In This Year - 2016

An overview of queer events that occurred in 2016.

Deltas compare against 2015

49 characters died in 2016

Queer characters we lost in 2016. See the full death statistics →

Deadliest Month

7 characters died in April.

Deadliest Show

No show stands out above the rest.

Jan 5
Danny (Chicago Med)
Jan 12
Charlotte DiLaurentis (Pretty Little Liars)
Jan 13
Carla Niven (Code Black)
Felicity Ford (Midsomer Murders)
Yasmin Ali (Midsomer Murders)
Feb 2
Julie Mao (The Expanse)
Feb 16
Zora (The Shannara Chronicles)
Mar 3
Lexa (The 100)
Mar 14
Kira (The Magicians)
Mar 20
Denise Cloyd (The Walking Dead)
Mar 22
Susan Lowe (NCIS)
Mar 24
Ash Larsson (Janet King)
Apr 1
Mary Louise (The Vampire Diaries)
Nora Hildegard (The Vampire Diaries)
Apr 6
Camilla Marks-Whiteman (Empire)
Apr 9
Ruru (Kiznaiver)
Apr 10
Marissa Kagan (Elementary)
Apr 18
Cara Thomas (Marcella)
Apr 24
Ella Johnson (Saints & Sinners)
May 9
Alexandra Harrison (Blindspot)
May 15
Bridey Cruz (The Family)
May 23
Bethany Mayfair (Blindspot)
Jun 7
Jessica Tartinck (Agatha Raisin)
Jun 13
Molly Ryan (Guilt)
Jun 14
Root (Person of Interest)
Jun 17
Poussey Washington (Orange is the New Black)
Jun 18
Vampire (Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?)
Jun 19
Justine (Penny Dreadful)
Jul 3
Kim Gordon (Secret City)
Jul 6
The Countess (American Horror Story)
Jul 26
Bea Smith (Wentworth)
Aug 2
Sara Harvey (Pretty Little Liars)
Aug 9
Zoë Vaughn (Scream)
Aug 22
Roz Walters (Guilt)
Sep 6
Karen Kim (Mistresses (US))
Manola Jimenez (From Dusk till Dawn: The Series)
Sep 21
Rhonda Lyon (Empire)
Sep 29
Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)
Oct 7
Julia (The Exorcist)
Oct 16
Helen Schiff (Masters of Sex)
Oct 20
Joanie Valentine (Ash vs Evil Dead)
Oct 21
Kelly (Black Mirror)
Yorkie (Black Mirror)
Oct 29
La Pucelle (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Nov 19
Weiss Winterprison (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Nov 25
Susan Jackson (Van Helsing)
Dec 7
Gina (Shut Eye)
Dec 11
Monica Gallagher (Shameless (US))
Dec 14
Beatriz de Souza (Nada Será Como Antes)
Dec 20
Aurora Alarcón (Seis Hermanas)
Agatha Raisin 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jessica Tartinck
American Horror Story 1
USA · TV Show
The Countess
Ash vs Evil Dead 1
USA · TV Show
Joanie Valentine
Black Mirror 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Yorkie Kelly
Blindspot 2
USA · TV Show
Bethany Mayfair Alexandra Harrison
Code Black 1
USA · TV Show
Carla Niven
Elementary 1
USA · TV Show
Marissa Kagan
Empire 2
USA · TV Show
Camilla Marks-Whiteman Rhonda Lyon
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series 1
USA · TV Show
Manola Jimenez
Guilt 2
USA · TV Show
Molly Ryan Roz Walters
Janet King 1
Australia · TV Show
Ash Larsson
Kiznaiver 1
Japan · TV Show
Ruru
Magical Girl Raising Project 2
Japan · TV Show
Weiss Winterprison La Pucelle
Marcella 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Cara Thomas
Masters of Sex 1
USA · TV Show
Helen Schiff
Midsomer Murders 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Felicity Ford Yasmin Ali
Mistresses (US) 1
USA · TV Show
Karen Kim
Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? 1
USA · TV Movie
Vampire
Nada Será Como Antes 1
Brazil · Mini-Series
Beatriz de Souza
NCIS 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Lowe
Orange is the New Black 1
USA · TV Show
Poussey Washington
Penny Dreadful 1
USA · TV Show
Justine
Person of Interest 1
USA · TV Show
Root
Pretty Little Liars 2
USA · TV Show
Charlotte DiLaurentis Sara Harvey
Saints & Sinners 1
USA · TV Show
Ella Johnson
Scream 1
USA · TV Show
Zoë Vaughn
Seis Hermanas 1
Spain · TV Show
Aurora Alarcón
Shameless (US) 1
USA · TV Show
Monica Gallagher
Shut Eye 1
USA · TV Show
Gina
The 100 1
USA · TV Show
Lexa
The Exorcist 1
USA · TV Show
Julia
The Expanse 1
USA · TV Show
Julie Mao
The Family 1
USA · TV Show
Bridey Cruz
The Good Place 1
USA · TV Show
Eleanor Shellstrop
The Magicians 1
USA · TV Show
Kira
The Shannara Chronicles 1
USA · TV Show
Zora
The Vampire Diaries 2
USA · TV Show
Mary Louise Nora Hildegard
The Walking Dead 1
USA · TV Show
Denise Cloyd
Van Helsing 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Jackson
Wentworth 1
Australia · TV Show
Bea Smith