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| 13 | ->''"I play a lesbian dentist — which is a big stretch because I am a lesbian, but I'm not a dentist."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Creator/PaulaPell''' [[https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/paula-pell-girls5eva on her role]] in ''Series/Girls5Eva'' |
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| 16 | When the actor cast to play a queer role identifies in the same way as their character, such as a gay man played by a gay male actor, a trans woman by a trans actress, and so on. |
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| 18 | With the prominence of LGBT visibility since the 2000s and especially after the 2010s, this trope has become increasingly desirable, especially to make up for the decades-old DoubleStandard in Hollywood where straight actors would play queer characters and win awards left and right (such as Creator/HilarySwank winning an Oscar for ''Film/BoysDontCry''), while actually-queer actors had to either spend their lives in the closet or come out and watch their careers sink. In fact, many once-acclaimed performances are now looked at more critically because the character would constantly ''talk'' about being queer without ever acting on it, or their romantic scenes were tepid at best, all because the actor wasn't comfortable shooting love scenes with a same-gender co-star. Casting a queer actor for such a role helps ensure that they won't be squeamish about a BigDamnKiss and/or sex scene. |
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| 20 | The casting directors may not have been actually looking for someone queer to play such roles, but the actors were deemed best for the roles which may be because of the genuine portrayal. Note that though the actor and character may both be queer, they may not identify the same way. In this way, the trope may be [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] or sometimes [[InvokedTrope invoked]] because of the casting directors wanting an openly queer actor in the role and settling for whatever they can find. |
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| 22 | However, it is actually ''illegal'' in some jurisdictions (including UsefulNotes/{{California}} and UsefulNotes/NewYorkState) for casting directors to seek out actors of a certain sexual orientation or to even ask about it. This is due to employment laws meant to ''protect'' LGBT actors from blacklisting. When this trope is in effect, it's usually because queer actors seek out these roles and can apply their personal experience to the part. |
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| 24 | Of course, this also works in the reverse: openly queer actors playing straight/cisgender characters, though this is rarer than its inverse, which leads to some questioning of Hollywood standards (queer people can only play queer, but straight people can play anyone). |
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| 26 | Transgender actors run into a unique set of problems: when a role calls for a trans character, casting directors often [[TransCharacterCisActor cast cisgender actors]] and paint them up like {{drag queen}}s, [[UnfortunateImplications implying]] that trans people are just {{crossdressing}}. Cis women playing trans women and cis men playing trans men tend to be better received but may still be criticized for taking the role from the pool of trans actors. In fact, transgender actors are very rarely cast for non-trans roles, and if they're able to pass as their target gender, they might even be turned down for trans roles for not looking stereotypically "trans enough." |
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| 28 | Interesting instances arise when an actor comes out once already an established character within a universe, and then their character's storyline [[RealLifeWritesThePlot follows suit]]. Similarly, it's not uncommon for an actor [[LGBTAwakening to realize they're queer]] after playing a queer character. |
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| 30 | Subtrope of ActorSharedBackground, and SisterTrope of DisabledCharacterDisabledActor. Contrast to TransCharacterCisActor. Not to be confused with CastFullOfGay, although there can be overlap if the actors playing said cast members are also LGBT+. |
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| 34 | !!Examples: |
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| 37 | [[folder:Anime]] |
| 38 | Due to very few numbers of Japanese voice actors who have been identified as a part of the LGBT+ spectrum, most of these examples are in the dubbed versions. |
| 39 | !! Multiple Examples (by actor): |
| 40 | * Gay voice actor, Creator/JMichaelTatum has voiced the CampGay chef Jean Armstrong ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'' anime, the openly gay Otokosuki in the final episodes of ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' and Murata (who formerly had a relationship with one of the main male characters) from ''Manga/{{Given}}''. Tatum also voiced Raikou of ''Manga/NabariNoOu'' and Ryugazaki of ''Anime/{{Free}}'', both of whom are implied to be gay. |
| 41 | * Gay voice actor, Creator/ChrisPatton has voiced the trans non-binary Nagi[=/=]Alice in ''Literature/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'', AmbiguouslyBi Graham in ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', AmbiguouslyGay Ichiro in ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers'', and Kagiura (who's the love interest of a male character) in ''Manga/SasakiAndMiyano''. |
| 42 | * Creator/JessieJamesGrelle, who is transfeminine & non-binary, has voiced Shun from ''Manga/StrangerByTheShore'' and Ritsuka from ''Manga/{{Given}}'', both of whom are gay. They also voice [[spoiler: Yuri Katsuki from ''Anime/YuriOnIce'' who's engaged to his male coach and spends a significant part of the series getting in touch with his feminine side.]] |
| 43 | * The non-binary (identifying with both female and gender-neutral pronouns) Creator/MichelleRojas voiced the transmasculine Yamato from ''Manga/OnePiece'' and the female forms of the Lord Tensen members (who had an ability to change genders at will) from ''Manga/HellsParadiseJigokuraku''. |
| 44 | * Izumi Sena of ''Manga/LoveStage'' is bisexual and is voiced in English by Creator/GregAyres, who is gay. Ayres also voiced Gau Meguro of ''Manga/NabariNoOu'' and Nagisa Hazuki of ''Anime/{{Free}}'', both of whom are implied to have feelings for the aforementioned Tatum characters as well as AmbiguouslyBi Hideki from ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers''. |
| 45 | * In Viz Media's dub of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', the lesbian Haruka Tenoh is voiced by Creator/EricaMendez, who came out as asexual in 2020. Mendez also voiced Uraume from ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'', who has a case of AmbiguousGender. |
| 46 | !! Multiple Examples (by series): |
| 47 | * In the [=GKIDS=] dub of ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', the assigned-male-at-birth Hana is voiced by trans actress Shakina Nayfack. From the same movie's dub, Hana's mother is voiced by gender non-conforming Kate Bornstein. |
| 48 | * Both the English dubs of ''Manga/{{Given}}'' and ''Manga/SasakiAndMiyano'' feature queer characters played by queer actors (with some actors appearing in both series): |
| 49 | ** ''Manga/{{Given}}'': In addition to the aforementioned Ritsuka, his love interest Mafuyu is voiced by the queer Creator/BrandonMcInnis. There's also Creator/JonahScott (who is bisexual) voices the bisexual Akihiko (who used to be in a relationship with the aforementioned Murata) and Creator/BrendanBlaber (who is bisexual) voices Mafuyu's previous boyfriend, Yuuki (both actors also appeared in the show below). The dub is also directed by the gay Creator/DavidWald. |
| 50 | ** ''Manga/SasakiAndMiyano'': The title characters Sasaki and Miyano, both implicitly bisexual, are voiced respectively by the bisexual Creator/KellenGoff and the non-binary Joshua Waters (both actors also appeared in the show above with the latter also playing a queer character). In addition, Creator/BrandonMcInnis voices the gay supporting character Hirano (whose love interest is the aforementioned Kagiura). |
| 51 | * ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': |
| 52 | ** Carlos Whitrow was assigned male at birth but was magically neutered and uses they/them pronouns. In the English dub, they're voiced by non-binary voice actor Creator/DallasReid. |
| 53 | *** Creator/KibaWalker, who is gay, briefly took over for Reid as Carlos, but would later go to voice Tim Linton, who is also gay. |
| 54 | ** In the same dub, Pete Reston, a Sex Shifter who was originally assigned male at birth, is voiced by Lexi Nieto, who is non-binary (using both gender-neutral and female pronouns). |
| 55 | !! Individual Examples: |
| 56 | * In the English dub of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Moe "Suzu" Suzuya, a lesbian teen who came out in the course of the anime, is played by the bisexual Creator/MadeleineMorris. |
| 57 | * In the Netflix dub of ''Manga/{{Kakegurui}}'', the lesbian Sayaka Igarashi is voiced by bisexual voice actress Creator/EricaLindbeck.[[note]]Lindbeck wouldn't come out until 2020[[/note]] |
| 58 | * ''Anime/SuperCrooks2021'' sees Gladiator, who's gay, voiced by the openly gay Creator/CamClarke. |
| 59 | * In the dub of ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'', the genderfluid Najimi Osana (who is also referred to with they/them pronouns in the dub) is voiced by Creator/SkylerDavenport, who is agender. |
| 60 | * In the English dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'', transgender woman Kiku is voiced by trans voice actress Creator/KayleighMcKee. |
| 61 | * ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'': Genderfluid and pansexual Creator/BrittanyLauda voices Foo Fighters, or F.F., who uses they/them pronouns. |
| 62 | * Kiruko of ''Manga/HeavenlyDelusion'' is a man in a woman’s body and is played by non-binary Creator/AnjaliKunapaneni. |
| 63 | * In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Giselle Gewelle's gender is left vague and is voiced by transgender non-binary Creator/CaseyMongillo. |
| 64 | * In Creator/DiscotekMedia's English dub of ''Manga/LovelyComplex'', the trans character of Seiko is voiced by Oz "Siv" Ryan, who is genderfluid. |
| 65 | * ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'': Pansexual actress Creator/MaeWhitman reprises her role of lesbian Roxy Richter from [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld the 2010 live-action film]] for the English dub. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 69 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'': Barbara's GayBestFriend Reese is played by J. P. Karliak, who is also gay. |
| 70 | * ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'' sees Batwoman, a lesbian, voiced by Creator/StephanieBeatriz, who's bisexual. |
| 71 | * ''WesternAnimation/Elemental2023'': Lake, Wade’s nonbinary sibling, is voiced by Kai Ava Hauser, who is also nonbinary. |
| 72 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'', Katie, who is confirmed to be queer by the end of the film, is voiced by bisexual actress Creator/AbbiJacobson. |
| 73 | * ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': Openly gay actor Eugene Lee Yang voices Ambrosius, whose relationship (and the strain his being framed for murder/treason puts thereon) with his boyfriend Ballister is a major plot thread through the movie. |
| 74 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': Lesbian actress Creator/LenaWaithe voices the lesbian cop, Specter. |
| 75 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld'': Jaboukie Young-White voices Ethan Clade, who is shown to have a romantic attraction to another male character. Young-White himself is openly gay. |
| 76 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'': Boom the troll is "outed" just like his voice actor, Creator/LanceBass of N*Sync. |
| 77 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Bucky Oryx-Antlerson, who's always seen arguing with his husband Pronx, is voiced by the director Byron Howard, who's also gay in real life. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 81 | * ''Film/BirdBox'': Creator/BDWong is gay, like his character Greg. |
| 82 | * In ''Film/TheBirdcage'', the openly gay Creator/NathanLane plays the gay DragQueen Albert. (He came out three years after the movie.) |
| 83 | * In ''Boy Meets Girl'', the openly trans Michelle Hendley plays trans woman Ricky. |
| 84 | * In ''Film/BPMBeatsPerMinute'', director Robin Campillo says he made a point of casting queer actors to play queer characters (although the sexualities of the individual cast members are not necessarily known). |
| 85 | * Virtually all roles played by Creator/BriannaHildebrand (who is queer, into men and women alike) so far. In fact, she got into a relationship with a woman in the art department on ''Film/Deadpool2''. |
| 86 | * ''Film/ButImACheerleader'' did have a majority heterosexual cast, but Creator/CleaDuVall identifies as a lesbian, and stars as Graham. Creator/RuPaul, who's gay, plays an "ex-gay" counselor of a gay conversion camp (he insists he's straight). Douglas Spain (Andre) came out as gay in 2012. |
| 87 | * Although Creator/JohnHurt never gave himself a specific label, he was open about his sexual experiences with other men in his youth and believed that sexuality was fluid and ever-changing throughout a person's lifetime. He played several career-defining queer roles, including Quentin Crisp in ''The Naked Civil Servant'' and Caligula in ''Series/IClaudius''. |
| 88 | * In ''Film/ByeByeBlondie'', the lesbian Gloria as a young woman is played by bisexual actress/singer Creator/{{Soko}}. |
| 89 | * In ''Film/MeanGirls'', "too gay to function" Damian is played by gay actor Creator/DanielFranzese, but he only came out a decade after the release of the movie. |
| 90 | ** In the [[Film/MeanGirls2024 2024 version]], he is played by Jaquel Spivey, who is also gay. In addition, Janis, who was AmbiguouslyGay in the original is now an out lesbian, played by bisexual Creator/AuliiCravalho. |
| 91 | *** In addition, while this is not officially confirmed in canon, lesbian Creator/ReneeRapp plays Regina George (reprising her role from Broadway), and interprets the character as a lesbian as well. |
| 92 | * Creator/TessaThompson, who is attracted to both men and women, while eschewing the bisexual label, [[WordOfStPaul has stated]] that her character in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' -- ComicBook/{{Valkyrie|Marvel Comics}} -- has the same preferences, [[HideYourLesbians but a scene establishing as much in the film was left off the final cut]]. Director Creator/TaikaWaititi has [[WordOfGay confirmed as much]] himself and ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' later confirms it. |
| 93 | * ''Film/{{Tangerine}}'' stars Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor (both trans women) as trans sex workers Sin-Dee and Alexandra. |
| 94 | * ''Film/AFantasticWoman'' stars trans actress Daniela Vega as trans woman Marina. |
| 95 | * In ''Film/FrenchTwist'', gay Spanish pop new wave musician and actor Miguel Bosé plays the gay man Laurent meets at the end. |
| 96 | * ''Film/GodsAndMonsters'' stars Creator/IanMcKellen (who's gay) as gay film director Creator/JamesWhale. |
| 97 | * In ''Film/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower'', Creator/EzraMiller (who identifies as genderqueer and pansexual) plays the gay Patrick. |
| 98 | * ''Film/Pride2014'' has the likes of Creator/AndrewScott (Gethin) and Creator/RussellTovey (Tim) amongst its cast. |
| 99 | * ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' has [[BigBad the Adjudicator]], who is non-binary. They are played by the non-binary Asia Kate Dillon, who had asked to make the character non-binary to match their own identity. |
| 100 | * ''Film/ByHookOrByCrook'' has two trans lead actors (Silas Howard and Harry Dodge), playing the main characters Shy and Val. Both characters are implicitly trans, using male pronouns and words like "guy" and "man" to refer to each other, although the words "trans" and "transgender" are not actually used anywhere in the film. |
| 101 | * ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'': Adèle Haenel is queer like Héloïse (and was once in a relationship with the film's director Creator/CelineSciamma). |
| 102 | * ''Film/RoomInRome'': Creator/ElenaAnaya is a lesbian like her character Alba. |
| 103 | * ''Film/{{Gia}}'': Bisexual actress Creator/AngelinaJolie plays the lesbian model Gia Marie Carangi. |
| 104 | * ''Film/ItChapterTwo'': The gay couple who are victims of a homophobic attack at the beginning of the movie are played by gay director Creator/XavierDolan and gay actor Taylor Frey.[[note]]The note about drawing from one's own experiences rings true here; Adrian in the book was much meeker when he was being threatened. Dolan pushed for him to be DefiantToTheEnd.[[/note]] For that matter, Xavier Dolan often plays gay characters in his own movies. |
| 105 | * ''Film/BloodOfTheTribades'': Chloé Cunha, who plays the lesbian vampire Élisabeth, is queer herself (in fact, she does queer comedy improv). |
| 106 | * ''Film/JennifersBody'': Jennifer is almost certainly bi or a lesbian. Creator/MeganFox says she played her as a closeted lesbian, while she's bisexual herself. |
| 107 | * ''Film/{{GBF}}'': |
| 108 | ** Michael J. Willett, who is openly gay, as the gay Tanner. |
| 109 | ** Paul Iacono, who [[https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/04/11/paul-iaconos-coming-out-interview/ mostly identifies as gay]] but also says he's bi, as the gay Brent. |
| 110 | * ''Film/AllCheerleadersDie'': Caitlin Stacey plays lesbian Maddie. Stacey's called herself variously lesbian, fluid, and pansexual in reality. |
| 111 | * ''Film/PrincessCyd'': Katie, who is portrayed as a {{butch lesbian}} but also discussed as being possibly transgender, is portrayed by Malic White, an actor who ''is'' transgender and uses they/them pronouns. |
| 112 | * ''Film/BelowHerMouth'': Erika Linder is a lesbian, like her character Dallas. Natalie Krill also has made comments that indicate that, like Jasmine, she's [[AmbiguouslyBi possibly bisexual]]. |
| 113 | * ''Film/MyDaysOfMercy'': Transmasculine non-binary Creator/ElliotPage (prior to coming out, but openly attracted to women) plays bisexual Lucy. |
| 114 | ** Page, prior to coming out, also played played lesbian Stacie in ''Freeheld''. |
| 115 | * ''Film/CharliesAngels2019'': Sabina is heavily implied to be lesbian or bi (the director [[https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/kristen-stewart-charlies-angels-character-gay has confirmed]] that she's gay). Creator/KristenStewart, who plays her, is openly bisexual. |
| 116 | ** Stewart also played the non-specific queer Music/JoanJett in ''Film/TheRunaways'' and the lesbian Abby in ''Film/HappiestSeason''. |
| 117 | * ''Film/{{Bit}}'': Creator/NicoleMaines, like her character Laurel, is transgender. |
| 118 | * Both Creator/StephenFry and Creator/RupertEverett (both gay) have played Creator/OscarWilde in a film (''Wilde'' and ''The Happy Prince'', respectively). |
| 119 | * Creator/LukeEvans is openly gay and would play a gay character in the 2023 drama ''Our Son''. His on-screen ex-husband is played by Creator/BillyPorter, who is also gay. |
| 120 | * ''Film/TheCryingGame'': Jaye Davidson, who's gay, plays the trans woman Dil. |
| 121 | * ''Film/{{Margarita}}'': Nicola Correia-Damude is bisexual and plays a lesbian here. |
| 122 | * ''Film/TheCraftLegacy'': Both Lourdes and her actress Zoey Luna are transgender. |
| 123 | * ''Film/HappiestSeason'': |
| 124 | ** Lesbian Abby is played by openly bisexual Creator/KristenStewart. |
| 125 | ** John is played by gay actor Creator/DanielLevy. |
| 126 | ** Harper's ex Riley is played by bisexual actress Creator/AubreyPlaza. |
| 127 | ** Creator/CleaDuVall, an open lesbian who directed and wrote this, [[CreatorCameo cameos at the end]] as Riley's apparent new girlfriend. |
| 128 | * ''Film/TheLittleHours'': Bisexual actress Creator/AubreyPlaza plays bisexual nun Fernanda. |
| 129 | * ''Film/VanHelsing'' has Aleera who's AmbiguouslyBi - one of Dracula's brides but shows a [[LesbianVampire lot of interest in Anna]]. Her actress Creator/ElenaAnaya is openly lesbian. |
| 130 | * Downplayed in ''Film/Thirteen2003''. Tracy and Evie at one point kiss to experiment, and then it evolves into a full-on makeout. Tracy's actress Creator/EvanRachelWood later came out as bisexual. |
| 131 | * The Scottish ShortFilm ''Authentic'' is about a young woman coming out to her brother. Nicola Docherty, who [[WrittenByCastMember also wrote the script]], has an attraction to women and men (preferring not to use a label) and based it on her own experiences. |
| 132 | * ''Film/VForVendetta'' gives Gordon Dietrich AdaptationalSexuality to be a closeted gay man, possibly to accommodate Creator/StephenFry now playing him. |
| 133 | * ''Film/{{Moxie}}'': Transgender actress Josie Totah plays CJ, who is also transgender. |
| 134 | * ''Film/WithAKissIDie'': Paige Emerson, who's nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, plays Farryn, a bi or lesbian woman. |
| 135 | * ''Film/Foxfire1996'': Legs, a lesbian, is played by bi actress Creator/AngelinaJolie. Goldie, who is heavily implied to be a lesbian as well, is played by lesbian actress Jenny Shimizu. |
| 136 | * ''Film/RoughNight'': |
| 137 | ** Creator/IlanaGlazer, a queer actress, plays Frankie, who is lesbian or bi. |
| 138 | ** Creator/ZoeKravitz is bisexual, as Blair appears to be. |
| 139 | * ''Film/{{Unpregnant}}'': Barbie Ferreira is currently dating a woman, and she plays lesbian Bailey. |
| 140 | * ''Film/LetItSnow'': Dorrie is played by Liv Hewson, a non-binary lesbian, and her girlfriend Kerry is played by Creator/AnnaAkana, who is bisexual. |
| 141 | * ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'': Star Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz has mentioned she's queer, but hasn't defined her sexuality specifically, and plays main character Cameron, a lesbian teen. Creator/SashaLane plays one of the lesbian girls being forced to undergo conversion therapy. Creator/QuinnShephard plays Cameron's secret girlfriend. Lane (playing Jane) is a lesbian, and Shephard (Coley) has said she's queer. |
| 142 | * ''Film/TheWhiteOrchid'': Creator/OliviaThirlby, who's bisexual, plays Claire, who picks up and then has sex with a woman, who's the only person in the film she's shown as attracted to (she never uses any labels). |
| 143 | * ''Film/Victim1961'': Creator/DirkBogarde was, like his character Melville Farr, a closeted gay man. He not only wasn't out at the time but never actually came out publicly (however, friends knew of his orientation). |
| 144 | * ''Film/Steam2007'': Creator/KateSiegel is bisexual, playing Elizabeth, a lesbian. In fact, she came out during interviews for the film. |
| 145 | * ''Film/{{Bloodthirsty}}'': Lauren Beatty (Grey) and Katherine King So (Charlie) play a lesbian couple, while both are queer. |
| 146 | * ''Film/HeartsBeatLoud'': Sam and Rose are girlfriends in the film. Creator/KierseyClemons playing Sam is queer, Creator/SashaLane who plays Rose has said she's a lesbian. Clemons played lesbians in ''Film/{{Dope}}'' as Diggy and ''Easy'' as Chase too. |
| 147 | * ''Film/WestSideStory2021'': Anybodys, who is usually portrayed as a tomboy, [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity is explicitly stated to be a trans man in this film]], and his actor Creator/IrisMenas is transmasculine and non-binary. |
| 148 | * The 2021 Irish ShortFilm ''Boxed In'' is about a trans man taking up boxing, played by trans actor Creator/JacksonLennon. AJ is also in a relationship with a boy, and Jackson is likewise bisexual. AJ's boyfriend, implied to be trans as well, is likewise played by trans actor Elliot Douglas. |
| 149 | * ''Film/SweetSweetLonelyGirl'': Creator/QuinnShephard, who's queer, plays bisexual Beth. |
| 150 | * ''Film/Adam2019'': |
| 151 | ** Creator/BobbiSalvorMenuez, who is nonbinary and pansexual, plays Gillian who had initially identified as a lesbian, then bisexual. |
| 152 | ** Leo Sheng plays Ethan, a trans man like him. |
| 153 | ** A number of the minor characters are also played by actors of the same gender or orientation. |
| 154 | * ''Film/YvesSaintLaurent'': Creator/GuillaumeGallienne is bisexual and plays the gay Pierre Bergé. |
| 155 | * ''Film/SheHateMe'': Bai Ling, who's bisexual, plays One, a lesbian. |
| 156 | * ''Film/TheBatman2022'': Selina Kyle/Catwoman is heavily implied to be in a relationship with her roommate Annika and also expresses interest in Batman. Her actress Creator/ZoeKravitz is bisexual. |
| 157 | * ''Film/{{Crush|2022}}'': |
| 158 | ** Queer actress Creator/RowanBlanchard plays Paige, who's a lesbian. |
| 159 | ** Bisexual AJ is played by Creator/AuliiCravalho, who's also bisexual. |
| 160 | * Downplayed in ''Film/FearStreet''. WordOfGod is that Alice from ''1978'' is gay but closeted and secretly has a crush on Cindy. The character is played by Ryan Simpkins, who is non-binary. |
| 161 | * Most of the CastFullOfGay of ''Film/FireIsland'' is queer including Creator/JoelKimBooster (Noah), Creator/BowenYang (Howie), Creator/ConradRicamora (Will), James Scully (Charlie), Creator/MargaretCho (Erin), Tomás Matos (Keegan), Nick Adams (Cooper), and Zane Phillips (Dex). |
| 162 | * ''Film/DatingAmber'': Amber, a lesbian, was played by Lola Petticrew, a queer and nonbinary actor. |
| 163 | * ''Film/{{Kaboom}}'': Smith, who's experimenting sexually, has sex with women but also men during the film. He was played by Creator/ThomasDekker, who came out as gay later in 2017. |
| 164 | * ''Film/TheyThem2022'': All of the young LGBT+ characters were played by LGBT+ actors. |
| 165 | * ''Film/NotOkay'': Harper is a lesbian, while the actress who plays her, Creator/NadiaAlexander, is pansexual. |
| 166 | * ''Film/Compulsion2016'': Sadie, a bisexual woman, was played by Creator/LioTipton, a nonbinary queer actor. |
| 167 | * ''Film/TheRetreat2021'': Chad Connell is gay like his character Connor (the only LGBT+ actor in the cast). |
| 168 | * ''Film/BodiesBodiesBodies'': Sophie is in a relationship with Bee, and she's played by Creator/AmandlaStenberg, a nonbinary lesbian actor. |
| 169 | * ''Film/DoRevenge'': Eleanor's a lesbian, played by queer actress Creator/MayaHawke. Her ex Carissa and new girlfriend Gabbi are played by queer actresses Ava Capri and Creator/TaliaRyder, respectively. |
| 170 | * ''Film/{{Rocketman|2019}}'': Young Music/EltonJohn is played by bi actor Creator/KitConnor. |
| 171 | * ''Film/DarbyAndTheDead'': Piper mentions she's transgender like actress Creator/NicoleMaines. |
| 172 | * Creator/KierseyClemons, who's queer, has played lesbian characters Diggy (''Film/{{Dope}}''), Chase (''Easy'') Sam (''Film/HeartsBeatLoud''), Joanne (''Theatre/{{Rent}} Live'') and bisexual Cassidy (''Film/SomebodyIUsedToKnow'') so far. |
| 173 | * ''Film/Fresh2022'': Bisexual Mollie is played by lesbian Jonica T. Gibbs. |
| 174 | * Australian lesbian actress Mandahla Rose has played lesbians in most roles she's had, including from ''Film/AllAboutE'' and ''Film/AugustInTheCity''. In the former too, E's ex-girlfriend is played by Julia Billington, a queer nonbinary actor. |
| 175 | * Creator/PatriciaVelasquez, a Venezuelan actress, came out as a lesbian in 2014. She played the lesbian lead character from ''Film/LizInSeptember'' the same year. Even prior to coming out, she played lesbian Begoña on ''Series/TheLWord''. |
| 176 | * ''Film/KnockAtTheCabin'': Gay couple Eric and Andrew are played by gay actors Creator/JonathanGroff and Ben Aldridge, respectively. |
| 177 | * ''Film/BloodRayne'': Rayne was played by actress Creator/KristannaLoken, who is a bisexual woman like her. |
| 178 | * ''Film/WomenTalking'': August Winter, who's nonbinary, played trans man Melvin. |
| 179 | * ''Film/{{Bros}}'': Both Creator/BillyEichner and Creator/LukeMacfarlane are gay and play gay characters. Most secondary gay characters are also played by gay actors. The same goes for the lesbian and trans women who are supporting characters. |
| 180 | * ''Film/Requiem2021'': Creator/BellaRamsey is nonbinary and plays lesbian Evelyn. It was before Ramsey came out though. |
| 181 | * ''Film/HowToBlowUpAPipeline'': Creator/SashaLane is a lesbian like Theo. |
| 182 | * ''Film/TheIncrediblyTrueAdventureOfTwoGirlsInLove'': Creator/LaurelHolloman is bisexual and plays ButchLesbian Randy (she says this role made her [[LGBTAwakening realize her bisexuality]], in fact). |
| 183 | * ''Film/JaggedMind'': |
| 184 | ** Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers, who's queer, plays Billie, a lesbian. |
| 185 | ** Creator/ShannonWoodward, who's also queer, plays Alex, who Billie dates. |
| 186 | * ''Film/SignatureMove'': Fawzia Mirza is a lesbian like her character Zaynab. |
| 187 | * ''Film/{{Attachment}}'': |
| 188 | ** Creator/EllieKendrick plays Leah, who is a lesbian like her. |
| 189 | ** Josephine Park plays Maja, Leah's girlfriend. Park is married to another woman. |
| 190 | * ''Film/TragedyGirls'': Sadie and [=McKayla=], the titular duo, were strongly implied to have a mutual attraction given just ''how'' close they are. They are played by Creator/BriannaHildebrand and Creator/AlexandraShipp, respectively. Both actresses are LGBT+, although Shipp only came out later. |
| 191 | * ''Film/{{Eternals}}'': Haaz Sleiman, who plays Phastos' husband Ben, is gay himself. |
| 192 | * ''Film/TheHollowChild'': Emily, who's attracted to Samantha, is played by bisexual actress Creator/GenevieveBuechner. |
| 193 | * ''Film/TheNextBestThing'': |
| 194 | ** Creator/RupertEverett, one of the leads, is gay (and was out when he was cast) and plays a gay man in the film. |
| 195 | ** Creator/NeilPatrickHarris is technically a retroactive case; he is gay and plays a gay man in the film, but didn't publicly come out until years later. |
| 196 | * ''Film/MyAnimal'': Creator/BobbiSalvorMenuez (a nonbinary pansexual) plays Heather and Creator/AmandlaStenberg (a nonbinary lesbian) plays Jonny. Their characters are two young women (or [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity AFAB people]]) who fall for each other. |
| 197 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': |
| 198 | ** Roxie Richter is Ramona's ex-girlfriend. Her actress Creator/MaeWhitman would later come out as pansexual in August 2021. |
| 199 | ** Gay actor Creator/BenLewis plays Wallace's boyfriend "Other" Scott. |
| 200 | * ''Film/{{Freaky}}'': Josh is a gay teen played by non-binary actor Misha Osherovich. |
| 201 | * ''Film/TheTruthAboutJane'': Creator/{{RuPaul}} and his character Jimmy are both gay. |
| 202 | * ''Film/MonsterHighTheMovie'': Frankie Stein is changed to nonbinary and is therefore portrayed by the nonbinary Creator/CeciBalagot. |
| 203 | * ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding'': Both Creator/RupertEverett and his character George are gay. |
| 204 | * ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'': Gareth is played by Simon Callow, who is also gay. |
| 205 | * ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'': Openly gay actors Creator/HarveyFierstein and Scott Capurro as Daniel's brother Frank and his boyfriend Jack, respectively. |
| 206 | * ''Film/TheNovice'': Dani, a ButchLesbian, was played by bisexual actress Creator/{{Dilone}}. |
| 207 | * ''Film/TheProm'': There's Jo Ellen Pellman as Emma, Creator/ArianaDeBose as Alyssa, and Creator/KevinChamberlin as Sheldon. |
| 208 | * ''Film/ThreeDaysToKill'': Vivi is indicated to be attracted toward women along with men, like her actress Creator/AmberHeard. |
| 209 | * ''Film/Scream2022'': Mindy is queer, like her actress Jasmin Savoy Brown. |
| 210 | * Bisexual actress Creator/AnnaPaquin played Dr. Jean Markham, a closeted Scottish lesbian physician during the 1950s in ''Tell It to the Bees''. |
| 211 | * ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' has Roddy, a CampGay photographer played by the gay Creator/GrahamChapman. |
| 212 | * ''Film/{{Cruella}}'': John [=McCrea=], like his character Artie, is gay in real life. |
| 213 | * ''Film/MakeTheYuletideGay'': Adamo Ruggiero is gay like his character Nathan. |
| 214 | * ''Film/{{Bottoms}}'': |
| 215 | ** Creator/AyoEdebiri plays Josie, a lesbian, while she is queer herself. |
| 216 | ** Creator/RubyCruz, who plays lesbian Hazel, identifies as queer. |
| 217 | ** [[spoiler:Isabel's actress Havana Rose Liu is openly pansexual, and her character has displayed interest in both men and women, dating Jeff, while also being Josie's love interest and (later) her girlfriend.]] |
| 218 | ** Rhodes, Josie and PJ's childhood babysitter turned [[IntergenerationalFriendship older friend]], is a lesbian. Her actress, Creator/PunkieJohnson, is openly a lesbian in real life too. |
| 219 | * In ''Film/MammaMia'', Harry's partner Petros is played by Juan Pablo Di Pace, who later came out as gay. In the sequel ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'', the younger Harry is played by gay actor Creator/HughSkinner. |
| 220 | * ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'': Queer Creator/StephanieHsu as queer Joy Wang. Joy's girlfriend Becky is played by Tallie Medel, who is nonbinary. |
| 221 | * ''Film/TheNewMutants'': Lesbian Dani is played by queer actress Creator/BluHunt. Creator/MaisieWilliams plays the lesbian Rahne, but Williams identifies as [[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/maisie-williams-on-her-sexuality-i-ve-never-sat-up-and-thought-about-it-for-hours-a6990126.html fluid]] and disregards any [=LGBT=] labels and has only dated men. |
| 222 | * ''Film/ItsAWonderfulKnife2023'': |
| 223 | ** Karen, a lesbian married to Gale, was played by Cassandra Naud, who's queer. |
| 224 | ** Winnie and Bernie, two girls, turn out to have a mutual attraction. Jane Widdop (Winnie) and Creator/JessMcLeod (Bernie) are both nonbinary. Widdop has a girlfriend too. |
| 225 | * ''Film/{{Alexander}}'': Bagoas, traditionally considered a lover of both Darius and Alexander, is played by Francisco Bosch, who is gay in real life as well. |
| 226 | * ''Film/DearEvanHansen'': Both Jared and his actor Nik Dodani are gay. |
| 227 | * ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'': Creator/LenaWaithe, who played the lesbian Helen Harris/Aech, is a lesbian in real life. |
| 228 | * ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': It's revealed that Creator/BenWhishaw's Q is gay, like the actor himself. |
| 229 | * ''Film/{{Nope}}'': Creator/KekePalmer, who refuses to pin down a label but has expressed attraction to men and women, plays Em, who talks about sleeping with her (woman) therapist and mentions that she was planning on staying at her girlfriend's house. |
| 230 | * ''Film/{{Lilting}}'': The openly gay Creator/BenWhishaw plays a gay man. |
| 231 | * ''Film/{{Passages}}'': Gay actor Creator/BenWhishaw plays Martin, who is also gay. |
| 232 | * ''Film/CloudAtlas'': Creator/BenWhishaw, who later came out as gay, plays bisexual Robert Frobisher. |
| 233 | * ''Film/{{Maestro}}'': Queer actor Creator/MichaelUrie plays Jerome Robbins, who was bisexual. |
| 234 | * ''Film/AnyoneButYou'': LGBT+ actress Creator/AlexandraShipp plays lesbian Claudia. |
| 235 | * ''Film/GirlsLikeMagic'': |
| 236 | ** Lesbian actress Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera plays Jamie, a fellow lesbian. |
| 237 | ** Queer trans man D'Lo plays Nic, who's [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity possibly meant to be a trans man too]], though definitely somehow LGBT+ in any case. |
| 238 | ** Lesbian actress Sarah Croce plays Sarah, another lesbian. |
| 239 | * ''Film/TheTurningPoint1977'': Michael was written as gay and played by gay actor James Mitchell. |
| 240 | * Gay actor Creator/ColmanDomingo portrayed gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in ''Rustin''. |
| 241 | * ''Film/SchoolOfRock'': Brian Falduto, who played the gay student Billy in the film, is gay in real life. |
| 242 | * In ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding3'', nonbinary character Victory is played by Melina Kotselou, who is also non-binary. |
| 243 | * ''Film/DriveAwayDolls'': Queer actress Creator/BeanieFeldstein plays lesbian Sukie. |
| 244 | * ''Film/YesOrNo'': Suppanad "Tina" Jittaleela played Kim, who it turns out is a ButchLesbian. Jittaleela has a butch style herself, and had indicated she's queer in interviews about the film. |
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| 247 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 248 | * ''Series/AJAndTheQueen'': Series creator and star Creator/{{Rupaul}} is gay as are most of the actors who play the show's many queer characters. |
| 249 | * ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'': |
| 250 | ** The show features lesbian Samira Wiley as Poussey, ButchLesbian Lea [=DeLaria=] as Carrie "Big Boo" Black, and trans actress Creator/LaverneCox as Sophia. Then in season 3 Creator/RubyRose plays a lesbian. She is not only a lesbian but genderfluid too (still using female pronouns though). The last season introduces Dominga "Daddy" Duarte, who is either a lesbian or transgender (it's ambiguous), and played by lesbian Vicci Martinez. The bisexual lead Piper Chapman is portrayed by actress Taylor Schilling, who identifies as queer. [=McCullough=] similarly is indicated to be lesbian or bi, while her actress Emily Tarver started a relationship with castmate Vicci Martinez after it ended. |
| 251 | ** In a rare out example in the Brazilian dub, bisexual Piper is voiced by bisexual actress Mabel Cezar, one of the rare out LGBT voice actors in Brazil. Mabel is also married to the voice actress and translator Rayani Immediato, who voices Zirconia in the show. |
| 252 | * Laverne Cox was later touted as the first series regular trans character to be played by a trans performer on ''Doubt''. She also played "sweet transvestite" Frank-N-Furter in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShowLetsDoTheTimeWarpAgain''. |
| 253 | * Creator/RyanMurphy [[AuthorAppeal regularly employs this trope]]: |
| 254 | ** ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has gay Creator/ChrisColfer playing Kurt. There are also other queer roles played by queer actors who identify differently: bisexual Creator/NayaRivera as lesbian Santana, non-binary Alex Newell as trans girl Unique, and lesbian Creator/DotMarieJones as gay trans man Beiste. |
| 255 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' is notable for having many queer characters portrayed by queer actors: |
| 256 | *** Creator/ZacharyQuinto (gay) as Patrick (gay) in ''Murder House''. |
| 257 | *** Creator/SarahPaulson (non-specific queer) as Lana Winters (lesbian) in ''Asylum'', Hypodermic Sally (bisexual) in ''Hotel'', and Ally Mayfair-Richards (lesbian) in ''Cult''. |
| 258 | *** Leslie Jordan (gay) as Quentin (gay) in ''Coven'' and Quentin/Ashley (gay) ''Roanoke''. |
| 259 | *** Creator/DenisOHare (gay) as Stanley (gay) and Creator/MattBomer (gay) as Andy (gay) in ''Freak Show''. |
| 260 | *** Music/LadyGaga (bisexual) as The Countess (bisexual) and Creator/CheyenneJackson (gay) as Will Drake (bisexual) in ''Hotel''. |
| 261 | *** Creator/BillyEichner (gay) as Harrison Wilton (gay) and Creator/ColtonHaynes (gay) as Jack (gay) in ''Cult''. |
| 262 | *** Creator/JeffreyBowyerChapman (gay) as Andre Stevens (gay) in ''Apocalypse''. |
| 263 | *** Creator/IsaacColePowell (gay) as Troy Lord (gay) in ''Double Feature''. |
| 264 | *** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStories'' has Matt Bomer and Gavin Creel as gay couple Michael and Troy. |
| 265 | ** The HBO adaptation of ''Theatre/TheNormalHeart'' has ''many'' of its gay characters played by gay actors, including Creator/MattBomer (Felix), Creator/JimParsons (Tommy), Creator/JoeMantello (Mickey), Creator/BDWong (Buzzy), Creator/StephenSpinella (Sanford), Creator/DenisOHare (Hiram), and Creator/JonathanGroff (Craig). (Creator/MarkRuffalo (Ned) and Creator/TaylorKitsch (Bruce) are the sole exceptions.[[note]]Interestingly, Ruffalo actually questioned film director Creator/RyanMurphy about whether he, a straight man, should be playing one of the landmark characters of gay theater, and was told quite bluntly by Murphy that he wanted the best actor for the role and Ruffalo was it.[[/note]]) |
| 266 | ** ''Series/{{Pose}}'' is the first TV series with all of its trans characters played by trans actresses. |
| 267 | ** ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory: Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' has gay singer Music/RickyMartin as Gianni's lover Antonio D'Amico. |
| 268 | ** The bisexual lead of ''Series/ThePolitician'' Payton Hobart is played by gay actor Creator/BenPlatt. |
| 269 | ** ''Series/Hollywood2020'' has Creator/JimParsons as gay Hollywood talent agent Dick Samuels and Creator/JeremyPope as gay screenwriter Archie Coleman. |
| 270 | ** ''Series/{{Ratched}}'' has Sarah Paulson playing the titular character [[AdaptationalSexuality reimagined as a closet lesbian]] as well as Cynthia Nixon playing her love interest Gwendolyn Briggs and Michael Benjamin Washington as Gwendolyn's [[TheBeard gay husband]]. |
| 271 | ** ''Series/FeudCapoteVsTheSwans'': |
| 272 | *** Truman Capote's partner Jack Dunphy is played by gay actor Creator/JoeMantello. |
| 273 | *** The AmbiguouslyBi John O'Shea is played by gay actor Creator/RussellTovey. |
| 274 | * Bisexual trans woman Rebecca Root plays trans woman Judy on ''Series/BoyMeetsGirl''. |
| 275 | * Mrs. Hudson from ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' is a trans woman played by Candis Cayne, who is trans. Cayne also played trans mistress Carmelita on ''Series/DirtySexyMoney''. |
| 276 | * Buck Vu from ''Series/TheOA'' is a trans man played by trans actor Ian Alexander. |
| 277 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 278 | ** When Creator/GeorgeTakei came out as gay, a lot of people assumed that his most famous character, Hikaru Sulu of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was also gay. However, Takei has always adamantly denied this, and Sulu was portrayed as not only straight, but happily married to a woman and, in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', the father of a grown daughter who had followed in her father's footsteps. In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' -- albeit after the dimensional...shift -- Sulu is shown with a husband and daughter (Sulu here portrayed by straight actor Creator/JohnCho). |
| 279 | ** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': |
| 280 | *** The show features the franchise's first gay couple, Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber, played by queer actor Creator/AnthonyRapp and gay actor Creator/WilsonCruz, respectively. |
| 281 | *** Season Two introduces Lieutenant Commander Jet Reno, who mentions that her wife died during the war with the Klingons the previous season. Reno is played by Creator/TigNotaro, who is also gay. This later leads to quite an amusing scene where Stamets and Reno flirt while possessed. |
| 282 | *** Adira Tal comes out as non-binary to Paul. Blu del Barrio, who plays them, is non-binary as well. |
| 283 | *** Adira Tal's partner and Tal's former host, Gray, is played by Ian Alexander, a non-binary pansexual actor. An episode early in the fourth season had a throwaway dialogue exchange referring to Gray's "transition", implying that he is a trans man in-universe as well. |
| 284 | ** ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'': Creator/JessBush, who is queer, plays Christine Chapel, who is bisexual. |
| 285 | * One of the first TV characters to be identified in-show as non-binary, Taylor Mason, is played by the openly non-binary Creator/AsiaKateDillon in Creator/{{Showtime}}'s ''Series/{{Billions}}''. |
| 286 | * Creator/SeanHayes played Jack [=McFarland=] on ''Series/WillAndGrace'' but was not "officially" out during the show's initial run. When he "officially" came out in an ''Advocate'' article in the run-up to playing the gay title character in ''Sean Saves the World'' he took the position that he had "never been in". With the return of ''W&G'', Jack is at last played by an actor known to have a matching orientation. |
| 287 | * The Series/{{Arrowverse}} has a variety of queer characters played by queer actors: |
| 288 | ** Creator/WentworthMiller, who initially plays the straight Leonard Snart / Captain Cold from Earth-1 and then the gay "Leo" Snart / Citizen Cold from Earth-X. In 2020, Miller announced that he would no longer play straight characters hence why he refused to return for a sixth season of ''Series/PrisonBreak''. |
| 289 | ** Creator/RussellTovey, who plays the gay [[ComicBook/TheRay Ray Terrill/The Ray]], is also gay himself. In fact, Leo and Ray are dating. It's unclear if Ray's Earth-X doppelganger (also voiced by Tovey) was gay, as he's killed before this can be revealed. |
| 290 | ** While Creator/VictorGarber, who is gay, plays the straight (and {{happily married}}) Professor Stein, the ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 Flash]]'' episode "Duet" features an alternate universe where Stein is married to a man. |
| 291 | ** In a similar way, queer actress Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers initially played the straight Amaya Jiwe (Vixen) in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' but in season 4, she got recast as pansexual demon Charlie. |
| 292 | ** Gay villain-turned-good guy Hartley Rathway, aka Pied Piper, is played by bisexual actor Creator/AndyMientus. |
| 293 | ** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': |
| 294 | *** Season 4 introduces transgender hero Nia Nal aka Dreamer, played by transgender actress Creator/NicoleMaines. |
| 295 | *** Creator/ChylerLeigh (unspecific LGBT) as lesbian Alex Danvers on ''Supergirl'' - though Leigh came out after her character and said Alex's story helped her work it out. |
| 296 | ** In season 7 of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', [[spoiler:William Clayton (Oliver's son)]] as an adult is played by gay actor Creator/BenLewis. |
| 297 | ** ''Series/Batwoman2019'': |
| 298 | *** Creator/RubyRose, who identifies as a lesbian, plays the titular character, who is also a lesbian. The casting call for Kate Kane specifically asked for a queer actress, though the producers had also been prepared to cast a straight actress as a last resort. Creator/RubyRose's casting fulfilled the original intention. |
| 299 | *** When she left the show, the producers made sure to be clear they were looking for another LGBT actress as the replacement. They ended up casting bisexual Creator/JaviciaLeslie as Ryan Wilder, the next Batwoman, who's also lesbian. |
| 300 | *** Bevin Bru, who plays Angelique (Ryan's ex-girlfriend) is bisexual as well. Given the above, it's probably a deliberate choice. |
| 301 | %%All that I've seen so far says she's never stated her sexuality. Re-add if you have confirmation.*** When they recast Kate, they chose the bisexual actress Creator/WallisDay, who is no stranger to this trope herself having played the bi Nyssa-Vex on ''Series/Krypton''. |
| 302 | * In ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'', Audrey is AmbiguouslyBi, while her actor Creator/BexTaylorKlaus is pansexual and non-binary. |
| 303 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - although Creator/AmberBenson and Creator/AlysonHannigan were straight actresses playing lesbians, Iyari Limon -- who plays Willow's Season 7 girlfriend Kennedy -- is bisexual. Gay actor Creator/TomLenk also played the gay (albeit AmbiguouslyBi) Andrew Wells. |
| 304 | * Scott Thompson of ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' has been openly gay since the '80s, and his most famous character is the "alpha queen" gay socialite Buddy Cole. |
| 305 | * Following "The Puppy Episode" of ''Series/{{Ellen}}'', lesbian Ellen Morgan was played by lesbian Creator/EllenDeGeneres. On her next sitcom ''The Ellen Show'', her character Ellen Richmond was openly lesbian from the start. |
| 306 | * ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' has Ryan, who is a gay man, played by Tommy Dorfman, who also identified as a gay man at the time but has since come out as a trans lesbian. In the fourth season, Alex (played by queer actor Miles Heizer) also comes out as queer. |
| 307 | * Several gay actors from HBO's series ''Series/{{Looking}}'' play gay characters, including (but not limited to) Creator/JonathanGroff (Patrick), Creator/RussellTovey (Kevin), Creator/MurrayBartlett (Dom), Creator/DanielFranzese (Eddie), and Chris Perfetti (Brady). |
| 308 | * In ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin Oswald Cobblepot]] is [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalSexuality reimagined as gay]] like his actor Creator/RobinLordTaylor]]. |
| 309 | * ''Series/{{Instinct}}'' stars Creator/AlanCumming, who is bisexual, as the gay, {{happily married}} Dylan Reinhart. |
| 310 | * ''Series/TeenWolf'': |
| 311 | ** Jackson was originally portrayed as straight, only getting involved with female characters. After his actor Creator/ColtonHaynes came out and returned to the show after leaving some time prior, Jackson entered a relationship with another man. |
| 312 | ** Charlie Carver, who played the gay werewolf Ethan, also came out as gay after the departure of his character. [[spoiler:When he comes back, he's in a relationship with the aforementioned Jackson]]. |
| 313 | ** The minor bisexual character Caitlin is played by Creator/ZeldaWilliams who's also bisexual in real life. |
| 314 | ** Michael Johnston, who plays the gay chimera Corey, came out in 2023. |
| 315 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' has bisexual Rosa Diaz being played by bisexual Creator/StephanieBeatriz (in fact Beatriz coming out prompted Diaz to be written as bi too). |
| 316 | * ''Series/ModernFamily'': |
| 317 | ** Gay Creator/JesseTylerFerguson plays one half of the show’s gay couple, Mitchell. |
| 318 | ** Creator/NathanLane is gay like his character Pepper Saltzman. |
| 319 | ** One episode introduced Tom, who is a transgender boy like his actor, Jackson Millarker. |
| 320 | * ''Series/PeepShow'' has bisexual Creator/RobertWebb as the also bisexual Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, though Webb was not out while the series was airing. |
| 321 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'': |
| 322 | ** Gay actor Creator/DanielLevy plays flamboyant pansexual David Rose. |
| 323 | ** Creator/FrancoisArnaud, who played David's ex Sebastien Raine, came out as bisexual in 2020. |
| 324 | ** Creator/EmilyHampshire, who plays the pansexual Stevie, came out as pansexual in 2019. In fact, [[LGBTAwakening the role made her realize this about herself]]. |
| 325 | * Most of the many queer characters on ''Series/TheOtherTwo'' are played by queer actors, including Drew Tarver who plays Carey. |
| 326 | * ''Series/SexEducation'': |
| 327 | ** Dua Saleh and Robyn Holdaway are openly non-binary like their characters Cal and Layla. |
| 328 | ** Gay character Eric is played by Creator/NcutiGatwa, who came out as queer in 2023. |
| 329 | * ''Series/TheExorcist'': |
| 330 | ** The gay Father Marcus is played by the openly gay Creator/BenDaniels (he also played the bisexual Paul Grayson in ''Series/FleshAndBone''). |
| 331 | ** The lesbian teen Verity in season 2 is played by queer actress Brianna Hildebrand. |
| 332 | * ''Series/DangerForce'': Finn, a reporter, is a transgender boy like his actor, Sasha Cohen. |
| 333 | * ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'': In a minor case of FirstEpisodeTwist, Creator/MattBomer's character Larry is revealed to be cheating on his wife with a man. |
| 334 | * ''Series/DesperateHousewives'': Bob Hunter is played by Tuc Watkins, who came out of the closet in 2013. |
| 335 | * ''Series/AndiMack'': Cyrus, who came out as gay during the series, was played by Joshua Rush, who is bisexual. However, Rush came out after the show ended, making this a retroactive example. |
| 336 | * ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'': Susie, who has an AmbiguousGenderIdentity at first, [[spoiler:and comes out as a trans man and changes his name to Theo midway through the show]] is played by pansexual non-binary actor Lachlan Watson. |
| 337 | * ''Series/PartyOfFive2020'': [[spoiler:Matthew]], who's transgender, is played by non-binary actor Garcia. |
| 338 | * ''Series/DispatchesFromElsewhere'': Simone is played by Eve Lindley, who's transgender like her. |
| 339 | * ''Series/{{Vida}}'': |
| 340 | ** Ser Anzoategui, who plays ButchLesbian Eddy, is non-binary. |
| 341 | ** Roberta Colindrez, who plays Nico (a slightly less ButchLesbian), identifies as queer. |
| 342 | ** Additionally, a number of minor LGBT+ characters are played by LGBT+ actors as well. |
| 343 | * ''Series/LipService'': Heather Peace is a lesbian like her character Sam (which in fact means she's the only one among the actresses on the show). |
| 344 | * ''Series/MadMen'': The openly gay Creator/BryanBatt plays Sal Romano, who's also gay but closeted due to the time period, his job, and his marriage. |
| 345 | * ''Series/ControlZ'': Isabela, who's a trans girl, is played by Creator/ZionMoreno, who is also a trans girl. |
| 346 | * ''Series/TheBabySittersClub2020'': Mary Anne's babysitting charge Bailey is a trans girl. The character is played by Kai Shappley, a trans girl who was also the focus of the documentary ''Trans in America: Texas Strong''. According to her mum, [[https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/07/07/transgender-girl-at-center-of-pearland-isd-bathroom-battle-stars-in-new-hit-netflix-series/ Kai was specifically sought after for the role]]. |
| 347 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 348 | ** Lesbian companion Bill Potts is played by bisexual actress Creator/PearlMackie. |
| 349 | ** Captain Jack Harkness in both this and ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', who is pansexual, is played by openly gay actor Creator/JohnBarrowman. |
| 350 | ** Midshipman Alonso Frame, whom the Doctor sets up with Jack, is played by gay actor Creator/RussellTovey. |
| 351 | ** Rose Noble, Donna Noble's daughter, is transgender like her actress Creator/YasminFinney. |
| 352 | * ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Lesbian Jackie is played by bisexual actress Monica Raymund. |
| 353 | * ''Series/TheMagicians:'' Bisexual Elliot is played by openly queer Hale Appleman. |
| 354 | * Invoked by Creator/DarrenCriss. He's straight, but after two acclaimed roles where he played gays (Blaine in ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and Andrew Cunanan in ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory''), he announced that he would no longer seek out or accept gay roles, as he realized that every gay male character he plays takes that opportunity away from an actually-gay actor. |
| 355 | * ''Series/{{Empire}}'': Openly gay Creator/JussieSmollett plays the gay middle son Jamal. |
| 356 | * ''Series/{{Trinkets}}'': |
| 357 | ** Elodie is gay, played by Brianna Hildebrand, who's stated she likes both men and women (while just going by "gay"). |
| 358 | ** Sam, whom Elodie flirts with early on, is played by Caitlin Michael Riley, a queer actress. |
| 359 | ** Sabine is pansexual, played by queer and non-binary actor Kat Cunning. |
| 360 | * ''Series/NeverHaveIEver'': |
| 361 | ** Dino Petrera is gay like his character Jonah Sharpe. |
| 362 | ** Lee Rodriguez, who plays the lesbian Fabiola, identifies as queer. |
| 363 | ** Addison is non-binary like their actor Terry Hu. |
| 364 | ** Jennifer Warner is a trans woman, like her actress Creator/AlexandraBillings. |
| 365 | * ''Series/TheBoys2019'': Nicola Correia-Damude plays Elena, Maeve's ex-girlfriend. She's bisexual in real life. |
| 366 | * ''Series/WeAreWhoWeAre'': |
| 367 | ** Maggie is a lesbian in a same-sex marriage. Creator/AliceBraga, who plays her, has been dating fellow Brazilian actress Creator/BiancaComparato for three years. |
| 368 | ** Creator/JackDylanGrazer plays Fraser, who is gay or bi, and came out as bisexual in 2021, along with stating his pronouns as he/they. |
| 369 | ** Caitlin is questioning her gender and thinks she may be a trans boy. She also shows attraction to girls and boys. Actress Jordan Kristine Seamón realized she's genderfluid as a result of playing Caitlin, saying it was a personal journey of self-discovery. Seamón is also bisexual and uses she/they pronouns. |
| 370 | * ''Series/PhilipKDicksElectricDreams'': In "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E5RealLife Real Life]]" Sarah, a lesbian, was played by Creator/AnnaPaquin, who's bi. |
| 371 | * ''Series/BigSky'': Trans woman Jerrie is played by trans non-binary actor Creator/JesseJamesKeitel. |
| 372 | * ''Series/{{Quantico}}'': Creator/RickCosnett as Elias Harper and Creator/RussellTovey as Harry Doyle. Both are gay like their characters, though Cosnett came out after the show ended. |
| 373 | * ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'': |
| 374 | ** Creator/HunterSchafer, like Jules, is a trans woman. Jules is also bisexual; Schafer originally identified as "closer to what you might call a lesbian" before updating her orientation to "bi or pan or something" in 2021. |
| 375 | ** Creator/BobbiSalvorMenuez is pansexual, transgender, and nonbinary, and the character they play, TC, is also nonbinary. |
| 376 | ** Creator/QuintessaSwindell plays Anna, and they are both non-binary. |
| 377 | * ''Series/WynonnaEarp'': Creator/DominiqueProvostChalkley is queer and non-binary and their character Waverly Earp is bi. Likewise, Creator/KatherineBarrell has stated she likes both men and women while her character Nicole Haught is a lesbian. |
| 378 | * ''Series/CarnivalRow'': Bisexual Vignette is played by Creator/CaraDelevingne, who's pansexual and genderfluid. |
| 379 | * ''Series/TheSecretDiariesOfMissAnneLister'': Maxine Peake, who's bisexual, plays lesbian Anne. |
| 380 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'': |
| 381 | ** Dr. Huang is gay like his actor Creator/BDWong. |
| 382 | ** Kat Tamin is bi. Creator/JamieGrayHyder has said she'd been with both men and women while choosing not to label herself. |
| 383 | ** Creator/WentworthMiller played attorney Isaiah Holmes for two episodes, who's gay like him. |
| 384 | ** Rafael Barba's actor (Creator/RaulEsparza) is bisexual in real life, and most fans agree the character is at ''least'' AmbiguouslyBi. Esparza has also indicated that [[https://www.eonline.com/news/696074/it-s-absolutely-time-law-and-order-svu-introduced-a-new-gay-character-so-where-are-they he'd be fine with Barba being revealed as LGBT+.]] |
| 385 | * ''Series/DarkAngel'': Transgender lesbian Louise in "Out" was played by trans actress Jessica Crockett. It's listed as the first time a trans woman character on an American television series was played by a real trans woman. |
| 386 | * Actress Creator/LuviaPetersen is openly bisexual and has played queer women pretty often. Dax/Cowboy on ''Series/TheLWord'' was a {{butch lesbian}} mechanic and [[WholesomeCrossdresser drag king]]. Jasmine Garza on ''Series/{{Continuum}}'' is bisexual like Petersen. Her characters Val [=McGrath=]-Dufresne (''Series/GhostWars''), Meg Harris (''Series/TheMurders''), and Mrs. Johanssen (''Series/TheBabysittersClub2020'') were all lesbians. Brooke on ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' was indicated as being bisexual too. |
| 387 | * ''Series/TrueBlood'': |
| 388 | ** Creator/RutinaWesley plays Tara, who it turns out is a bisexual woman. She became engaged to a woman in 2017, albeit after the series ended, and like Tara had been with men before (though Wesley doesn't label herself). |
| 389 | ** Danielle, a werewolf who's bisexual (or at least willing to get intimate with a woman at times) was played by Creator/JamieGrayHyder, who's said she has been with both men and women (while also not using labels). |
| 390 | ** Creator/EvanRachelWood, who's openly bisexual, plays bisexual vampire Queen Sophie-Anne. |
| 391 | ** Gay actor Creator/DenisOHare also plays the gay vampire Russell Edgington. |
| 392 | * ''Series/TheWilds'': |
| 393 | ** Mia Healey, who plays closeted lesbian Shelby, describes herself as bisexual. |
| 394 | ** Miles Gutierrez-Riley plays Ivan, who's gay, while he's queer. |
| 395 | * ''Series/TheNevers'': Vinnie Heaven, who plays Jack Nimble, [[WordOfStPaul called him]] trans androgynous, which is Heaven's gender as well. |
| 396 | * ''Series/{{Equal}}'', a 2020 Creator/{{HBO}} docudrama on the LGBT+ rights movement, portrays many historical LGBT+ people with LGBT+ actors (usually of the same orientation or gender). The cast includes Creator/AnthonyRapp as gay activist Harry Hay, Creator/JamieClayton as Christine Jorgenson, the first well-known American trans woman to get sex reassignment surgery, and Creator/SamiraWiley as Black lesbian playwright/writer Lorraine Hansberry. |
| 397 | * ''Series/GreysAnatomy'': |
| 398 | ** Callie is bisexual and her actor, Sara Ramírez, is bisexual and non-binary. According to a 2013 interview, [[ActorInspiredElement Ramírez asked for it to be part of their character]]. |
| 399 | ** Casey Parker and his actor Creator/AlexBlueDavis are both trans men. |
| 400 | ** Levi Schmitt and his actor Jake Borelli are both gay. |
| 401 | ** Kai Bartley and their actor E.R. Fightmaster are both non-binary. |
| 402 | ** Mika Yasuda is bisexual and is played by queer actress Midori Francis. |
| 403 | ** Donna Gibson and her actress Creator/Alexandra Billings are both trans lesbians. |
| 404 | ** Toby Donnelly is genderqueer and their actor, Ari Hader, is genderfluid |
| 405 | * ''Series/TheRepublicOfSarah'': Bisexual actress Creator/NicolaCorreiaDamude plays Alexis Whitmore, who's having an affair with Amy "AJ" Johnson. |
| 406 | * ''Series/ICarly2021'': |
| 407 | ** Creator/LaciMosley, who is bisexual, plays pansexual Harper Bettencourt. |
| 408 | ** Pop starlet Double Dutch is revealed to be attracted to women and shares a kiss with [[spoiler:Harper]] in the first season finale. Dutch's actress Creator/PoppyLiu identifies as queer and non-binary. |
| 409 | * ''Series/FirstDay'': |
| 410 | ** Hannah is played by Evie Macdonald, who's a trans girl like her. |
| 411 | ** Jack Childs is a fellow trans actor, playing Sarah, who reveals to Hannah he's a trans boy, taking the name Josh. |
| 412 | ** Maiah Stevenson plays Sam, a queer girl. Stevenson is queer as well and goes by she/they pronouns. |
| 413 | * ''Series/{{Abbys}}'': Abby is a bisexual woman, played by queer actor Creator/NatalieMorales, who has said her pronouns are she/they. |
| 414 | * ''Literature/HighFidelity'': Rob in the Creator/{{Hulu}} adaptation is bisexual like Creator/ZoeKravitz. |
| 415 | * ''Series/TheWhiteLotus'': Armond is portrayed by the openly gay Creator/MurrayBartlett, previously of the gay HBO drama ''Series/{{Looking}}''. His sexuality isn't acknowledged in dialogue until episode three when [[spoiler:Marks asks him if anal sex hurts after learning his father died of AIDS]], but promotional materials also show him involved in a tryst with hotel staffer Dillon. |
| 416 | * ''Series/{{Legacies}}'': Josie Saltzman is canonically pansexual in the show, and in June 2021, her actress Creator/KayleeBryant came out as queer. |
| 417 | * ''Series/{{Veep}}'': The lesbian Marjorie Palmiotti is played by the lesbian Creator/CleaDuvall. |
| 418 | * ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'': Creator/ElliotFletcher is a queer trans man and plays Sam Jordan, who shares his gender. |
| 419 | * ''Series/FantasyIsland2021'': In "The Romance and the Bromance", Creator/CaitlinStasey, who is pansexual, played Isabel, a young woman who's a huge fan of Victorian author Rachel Coldwater, traveling into the past where they get into a romance. |
| 420 | * ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'': Creator/TylerBlackburn is openly bisexual and plays Alex Manes, who's gay. |
| 421 | * ''Series/TheLWord'': Laurel Holloman, Leisha Hailey, Katherine Moennig, Clementine Ford, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Creator/GuinevereTurner, Creator/JaneLynch, Creator/AlexandraHolden, Creator/KellyMcGillis, Creator/KristannaLoken, Karina Lombard and Creator/HeatherMatarazzo are all lesbian or bisexual in real life, as well as playing lesbian or bisexual characters on the show (and Mia Kirshner has hinted at bisexuality in interviews). Amusingly, Leisha Hailey was the only actual (out) lesbian of the main cast (at the time), yet her character was bisexual. Daniel Sea, who played Max (a trans man who's initially identified as a lesbian cis woman) also had a very similar experience, coming out as non-binary and using they/them pronouns, still identifying as a lesbian in solidarity with women though saying their orientation is more akin to bisexual. Katherine Moennig is notable for only realizing that she's a lesbian ''while she was working on the show'', a rare example of a character being their actor's real-life ClosetKey. |
| 422 | ** This continued in its SequelSeries ''Series/TheLWord: Generation Q'', adding new characters, mostly queer women but one trans man too, while most are played by actors of the same orientation or gender. Minor characters such as Rebecca Dowery (played by Olivia Thirlby, who's a bisexual woman like her) also followed this. |
| 423 | * ''Series/ForThePeople'': Anya, a lesbian, is portrayed by pansexual Creator/CaitlinStasey. |
| 424 | * ''Series/LovecraftCountry'': Monique Candelaria is two-spirit like Yahima and pansexual (it must be noted that "two-spirit" is an umbrella term to describe LGBT+ Native American people that can mean many different things, so they might not be a specific match). |
| 425 | * ''Series/FortyFourHundred'': |
| 426 | ** Theo Germaine, who plays trans boy Noah, is bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary. |
| 427 | ** Dr. Andre Davis is trans, as is his actor, T.L. Thompson. |
| 428 | ** Wilder Yari, who portrays Jessica Tanner, Keisha's girlfriend, is queer. |
| 429 | ** Kausar Mohammed is queer like her character Soraya. |
| 430 | * ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': Creator/ElliotPage came out as transgender in 2020. The third season of the show, released in 2022, sees his character Viktor [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity following suit]]. |
| 431 | * ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': |
| 432 | ** Openly queer Creator/JasminSavoyBrown plays the teenage Taissa, who is later married to Simone. |
| 433 | ** Creator/LivHewson, who is gay and nonbinary, plays Van, a girl involved with Taissa when they're young. |
| 434 | ** Creator/TawnyCypress, who played the adult Taissa, stated she's queer in ''Queer for Fear'', a documentary that came out after the first season, saying that interestingly enough the film ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' (in which fellow cast member Creator/MelanieLynskey had starred) made her realize this (she had fallen for her best friend at the time). |
| 435 | * ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'''s lesbian protagonist Theo is played by Creator/KateSiegel, who's bisexual. |
| 436 | * ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': Russell Porter (who plays the gay Tim Whistler in the series) is gay in real life. However, Creator/TimMarriott (who plays Gavin Featherly, Tim's boyfriend in the series) isn't. |
| 437 | * ''Series/FeelGood'': Mae Martin plays a fictionalized version of herself. She's already openly bisexual at the start, then comes out as nonbinary as well (like Martin did, going by either they/them or she/her). |
| 438 | * ''Series/DontLookDeeper'': Transmasculine actor Harvey Zielinski plays Abel, who is a trans man it's revealed. |
| 439 | * ''Series/GossipGirl2021'': Creator/ZionMoreno is a young trans woman like her character Luna La. |
| 440 | * Creator/HumberlyGonzalez has played queer characters on ''Series/InTheDark'', ''Series/UtopiaFalls'', ''Film/TrappedTheAlexCooperStory'' and ''Series/JupitersLegacy'' while she is queer herself, though she only came out in the wake of her playing Sophie on ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'', stating these roles weren't sought out specifically. They did help her come out though since they portrayed LGBT+ women as normal and made her feel confident in her own queer sexuality. |
| 441 | * ''Series/{{Twenties}}'': |
| 442 | ** Jonica T. Gibbs is, like Hattie, a lesbian (with the same butch style as well). |
| 443 | ** Idina, a supporting character who's a lesbian as well, was played by the queer actress Shylo Shaner. |
| 444 | * ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': Evelyn Harper is bisexual. Her actress Creator/HollandTaylor is a lesbian. |
| 445 | * ''Series/TheStrain'': Lesbian Nikki Taylor is played by bisexual actress Creator/NicolaCorreiaDamude. |
| 446 | * ''Series/BurdenOfTruth'': Star Slade, who's queer, plays Luna, a lesbian. |
| 447 | * Creator/EmilyRios is a lesbian who's played lesbian characters twice. Maria on ''Series/MenOfACertainAge'' was a recurring character. Later on ''Series/TheBridgeUS'' she portrayed Adriana Mendez, a reporter (and both are also Mexican-American). Regarding the latter, she gushed about getting to play a woman like herself, even in a minor role, and the directors accepted her input that Adriana's sexuality is just incidental without being the focus of her entire character. |
| 448 | * ''Series/AmericanGods2017'': |
| 449 | ** Creator/YetideBadaki who plays the DepravedBisexual goddess Bilquis came out as bisexual herself in 2021 and credited the show with helping her to be open about her sexuality. |
| 450 | ** Queer actress Creator/KawennahereDeveryJacobs plays Samantha "Sam" Black Crow, a Cherokee Two-Spirit. |
| 451 | * ''Series/TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls'': |
| 452 | ** Leighton is a lesbian and her actress, Creator/ReneeRapp, identifies as a lesbian as well. |
| 453 | ** Alicia dates Leighton; her actress Midori Francis is herself also queer. |
| 454 | ** The gay Travis is played by Betti, a genderfluid drag performer. |
| 455 | ** Tova's actor, Creator/VicoOrtiz, is also non-binary. |
| 456 | ** Coach Woods, who is a lesbian married to another woman, is played by Jillian Armenante, who is also married to a woman and has two children with her. |
| 457 | ** Molly, one of the women whom Leighton has sex with, was played by queer actress Emily Morales-Cabrera. |
| 458 | * Downplayed in ''Literature/NormalPeople''. In the book, Joanna was a lesbian, and a DeletedScene showed her with a girlfriend. Her actress Eliot Salt also has a girlfriend. |
| 459 | * ''Series/ConversationsWithFriends'': Lesbian Creator/SashaLane plays Bobbi, who's also a lesbian. |
| 460 | * ''Series/EverythingsGonnaBeOkay'': Creator/JoshThomas, Adam Faison, and Creator/VicoOrtiz are all LGBT+ (Thomas and Faison are gay while Ortiz is genderfluid) and play LGBT characters (although in Ortiz's case, they play a cisgender lesbian). |
| 461 | * ''Series/QueenSugar'': |
| 462 | ** Nova Bordelon is bisexual and her actress Rutina Wesley was engaged to a woman at one point. |
| 463 | ** Micah starts questioning his sexuality in season 6. His actor, Nicholas L. Ashe, came out in 2020. |
| 464 | * Most gay men in ''[=EastSiders=]'' are played by gay actors including Thom (Van Hansis), Cal (Kit Williamson), Jeremy (Matthew [=McKelligon=]), and Paul (Creator/SeanMaher). |
| 465 | * ''Series/{{Uncoupled}}'' stars Creator/NeilPatrickHarris and Tuc Watkins as gay divorced couple Michael and Colin. |
| 466 | * In ''Series/TheOrder'' queer actress Creator/KawennahereDeveryJacobs plays Lilith Bathory, who's a bisexual woman who shares a kiss with a man she likes before dating a woman. |
| 467 | * ''Series/{{Hacks}}'': |
| 468 | ** Ava is bisexual, played by Hannah Einbinder who's also bisexual. |
| 469 | ** Creator/LorenzaIzzo, who's pansexual, portrays Ava's ex-girlfriend Ruby. |
| 470 | ** Marcus is gay, played by Carl Clemons-Hopkins, who's queer and nonbinary. |
| 471 | ** The "water cop" Wilson (who Marcus briefly dates) is played by Johnny Sibilly, who's queer. |
| 472 | * ''Series/SingleDrunkFemale'': |
| 473 | ** Rebecca Henderson is a lesbian like her character Olivia. |
| 474 | ** Jojo Brown, who is a bisexual trans woman, plays Mindy, who is also a trans woman. |
| 475 | * ''Series/OurFlagMeansDeath'' features the likes of Nathan Foad (who's gay like his character Lucius) and Creator/VicoOrtiz (who's non-binary like their character Jim). |
| 476 | * ''Series/TheSandman2022'': |
| 477 | ** The nonbinary character Desire of the Endless is played by the nonbinary actor Mason Alexander Park. |
| 478 | ** Out gay character Hal is played by out gay actor Creator/JohnCameronMitchell. |
| 479 | * ''Series/TheBisexual'': Creator/DesireeAkhavan plays Leila, the titular character who is a bisexual woman like her. |
| 480 | * ''Series/Dynasty1981'' has a retroactive example with Creator/KevinConroy playing Steven's love interest Bart Fallmont although Conroy came out as gay over 30 years later. |
| 481 | * ''Series/TheFirstLady'': Creator/GillianAnderson, who's said she's had relationships with other women in the past and isn't attracted to people based on gender (but doesn't label herself) plays UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt, who is portrayed here as having a female lover in the 1930s for a time. |
| 482 | * ''Series/{{Dickinson}}'': Sue is in love with Emily and is played by queer actress Creator/EllaHunt. |
| 483 | * ''Series/Flowers2016'': Creator/SophiaDiMartino plays Amy, a lesbian, while she's dated men and women though she doesn't label herself. |
| 484 | * ''Series/ALeagueOfTheirOwn2022'': |
| 485 | ** Creator/AbbiJacobson is bisexual, and her character Carson Shaw discovers she's attracted to women during the show. |
| 486 | ** Roberta Colindrez identifies as queer, and her character Lupe Garcia is a ButchLesbian. |
| 487 | ** Melanie Field is queer just like Jo Deluca, the character she portrays on the show. |
| 488 | ** Lea Robinson, who's nonbinary and queer, plays trans man Bertie. |
| 489 | ** Creator/RosieODonnell plays Vi, who's a lesbian like her. |
| 490 | * ''{{Series/Heartstopper|2022}}'': |
| 491 | ** Charlie is gay and is played by Joe Locke who is also gay in real life. |
| 492 | ** Creator/KitConnor is bi like his character Nick. |
| 493 | ** Elle is a transgender girl, as is her actress Creator/YasminFinney. |
| 494 | ** Isaac is aroace and played by gay actor Tobie Donovan. |
| 495 | ** Darcy, a lesbian, is played by queer transmasculine actor Kizzy Edgell. |
| 496 | ** Mr Ajayi is gay, as is his actor Fisayo Akinade. |
| 497 | ** Felix, one of Elle's new friends, is non-binary and is played by transmasculine actor Ash Self. |
| 498 | ** Naomi, another one of Elle's new friends, is a trans woman like her actress Bel Priestley. |
| 499 | * ''Series/InTheDark'': |
| 500 | ** Vanessa, Jess' bisexual first girlfriend, was played by Creator/HumberlyGonzalez, who's queer. |
| 501 | ** Sterling, a lesbian whom Jess dates after Vanessa, was played by Natalie Liconti, who's a lesbian and nonbinary. |
| 502 | * ''Series/TheFall2013'': Stella is bisexual, and played by Creator/GillianAnderson, who's said she's had relationships with women in the past, but doesn't use any LGBT+ label. |
| 503 | * Creator/ShayMitchell said she's attracted to people based on a specific personality, regardless of their gender. In 2022, she appeared on [=TikTok=] with a video that indicated she's bisexual. |
| 504 | ** On ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' she played lesbian Emily Fields. |
| 505 | ** Later on ''Series/{{You|2018}}'' she played Peach Salinger, who's bi or a lesbian. |
| 506 | ** Stella Cole, whom Mitchell played after this on ''Series/{{Dollface}}'', is a bisexual woman. |
| 507 | * Creator/AliaShawkat is openly bisexual and has played several queer female characters. |
| 508 | ** Adele on ''Series/BroadCity'', who hooks up with Ilana. |
| 509 | ** Lila on ''Series/{{Transparent}}'', who ends up in a [[{{Polyamorous}} polyamorous]] relationship with Sarah. |
| 510 | ** Blanche on ''WesternAnimation/SummerCampIsland'', who's female and dating Ava. |
| 511 | ** Nima/Naima in ''Film/DuckButter'', whose relationship with another woman she meets, Sergio, is the core of the plot. |
| 512 | ** Dory on ''Series/SearchParty'', whose primary love interest, Drew, is male, but later enters a relationship with [[spoiler: her friend Porcia]]. |
| 513 | * ''Series/ColdCase'': ButchLesbian Billie was played by Creator/TessaThompson (her very first TV role), who came out many years later as LGBT+ (not using labels, but she's attracted to women along with men). |
| 514 | * ''Series/AvocadoToast'': Molly is based on and played by Heidi Lynch, who's bisexual like her. |
| 515 | * Creator/ElizabethLudlow has played two characters who are LGBT+ like them. |
| 516 | ** In ''Equal'', she played the real ButchLesbian Stormé [=DeLarverie=], who protected the LGBT+ community in New York City with her guns ([=DeLarverie=]'s scuffle with the NYPD is often identified as the spark of the famous Stonewall Riot). |
| 517 | ** They play another lesbian, Keeya, who's married to another woman in ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}''. |
| 518 | * ''Series/{{Willow|2022}}'': Kit (played by queer actress Creator/RubyCruz) and Jade (whom lesbian actress Creator/ErinKellyman plays) are both confirmed as in love with each other. |
| 519 | * In ''Series/QuantumLeap2022'', non-binary character Ian Wright is played by non-binary actor Creator/MasonAlexanderPark, and both use they/them pronouns. |
| 520 | * While promoting her show ''Ragdoll'', in which she plays queer detective Lake Edmonds, Creator/LucyHale said that while she doesn't like talking about her sexuality, she shared her character's attraction to women while not specifically defining anything. |
| 521 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'': |
| 522 | ** The tie-in podcast and novel ''Rebel Robin'' has Robin's favorite teacher Mr. Hauser, who is revealed to be gay in the novel and is voiced by Creator/SeanMaher in the podcast. |
| 523 | ** Season 4 all but states that Will is gay, which was also confirmed by the cast and showrunners in interviews. Will's actor Creator/NoahSchnapp came out as gay about 6 months after Season 4 was released, even quipping that he and Will have more in common than he thought. |
| 524 | ** Robin is a lesbian played by queer actress Creator/MayaHawke. |
| 525 | ** Amybeth [=McNulty=] is bisexual and plays Vickie, who is heavily implied to be bi. |
| 526 | * ''Series/NineOneOne'': Gay operator Josh Russo is played by gay actor Creator/BryanSafi. |
| 527 | * ''Series/NineOneOneLoneStar'': |
| 528 | ** Transgender character Paul Strickland is played by Creator/BrianMichaelSmith, who is also transgender. |
| 529 | ** Gay couple TK and Carlos are played by Creator/RonenRubinstein (who is bisexual) and Creator/RafaelSilva (who is gay). |
| 530 | * ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'': |
| 531 | ** Nonbinary actor Creator/BellaRamsey plays Ellie Williams, who is a lesbian. |
| 532 | ** Gay actor Creator/MurrayBartlett played Frank, who became lovers with Bill. |
| 533 | * ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': Lesbian Charlie Covell played James, the trans man who stole Alex's penis because he'd wanted one so much (being able to get it became his superpower). |
| 534 | * Bisexual actress Nicole Pacent plays Tara's girlfriend Rebecca on the revival ''Series/CriminalMinds: Evolution''. She had previously played lesbian Aster in the web series ''Anyone But Me''. |
| 535 | * ''Series/Accused2023'': In "Robyn's Story", J. Harrison Ghee, who's a pansexual nonbinary actor, plays Robyn who is at the very least a gay man (or maybe nonbinary too) and performs drag like Ghee. |
| 536 | * ''Series/GothamKnights2023'': |
| 537 | ** Cullen Row is a trans man, and his actor Tyler [=DiCharia=] is a gay transgender man. |
| 538 | ** Anna Lore is bisexual and plays Stephanie, who comes out as a lesbian. |
| 539 | * ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'': Nikki implied in episode 4 that she was queer by the quip, "Oof, hetero life is grim", with it being confirmed by her actress Creator/GingerGonzaga. Gonzaga herself is bisexual. |
| 540 | * ''Series/ShadowAndBone'': Jack Wolfe is gay like the character he plays, Wylan. |
| 541 | * ''Series/Charmed2018'': Main character Mikaela in the final season was bisexual and played by queer actress Lucy Barrett. Season three also introduced two trans supporting characters, trans woman Josefina and trans man Kevin. Both were played by trans actors, Mareya Salazar and J.J. Hawkins respectively, with the same genders. Additionally, lesbian Jada (another supporting character) was also played by queer actress Aleyse Shannon in the show's early seasons. |
| 542 | * ''Series/ThePower2023'': Transgender Chilean actress Daniela Vega plays Sister Maria, a nun who tells Eve she's also trans. |
| 543 | * Creator/MercedesMason, who's bisexual, has played bisexual Cora on ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' and lesbian Lena on ''Series/TheLWord: Generation Q'' (coming out herself as a result of the latter). |
| 544 | * ''Series/PerryMason2020'': Creator/JenTullock, who's queer, plays Anita St. Pierre, the second woman Della sees in Season 2. |
| 545 | * Creator/ArielaBarer is gay, and so far has played two LGBT+ characters. |
| 546 | ** On ''Series/SavedByTheBell2020'' she played Chloe, who's queer. |
| 547 | ** She played bisexual girl Ziggie too on ''Rebel''. |
| 548 | * On ''Once and Again'', Jessie falls in love with a girl and is played by bisexual Evan Rachel Wood. However, Wood only came out many years later. |
| 549 | * ''Series/TheUndeclaredWar'': Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers, who's queer, plays Kathy Freeman who briefly has a relationship with Saara, the female protagonist. |
| 550 | * The first ever example of a transgender person playing a transgender character on television was in the Australian PrimeTimeSoap ''Series/Number96'', where cabaret performer Carlotta played recurring guest character Robyn Ross for four episodes in 1973. To preserve the twist that Robyn was a transgender woman, Carlotta was credited under the name "Carolle Lea". |
| 551 | * In a later season of ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', Betty finds herself falling for a female FBI Agent. This was after her actress Creator/LiliReinhart came out as bisexual. |
| 552 | * While it was never said in the show itself, years later it was confirmed Alex and Stevie on ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' had a relationship. Stevie's actress Music/HayleyKiyoko is openly lesbian. |
| 553 | * ''Series/TheWitcher2019'': [[spoiler:Jaskier]]'s season 3 love interest Prince Radovid is played by gay actor Creator/HughSkinner. |
| 554 | * ''Series/TheCrowdedRoom'': Lesbian Creator/SashaLane plays Ariana, a bisexual who's one of Danny's alternate personalities. |
| 555 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': |
| 556 | ** Barney's gay half-brother James is played by pansexual Creator/WayneBrady, though Brady didn't come out until 10 years after the show ended. |
| 557 | ** James' husband Tom is played by gay actor Creator/JaiRodriguez. |
| 558 | ** In the FailedPilotEpisode ''How I Met Your Dad'', Danny's husband Todd is played by bisexual actor Drew Tarver. |
| 559 | ** In ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'', the lesbian Ellen is played by lesbian actress Tien Tran. |
| 560 | * On ''Series/WalkerIndependence'', closeted lesbian Kate is played by nonbinary Katie Findlay. |
| 561 | * ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': Bishop is a lesbian and nonbinary. They're portrayed by Creator/BexTaylorKlaus, who's nonbinary and pansexual, and uses they/them pronouns like Bishop as well. |
| 562 | * ''Series/Foundation2021'': Creator/BenDaniels is openly gay and his character Bel Riose is married to a man. |
| 563 | * ''Series/{{Vicious}}'': Freddie and Stuart, who are both gay, are portrayed by gay actors Sirs Creator/IanMcKellen and Creator/DerekJacobi, respectively. |
| 564 | * Creator/QuintessaSwindell, who's nonbinary, was on ''Series/InTreatment'' during season 4 for six episodes playing lesbian Laila. |
| 565 | * Creator/BobbiSalvorMenuez, who's nonbinary, transgender, and pansexual, had played bisexual Toby on ''I Love Dick''. |
| 566 | * ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'': |
| 567 | ** Bisexual Creator/AlanCumming portrays Mayor Menlove of Schmigadoon, whose homosexuality becomes [[ComingOutStory more and more apparent]] as the season goes on. |
| 568 | ** Gay Creator/TitussBurgess portrays the Narrator of Schmicago, [[spoiler:who hooks up with Sgt. Rivera in the last episode]]. |
| 569 | * ''Series/TheSpencerSisters'': Thomas Antony Olajide is queer. He plays Zane, who is married to another man and raising their adopted daughter with him. |
| 570 | * ''Series/{{House Of Cards|US}}'': Frank is revealed to be bisexual. Creator/KevinSpacey, after years of speculation, finally came out as gay during his sexual assault scandal. |
| 571 | * ''Series/DeadOfSummer'': |
| 572 | ** Mark Indelicato played Blair, who's gay like him. |
| 573 | ** Creator/ZeldaWilliams, a bisexual woman, played Drew, a gay trans boy. |
| 574 | * ''Series/GenV'': Dr. Edison Cardosa is married to another man. Marco Pigossi plays him, and he's in a relationship with director Marco Calvani. |
| 575 | * ''Series/TheNewsreader'': Rory Fleck Byrne is gay and portrays the bisexual Gerry Carroll. |
| 576 | * ''Series/Stargirl2020'': Like his character Todd Rice, Tim Gabriel is queer in real life. |
| 577 | * Creator/AnnaPaquin played Robyn, a bisexual like her, on ''Flack''. |
| 578 | * ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'': |
| 579 | ** Even before the show premiered, Frankie Rodriguez revealed in [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/frankie-rodriguez-high-school-musical-the-series-tim-federle-diversity-1203313030/ multiple]] [[https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/11/11/high-school-musical-finally-has-out-gay-teen interviews]] regarding his character Carlos and his planned story arc for season 1 that he, like Carlos, is gay. |
| 580 | ** Joe Serafini, who plays Carlos' love interest Seb, was a bit slower to divulge his own sexuality but eventually [[https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/joe-serafini-seb-hsmtmts-finale-season-2 confirmed he is bisexual]]. He also somehow lands a role as the female Sharpay in the musical. |
| 581 | ** Other cast members Lester, Saperstein, and Bassett have also come out as LGBTQ and creator Tim Federle has expressed interest in having their respective characters explore their sexualities in future seasons. As such, season three sees an arc where [[spoiler: Ashlyn]] realizes they're bi over the course of the summer, and [[spoiler: Big Red]] comes out at the last minute as well. |
| 582 | * ''Series/Transatlantic2023'': The openly queer Creator/CoryMichaelSmith plays Varian Fry, portrayed here as a closeted gay man. His dalliance with Thomas is an invention of the show; in real life, the notion that Fry was gay came from his son after Fry had died. |
| 583 | * ''Series/FellowTravelers'': Creator/MattBomer (Hawk) and Creator/JonathanBailey (Tim) are both gay like their characters. |
| 584 | * ''Series/OneOfUsIsLying'': Janae is a lesbian and genderfluid, while actor Creator/JessMcLeod realized they're nonbinary [[LGBTAwakening as a result of the role]]. |
| 585 | * ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'': Creator/TitussBurgess and his character Titus Andromedon are both gay. |
| 586 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': |
| 587 | ** Occasionally gay celebrities are played by gay cast members: |
| 588 | *** Tennis player Billie Jean King, a lesbian, is played by Creator/KateMcKinnon, who's also a lesbian. |
| 589 | *** Controversial gay Congressman George Santos, is played by gay Creator/BowenYang. |
| 590 | ** As an open lesbian, Kate [=McKinnon=] often plays lesbian characters, such as Barbara [=DeDrew=] in the "Whiskers R We" sketches and the ButchLesbian Dre who (alongside Aidy Bryant's Megan) mistakes [[Film/WonderWoman2017 Themyscira]] for an island of lesbians and ends up kissing Creator/GalGadot's Wonder Woman. |
| 591 | ** A Season 46 sketch about the "It Gets Better" project had all the gay characters in the sketch played by gay cast members ([=McKinnon=], Bowen Yang, and Punkie Johnson) and the gay host Dan Levy. During the finale of that same season, those same three cast members (plus the host Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy, who is not an example) played a group of gay characters celebrating (and crying about) LGBT Pride Month. |
| 592 | * ''Series/TheCrown2016'': Gay actor Creator/BenDaniels plays bisexual Lord Snowdon. |
| 593 | * ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal'': Norman Josiffe is played by gay actor Creator/BenWhishaw. |
| 594 | * ''Series/LondonSpy'': The openly gay Creator/BenWhishaw plays a gay man. |
| 595 | * ''Series/ThisIsGoingToHurt'': Adam Kay is depicted in this series as having a boyfriend. In real life, his actor, Creator/BenWhishaw, is gay. |
| 596 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'': The pansexual Dean Pelton is played by the openly queer Creator/JimRash. |
| 597 | * ''Series/DantesCove'': |
| 598 | ** Gay actor Charlie David plays Toby. |
| 599 | * ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'': |
| 600 | ** The CampGay Howard Morris is played by openly gay Michael Cyril Creighton. |
| 601 | ** Charles' stunt double Sazz Pataki is a lesbian played by lesbian Creator/JaneLynch. |
| 602 | ** Mabel dates Alice Banks, an artist played by Creator/CaraDelevingne who is pansexual and genderfluid in real life. |
| 603 | * ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'': Both Brian and his actor Creator/ScottThompson are gay. |
| 604 | * ''Series/QueerAsFolkUS'' stars gay actor Randy Harrison as the gay Justin Taylor. |
| 605 | * ''Series/ClassOf07'': Bernie Van Tiel plays Tegan, who's a ButchLesbian. Van Tiel is queer. |
| 606 | * Canadian actor Adam Beauchese is gay. In ''Series/YouMeHer'' he played Will, who's also gay. ''Series/WildCards2024'' has him play Peter Millford, who's revealed to be involved with another man. |
| 607 | * ''Series/LostGirl'': Creator/ZoiePalmer played lesbian Dr. Lauren Lewis. During the show, she came out publicly by thanking Alex Lalonde, her girlfriend, while getting an award for her work in the role. |
| 608 | * ''Series/TeenageBountyHunters2020'': Sterling Wesley eventually realizes she's bisexual through her relationship with April Stevens. Sterling's actress Maddie Phillips is bisexual too. |
| 609 | * ''Series/RavensHome'': In Season 5, Raven’s assistant Nikki is a transgender female (she explicitly identified herself as such), just like her actress Juliana Joel. |
| 610 | * ''Series/{{Superstore}}'': |
| 611 | ** Creator/NicoSantos (Mateo) is openly gay, like his character. |
| 612 | ** Creator/GeorgeSalazar is gay, and plays Eric, who is also gay. |
| 613 | [[/folder]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 616 | * Stolen City's music video for the song "Faces" revolves around a transgender girl who is the victim of bullying. She's played by trans actress Jamie O'Herlihy. Ironically when the video came out, a lot of people didn't realize she was supposed to be trans.[[note]]The original script had her either at the start or during her transition -- including wearing a wig to look more feminine. Jamie, however, had already transitioned and had her own long hair, so this was dropped.[[/note]] |
| 617 | * Most of the actors/performers in the video for Music/MaryLambert's "Know Your Name" are LGBT+, like Creator/SaraRamirez as the love interest. |
| 618 | * Music/{{tATu}} were infamously portrayed as a lesbian couple, both in their music videos and in their actual music, live performances, and general public image. Even though it was all an act, one member, Julia Volkova, is actually bisexual in real life. |
| 619 | [[/folder]] |
| 620 | |
| 621 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 622 | * Creator/NightValePresents has a bit of a history with this... |
| 623 | ** ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'': Cecil Palmer and Carlos are played by gay actors Cecil Baldwin and Dylan Marron. |
| 624 | *** Marron's casting fixes what the creators saw as a tone-deaf mistake in originally casting straight series co-creator Jeffrey Cranor in the role. |
| 625 | ** ''Podcast/AliceIsntDead'': Protagonist Keisha is played by queer actor Jasika Nicole. |
| 626 | ** ''Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir'': Julian the Janitor is played by Music/NeutralMilkHotel alumnus Julian Koster, who came out as "not straight" in the end-of-season Q&A. |
| 627 | * ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'': Protagonist Archivist Jonathan Sims, who is asexual and biromantic, is played by the real [[TheDanza Jonathan Sims]], who is bisexual. Georgie Barker, who is bisexual, is played by Sasha Sienna, who is also bisexual and genderqueer. |
| 628 | ** ''Podcast/TheMagnusProtocol'': Alice Dyer, a transgender woman, is voiced by Billie Hindle who is also a transgender woman. Initially, she was to be voiced by the non-binary Seer Pink. |
| 629 | * ''Podcast/StarshipQStar'': Non-binary actors Drey Mendez, Isha Menon, and Sunanda Sachatrakui voice the lesbian Sim, the queer Solaris, and ButchLesbian Dusty. |
| 630 | * ''Podcast/UnwellPodcast'': Kathleen Hoil, the voice actor for Abbie, is also nonbinary. |
| 631 | [[/folder]] |
| 632 | |
| 633 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 634 | * Orlando Jordan is bi and, upon showing up in TNA in the 2010s, portrayed his wrestling persona as a DepravedBisexual. |
| 635 | * Wrestling/SonyaDeville was the first openly lesbian performer to wrestle for WWE, and there were several on-screen hints that she had an attraction to her partner Wrestling/MandyRose. They did want to turn it into a full-blown storyline, but WWE nixed it. |
| 636 | * Cassandro is an Exotico - a luchador who performs as a drag queen - and he eventually came out as gay to match his character. |
| 637 | * Mariah Moreno incorporated her trans identity into her on-screen character for ''WILD Wrestling'' - "The Bloodthirsty Vixen" Amanda - in 2011. She defeated Lucky O'Shea for the promotion's championship, but was disqualified in kayfabe when her being trans was revealed. The storyline saw management ultimately deciding to let her compete, and she set a record for being the first trans athlete to win a championship in any sport. |
| 638 | [[/folder]] |
| 639 | |
| 640 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 641 | * ''Radio/RoundTheHorne'' had a recurring sketch featuring two CampGay men named Julian and Sandy. They were respectively played by Hugh Paddick and Creator/KennethWilliams, both of whom were also gay in real life, with the latter also describing himself as asexual. |
| 642 | * ''Radio/DoctorWhoRedacted'' stars trans actress Charlie Craggs as trans podcaster Cleo Proctor. |
| 643 | * In ''A Ghastly Mistake'', a Radio 4 dramatisation of the real-life trial of transgender man Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet of Craiglevar, whose cousin sued him over the title, claiming he wasn't a male heir, Forbes is played by non-binary actor Kit Green. |
| 644 | [[/folder]] |
| 645 | |
| 646 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 647 | * The show ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'' has the titular character of Hedwig who is possibly a trans woman but could also be CampGay. Hedwig is usually played by gay or effeminate men because of this. In fact, when the rather masculine Creator/TayeDiggs took over the role, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks upset critics and fans rioted]]. |
| 648 | * The 2018 Broadway production of ''Theatre/TheBoysInTheBand'' features an entirely queer cast, including the likes of Creator/MattBomer (Donald), Creator/ZacharyQuinto (Harold), Creator/AndrewRannells (Larry), [[Series/TeenWolf Charlie Carver]] (Cowboy), and Creator/JimParsons (Michael). It was later adapted into a movie on Creator/{{Netflix}} with the same cast. |
| 649 | ** The original off-Broadway production (and 1970 film adaptation) featured Kenneth Nelson (Michael), Leonard Frey (Harold), Frederick Combs (Donald), Keith Prentice (Larry), and Robert La Tourneaux (Cowboy). |
| 650 | * In the original Broadway run of ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' the puppeteer of the resident closeted homosexual Rod, John Tartaglia, is a gay man in real life, who's currently happily taken by his partner, Devin Neilson, who's also known as Tumblebrutus from the American tour of Cats. |
| 651 | * Miya Rurika came out as gender-free after their retirement from the Creator/TakarazukaRevue. Their character Sweetheart in ''Theatre/{{Baddy}}'' is depicted with an AmbiguousGender. |
| 652 | * The Broadway production of Deaf West's ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' has the bisexual Creator/AndyMientus and gay Joshua Castille play Hanschen and Ernst, who has a seduction and makeout scene. |
| 653 | * ''Theatre/TheProm'': |
| 654 | ** Both Brooks Ashmanskas (Barry) and Josh Lamon (Sheldon) are openly gay actors playing explicitly gay characters. Christopher Sieber is also openly gay, but his character Trent's sexuality is never stated in the show. |
| 655 | ** Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle [=McCalla=], who play Emma and Alyssa respectively, each came out during the show's run, with Kinnunen preferring not to commit to a label but generally going with "bi/queer" and [=McCalla=] eventually confirming that she identifies as bisexual. |
| 656 | * ''Theatre/TorchSongTrilogy'': Creator/HarveyFierstein is openly gay and plays flamboyant gay man Arnold Beckoff. |
| 657 | * Several productions of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' have featured queer actors: |
| 658 | ** The original 1993-94 Broadway run starred Creator/StephenSpinella as Prior and Creator/JoeMantello as Louis. |
| 659 | ** A 2010 off-Broadway production starred Creator/ZacharyQuinto as Louis and Creator/BillyPorter as Belize. |
| 660 | ** A 2013 Sydney production featured [=DeObia=] Oparei (who’s gay) as Belize. |
| 661 | ** A 2013-14 Toronto production starred Damien Atkins (who’s gay) as Prior and Gregory Prest (who’s gay) as Louis. |
| 662 | ** The 2017 National Theatre production starred Creator/NathanLane (ironically) as Roy Cohn and Creator/RussellTovey as Joe. When the production transferred to Broadway the following year, Tovey was replaced by Creator/LeePace. In fact, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180605014908/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/style/gay-actors-on-broadway-lee-pace.html Pace came out during this time]]. |
| 663 | ** A 2018 Berkeley production starred Randy Harrison as Prior, Creator/StephenSpinella as Roy Cohn, and Creator/BobTheDragQueen as Belize. |
| 664 | * ''Theatre/TheNormalHeart'' has had its fair share of queer actors: |
| 665 | ** The original 1985 off-Broadway production starred Creator/BradDavis as Ned. |
| 666 | ** During its 1986 run in London, Ned was briefly played by Creator/TomHulce. |
| 667 | ** A 2004 off-Broadway revival had Creator/RaulEsparza as Ned. |
| 668 | ** The 2011 Broadway run starred Creator/JoeMantello as Ned, Creator/JohnBenjaminHickey as Felix, Creator/LeePace as Bruce, and Creator/JimParsons as Tommy (which he’d later reprise for the HBO version). |
| 669 | ** A 2011-12 Toronto production starred Jonathan Wilson (who’s gay) as Ned. |
| 670 | ** The 2021 National Theatre production starred Creator/BenDaniels as Ned. |
| 671 | * ''Theatre/TheRockyHorrorShow'': Played with depending on the production, as there are a lot of queer characters and queer actors but they don't always overlap (for instance, Janet was played by now-out-as-bi Creator/SusanSarandon in the film but is one of the less explicitly queer characters, having only one brief kiss with another woman while under the influence, while neither of the two actresses who portrayed clearly bi women in the film are queer as far as anyone knows). |
| 672 | ** Frank N. Furter (a pansexual crossdresser from a species that seems to lack human gender norms) has been played by gay actors David Bedella and Paul Jabara (yes, the guy who wrote "It's Raining Men"), and gay actor/activist/former drag queen Páll Óskar in the Icelandic production. (Philip Sayer, who briefly portrayed him in 1974, was also apparently gay, having a brief affair with Creator/SusanSarandon but otherwise only being interested in men: https://pridesource.com/article/80097-2) |
| 673 | ** Riff Raff is, depending on the actor, AmbiguouslyBi, with some playing him as blatantly attracted to Frank while others leave it as subtext. While not in drag for most of the show he turns up in fishnets at the end and was planned to do more drag in the never-made sequel (and it could be argued that ''all'' Transylvanians are on some level genderqueer by human standards). In the original stage show and film he is portrayed by Creator/RichardOBrien, who at the time identified as a transvestite and has since come out as nonbinary (and while he tends not to label his sexuality has said gender isn't a factor in who he's attracted to). In the Broadway revival he is played by Creator/RaulEsparza who later came out as bi. |
| 674 | ** Brad, who discovers his interest in men over the course of the story, has been played by gay actor Ben Forster for the 2015 40th anniversary performance. |
| 675 | ** Magenta is bisexual and was briefly portrayed in 2010 by also bisexual Creator/EvanRachelWood. |
| 676 | ** Columbia, also bisexual, has been portrayed on Broadway by Music/JoanJett, who does not label her sexuality but when asked if she would ever "declare herself" to be queer showed off her labrys necklace (a symbol for sapphic women, primarily lesbians) and said "I don't know how much more you can declare". |
| 677 | ** An unusual case with Eddie (a bi man) in the Broadway revival, who was [[CrossCastRole played by]] lesbian actress Creator/LeaDeLaria (who also played Dr Scott, a Nazi...who was intended to be revealed as a closeted gay man in a planned sequel). |
| 678 | ** Subverted with the narrator, probably ''the'' most frequently cast as queer character (primarily because [[StuntCasting it's an opportunity for famous queer people to appear]] that doesn't require them to sing and dance), who has no clear sexuality because they only act as...well, a narrator. He's been portrayed by gay actors like Creator/CharlesGray, Creator/StephenFry, TV host and gay activist Dave Holmes, and the gay stand-up comedian Joel Creasey, as well as by Creator/RichardOBrien himself, and lesbian comedian Kate Clinton. |
| 679 | [[/folder]] |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 682 | !! Multiple Roles: |
| 683 | * Creator/AllegraClark, who identifies as queer after initially coming out as bisexual, voices several bisexual characters: Dorothea from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Josephine in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Alice in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory5'', and Marisa in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6''. She also voices non-binary Bloodhound in ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' and pansexual Naomi in ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh''. |
| 684 | * The openly gay Creator/CamClarke plays the [[GayOption bisexual option]] Sky from ''Videogame/JadeEmpire'', whom the male playable character can enter a relationship with. He also voices a male [[PlayerCharacter Corrin]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', who can enter into a relationship with [[GayOption another bisexual man]], Niles. Likewise, he voices Tesshu in the third VideoGame/{{Tenchu}} game, which has an unlockable GagDub language option called B-Side that changes the story so that Tesshu's quest involves getting back together with his [[TwinSwitch boyfriend(s)]]. |
| 685 | * Besides LesbianJock Valkryie in ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'', pansexual and genderfluid Creator/ErikaIshii voices the nonbinary Catbat in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRumble''. |
| 686 | * Bisexual voice actress Creator/EricaLindbeck voices several bisexual characters: Black Cat in ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' (who was revealed to be bisexual in [[ComicBook/SpiderManBlackCatTheEvilThatMenDo 2002]]), Psylocke in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'', Lucy in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory5'', and AmbiguouslyGay Peppermint in VideoGame/HiFiRush. |
| 687 | * Non-binary actor Creator/CaseyMongillo voices a number of non-binary characters including Floofty from ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}'' and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Limstella]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''. |
| 688 | |
| 689 | !! Individual Examples: |
| 690 | * Also from ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' is LesbianJock Valkryie, voiced by the openly pansexual and genderfluid Creator/ErikaIshii, as well as the trans female Catalyst played by trans actress Meli Grant. |
| 691 | * In ''VideoGame/BillieBustUp'', pansexual character Fantoccio is voiced by asexual actor Michael Kovach. |
| 692 | * In ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'', gay couple Sir Hammerlock and Wainwright Jakobs are portrayed by J. Michael Tatum and David Wald, respectively, both of whom are gay in real life. Lor (who mentions he wishes to transition and comes out in a later title) is voiced by transmasc actor Creator/CiaranStrange. |
| 693 | * ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': |
| 694 | ** Nocturne, a ForgottenChildhoodFriend of party member Shadowheart shows up in Act II. If the latter recovers some memories in Act I she will remember that Nocturne presented as a boy, and Nocturne confirms she's a trans woman. She is voiced by Abagail Thorn of ''WebVideo/PhilosophyTube'', who is also a trans woman. |
| 695 | ** Shadowheart herself is [[EveryoneIsBi bi/pan]] and finds AmazonianBeauty Karlach attractive. She is voiced by Creator/JenniferEnglish, who is a lesbian. |
| 696 | * ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'': Both Ranger Captain Skip and their voice actor Creator/MarinMiller are non-binary and go by they/them pronouns. |
| 697 | * ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': |
| 698 | ** Claire is voiced by Maddie Taylor, both of whom are trans women. |
| 699 | ** A V of either gender can have a one-night stand with Meredith Stout. Stout's voice actress, Creator/EricaLindbeck, is bisexual. |
| 700 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Lindhardt, who is bisexual, is played by the openly gay Creator/ChrisPatton. |
| 701 | * ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinB3Remixed'': [=Biddle3=] voices Shaya Dearest, both of whom are trans women. |
| 702 | * ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'': |
| 703 | ** Both Fang and their voice talent, Creator/LachlanWatson, are non-binary and go by they/them pronouns. |
| 704 | ** Both Sage and his voice actor, Jensen Trani, are transgender men. |
| 705 | ** Both Rosa and her voice actress, Dee Revilla, are transgender women. |
| 706 | * In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive'', agender Testament is portrayed in English by the transfeminine voice actress Creator/KayleighMcKee. |
| 707 | * In ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods'', which added voice acting in a later patch, Tara Bryck is a trans woman, like her VA, Stephanie Arata. |
| 708 | * Lev in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' is a trans man like his actor Ian Alexander. |
| 709 | * ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'': Creator/AshlyBurch, Chloe Price's voice actor in the first game, is pansexual while Chloe is [[AmbiguouslyBi bisexual/lesbian]]. |
| 710 | * Zoe from ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' is framed as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything an allegory]] for a trans woman's experience: she's an ancient eldritch being who has discovered that she's much happier and more fulfilled living as a high schooler, and many of the issues she faces in trying to self-actualize parallel common trans experiences (such as being deadnamed, either maliciously by bullies or by people who misguidedly want her to go back to the way they remember her). Her voice actor, Creator/CaseyMongillo, is trans femme non-binary. |
| 711 | ** In the sequel ''Monster Camp'', Casey Mongillo returns to voice Milo Belladonna and Hex, both of whom identify as nonbinary they/them. Additionally, Creator/CiaranStrange, a trans masc singer/songwriter/actor/graphic novelist, provides the voice for non-binary playable character Sawyer. |
| 712 | * Birdo from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', who is a transgender woman, was voiced in the ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Super Mario USA]]'' [[https://youtu.be/KSe1sn5Ffuk commercial]] and ''VideoGame/BSSuperMarioUSA'' by Jun Donna, a Japanese trans female voice actress. |
| 713 | * Tyler in ''VideoGame/TellMeWhy'' is usually credited with being the first playable trans character in a video game from a major developer. His voice actor August Aiden Black is also a trans man. In addition, Creator/DONTNODEntertainment {{enforced|trope}} this by making sure to cast trans voice actors for the voiceovers in other languages. |
| 714 | * Juniper in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' is listed in the game's code as nonbinary[[note]]Male characters are given a gender value of "0" and female characters are "1", but Juniper is listed as "2", in a manner similar to ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'''s Roc.[[/note]] and uses they/them pronouns. Their voice actor, Lilly Hart, is also nonbinary. |
| 715 | * ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'': Eternity, a [[AmbiguousGender gender-nonconforming]] character, is voiced by Vittorio Wyatt Gray, who is trans. |
| 716 | [[/folder]] |
| 717 | |
| 718 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 719 | * ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': Pansexual actress Ashley Nichols voices the genderqueer character, Zooble, who uses all pronouns. |
| 720 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': |
| 721 | ** Pansexual imp Blitzo is voiced by a gay actor WebVideo/BrandonRogers. |
| 722 | ** Millie's sister Sallie May is a trans woman and is played by trans lesbian voice actress Morgana Ignis. |
| 723 | ** Non-binary drag queen Creator/JinkxMonsoon voices Apple the succubus, who is in a relationship with Coco, another succubus. |
| 724 | ** Bisexual actress Creator/EricaLindbeck voices Kiki, a succubus who flirts with a human girl in episode 3. |
| 725 | * In ''WebAnimation/GenLock'', pansexual genderfluid character Val/entina Romanyszyn is voiced by non-binary actor Creator/AsiaKateDillon. The creators' first choice for the role, Creator/TatianaMaslany, turned down the role on the grounds that this trope ''should'' be in place. |
| 726 | * WebAnimation/QueerDuck is gay, and so is his voice actor Jim J. Bullock. |
| 727 | * ''WebAnimation/RainTheAnimatedSeries'': Rain, a [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} trans girl]], is voiced by Larissa Frost, who’s also a trans woman. |
| 728 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 729 | ** Panromantic demisexual intersex transgender non-binary actor Kdin Jenzen voices May Marigold, a transgender woman. |
| 730 | ** Arryn Zech revealed on a livestream that Blake Belladonna, just like herself, is bi. |
| 731 | ** Yang is AmbiguouslyBi and eventually ends up in a relationship with [[spoiler:Blake]]. She is voiced by Barbara Dunkelman, who stated she wasn't fully straight. |
| 732 | ** Bisexual actress Lindsay Sheppard voices Saphron Cotta-Arc, who has a wife and son. |
| 733 | [[/folder]] |
| 734 | |
| 735 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 736 | * ''WebVideo/{{Carmilla}}'' |
| 737 | ** Elise Bauman, who is bisexual, plays lesbian Laura Hollis. |
| 738 | ** Natasha Negovanlis, who is pansexual, plays lesbian Carmilla Karnstein. |
| 739 | ** K Alexander, who is non-binary, plays non-binary [=LaFontaine=]. |
| 740 | * Dee from ''WebVideo/CoupleIsh'' is a non-binary character played by K Alexander, who is also non-binary. |
| 741 | * ''WebVideo/CriticalRole.'' |
| 742 | ** Creator/TaliesinJaffe, who is bisexual, plays multiple -- genderfluid bisexual Mollymauk Tealeaf (campaign 2), aromantic asexual Caduceus Clay (campaign 2, [[spoiler:after Molly's death]]), and nonbinary Ashton Greymoore (campaign 3), who uses both he/him and they/them pronouns. |
| 743 | ** Similarly, Creator/AshlyBurch and Mica Burton guest star in several episodes as bisexual dwarven fighter Keg and aasimar druid Reani, respectively. Burch and Burton are pansexual and bisexual, respectively. |
| 744 | ** AF Flowers from the Monsterhearts One Shot and their player A. G. Beardsley (credited on the show as Ally Beardsley) are both nonbinary and use they/them pronouns. |
| 745 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Yajirobe, Korin, and Burter, who were all made gay in the series, are voiced by the gay [=KaiserNeko=]. He also voices the flamboyantly gay Sharpner in the Buu Bits years after the series ended. |
| 746 | * ''ARG/TheNoedolekcinArchives'': Puz, a genderfluid person, voices the genderfluid Kirk Odd. |
| 747 | * The short film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ksnX1UEvWU Out]]'' is about a gay teenager [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin coming out]] to his parents. He's played by trans actor Archer Bradshaw, who also identifies as bisexual. |
| 748 | * ''WebVideo/ShieldOfTomorrow'' has main cast members Sam de Leve (non-binary) and Amy Dallen (bisexual) playing Commander Junil Rue (non-binary) and Doctor Throlo Sh'shirros (some flavor of [[UsefulNotes/{{Sapphism}} sapphic]]), as well as recurring guest Xander Jeanerret playing Counselor Tristan Peylore (both gay). |
| 749 | * The Irish web series ''Teen Life'' has transgender character Calum played by Creator/JacksonLennon (credited as Jackson Ellis). He also stars in the film ''Boxed In'', based on his own experiences transitioning as a teenager. |
| 750 | [[/folder]] |
| 751 | |
| 752 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 753 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands'': Blaine, who is non-binary/genderfluid, is voiced by Creator/BexTaylorKlaus, who is transgender, non-binary, and pansexual. |
| 754 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake'': Creator/AndrewRannells, who is gay, voices Gary Prince, who is in a relationship with Marshall Lee. His original voice actor in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Creator/NeilPatrickHarris, is also gay. |
| 755 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': |
| 756 | ** Sasha Waybright and her actress Creator/AnnaAkana are both bisexual. |
| 757 | ** A FreezeFrameBonus of Mr. X's phone contacts, which include one named "Hubby", implies that Mr. X is gay, like his voice actor Creator/{{RuPaul}}. |
| 758 | * ''Animation/BabySharksBigShow'': Viv, one of Vola’s mothers, is voiced by bisexual actress Creator/SherryCola. |
| 759 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Baymax}}'': Mbita and his actor Jaboukie Young-White are both part of the LBGTQ community. |
| 760 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'': |
| 761 | ** The gay characters Matthew [=MacDell=] and Aiden are voiced by actual gays Creator/AndrewRannells and Creator/ZacharyQuinto, respectively. Also, the Old Queen in the episode "Guy Town" is voiced by Creator/HarveyFierstein. |
| 762 | ** In the fourth season, transgender character Natalie is voiced by Josie Totah, who is also transgender. |
| 763 | ** Missy's cousin Lena and her voice actress Lena Waithe are both lesbians. |
| 764 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': |
| 765 | ** AmbiguouslyBi Linda Belcher is voiced by the openly gay Creator/{{John Roberts|Actor}}. |
| 766 | ** In "Turkey in a Can", the openly gay butcher who flirts with Bob is voiced by the openly gay Tuc Watkins. |
| 767 | ** [[CampGay Dalton Crespin]], a semi-recurring character in Season 8, is voiced by the openly gay Creator/JohnEarly. |
| 768 | ** Marshmallow, who is transgender, was later recast by the transgender actress Jari Jones. |
| 769 | * ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'': |
| 770 | ** Business negotiator, Mary-Beth, who was introduced in season 5 to settle a dispute between Princess Carolyn and Todd is a lesbian. She's also voiced by Creator/WandaSykes, a lesbian. |
| 771 | ** Yolanda, a woman Todd dated, is asexual and is voiced by the queer actress Creator/NatalieMorales. |
| 772 | ** The asexual Maude introduced in season 6 is voiced by the asexual Echo Gillette. |
| 773 | ** Taneisha, a lesbian getting married to her fiance, is voiced by the bisexual actress Creator/TessaThompson. |
| 774 | * ''WesternAnimation/BossyBear'': Real-life couple Creator/LanceBass and Michael Turchin voice Tyler and Greg respectively, Ginger’s dads. |
| 775 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBravestKnight'': Cedric and Andrew's voice actors T.R. Knight and Wilson Cruz are both gay in real life like Cedric and Andrew are. |
| 776 | * ''WesternAnimation/HumanResources'': Natalie's sister Nadja and her girlfriend Danielle are both voiced by queer actresses Sabrina Jalees and Ariana [=DeBose=]. |
| 777 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': One of the gay couple, Alexander, is voiced by gay actor Creator/JohnEarly. |
| 778 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigNate'': Amy is a lesbian and her voice actress, Ali Stroker, is bisexual. |
| 779 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainLaserhawkABloodDragonRemix'': The eponymous Dolph Laserhawk is attracted to men and voiced by queer actor Nathaniel Curtis. |
| 780 | * Thomas in ''WesternAnimation/CityOfGhosts'' is non-binary and is voiced by transgender child actor Blue Chapman. |
| 781 | * In the 2019 reboot of ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'', one of Samantha's moms, Dr. Mulberry, is voiced by Maggie Cassella, an openly lesbian actress. |
| 782 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': CampGay Zulius is voiced by openly gay actor Paveesh Cheena. |
| 783 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'': Jeff's two moms EJ and Sue were voiced by real-life lesbians Lea [=DeLaria=] and Creator/TigNotaro. |
| 784 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'': Lesbian actress Vicci Martinez voices Creator/FridaKahlo, who is queer. |
| 785 | * ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'': |
| 786 | ** Angel, who is agender and uses "they/them" pronouns, was voiced by queer agender storyboard artist and writer of the show Angel Lorenzana. Eventually, they would be voiced by Miss Benny, a queer transgender woman. |
| 787 | ** J.P.'s sister Laura is a lesbian, just like her voice actress Fortune Feimster. |
| 788 | ** Honeysuckle Ranger Raj's voice actor Paveesh Cheena is gay. |
| 789 | ** Secret Keeper's voice actor Cole Escola is gay and non-binary. |
| 790 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': DepravedBisexual Alison is voiced by Creator/BifNaked, who's also bisexual. |
| 791 | * ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'': |
| 792 | ** Barney, the main lead, is both gay and trans and so is his voice actor, Zach Barack. This stands in contrast to the pilot [[RecursiveAdaptation of sorts]], ''WebAnimation/DeadEnd'', where Barney is voiced by Zack Pearlman, who is neither. |
| 793 | ** In the EU Portuguese dub the gay actor Henrique Feist voices Pugsley, which is now written to be more [[HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster allegorical]] to the gay and trans experience. |
| 794 | ** Zagan is a transgender woman like her voice actress, Michaela Jae Rodriguez. |
| 795 | ** Margie, a woman Barney and Logs meet, is in a relationship with another woman and is played by sapphic transgender actress Angelica Ross. |
| 796 | ** Jules, a non-binary ghost, is voiced by non-binary actor Z Infante. |
| 797 | * The lead character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'', Princess Bean, is hinted at throughout the first two seasons and firmly established in the third season to be bisexual. Her voice actress Creator/AbbiJacobson is herself bisexual. |
| 798 | * ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'': In “The Emergency Plan”, lesbian couple Thea Dolls and Edie Dolls are voiced by lesbian actresses Creator/WandaSykes and Creator/PortiaDeRossi respectively. |
| 799 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': Book 4 introduces Claudia's boyfriend the Earthblood elf Terry, who is a transgender man and his English voice actor, Benjamin Callins, is a bisexual transgender man. |
| 800 | * In ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Xandir, a gay man, is voiced by Creator/JackPlotnick, who is also gay. |
| 801 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Lexington, who was confirmed to be gay, is voiced by gay actor Creator/ThomAdcoxHernandez. |
| 802 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': |
| 803 | ** Molly's history teacher Mrs. Roop and her wife Pam Roop are voiced by lesbian actresses Creator/JaneLynch and Creator/EricaLuttrell. |
| 804 | ** Jeff, Geoff's partner, is voiced by gay actor Vincent Rodriguez III. |
| 805 | * ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'': Hailey's classmates Thad and his boyfriend Jonathan are voiced by gay actors, Nik Dodani and Creator/NicoSantos. |
| 806 | * ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': |
| 807 | ** Pansexual actress Creator/ElsieLovelock voices the bisexual demon Charlie Morningstar in her singing voice in the pilot. |
| 808 | *** Queer actress Creator/JillHarris voices Charlie in her regular speaking voice in the pilot. |
| 809 | ** Gay porn star Angel Dust is voiced by an asexual Michael Kovach in the pilot and the ADDICT music video. |
| 810 | ** Openly bisexual actress Creator/StephanieBeatriz voices Charlie's girlfriend Vaggie in the series. |
| 811 | ** Openly gay actor Joel Perez voices Valentino, the [[DepravedBisexual depraved pansexual]] Overlord. |
| 812 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has Mr. Simmons voiced by Creator/DanButler, though his relationship with Peter is made subtle. |
| 813 | * Raye Rodriguez, the series creator of ''WesternAnimation/HighGuardianSpice'' voices the transgender Professor Caraway. On the flip side, transgender woman Julia Kaye voices Snapdragon, [[WordOfGay who is confirmed to transition eventually]]. Sage's lesbian cousin, Anise, is played by lesbian actress Haviland Stillwell. |
| 814 | * ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': Creator/AndrewRannells and Creator/JonathanGroff are gay like their characters William and Rick. Groff's replacement in Season 2 Creator/LukeMacFarlane is also gay. |
| 815 | * ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'': Queer actress Creator/KausarMohammed voices Yasmina, who is bisexual. |
| 816 | * ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': Asher is non-binary, and their voice actor, River Butcher, is a trans man. |
| 817 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', [[spoiler:Creator/JanetVarney, who plays the title character, is bisexual, and in the series finale Korra ended up in a relationship with Asami.]] |
| 818 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': |
| 819 | ** The genderqueer tavern keeper in the first episode is portrayed by the nonbinary Mason Alexander Park. |
| 820 | ** Lesbian halfling paladin Lady Kima is voiced by openly bisexual Creator/StephanieBeatriz. |
| 821 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': |
| 822 | ** Bisexual non-binary actor Creator/AlysonStoner voices [[spoiler:Luna]]'s girlfriend Sam. |
| 823 | ** Bisexual transgender actress Maddie Taylor voices transgender pageant host Dana Dufresne. In fact, her character [[RealLifeWritesThePlot transitioned with her]]. |
| 824 | ** Pansexual actor Creator/WayneBrady voiced Harold [=McBride=], one of Clyde's dads, until he was replaced by Khary Payton. |
| 825 | ** Pansexual and queer actress Creator/AshlyBurch voices [[LesbianJock Lainey]], one of Lynn's roller derby teammates who is dating Alice. |
| 826 | ** Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, who's gay, voices Leni's GayBestFriend Miguel. |
| 827 | * ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild'': Odee Elliot, a non-binary okapi, is voiced by the non-binary actor Creator/IrisMenas. |
| 828 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': |
| 829 | ** Zoé reveals herself to be sapphic and attracted to Marinette during the fifth season. Her English voice actress, Creator/DeneenMelody, is pansexual. |
| 830 | ** Pansexual actress Creator/ErinFitzgerald voiced Rose, who is bisexual, and Juleka, who is a lesbian, in the English dub for season 1. |
| 831 | ** Alix is aromantic and she is voiced by Creator/KiraBuckland, who uses she/they pronouns, in the English dub. |
| 832 | ** Olympia and Barbara are implied to be a couple and are both voiced by bisexual non-binary actor Creator/AnairisQuinones in the English dub. |
| 833 | * The third generation of ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHigh'' [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity reimagines Frankie Stein as non-binary]]. Accordingly, they're played by non-binary actor iris menas. |
| 834 | ** For their music video, Frankie's singing voice actor is Amanda Kruger, who is also nonbinary. |
| 835 | * ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'': |
| 836 | ** Non-binary actor Creator/AsiaKateDillon voices the ([[{{Pun}} literal]]) non-binary operating system LOS-307. |
| 837 | ** Transgender non-binary actor Creator/IndyaMoore voices Brooklyn, a transgender girl who is a member of the volleyball team in her school. |
| 838 | ** Pansexual transmasculine non-binary actor Creator/IanAlexander voices Tai, a non-binary person who is a member of the volleyball team in their school. |
| 839 | ** Gay actors Creator/AndyCohen and Creator/WilsonCruz voice Isaac and Antonio Calderon, Casey's dads. |
| 840 | * ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': |
| 841 | ** Lesbian Black Strategy (of the Hue Troop) is voiced by asexual Creator/EricaMendez. |
| 842 | ** Enid is bisexual and her voice actress Creator/AshlyBurch came out as queer and pansexual on July 1, 2022. |
| 843 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 844 | ** Raine Whispers is non-binary and uses "they/them" pronouns, just like their voice actor Avi Roque. And in "Them's the Breaks, Kid", teen Raine is voiced by non-binary actor Blu del Barrio. |
| 845 | ** Amity Blight is a lesbian and her voice actress Creator/MaeWhitman came out as pansexual in August 2021. |
| 846 | * ''WesternAnimation/OurCartoonPresident'': Matt Rogers, who is gay, voices Pete Buttigieg. |
| 847 | * ''WesternAnimation/PineconeAndPony'': Wren, who is non-binary, is voiced by transgender and non-binary actor Ser Anzoategui. |
| 848 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamilyLouderAndProuder'': |
| 849 | ** Creator/ZacharyQuinto and Creator/BillyPorter, who are both gay in real life, voice Maya and KG's dads. |
| 850 | ** EJ Johnson is gender nonconforming and gay, just like Michael. |
| 851 | ** Sebastian Boyle, a.k.a. Makeup Boy, goes on a date with Michael and is voiced by Bretman Rock, who is gay and non-binary. |
| 852 | * ''WesternAnimation/QForce'': |
| 853 | ** Real-life gay actors Sean Hayes, Matt Rogers, and Gabe Liedman voiced the gay characters Steve Mayweather, Twink, and Benji. |
| 854 | ** Real-life lesbian actresses Wanda Sykes and Fortune Feimster voiced the lesbian characters Deb and Louisa Desk. |
| 855 | ** Transgender Stat is voiced by transgender actress Patti Harrison. |
| 856 | * ''WesternAnimation/RidleyJones'': |
| 857 | ** Fred, a non-binary bison, is voiced by the non-binary iris means. |
| 858 | ** Ismat's fathers Aten and Kosi are voiced by openly gay actors Creator/AndrewRannells and Creator/ChrisColfer. |
| 859 | * In ''WesternAnimation/RubbleAndCrew'', [[https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/20/paw-patrol-spin-off-rubble-and-crew-non-binary-character/ River, who is nonbinary, is voiced by Cihang Ma, who is also nonbinary.]] |
| 860 | * In the [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021 2021 reboot of]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ButchLesbian Betty [=DeVille=] is voiced by Natalie Morales, who is queer. |
| 861 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecondBestHospitalInTheGalaxy'': Non-binary actor Sam Smith voices the genderless alien Dr. Azel, who uses all pronouns and is in a relationship with a woman named Dr. Klak. |
| 862 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': |
| 863 | ** Double Trouble, the non-binary mercenary introduced in the fourth season, is voiced by Jacob Tobia, who is also non-binary. |
| 864 | ** Showrunner Creator/NDStevenson, who is transmasc and bigender, and in a relationship with a woman, voices Princess Spinnerella, who is not non-binary but is also in a relationship with another woman. |
| 865 | ** Jewelstar is a transgender man like his voice actor, Alex Blue Davis. |
| 866 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 867 | ** Creator/HarveyFierstein plays Karl in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E2SimpsonAndDelilah Simpson and Delilah]]". Karl isn't expressly identified as gay but he does kiss Homer. |
| 868 | ** Creator/JohnWaters plays John in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia Homer's Phobia]]". |
| 869 | ** Creator/ScottThompson plays Grady in "Three Gays of the Condo", "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words", "Flaming Moe", and "Werking Mom". |
| 870 | ** Both Julio and his second actor Tony Rodriguez are gay. |
| 871 | ** Lesbian actress Fortune Feimster plays Evelyn, Patty's girlfriend in "Livin' La Pura Vida". |
| 872 | ** In "Werking Mom", {{Creator/RuPaul}} voices drag queen Queen Chante. |
| 873 | ** Michael from "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire", who served as a love interest to Smithers, was played by gay actor Creator/VictorGarber. |
| 874 | ** Gay actor Creator/BryanBatt plays Philip in "Mad About the Toy". |
| 875 | ** In "Marge the Lumberjill", nonbinary actor Creator/AsiaKateDillon plays Paula, who has a wife. |
| 876 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': Flix, who was confirmed to be gay, is voiced by queer actor Creator/JimRash. |
| 877 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 878 | ** Ruby and Sapphire are [[DiscountLesbians feminine sexless aliens]] romantically involved with each other. Sapphire's voice actress Creator/EricaLuttrell is WLW. Ruby's voice actress Charlyne Yi is non-binary and queer. |
| 879 | ** Non-binary DragQueen [[Series/RuPaulsDragRace Jinkx Monsoon]] voices Emerald, who is sexless and female-presenting. |
| 880 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': Shep is a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} non-binary character using "they/them" pronouns, similar to their voice actor Creator/IndyaMoore. |
| 881 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcakeBerryInTheBigCity'' has a few examples. |
| 882 | ** [[CanonForeigner Banoffee]], who is a transgender woman, is voiced by trans woman Felicia Bonée. |
| 883 | ** [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity Raisin Cane]], who is non-binary, is voiced by the nonbinary Justin Saint. |
| 884 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': CampGay Bowie is voiced by Brandon Michael Arrington, who is also part of the LGBTQ community. |
| 885 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersEarthspark'': Z Infante and the character they voice, Nightshade, are both non-binary. |
| 886 | * ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'': Lesbian Creator/JaneLynch voices the [[ButchLesbian Butch Bisexual]] Coach Maple. |
| 887 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': |
| 888 | ** Daphne's mothers are played by lesbian actresses Creator/WandaSykes and Creator/JaneLynch. |
| 889 | ** Creator/SaraRamirez and their character Amber are both non-binary. |
| 890 | * ''WesternAnimation/WeBabyBears'': Pirate Parrot Polly is non-binary like their voice actor, Em Hagen. |
| 891 | * In the reboot of the X-Men animated series ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'', Morph is non-binary and is voiced by gay actor J.P. Karliak. |
| 892 | [[/folder]] |
| 893 | |
| 894 | !!InUniverse Examples: |
| 895 | |
| 896 | [[AC:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 897 | * In ''Film/LongtimeCompanion'', Howard's character on the SoapWithinAShow ''Other People'' is stated to be the first openly gay character on daytime TV but Howard initially fears typecasting afterwards. [[spoiler:Rumors of Howard having AIDS -- which are true towards the end of the movie -- later end up costing him his role on ''Other People'' and a potential movie role.]] |
| 898 | |
| 899 | [[AC:LiveActionTV]] |
| 900 | * Parodied in sketch show ''Series/SmackThePony'' where a sketch involved two actresses who have to play a lesbian scene. The straight actress is queasy about it all and wants to get it out of the way as quickly as possible. But the lesbian actress keeps inventing excuses for reshoots. |
| 901 | -->"No, I'm not happy with the way I did that. Sorry! My fault! But can we do just one more take?" |
| 902 | * Discussed in ''Series/TheOtherTwo'': Cary protests that Dean must be into men because he's playing Music/GeorgeMichael in a biopic. Shuli points out that only straight people play gay roles, but Dean is 'gay-baiting' by dating Cary because having a man who might be gay play a gay man helps generate buzz. |
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