What are the current TV shows with gay male characters? Part 6

Part 5.

I miss the days when threads used to get to 600 before a new one was made.

This is from The Lake on Prime Video

R2 Same, but I had to create a new thread as the other is only for subscribers now.

This is hot.

Tu no eres especial on Netflix. Spanish show with a gay character. His name is Javi.

From Netflix's Alma.

The Lake on Video Prime has a gay storyline. I just finished the show and it's actually really funny. It consists of 8 episodes. The first half of the season was the strongest imo, definitely funnier than thr second half, but the whole show is good. Well worth the watch.

I'm in love with Riley from The Lake. Rugged, bearded handsome. Totally my type.

Riley and Justin

Interview With the Vampire looks pretty queer.

Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm(People of The Valley). Gay Iolo finally admitted to wanting something with bi Eifion. Tyler is currently single, Aaron may possibly be gay and Aled is supposed to be coming back.

The Gilded Age on HBO

Heartbreak High.

The new upcoming season of Chucky is going to have a lot of gay content based on what I've seen from the trailer for it so far

Just finished Heartbreak High on Netflix. It was horrible, god awful. AVOID at all costs.

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR HEARTBREAK HIGH:

The gay guy (Darren) is not gay, he's "nonbinary" and goes by "they". So it's not actually a gay storyline. Also, the guy he falls in love with is asexual, so NO sex goes on between them. Darren tries to have sex with him, but Cash doesn't want to. That's pretty much the gist of the pathetic "gay storyline". Once again they make up excuses for the gays not to have sex, this time it's that one of them is "asexual" (LOL!) Oh yeah, and then they queerbait by teasing that Amerie's boyfriend Malakai is bi or gay, yet it all fizzles out into nothing. I have no idea what the fuck that whole storyline even was. He has a threesome with another guy and a girl, he then dreams about guys naked, he says he doesn't know who he is, he meets a guy at a party who he has chemistry with, who he compliments and they even go hiking together. Yet NOTHING! Absolutely fucking NOTHING! comes out of it. What the fuck was the whole point of it then? As I said: clearly queerbaiting.

Not worth mentioning yet (maybe they reveal more in season two?), but Disney's Terri Incognita hints at the lead's sidekick being gay and having a crush on a guy who has a crush on the lead's antagonist, a bully who also happens to be the son of the chief of police. The show has the twinkiest lead since Teen Wolf and Alex Ryder.

R17 Thanks, was thinking about watching it but looks like I'll avoid it. Was already on the fence since it looked like the main gay was already pretty much a stereotype.

The new Vampire Academy show has changed two characters from brothers to lovers. I'm assuming this is J August Richard's first gay role since he came out.

J Agust played a gay dad on HBO Max's GENERATION. His husband was played by John Ross Bowie of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SPEECHLESS.

R21 He also played gay on the short lived drama Council of Dads

R20 My main question is, does Max Parker play gay? Do we at least see him nude?

For a show that doesn't have gay characters, Heartbreak High seems to have quite a lot of guy on guy action.

Homoerotic moment at Heartbreak High.

I believe that Max Parker's character is not gay r23 though I could be wrong. This Vampire Academy show is being helmed and executive produced by Julie Plec whose record with gay characters has been sorra mixed.

[Quote] whose record with gay characters has been sorra mixed.

Terrible track record and a racist piece of shit.

R24 Watch the show then, if you don't believe me. Yes, there was a MMF threesome and I thought Malakai (Amerie's bf) had a gay awakeneing after it happened, but he didn't. He's apparently straight. Amerie pictured two guys kissing, but it wasn't real. And yes, Darren (the femme nonbinary gay guy) had a bed scene with his crush Cash, he started to jerk him off, but Cash stopped it because he's asexual. Darren had two other brief (as in one second) sex scenes with random guys. That was it. Sure, Darren and Cash kissed a few times but it didn't lead anywhere as Cash is "asexual" (lmao), funny how they picked one of two gays to be asexual. Why couldn't it have been a straight asexual guy, or one of the dykes? Oh no, it had to be one of the gays! Of course. As I said, the show had a ton of queerbaiting stuff. The most insulting thing was teasing that Malakai was gay or bi. The "gay storyline" if you can even call it that, was pathetic. It was actually offensive. That's how bad it was.

October should be good. Lots of gay shows to look forward too. Interview With the Vampire, The Midnight Club and season 2 of Chucky.

One of Us Is Lying season 2 trailer is here! Gay Cooper is back. It will be released October 20th.

Imterview With the Vampire is already renewed for season 2! Yay! It hasn't even premiered yet!

Young Royals is coming back soon with season 2

An Australian anthology series called Summer Love has an episode featuring a gay couple played by gay actors. Not sure how to watch outside Australia though.

R18 I watched the entire show and not a single mention or even hint that the main's sidekick is gay. I have no idea why or how you got that impression? For me it looked like they wanted him to be with Uma.

[Quote] The show has the twinkiest lead since Teen Wolf and Alex Ryder.

When was Posey a twink....?

The Summer I Turned Pretty has a bi male character. The actor is stunning, like really gorgeous! Too bad he got very little to do first season. No boyfriend to speak of and only one gay kiss. The rest of the time he spent drooling over the main girl, ugh. Hopefully he gets a boyfriend next season as the show has already been renewed.

R36 More likely they'll flirt with the idea but ultimately pair him with a girl

R31 Isn't that Wormhole or whatever his name was from GOT, the castrato with the most ridiculous manner of speaking? Might take some really good acting to put that out of mind.

The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself on Netflix later this month

Guillermo on What We Do in the Shadows finally came out this season. Laszlo swings both ways, and now Nandor does, too.

Showtime’s Queer As Folk reboot was just canceled after one season.

The Midnight Club on Netflix has two gay (male) characters.

R38 Watch the show. He is a very good actor. Especially the confessional scene. Some insane acting. I really hope he gets an emmy for that, he deserves one.

R42 Anything good with the characters or are they just there? Was thinking about watching but am still on the fence.

R42 Nothing really special so far. I haven't watched much though. The gay guy has AIDS (before you judge, this was in the 90s, so it's realistic, also, they're all dying, that's why they're there). The nurse is also gay. He talked about coming out. I like how they're slowly getting closer. Also, it's hilarious, but the nurse goes on and on about the movie IWTW, apparently he's a huge fan. Love the timing, just as we have a new IWTW show that is very gay.

Sorry, that reply was meant for R44. I'm R42/R45.

The Midnight Club is fucking awful. Do not watch, you have been warned.

Spoiler: everyone gets a love life except the gay guy... of course. He gets to kiss guys in the stories they tell, but not in real life. I thought he was bonding with Mike and that they would be a couple. But nope... nothing. What a letdown.

New Zealand 🇳🇿 soap Shortland Street. Gay Jack seems as though he may be getting involved with his married new boss.

Sorry, I meant Mark. His name is Mark. I'm talking about the nurse. He seemed sweet. It's odd he didn't have a thing with Spence.

Also can't forget about Spanish mini series Smiley I believe coming out this year. Staring Carlos Cuevas.

R50 Spanish Netflix shows tend to have some gay content even if they're not "gay shows" per se. Like this show... gay sidekick.

R51 Smiley is show about 2 gay characters. Based off a play written by Guillem Clua.

R52 LGTB? Why is the T creeping up in the acronym?

Holy Family on Netflix has a gay storyline. It was not good. I do not recommend it.

Spoiler: at one point the gay guy ends up sleeping with a woman. No, I'm not kidding. At least there's one hot gay sex scene though. The first 3 or 4 episodes were actually good. Too bad it goes downhill from there.

[quote] Netflix’s new LGTB series

Unfortunate they have lumped the alphabet in a gay romance story. It’s ruined now.

Only according to overly sensitive prisspots like r55

R50 Is it Spanish or Catalan? There's a difference. I only watch Spanish shows. I'm not a fan of Catalan shows. I didn't watch that other show he did because it was in Catalan.

The West is moving backwards with gay characters on TV while parts of Asia are moving forwards. I spend my time watching shows from Thailand and the Philippines now. Hot men being gay and sexual with no woke bullshit.

Every time I look at the LGBT sections of various streaming platforms it's so sad how few things actually feature gay men

R58, "woke" people aren't responsible for homophobia. The House of Representatives just had a vote on gay marriage and most Republicans voted against it.

There are more gay characters than ever on TV. Some people invent things to complain about

The upcoming Blockbuster sitcom on Netflix will have gay actor Tyler Alverez playing gay (or queer)

Actually looks like he's bisexual for some reason

The character on the show I mean

Interview With the Vampire is super gay

R65 Yes we know

Just another show trying to go woke. Can't have gay white men anymore, they have to be POC or bisexual, you know... to be "inclusive".

R62 I was excited until I heard he was bisexual... ugh. We don't have many gay latinos on tv (please stop using latinx... latinos themselves don't want to use it), but then he's supposed to be bisexual? Wanna bet he won't get any gay relationships, only straight ones?

R67, there are still plenty of gay white characters. Thanks for revealing yourself as a racist

BBC's Wreck

[quote] Ladhood’s Oscar Kennedy stars as Jamie, who boards the cruise ship from which his sister went missing after a chase with a knife-wielding psycho in a duck costume. He’s investigating what happened to her. The more questions he asks, the more horrifying the answers.

[quote] Being in a horror series is not ideal for any character, but LGBT characters fare particularly badly in the genre. Traditionally, they’re either characters who die early, or they are the killer themselves.

[quote] With Wreck, writer and creator Ryan J. Brown wanted to change this. That is why Jamie is gay and his sidekick Vivian (played by Thaddea Graham) is a lesbian.

[quote] Both get romances, and neither becomes a mass-murderer because of their sexual identity. In fact, these identities are the only thing they are sure about in the show's uncertain world.

Trailer for BBC's Wreck.

Can't wait to not be able to easily watch that in the US R70/R71

They're going to reveal Tim Drake's bisexuality in season 4 of Titans and apparently they've cast his boyfriend

R73 I was just going to post this! Yay! And they have an out gay actor playing a gay character, that's good.

Bosé on Paramount Plus will have a gay storyline. There's a gay kiss in the trailer.

Carlos Cuevas and Miki Esparbe at the Smiley photocall. Smiley is supposed to come out in December.

Found this on YouTube.

Found this too. Apparently it's from a Spanish series?

Looks like Jon K will play gay again in El Inmortal.

Trailer for El Inmortal. It looks good!

Jon K is so hot

Big Bang Theory. Pretty sure half of them are out or in the closet

Reginald The Vampire on SyFy has a subtle gay couple - Maurice and Mike. They don't outright say they're boyfriends but it's pretty obvious.

R61 Quality over Quantity, always. The problem is when most of these supposed gay characters are just token, they do absolutely nothing, especially the basic gay interactions.

There is so much gratuitous nudity in El Inmortal. Lots of dick shots. Love it!

Growing needle between Porna and Citybus in Vienna - due to Stefanie doing his usual shady prissy diva act by trying to whip up the crowd for him after a Borna lob goes long.

Completing my post in R84. While lesbians/bi females get all the action... Male homosexuality is still very much estigmatized in mainstream media.

[quote] estigmatized

Is that Spanish for stigmatized?

Ok, never mind. Yes, the show has a lot of male nudity. On the other hand very little gay stuff, if any. I think Jon's character was supposed to be bi? There was a MMF scene. I'm not sure though. Either way he didn't get much screen time, so it wasn't much of a loss.

[quote]El Inmortal

Never heard of it...

Any idea how an American can watch it (with subtitles at least, if not dubbed) without having to pay? Looks mildly interesting, but the trailers above give no indication of significant male nudity, and I'm not going to pay good money in just the hope of a few quick dick-glimpses.

The guys do look pretty hot though.

The bastard son and the devil himself has a gay character named Gabriel and there's a gay storyline. It's very short though, so don't expect too much. I just finished the show and I liked it, despite the very little gay stuff.

Queerty wrote about the show.

After watching more episodes of Reginald the Vampire, it looks like they aren't a couple but just live together because vampires are nesters and live in groups. Lame.

Tim and Bernard kissing in this season 4 preview for Titans. At about 40 seconds in

Sounds like Bernard will make sure Tim’s bo staff extends correctly.

It's a little weird when you realize Tim is supposed to be 16 and Bernard seems to be at least in his early to mid 20s since he's the head of STAR Labs

R97 They're probably gonna retcon Tim to be 18 (or older) for it to be less weird. It would also have the added benefit of making more sense for his parents to let him go off with a bunch of strangers. (But I'm probably giving the very well known shitty writing way too much credit.)

[quote]It would also have the added benefit of making more sense for his parents to let him go off with a bunch of strangers.

I liked how Tim's father kept checking up on him in the first episode of S4. In the comics Tim's dad was worried about him being Robin. Tim eventually quit to assuage his fears IIRC, then his father gave him his blessings to be Robin.

Why every soap opera thread is instant paywalled on DL? Also, what's is "pervsudz"?

Partner Track was cancelled by Netflix so we lose yet another gay character.

This sounds interesting.

We lose yet another gay character with the cancellation of Green Lantern before it even premiered.

R92 in the books for that series the two guys become a couple, hopefully the TV show follows through. It’s a big book series with Teens. Kind of brutal and dark, sort of amazing. Called Half Blood

R104 I'm an adult and I actually liked it. It didn't feel too watered down for the teens either. As a YA novel I expected the worst. I was susprised by the adult language and adult themes. I liked it a lot. Not only the gay storyline either, the entire show was actually good. Nathan and Gabriel had mad chemistry too. The only thing that annoyed me was that they spent so much time on the straight love story, when the gay story was much more interesting.

R104 Hopefully but I'm sure we'll see him continuing to hook up with Annalise

I'm watching Titans and ALL the male characters seem gay, which one is the gay again? This is what happens when you only cast gay actors that can't play straight convincingly. And no, I'm not self-hating. Many gay actors can indeed play straight convincingly, but a few can't. I don't know if any of the actors are gay irl, but that's how they come across on the show.

Is Jay Lycurgo gay? He seems to only play gay characters and he used tongue when kissing another guy on The Bastard Son. The kiss was very convincing, makes me think he's bi or gay irl.

R108 Jay Lycurgo is bisexual in real life

R109 Has he said that? Is he officially out?

R109, are there receipts from an official coming out? Or are you assuming that from his social media (which I kind of assumed as well)?

R111 What makes you think he's bi? He follows a ton of beautiful women on Insta, very few men, let alone gay men. From his Insta I'd suspect he's straight.

R110 His wikipedia used to say it but looks like it was removed because of a mistake with the source and because there wasn't an official statement. I do think he's likely bisexual but unless he's pushed out like Kit Connor, he's likely going to wait to come out.

Just binge-watched The English show Wrecked, and it's a pretty nice, gay themed slasher horror series. The final two episodes are quite scary when the viewer finds out what is going on. The gay (and lesbian) content is rather chaste (kissing and making out) not much nudity (a few ass shots), the gay guy is the lead and his story takes up most of the time of the series.

So sorry, the show is called Wreck from the BBC.

R114, where can you stream it? Netflix? Prime? Hulu?

r116, no clue, but it's been renewed for a second season.

r116, according to the link at r117 ...

[quote] Fremantle will handle international distribution of the series.

Don't know what that means for the US or any other country.

What is R114 talking about? I have him blocked.

The Wreck. BBC show, r119.

R120 Thanks. I wanted to watch it and I've looked for it everywhere, but I can't find it. I'm not a brit btw, so if it's on BBC I can't watch it.

R121, have you tried a vpn?

Season 2 of One of us is lying on Netflix was released today. I'm watching the first episode now.

R123 It actually was released on October 20th

R124 It was released on Netflix today. I'm Norwegian so I don't have Peacock.

One Of Us Is Lying is pretty great. It's like Pretty Little Liars, but with one of the main cast being gay. Kris, the boyfriend, being the sassy voice of reason in a later episode of season two is pretty funny.

Spoiler for season two: That must be one hardcore reason why Jake was in rehab. Simon and Fiona got murdered to keep it a secret.

Season 2 of One of us is lying sucked ass. Cooper had very little screen time and Kris had even less, he was basically MIA until the last 3 episodes or so. The dykes got plenty of screen time though, of course. They got to kiss plenty, unlike the gays who got like two pecks. Last season was much better.

Trust me when I say season 2 of the show is NOT worth it. The gay storyline barely got any screen time (as in the gay MALE storyline, the dykes got plenty, of course). The general story was also much weaker and more boring than the first season.

Ensemble horror mystery show 1899 features gay characters. Miguel Bernardeau (Guzman from Elite) is in the show.

Obviously, the show is not for those who demand gay and nothing but gay from their entertainment.

Season 6 of Elite sucked. It was really bad. The gays got very little screen time.

Not one single sex scene between Patrick and Ivan this season :(

Tim and Bernard have been flirting a lot on Titans. They have great chemistry. No kiss yet, but it'll happen eventually.

Smiley trailer.

There is a Belgian detective show on Netflix called Unité 42. One of the characters in it is gay or at least same sex attracted. There isn’t much going on in terms of hook ups or relationships but that is pretty much the same for all the characters. He does at least get asked out. One of the others is a widow who imagines his dead wife, the girl has memories of her dead boyfriend and the final of the four is married with kids. It is a bit gruesome in places but fairly easy viewing if you enjoy that type of show.

I’m still watching 1899, but there are 3 gay characters so far, 2 of whom are pretty damn sexy. Nothing very long or explicit though. Netflix seems to shy away from that.

Elite seems pretty sexy

Welcome to Chippendales starring Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett. With Dan Stevens, Juliette Lewis, Robin de Jesús, and Andrew Rannells as guest stars.

From Gay Times:

[quote] Discussing De Noia, Bartlett added: “There is this trope of the tragic gay character who never finds happiness and dies in the end; I was very aware of not playing into that. We had a chance to explore Nick’s sexuality in a way that was interesting and three-dimensional and doesn’t make him a tragic figure in that way.”

[quote] Welcome to the Chippendales premieres 22 November in the U.S. on Hulu and 11 January in the UK on Disney Plus.

R137 Gay Times saying the word "gay" was very unexpected.

R136 Elite season 6 sucked ass. It was all about the 5' tranny ("he" reminds me of Elliott Page). No gay sex scene this season (the first season of Elite without one?) and Patrick and Ivan spent the second half of the season apart. Must have been the least gay season in forever.

Wonder if they felt they had to even out the extremely gay 5th season R139

Tim and Bernard finally kissed on Titans. It was so cute!

R141 But unfortunately, since Tim's current canon age is apparently 16, dumb fucks online are now calling Bernard a pedophile...

There will always be idiots online, but changing Bernard from a classmate of Tim's age to a 30 year old Starlabs director, while keeping Tim as 16 in the show, makes no sense. Certainly doesn't help with all the grooming accusations in the news.

on Chucky you don't find out until after he "exploded" but Father Bryce was gay

Looks like on People of The Valley. Tyler may create an Only Fans type page for himself.

[quote]There will always be idiots online, but changing Bernard from a classmate of Tim's age to a 30 year old Starlabs director, while keeping Tim as 16 in the show, makes no sense.

Granted I wouldn't buy Bernard being a teen, but just because James Scully is 30 doesn't mean Bernard is. Hell, Joseph Morgan's character is 24 on the show. Bernard is probably meant to be very early twenties.

This is the same thing that tripped up some viewers of THE BASTARD SON...Gabriel is 19 but people assumed he was 29/30 because the character's ex was 29 and the actor playing Gabriel is 30.

1899

R147, yep. The lips on Angel/guy from Elite were 100% meant for kissing. His sexy pout is almost obscene lol. Krester is sexy AF too. The fake priest was not hot to me tho.

The Last of Us is getting an HBO Max adaptation soon, and Murray Bartlett is playing a gay character from the game named Frank.

Is Pedro Pascal family, too?

Spanish gay miniseries Smiley comes out today on Netflix.

Smiley was perfect. Typical romantic dramedy for the holidays, only this one was gay. I loved it.

Zach Tinker on DOOL. Zach is AMAZING.

Firefly Lane, which recently released it's 2nd season on Netflix

Netflix's Smiley is very nice.

Half Bad was cancelled. We lost yet another gay character.

Netflix cancelling a show, especially a very queer one? Anyone surprised?

Biggest thing about the show being cancelled is that we'll never see the two male characters actually get together like they apparently do in the books.

Which show has the hottest bi, fluid, or gay male characters?

SAS Rogue Heroes has some subtext

R158 It fucking sucks. Netflix would rather suppport that stupid Heartstopper show which I can't stand. The guys do not act like normal teenagers, they don't party, drink or have sex. It feels like a watered down version for the masses. Once again the gays are neutered. And the show is celebrated. I don't get it. I hated that stupid fucking show. Going out for a date and buying fucking MILKSHAKES?! Are they 5 or 15? Even Elite is more realistic than this. And that scene where they were laying on the floor together I thought they would finally fuck, but no. They were just staring at each other, a small kiss, then Kit's character got up and left. As if two horny guys would not have sex?! Why is Heartstopper critically acclaimed again? Nothing about that show makes any sense. There is no way Kit's character would date Joe's character in real life. Don't even get me started with the two dimensional characters. They were either perfect or bullies. Again, they did not act like normal human beings, let alone two horny teenagers.

I think Netflix hates sexual gay men because every show with gays (unless they are neutered like the Heartstopper gays) gets cancelled.

Netflix has hundreds of gay movies and tv shows.

R163 Most gay shows get cancelled after one season, this year just at the top of my head: Alma and Half Bad. Both shows had gay characters and both got cancelled. They don't give a shit about gay men.

Elite is endless

The creator of Elite supposedly has said that he has plans on where the show should go if it were to make it to season 10.

Yes Smiley is nice r155.

Engagement is key when it comes to Netflix. Netflix only cares about what is going on at active Netflix accounts, what paying subscribers watch (and how long).

It comes down to the good ol' "If you like something, support it financially". If you watch Netflix shows illegally, don't whine when they get canceled.

The gay guys on 1899 have sex and that's a Netflix show

Half-Bad /The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself had little social media engagement and bad reviews but I am disappointed Netflix killed it.

So Reginald The Vampire ended the season with a gay kiss between two unexpected people... the super hot (dorky hot) slushy guy (who stripped off his shirt to show off his awesome bod) that Reginald spent half the season feeding off of, and the stoic vampire assistant that we all thought was in a relationship with the guy who sired Reginald.

And while on the one hand it did seem to come out of nowhere, on the other hand it actually felt right and earned "in the moment".

I have no idea if this show will get a season 2 or not. I enjoyed it for what it was, but I've heard exactly zero buzz about it. I think episode 8 was epically good, and showed just how much potential the show has. And it ended on a cliffhanger of sorts even though it completely wrapped all the main plot points of the first season.

R170 I kinda figured that wasn't straight after he practically threw himself at Maurice in the previous episode. Good to see it went somewhere.

Figured that *Todd* wasn't straight

Arthur came out as gay on Emmerdale

R136 Elite is trash. It went from my favourite Netflix tv series with gay characters to my most hated in season six.

They completely obliterated the gay male couple and the gay dad this season. They went all-in on the disgusting old kill-the-gays trope. It was a complete betrayal of their gay viewers and as someone who survived being stabbed and beaten in a gay bashing it was a bit traumatic for me to watch. I won’t be tuning in again.

Plus all the new characters are deadly dull as well. Such a disappointment.

R174 I wonder if they got backlash after how gay season 5 was

R174 I agree. It's such a shame because season 5 was so good. It actually reminded me of the first few seasons. It was just fun. OTT sure, but still funny and entertaining. Elite lost me with season 6. It was way too dark, too much homopobia and not enough happiness for the gays. Not enough gay sex either.

So if I ever bother to watch "Elite", I'll know to stop after season 5. Good to know.

R177 Yes, I do recommend Elite, season 5 was wonderful, and most of the series up to this had been very gay-positive. It was very frank in it's depictions of joyful gay male sexuality, something I'd never seen in a tv show before, and Manu Rios is just so beautiful, and a talented actor as well. I'm definitely going to follow his future projects.

Elite isn't a feel-good show. Pretty much all characters get screwed over and don't get their happy endings. Expecting that the gay characters are being treated differently is, like, WTF?

Frank in gay depictions? Not certain what you mean by “frank, “ but I don't know any gay people who live like the depiction on Elite. One thing I do like about the show is the inclusion of male bisexuality, fluidity, and mostly straight behavior.

I’m still on S3 of Elite. The bi stuff was way hotter with Carla and Christian in S1. But Valerio is pretty sexy and Polo has always been the most beautiful guy on here to me. Not to mention that incredible scene with Ander in S2. Lordt.

I guess the next class is where we finally get the legendary Manu Rios. I’m so excited haha.

R157 Cancelling a 'queer' show is always good.

I love hot bi male content

R182 thinks anything he doesn't like should be canceled

They HATE gay men. And lesbians they barely tolerate.

Finally watched Wreck. It was ok. I'll give it 4/10. The gay guy wasn't allowed to have sex, yet the lesbian was. That's a double standard and I'm sick of it. I would have given the show a 6/10 if they had treated the gay and lesbian characters equally.

Not sure if mentioned but the Spanish Netflix show Holy Family has a gay storyline

1899 was just canceled. Noooooo!!!

At this point I'm more surprised about any Netflix show that doesn't get canceled.

What is the fate of Uncoupled?

Actually watched all of Uncoupled, but it definitely needed something, in the way that you know a culinary dish needs something added but not quite sure what.

How any of these shows actually have a countable audience once you exclude the critics ?

The new series of Waterloo Road

[quote] El Inmortal Never heard of it...

Just casually browsing the thread that appears to apply to many of the shows named. These programs don't get much of an audience do they.

Wolf Pack on Paramount Plus will have a gay male character, Harlan, played by Tyler Lawrence Gray. The trailer for it shows a gay kiss.

There's a gay male character named Ozzie on That 90s Show.

R196 Unfortunately he's the least attractive of the cast

R197 R196 here I agree, he's not attractive. But, the character was sweet and I loved his friendship with Kitty.

R198 Oh yeah he was definitely sweet and he was great in most of his scenes but would've preferred Jay Kelso to be the gay character

Omg! PT is over?! It's a miracle! Anyways, I'm really enjoying Arthur's gay storyline on Emmerdale. Too bad Marshall's homophobic dad got to him. He said being gay was disgusting in friday's episode. Arthur doesn't deserve that, he has been so kind to Marshall. I hope Arthur tells Marshall to fuck off. It's Marshall who has to make a move now.

Lets make a list of tv shows with gay/bi male characters that got cancelled this year:

1899

The Girl in the Mirror

Rebelde

Titans

Half Bad

Gossip Girl

Partner Track

R201 Doom Patrol, One of Us is Lying, Uncoupled and Vampire Academy.

Some of those may have been late 2022.

R202 Thanks. It makes me sad. I don't trust American tv shows anymore. They clearly hate gay characters (as in male, they love lesbians). I laughed when that idiot claimed Netflix cancel more lesbian shows than gay (male) shows. That is simply not true as the majority of gay shows have been cancelled. We basically only have Young Royals and Heartstopper left. And lesbians have more representation as is. If we lose 10 gay characters we have like 5 left. If the lesbians lose 10 they have like 100 left. There's a reason I only watch British shows these days, with Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Waterloo Road.

The Canadian show SkyMed was renewed! Good news among all the cancellations. That Australian show Heartbreak High was renewed too. I hope Malakai gets more screen time in season 2. He is clearly bi/gay.

This show has been renewed for a second season.

This show was also renewed for a second season.

This is from the Indian Elite...

I still haven't watched it, are they gay guys in Heartbreak High actually gay or more non-binary, no labels type

R208 One is gay but identifies as non-binary. There's another gay guy but he's asexual so he never has sex (how ridiculous). Then there's Malakai, a guy who had a MMF threesome. After the threesome he sorta had a gay awakening. I think he's bi or gay and I hope they explore more of that next season. They dropped a couple of hints about his sexuality last season but it never went any further. I kept waiting for something to happen but nothing did. It was such a letdown. I really hope they do more with him and his sexuality next season.

I'm gonna need a flow chart

R210 for what?

Don’t know if anyone’s still watching Hollyoaks or is a longtime viewer, but recently I’ve been revisiting very old episodes that I saw as a preteen (early-mid 2000s), and I’ve noticed a massive retcon—that Ste Hay is actually a bisexual, pretty even Kinsey 3, though nowadays he’s played like a Kinsey 6 gay man in line with his actor (Kieron Richardson).

Ste’s 2006-9 inaugural storyline with love interest/babymama Amy Barnes shows him as being consistently and strongly in love and lust with her (albeit in an unhealthy way). His closet key, the much older and more villainous bisexual man Brendan, is upheld by many fans as Ste’s greatest love of all, but honestly seeing and remembering how abusive that relationship was—moreso than Ste & Amy’s—it’s hard to accept and stomach that. And even after Ste tried to move on from Brendan and from Amy (and I’m not sure he ever fully did move on from Amy), he went on to date a girl named Rae that he seemed genuinely crazy about and was happily prepared to have a baby with her, too. They were even shown in the aftermath of mutually pleasurable and consensual sex in a few episodes, as were Ste & Amy. Fast forward several years (through a few serial shortlived m/m relationships, and plenty of episodes of promiscuity), and once again he willingly gets into the same situation with yet another woman named Sierra. No other character expect him to pursue women or ‘act straight’ at this point in the timeline, but he’s still clearly interested in females sometimes too. How could Ste be a fully gay man, then?

It’s strange that he desired and pursued women as much as men until he turned about 28-30 years old, yet identified and called himself gay for most of that time, and then according to the show suddenly and quietly decided he was exclusively gay in behaviour as well as name after all. I really can’t get my head round it.

The only watertight explanation I can come up with is that actor Kieron lobbied for his bisexual character to only have romantic or love scenes with men after he came out, and due to Ste’s legacy and popularity they caves to that demand. There’s also probably an element that gay storylines have historically been big draws for the show, garnering wider and more loyal viewer demographics. Still, I think it’s a betrayal of the legit backstory of a beloved character people grew up with. I love Ste, whether he’s gay or bi or straight, but I’m a fan of the 2000s version as much as the current one, and the show is making it tricky to accept and enjoy both in their retconned canon.

Shrinking, with Jason Segal and Harrison Ford, on AppleTV+. Sassy gay best friend and lawyer Brian played by Michael Urie.

[quote]A grieving therapist starts to tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge changes to people's lives - including his own.

The new ABC sitcom Not Dead Yet has a gay male character, though he's somewhat of a stereotype

CW show Kung Fu has 2 gay characters who are in a relationship.

R214 Of course. Wouldn't expect anything else from an American tv show. No offense to you Americans, but you treat your gay characters horribly. I never trust American tv shows. This is how bad it's gotten. I will never forgive how they treated Kevin on Riverdale. You also have a tendency to create asexual, neutered stereotypes. The few shows that have decent gay representation end up getting canceled. There are a few exceptions: Ghosts and Our Flag Means Death. Those shows are good. But in general: gay representation sucks in America. Thank god for British and Spanish tv shows.

R212 We know Ste's son is going to come out as gay and have "mature storylines." Can't wait! Hollyoaks is not a soap to shy away from sex, including gay sex. Well... as much as can be shown on a British soap I guess. Still better than the neutered gay characters on American tv though.

R217 really? Lucas will be gay? That’s interesting. The bi father-to-gay son timeline. Not to be too cynical, but I suppose the writers had to find some angle to make Lucas relevant and worth keeping on as a character—it’s a running joke on Brit soap boards that everyone forgets he exists and that he’s just a background NPC.

Tbh though, if you’d asked me to predict if and whether Ste would have a gay child, I would sooner have said that Leah would end up lesbian. The actress and the character favours the lesbian Jojo Siwa, for a start. Plus there’s the way she acts around female classmates vs. male.

But this is Hollyoaks, after all, where apparently no sexuality is set in stone, and anyone can be anything...

^^^ Leah isn't Ste's bio dad. My only question is that since they've recast Lucas with an older actor is he now older than his big sister?

ATAV 2

R219 Ste raised Leah from infancy and he’s the only consistent father she’s ever known, so I don’t think that matters too much. Most of Ste’s storyline from 2007-2009 involved his efforts to be there for her and Amy, giving most of his time & money to support them (though admittedly he didn’t always make good choices on that road).

Plus, her real biological father easily and quite literally signed away any claim and access to her (thanks to dearly missed gay power couple James & Harry, no less), after just one half-hearted tokenistic attempt to reestablish contact when Leah was already a preteen.

For all intents and purposes, Ste is Leah’s only legitimate father.

I miss Harry and James together r221.

R222 me too! Jarry were perfect for each other, one of my top three gay couples in all of Hollyoaks. Imo breaking them up permanently and killing Harry was the biggest misstep the show has made in recent times.

What do you make of the current James/Ste s/l, in light of that? Personally, I find it forced, clunky and hard to stomach. Ste had antipathy with James from the off, and I don’t think the characters or actors have romantic chemistry (and their only sexual spark is hate-based). Perhaps I’m being too cynical and too attached to the past, though...

they made a HUGE mistake when they killed off Harry

R224 Didn't they kill him off because the actor made some stupid comments? So he basically got fired?

R218, yes. Lucas will be either bi or gay, probably gay.

that new Lucas does look like a young Ste

R127 hopefully for Lucas’ own good he doesn’t act too much like Ste used to, as well...

Our favourite chav disaster was a thieving joyriding drugdealing skirtlifting urchin terror as a teen (though we loved him, anyway)

That 911 show where they two men are supposidly not gay but seem to do everything but fuck. It is the longest cock tease I have ever seen.

sorry forgot the clips from 911 as evidence

I don't believe he did r228 but allegedly Parry was upset with Bryan Kirkwood over what was being done to Jarry(James and Harry).

I don't think they were ever going to do Buck and Eddie. Which is the reason for the creation of Tarlos r230.

[quote] allegedly Parry was upset with Bryan Kirkwood over what was being done to Jarry(James and Harry).

And he was RIGHT. I know actors are just actors, there to say the lines and look pretty. Yet sometimes the arrogance, hubris and myopia of some show runners show in face of actors’ valid criticisms is unreal.

Parry should go on another soap just to spite them, like Charlie Wernham did (well, ideally for longer and in a more impactful way than that, but...)

Looks like Uncoupled was saved by Showtime after Netflix cancelled it

r230, that looks like a show about 2 gay dads

“Uncoupled” wasn’t great but it was entertaining. Glad Showtime picked it up. It had been in the Netflix Top 10 Shows in the U.S. for over a week (unusual for a gay-themed series) so I was surprised when it was canceled.

Not sure what the politics are over there now, they’ve let Scott Frank and Mike Flanagan get away from them and between them those guys wrote, directed, produced five of Netflix’s biggest, most popular limited series. I don’t get the Netflix strategy at all. And clearly client relations isn’t a strong suit.

R235 The Girl in the Mirror was also in the top 10 yet was still canceled by Netflix. I was surprised because I thought the threshold to cancel Spanish shows was lower than for American because they are cheaper to produce. But it was canceled anyway, sigh. It was basically the only gay storyline I liked in 2022, so of course it had to get canceled. Typical my luck.

I am happy for Uncoupled finding a new home at Showtime.

R231 Actually he was in a controversy. I remember it well.

R238 internet MRAs cannot take a joke smh🙄

If you look at actual crime stats men stab women or other men at a much higher frequency. So actually Parry acting as a stabby woman is just representation for angry girls who can’t take the injustice anymore😔🙏👏

That "big controversy" happened in 2016 and yet he was still in the show for another 3 years after, not that I watch Hollyoaks much nowadays, after all it's just a fluffy daytime soap aimed at teen to millennial audiences, used to be good hangover TV watching the catchup on Sunday mornings though.

R226 if Lucas Hay does know that he’s gay at his young age (14, 15 now?), that presents a very interesting and unique challenge for his dad.

Because Ste didn’t even consciously know, explore or confront his own feelings for men until he was about age 20/21, and even after he did continued to live as a bisexual. Ste can generally empathise with Lucas as far as coming out or facing prejudice as a men, but honestly he doesn’t know what it’s like being out or navigating sex & love as a completely gay teen, because he wasn’t ever one himself.

Actually for 911 it would be refreshing if they put those two together, a straight pussy hound finding out he loves a man.

Seriously R241?! You must surely know that Hollyoaks is not a documentary and whatever writer has been being hired this week to write the next episode is not going to give a flying fuck about "canon" or anything other than what gets good viewing numbers and doesn't upset the advertisers.

R243 perhaps they indeed care not at all about canon in the Hollyoaks writers’ room—I suspect you’re right.

But I hope they know that, in this instance and many others, along with the inconveniences in the bathwater they’re throwing out a very healthy and lively plot baby.

From last year The Love Proposal.

This sounds interesting. Tengo que morir todas las noches is a series about gay life in Mexico during the 80s, based on the book.

Bad Bunny will produce They Both Die at the End for Neftlix.

^ Could be interesting

Sequel to John Dies At The End?

The Spanish rom-com series In Love All Over Again on Netflix features a G(ay)BFF. It stars Georgina Amorós (Elite), Franco Masini (Rebelde) and Albert Salazar (The Boarding School: Las Cumbres).

It's quite funny and sexy, yet mostly straight, but you see a lot more of Franco Masini than in Rebelde where he plays a gay character.

R247 his shades have a little charm on them, that's so cute

Pro-wrestler Sonny Kiss, on AEW Dynamite.

He doesn't show up on TV tapings very often, though, mostly because there are like 200 workers on the roster all fighting for airtime, and the idiot GM/booker Tony Khan doesn't have enough experience or talent in the job to handle it.

Came across this on youtube. One of the characters is gay.

This r245.

Rain Dogs does look like it could be fun, but as to a HBO original, it's actually a BBC original with HBO splashing some cash but that's fine, means the production values will be high.

R246 Has this been released yet? I wonder if Paramount+ will show it in the US.

R256 No, I think it will be released later this year. It's weird because there is very little information about it. Everything is from last year. But I know the series will be shown at a featival.

R256 One of the actors posted this. No words about when it will premiere, just that it will be in 2023.

Dirk gently's holistic detective agency. Now, i want a pink hair boyfriend in a cowboy hat

New heights on netflix

It’s old (2017) but currently having a Nordic noir phase, and Borderliner has a gay lead. Tobias Santelmann (with beard) needs a wider audience

The positively awful looking "Gotham Knights" that is starting on The CW soon includes the character Cullen Row, who is gay in the comics. Although because it is The CW, I would 1: set my expectations extremely low and 2: expect the show to be cancelled before the first season even finishes airing, especially given the current state of DCTV.

Though they picked a trans actor for the role R262

R263 I mean... I had zero intention on watching it regardless.

So the character in the Quantum Leap reboot who I thought was gay is just a gender non-conforming non-binary who dates women.

Argentina Tierra de Amor y Venganza 2

It's only one episode but it's pretty big. Current Disney Channel show Bunk'd has an episode that aired tonight that featured a gay male couple in a prominent storyline. They're guest characters, but still pretty significant.

A couple of weeks ago the British show Wreck was mentioned without US viewers being able to see it. It's on Hulu now.

Paramount+' School Spirits has a gay character. It's from one of the Pretty Little Liars producers and it's like Ghosts (the TV show) meets 13 Reasons Why.

It's weird that while gay (male) tv characters are at an all time low, there are a ton of movies coming out this year and next year, with gay male characters. Heck, Jacob Elordi will star in not one, but two!

That's not true at all that gay male characters are at an all-time low on TV.

Shadow & Bone comes back tomorrow and adds pocket twink Jack Wolfe.

R271 This year for gay males is literally this trope.

Last night, on "911 Lone Star" firefighters TK and Carlos told Rob Lowe (TK's father) to butt out of their wedding plans.

Maybe the writers think he is still playing Chris from Parks and Recreation

To me, there is so much gay entertainment, I actually struggle to keep up joining and canceling streaming platform subscriptions.

R274 Their screen time together are so small that I have even forgot about them.

r276 which parallel universe are you living in? Please take me there.

R278 Same. I can count the gay male characters on tv on one hand. I have no idea what that idiot is talking about, probably why I already have him on ignore. There are a few gay movies coming out this year, but most people only care about tv shows. Many shows with gay male characters were cancelled this year and there weren't that many to start with. We went from like 15 tv shows with gay male characters to 5. Not really much to brag about.

Tv shows with gay male characters that were recently cancelled:

One of Us is Lying

Gossip Girl 2.0

The Girl in the Mirror (Alma)

The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself

Roswell New Mexico

Rebelde 2.0

Dynasty

Partner Track

Fate: The Winx Saga

Queer as Folk 2.0

The Umbrella Academy

Legacies

Tom Swift

Titans

1899

R280 Queer as Folk 2.0 is an offense, This shit shouldn't even exist.

Tv shows with gay male characters that are not cancelled:

SkyMed (CBC)

The Lake (Prime Video)

Elite (Netflix)

Class (Netflix)

Young Royals (Netflix)

Heartstopper (Netflix)

Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) (Netflix)

911 Lone Star (Fox & Disney Plus)

Wolf Pack (Paramount Plus)

Sex Education (Netflix)

Ghosts (CBS)

Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)

Chucky (Syfy)

Interview with the Vanpire (AMC)

Heartbreak High (Netflix)

Unfortunately for me all the shows I liked were cancelled. I literally don't like any of the shows that got another season. Oh well.

[quote] To me, there is so much gay entertainment, I actually struggle to keep up joining and canceling streaming platform subscriptions.

[quote] - r276 which parallel universe are you living in? Please take me there.

[quote] - R278 Same. I can count the gay male characters on tv on one hand.

WTF? How much time per day, week, month, or year do you expect to spend on watching recent, or past, gay themed entertainment alone? Do you have any interests besides obsessing about the lack of gay entertainment?

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Tv shows with gay male characters that are not cancelled:

SkyMed (CBC)

The Lake (Prime Video)

Elite (Netflix)

Class (Netflix)

Young Royals (Netflix)

Heartstopper (Netflix)

Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) (Netflix)

911 Lone Star (Fox & Disney Plus)

Wolf Pack (Paramount Plus)

Sex Education (Netflix)

Ghosts (CBS)

Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)

Chucky (Syfy)

Interview with the Vanpire (AMC)

Heartbreak High (Netflix)

Tv shows with gay male characters that were recently cancelled:

One of Us is Lying

Gossip Girl 2.0

The Girl in the Mirror (Alma)

The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself

Roswell New Mexico

sorry, hit post too soon.

shows with gay characters which got cancelled

Star Trek: Discovery

Rebelde 2.0

Dynasty

Partner Track

Fate: The Winx Saga

Queer as Folk 2.0

The Umbrella Academy

Legacies

Tom Swift

Titans

1899

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New shows with gay characters

Wreck, School Spirits, Rain Dogs.

Wow, it looked like the person who claimed there were only 5 gay shows is lying!

From 2021 Australia's The Newsreader starring Anna Torv. Sam Reid (Interview With a Vampire) plays a closet case.

Oh, I forgot one: the new Waterloo Road. There are a few other English soaps with gay characters too, though I didn't want to mention them because they rarely get storylines and they are mostly asexual. Anyways, those soaps are: Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders.

Yellowjackets has assistant coach Ben. Season 2 starts on the 24th.

R289 Another show with a dyke storyline shoved down my throat? No thanks. Also, my guess is this Ben dude will not get a gay love life.

Well, Ben packed a bunch of condoms for a week-long trip, so he had something going on the side. He said something cryptic to Natalie about love being the reason they were all there. I was wondering if he had something going with the head coach. It's a stretch, I know, I just remember the coach's wife flinching from his kiss goodbye. I think we'll get some gay love life in flashbacks.

Station 19 has two prominent gay storylines one with the gay guy running for mayor, and the other one with the lesbian having a nervous break down and her doctor wife trying to help.

And Grey’s Anatomy has Schmidt, a recurring but interesting gay character

And Call Me Kat until recently had Leslie Jordan as a gay guy, and hopefully they will be another gay character to replace him.

Another show with gay male characters that wasn't mentioned is The Gilded Age.

Hamilton Burger is gay on the new Perry Mason.

And So Help Me Todd has two recurring gay men, Marcia Gay Harden’s son )the governor’s aide) and his husband.

And the Drew Barrymore’s daily talk show has Ross Matthews as her co-host.

Lingo is hosted by RuPaul

R297 Gross.

Her licking the boots of the AGP Dylan was awful.

And various network game shows such as The $100,000 Pyramid, 25 Words or Less, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Jeopardy, Pictionary and Celebrity Wheel of Fortune often have gay panelists and contestants.

And Home Economics has Jimmy Tatro, who I guess is straight but gives off a nice masculine/dopey vibe, and his character’s sister and her wife are two of the funniest people on the show.

Murphy's American Horror: New York was pretty gay centric.

HBO's The White Lotus so far had gay characters in their first two seasons.

Some shows get canceled and find a new home, like Uncoupled, which was on Netflix and gets its second season on Showtime.

Unless a show has a main gay character with a strong storyline, I personally don't care about it.

I’m glad you told us now, so you don’t have to tell us later.

For the dumb prick at R290

[quote] The Other Two is officially back in action.

[quote] The slash-and-burn direction from Warner Bros Discovery had some of us worried the best gay satire on TV might get the HBO Max axe, but we’ve reached the promised land.

[quote] New episodes are set to hit the streamer on May 4th, and this season is packed with a more wild guest star list than fans could’ve asked for.

R306 My mistake. I admit I was wrong and I'm glad I was wrong. My expectations for gay storylines from America are at an all time low though. I have been disappointed before. But at least it sounds like they won't shy away from his sexuality, since they're intriducing a boyfriend. This is good news!

Can we please get some rules here? Please do not mention guest characters who show up for one episode. The gay male characters we should mention are the ones who a) get significant screen time (one of the main characters, aka regulars, or recurring if the screen time is big enough) and b) get a love life (at the very least they should be kissing other guys).

As an aside, for UK based viewers I'm pleased to see that "Our Flag Means Death" has been picked up by the BBC and is on iPlayer.

Lucas just showed up on Hollyoaks. He is Ste's son and we know he will be gay because the writers have said so. They recast the character because they needed an older actor for more "adult" storylines. This should be good!

R310 Great show! I'm glad it got a second season.

" In Our Blood" from Australia starring Tim Draxl (A Place To Call Home).

[quote]four-part musical drama inspired by Australia's radical response to AIDS in the 1980s. In Our Blood tells the story of a community grappling with a terrifying new disease. With no cure in sight, they realise they will need something truly radical to survive, trust.

Essex County on CBC based on a graphic novel by Jeff Lemire. DL fave Brian J. Smith plays a gay farmer raising his nephew. Daniel Maslany plays another gay character.

R310 God Rhys Darby is an awful actor.

Has Brian had any straight roles since he came out? JW lol

He has a new Hulu show coming out but I'm not sure if he's straight or gay in that

Brian was also straight on that show he did with Jeremy Irvine, I'm blanking on the title right now

R319 Treadstone

^ Yep, that's it

R319 l like Treadstone. A shame it's only one season

Where can I watch Essex County outside of Canada? I googled but no luck...

It's streaming for free on CBC GEM but I think it's Canada only