In This Year - 1997

An overview of queer events that occurred in 1997.

Deltas compare against 1996

110 characters on air in 1997

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

Most popular starting letter

24 characters' names begin with S.

Least popular starting letter

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

Unused letters

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

Abby Sullivan NYPD Blue
Alielle Relryle El-Hazard
Andrea Süsskind Marienhof
Angela NYPD Blue
Annalena Bergmann Marienhof
Arisugawa Juri Revolutionary Girl Utena
Attractive Woman Ellen
Bev Harris Roseanne
Bianca Montgomery All My Children
Billi Vogt Marienhof
Candy Caramella Les zinzins de l'espace
Caroline Buxton Shortland Street
Cecilie Vibe Blind Gudinne
Chris Warner Tracey Takes On...
Christine Walter Hinter Gittern
Debbie Buchman Mad About You
Denise NYPD Blue
Diane Butcher EastEnders
Edna Krabappel The Simpsons
Ellen Morgan Ellen
Emma Thompson Ellen
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe
Fatora Venus El-Hazard
Fiona Metcalfe Pobol y Cwm
Gabrielle Xena: Warrior Princess
Gemma Patterson Pacific Drive
Gerda Keller Hinter Gittern
Gina Patrick Hollyoaks
Hannah Finch Frasier
Hanne Wilhelmsen Blind Gudinne
Helen Blakemore Water Rats
Helen Cooper Drop the Dead Donkey
Helen Lovejoy The Simpsons
Herbert Garrison South Park
Himemiya Anthy Revolutionary Girl Utena
Holly Hart Family Affairs
Inés Nissaga de Poder
Jackie Harris Roseanne
Jadzia Dax Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Janine Ellen
Jasmine Silk Stalkings
Jo Pacific Drive
Joyce Roseanne
Julia Salinger Party of Five
Kanzaki Akari Battle Athletes Victory
Kaoru Kozue Revolutionary Girl Utena
Katherine Chancellor The Young and the Restless
Kathy NYPD Blue
Kerry Weaver ER
Kris Christopher Battle Athletes Victory
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu
Laurie Manning Ellen
Lightning Rod Medusa Maze bakunetsu jikû
Lindsay Corkhill Brookside
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons
Maggie Doyle ER
Mandy Married… With Children
Mandy Thomas Home and Away
Marcia Princess The Simpsons
Mariona Montsolís Nissaga de Poder
Maura McGee Malcom & Eddie
Maze Maze bakunetsu jikû
Melissa Etheridge Ellen
Midge Dexter Tracey Takes On...
Mill Varna Maze bakunetsu jikû
Morph X-Men: The Animated Series
Nancy Bartlett Roseanne
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons
Paula The Larry Sanders Show
Peaches NYPD Blue
Rebecca Mattern Unter Uns SK-Babies
Rhonda Roth Relativity
Roxy McCall Silk Stalkings
Sailor Neptune Sailor Moon
Sailor Star Fighter Sailor Moon
Sailor Star Healer Sailor Moon
Sailor Star Maker Sailor Moon
Sailor Uranus Sailor Moon
Sam Kezerko Raw FM
Samantha Goodell Nash Bridges
Samantha Sanders Beverly Hills, 90210
Sarah Newly This Life
Shannon Reed Home and Away
Solude Schfoltzer Maze bakunetsu jikû
Sondra Westwood Pacific Drive
Sonia Besirsky Lindenstraße
Sonia Fowler EastEnders
Sophie Wright Emmerdale
Stacy Bridges Nash Bridges
Stephanie Grant Ally McBeal
Susan Ellen
Susan Ivanova Babylon 5
Susan Ross Seinfeld
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe
Susanne Teubner Hinter Gittern
Susie Ross Family Affairs
Suzanne Relativity
Takatsuki Shiori Revolutionary Girl Utena
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße
Taylor Marsh Silk Stalkings
Tenjō Utena Revolutionary Girl Utena
The Moderator Ellen
Tracy Barlow Coronation Street
Vivien Andraschek Hinter Gittern
Wendi Mercury One Life to Live
Willow Rosenberg Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Xena Xena: Warrior Princess
Yanigida Ichino Battle Athletes Victory
Zoe Marshall Pacific Drive
Zoë Tate Emmerdale
Ellen 8
USA · TV Show
Ellen Morgan Regular Laurie Manning Regular Susan Guest Emma Thompson Guest Janine Guest Melissa Etheridge Guest Attractive Woman Guest The Moderator Guest
The Simpsons 7
USA · TV Show
Patty Bouvier Recurring Lisa Simpson Regular Helen Lovejoy Recurring Marcia Princess Recurring Edna Krabappel Recurring Regular Recurring
NYPD Blue 5
USA · TV Show
Abby Sullivan Regular Kathy Guest Denise Guest Angela Guest Peaches Guest
Revolutionary Girl Utena 5
Japan · TV Show
Himemiya Anthy Regular Tenjō Utena Regular Arisugawa Juri Regular Takatsuki Shiori Regular Kaoru Kozue 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
Hinter Gittern 4
Germany · TV Show
Susanne Teubner Regular Gerda Keller Recurring Vivien Andraschek Regular Christine Walter Regular
Maze bakunetsu jikû 4
Japan · TV Show
Solude Schfoltzer Regular Lightning Rod Medusa Guest Mill Varna Regular Maze Regular
Pacific Drive 4
Australia · TV Show
Sondra Westwood Regular Zoe Marshall Regular Gemma Patterson Recurring Jo Recurring
Roseanne 4
USA · TV Show
Jackie Harris Regular Bev Harris Regular Nancy Bartlett Recurring Joyce Guest
Battle Athletes Victory 3
Japan · TV Show
Kris Christopher Regular Yanigida Ichino Regular Kanzaki Akari Regular
Marienhof 3
Germany · TV Show
Andrea Süsskind Regular Billi Vogt Regular Annalena Bergmann Regular
Silk Stalkings 3
USA · TV Show
Roxy McCall Guest Taylor Marsh Guest Jasmine Guest
Blind Gudinne 2
Norway · Mini-Series
Cecilie Vibe Recurring Hanne Wilhelmsen Regular
EastEnders 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Diane Butcher Regular Sonia Fowler Regular
El-Hazard 2
Japan · TV Show
Alielle Relryle Regular Fatora Venus Recurring
Emmerdale 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Zoë Tate Regular Sophie Wright Recurring
ER 2
USA · TV Show
Kerry Weaver Regular Maggie Doyle Recurring
Family Affairs 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Susie Ross Regular Holly Hart Regular
Lindenstraße 2
Germany · TV Show
Sonia Besirsky Regular Tanja Schildknecht Regular
Nash Bridges 2
USA · TV Show
Stacy Bridges Recurring Samantha Goodell Guest
Nissaga de Poder 2
Spain · TV Show
Inés Recurring Mariona Montsolís Regular
Relativity 2
USA · TV Show
Rhonda Roth Regular Suzanne Guest
South Park 2
USA · TV Show
Herbert Garrison Regular Regular
Tracey Takes On... 2
USA · TV Show
Chris Warner Recurring Midge Dexter Recurring
Verbotene Liebe 2
Germany · TV Show
Susanne Brandner Regular Erika Sander Regular
X-Men: The Animated Series 2
USA · TV Show
Morph Recurring Recurring
Xena: Warrior Princess 2
USA · TV Show
Xena Regular Gabrielle Regular
All My Children 1
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular
Ally McBeal 1
USA · TV Show
Stephanie Grant Guest
Babylon 5 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Ivanova Regular
Beverly Hills, 90210 1
USA · TV Show
Samantha Sanders Recurring
Brookside 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Lindsay Corkhill Regular
Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1
USA · TV Show
Willow Rosenberg Regular
Coronation Street 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tracy Barlow Regular
Drop the Dead Donkey 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Helen Cooper Regular
Frasier 1
USA · TV Show
Hannah Finch Guest
Hollyoaks 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Gina Patrick Recurring
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
Les zinzins de l'espace 1
France · TV Show
Candy Caramella Regular
Mad About You 1
USA · TV Show
Debbie Buchman Recurring
Malcom & Eddie 1
USA · TV Show
Maura McGee Recurring
Married… With Children 1
USA · TV Show
Mandy Guest
One Life to Live 1
USA · TV Show
Wendi Mercury Recurring
Party of Five 1
USA · TV Show
Julia Salinger Regular
Pobol y Cwm 1
Wales · TV Show
Fiona Metcalfe Regular
Raw FM 1
Australia · TV Show
Sam Kezerko Regular
Seinfeld 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Ross Recurring
Shortland Street 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Caroline Buxton Recurring
SK-Babies 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Recurring
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1
USA · TV Show
Jadzia Dax Regular
The Larry Sanders Show 1
USA · TV Show
Paula Regular
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Regular
This Life 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sarah Newly Recurring
Unter Uns 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Regular
Water Rats 1
Australia · TV Show
Helen Blakemore Regular