In This Year - 1986

An overview of queer events that occurred in 1986.

Deltas compare against 1985

16 characters on air in 1986

Every queer character with a role in a show airing this year.

Jump to a letter Bar height is that letter's share of the 16
— A — B 1 C — D — E — F 1 G 1 H 1 I 2 J 2 K — L 1 M — N — O — P — Q 3 R — S 3 T — U 1 V — W — X — Y — Z — #
R and T tie for the most, 3 each 10 letters in use · A, B, D, E, F, L, N, O, P, Q, S, U, W, X, Y, or Z empty this year
C 1 ↑
Casey Hendricks Hunter Guest
G 1 ↑
Gail Springer My Two Loves Regular
H 1 ↑
Helen Shelly Matlock Guest
I 1 ↑
Irene Coles Mapp and Lucia Regular
J 2 ↑
Jean The Golden Girls Guest
Joan Ferguson Prisoner: Cell Block H Regular
K 2 ↑
Kate McBride Hill Street Blues Recurring
Katherine Chancellor Died this year The Young and the Restless Regular
M 1 ↑
Marjorie Lloyd My Two Loves Regular
R 3 ↑
Renee Richards Second Serve Regular
Rose Marie A Very Peculiar Practice Regular
Ruth Lyons EastEnders Regular
T 3 ↑
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße Regular
Tess Addison Moonlighting Guest
Tracy Barlow Coronation Street Regular
V 1 ↑
Valerie Foster Hunter Guest
16 characters, A to Z.
Shows A–Z, articles ignored “The Beast in Me” files under B; numeric titles like 9-1-1 lead.
Coronation Street 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tracy Barlow Regular
EastEnders 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Ruth Lyons Regular
The Golden Girls 1
USA · TV Show
Jean Guest
Hill Street Blues 1
USA · TV Show
Kate McBride Recurring
Hunter 2
USA · TV Show
Casey Hendricks Guest
Valerie Foster Guest
Lindenstraße 1
Germany · TV Show
Tanja Schildknecht Regular
Mapp and Lucia 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Irene Coles Regular
Matlock 1
USA · TV Show
Helen Shelly Guest
Moonlighting 1
USA · TV Show
Tess Addison Guest
My Two Loves 2
USA · TV Movie
Gail Springer Regular
Marjorie Lloyd Regular
Prisoner: Cell Block H 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Joan Ferguson Regular
Second Serve 1
USA · TV Movie
Renee Richards Regular
A Very Peculiar Practice 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Rose Marie Regular
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Died this year Regular