Favourite TV Characters

Well, I really love the Fiona Coyne, the lesbian character from Degrassi (she left the show last season). Also, the web series Out with Dad has amazing representation with all it's LGBT characters.

 

Well, Felix from Orphan Black is pretty great. He's funny and a develped character, but he doesn't have all the super-flamboyant gay stereotypes.

 

Santana and Blaine from Glee

 

Mitchell and Cameron on Modern Family.

 

Willow and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer are my favorites.

 

EDIT: Whoops. I didn't see the whole OP. These characters are either confirmed to be LGBT or it's suggested/teased.

Protagonists:
- Italy (Hetalia)
- Ren Mihashi (Big Windup)
- Shuichi Shindou (Gravitation)
- Kyle Broflovski (South Park)
- Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony)

Side-kick characters:
- Sheen Estevez (Jimmy Neutron)
- Abe (Big Windup)
- Hideyoshi (Baka and Test)

Antagonists:
- England (Hetalia)
- Russia (Hetalia)
- America (Hetalia)
- Eric Cartman (South Park)
- Zarbon (Dragonball Z Abridged)
- Burter (Dragonball Z Abridged)

Side Characters:
- Butters Stotch (South Park)
- BMO (Adventure Time)
- Ryuichi Sakuma (Gravitation)
- Tajima (Big Windup)
- Jack (Will + Grace)

That's about all I can think of, at the moment.

 

I think it's LGBTQ+ characters. But I have to agree, a lot of these are great.

 

Aww man, I wanted to say Drusilla but I suppose she's straight.

I like so many.. I too love Fiona Coyne! Afraid my reason is simple, mostly at least, because I have the biggest crush on her. But she is the definition of a non-stereotypical gay girl. Totally feminine, loves loves loves shopping, has awesome fashion taste. She might describe herself as a lipstick lesbian, but she only wears lipgloss.

Okay.. Also Tara from Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. Again, because she's cute though. I really can't give thoughtful reasons, I should probably stop. Haha. Well she's sweet and smart and magical and a really interesting character to me.
Also Andrew from that show, he's supposed to be gay, was in love with Warren. He was so interesting, an awesome nerd, funny, and.. cute.

I could name too many but I doubt I'd be helpful. I love Kurt and Blaine and Brittany from Glee. Mitchell from Modern Family. I also like Adam from Degrassi, he's transgender.
Marco from Degrassi! Love him! A classic!
Ooh, Marc and Justin from Ugly Betty! LOVE them! Plus Alexis, she was transgender.

I guess you could say I love alot because you still don't see them that often on TV so we have a limited choice, thus making the options very uplifting when we get them!
Usually my favorite characters are the ones who are LGBT+.
The ones on Degrassi, although underrated, are great because they are realistic. That show has always been about realism, so you get all different kinds of people who happen to be LGBT+. Even the popular blonde straight girl turned out to be bi. So you never know. It's relatable, it's unlike other shows so I love those characters.

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Oh and for family ones, you've got Lena and Stef from The Fosters. Really engaging family show, nice and relatable. Normal parents.

 

Oh okay, then I am a fan of Howard and Raj from The Big Bang Theory! Love or hate the show, I still ship them. I even watch Youtube videos that ship them, SO CUTE.
The show makes a joke, or hints at, their often perceived romantic relationship. But so far we are to believe they are straight. Sigh.

And I forgot to mention... OH MY GOSH I LOVE PAIGE from Pretty Little Liars! I haven't been able to watch the last season, but I loooooove her. Again.. biggest crush. <333
Ugh. Oh right. Anyway... Her and Emily, love them together. Plus, Paige is more masculine, a little bit, than most gay women on TV. That's nice to see.
And Maya was nice too.

 

Now that you mention queer baiting, Sherlock and John from Sherlock are a pretty good example of that. Both good characters that the writers consistently feel the need to involve with queer baiting.

 

You have your hands full with this! Good luck on your project, I'm sure it will be interesting!

Yes, Paige is played by Lindsey Shaw and is treated just like the other girls' boyfriends, I love that show. You should check it out! Emily gets into a same-gender relationship pretty quicky, and there are some good parts between her and her mother when she comes out.

I'd say more about my beloved Drusilla, but I still ship her with Spike, my other fave. Teehee.

Justin Suarez has the perfect coming out in the end, he just asks his boyfriend to dance and everyone was happy. ^_^ Plus, the planned coming out part before that was hilarious, what a cute idea.

Really? I feel like no one here even knows about Degrassi. It's more of an underground thing. Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High were mostly good too, they all had their flaws, but in the equality department they did pretty darn good. At one point they had about four LGBT characters on it at one time.

I guess I view these characters as any normal straight person would, I often get involved with them because I think they're cute. XD
And then I get to love them for other reasons too, possibly, hehe.
But for us, it's so comforting when we have a character on our favorite show we can relate to in ways we just can't with the strictly straight/cisgender casting that is commonplace.

 

I am not certain,
Unless "trap" characters in Anime count? I love "trap" characters...

 

These

 

Max from the cancelled series Happy Endings was one of the more refreshing gay TV characters I had ever seen. He really was awesome.