From the LWTV Archives

This week, I went in search of the last time we had a whole year without any characters dying. Turns out, it’s 1993!

This week, I fell down a rabbit hole trying to find answers about an early 90s tv show called “Civil Wars”.

This week, I searched for the first Black queer woman character on television and I found her in the 1975 TV movie titled Cage Without A Key.

This week, I’m going to take you on an epic 90s journey to look at the Australian TV show, Raw FM.

This week, I went looking for the first queer woman character on a telenovela.

This week, I dove into the world of soap operas to find the first queer woman on a daytime American soap.

This week, in honor of the second season of Warrior Nun, I decided to take a look back at other queer nuns that have graced our television screens.

This week, we are diving into the database to find the first queer character that appeared on a sitcom.

This week, I was curious to find out which actor on LWTV holds the record for playing the most queer characters on TV.

This week, I wanted to find the first time on TV that queer women got a happy ending. Unsurprisingly, Friends was the winner.

In honor of #ALOTO, this week’s column looks into the first queer woman athlete in TV history!

Turns out, it is Niki Gunter on a 1977 episode of “Westside Medical”.

This week, I searched the LWTV archives for the first queer woman on TV that was out and proud. I found her in an episode of The Bold Ones, a medical drama from the 1970s.