In This Year - 1998

An overview of queer events that occurred in 1998.

Deltas compare against 1997

95 characters on air in 1998

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 95
5 A 4 B 5 C 7 D 5 E 2 F 5 G 5 H 1 I 4 J 6 K 8 L 9 M 1 N 1 O 1 P — Q 4 R 15 S 1 T — U 1 V 1 W 1 X 1 Y 2 Z — #
S has the most, 15 24 letters in use · Q or U empty this year
A 5 ↑
Alielle Relryle El-Hazard Regular
Andrea Süsskind Marienhof Regular
Angie Gill Playing the Field Regular
Annalena Bergmann Marienhof Regular
Anna Madrigal Died this year More Tales of the City Regular
B 4 ↑
Barbie Klingman ER Guest
Becky Cairns Emmerdale Guest
Bianca Montgomery All My Children Regular
Billi Vogt Marienhof Regular
C 5 ↑
Caroline Buxton Shortland Street Recurring
Carol Willick Friends Guest
Christine Walter Hinter Gittern Regular
Chris Warner Tracey Takes On... Recurring
Cornelia Starck Hinter Gittern Regular
D 7 ↑
D'orothea Wilson More Tales of the City Regular
Daidōji Sonomi Cardcaptor Sakura Recurring
Daidōji Tomoyo Cardcaptor Sakura Regular
Debbie Buchman Mad About You Recurring
DeDe Halcyon Day More Tales of the City Regular
Doris Wolfe Guiding Light Recurring
Dorothy Carlson Chicago Hope Guest
E 5 ↑
Edna Krabappel Died this year The Simpsons Recurring
Ellen DeGeneres The Larry Sanders Show Guest
Ellen Morgan Ellen Regular
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe Regular
Ezri Dax Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Regular
F 2 ↑
Fatora Venus El-Hazard Recurring
Fiona Metcalfe Died this year Pobol y Cwm Regular
G 5 ↑
Gabrielle Xena: Warrior Princess Regular
Gabrielle Holmes Playing the Field Regular
Gerda Keller Hinter Gittern Recurring
Gia Carangi Died this year Gia Regular
Gina Röderer Hinter Gittern Recurring
H 5 ↑
Hayley Cropper Died this year Coronation Street Regular
Helen Blakemore Water Rats Regular
Helen Cooper Drop the Dead Donkey Regular
Herbert Garrison South Park Regular
Holly Hart Died this year Family Affairs Regular
I 1 ↑
Inés Nissaga de Poder Recurring
J 4 ↑
Jackie Garcia Rude Awakening Regular
Jadzia Dax Died this year Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Regular
Jonah/Jessica Boyd Chicago Hope Guest
Julia Salinger Party of Five Regular
K 6 ↑
Kanzaki Akari Battle Athletes Victory Regular
Katherine Chancellor Died this year The Young and the Restless Regular
Kerry Weaver ER Regular
Kinomoto Sakura Cardcaptor Sakura Regular
Kitaurawa Uzura Cyber Team in Akihabara Regular
Kris Christopher Battle Athletes Victory Regular
L 8 ↑
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu Regular
Laurie Manning Ellen Regular
Leila Sampaio Died this year Torre de Babel Regular
Libby Beverly Hills, 90210 Guest
Linda Gia Regular
Lindsay Corkhill Brookside Regular
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons Regular
Lucy Hill Breakers Regular
M 9 ↑
Madeline Beverly Hills, 90210 Guest
Maggie Doyle ER Recurring
Marcia Princess The Simpsons Recurring
Mariona Montsolís Nissaga de Poder Regular
Meghan Rotundi Felicity Regular
Midge Dexter Tracey Takes On... Recurring
Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City Regular
Mona Ramsey More Tales of the City Regular
Ms. Ellen Died this year South Park Guest
N 1 ↑
Nina Ryan Verbotene Liebe Regular
O 1 ↑
Olivia Any Day Now Guest
P 1 ↑
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons Recurring
R 4 ↑
Rachel Brooks Chicago Hope Guest
Rafaela Katz Died this year Torre de Babel Regular
Rebecca Mattern Died this year Unter Uns Regular
Rhonda Any Day Now Guest
S 15 ↑
Samantha Jones Sex and the City Regular
Samantha Sanders Beverly Hills, 90210 Recurring
Sam Kezerko Raw FM Regular
Sarah Lawton Midsomer Murders Guest
Simone Dubois Nash Bridges Guest
Simone Hollingsworth Midsomer Murders Guest
Sonia Besirsky Died this year Lindenstraße Regular
Sonia Fowler EastEnders Regular
Stacy Bridges Nash Bridges Recurring
Stephanie Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Recurring
Susan Bunch Friends Guest
Susan Ivanova Babylon 5 Regular
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe Regular
Susanne Teubner Died this year Hinter Gittern Regular
Syd Sex and the City Guest
T 1 ↑
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße Regular
V 1 ↑
Vivien Andraschek Hinter Gittern Regular
W 1 ↑
Willow Rosenberg Buffy The Vampire Slayer Regular
X 1 ↑
Xena Died this year Xena: Warrior Princess Regular
Y 1 ↑
Yanigida Ichino Battle Athletes Victory Regular
Z 2 ↑
Zoe Marshall Pacific Drive Regular
Zoë Tate Emmerdale Regular
95 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
Any Day Now 2
USA · TV Show
Olivia Guest
Rhonda Guest
Babylon 5 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Ivanova Regular
Battle Athletes Victory 3
Japan · TV Show
Kanzaki Akari Regular
Kris Christopher Regular
Yanigida Ichino Regular
Beverly Hills, 90210 3
USA · TV Show
Libby Guest
Madeline Guest
Samantha Sanders Recurring
Breakers 1
Australia · TV Show
Lucy Hill Regular
Brookside 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Lindsay Corkhill Regular
Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1
USA · TV Show
Willow Rosenberg Regular
Cardcaptor Sakura 3
Japan · TV Show
Daidōji Sonomi Recurring
Daidōji Tomoyo Regular
Kinomoto Sakura Regular
Chicago Hope 3
USA · TV Show
Dorothy Carlson Guest
Jonah/Jessica Boyd Guest
Rachel Brooks Guest
Coronation Street 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Hayley Cropper Died this year Regular
Cyber Team in Akihabara 1
Japan · TV Show
Kitaurawa Uzura Regular
Drop the Dead Donkey 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Helen Cooper Regular
EastEnders 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sonia Fowler Regular
El-Hazard 2
Japan · TV Show
Alielle Relryle Regular
Fatora Venus Recurring
Ellen 2
USA · TV Show
Ellen Morgan Regular
Laurie Manning Regular
Emmerdale 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Becky Cairns Guest
Zoë Tate Regular
ER 3
USA · TV Show
Barbie Klingman Guest
Kerry Weaver Regular
Maggie Doyle Recurring
Family Affairs 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Holly Hart Died this year Regular
Felicity 1
USA · TV Show
Meghan Rotundi Regular
Friends 2
USA · TV Show
Carol Willick Guest
Susan Bunch Guest
Gia 2
USA · TV Movie
Gia Carangi Died this year Regular
Linda Regular
Guiding Light 1
USA · TV Show
Doris Wolfe Recurring
Hinter Gittern 6
Germany · TV Show
Christine Walter Regular
Cornelia Starck Regular
Gerda Keller Recurring
Gina Röderer Recurring
Susanne Teubner Died this year Regular
Vivien Andraschek Regular
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
The Larry Sanders Show 1
USA · TV Show
Ellen DeGeneres Guest
Lindenstraße 2
Germany · TV Show
Sonia Besirsky Died this year Regular
Tanja Schildknecht Regular
Mad About You 1
USA · TV Show
Debbie Buchman Recurring
Marienhof 3
Germany · TV Show
Andrea Süsskind Regular
Annalena Bergmann Regular
Billi Vogt Regular
Midsomer Murders 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sarah Lawton Guest
Simone Hollingsworth Guest
More Tales of the City 4
USA · Mini-Series
Anna Madrigal Died this year Regular
D'orothea Wilson Regular
DeDe Halcyon Day Regular
Mona Ramsey 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
Pacific Drive 1
Australia · TV Show
Zoe Marshall Regular
Party of Five 1
USA · TV Show
Julia Salinger Regular
Playing the Field 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Angie Gill Regular
Gabrielle Holmes Regular
Pobol y Cwm 1
Wales · TV Show
Fiona Metcalfe Died this year Regular
Raw FM 1
Australia · TV Show
Sam Kezerko Regular
Rude Awakening 1
USA · TV Show
Jackie Garcia Regular
Sex and the City 3
USA · TV Show
Miranda Hobbes Regular
Samantha Jones Regular
Syd Guest
Shortland Street 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Caroline Buxton Recurring
The Simpsons 4
USA · TV Show
Edna Krabappel Died this year Recurring
Lisa Simpson Regular
Marcia Princess Recurring
Patty Bouvier Recurring
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 1
Japan · TV Show
Stephanie Recurring
South Park 2
USA · TV Show
Herbert Garrison Regular
Ms. Ellen Died this year Guest
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2
USA · TV Show
Ezri Dax Regular
Jadzia Dax Died this year Regular
Torre de Babel 2
Brazil · TV Show
Leila Sampaio Died this year Regular
Rafaela Katz Died this year Regular
Tracey Takes On... 2
USA · TV Show
Chris Warner Recurring
Midge Dexter Recurring
Unter Uns 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Died this year Regular
Verbotene Liebe 3
Germany · TV Show
Erika Sander Regular
Nina Ryan Regular
Susanne Brandner Regular
Water Rats 1
Australia · TV Show
Helen Blakemore Regular
Xena: Warrior Princess 2
USA · TV Show
Gabrielle Regular
Xena Died this year Regular
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Died this year Regular