TV Characters Who Should Have Been Gay

Both Mertzes

All of Samantha’s relatives from “Bewitched.”

Niles, and very likely Frazier.

Monroe WASN’T gay??

Wow. I really missed what they were going for with that character, I guess.

Sopranos: Father Phil, Christopher (bisexual), Phil Leotardo.

The very old Peyton Place had 3 clearly homosexual characters. Norman Harrington, the shy younger brother of Ryan O'Neal's Rodney Harrington. Matthew Swain, the town newspaper editor played by the older, attractive Warner Anderson. Swain was a life long bachelor with a dog, who seemed to be around just to dispense advice, and finally English professor at Peyton College, Paul Hanley played by the deliciously acerbic Richard Evans. Hanley seemed to crush on Mia Farrow's virginal Allison, but he clearly had a thing for Norman, and a contentus relationship with Matt Swain. I know the writers in the mid 60's couldn't be literal, but tell tale signs were there.

Meant contentious, not contentus geez!

Joey Gladstone - Full House

Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory

Those two sexy guys (MIguel and Tulio) in the Road to El Dorado. I used to watch this when I was little and wished so bad that they were a couple.

Mrs. Trumbull

Detective Ron Harris on Barney Miller.

Kate and Allie. Oscar and Felix.

Larry and Balki - Perfect Strangers

Darlene Conner.

Carla on Cheers.

Mr. Mooney on whatever fucking Lucy he was on.

Maude

Walt Jr in Breaking Bad.

Murray was envisioned as gay in the early stages of MTM.

He should’ve stayed that way.

Oh, Marshal Dillon!

Bubba on Mama's Family

Aunt Bea and Clara aka scissor sisters.

R20- He was such a QUEEN 👸 on MTM. He had a NON sexual adoration of Mary on the show.

I think he was gay in real life as well.

Herman Munster seemed like a big queen to me.

Laverne and Shirley

r20 that's really interesting. I never knew.

Since we’re on the subject- Lennie and Suiggy as well.

Anthony Bouvier (Designing Women)

This isn't as straightforward as most of these examples, but Cliff and Norm should've ended up together on "Cheers."

Richard on Caroline in the City

Will on Will & Grace.

Mr Edwards

Albert Ingalls

Prince Charles on "The Crown."

Fussy, bitchy, sniping, can't stand his wife.

Mr. Ed

Gomer Pyle.

I thought Monroe was gay.

Ricky Schroder on Silver Spoons... in my real life fantasies

Pernell Roberts in Bonanza, fussy macho.

Uncle Martin in My Favorite Martian.

Det Lester Freamon in The Wire. It still pains my heart that Michael K. Williams and Lance Reddick have left us.

Robbie, Chip AND Ernie!

Mr. French on “Family Affair”.

There was an unaired episode where Cissy was blackmailing Mr. French after catching him masturbating with Uncle Bill’s worn boxer shorts over his face.

R13 Kate & Allie were scissor sisters

🎶Just when you think there’s no one around who’s carin. Just when you think there’s no pussy around worth sharin. Just when you think you’re all alone and can flick your bean - you cant. 🎵

- Kate & Allie (opening theme)

Cagney & Lacey were the ultimate TV lesbian couple in the 80s

Those two Perfect Strangers fools AND all three Full House dudes were gay

Bobby Hill on King of the Hill.

Bobby’s “girlfriend” Connie, as well.

Doctor Smith Lost in Space, Jane Hathaway The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnabas Collins and Dr. Julia on Dark Shadows. Casper the Friendly Ghost,

Alice on The Brady Bunch

ER:

Dr. Carter and Dr. Ross

Dr. Weaver and Dr. Corday

Slim and Jess - “Laramie”

Shows with Queen Latifah - the equalizer

Jethro.

Gavin MacLeod did come across as gay.

Mary Bradford on Eight is Enough

Miss Jane Hathaway was lez

Drew on Parenthood.

Latifah’s “Khadijah” on Living Single dated men, but they should’ve made her a lesbian because Teef is too butch to come across as being into dick.

Dorothy on Golden Girls

Frasier is definitely bisexual but they just never delved into that side of his sexuality.

I agree that Jo on The Facts of Life was so butch that it’s hard to believe that Nancy McKeon isn’t a lez. In real life, Jo would’ve totally been gay.

Mary Bradford from Eight is Enough was a pioneer TV lesbian role model for my ugly, older cousin, Tamar.

Christine Cagney from Cagney & Lacey…. Talk about a butch acting woman!!

Sabrina Duncan from Charlie’s Angels

Betty Jo from Petticoat Junction and Ralph Monroe on Green Acres.

Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction..

Audrey Landers as a college art school student - Donna

Cheryl Ladd undercover as a college art school student - Kris

Kate Jackson as a college art school teacher - Miss Duncan

Donna: Miss Duncan, may I be allowed to manipulate Kris’ cunt lips? They make me feel so uncomfortable!

Miss Duncan: No, Donna. Please take your seat.

Donna: Ok… I just think they need rearranging so I can sketch a better picture.

Tori, the biker chick who was on Saved by the Bell for awhile.

Hazel

Alice from BB

Young Manny on Modern Family, Phil on Modern Family, Luke on Modern Family... hell, even (suspect) Jay on Modern Family. And Claire on Modern Family!

(all the male stars are probably gay!) Also Julie Bowen seems... not into men. She's pretty butch.

R71, see R50

Clarabelle the clown on Howdy Doody.

R72 yeah your post is a 0/10

Recent past shows like MF are full of woke, probably gay characters. It’s no big deal and is assumed.

[quote]Tori, the biker chick who was on Saved by the Bell for awhile.

The actress, Leanna Creel, is one of the acting Creel triplets and is actually gay in real life. She was one of the producers of the gay comedy classic “But I’m A Cheerleader.”

r75 I see a member of WGA has spoken.

Frank Cannon on Cannon

Jonathan on Who's The Boss. Danny Pintauro was such an obvious flaming queen, but in the last few seasons, they made the choice to make his character insanely girl crazy. Jonathan was such an non-entity by that point, yet when they would give him some lines, it would be about how hot and bothered he was over girls. It kind of seemed mean-spirited to me, since they knew that Pintauro was not able to portray a horny straight teenage boy.

Andy on Facts of Life

Vanity Smurf

[quote] Miss Jane Hathaway was lez

Her "crush" on Jethro was hilarious.

Popeye and Bluto, who both "lusted" after Olive Oyl, were both gay. In fact, all three were probably gay.

Hodges and/or Nick from the original CSI should’ve been gay. Or Hodges at least Bi.

Nick was a ‘ladies man’ but he was rarely with a woman.

Sara and Grissom was one of the worst pairings ever- they both seemed 100% uninterested in each other. If Gil had to have been paired with a woman, Catherine or Lady Heather would’ve been better.

Xander on Buffy. Instead of gay Willow.

Jackie from Roseanne was gay. She worked as both a truck driver and a cop.

Snagglepuss.

Oh absolutely Snagglepuss.

Him

Steven Carrington

Lucifer on "Lucifer"

And...maybe Tom Kane, also.

Will McFarlane

Gay dads Race Bannon and Dr. Quest.

Schroeder and possibly Linus

And of course, Rose Nylund should have gotten together with Jean, since Betty White was SUCH a gay ally!

Joey and Michael on My Two Dads. They would’ve made a good couple and they already live together and coparent their kid.

Walter Skinner on X-Files. He was such a hot, bald daddy. 90’s tween me would’ve loved that!

And, of course, Krycek.

Skip to 1:37. Love this scene.

.... and this one.

Detective Olivia Benson

[quote]Dr. Weaver and Dr. Corday

They figured that out about Weaver eventually. Old-timers might remember there was briefly a troll infestation here involving Weaver's original love interest.

Floyd the barber on Andy Griffith.

Sister Jenny on One Life to Live. The one who got all the mail. Not the lame recast. ✝️

Paris on Gilmore Girls.

R5 If Father Phil was gay it would mess up the entire sexual tension with he and Carmella. Fuck no it would ruin season 1. Just because he is a priest doesn’t mean he has to be gay.

Being that Will Smith on Fresh Prince is based on Benny Medina he should have been a masculine Mo’.

Keith Partridge seemed kind of queeny.

Gob on Arrested Development. No way he didn’t hook up with dudes.

Willie from the Today show

They aren’t characters, exactly, but Oprah & Gayle.

Bert & Ernie

R110 The thread says characters you stupid bitch.

Well then R112, it’s time for you to also attack R109. Spread the bitchery around. Kisses!

Don Lemon

R113 Don’t tell me how to live my fkin life. Learn to respect the OP.

Orlando from STRANGERS WITH CANDY

Clark Kent and Lex Luthor from Smallville.

R10, they were originally written as such. The studio pushed back.

James T. West and Artemis Gordon.

Laura Avery and Cathy should've had a fling on KNOTS LANDING.

The blond guy from High School Musical.

100+ replies and nobody has mentioned Niles from The Nanny??!

Derek from Full House. He came out of the womb singing show tunes.

On Young & the Restless, the chemistry between Greg Rikaart's character "Kevin Fisher" and Chris McKenna's "Detective Mark Harding" was great.

Both actors were up for "Harder" to happen.

Grey shirt is hot. Are they both still on the show?

David in the Frasier reboot.

[quote]Joey and Michael on My Two Dads. They would’ve made a good couple and they already live together and coparent their kid.

Yes! So much so that I've even written a fanfic about it!

Sam and Frodo

They’re not tv characters

Velma from Scooby Doo

All the men on Gilligan's Island could have been gay.

Eric and Jack from BOY MEETS WORLD

R125 The character in the grey shirt, Detective Mark Harding played by Chris McKenna, was soon turned into a bad cop and killed off. .. The other character, Kevin Fisher played by out actor Greg Rikaart, was on contract for years, but a few years later was bumped to recurring. Since then, he's moved over to "Days of Our Lives" where he's been playing a gay character named "Leo Stark." .. Rikaart occasionally still shows up on Y&R, though. His straight Kevin Fisher character will be seen in a few weeks for a Thanksgiving episode.

When viewers began shipping "Harder," the two men both worked for the police force in town. Mark was the lead detective, and Kevin was the department's sci-tech computer whiz. They were always getting in each other's face.

Nick Stokes and Greg Sanders on CSI. They were rumored to be an item IRL anyways and were "roommates".

Lucas Till as MacGyver

Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl

No, but really. He was gay or bi in the book if I recall.

Tod Stiles and Buz Murdock on Route 66.

Roman on Succession

Roman Roy, Tom Wambsgans, or Greg Hirsch from Succession.

When I started the show I thought Tom was for sure a closet case and just married Shiv to get into the Roy family.

Damn r138 jinx!

Rod and Todd Flanders.

R107- I think ALL of the Cassidy brothers were queer especially his two younger half brothers Shaun and Patrick.

Roy Kent and Jamie Tartt from Ted Lasso. Forget the girl- they had chemistry.

And I think Ted should’ve hooked up with a guy or two. After getting out of a long marriage maybe he was ready to try something new.

Officer Jon Baker and Officer John Poncherella from CHIPS

Eddie Haskell on Leave It To Beaver

Ha, you think Oprah and Gayle aren't characters??

I play the role of a straight woman every day for my frau fans!

Maude wouldn't have been full on lezzie but I could see a topical episode where she dabbled in bisexuality or swinging.

Randy on Home Improvement.

He should have left for Costa Rica with his boyfriend not girlfriend

Darlene on Roseanne

Bo and Luke Duke

AJ Simon

Rick Hunter and Dee Dee McCall

Aunt Effie

Pete Malloy on Adam-12

Joe Friday on Dragnet

John Gage on Emergency

Sally Rogers

Big Rosie Greenbaum

Potsie Weber

Gopher and Isaac

Mr. Furley

Uncle Angelo

Howard Sprague

Ridge Forrester, but only with Ronn Moss and his scarves in the role.

Jan Brady.

Marcus and Luca from The Bear. Still hope.

Wojo on Barney Miller.

Jefferson D’Arcy.

David Muir. He's not selling it in the role of "heterosexual news anchor"

Aunt Fran

Zora Stafford

Weezie Jefferson

O- lee- bia Benson

All characters played by Angie Harmon

The tomboy, youngest daughter, Kathy, on the 1950s sitcom FATHER KNOWS BEST.

Dr. Bellows (like the actor who played him.)

R165 for sure. Rizzoli and Isles should have just hooked up.

Rochester

Nick and Cody from Riptide. They lived on a yacht and shared a bedroom. They were very touchy feely, and when they ate together, they were practically in each other's lap.

Mocha Joe from Curb Your Enthusiasm

Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson from Stranger Things. Forget little Will, give me the older boys.

Both Mr. Wilsons on "Dennis the Menace."

Thing, Cousin Itt, and Lurch

The Skipper, Gilligan, the Professor, and Marianne.

Drew on Parenthood (Miles Heizer). I was waiting every episode for him to come out.

Hoda and Jenna

Apollo on the Battlestar Galactica reboot. And probably Starbuck, too.

Jackie on Roseanne

Daryl on the walking dead.

He could’ve come out in the first three seasons when he had some good looks.

Lewis and Oswald on "The Drew Carey Show."

And Nick on Fear the Walking Dead. He was cute.

Darryl but not Darryl on Newhart.

Xena and Gabrielle.

Big dumb sexy Jayne from Firefly. Adam Baldwin (the actor playing Jayne) is gross, but Jayne was hot. He needed to get some male ass.

Barbara Weston (Kristy McNichol) in Empty Nest.

Everyone on the Sally Field Programme. They should've had a giant gender bending orgy.

Montgomery on "Fame" because he was gay in the movie and they should've stuck to that.

Just about every character on "Bewitched" except maybe Larry Tate and Abner Kravitz

Agree about Bewitched!

Paul Lynde - The Paul Lynde Show

Niles from “The Nanny”.

His romantic relationship with CC was absolutely ridiculous and probably one of the reasons why the show ratings started to decline.

Murray (and Gavin McLeod, the actor) were definitely gay. As much as I find DL non-fave Joyce Bulifant irritating as hell, she was perfect as the wife of a closeted gay man.

Jessica Biel's character on 7th Heaven pinged to me.

Martin Prince on "The Simpsons."

The Situation Jersey Shore

The Spencer Reid character from Criminal Minds should be sapiosexual.

John Boy Walton

Gilligan

Murray The MTM Show

Gag Me and Mace Me

Jan The Brady Bunch

Alice The Brady Bunch

Barnabas Dark Shadows

Rhoda MTM

Joyce DeWitt Three's Company

Brandon Walsh Beverly Hills 90210

Florida Good Times

Kathy Griffin Suddenly Snoozin

Ralph Carter Good Times

Yep, Michael on GOOD TIMES for sure. Ralph Carter flamed and had a major bubble butt. I think the jury is still out about whether or not he is irl.

Leroy on Fame.

Starsky and Hutch!

Chip & Dale

Bobby Ewing

Mr. McGoo

Would certain be today a DL eldergay queen.

Magoo^

Rudy Davis

Red Guy from Cow and Chicken

Reggie and Jughead

Samantha Puckett on iCarly. Ray Manchester, Henry Hart, and Jasper Dunlop on Henry Danger.

Howlin' Mad Murdock from The A-Team. They could've made him gay.

I'd rather it'd have been Faceman because he was so pretty, but I think he was a ladies only man.

Miles Colby on THE COLBYS/DYNASTY

Alex Handris, from One Day at a Time. Glenn Scarpelli, with his floppy arms, old lady hand gestures, and used-car salesman acting, was NOT convincing as a horny, mischievous STRAIGHT boy. He and his mentor, Bonnie Franklin, played to the cheap seats in their scenes together.

Paul Drake

Sergeant Emma on The Brady Bunch.

Richard on Caroline In The City.

Cynthia Nixon Sex and the City

Howard Sprague from Mayberry RFD. He lived with his mother, and the glances he'd throw Goober were so obvious.

Every single male character on Dark Shadows

Jim Quince and Joe Scarlett from Rawhide should’ve been a couple. A nice little background gay couple… I like to think they were.

Wishbone was a big ole ‘mo. He was probably so mean to Mushy because he had the hots for him but hated that he did.

Jack Webb's Joe Friday. I mean c'mon. You know he was a self loathing gay who looked to beat up pansies after they blew him.

Big sis Mary Bradford (Lani O'Grady, dead at 46, born Lanita Rose Agrati) of Eight is Enough. Oddly, she did Playboy at some point.

Someone started a Connie Newton-Needham (Elizabeth Bradford) thread and it got me thinking ...

Will and Grace

John Boy Walton

Capt. Binghamton.

R233 Poor bachelor Joe! Going on 50 and still hadn't found the right woman yet!

Theo Huxtable - there was something going on with him and COCKroach

Mr. Belvedere.

Capt. Stuebing

Velma

[quote] Theo Huxtable - there was something going on with him and COCKroach

Cockroach was a weird name for a character.

Niles on Frasier always struck as being written as gay but played like an uptight snob to veil the extreme gayness. Even having a wife that is never seen and he's always bitching about. Funny enough the only Maris I've ever met was a man. I always watched interpreting as though his "wife" was possibly a man he lived with that everyone just pretended was a wife. And just let him live on lie.

Alice and Sam The Butcher seemed more like poker and bowling buddies that drank beer out of bottles at the bar after more than lovers.

Jackie was obviously meant to be the "single" butch lesbian aunt.

Chandler seemed like he would sniff Joey's underwear when he was out of the house and pretend to be asleep to hear him have sex.

Jo was so very butch that the one time they put her in a dress she just looked and walked like a dude in drag. And I think Mrs Garrett had a soft spot for her because she was a lifetime closet lez that identified as a spinster or "widow".

The Henry guy on As The World Turns - gay gay gay

Nell on Gimme A Break, Mr Belvedere, Tony on Who's The Boss, Alice and most other housekeepers and nannies were always code for down low gays that sneak in tricks and same sex hook ups while the family is sleeping.

Most of these characters would be gay or lez in a modern sitcom.

I remember Bill Cosby fired the actor who played Cockroach from the show for refusing to cut his hair.

Mark from The Hogan Family

Wile E. Coyote

r244, I always pictured Maris being an Italian Greyhound. And yes, why wasn't Henry gay? Made no sense.

Carlton Banks from THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR

JD (Dr. Dorian) was infatuated with Turk on Scrubs.

Linus and Schroeder.

I won't include Peppermint Patty because she WAS gay.

Mark Foster from Step by Step

[quote] I won't include Peppermint Patty because she WAS gay.

What about me?

Peppermint Patty was gay? Why was she always sniffing around Charlie Brown for?

Weren't Marce and Pepper Pat an item?

Mel Cooley

On the telenovela, Relaciones Peligrossas (Dangerous Liaisons), Sebastian should have been gay. .. He had far more chemistry with Alejandro than Ale's eventual boyfriend, Diego.

For once a gay guy acts as a cockblocker to stragiht sex, and a study session leads to a sleepover with his crush.

Peppermint Patty's voice sounds like Jodie Foster's voice.

[quote]Chandler seemed like he would sniff Joey's underwear when he was out of the house and pretend to be asleep to hear him have sex.

True.

R250 It would’ve been interesting if Dr. Cox was gay…

Will and Hannibal. I think Bryan Fuller would’ve made them an item if there was a season four. I was for it. They were both so messed up why not be a couple?

Bigfoot

Expedition Bigfoot, Finding Bigfoot, etc.

Alastair. from As Time Goes By

I always got a gay vibe from Bill Bixby's David (not Bruce, too queer for CBS) Banner. David was always hooking up with random men, camping out with them and hiding his alter ego.

Steve McGarrett and Danno

Boyd from Justified would've been interesting.

Maybe Raylan can join him in Mexico...

Will Tippin (Bradley cooper) on Alias.

Mr. Green Jeans.

Huggy Bear

R81 Smurfette was likely lez too. She around all those males for so long and she never once got blue dick.

It would have been great if they made Mike Seaver gay on Growing Pains. All his teen hetero bravado was just a cover for his true feelings. Plus it would have majorly pissed Kirk Cameron off

He would’ve quit the show!

R268 And Captain Kangaroo seemed like one of those guys that mom warned you not to take candy from.

Mr. Rogers

Mr. Rogers seemed like the "A" in LGBTQIA

As a little kid I remember thinking this was the luckiest kid in the world.

R274 Mr. McFeely

R276 I’d be looking at Lucas the same way if I was that woman. He’s a total Brick Shithouse!

That little green alien on The Flintstones.

R279- Magilla Gorilla never seemed particularly heterosexual to me. His best friend was a little girl.

The Magician in Frosty The Snowman

I have to get BUSY BUSY BUSY !

Gosh - what a queen

HR Pufnstuf was a flamer

Hermie the Elf was a FAG!

Theodore Seville seemed like a young gayling

He was just emulating Dave

Dudley Do-Right

Underdog

Boris Badenov

Snidely Whiplash

The Go Go Gophers

Dick Dastardly.

[quote]That little green alien on The Flintstones.

The Great Gazoo, voiced by Harvey Korman.

Uncle Fester on The Addams Family was

totally QUEER

Jimmy Oleson on the Adventures Of Superman

* Perry White only hired Jimmy to suck him off.

Violet Crawley from Downton Abbey.

Yeah, the few episodes in which Jack Larson had to pretend to be interested in women did not come off very well.

Sybil from Downton Abbey seemed like a lesbian, IMO.

Grady from Sanford and Son. Possibly Aunt Esther as well.

Doogie Howser

r297 = Vincent Del Pino

Yo, Doog!

I never believed Kevin Arnold was infatuated with Winnie. He always came across like a future late in life gay.

Thorne Forrester

Like his brother Wayne. Definitely gay.

Joey Buchanan on OLTL. He was supposed to be gay but ABC intervened. His brother was supposed to be a rapist too but it never panned out. Both roles ended up getting surrogate characters to play what the writers envisioned for them and both became more prominent than the legacy characters. One became an overnight superstar and the remaining years of the show revolved around his character. Imagine if they had allowed it to be Kevin.

Amos Burton on the Expanse was implied to be a hustler in a previous life, but is never confirmed to be gay and never has onscreen mansex. He got really friendly with botanist widower Praxideke Meng, but it was left dry and platonic.

[quote] I never believed Kevin Arnold was infatuated with Winnie. He always came across like a future late in life gay.

That was such a boring relationship, like Bobby Hill and Connie (King of the Hill).

Danica McKellar / Winnie character was like a wet rag. Becky / Crystal McKellar had more spark and was a more interesting character (than Winnie).

Fred Sanford needed Ben-Gay.

Kit on “Knight Rider”

Sharon Gless & Tyne Daly

The episode where Della Street walked in on Perry Mason giving Paul Drake a blow job should have been followed up on.

^ 👀 🥵 🍆 👄 😊

^^^

[quote] The close proximity of Drake’s offices to Mason’s offices serves both men well. It is convenient for Mason, who sometimes has clients and visitors tailed as they leave his office; and for Drake, who enters and exits Mason’s office through a back door, signaling with his code knock.

Apparently, Perry & Paul had the perfect set-up.

Greg Foster on Y&R (especially the original actor, Jim Houghnton gorgeous guy) - he struck out with every woman he was involved with. His brother's gf/wife, that hooker Gwen, slut Nikki.

Thank you OP- it’s for fun threads 🧵 like this that I enjoy the Datalounge .

R312 The final Greg Foster on Y&R, played by future Broadway star Howard McGillin, actually is gay. Unfortunately, McGilllin came in right around the time all the Brooks and Fosters were being written out, except for Jill who was moved into the new Abbott family circle. Greg and Andy Richards (Steven Ford) would have made a hot couple.

Tommy from Alice

R314 wow Howard was really cute as Greg, I really didn't remember him. I couldn't stand that Wolfman Wings Hauser's scary serial killer vibe as Greg. Howard was much more like Jim Houghnton.

Hogan's Heroes

Col. Klink, Sgt. Schultz, LeBeau, Carter, Newkirk, Gen. Burkhalter, Maj. Hockstetter

Car 54, Where Are You?

Officers Gunther Toody and Francis Muldoon.

R316 I agree with everything you just wrote. I didn't like Wings either, and Howard was much more like Original Recipe Greg. I think he lasted about a year, but when Hasselhoffenburger (Snapper) opted to exit, Bell decided to write Greg out as well.

Kevin Fisher on Y&R

Joey Buchanan on OLTL (played by Ryan Phillippe, of course)

Jack Abbott Y&R. Hubba hubba.

Peter Bergman's weepy/sentimental take on Aunt Jack screams gay.

R314, Howard McGillin has one of the biggest cocks on Broadway.

Potsie Weber

R323 Well, he is 6'4".

Glad to hear it's proportional.

R322 Peter just took Aunt Cliff from Pine Valley and brought him to Genoa City.

Laverne Defazio

Archie Bunker

Jimmy from “Good Times.”

That attention whore.

Jamie Boyle, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

R329. And his younger brother, whose name escapes me.

Oh, Janet Jackson’s “aunt.”

Eddie Haskell

And Wallace, too, r332.

The train conductor from “Conjunction Junction”

R66 R67 The ones I thought should be gay on Petticoat Junction were the two guys who ran the train, Charley Pratt and Floyd Smoot. I saw them as gay couple.

[quote] Jack Abbott Y&R. Hubba hubba.

[quote] Peter Bergman's weepy/sentimental take on Aunt Jack screams gay.

I'm guessing that R321 is talking about Terry Lester, Jack # 1. (Bergman is Jack # 2.)

Terry Lester was gay, in real life.

I don't think Bergman is gay, in real life. I think the writing on Y&R is really bad in that the only man who gets to be manly is Victor Newman. Somehow, old fart Eric Braeden gets to be the guy in town who's fucked every female and never strikes out.

Antonio on "Wings."

Wally and. Eddie, at 18, finally did the deed in the abandoned house across the way.

Eddie, being the bossy bottom he was, after the hour-long fuck shot his load in a mason jar and challenged Wally to drink it—which he did. Wally pulled out and hit in him in the face…and in the eyes, since he’d been such slut in the locker room, but wouldn’t give Wally a well-deserved fuck. That stung, but Eddie wanted another round, so he didn’t complain.

They’d been drinking root beer all afternoon, so Wally needed to pee. That slut Eddie wasn’t going to let that go to waste, so they hurried to the homes’ bathtub and let Wally go for it.

Eddie was such a pussy, he wouldn’t take the stream in his mouth. Amateur!

Afterward, Eddie was soaking wet and Wally exclaimed “Holy cow, how are we gonna get outta this mess?” He quickly ran to across the street to his home’s garage, and swiped Dad’s “oil shirt” which he always used to work on the car with Uncle William. They worked hard out there, cause they’d be there for hours..

Wally brought the shirt back to Eddie, and they returned to the house to pretend to work on Eddie’s car.

Summer went quickly, and before you know, the both entered Mayfield University, both majoring in Biology…

Gentle Ben

Jabber Jaws and TopCat.

Lady Elaine Fairchilde. She even carried a faux vagina around

Sky King

Most of the episodes featured Guncle Sky with his niece "Penny." But he also had a cute nephew named "Clipper."

Wayland Flower’s Madame. She prefers men, but wasn’t opposed to some scissoring now and then.

R338, that was just too much. There are Christians posting on this board.

[quote]TopCat

Fancy Fancy was the gayest of the alley cats.

Top Cat? I prefer Bottom Cat

Charlie In The Box

All Rankin Bass characters

Yukon Cornelius and Hermie are clearly a comitted couple at the end of Rudolph.

Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley

The Abominable Snow Man

Aww- he's so cute too

Yogi Bear. And let's not talk about his relationship with Boo Boo.

Is EVERYBODY GAY??????

Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock

Hell yassssssss

Barney Rubble.

Mr. C on Happy Days.

Oh Marion don’t wait up for me . I have to fix a leak in Fonzi’s apartment. 10 minutes later- Oh Fonzi you have a beautiful cock ( as he starts deep throating the Fonz. Fonzi says - Mr. C you give great head!

Niles Crane should have been gay or asexual. Frasier maybe should have been gay too.

Did anyone mention Mr. French from Family Affair? More than just Uncle Bill's man servant.

Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere.

He seemed so HOMOSEXUAL to me and a datalounger twenty years before datalounge.

[quote] Frasier maybe should have been gay too.

Maybe? I always read his character as totally gay, regardless of his impossible-to-take-seriously passion for Daphne.

Arnold Horshack on Welcome Back Kotter

Horshack was a homosexualist in real life.

Sorry, I read "Frasier" as Niles, for some reason.

[quote]Horshack was a homosexualist in real life. [quote]—Vinnie Barbarino

You don't say, Vinnie

I think you meant masseur, not masseuse, R364.

Lurch

The Addams Family (1964-1966)

R366. you know Lurch was a top with a giant cock.

Alan Michael Spaulding only he was in love with his big bro Phillip (who was adopted).

R367, Indeed.

The entire male cast of "Hee-Haw."

Bonanza - 3 unmarried middle aged (or very near) sons.

R371, And their widower father.

Didn't Michael Landon say something like "The Cartwright boys weren't gay. But they sure were glad that Hop Sing was!"

100% Rafael Barba in Law and Order SVU. Who were they kidding. Let that Spanish dandy (my favorite way someone described him on the show) have a hot boyfriend. Or a bunch of hot hookups. Wasted opportunity.

Bub and Uncle Charley. I think you knew they weren't really brothers.

Seth Cohen - "The O.C."

Jennifer Keaton

Michael Fairgate

Bosom Buddies

Popeye & Bluto, and Wimpy also.

Mr. Magoo

Monroe WASN’T gay?

Bob Marley’s ghost in Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol

Damn, that should be JACOB not Bob lol

The list goes on... h Uncle Arthur from Bewitched

Alice and Sam the Butcher (bearded each other) from The Brady Bunch

Mr. Bentley from The Jeffersons

Murray Slaughter from The MTM Show (with that wisecracking sass)

The Bionic Woman

Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams

Starsky and Hutch

Roman from “Succession” not being gay with a total misfire on behalf of the writers.

The writers were told Culkin to prepare for being bisexual but it never happened. Instead, they went with that S&M storyline with Gerri I thought was stupid.

His character and the dominance his father has over him and how it fucked him up would have been better portrayed through bisexuality.

This scene has always struck me as an abandoned plot for his bisexuality.

Buddy on Family

Mrs. Kolchek

The dykey handyman on Green Acres.

R376 I was a college freshman when The O.C. premiered. I had just come out as a lesbian and connected with the GSA group at my college. The GSA group would do meet ups to watch TV shows and The OC was one of them. There was one gay guy who had the same personality as Seth Cohen and he used to say that Seth should have been gay. I'm still in contact with that guy and during the pandemic he mentioned binge watching The OC and a bunch of other early 2000s shows that have been forgotten.

The OC is on Hulu. The show was only 4 seasons. I'll probably do a quck rewatch at some point.

Eunice

I don't see Jamie Somers as a lesbian.

I buy Murray. He felt he was in love with Mary because he knew he could never have her.

Jamie Somers seemed like a lesbian, IMO.

Murray Slaughter was definitely gay.

R320, Ryan Phillippe didn’t play Joey.

Miranda Hobbes.

R389 The O.C was a tv show that totally missed the opportunity to add a compelling gay storyline. The only time they did it was on the 1st season when Luke discovers his dad is secretely gay.

It would've been interesting to see a gay character that falls in love with Ryan Atwood.

Another one on "Gossip GIrl" was Damien Dalgaard. .. When evil Damien started manipulating and using little gay twink, Eric van der Woodsen - who had a total crush on him - the relationship should have turned into something more for Damien, switching it around and turning the tables on him. The duo was short-lived and a real missed opportunity to finally do something interesting with Eric.

Tad Martin

Iola Boylen

Castiel on Supernatural.

I mean, he was, but they didn't explicitly acknowledge it until his final episode.

Randolph Mantooth & Kevin Tighe on Emergency

Erik Estrada & Larry Wilcox on Chips

In my fantasy world they were.

R385, that trainer is played by Brock Yurich, an out gay actor/body builder; he played a dominator on an episode of Law & Order: SVU; that's the type of trainer I fall for.

all-american, masculine; firm coach but you know he's got your best interests at hear.t

Dr. Ryan Barnett (Shane West) - ER

[quote] Bo and Luke Duke

Bo and Luke may have been the inspiration for 1989's gay porn classic "Cousins Should Do It."

[quote] [R385], that trainer is played by Brock Yurich, an out gay actor/body builder; he played a dominator on an episode of Law & Order: SVU; that's the type of trainer I fall for.

He’s best known to black audiences from his extended role on Tyler Perry’s “The Haves & The Have Nots.”

Jan Brady and maybe Peter Brady.

Paul Lynde on The Paul Lynde Show.

R13 Just Felix.

Luke Halpin (Sandy Ricks) on Flipper.

Major Healy on I Dream of Jeannie.

Dr Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie

Wilma Flintstone's mother

The character Rerun on "What's Happening!". Fred Berry was mega femme.

Tony should have been gay and it should have been called "I Dream of Jenson"

Mr Ed, Lassie and Eddie on Frasier should all have been gay.

Now I wonder about Dino.

A lot of cartoon characters. I guess they really deserve a separate thread.

And of course Claymore Gregg (Charles Nelson Reilly) on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Several characters on various Star Trek series:

Sulu (TOS), though later made gay in the Abrams-verse

Westley Crusher, Ro Laren (TNG) - the actress who played Ro, Michelle Forbes, played the asshole lesbian Admiral Cain on Battlestar Galactica

Garrick, Bashir (DS9)

Harry Kim (VOY) although an annoying character; Seven was later an out lesbian on PIC

Malcom or Travis (ENT)

DIS was thoroughly gay

Pike -- seriously! (SNW); Chapel is bisexual.

Mr. Peabody (The cartoon dog. "Mr. Peabody...and his boy, Sherman").

Peter Tork (The Monkees).

Enrique Mas

Has anyone mentioned Felix Unger?

Gilligan and Skipper

Lebeau on Hogan's Heroes

Constable John Constable on The Beachcombers.

How I Met Your Mom- the entire cast

R420 = "Me too lazy and uninterested to read thread but need to get my self-stroking in."

The faggot on Grey’s Anatomy

R421 LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes was the go-to for glory hole action in the Stalag latrine.

I’m interested, but not enough to read 400+ posts.

Frieda Claxton

Kid Pepe

The first version of Dorothy's Daugher Kate, not the off-brand Didi Conn one...

The second version of Rose's daughter Kirsten, not the off-brand Deirdre Hall one, the white trash one, who was the waitress on the first episode of Seinfeld...

Aunt Bee & Clara Edwards

Emmet Hawksworth on Keeping Up Appearances Decision

^delete ‘decision’

Denise on the Cosby show

Michael on Newhart.

R420 They have, in fact.

Richard on Caroline in the City. Malcolm Gets was gay from space.

Kenny Stowton from Killing Eve

Seriously. The writing team wasted the very talented and gorgeous Sean Delaney (who I saw in Labyrinth at the Hampstead Theatre and was splendid). As it is, he's just a bland, sexless cypher; if he were gay, had some semblance of a personality, and the writers dared to flesh out his obvious autism, he would be so much more interesting than that nothing of a character we got. And think of all the possibilities for humour or even full-on farce: Grindr notifications going off during sombre safe house meetings, a midnight call from Fiona Shaw interrupting a hookup mid-coitus (a gay twist on the old Bond cliche), or even sleeping with and then getting his heart broken by sociopathic Hugo (Edward Bluemel, again wasted). All of that might've made us care a little when he's killed off-screen, and it just would be great representation for gay aspies. But oh well.

Mr. Burns on The Simpsons

Smithers. Or he is actually gay right.

Probably already mentioned....Les Nessman WKRP.

Sally, Dick Van Dyke. Woody, Cheers.

Woody, not Frasier?

Bob Newhart’s neighbor, the pilot.

Bob Newhart’s group therapy patient, the weird guy.

Mr. Carlin??

Howard was a navigator, not a pilot.

Hell, Suzanne Pleshett on TBNS.

R441, yes, Mr. Carlin.

If Biden steps down Kamala will be the nominee. And that’s that. Because you can’t get around that if something were to happen to the president Kamala would take his place and the original plan of Biden to be re-elected and this if something happened to him on the campaign trail or the next 4 years Kamala would be president. She has to be the nominee for this to work. There is no way around it.

When is Trump going to announce his VP?

Judy Jetson

Ares in Xena, Autolycus in Xena, Sinbad in The Adventures Of Sinbad especially while he was all bulked up…

Barney Fife owns this thread

Laverne Delezzio

Fred’s otter bottom Barney Rubble

Mel Cooley.

Chip n' Dale

Snagglepuss

[quote] Barney Fife owns this thread

Barney? .. I would think Howard Sprague was Mayberry's big ol gay.

R454 Oh really?

Whoever Mary Grace Canfield played on Green Acres.

R454 Not Gomer?

Gomer seemed more like the guy you wouldn't want to leave alone with your pet goat.

Fish (Abe Vigoda)

Mr Furley

[quote]Snagglepuss

Foghorn Leghorn sounds like Leslie Jordan trying to butch it up.

Foghorn Leghorn seemed like the kind of guy mom would tell you stay away from.

Foghorn Leghorn was based on Senator Claghorn, on the Fred Allen radio show, played by Kenny Delmar--with Mel Blanc imitating Delmar.

Jo from Fats of Life

Nurse Lucille March on General Hospital

Orin Hillyer on The Edge of Night

R465 I had to look up that one about Orin Hillyer.

Was Lester Rawlins gay IRL? His 1988 obit in the NYT (at age 63) indicates he was single and survived by his mother and two sisters

The saying 'a purse fell out of his mouth' would have fit Lester. He had a great gothic precense, and he would have fit in at Dark Shadows. He was great as Orin, and when Dorothy Lyman was playing Elly Jo opposite him, it was a riot.

That story on Edge of Night really drew me in. Doesn't poor old Uncle Orrin almost have a near heart attack seeing her in bed with some guy? "Oh, Elly Jo!" He whispered, clutching his chest.

And that booby-trapped railing at the top of the stairs, cleverly cut to give way if any weight was pressed on it. It was a riot the way she'd be up and down that grand staircase, remembering at the last second to avoid that part of the railing. The dark humor in that storyline just didn't quit.

Chandler Bing owns this thread.

Emmett from 'Keeping Up Appearances"

Chandler needed to move away from NY, his 'friends' and find himself.

Joey asked Rachel on one of their non dates who among us would punch in the face if you could get away with it (something like that). Her response was "Chandler! And I don't know why!!"

All his humor was a defense; maybe over being gay? Either way, he need to go find himself and get away from his so-called FRIENDS

Shnagglepussh.

TopCat

The Owl on New School Review

Davy Jones on The Monkees

Kitty Carryall and Mrs. Beasley were closet dykes.

The ABC DJs...

Conner & Tanner

-Any of the hot young studs from "Friday Night Lights", specially Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford)

-Craig Ramirez and Eric Blonowitz, from "Drake & Josh".

Phillip Drummond Diff'rent Strokes

Sabrina Duncan

Maude

George Jefferson

Cathy Lane

The guy from the British show about a department store.

Alan Harper

Roger Collins

Matt Fielding

Victoria Barkley

Dr. Smith in "Lost in Space."

Julie from One Day at a Time

R24 He wasn’t gay in real life. I just googled. He did become a religious nut though because when white people become evangelical they become nuts lol.

He was a big dicksmoker IRL, R489. Just on the down low.

Matt Damon as Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday Night Live.

As written, I would say no, to Dr. Smith, in "Lost in Space," because his relationship with Young Will Robinson would have come off as pervy pedo. .. They would have had to change things and had Dr. Smith always getting into trouble with Major Don West, who wouldn't have been averse to a blow job now and again since Judy wasn't putting out.

Dr. Smith sold Will to some aliens for a trip back to earth and a can of detroneum.

I could see Don beating Dr. Smith up over his antics.

Iola Boylan on Mama's Family would be a ginormous lez today.

John-GURL Walton

Hazel

Darlene conner

Pepino

R496. Hazel wasn't gay?

Tim O’Hara

My Favorite Martian

After watching the DS9 finale recently I'd say O'Brian & Bashir as well as Quark & Odo.

Spike & Zander were supposed to be a couple on Buffy at 1 point but I think the molestation

of the Xander actor (when younger) by a guy put the nix on that plus every cast character would've been attracted to a guy.

Remington Steele should have been gay to lavender marry Laura Holt.

Agree with Miranda on Sex and the City. I never even watched it, but I did watch this video when it came up on my YouTube feed. (It's an analysis of Miranda's relationship with the bartender.)

She's pinging in so many of these scenes.

Mr. Merrierather

Itsy and Bitsy.

They played themselves as characters on TV shows but I nominate:

Gene Siskel

Gene Shalit

Roger Ebert

yuk.

Nick and Greg on CSI Las Vegas:

Jan Brady.

It would have eliminated the competition with Marcia. Added bonus Jan could have made Molly Webber her girlfriend after Marcia gave Molly that makeover.

The professor

I think Roger Ebert was straight, but he did date Oprah.

You had to experience Roger Ebert’s charisma in person. You knew he was in any room - and not because of his mouth.

Also, his love life looked like an adventure in post-civil rights relationships. He remained a true evolving human being. In the Midwest. With us mouthbreathing sister fuckers.

Fox News TV -Miss Lindsey with Hannity, Watters, etc.

I served Roger Ebert a drink, gin and tonic. (Former restaurant worker here.) He had zero charisma. Sour demeanor.

In another thread, someone questioned me about when (what year) it was that I served him a drink. I didn't know that he professed to be sober for X many years. Anyway, turns out, I served him alcohol at a time when he professed to be sober. He was on what looked like a date with a young, black woman. And no, I don't think that was his wife. They both had gin and tonics.

I've been watching a lot of Emergency! lately and it's clear that Gage and DeSoto are in love with each other.

Half of the characters in Hill Street Blues.

Dave Cubitt as Detective Lee Scanlon in Medium. Poor guy was plotted as the love interest to the no-talent girlfriend of the show's creator.

R516 The two actors were reportedly very homophobic (toward McCord) during the show's crossover with Adam-12, so much so that producer, Jack Webb, had to step in and tell them to fuck off.

^Kent McCord isn’t gay, and I can’t picture the seemingly mild-mannered Kevin Tighe being antagonistic toward anyone.

Monica- Friends

Alf

And the Small Wonder chick.

I think Willie and Terry were in love with each other on The Rookies.

Both male leads on Route 66

What a retarded thread!

Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson

R525, are you nominating corky from life goes on?