Red Hood as they eventually become) but I doubt TITANS will go there (sadly).

r215 It doesn't show up in search anymore as it's from last year, but you can find the official Titans thread at the link. 🙂

R215 Nightwing and redhood have been teased as being bi forever, even a nightwing and redhood writer said dc told him that he didn't have to write them as 100% hetero, now batman has to be written as manly and hetero as possible lol.

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Guys, there IS a Titans thread, you know?

Hey R219 it was also just linked above you

R217, as manly and hetero as possible, like a rich never-married thirtysomething with a habit of taking in nubile teenage orphans and dressing them up in skintight leather or short shorts?

Darlings, you must know by now I love you all dearly, but you really ought to disabuse yourselves of the notion that this thread is intended for anything other than simply listing TV shows featuring gay male characters.

Now go fucking watch Modern Love on Amazon, which came out today, and support gay stories and out & proud gay actors! And when Superboy and Jason finally do fuck, I'll be the first one to post that hot gif here, I promise.

House of Flowers is back

So apparently the gays in Cuna de Lobos kissed? Does anyone know which episode this is from?

This is from episode 8

Thanks to Trump I think there is more gay themed content created outside the US lately.

R226 Don't worry, we'll still get plenty of lesbian characters, as usual. I have noticed a downtick of gay male characters though, sadly.

45 RPM on Netflix

Another scene with Danny on A Million Little Things

Trailer for the Merlí spinoff

The second season of Netflix's Insatiable is pretty gay. Vincent Rodriguez III plays a gay cop who hits on both Bobs (LOL) and Tommy Dorfman (13 Reasons Why) shows up for two episodes as gay and fabulous Overeating Anonymous sponsor. And so many hot, shirtless guys.

Daybreaker series has a gay couple/storyline.

Moose returned to Riverdale

R231 Funny, I didn't think it was gay enough. Sure, you got the random gay scene here and there, but there wasn't a full on gay storyline like with the Bobs last year. Don't even get me started on the bald Bob hooking up with Patty's mom🤮 The season overall was a mess. It was just WAY too over the top. Patty killed too many people, it got ridiculous. Also, my favorite storyline from season 1 with the two Bobs was scrapped. I have no idea why, it was cute and the best thing about the show last year. I will not be surprised if the show gets cancelled. This season was just a hot mess.

[quote]Moose returned to Riverdale

Is he related to Christmas Moose?

English subs r230

r236 Not enough Bruno 😒 He'll probably be just a side character who just occasionally appears on some episodes

r232 It's Daybreak, and the show is sadly... not that great.

r238 i enjoyed it for what it is. I also appreciated that the gay relationship was not cliche and the guys weren't sterotypical gay types.

r239 Oh, I'm sure I'll enjoy the gay storyline when I get to those episodes, but the rest I think I might be too old for. 😄

It's a nice show to have on in the background while I'm doing other shit...

[quote] House of Flowers is back

Just discovered the show and I so devoured it (watched the two season in two days). What a fun and entertaining show.

Miguelandro finally kissed.

The House of Flowers Presents: The Funeral is now on Netflix. It's listed separate from the rest of the show so you might have to search for it. Not sure why they didn't just include it in season two.

In the second season of House of Flowers they make some vague references of the oldest sister behaving very crazy at the funeral. Thank you for the heads up, r243

I'm watching Strange Angel and one of the characters is gay and in love with the main character, but so far they really drop the ball on his sexuality... or any m/m sex, considering a sex cult is involved. Plus the real Jack Parsons was bi, I think, so they really should have had these two guys hook up at some point. Disappointed but not surprised.

r245 Yeah, I mentioned it at r43 because the gay factor got upped a bit in the second season, though not by much. And after that second season finale... I'm not gonna spoil anything, but don't start watching this show thinking you'll eventually get to see Midsommar's Jack Reynor do something with a dude, is all I'm saying.

Dolly Parton has a Netflix series that seems to have a same sex romance

r247 Omg, and it's DL fave Andy Mientus!

SOLD!

It's an anthology series, so each episode has a different cast, but episode 7 of Amazon's Modern Love features a gay couple played by Andrew Scott and Brandon Kyle Goodman.

Four episodes into The Morning Show and still waiting for any gay stuff. I thought Jen and Reese were supposed to be allies? 🤨

r250 Yes, it was mentioned at r63 already. Here's the official thread for it.

I've watched the two first episode of Mrs Fletcher. NOTHING gay related. Of course a ton of lesbian soft porn scenes though. Also, the mom was naked in the new episode. You could see her full bush🤮

Why Dolly Parton Wanted a Gay Storyline in “Heartstrings”

9-1-1 .

Buck and Eddie are going to be gay lovers

I'd like to apologise to Reese and Jen for insinuating they weren't allies. Just as I suspected, these two characters are gay and partnered. They don't play a big role, for now.

The series (The Morning Show) is still pretty boring, though.

R254 This is for real gay characters

R254 Receipts or you're just a troll.

El Club on Netflix is a new Mexican drama and it has gay characters.

911 Lone Star (spin-off from 911) will have a gay couple.

Just need to see if they're hot and actually part of the cast/storyline.

Thanks, r230. I wish Netflix US would broadcast all of the seasons of Merli.

R256, R257, just watch next episode on next coming monday. There is going to be some reveal.writers are taking is very slow

R256, R257, just watch next episode on next coming monday. There is going to be some reveal.writers are taking is very slow

The impeachment hearings with hot zaddy Sean Patrick Maloney!

idk about the main show but the 911 spinoff will have gay characters I guess

whoops R259 already mentioned that, well there's video anyway. both the guys are hot so I'm excited

R265 see R259.

R267 see R266

I have just watched the first few episodes of The Club on Netflix. The gay guy disappears after a few episodes and I have no idea if he comes back. It's a LONG series with 25 episodes, so I still have quite a few episodes to go. His part doesn't seem to be big though. But he is sorta central to the series as he's the main guy's brother.

Update on El Club: I'm now on episode 7 and wow. That was quite something. It's worth the watch for that alone, also I actually really like the show. I just hope Santiago (the gay guy, the younger brother of Pablo) will be featured more now.

I'm on episode 16 of El Club and it's actually really good, not just the gay storyline. I like the gay storyline so far though I wish it got a bit more screentime.

Pablo in EL club is super hot . He loves to show his naked ass before going inside the shower.

Vhioo

R273 ???

Just started The Club. It's nice. The lead is hot and reminds me of porn star Topher DiMaggio, but the actor is way hotter.

It was good to see the two male doctors making out on this weeks Grey's Anatomy

This telenovela has gay characters.

The Club is pretty fun. Just at episode 13 and the gay storyline is in full swing (like, literally, the son punches his homophobic dad). The show has THE best brother dynamic. The lead might be a hot asshole, but his unconditional love for his little gay brother redeems him.

Article on the gay storyline in Heartstrings.

Don't watch it myself, but looks like The Dragon Prince on Netflix had an episode with a gay kiss

I'm gonna check out Lodge 49 now. I watched the trailer and was turned off by the apparent straight vibe of yet another show about male bonding. I hate stereotypical effeminate gay characters so a lot of the options mentioned here I didn't care about.

Then I read this about Lodge 49 on reddit:

[quote] . Lodge 49 has my favorite portrayal of LGBTQ people in any show It's all done subtly and the sexual orientation of the characters isn't the most interesting thing about them. It's not the first thing you find out about the characters, of which there are a few. They don't dress differently, they don't talk differently, they don't have different body language, they don't make constant references to their sexuality or are overly sexual in their speech. The fact that they are LGBTQ is rarely directly addressed, and I love that. It feels closer to real life and more inclusive than focusing on accentuating the differences. I salute the writers of the show for their excellent writing in regards to LGBTQ people

I'm sold.

They really need to stop gay baiting on 9-1-1 This episode was nothingburger. It ill soon backfire

r281 I mentioned Lodge 49 at r33. You might be a bit disappointed if you start watching it for the gay stuff only, but it's a great show regardless, so you won't regret it. Watching it when it's not summer is a special experience, I'm sure.

[quote]They don't dress differently, they don't talk differently, they don't have different body language, they don't make constant references to their sexuality or are overly sexual in their speech. The fact that they are LGBTQ is rarely directly addressed, and I love that. It feels closer to real life and more inclusive than focusing on accentuating the differences.

Sounds like someone is a huge fan of mainstreaming and heteronormativity. 😕

R283, do you think our lives (as in, mine) shouldn't be reflected in the media at all? Only the flamboyant gay shoudl ever bee seen?

Really? That's your argument?

r284 But you write like you're starved for that sort of representation, when this thread is full of examples of what you're looking for. I guess I dislike the resentful tone of that poster - it's one thing to say you want more representation of gays like yourself (I also crave more gay nerd representation, for instance), but quite another thing to diss our more fabulous brothers in the process.

The solution isn't to increase your representation at the expense of other types of gays, but to increase ALL of our representation at the breeders' expense. We shouldn't be fighting each other for scraps, like dogs. Wouldn't you agree with that?

I’m a huge fan of mainstreaming. That’s the way many of us are and live

I am starved for it. It's far FAR more rare than the "comic relief", "sexless best friend", and "queenly fabulous drama queen" gay characters... or ones that just obsess with bringing up their sex lives and sexuality in every social situation. That's literally like 95% of all gay representation on American TV.

Your dismissiveness with your "mainstreaming & heteronormative" comment was far worse than any tone in my post.

Good for you.

*r288 was meant for r287.

I mean r286. Time for bed!

Your dismissiveness with your "mainstreaming & heteronormative" comment was far worse than any tone in my post.

Your dismissiveness with your "mainstreaming & heteronormative" comment was far worse than any tone in my post.

[quote]Your dismissiveness with your "mainstreaming & heteronormative" comment was far worse than any tone in my post.

I was referring to that Redditor's quote, not your post. And I disagree - there was nothing bad about my comment. You chose to be offended.

R293, you're being dishonest.

You said that as a dismissive slur, as if it's a bad thing, emphasized by your choice of emoji. .

That emoji represents disappointment. I didn't mean it as a slur, though I do see it as a bad thing, personally. But your extreme reaction to it tells me there's some deep baggage there. And I'm now diagnosing you, you're calling me dishonest... it's all become too messy at this point. Perhaps we should agree to disagree and just call it a day.

My fucking God I meant what I said, that I hate stereotypical effeminate characters because I don't see myself and my friends in them and they're lazy clowning tropes. Am I allowed to look for representation of myself and my other gay bi friends, or is representation only reserved for your special sunflowers?

Fuck off with your authoritative bullshit.

I must remember you that masculinity is not a "heteronormative" trait, stop this nonsensical homophobic garbage. Masculinity is a trait of most men, gay, bi or straight. Effeminate men are a minority, there's nothing wrong with it, but get a clue.

I've never said that it shouldn't exist I mainly expressed my personal preference and what I was looking for.

You need some therapy.

Looks like Watchmen had an episode that featured a gay character

Girls , girls you both are pretty. Now lets talk about current TV shows with gay male characters

R297 I was just flipping through and caught that scene, was that Cheyenne Jackson and was it just a cameo?

Pretty sure it was just a cameo R299

The Merli spin-off comes out in December.

r296 You seem very angry and probably need therapy more than me, if we're being honest. I don't intend to engage you further as rage really isn't my thing. I'll just say your anger is misplaced; I'm not your enemy here because this isn't a competition in representation. Or at least it shouldn't be.

How condescending, R302.

R302 god stfu already, this is not your personal thread

r303 & r304 You both need to shut up as well, seriously.

I know bro

I know bro

oooooooo

I'm not angry R302 and R283 I just swear a lot you know like most men? You wouldn't know but still...

Can't we just appreciate the diversity of gay / LGBTQ representation? And while this particular thread is about only gay characters I also enjoy, say, lesbian themed subplots like in the Spanish drama High Seas' second season. I mean, some gay men can appreciate something else than seeing themselves on TV. And personally I rather appreciate than hate or complain.

Totally off topic but right now there's a guest on the Dr. Phil show who's a typical DLer having an affair with a guy but he's not gay or bi. The wife is a mess.

R310 Then make your own god damn thread. This is for GAY MALE characters.

Santiago in The Club is so annoying sanctimonious and irritating . Can not stand that character

Santiago, in the Club, is a bit of a nutcase because he was groomed to be dad's golden boy and then gets thrown into an identity crisis, and suffering from depression, when dad rejects him for being gay.

Just finished episode 22. Storyline is not going the way I would like however The Club is still a terrific show. I am loving it more than Breaking Bad[ I know I am shallow[ But Breaking Bad would have been better with an attractive star cast

I liked the Club until the show broke the gang apart turning against each other and then have them make up in such a rush job manner in the finale. Hate Sofia, I wish it was her who got shot and not the other one. And the drug lord and his daughter were hilarious.

R316, Put spoiler tag bro

Who is gay in Lodge 49? I watched the first season, but that's been a while ago.

r318. Bro, check your Netflix, bro. It was released weeks ago, bro. Keep up, bro. And most of all: Relax, bro.

Sorry, my comment was obviously for r317 and not rr318

R316m If you like The club then you will also like the Inmates. It is also a Mexican show on Netflix . It does not have a major gay charterer but it is still very good show

It has two minor gay characters though

r321, thank you very much for your recommendation. I will check it out.

Apparently High School Musical: The Musical: The Series will have gay characters.

Uh... the shows out and yes it does. Though it's Disney level gay so far. R323

The Hulu horror anthology series, Into The Dark, is going to have a gay episode that will premier December 27th. It'll star Augustus Prew and Scott Evans

We dunno.

Please don't shoot the messenger, this is pure speculation as nothing is confirmed yet. However, people think Oliver and Cooper on American Housewife might be gay and that they might come out soon.

So I've joined the 21st century and got Netflix streaming. What shows feature gay male characters. Bonus points for programs that feature adult men (had enough with the teen coming out stories) and a historical setting.

r327 Are you basing this on Oliver's desire to become a ballet dancer?

[quote] “Will & Grace" Reboot Writers

That show has writers? I thought they made it up as they went along!

First Look at Hulu's gay themed episode of the Into The Dark series.

[quote] Queerty managed to score an exclusive first look at the episode in all its scary, sexy glory. Midnight Kiss stars Augustus Prew, Scott Evans, Ayden Mayeri, [bold] Lukas Gage[/bold], Chester Lockhart, and Adam Faison.

Lukas Gage played Tyler in HBO's Euphoria. He's the guy who gets beat up and blackmailed by Nate (Jacob Elordi).

I checked out the wiki and it seems that Watchmen on HBO has some gay stuff. Is it worth the watch?

R329 No.

[Quote]Considering the fact that Cooper has been in only 2 of the episodes so far this season and we already got the “precious cargo” line and Greg’s comment about Cooper being around for a long time during the family photo and them both ending up single now. Plus the mutual “I love you’s” which Oliver had no issue saying to Cooper but was freaking out about saying to his actual girlfriend there is a lot happening at a pretty quick pace. We also got that “coming out to your family” pamphlet moment with Oliver and Anna-Kat a few episodes back and it feels like that was preparing us for what’s to come. I don’t know if this will actually lead to anything or not but there are so many signs that it could.

R328 Netflix is dyke central. They have a ton of tv shows with lesbian characters, but very few with gay characters. The characters you want to see don't exist. Most of the Netflix shows with gay characters are closeted teens, and all of them feature a coming out storyline. With that said, some coming out storylines are actually good and worth the watch. The foreign shows are actually the best ones to watch, like Elite or The Club. Other shows that have gay characters and are worth the watch: Sex Education, The Society, Special, 13 Reasons Why, House of Flowers, The Umbrella Academy, Insatiable, Sense8, Dear White People, Kimmy Schmidt, Bonding, Grace and Frankie.

Is Ricky gay, or maybe bi?

Who made this?😂😂😂

Who made this?😂😂😂

Oops, sorry for the double post.

Oops, sorry for the double post.

r338 teenage girls obviously

Pol goes full frontal in the new Merli series... seen in a new promo.

😍 r343

link?

Oliver Star[Buck on 9-1-1] has given some clarification on Buddie[Buck and Eddie) storyline

He also added this

[qyote]Dammit I want to add one more thing. That the decisions the writers make will be for the benefit of the story as a whole! They’ve created many successful shows and know what they’re doing

[quote] and know what they’re doing

Oh honey.

R346 In other words: it's never ever going to happen. Not surprised. Typical of a show that has lesbians but not gay men. Oh well, at least now I know I don't have to waste my time on it anymore.

R349 it does have a gay man

Wow R343 was right..hello Carlos! Hoping someone does English subs for the spin off.

Wow. Do you have to watch Merli in order to know what's going on in the spin-off or can one just jump in and watch the spin off first?

R352, I think you can watch gay storyline of Merli on Dailymotion. Earlier it was also available on Youtube but now I think it has been deleted

Try searching on dailymotion I think you will get gay storyline of all three season .

I did not watch whole series. Only gay storyline on youtube and I did not have any problem in understanding it . Merli is pretty lame show.

Gay storyline of Bruno and Pol was only interesting part of it

Ugh, the Merli spin-off is going to be so straight-washed anyway, since Bruno is not in the picture

Their relationship was so badly done in the final season imo, and not very likable either

I tried watching Merli season 2 on DailyMotion...it is unbearable because of all the commercials. I wish Netflix US would stream the rest of the seasons 😠

R354 Bruno is in the spinoff and Pol has plenty of gay sex, both with and without Bruno.

R357 and from the gifs I've seen on twitter the sex scenes look really hot

R356 I found the DailyMotion app on my iPad is commercial free.

So instead of making two male characters gay, which would have been realistic btw, Titans decide to make the women lesbians instead? LOOOL. Why am I not surprised.

TV is overflowing with lesbians. Every tv show has a lesbian, yet gay male characters are non-existent. Fuck this shit. I have simply given up. It's clear that all the producers out there think that gay men don't matter. None of them are willing to make a character gay, even in obvious cases like on 911, Titans, HSMTMTS etc.

I quite like Eastsiders. It started out as a web series and has been picked up by Netflix.

The number of bi and fluid male characters has skyrocketed. Progress

^^^ and most of the bi guys end up with women

R364 art imitates life

idk where you guys are seeing all these lesbian characters... don't understand why you guys have to rag on them

Yeah, at one time LGBTQ representation was almost solely lesbians (and usually for an unrequited flirtation with a straight woman main character at that), but we've come a long way since then. There are gay men all over the tube, except maybe on CBS.

I don't see any of these gay men that you claim are "all over the place". Sorry, it's just not the case.

r368, is that your way of humble bragging that you don't watch much TV (because it's beneath you)?

r368, is that your way of humble bragging that you don't watch much TV (because it's beneath you)?

Doom Patrol>Titans anyway

ABC started the new season of the "Great American Baking Show" tonight and one contestant is this Harvard educated guy named Alex. Within the first 15 minutes, they did a quick clip of him in his private life and they showed him and his boyfriend kiss on the lips. The guy loses points because he's making a 'statement' by having this long dangling pink earring hanging from one ear.

The Democratic Presidential Debates

The village of "Hollyoaks" looks to have a new couple as gay James Nightingale has just hooked up with Liam Donovan, who we've only seen with women up til now.

I swear Hollyoaks must put something in the water. Eventually every guy turns gay or bi

I find what's going on with James and Liam although it's only been happening a short time so far on Hollyoaks to much more interesting than what's happening with the gays on Days.

Are there any GOOD shows with gay male characters? Not reality TV shit, or telenovela shit or soap opera shit?

This year, Doom Patrol and Umbrella Academy have both fantastic gay storylines, more on Doom Patrol

Didn’t read but the upcoming Lonestar has hot gays

They already have a name

one of them is supposed to be playing Rob Lowe's son in the show

Codta Del Sol [Enlish version Drug Squad]

Watch it in Spanish with English subtitles. even thought I don't understand Spanish .

English dubbing is kind of bad..

I discovered a British show from 2017 called Love, Lies & Records which is about a registry office. It stars Ashley Jensen (Extras, Ugly Betty) and Rebecca Ford. The show features two gay weddings and a lesbian one. Two regular guest characters are revealed to be gay in the final episode. It also features Mark Stanley (Game of Thrones, Sanditon) playing a character in the process of transitioning to be a woman.

I don't know if that counts as spoiler.

On the series Sanditon Turlough Convery's character comes out to his spinster sister as lifetime bachelor in order to assure her that he has no interest in women and leaving his sister on her own.

Has anyone watched Midnight Kiss yet?

I just watched it. I liked it.

How naked does Scott Evans get?

Didn't know about Midnight Kiss, thanks!

Anyone know how to watch this one? Lots of male nudity, according to Mr. Man and a hot gay sex scene with frontal nudity from both. It's about the world ending if I a understanding correctly, it's called 8 Days.

r385 I just watched it. Hated it.

Of course all that ever died were all gay men, the most fleshed out relationship and the only surviving relationship is between a man and a woman. Where can we ever get a show that positively portrays gay men? 🙄

Even on a gay episode, gay men are still portrayed badly while male/female relationships are portrayed miles better. Fuck heteronormativity

R389 You can watch that particular scene at AZNude. It's a German mini-series with the native title being "8 Tage." That's how I found it on Dailymotion where someone has uploaded the first 4 of 8 episodes (folge), but it's in German with no subtitles. If your original source is correct, then the sex scene below is from Episode 5. Haven't located 5 thru 8.

r392 Thank You for the original name, I found all episodes, but yeah, no subtitles, I'll wait if somebody uploads them, I kinda like the plot anyway

nvm I found it lmao

R382, can you provide more details on the show? Is that a gay couple pictured?

R392, the guy on the left is super cute, but that opening sex scene looks like two straight guys who have no clue how gays really have sex faking it for money. It's really not convincing at all. Especially that closed-mouth/tight-lipped kissing.

Shocked, no one here noted that the actor who will play the gay character Carlos in 911 lonestar (Rafael Silva) is gay in real life. (or bi since he dated a girl according with her instagram)

R397 How do you know he's gay in real life? Is he even gay when you yourself said he dated a girl. I need receipts.

R398 The ex gf.

R398 In Pride + plus he follows plenty of gay men on insta.

My bet is that he was closeted years ago, but definitely he's not heterosexual (also he pings a lot)

can't they just be friends? r399

R402 Probably not, She was in serious relationship with him in the past.

The guy who plays Carlos is either Portuguese or (more likely) Brazilian as Silva is a Portuguese last name.

R404 Brazilian.

I really hope in 911 lonestar the gay couple are actually homosexuals, this is the show that I'm most looking forward to watching and would be tragic if one or both of the characters go "fluid" and start relationship with women.

The gayling on A Million Little Things got his first kiss. Of course they censored it though, lol. What is it with gay affection that makes people so scared?

I just finished season 2 of This Close. It was soooo good. I hope there's a third season. The show is one of the best gay shows right now imo. Also, the new guy who's Michael's new love interest is kinda interesting. I don't want to spoil anything, but wow. I really want him to be a part of season 3.

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

Apparently there's a gay storyline on a show named Black Spot? Don't know anything about it though, I just saw it on Tumblr.

R149 / R150 / R151 In last week's "Single Parents", Miggy (played by the actor who came out as queer/fluid) came out as bisexual. They covered it rather well, with one character saying, "Miggy, did I even know you dated guys?" and the other responds, "You've met his boyfriends before. Remember chubby Mario Lopez?"

Glad they did it. It's a popular show, it helps bring some honesty to the guy playing the character, AND it brings up the concept of "throuples" to suburban moms.

Looks like there's a new Netflix show called 'October Faction' and one of the main characters is gay

It's more aimed toward a younger audience (though is actually for all ages) but Netflix has a new animated show, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, with a gay lead. Plus he actually says that he's gay.

"Magicians" on SyFy has gay characters and a lot more love/emotion than most. Last night's episode was truly heart-breaking.

R414 I stopped watching after they killed the main character.

R387, What does it matter? His cock is all over the Internet.

R415, you're missing out. This season has been great so far.

The Stranger on Netflix is starring DL fave Richard Armitage. It also has a gay character.

American Housewife has a new gay character now?

American Housewife has a new gay character now?

R420 They've gotten a little "heavier" this season, which I'm glad. Not that it's getting darker, but it needed a little more weight.

Who is that R419/R420? I've only seen a select amount of episodes and that doesn't seem to be one of the main characters

[quote]They've gotten a little "heavier" this season, which I'm glad. Not that it's getting darker, but it needed a little more weight.

I resemble that remark!

R422 Not a regular. It's someone who called Oliver when he was helping at the Teen Helpline. 2 episodes ago, they were trying to figure out who the caller was. I haven't seen this episode yet (will watch tomorrow morning) but I hope they treat the subject well.

R414 I watched only the season one, and there's only a "queer"/bi guy that fucks everything has a hole... There's a actual homosexual character in the show now?

"American Housewife" has been gay-baiting with Oliver and Cooper for years now. Even Greg and Katy think he's gay.

I'm not 100% sure but the "Captain" (Hugh Laurie) on HBO's "Avenue 5" is married to a man.

R426 The latest episode touched on this yet again - the Instagram account created in Oliver's name by the gay football guy. I didn't quite like how they handled the football guy's reaction, but overall, I'm hoping the storyline works out.

Pobol y Cwm(People of the Valley) long running Welsh soap has few gay characters. Tyler who's married to Lolo. Was recently exposed and charged for fucking one of former students. Despite no longer being a student of his and 18 years old.

R429 Mentioned when that story began up at R129.

btw - There's also Rhys on the other Welsh soap, "Rownd a Rownd" (Round and Round). He hasn't had much to do since his partner, David, was killed in a car accident more than a year ago, but recently he commented that he's ready to get out there again and joined a dating app - leading to two bad experiences. He's now moved out of his dad's house and is on his own, so I think this may signal that they've got something planned.

Hugh Laurie on Avenue 5 is in a throuple with a man and a woman, r427.

Didn’t read but gays in 911 Lone Star are the best looking couple I’ve seen in years

Diary Of A Future President has a gay character.

The British Frau / Family drama series The Split added another gay character to the show. In the first season it was the lead's boss who had barely anything to do. In the first episode of the second season he introduces his fiancée who is going to work in the law firm as well and has ruffled a few feathers already.

This looks cute.

Trailer with English subs.

Did anyone watch the rom-com movie on FreeForm "The Thing About Harry" that premiered February 15? The schedule shows it will be on a few more times this coming week.

[quote] Jake Borelli (Grey’s Anatomy) stars in writer-director Peter Paige’s Valentine’s Day rom-com about former high school enemies, openly gay Sam (Borelli) and jock Harry (Niko Terho), who reconnect when Harry comes out. That, of course, is when the real drama begins. Co-starring GLOW’s Britt Baron and Queer Eye’s Karamo, this is the perfect date-night special.

El Juego de las Llaves got a second season. Can't wait to see more of sexy Valentin.

So hot.

So hot.

I went down the YouTube rabbit hole and found another gay series. Holy shit that kiss was hot as fuck!

Sad that a lot of the best shows with gay characters are foreign. So not only does it show that the US is lagging behind, but also makes it hard to watch.

US soap Days of Our Lives is getting rid of their gay characters. Which after they're gone will probably leave General Hospital 🏥 as the only american daytime soap left with gay male characters.

American soap operas are already years behind other countries with gay male representation, so no surprise there.

Just read that Insatiable was cancelled. Not surprised. They fucked up season 2 royally. I was expecting Bob and Bob to finally get together yet they spent the whole season fighting, wtf?! Bad decision. No wonder it got cancelled.

That show was awful anyway R446 The main character was completely irredeemable and they had no where to go after the last episode. The gay storyline also went nowhere.

The Thing About Harry was cringeworthy. The main character is a whiny little bitch that "Harry" would never have gone for in real life. Then when they finally get together after years of missed connections, he has another melt down that results in one of those stupid situations that only happen in bad romcoms, one of the characters commandeers the microphone at a public event to profess their love for the other and instead of being forced away by security, everybody stands around and goes "Awww!"

That sucks about Insatiable. Season Two ended with a cliffhanger. I liked the campy vibe of it.

Agreed 448, though I suppose it's progress that we've now had an implausible, cliched rom-com just like the ones the fraus get on Hallmark made especially for us.

Now we need a gay-themed Christmas movie from Hallmark, weren't they planning one until the radical right got wind of the idea?

R451 I think Hallmark said they were open to doing one, but implied something like they've never received a good enough script .. One wonders how all the hetero schlock makes it into production... lol! .. But the petition started by right-wingers to stop them from doing something gay was proven to have highly-inflated, fake numbers.

Script? For a Hallmark movie? Why not just use the one they already have?

Keegan Allen is going to be playing gay on Walker Texas Ranger reboot

Just finished watching “Safe” on Netflix. The main character’s BFF is gay. He’s a good character with lots of airtime and he’s not fey.

R454 Perfect opportunity for him to come out

THE IN-BETWEEN on NBC

GOOD TROUBLE

A MILLION LITTLE THINGS on ABC

NEW AMSTERDAM on NBC but I don't know that I need to watch another medical / romantic / drama

Looks like the new "Ben Sherwood" character on "Holby City" (played by gay actor, Charlie Condou) will be bisexual or gay. He's dating Nurse Essie, but kissed gay doctor, Dom.

Love how gay these British soaps are

I haven't started it yet, but I am looking forward to the new show 9-1-1: lone star

Same, R461. I'll try and start watching this week.

They've put the gay storyline on the backburner for the last few episodes R461/R462. Hopefully they'll pick back up soon.

I was reading the comments on two videos of Rafael Silva and the cast of 911 Lone Star. At some point they ask where Rafael is in a video when Ronen and the others say he was at home with his husband. Refreshing that at least one of the actors is gay and married to a guy. Ronen is apparently dating a woman but I think he's bi.

So they cancelled The Magicians. Who else is surprised (LOL). That's what happens when you gaybait for 3 seasons then kill off one half of the couple. Assholes.

R460 British soaps are the only shows to consistently have gay characters. They usually do them well too.

R466 When they don't pander to insane stan-bases (like the Robron and Ballum crowd).

Don't forget Starry R467.

r465 so they killed all of Eliot's male love interests and keeps his wife? Blech. 🤮 They had it coming

R468 Longterm though, Hollyoaks didn't really pander to Starry (imho), since they broke them up, while creating the far more combustible Jarry. And as we know, they certainly didn't pander to that fanbase :(

Also them making Eliot suddenly "fluid" when he's just gay on the books. The showrunners hate gay men

R469/R471, he's had a gay relationship with the new hot guy this season, so you're all kinda stupid.

Eliot was never 'fluid' or anything but gay. His marriage to a woman was an arranged marriage. He never loved her.

r472 the keyword you need is "NEW". A new character on its last season

Toy Boy on Netflix. Male strippers and one is gay.

R475 Had to look it up. Of course it's not an English language show. It feels like only the non-English countries are willing to make shows with gay characters sometimes.

R476 From which country is it?

I looked back to see if the character Mo played by Alex Newell on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist was mentioned yet, and as I presumed he wasn’t. He’s playing gender queer according to Wikipedia, so does he fit in the box or not? I’m really only hate watching the show, but I don’t think they have mentioned any romantic relationships in his life as of yet. Is gender neutral also going to be sexually neutered? It’s Set in the Bay Area, so gay people abound, will this be the only representation and do they even have gay person writing for the show and character? Anyone have some insight?

R478 No. Gender queer is not the same as bi or gay. Please don't ever confuse sexuality and gender, they're totally different.

R477 Spain

Can we change the subject of this thread to "What are the current ENGLISH SPEAKING AMERICAN TV SHOWS with gay male characters"?

Has someone broken your fingers in a way that prevents you from posting a new thread on that topic yourself if your interests are too specific to endure learning about foreign language productions?

Ok so this is DL catnip and I was gonna start a thread on this, but I think it fits better here. HBO Brazil is about to premiere its first Brazilian LGBTQ+ show on March 22nd, as it happens with all of their shows, it will be available worldwide as well so brace yourselves, this is as bad as it gets. The show is called Todxs Nós (literally All of Us, though the x is the inclusive parlance of todos/todas). I shit you not... theres more.

The main character is a "non binary" chick (a woman basically) who moves to her gay cousin's apartment in Sao Paulo after her dad kicks her out. Now the icing on the cake; she literally speaks using inclusive language, changing the gender of words replacing them with a neutral E at the end. As you know, Portuguese like all romantic languages is gender specific, so you can have an idea of the mess the dialogues sound in this trailer alone. This is the nightmare of what a world with non binary language looks like. It's so bad it looks like a terrible SNL skit.

I'm sure they'll have an english subtitled version soon, how they're gonna convey the change of gender in every word is beyond me. I can't wait.

ABC's Station 19 appears to have a new guy for Travis with our very own Lachlan Buchanan now playing "Emmett Dixon."

Surprised they got rid of Nyle DiMaro R484

Fuck, how have I missed a show like Station 19? It stars my crush Grey Damon. Thank you for sharing r484.

" No. Gender queer is not the same as bi or gay. Please don't ever confuse sexuality and gender, they're totally different."

And yet gender and sexuality can co-exist TOGETHER!!

For example, you can be gay AND a man. Imagine that!

New bisexual storyline from Argentina.

R487 Are you a fucking idiot? Sex aka SEXUALITY. There are only two sexes, male and female. Gender is not the same as sex.

Part 2

Part 3

I swear I read in a thread about a new Netflix show or something with a gay lawyer in Fire Island? Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Is the 911 show with Jay Hayden worth watching, or is he featured so infrequently it would be a waste of time?

He's a main character so he's featured most (if not all) episodes. R493

R492 You might be thinking of this movie

Bumping

Jay Hayden is so hot on Station 19. Now they've paired him with Lachlan Buchanan, who's also a young hottie.

I love Jay's freckles. He's beautiful.

R495 Yes, thank you! Sad that it's not available on Netflix here in Norway though :(

The new NBC show Council of Dads features a gay character played by J. August Richards.

Are you guys down for some Asian gay series? I saw some today and found it to be cute.

It's called 2gether the Series, seemed like it's based from a novel, it also has English Subtitles, here's the playlist:

Boomerang’s Ari is a hot bi male character

Episode 11 of 9-1-1 (the original, not the Lone Star spin off) of season 3 has a nice, romantic, gay themed emergency sequence. Episode 12 features a subplot of Bryan Safi's character going on a date which doesn't end so well for him.

R503 And 3 seasons in not a single kiss yet. The gay character doesn't get a love life and now he has a brain tumor and will probably die. Great representation! NOT.

Besides that Allan Cumming show and Torchwood, is there any show where the protagonist is gay or bissexual and the story isn't about his sexuality?

BBC's Class was about a gay, Alien prince in love with a guy. Unfortunately it was canceled after one season.

BBC's Class was about a gay, Alien prince in love with a guy. Unfortunately it was canceled after one season.

Tiger King - unfortunately

R506 I've said it before and I'll say it again, the issue with gay male characters isn't just that there are few, it's that the ones who are depicted on tv are so poorly depicted. They're either barely there or neutered, or both. Then there's the fact that they only add gay characters to shows they know will fail and get cancelled, I guess there's less risk involved that way. One year we lost like 6 gay characters because a lot of the shows were cancelled. It fucking sucks. This never happens to lesbian characters, the lesbians get added to critically acclaimed shows that last for a very long time. Few of them get cancelled. The lesbians also get plenty of screen time and are not neutered like their male counterparts.

R505 BBC also had the great zombie drama "In the Flesh" where the protagonist "Kieren Walker" played by Luke Newberry was gay. His romantic interest was "Simon Monroe" played by the dynamic Emmett Scanlan, Jr.

Unfortunately, the show got canceled when the BBC3 broadcast television channel was shuttered in 2014 due to budget cuts. Still pissed that they couldn't cough up enough cash for two or three more episodes to give it some kind of closure.

I did like the Kieren/Simon storyline R510 - but season one? The Kieren/Rick storyline, and how Rick is killed? That will rip you heart out.

[Quote] The new NBC show Council of Dads features a gay character played by J. August Richards.

He's come out in real life to coincide with playing the character.

Holy shit that's pretty big R512. I've loved him since Angel and never would've thought.

He came out? Read that he's a closet case some time ago. Nice.

I just saw the episode of Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, called Two Doors Down, it's a sweet gay romance, kind of like Hallmark but with gay characters front and center

I recommend it

I was half watching the new HBO movie called "Bad Education". I don't know the circumstances because I missed some, but when I Iook up and I see Hugh Jackman is kissing some young dude. I guess he's playing a gay/bi guy.

Closeted

The Merli spin-off is a good show. One issue imo is that character from Argentina who just screams lesbian but supposedly isn't.

R515 It would be so much better the gorgeous Colin O'Donoghue with the gay role instead of the Fug Tranny chaser Andy Mientus.

I know it's not a TV show but I recently watched God's own country on Netflix. What a great gay film! I can only recommend it.

Don't remember the namebig the show but there was some either Portuguese or Spanish language web show hosted by a gay guy who had people (mostly male) referred to as "celebrities" who he would interview and in turn the "celebrities" would let the host do things like tickle them or other stuff.

This guy?

ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST on NBC

TALES FROM THE LOOP on AMAZON PRIME

911 LONESTAR on FOX

YEARS AND YEARS on BBC1

WATCHMEN on HBO

THE IN BETWEEN on NBC

THE TERROR on AMC

ANIMAL KINGDOM

CLAWS

THE OTHER TWO

SEARCH PARTY

Who 's gay on Zoey?

The guy from Glee playing her neighbor, and his boyfriend

Wait, Alex Newell's not trans?

"I'm not gay but my boyfriend is."

Pol and Rai

r528. No, it's made very clear that the character is a gay man...male

He just goes his own way. Refreshing really,

[quote] He just goes his own way. Refreshing really,

Very true and I love him and the show. He had a story about struggling with being out to his church choir which was quite moving.

John Clarence Stewart shows some serious dance moves on the show and Skylar Astin is a great singer and performer. But the best is watching Mary Steenburgen perform songs. I get a strange kick out of that for some reason.

The link leads to an almost 20 minutes interview with Alex about the show.

The Baker and the Beauty on ABC has a gay guy as the third or fourth lead, played by DL favorite Dan Bucatinsky. (And some lesbian characters too, for what it's worth.)

The original Israeli version, 20 episodes, it is on Amazon prime, I wonder if there are gay characters on that show as well.

Ari on Boomerang is my favorite current bi or gay male tv character. His portrayal is so progressive

Don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but House of Flowers has released its third season recently. Campy and gay as fuck.

I've heard a little about that show r501. Speaking of gay asian shows. I don't remember the exact name of the show but there was a gay Japanese tv show that came out I believe last year. The plot revolved a writer going through writer's block, a former classmate now helping him and a supposedly perverted old man who used to write gay erotica books.

“Current” is the word that should be emphasised, nothing new being filmed before the fall.....

So I guess the animated show "The Hollow" on Netflix has a gay character

Rumored for quite some time now, it was confirmed last week that "PC George Kiss" in Hollyoaks is gay. The police officer is played by actor, Callum Kerr.

Ash/Sully is a good storyline on this Australian show called The Heights, you can watch it here if you have a VPN. The actor that plays Ash is really hot.

A Place to Call Home, an Australian series of 67 episodes, currently running Friday nights on PBS, at least in New York, has an active gay storyline: James the son of the patriarch, is married to a woman and struggling with his sexuality; Harry, a local farmhand, is a former lover of James and his current temptation. Other gay characters will appear as the storyline progresses.

It's all beautifully handled, and, no spoiler, it wraps up with a pretty happy ending for almost everyone.

Although nine episodes have already aired, this is a good time to pick it up; some dramatic developments lay shortly ahead.

r539 oh my! he's hot! please update if he ever gets a gay storyline posted somewhere!

Any insights on October Faction? Looks like there's some gay stuff in there.

R542 A lot of clips have already been posted

R543 Decent show with an OK cast but terrible acting.

Isn't it kind of hard to jump into an ongoing soap opera like Hollyoaks midstream?

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I really like John Paul's acting, it seems so natural

I just heard about Deep Water (Australian) 4 part series now on Prime, about a murdered gay guy.

Are there any living gay characters?

Not really a series, but Disney+ has a series where they feature Pixar shorts. The new one premieres tomorrow and is about a gay couple

Shane McAnally on Songland on NBC. Yeah it is a reality TV show but it is also pretty good.

In the trailer at R551, it looks like Greg's Dad had a Manuel or two in in his life as well.. lol!

Blood & Water on Netflix has a gay storyline.

This is for cooking show fans -- Masterchef Australia is now airing season 12, with all of the contestants being returning chefs from seasons 1 through 11. So, there are at least two gay men back in the kitchen: Reece and Khan.

Netflix's latest Spanish teen drama Control Z features at least one gay character. More details would probably be considered spoilers. It's a great show which also features a trans character.

The show is basically an edgier version of Pretty Little Liars where students are being terrorized, and blackmailed, by a mysterious hacker.

While Control Z is a pretty decent show the gay content is rather brief and quite dark and grim (no happy end there, but then none of the stories have a happy ending in the finale).

A bit late with this but the canceled sitcom Broke had a gay character, Luis played by Izzy Diaz.

I was watching Robert Walden on a Super Password rerun the other day, and he mentioned his Showtime series Brothers, so I looked it up and it seems very interesting and very gay, but I cannot find it; I looked on several different platforms to no avail

Telemundo's novela "100 días para enamorarnos" (100 Days to Fall in Love), billed as a romantic comedy/drama has the pairing of Pablo and Fer (Fernando).

This series started April 28, so they're only 19 episodes into it.

Pablo is out. Fernando's "never done anything like this before."

This started last month. Someone's being clipping their story on youtube, but I haven't seen English subtitles. (Link to a recent episode below where they kiss, presumably have sex, and a morning after scene.

if you want English subtitles, you can watch full episodes at Telemundo's website and select English in the Closed-Caption (CC) option.

They're pretty cute and the actors have good chemistry (imo).

And here's the series main page with full episodes at Telemundo. The scene above is from Capitlulo 16.

R559 While this is a thread for CURRENT shows, YouTube would probably be the easiest way to find classic shows

R352 Probably to get the nature of Bruno and Pol's history. I will say on the spin-off one of the characters mother and her friends look like they belong on one of those real housewives shows.

Scott Evans in Morgan Fairchild's new show Mélange

From Netflix's Blood & Water. A teen drama from Cape Town, South Africa.

R564 Too woke/sjw for my taste... Also it features the T-pet/anti-women Omar sharif Jr (ew). I prefer to watch these cheesy telenovelas with only gay male characters.

Here’s a nice YouTube video highlighting 12 new gay couples in 2020 TV, which just was posted at the end of May. Despite highlighting the very white boys of Hollyoaks, there are many if not a majority of POC or international guys in theses show, which is a nice step forward.

Hulu's comedy adult animation show Crossing Swords features a gay plot (spoofing Call Me By Your Name) in a later episode. The show features the voices of Seth Green, Adam Pally, Nicholas Hoult and DL fave Luke Evans.

Hulu's comedy adult animation show Crossing Swords features a gay plot (spoofing Call Me By Your Name) in a later episode. The show features the voices of Seth Green, Adam Pally, Nicholas Hoult and DL fave Luke Evans.

So sorry for the double post and the switcheroo of adult. It should be adult comedy animation show.

god dam Pose is nasty.....cant take it.....ugh

R378 Umbrella Academy recently teased more on Klaus and Dave coming up in Season 2.

R572 Ugh, I know I should be happy about gay characters but I'm so sick about heartbreaking gay storylines. The gays NEVER get to be happy.

Love Victor is now available on Hulu.

There's a minor gay storyline on Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. But its a bad show. Do not recc.

Jamie Johnson on BBC has a gay character.

Katy Keene is cancelled getting rid of it's gay characters

Apparently the showrunners for Katy Keene look to move to a new streaming platform.

R576, that is a CBBC shows aimed at children aged between six and twelve. Probably a well made but not really DL fare.

Show not shows and no a. ^^^

Not a show, but a fan movie based on the game Detroit Become Human called Detroit Evolution.

[quote]It's been one year since Markus freed the androids of Detroit. The most advanced android ever created, Nines (Maximilian Koger), has evolved past his initial programming as a ruthless hunter, and now protects the city as a DPD detective. But as new crimes and dangers start to threaten RK900 himself, he must also juggle his growing fondness for his partner, Detective Gavin Reed (Chris Trindade), and navigate everything that they mean to one another.

The final season of 13 Reasons Why has a record breaking 9 gay characters (two bisexuals) with 3 major storylines about male-male relationships. The Prom in the show features it as its center story. As soapy as it is, it was nice to see a show like that feature so many different gay/bi characters in all levels of acceptance and romance.

Klaus is back in The Umbrella Academy season 2. They trailer dropped today.

Looks like we might finally get a gay storyline on 911 next season. The last episode of this season ended with them going on a date. Wonder if we'll finally get a gay kiss after 4 seasons. The show has had plenty of lesbian kisses, but no gay kisses yet, so typical.

Kingdom, on Netflix

This isn’t a new show, it originally ran from 2014 to 2017, but it is new on Netflix and stars DL favorite Nick Jonas as a closeted MMA fighter.

Only 40 episodes so it’s not an impossible binge. I’ll be watching!

did he even have a gay scene in there tho?

iirc it was hella disappointing

When the hell is Animal Kingdom going to come back and the sexiest couple?

I remember that Kingdom wasn't worth my time when a random rodent appearing in the background of a scene with Nick Jonas got more coverage than Nick making out with a guy.

I read that he gets a blow job in the first season from a guy, so I guess I will tune in

"The Alienist" just stated its second season. In the second episode, Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans visit a ritzy department store and one of the workers knows Dakota and stops her to say hello. He's very fey and he gets very flirty when he claps eyes on Luke. This guy may just be a one-off, too early to tell.

"The Old Guard" on Netflix has a gay couple who have been together for almost a thousand years, since the First Crusade.

German soap opera Forbidden Love is coming back as Forbidden Love:The New Generation and Jo Weil who recently came out will be reprising his role as gay character Oliver Sabel on the new show.

R592, I read somewhere that the author of the comics insisted there was at least one scene which made the relationship between the gay couple obvious. No straight washing allowed.

R594 Yep

[quote]The scene comes directly from the original comic book The Old Guard, by Greg Rucka, who is also credited with the film’s screenplay, and who stipulated in his contract that it had to be in whatever movie got made from it.

R585 If you're planning on watching Kingdom just for Nick Jonas' gay storyline: Don't. Just... don't.

Just thinking about it still infuriates me.

Hulu's (And NIckelodeon in in the UK) Find Me in Paris has a gay character. It's not a new show, but it's currently airing with a 3rd and final season on the way.

The Kissing Booth 2 had a gay couple

Part 4

Not necessarily new as I think this came out either last year or the year before that. The show was a called Mermaid Sauna. It was about 3 people. One of them an older gay guy who finally quits his dead end job and opens up a gay sauna. The other two people were a straight young man and woman who eventually go to work at the older gay guy's gay sauna.