Statistics on Shows

Data specific to TV shows with queer characters.

Shows We Love

1 in 71 shows earns the flag 32 of 2,256 · 1.4%

A rare and deliberate honor

“Shows We Love” is a hand-picked, carefully curated list, so it’s a fraction of the whole database.

The Cohort

Who the loved shows are

Also Gold
11 of 32

also carry a gold star, meaning they are not only loved, but made for us specifically.

Still Airing
2 of 32

are still on the air right now.

Span
2002–2025

from the first loved premiere to the newest.

Reach
5

countries have produced loved shows.

Loved vs. Everything Else

Bigger casts, queerer casts, happier endings

The top pair are averages per show on a 0–10 axis; the bottom pair are shares of each group on a 0–100% axis.

Queer characters Average per show
10.8
3.2

3 times as many queer characters per loved show.

Queer actors Average per show
1.2
0.1

11 times the queer casting.

Happy ending Carry the trope

A loved show is 7 times as likely to end happily.

Kills a queer character At least one death

A loved show is no less likely to kill a queer character. In fact, queer death is slightly more likely. Being loved is not the same as being safe.

The Roster

All 32, in one place

A star marks the shows that also carry a gold star. Sorted newest premiere first.

Pluribus
Since 2025 2 queer characters · 1 death
Deadloch
Since 2023 13 queer characters · no deaths
A League of Their Own
2022 13 queer characters · no deaths
High School
2022 2 queer characters · no deaths
The Owl House
2020–2023 8 queer characters · 1 death
Twenties
2020–2021 7 queer characters · no deaths
Batwoman
2019–2022 18 queer characters · 1 death
Good Trouble
2019–2024 23 queer characters · no deaths
The L Word: Generation Q
2019–2023 42 queer characters · 1 death
Work in Progress
2019–2021 4 queer characters · no deaths
Everything Sucks
2018 2 queer characters · no deaths
Pose
2018–2021 16 queer characters · 1 death
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
2018–2020 9 queer characters · no deaths
The Haunting of Hill House
2018 3 queer characters · no deaths
Vida
2018–2020 16 queer characters · 1 death
Atypical
2017–2021 4 queer characters · no deaths
One Day at a Time
2017–2020 9 queer characters · no deaths
The Bold Type
2017–2021 19 queer characters · no deaths
Legends of Tomorrow
2016–2022 11 queer characters · no deaths
Take My Wife
2016–2018 10 queer characters · no deaths
Wynonna Earp
2016–2021 4 queer characters · no deaths
One Mississippi
2015–2017 11 queer characters · no deaths
Sense8
2015–2018 18 queer characters · 4 deaths
Carmilla
2014–2016 7 queer characters · no deaths
Jane the Virgin
2014–2019 15 queer characters · 1 death
RED
2014–2020 8 queer characters · no deaths
Transparent
2014–2019 23 queer characters · 2 deaths
Orphan Black
2013–2017 7 queer characters · no deaths
Steven Universe
2013–2019 10 queer characters · 1 death
Bomb Girls
2012–2013 2 queer characters · no deaths
Anyone But Me
2008–2011 5 queer characters · no deaths
Tipping the Velvet
2002 4 queer characters · no deaths

Statistics are updated daily.