In This Year - 1996

An overview of queer events that occurred in 1996.

Deltas compare against 1995

105 characters on air in 1996

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

Most popular starting letter

21 characters' names begin with S.

Least popular starting letter

4 letters tie for the fewest, with just 1 each.

Unused letters

No character's name starts with O, Q, U, or Y.

Abby Sullivan NYPD Blue
Adeline Ally Broussard Chicago Hope
Albert/Alberta The Wayans Bros.
Alielle Relryle El-Hazard
Alison Lash Beverly Hills, 90210
Amy Elliot ER
Andrea Süsskind Marienhof
Angela NYPD Blue
Annalena Bergmann Marienhof
Annie Rueman Chicago Hope
Babette von Dornhausen Marienhof
Beth Madison
Bev Harris Roseanne
Bianca Montgomery All My Children
Carol Willick Friends
Caroline Buxton Shortland Street
Chase Phillips Losing Chase
Chris Living Single
Chris Warner Tracey Takes On...
Colette (Band of Gold) Band of Gold
Crystal Clark Married… With Children
Dawn Chicago Hope
Debbie Buchman Mad About You
Dewey Largo The Simpsons
Dior Shelby Pacific Drive
Donna Bedtime
Edna Krabappel The Simpsons
Elizabeth Cole Losing Chase
Elle Beverly Hills, 90210
Ellen DeGeneres The Larry Sanders Show
Ellen Morgan Ellen
Emma Nightingale Emmerdale
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe
Fatora Venus El-Hazard
Fiona Metcalfe Pobol y Cwm
Futaba Aoi You're Under Arrest
Gabrielle Xena: Warrior Princess
Helen Blakemore Water Rats
Helen Cooper Drop the Dead Donkey
Helen Lovejoy The Simpsons
Ibuki Maya Neon Genesis Evangelion
Inés Nissaga de Poder
Jackie Harris Roseanne
Jadzia Dax Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Jo Pacific Drive
Joan Revelations
Jody Ann Shaffell Two Mothers for Zachary
Julia Salinger Party of Five
Katherine Chancellor The Young and the Restless
Kay West Pacific Drive
Kerry Weaver ER
Lana Ink
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu
Leslie Caroline in the City
Lindsay Corkhill Brookside
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons
Liz Bedtime
Lucy Diver The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Lydia Brock Picket Fences
Mae Santos After the Beep
Maggie Doyle ER
Maggie Fergus Two Mothers for Zachary
Mandy Thomas Home and Away
Marcia Princess The Simpsons
Margeaux Hayes Pacific Drive
Mariona Montsolís Nissaga de Poder
Midge Dexter Tracey Takes On...
Nancy Bartlett Roseanne
Norma Lear Sisters
Patsy Stone Absolutely Fabulous
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons
Peaches NYPD Blue
Raylene Bastard Out of Carolina
Rhonda Roth Relativity
Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright Bastard Out of Carolina
Sailor Neptune Sailor Moon
Sailor Star Fighter Sailor Moon
Sailor Star Healer Sailor Moon
Sailor Star Maker Sailor Moon
Sailor Uranus Sailor Moon
Samantha Sanders Beverly Hills, 90210
Sarah Newly This Life
Shannon Reed Home and Away
Shayla Living Single
Simone Dubois Nash Bridges
Sioned Rees Pobol y Cwm
Sondra Westwood Pacific Drive
Sonia Besirsky Lindenstraße
Sonia Fowler EastEnders
Sophie Wright Emmerdale
Stacy Bridges Nash Bridges
Susan Bunch Friends
Susan Ivanova Babylon 5
Susan Ross Seinfeld
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe
Susie Wilde Emmerdale
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße
Tina Chicago Hope
Tracy Barlow Coronation Street
Tracy Richards Band of Gold
Valerie Madison Melrose Place
Willow Shortland Street
Xena Xena: Warrior Princess
Zoe Marshall Pacific Drive
Zoë Tate Emmerdale
The Simpsons 9
USA · TV Show
Patty Bouvier Recurring Lisa Simpson Regular Helen Lovejoy Recurring Dewey Largo Recurring Marcia Princess Recurring Edna Krabappel Recurring Regular Recurring Recurring
Pacific Drive 6
Australia · TV Show
Sondra Westwood Regular Zoe Marshall Regular Margeaux Hayes Regular Dior Shelby Regular Kay West Recurring Jo Recurring
Sailor Moon 5
Japan · TV Show
Sailor Neptune Regular Sailor Uranus Regular Sailor Star Fighter Recurring Sailor Star Healer Recurring Sailor Star Maker Recurring
Chicago Hope 4
USA · TV Show
Annie Rueman Guest Adeline Ally Broussard Guest Tina Guest Dawn Guest
Emmerdale 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Zoë Tate Regular Sophie Wright Recurring Susie Wilde Guest Emma Nightingale Recurring
Beverly Hills, 90210 3
USA · TV Show
Alison Lash Recurring Elle Recurring Samantha Sanders Recurring
ER 3
USA · TV Show
Kerry Weaver Regular Maggie Doyle Recurring Amy Elliot Guest
Marienhof 3
Germany · TV Show
Andrea Süsskind Regular Annalena Bergmann Regular Babette von Dornhausen Recurring
NYPD Blue 3
USA · TV Show
Abby Sullivan Regular Angela Guest Peaches Guest
Pobol y Cwm 3
Wales · TV Show
Fiona Metcalfe Regular Sioned Rees Regular Regular
Roseanne 3
USA · TV Show
Jackie Harris Regular Bev Harris Regular Nancy Bartlett Recurring
Band of Gold 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tracy Richards Regular Colette (Band of Gold) Regular
Bastard Out of Carolina 2
USA · TV Movie
Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright Regular Raylene Recurring
Bedtime 2
USA · Mini-Series
Donna Regular Liz Regular
El-Hazard 2
Japan · TV Show
Alielle Relryle Regular Fatora Venus Recurring
Friends 2
USA · TV Show
Carol Willick Guest Susan Bunch Guest
Lindenstraße 2
Germany · TV Show
Sonia Besirsky Regular Tanja Schildknecht Regular
Living Single 2
USA · TV Show
Shayla Guest Chris Guest
Losing Chase 2
USA · TV Movie
Chase Phillips Regular Elizabeth Cole Regular
Nash Bridges 2
USA · TV Show
Simone Dubois Guest Stacy Bridges Recurring
Nissaga de Poder 2
Spain · TV Show
Inés Recurring Mariona Montsolís Regular
Shortland Street 2
New Zealand · TV Show
Caroline Buxton Recurring Willow Guest
Tracey Takes On... 2
USA · TV Show
Chris Warner Recurring Midge Dexter Recurring
Two Mothers for Zachary 2
USA · TV Movie
Maggie Fergus Regular Jody Ann Shaffell Regular
Verbotene Liebe 2
Germany · TV Show
Susanne Brandner Regular Erika Sander Regular
Xena: Warrior Princess 2
USA · TV Show
Xena Regular Gabrielle Regular
Absolutely Fabulous 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Patsy Stone Regular
After the Beep 1
Australia · Mini-Series
Mae Santos Recurring
All My Children 1
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular
Babylon 5 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Ivanova Regular
Brookside 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Lindsay Corkhill Regular
Caroline in the City 1
USA · TV Show
Leslie Guest
Coronation Street 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tracy Barlow Regular
Drop the Dead Donkey 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Helen Cooper Regular
EastEnders 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sonia Fowler Regular
Ellen 1
USA · TV Show
Ellen Morgan Regular
Ink 1
USA · TV Show
Lana Guest
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
Mad About You 1
USA · TV Show
Debbie Buchman Recurring
Madison 1
Canada · TV Show
Beth Recurring
Married… With Children 1
USA · TV Show
Crystal Clark Guest
Melrose Place 1
USA · TV Show
Valerie Madison Recurring
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1
Japan · TV Show
Ibuki Maya Regular
Party of Five 1
USA · TV Show
Julia Salinger Regular
Picket Fences 1
USA · TV Show
Lydia Brock Recurring
Relativity 1
USA · TV Show
Rhonda Roth Regular
Revelations 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Joan Recurring
Seinfeld 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Ross Recurring
Sisters 1
USA · TV Show
Norma Lear Recurring
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1
USA · TV Show
Jadzia Dax Regular
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders 1
United Kingdom · TV Movie
Lucy Diver Recurring
The Larry Sanders Show 1
USA · TV Show
Ellen DeGeneres Guest
The Wayans Bros. 1
USA · TV Show
Albert/Alberta Guest
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Regular
This Life 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sarah Newly Recurring
Water Rats 1
Australia · TV Show
Helen Blakemore Regular
You're Under Arrest 1
Japan · Mini-Series
Futaba Aoi Regular