In This Year - 2008

An overview of queer events that occurred in 2008.

Deltas compare against 2007

270 characters on air in 2008

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

Most popular starting letter

35 characters' names begin with A.

Least popular starting letter

Just 1 character's name begins with U, making it the rarest.

Unused letters

No character's name starts with Q or X.

Ade Apples
Adele Channing The L Word
Adrianna Tate-Duncan 90210
Al Without a Trace
Alba Recio La que se avecina
Aleksandra "Ola" Zimińska Na Wspólnej
Alex Mistresses
Alexis Meade Ugly Betty
Ali Spencer Emmerdale
Alice Superjail!
Alice Guppy Torchwood
Alice Pieszecki The L Word
Alice Vega Stargate: Atlantis
Alicia Lawson Cashmere Mafia
Allie Horton Days of Our Lives
Amber Kalirai Coronation Street
Amelia Bennett One Life to Live
Amy Wong-Kroker Futurama
Ana Chica Busca Chica
Ana Rivas Amar en Tiempos Revueltos
Andrea Bailey 3Way
Andrea Patwin Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Anette Kofoed Sommer
Angela Montenegro Bones
Anne Scott The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Annie Brooklyn Is for Lovers
Antje Stenzel Hinter Gittern
Antonia Salgado Capadocia
Anya Raczynski Survivors
Apos RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne
Ariana Murphy Without a Trace
Ash Brooklyn Is for Lovers
Ashley Davies South Of Nowhere
Asōgi Rin RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne
Aster Gaston Anyone But Me
B.J. Fletcher B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye
Bärbel Schmied Mord mit Aussicht
Barbi Apples
Bea Sutton Paradise Falls
Beatriz "Bea" Lasa Maldonado Hospital Central
Begoña The L Word
Bette Porter The L Word
Bianca Montgomery All My Children
Brother Ken bro'Town
Caitlin Dowd Cashmere Mafia
Callie Torres Grey's Anatomy
Carla Connor Coronation Street
Carla von Lahnstein Verbotene Liebe
Carmen Chica Busca Chica
Carmen South Of Nowhere
Caroline Bingley Lost in Austen
Carrie Rivai Knight Rider (2008 film)
Cassie Ainsworth Skins
Cate Banning Paradise Falls
Celia Hodes Weeds
Celia Sanderson 3Way
Céline Frémont Plus Belle La Vie
Charity Dingle Emmerdale
Charlie Buckton Home and Away
Charlotte Beaumont All Saints
Charlotte Lepic Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
Cheryl The Wire
Chōhi Ekitoku Ikki Tousen
Christina Worthy 90210
Christine Walter Hinter Gittern
Cindi Tucker The L Word
Claire Bennet Heroes
Clea Mason The L Word
Colleen Donaghy 30 Rock
D’Anna Biers Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Daikyō Koihime Musō
Dana Bernstein Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Dawn Denbo The L Word
Debbie Dingle Emmerdale
Devin Boland Friday Night Lights
Dewey Largo The Simpsons
Diane Butcher EastEnders
Doc Apples
Donna Two and a Half Men
Donna Freedman Neighbours
Doris Wolfe Guiding Light
Dusty The L Word
Dylan Moreland The L Word
Edna Krabappel The Simpsons
Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen Strike Witches
Emily Holroyd Torchwood
Erica Hahn Grey's Anatomy
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe
Esther Bruno Terapia D’Urgenza
Esther García Ruiz Hospital Central
Etorofu Kujira Penguin Musume Heart
Eva "Papi" Torres The L Word
Evelyn Harper Two and a Half Men
Fi Kydd River City
Franzi Reuter Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Freya Duric Home and Away
Georgia Two and a Half Men
Georgia Drew B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye
Geri O'Flanagan 3Way
Gillian Davis The L Word
Grell Sutcliff Black Butler
Hayley Cropper Coronation Street
Hazuki Mina Darker than Black
Helen Magnus Sanctuary
Helena Peabody The L Word
Heli Sievinen Salatut elämät
Herbert Garrison South Park
Hōjiro Saki Penguin Musume Heart
Iijuin Karei Penguin Musume Heart
Iiris Kaukovaara Salatut elämät
Isabelle/Bruce Hodes Weeds
Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupre Soul Eater
Jacqueline Stewart Benidorm
Jane Hollyoaks
Jasmin Flemming Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Jasmine Thomas Emmerdale
Jenna Watson B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye
Jenny Schecter The L Word
Jessica Fraser Mistresses
Jo Masters The Bill
Joan Golfinos Mad About You
Joanna Eli Stone
Jodi Lerner The L Word
Jonica South Of Nowhere
Joyce Wischnia The L Word
Julia Mallory Dirt
Julia McNamara Nip/Tuck
Julie Cordry Paradise Falls
Juliet Ferriere Famille d’accueil
Jun'iku Bunjaku Koihime Musō
June Stahl Sons of Anarchy
Kagami Kuro Kodomo no Jikan
Kakuka Hōkō Koihime Musō
Kate Hammond Midsomer Murders
Katherine Chancellor The Young and the Restless
Katherine Mayfair Desperate Housewives
Kathleen Dixon Casualty
Kerry Weaver ER
Kerstin Töppers Marienhof
Kim Diehl Soul Eater
Kima Greggs The Wire
Kirsten Kellogg Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Kishimoto Ruka Last Friends
Kitty Dexter
Kotobuki Seiko Lovely Complex
Kristina Corinthos-Davis General Hospital
Kyra Kiss Me Deadly
Kyra's Girlfriend Kiss Me Deadly
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu
Laura Rivers The Lair
Leslie Lapdalulu 3Way
Lily Zee South Of Nowhere
Linda Freeman Two and a Half Men
Lindsey Vaughn Criminal Minds
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons
Liz Cruz Nip/Tuck
Lois Landry ER
Lucy Rodell Friday Night Lights
Lucy Spiller Dirt
Lynn Searcy Girlfriends
Lynnie Jordan Paradise Falls
Macarena "Maca" Fernández Wilson Hospital Central
Madame Delphina One Life to Live
Maggie Sawyer Smallville
Maia Jeffries Shortland Street
Manitas Apples
Marcia Princess The Simpsons
Marga Janssen Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Marie Luise Krüger Schloss Einstein
Marina Ferrer The L Word
Marina Ranieri del Colle Terapia D’Urgenza
Marjorie Matlock B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye
Melanie Hansen Notruf Hafenkante
Michael Stills Eli Stone
Mimi RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne
Moira/Max Sweeney The L Word
Molly Kroll The L Word
Mónica Chica Busca Chica
Monica Gallagher Shameless (UK)
Myra McQueen Hollyoaks
Nan Flanagan True Blood
Nanai Apples
Nancy Botwin Weeds
Nankyoku Sakura Penguin Musume Heart
Natalia Rivera Aitoro Guiding Light
Nicki Ideal
Nicole Wallace Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Niki Stevens The L Word
Nikki Ushima Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nina Einstein Code Geass
Nines Chica Busca Chica
Norma Starkey Shameless (UK)
Olivia Lord Nip/Tuck
Olivia Spencer Guiding Light
Orochimaru Naruto: Shippûden
Paige Michalchuk Degrassi: The Next Generation
Paige Sobel The L Word
Pam Ravenscroft True Blood
Patricia Ludmuller Bones
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons
Paula Rapf Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Peggy Peabody The L Word
Pepa Ramos Los Hombres de Paco
Perrine H. Clostermann Strike Witches
Petunia Dexter
Phyllis Kroll The L Word
Pixel Apples
Rebecca Mattern Unter Uns
Reese Williams All My Children
Ritchie Scott EastEnders
River Song Doctor Who (2005)
Róise De Búrca Ros na Rún
Rosi Chica Busca Chica
Roxie Lautzenheiser 3Way
Roxie Lyon Bones
Sam Apples
Sam Malloy The Riches
Sangita Ideal
Sarah Barnes Hollyoaks
Shane McCutcheon The L Word
Shaza Karib Shameless (UK)
Shimura Tae Gintama
Shirai Kuroko A Certain Magical Index
Shōkyō Koihime Musō
Silvia Castro León Los Hombres de Paco
Sioned Rees Pobol y Cwm
Sky Silvestry Doctor Who (2005)
Snoop The Wire
Sonken Bundai Koihime Musō
Sonsaku Hakufu Koihime Musō
Sophie Webster Coronation Street
Sōsō Mōtoku Koihime Musō
Spencer House M.D.
Spencer Carlin South Of Nowhere
Stacey How I Met Your Mother
Stella Dagostino Rush
Stella Mann Verbotene Liebe
Stephanie Ai Foamwire-Putty Moral Orel
Stephanie Scully Neighbours
Suì-Fēng Bleach
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe
Suzanne Richter Lindenstraße
Tabaruzaka Saki Kamen no Maid Guy
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße
Tara Thornton True Blood
Tasha Williams The L Word
Teresa García Amar en Tiempos Revueltos
Therese Anna Pihl
Thirteen House M.D.
Tina Kennard The L Word
Tina O'Dowd Ros na Rún
Toshiko Sato Torchwood
Trish Simpkin Paradise Falls
Ulla Larsen Sommer
Vanessa Abrams Gossip Girl
Verónica Solé Hospital Central
Vilde Mykland Hotel Cæsar
Vincent Clarkson Passions
Virginia "Ginnie" Dunne The Venture Bros.
Virginie Mirbeau Plus Belle La Vie
Vivian McMillan Anyone But Me
Waltrud Krupinski Strike Witches
Willa McPherson Dirt
Yagyū Kyūbei Gintama
Yasuko Ideal
Yoimachi Koyomi Zombie-Loan
Yoite Nabari no Ou
Yukari Sendo Rosario + Vampire
Zezé Maria Fudêncio e Seus Amigos
Zoe Carpenter Hollyoaks
The L Word 25
USA · TV Show
Shane McCutcheon Regular Alice Pieszecki Regular Bette Porter Regular Tina Kennard Regular Jenny Schecter Regular Helena Peabody Regular Eva "Papi" Torres Recurring Marina Ferrer Recurring Jodi Lerner Recurring Tasha Williams Regular Moira/Max Sweeney Regular Dylan Moreland Recurring Adele Channing Recurring Cindi Tucker Guest Dawn Denbo Guest Molly Kroll Recurring Phyllis Kroll Recurring Clea Mason Guest Begoña Guest Peggy Peabody Recurring Paige Sobel Recurring Niki Stevens Recurring Joyce Wischnia Recurring Dusty Guest Gillian Davis Guest
The Simpsons 8
USA · TV Show
Patty Bouvier Recurring Lisa Simpson Regular Dewey Largo Recurring Marcia Princess Recurring Edna Krabappel Recurring Regular Recurring Recurring
Apples 7
Portugal · Web Series
Pixel Regular Barbi Regular Doc Regular Manitas Regular Ade Regular Nanai Regular Sam Regular
Koihime Musō 7
Japan · TV Show
Sonken Bundai Recurring Shōkyō Guest Daikyō Guest Sonsaku Hakufu Recurring Kakuka Hōkō Recurring Jun'iku Bunjaku Recurring Sōsō Mōtoku Recurring
3Way 5
USA · Web Series
Andrea Bailey Regular Roxie Lautzenheiser Regular Geri O'Flanagan Regular Leslie Lapdalulu Recurring Celia Sanderson Recurring
Chica Busca Chica 5
Spain · Web Series
Ana Regular Rosi Recurring Carmen Regular Mónica Regular Nines Regular
Paradise Falls 5
Canada · TV Show
Bea Sutton Regular Trish Simpkin Recurring Cate Banning Regular Julie Cordry Recurring Lynnie Jordan Recurring
South Of Nowhere 5
USA · TV Show
Ashley Davies Regular Spencer Carlin Regular Carmen Guest Lily Zee Guest Jonica Guest
B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye 4
Canada · Web Series
B.J. Fletcher Regular Georgia Drew Regular Marjorie Matlock Recurring Jenna Watson Recurring
Coronation Street 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sophie Webster Regular Hayley Cropper Regular Amber Kalirai Regular Carla Connor Regular
Emmerdale 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Debbie Dingle Regular Jasmine Thomas Regular Charity Dingle Regular Ali Spencer Regular
Hollyoaks 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sarah Barnes Regular Zoe Carpenter Regular Myra McQueen Regular Jane Guest
Hospital Central 4
Spain · TV Show
Esther García Ruiz Regular Macarena "Maca" Fernández Wilson Regular Verónica Solé Regular Beatriz "Bea" Lasa Maldonado Guest
Penguin Musume Heart 4
Japan · Web Series
Hōjiro Saki Recurring Iijuin Karei Recurring Etorofu Kujira Regular Nankyoku Sakura Regular
Two and a Half Men 4
USA · TV Show
Evelyn Harper Recurring Linda Freeman Recurring Georgia Guest Donna Guest
Verbotene Liebe 4
Germany · TV Show
Carla von Lahnstein Regular Stella Mann Regular Susanne Brandner Regular Erika Sander Regular
Bones 3
USA · TV Show
Angela Montenegro Regular Roxie Lyon Guest Patricia Ludmuller Guest
Dirt 3
USA · TV Show
Julia Mallory Regular Willa McPherson Regular Lucy Spiller Regular
EastEnders 3
United Kingdom · TV Show
Diane Butcher Regular Ritchie Scott Recurring Recurring
Guiding Light 3
USA · TV Show
Olivia Spencer Regular Natalia Rivera Aitoro Regular Doris Wolfe Recurring
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 3
Germany · TV Show
Franzi Reuter Regular Paula Rapf Regular Jasmin Flemming Regular
Ideal 3
United Kingdom · TV Show
Nicki Regular Sangita Recurring Yasuko Recurring
Nip/Tuck 3
USA · TV Show
Julia McNamara Regular Olivia Lord Recurring Liz Cruz Regular
RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne 3
Japan · Mini-Series
Apos Regular Mimi Regular Asōgi Rin Regular
Shameless (UK) 3
United Kingdom · TV Show
Shaza Karib Guest Norma Starkey Regular Monica Gallagher Regular
Strike Witches 3
Japan · TV Show
Waltrud Krupinski Guest Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen Recurring Perrine H. Clostermann Regular
The Wire 3
USA · TV Show
Kima Greggs Regular Snoop Regular Cheryl Recurring
Torchwood 3
USA · TV Show
Toshiko Sato Regular Alice Guppy Guest Emily Holroyd Guest
True Blood 3
USA · TV Show
Tara Thornton Regular Nan Flanagan Regular Pam Ravenscroft Recurring
Weeds 3
USA · TV Show
Isabelle/Bruce Hodes Regular Nancy Botwin Regular Celia Hodes Regular
90210 2
USA · TV Show
Adrianna Tate-Duncan Regular Christina Worthy Guest
All My Children 2
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular Reese Williams Regular
Amar en Tiempos Revueltos 2
Spain · TV Show
Ana Rivas Regular Teresa García Regular
Anyone But Me 2
USA · Web Series
Vivian McMillan Regular Aster Gaston Regular
Black Butler 2
Japan · TV Show
Grell Sutcliff Regular Regular
Bleach 2
Japan · TV Show
Suì-Fēng Recurring Recurring
Brooklyn Is for Lovers 2
USA · Web Series
Annie Regular Ash Regular
Cashmere Mafia 2
USA · TV Show
Caitlin Dowd Regular Alicia Lawson Recurring
Dexter 2
USA · TV Show
Kitty Guest Petunia Guest
Doctor Who (2005) 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
River Song Recurring Sky Silvestry Guest
Eli Stone 2
USA · TV Show
Joanna Guest Michael Stills Guest
ER 2
USA · TV Show
Kerry Weaver Regular Lois Landry Guest
Friday Night Lights 2
USA · TV Show
Lucy Rodell Recurring Devin Boland Recurring
Gintama 2
Japan · TV Show
Shimura Tae Recurring Yagyū Kyūbei Recurring
Grey's Anatomy 2
USA · TV Show
Callie Torres Regular Erica Hahn Recurring
Home and Away 2
Australia · TV Show
Charlie Buckton Regular Freya Duric Recurring
House M.D. 2
USA · TV Show
Thirteen Regular Spencer Guest
Kiss Me Deadly 2
USA · TV Movie
Kyra's Girlfriend Guest Kyra Recurring
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2
USA · TV Show
Nicole Wallace Recurring Nikki Ushima Recurring
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2
USA · TV Show
Andrea Patwin Guest Marga Janssen Guest
Lindenstraße 2
Germany · TV Show
Tanja Schildknecht Regular Suzanne Richter Regular
Los Hombres de Paco 2
Spain · TV Show
Pepa Ramos Regular Silvia Castro León Regular
Mistresses 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jessica Fraser Regular Alex Recurring
Neighbours 2
Australia · TV Show
Donna Freedman Regular Stephanie Scully Regular
Notruf Hafenkante 2
Germany · TV Show
Melanie Hansen Regular Regular
One Life to Live 2
USA · TV Show
Amelia Bennett Recurring Madame Delphina Recurring
Plus Belle La Vie 2
France · TV Show
Céline Frémont Regular Virginie Mirbeau Recurring
Pobol y Cwm 2
Wales · TV Show
Sioned Rees Regular Regular
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World 2
USA · TV Show
Kirsten Kellogg Regular Dana Bernstein Regular
Ros na Rún 2
Ireland · TV Show
Róise De Búrca Regular Tina O'Dowd Regular
Salatut elämät 2
Finland · TV Show
Heli Sievinen Regular Iiris Kaukovaara Regular
Sommer 2
Denmark · TV Show
Anette Kofoed Recurring Ulla Larsen Recurring
Soul Eater 2
Japan · TV Show
Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupre Recurring Kim Diehl Recurring
South Park 2
USA · TV Show
Herbert Garrison Regular Regular
Terapia D’Urgenza 2
Italy · TV Show
Marina Ranieri del Colle Regular Esther Bruno Regular
Without a Trace 2
USA · TV Show
Ariana Murphy Guest Al Guest
30 Rock 1
USA · TV Show
Colleen Donaghy Recurring
A Certain Magical Index 1
Japan · TV Show
Shirai Kuroko Recurring
All Saints 1
Australia · TV Show
Charlotte Beaumont Regular
Anna Pihl 1
Denmark · TV Show
Therese Recurring
Battlestar Galactica (2004) 1
USA · TV Show
D’Anna Biers Regular
Benidorm 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jacqueline Stewart Recurring
bro'Town 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Brother Ken Recurring
Capadocia 1
Mexico · TV Show
Antonia Salgado Regular
Casualty 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Kathleen Dixon Regular
Code Geass 1
Japan · TV Show
Nina Einstein Recurring
Criminal Minds 1
USA · TV Show
Lindsey Vaughn Recurring
Days of Our Lives 1
USA · TV Show
Allie Horton Regular
Degrassi: The Next Generation 1
Canada · TV Show
Paige Michalchuk Regular
Desperate Housewives 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Mayfair Regular
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça 1
France · TV Show
Charlotte Lepic Regular
Fudêncio e Seus Amigos 1
Brazil · TV Show
Zezé Maria 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
Gossip Girl 1
USA · TV Show
Vanessa Abrams Regular
Heroes 1
USA · TV Show
Claire Bennet Regular
Hotel Cæsar 1
Norway · TV Show
Vilde Mykland Regular
How I Met Your Mother 1
USA · TV Show
Stacey Guest
Ikki Tousen 1
Japan · TV Show
Chōhi Ekitoku Regular
Kamen no Maid Guy 1
Japan · TV Show
Tabaruzaka Saki Recurring
Knight Rider (2008 film) 1
USA · TV Movie
Carrie Rivai Regular
Kodomo no Jikan 1
Japan · TV Show
Kagami Kuro Regular
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
La que se avecina 1
Spain · TV Show
Alba Recio Regular
Last Friends 1
Japan · TV Show
Kishimoto Ruka Regular
Lost in Austen 1
United Kingdom · Mini-Series
Caroline Bingley Regular
Lovely Complex 1
Japan · TV Show
Kotobuki Seiko Recurring
Marienhof 1
Germany · TV Show
Kerstin Töppers Regular
Midsomer Murders 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Kate Hammond Guest
Moral Orel 1
USA · TV Show
Stephanie Ai Foamwire-Putty Recurring
Mord mit Aussicht 1
Germany · TV Show
Bärbel Schmied Regular
Na Wspólnej 1
Poland · TV Show
Aleksandra "Ola" Zimińska Regular
Nabari no Ou 1
Japan · TV Show
Yoite Recurring
Naruto: Shippûden 1
Japan · TV Show
Orochimaru Recurring
Passions 1
USA · TV Show
Vincent Clarkson Regular
River City 1
Scotland · TV Show
Fi Kydd Recurring
Rosario + Vampire 1
Japan · TV Show
Yukari Sendo Recurring
Rush 1
Australia · TV Show
Stella Dagostino Regular
Sanctuary 1
Canada · TV Show
Helen Magnus Regular
Schloss Einstein 1
Germany · TV Show
Marie Luise Krüger Regular
Shortland Street 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Maia Jeffries Regular
Skins 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Cassie Ainsworth Regular
Smallville 1
USA · TV Show
Maggie Sawyer Recurring
Sons of Anarchy 1
USA · TV Show
June Stahl Regular
Stargate: Atlantis 1
USA · TV Show
Alice Vega Guest
Superjail! 1
USA · TV Show
Alice Regular
Survivors 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Anya Raczynski Regular
The Bill 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jo Masters Regular
The Lair 1
USA · TV Show
Laura Rivers Regular
The Riches 1
USA · TV Show
Sam Malloy Regular
The Secret Life of the American Teenager 1
USA · TV Show
Anne Scott Regular
The Venture Bros. 1
USA · TV Show
Virginia "Ginnie" Dunne Guest
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Regular
Ugly Betty 1
USA · TV Show
Alexis Meade Regular
Unter Uns 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Regular
Zombie-Loan 1
Japan · TV Show
Yoimachi Koyomi Recurring