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* Despite there not being any openly LGBT actor cast in''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', Durin IV and Elrond still garnered their own queer fanbase for being reminiscent of Gimli and Legolas, which is the most popular same-gender ship in the fandom. Alternatively, those who like Disa, are more than happy to ship the three of them as a OneTrueThreesome.

** It's had plenty of homoeroticism, strong characters and is about a group of peace-loving space scientists overcoming all manners of danger through unity and with a shared, near-unbreakable sense of morality. And it made SlashFic a thing ([[HoYay Kirk/Spock]], anyone?).

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': InUniverse. In "[[Recap/FriendsS8E19TheOneWithJoeysInterview The One With Joeys Interview]]", Joey does a magazine interview and is nonplussed to discover he has a large male gay fanbase. At the end of the episode, he reveals he sent a "steamy" picture of himself to the magazine to please said fanbase.

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', mostly due to the addition of Agent Victoria Hand, who is a lesbian in the comics, as a recurring character. This would make her the first LGBT character to appear in the ‘’Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse’’. The show also gave the Marvel Cinematic Universe its first ''explicitly'' gay character with Inhuman Joey Gutierrez. Plus the whole Inhuman story arc that was introduced in Season 2 is really starting to resonate with LGBT viewers since all struggles faced by the Inhumans in the show can be applied to gay people in RealLife. Same-sex pairings amongst the main characters are also popular and the fandom even has their own hashtag: #superqueeros.

** Creator/StevenMoffat's era introduced the idea of Time Lords being a race of {{Sex Shifter}}s, potentially changing gender upon regeneration, with the first on-screen demonstration being Missy in 2014, followed by the Doctor themselves in 2017. The Twelfth Doctor especially has a lot of trans fans, as most of the above happened in his era, and he openly hoped his next regeneration would be female.

* Despite there not being any openly LGBT actor cast in''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', Durin IV and Elrond still garnered their own queer fanbase for being reminiscent of Gimli and Legolas, which the most popular same-gender ship in the fandom. Alternatively, those who like Disa, are more than happy to ship the three of them as a OneTrueThreesome.

* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', due to taking place in Manchester's gay village and having several gay main characters.

** ''Series/DoctorWho'' had attracted a large LGBT fanbase during the original series as well, as revival ShowRunner Creator/RussellTDavies had repeatedly referenced on his previous show ''Series/{{Queer As Folk|UK}}'' ("Oh my God, you've got ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]''!"). This is commonly ascribed to the show's long-time NoHuggingNoKissing policy, which meant that gay viewers didn't have the characters' heterosexuality rammed down their throats, and also made the Doctor into something of a symbol in the UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} community. It doesn't hurt that most eras of the show were about a clever, snarky, flamboyantly-dressed hero who defeated bullying authoritarians with guile rather than violence.

* ''Series/RavensHome'' is a ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' sequel where Raven and Chelsea are adults with children. They're both recently divorced and have decided to move in together. Their heavy LesYay has made many viewers note that it's practically a show about [[HasTwoMommies two moms raising a blended family]]. Their children even call the other's mom "Aunt" and mention that they're like siblings. There's also the fact that Creator/RavenSymone herself is a lesbian. This has attracted a large following amongst LGBT people.

** ''Series/DoctorWho'' had attracted a large LGBT fanbase during the original series as well, as revival ShowRunner Creator/RussellTDavies had repeatedly referenced on his previous show ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' ("Oh my God, you've got ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]''!"). This is commonly ascribed to the show's long-time NoHuggingNoKissing policy, which meant that gay viewers didn't have the characters' heterosexuality rammed down their throats, and also made the Doctor into something of a symbol in the UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} community. It doesn't hurt that most eras of the show were about a clever, snarky, flamboyantly-dressed hero who defeated bullying authoritarians with guile rather than violence.

** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':

* Despite there not being any openly LGBT actor cast in''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', Durin IV and Elrond still garnered their own queer fanbase for being reminiscent of Gimli and Legolas, which the most popular same-gender ship in the fandom. Alternatively, those who like Disa, are more than happy to ship the three of them as a OneTruePairing.

* For ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', there is plenty of same-sex chemistry going on in front of and behind the camera, it's the first mainstream show to cast non-binary performers in lead roles (Creator/EmmaDArcy and Creator/EmilyCarey), there's the gay character of Laenor Velaryon who's both attractive and badass and dragons have always been extremely popular with queer fan artists, so it was hardly a surprise that LGBT+ fandoms took to the series very well.

* For ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', there is plenty of same-sex chemistry going on in front of and behind the camera, it's the first mainstream show to cast a non-binary performers in lead roles (Creator/EmmaDArcy and Creator/EmilyCarey), there's the gay character of Laenor Velaryon who's both attractive and badass and dragons have always been extremely popular with queer fan artists, so it was hardly a surprise that LGBT+ fandoms took to the series very well.

* For ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', there is plenty of same-sex chemistry going on in front of and behind the camera, it's the first mainstream show to cast a non-binary performer in the lead role, there's the gay character of Laenor Velaryon who's both attractive and badass and dragons have always been extremely popular with queer fan artists, so it was hardly a surprise that LGBT+ fandoms took to the series very well.

* ''Series/TheLWord'', which takes place in West LA (dubbed in-universe Lesboland), harvested a devout following among lesbian viewers.

*** The scene where Jadzia reunites with Kor, introduces herself with her new name, and is immediately accepted is often held up as a positive example of dealing with a trans person who has changed their name.