In This Year - 2002

An overview of queer events that occurred in 2002.

Deltas compare against 2001

153 characters on air in 2002

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

Most popular starting letter

17 characters' names begin with S.

Least popular starting letter

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

Unused letters

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

Al Mackenzie Bad Girls
Ali Spencer Emmerdale
Amatsuka Megumi Tenshi na Konamaiki
Amelia Bennett One Life to Live
Amy Fitzpatrick Titus
Amy Harding Undressed
Amy Wong-Kroker Futurama
Andrea Süsskind Marienhof
Angela Phillips Wild West
Annalena Bergmann Marienhof
Annie Isles Undressed
Ariane May Hinter Gittern
Atallah Sims 100 Centre Street
Bailey Lewis Bobbie's Girl
Barbara Dixon The League of Gentlemen
Bentham One Piece
Bianca Montgomery All My Children
Billi Vogt Marienhof
Bobbie Langham Bobbie's Girl
Bonnie Will & Grace
Bridget Undressed
Brunella Pommelhorse The Simpsons
Bunny Hopstetter The Ellen Show
Cassie Tyler Bad Girls
Charity Dingle Emmerdale
Charlotte Beaumont All Saints
Cheryl The Wire
Chiana Farscape
Christina Dichiera Stingers
Christine Fellowes Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Christine Walter Hinter Gittern
Claire Fisher Six Feet Under
Constance Harm The Simpsons
Debbie Dingle Emmerdale
Debbie McAllister The Bill
Denise Hartung Hinter Gittern
Denny Blood Bad Girls
Diana Lethaby Tipping the Velvet
Diane Bliss
Doris Wolfe Guiding Light
Edna Krabappel The Simpsons
Ellen Son of the Beach
Ellen Richmond The Ellen Show
Erica Bettis The Education of Max Bickford
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe
Esther García Ruiz Hospital Central
Florence Banner Tipping the Velvet
Frankie Stone All My Children
Frannie Undressed
Franzi Brenner Lindenstraße
Gabby Birds of Prey
Gemma Osbourne The Bill
Gerda Keller Hinter Gittern
Hanna Novak Verbotene Liebe
Hanneke Mus Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Hayley Cropper Coronation Street
Hazel Bailey Footballers' Wives
Herbert Garrison South Park
Homeless Woman Bliss
Ilana Yushka Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Inara Serra Firefly
Isabella Kortenaer Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Jamie Doyle Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jane Rigsby Is Harry on the Boat?
Jeanette Bliss
Jessie Sammler Once and Again
Jule Roth Verbotene Liebe
Julie Bliss
Juliet Ferriere Famille d’accueil
Kanoe X
Kaori Azumanga Daioh
Karen Ellis Family Affairs
Karen Walker Will & Grace
Katherine Chancellor The Young and the Restless
Katie Singer Once and Again
Kelly Hurst Family Affairs
Kennedy Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Kerry Weaver ER
Kerstin Herzog Hinter Gittern
Kima Greggs The Wire
Kitty Butler Tipping the Velvet
Kristina Corinthos-Davis General Hospital
Lana Winters American Horror Story
Laura Berger Marienhof
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu
Leda Queer as Folk (US)
Lindsay Corkhill Brookside
Lindsay Peterson Queer as Folk (US)
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons
Lynn Searcy Girlfriends
Mandy 24
Marcia Princess The Simpsons
Marisa Paladino 099 Central
Mary Trewednack Wild West
Megan Hartnoll At Home with the Braithwaites
Meghan Rotundi Felicity
Melanie Marcus Queer as Folk (US)
Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City
Miranda Lang The Secret Life of Us
Mona The Badge
Morgan Brenner ER
Nancy Astley Tipping the Velvet
Nataku X
Nicole Wallace Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nina Ryan Verbotene Liebe
Nomi Undressed
Olivia Spencer Guiding Light
Original Cindy Dark Angel
Orochimaru Naruto
Paige Michalchuk Degrassi: The Next Generation
Patricia Hewitt Shortland Street
Patsy Stone Absolutely Fabulous
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons
Paul Millander CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Paula Rapf Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Rae Outland
Rae Thomas Passions
Rebecca Mattern Unter Uns
Roisin Connor Bad Girls
Rosa Dern Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Rosie Chadderton Is Harry on the Boat?
Ruth Bächtle Hinter Gittern
Sam Undressed
Samantha Jones Sex and the City
Sandy Lopez ER
Sascha Mehring Hinter Gittern
Selma Reesedale Gotham Girls
Serena Southerlyn Law & Order
Shaz Wiley Bad Girls
Shell Dockley Bad Girls
Silvina 099 Central
Simone Outland
Sonia Fowler EastEnders
Sophia That '80s Show
Sophie Moore Attachments
Stephanie Scully Neighbours
Subaru (Mariko Misono) .hack//SIGN
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe
Suzanne Richter Lindenstraße
Talia Undressed
Tammy Undressed
Tamsin At Home with the Braithwaites
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße
Tanya Turner Footballers' Wives
Tara Maclay Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Tash Bandara Holby City
The Councillor Firefly
Tracy Barlow Coronation Street
Tsukasa (An Shouji) .hack//SIGN
Virginia Braithwaite At Home with the Braithwaites
Willow Rosenberg Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Zoë Tate Emmerdale
Zoit Lloyd in Space
The Simpsons 8
USA · TV Show
Patty Bouvier Recurring Lisa Simpson Regular Constance Harm Recurring Brunella Pommelhorse Guest Marcia Princess Recurring Edna Krabappel Recurring Regular Recurring
Undressed 8
USA · TV Show
Annie Isles Recurring Frannie Recurring Talia Regular Nomi Regular Amy Harding Regular Sam Recurring Bridget Recurring Tammy Recurring
Hinter Gittern 7
Germany · TV Show
Gerda Keller Recurring Ruth Bächtle Regular Sascha Mehring Regular Christine Walter Regular Denise Hartung Regular Ariane May Regular Kerstin Herzog Regular
Bad Girls 6
United Kingdom · TV Show
Shaz Wiley Regular Al Mackenzie Regular Shell Dockley Regular Denny Blood Regular Roisin Connor Regular Cassie Tyler Regular
Verbotene Liebe 5
Germany · TV Show
Hanna Novak Regular Susanne Brandner Regular Erika Sander Regular Nina Ryan Regular Jule Roth Regular
Bliss 4
Canada · TV Show
Jeanette Regular Diane Regular Homeless Woman Regular Julie Regular
Emmerdale 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Zoë Tate Regular Debbie Dingle Regular Charity Dingle Regular Ali Spencer Regular
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 4
USA · TV Show
Rosa Dern Guest Nicole Wallace Recurring Christine Fellowes Guest Ilana Yushka Guest
Marienhof 4
Germany · TV Show
Andrea Süsskind Regular Billi Vogt Regular Laura Berger Recurring Annalena Bergmann Regular
Tipping the Velvet 4
United Kingdom · Mini-Series
Nancy Astley Regular Kitty Butler Regular Diana Lethaby Recurring Florence Banner Recurring
At Home with the Braithwaites 3
United Kingdom · TV Show
Virginia Braithwaite Regular Tamsin Recurring Megan Hartnoll Recurring
Buffy The Vampire Slayer 3
USA · TV Show
Tara Maclay Recurring Willow Rosenberg Regular Kennedy Recurring
ER 3
USA · TV Show
Kerry Weaver Regular Sandy Lopez Recurring Morgan Brenner Guest
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 3
Germany · TV Show
Paula Rapf Regular Isabella Kortenaer Regular Hanneke Mus Recurring
Lindenstraße 3
Germany · TV Show
Tanja Schildknecht Regular Suzanne Richter Regular Franzi Brenner Regular
Queer as Folk (US) 3
USA · TV Show
Melanie Marcus Regular Lindsay Peterson Regular Leda Recurring
.hack//SIGN 2
Japan · TV Show
Subaru (Mariko Misono) Regular Tsukasa (An Shouji) Regular
099 Central 2
Argentina · TV Show
Silvina Regular Marisa Paladino Regular
All My Children 2
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular Frankie Stone Recurring
Bobbie's Girl 2
USA · TV Movie
Bobbie Langham Regular Bailey Lewis Regular
Coronation Street 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Hayley Cropper Regular Tracy Barlow Regular
Family Affairs 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Kelly Hurst Regular Karen Ellis Regular
Firefly 2
USA · TV Show
Inara Serra Regular The Councillor Guest
Footballers' Wives 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Hazel Bailey Regular Tanya Turner Regular
Guiding Light 2
USA · TV Show
Olivia Spencer Regular Doris Wolfe Recurring
Is Harry on the Boat? 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Rosie Chadderton Regular Jane Rigsby Recurring
Once and Again 2
USA · TV Show
Jessie Sammler Regular Katie Singer Regular
Outland 2
Australia · TV Show
Simone Guest Rae Regular
Sex and the City 2
USA · TV Show
Samantha Jones Regular Miranda Hobbes Regular
South Park 2
USA · TV Show
Herbert Garrison Regular Regular
The Bill 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Debbie McAllister Regular Gemma Osbourne Recurring
The Ellen Show 2
USA · TV Show
Ellen Richmond Regular Bunny Hopstetter Regular
The Wire 2
USA · TV Show
Kima Greggs Regular Cheryl Recurring
Wild West 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Mary Trewednack Regular Angela Phillips Regular
Will & Grace 2
USA · TV Show
Karen Walker Regular Bonnie Guest
X 2
Japan · TV Show
Nataku Recurring Kanoe Recurring
100 Centre Street 1
USA · TV Show
Atallah Sims Regular
24 1
USA · TV Show
Mandy Recurring
Absolutely Fabulous 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Patsy Stone Regular
All Saints 1
Australia · TV Show
Charlotte Beaumont Regular
Attachments 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sophie Moore Recurring
Azumanga Daioh 1
Japan · TV Show
Kaori Recurring
Birds of Prey 1
USA · TV Show
Gabby Recurring
Brookside 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Lindsay Corkhill Regular
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1
USA · TV Show
Paul Millander Recurring
Dark Angel 1
USA · TV Show
Original Cindy Recurring
Degrassi: The Next Generation 1
Canada · TV Show
Paige Michalchuk Regular
EastEnders 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sonia Fowler Regular
Farscape 1
USA · TV Show
Chiana Regular
Felicity 1
USA · TV Show
Meghan Rotundi Regular
Futurama 1
USA · TV Show
Amy Wong-Kroker Regular
General Hospital 1
USA · TV Show
Kristina Corinthos-Davis Regular
Girlfriends 1
USA · TV Show
Lynn Searcy Regular
Gotham Girls 1
USA · TV Show
Selma Reesedale Recurring
Holby City 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tash Bandara Regular
Hospital Central 1
Spain · TV Show
Esther García Ruiz Regular
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
Law & Order 1
USA · TV Show
Serena Southerlyn Regular
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1
USA · TV Show
Jamie Doyle Guest
Lloyd in Space 1
USA · TV Show
Zoit Recurring
Naruto 1
Japan · TV Show
Orochimaru Recurring
Neighbours 1
Australia · TV Show
Stephanie Scully Regular
One Life to Live 1
USA · TV Show
Amelia Bennett Recurring
One Piece 1
Japan · TV Show
Bentham Recurring
Passions 1
USA · TV Show
Rae Thomas Recurring
Shortland Street 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Patricia Hewitt Regular
Six Feet Under 1
USA · TV Show
Claire Fisher Regular
Son of the Beach 1
USA · TV Show
Ellen Recurring
Stingers 1
Australia · TV Show
Christina Dichiera Regular
Tenshi na Konamaiki 1
Japan · TV Show
Amatsuka Megumi Regular
That '80s Show 1
USA · TV Show
Sophia Regular
The Badge 1
USA · TV Movie
Mona Guest
The Education of Max Bickford 1
USA · TV Show
Erica Bettis Regular
The League of Gentlemen 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Barbara Dixon Recurring
The Secret Life of Us 1
Australia · TV Show
Miranda Lang Regular
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Regular
Titus 1
USA · TV Show
Amy Fitzpatrick Regular
Unter Uns 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Regular