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.

Jump to a letter Bar height is that letter's share of the 153
13 A 10 B 10 C 7 D 6 E 4 F 3 G 6 H 3 I 7 J 13 K 8 L 11 M 5 N 3 O 6 P — Q 7 R 17 S 10 T — U 1 V 1 W — X — Y 2 Z — #
S has the most, 17 22 letters in use · Q, U, X, or Y empty this year
A 13 ↑
Ali Spencer Died this year Emmerdale Regular
Al Mackenzie Died this year Bad Girls Regular
Amatsuka Megumi Tenshi na Konamaiki Regular
Amelia Bennett One Life to Live Recurring
Amy Fitzpatrick Titus Regular
Amy Harding Undressed Regular
Amy Wong-Kroker Futurama Regular
Andrea Süsskind Marienhof Regular
Angela Phillips Wild West Regular
Annalena Bergmann Marienhof Regular
Annie Isles Undressed Recurring
Ariane May Hinter Gittern Regular
Atallah Sims 100 Centre Street Regular
B 10 ↑
Bailey Lewis Bobbie's Girl Regular
Barbara Dixon The League of Gentlemen Recurring
Bentham One Piece Recurring
Bianca Montgomery All My Children Regular
Billi Vogt Marienhof Regular
Bobbie Langham Bobbie's Girl Regular
Bonnie Will & Grace Guest
Bridget Undressed Recurring
Brunella Pommelhorse The Simpsons Guest
Bunny Hopstetter The Ellen Show Regular
C 10 ↑
Cassie Tyler Bad Girls Regular
Charity Dingle Emmerdale Regular
Charlotte Beaumont All Saints Regular
Cheryl The Wire Recurring
Chiana Farscape Regular
Christina Dichiera Stingers Regular
Christine Fellowes Law & Order: Criminal Intent Guest
Christine Walter Hinter Gittern Regular
Claire Fisher Six Feet Under Regular
Constance Harm The Simpsons Recurring
D 7 ↑
Debbie Dingle Emmerdale Regular
Debbie McAllister The Bill Regular
Denise Hartung Hinter Gittern Regular
Denny Blood Bad Girls Regular
Diana Lethaby Tipping the Velvet Recurring
Diane Bliss Regular
Doris Wolfe Guiding Light Recurring
E 6 ↑
Edna Krabappel Died this year The Simpsons Recurring
Ellen Son of the Beach Recurring
Ellen Richmond The Ellen Show Regular
Erica Bettis The Education of Max Bickford Regular
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe Regular
Esther García Ruiz Hospital Central Regular
F 4 ↑
Florence Banner Tipping the Velvet Recurring
Frankie Stone Died this year All My Children Recurring
Frannie Undressed Recurring
Franzi Brenner Lindenstraße Regular
G 3 ↑
Gabby Birds of Prey Recurring
Gemma Osbourne The Bill Recurring
Gerda Keller Hinter Gittern Recurring
H 6 ↑
Hanna Novak Died this year Verbotene Liebe Regular
Hanneke Mus Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten Recurring
Hayley Cropper Died this year Coronation Street Regular
Hazel Bailey Footballers' Wives Regular
Herbert Garrison South Park Regular
Homeless Woman Died this year Bliss Regular
I 3 ↑
Ilana Yushka Died this year Law & Order: Criminal Intent Guest
Inara Serra Firefly Regular
Isabella Kortenaer Died this year Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten Regular
J 7 ↑
Jamie Doyle Died this year Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Guest
Jane Rigsby Is Harry on the Boat? Recurring
Jeanette Bliss Regular
Jessie Sammler Once and Again Regular
Jule Roth Verbotene Liebe Regular
Julie Bliss Regular
Juliet Ferriere Famille d’accueil Regular
K 13 ↑
Kanoe X Recurring
Kaori Azumanga Daioh Recurring
Karen Ellis Family Affairs Regular
Karen Walker Will & Grace Regular
Katherine Chancellor Died this year The Young and the Restless Regular
Katie Singer Once and Again Regular
Kelly Hurst Died this year Family Affairs Regular
Kennedy Buffy The Vampire Slayer Recurring
Kerry Weaver ER Regular
Kerstin Herzog Hinter Gittern Regular
Kima Greggs The Wire Regular
Kitty Butler Tipping the Velvet Regular
Kristina Corinthos-Davis General Hospital Regular
L 8 ↑
Lana Winters American Horror Story Regular
Laura Berger Marienhof Recurring
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu Regular
Leda Queer as Folk (US) Recurring
Lindsay Corkhill Brookside Regular
Lindsay Peterson Queer as Folk (US) Regular
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons Regular
Lynn Searcy Girlfriends Regular
M 11 ↑
Mandy 24 Recurring
Marcia Princess The Simpsons Recurring
Marisa Paladino 099 Central Regular
Mary Trewednack Wild West Regular
Megan Hartnoll Died this year At Home with the Braithwaites Recurring
Meghan Rotundi Felicity Regular
Melanie Marcus Queer as Folk (US) Regular
Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City Regular
Miranda Lang The Secret Life of Us Regular
Mona Died this year The Badge Guest
Morgan Brenner ER Guest
N 5 ↑
Nancy Astley Tipping the Velvet Regular
Nataku X Recurring
Nicole Wallace Law & Order: Criminal Intent Recurring
Nina Ryan Verbotene Liebe Regular
Nomi Undressed Regular
O 3 ↑
Olivia Spencer Guiding Light Regular
Original Cindy Dark Angel Recurring
Orochimaru Naruto Recurring
P 6 ↑
Paige Michalchuk Degrassi: The Next Generation Regular
Patricia Hewitt Shortland Street Regular
Patsy Stone Absolutely Fabulous Regular
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons Recurring
Paula Rapf Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten Regular
Paul Millander Died this year CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Recurring
R 7 ↑
Rae Outland Regular
Rae Thomas Died this year Passions Recurring
Rebecca Mattern Died this year Unter Uns Regular
Roisin Connor Bad Girls Regular
Rosa Dern Died this year Law & Order: Criminal Intent Guest
Rosie Chadderton Is Harry on the Boat? Regular
Ruth Bächtle Died this year Hinter Gittern Regular
S 17 ↑
Sam Undressed Recurring
Samantha Jones Sex and the City Regular
Sandy Lopez Died this year ER Recurring
Sascha Mehring Hinter Gittern Regular
Selma Reesedale Gotham Girls Recurring
Serena Southerlyn Law & Order Regular
Shaz Wiley Died this year Bad Girls Regular
Shell Dockley Bad Girls Regular
Silvina 099 Central Regular
Simone Outland Guest
Sonia Fowler EastEnders Regular
Sophia That '80s Show Regular
Sophie Moore Attachments Recurring
Stephanie Scully Neighbours Regular
Subaru (Mariko Misono) .hack//SIGN Regular
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe Regular
Suzanne Richter Lindenstraße Regular
T 10 ↑
Talia Undressed Regular
Tammy Undressed Recurring
Tamsin At Home with the Braithwaites Recurring
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße Regular
Tanya Turner Footballers' Wives Regular
Tara Maclay Died this year Buffy The Vampire Slayer Recurring
Tash Bandara Holby City Regular
The Councillor Firefly Guest
Tracy Barlow Coronation Street Regular
Tsukasa (An Shouji) .hack//SIGN Regular
V 1 ↑
Virginia Braithwaite At Home with the Braithwaites Regular
W 1 ↑
Willow Rosenberg Buffy The Vampire Slayer Regular
Z 2 ↑
Zoit Lloyd in Space Recurring
Zoë Tate Emmerdale Regular
153 characters, A to Z.
Shows A–Z, articles ignored “The Beast in Me” files under B; numeric titles like 9-1-1 lead.
.hack//SIGN 2
Japan · TV Show
Subaru (Mariko Misono) Regular
Tsukasa (An Shouji) Regular
24 1
USA · TV Show
Mandy Recurring
099 Central 2
Argentina · TV Show
Marisa Paladino Regular
Silvina Regular
100 Centre Street 1
USA · TV Show
Atallah Sims Regular
Absolutely Fabulous 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Patsy Stone Regular
All My Children 2
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular
Frankie Stone Died this year Recurring
All Saints 1
Australia · TV Show
Charlotte Beaumont Regular
At Home with the Braithwaites 3
United Kingdom · TV Show
Megan Hartnoll Died this year Recurring
Tamsin Recurring
Virginia Braithwaite Regular
Attachments 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sophie Moore Recurring
Azumanga Daioh 1
Japan · TV Show
Kaori Recurring
The Badge 1
USA · TV Movie
Mona Died this year Guest
Bad Girls 6
United Kingdom · TV Show
Al Mackenzie Died this year Regular
Cassie Tyler Regular
Denny Blood Regular
Roisin Connor Regular
Shaz Wiley Died this year Regular
Shell Dockley Regular
The Bill 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Debbie McAllister Regular
Gemma Osbourne Recurring
Birds of Prey 1
USA · TV Show
Gabby Recurring
Bliss 4
Canada · TV Show
Diane Regular
Homeless Woman Died this year Regular
Jeanette Regular
Julie Regular
Bobbie's Girl 2
USA · TV Movie
Bailey Lewis Regular
Bobbie Langham Regular
Brookside 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Lindsay Corkhill Regular
Buffy The Vampire Slayer 3
USA · TV Show
Kennedy Recurring
Tara Maclay Died this year Recurring
Willow Rosenberg Regular
Coronation Street 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Hayley Cropper Died this year Regular
Tracy Barlow Regular
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1
USA · TV Show
Paul Millander Died this year 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
The Education of Max Bickford 1
USA · TV Show
Erica Bettis Regular
The Ellen Show 2
USA · TV Show
Bunny Hopstetter Regular
Ellen Richmond Regular
Emmerdale 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Ali Spencer Died this year Regular
Charity Dingle Regular
Debbie Dingle Regular
Zoë Tate Regular
ER 3
USA · TV Show
Kerry Weaver Regular
Morgan Brenner Guest
Sandy Lopez Died this year Recurring
Family Affairs 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Karen Ellis Regular
Kelly Hurst Died this year Regular
Farscape 1
USA · TV Show
Chiana Regular
Felicity 1
USA · TV Show
Meghan Rotundi 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
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
Guiding Light 2
USA · TV Show
Doris Wolfe Recurring
Olivia Spencer Regular
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 3
Germany · TV Show
Hanneke Mus Recurring
Isabella Kortenaer Died this year Regular
Paula Rapf Regular
Hinter Gittern 7
Germany · TV Show
Ariane May Regular
Christine Walter Regular
Denise Hartung Regular
Gerda Keller Recurring
Kerstin Herzog Regular
Ruth Bächtle Died this year Regular
Sascha Mehring Regular
Holby City 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tash Bandara Regular
Hospital Central 1
Spain · TV Show
Esther García Ruiz Regular
Is Harry on the Boat? 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jane Rigsby Recurring
Rosie Chadderton Regular
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
Law & Order 1
USA · TV Show
Serena Southerlyn Regular
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 4
USA · TV Show
Christine Fellowes Guest
Ilana Yushka Died this year Guest
Nicole Wallace Recurring
Rosa Dern Died this year Guest
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1
USA · TV Show
Jamie Doyle Died this year Guest
The League of Gentlemen 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Barbara Dixon Recurring
Lindenstraße 3
Germany · TV Show
Franzi Brenner Regular
Suzanne Richter Regular
Tanja Schildknecht Regular
Lloyd in Space 1
USA · TV Show
Zoit Recurring
Marienhof 4
Germany · TV Show
Andrea Süsskind Regular
Annalena Bergmann Regular
Billi Vogt Regular
Laura Berger Recurring
Naruto 1
Japan · TV Show
Orochimaru Recurring
Neighbours 1
Australia · TV Show
Stephanie Scully Regular
Once and Again 2
USA · TV Show
Jessie Sammler Regular
Katie Singer Regular
One Life to Live 1
USA · TV Show
Amelia Bennett Recurring
One Piece 1
Japan · TV Show
Bentham Recurring
Outland 2
Australia · TV Show
Rae Regular
Simone Guest
Passions 1
USA · TV Show
Rae Thomas Died this year Recurring
Queer as Folk (US) 3
USA · TV Show
Leda Recurring
Lindsay Peterson Regular
Melanie Marcus Regular
The Secret Life of Us 1
Australia · TV Show
Miranda Lang Regular
Sex and the City 2
USA · TV Show
Miranda Hobbes Regular
Samantha Jones Regular
Shortland Street 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Patricia Hewitt Regular
The Simpsons 6
USA · TV Show
Brunella Pommelhorse Guest
Constance Harm Recurring
Edna Krabappel Died this year Recurring
Lisa Simpson Regular
Marcia Princess Recurring
Patty Bouvier Recurring
Six Feet Under 1
USA · TV Show
Claire Fisher Regular
Son of the Beach 1
USA · TV Show
Ellen Recurring
South Park 1
USA · TV Show
Herbert Garrison Regular
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
Tipping the Velvet 4
United Kingdom · Mini-Series
Diana Lethaby Recurring
Florence Banner Recurring
Kitty Butler Regular
Nancy Astley Regular
Titus 1
USA · TV Show
Amy Fitzpatrick Regular
Undressed 8
USA · TV Show
Amy Harding Regular
Annie Isles Recurring
Bridget Recurring
Frannie Recurring
Nomi Regular
Sam Recurring
Talia Regular
Tammy Recurring
Unter Uns 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Died this year Regular
Verbotene Liebe 5
Germany · TV Show
Erika Sander Regular
Hanna Novak Died this year Regular
Jule Roth Regular
Nina Ryan Regular
Susanne Brandner Regular
Wild West 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Angela Phillips Regular
Mary Trewednack Regular
Will & Grace 2
USA · TV Show
Bonnie Guest
Karen Walker Regular
The Wire 2
USA · TV Show
Cheryl Recurring
Kima Greggs Regular
X 2
Japan · TV Show
Kanoe Recurring
Nataku Recurring
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Died this year Regular