In This Year - 1988

An overview of queer events that occurred in 1988.

Deltas compare against 1987

17 characters on air in 1988

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 17
— A 2 B 3 C 1 D — E — F 1 G — H — I 2 J 1 K 1 L 2 M — N — O 1 P — Q 1 R — S 2 T — U — V — W — X — Y — Z — #
C has the most, 3 11 letters in use · A, E, F, H, I, N, O, Q, S, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z empty this year
B 2 ↑
Bianca Montgomery All My Children Regular
Bonnie Harper Women In Prison Regular
C 3 ↑
Carol Bowman Hotel Guest
Cecília Cantanhede Died this year Vale Tudo Regular
Cissy Meldrum You Rang, M'Lord? Regular
D 1 ↑
Diane Butcher EastEnders Regular
G 1 ↑
Greta Gretowska A Very Peculiar Practice Regular
J 2 ↑
Jackie Harris Roseanne Regular
Joanne Lambert Died this year Hotel Guest
K 1 ↑
Katherine Chancellor Died this year The Young and the Restless Regular
L 1 ↑
Laís Vale Tudo Regular
M 2 ↑
Marilyn McGrath HeartBeat Regular
Marília Vale Tudo Regular
P 1 ↑
Patty HeartBeat Recurring
R 1 ↑
Rose Marie A Very Peculiar Practice Regular
T 2 ↑
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße Regular
Tracy Barlow Coronation Street Regular
17 characters, A to Z.
Shows A–Z, articles ignored “The Beast in Me” files under B; numeric titles like 9-1-1 lead.
All My Children 1
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular
Coronation Street 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tracy Barlow Regular
EastEnders 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Diane Butcher Regular
HeartBeat 2
USA · TV Show
Marilyn McGrath Regular
Patty Recurring
Hotel 2
USA · TV Show
Carol Bowman Guest
Joanne Lambert Died this year Guest
Lindenstraße 1
Germany · TV Show
Tanja Schildknecht Regular
Roseanne 1
USA · TV Show
Jackie Harris Regular
Vale Tudo 3
Brazil · TV Show
Cecília Cantanhede Died this year Regular
Laís Regular
Marília Regular
A Very Peculiar Practice 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Greta Gretowska Regular
Rose Marie Regular
Women In Prison 1
USA · TV Show
Bonnie Harper Regular
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Died this year Regular
You Rang, M'Lord? 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Cissy Meldrum Regular