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Leading Roles Past Seasons
Supporting Roles Broadcast
Recurring Roles Mainstream Cable
LGBT Characters For 2006-07
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Broadcast Networks*

Show Network Character Actor Orientation/Ethnicity
Lead
The Class CBS Kyle Sean Maguire gay/white
Brothers & Sisters ABC Kevin Walker Matthew Rhys gay/white
Subtotal: 2
 
Supporting
Desperate Housewives ABC Andrew Van De Kamp Shawn Pyfrom gay/white
ER NBC Dr. Kerry Weaver Laura Innes lesbian/white
Fashion House MyNetworkTV Harold
Hans
Garrett Swann
Tony Tripoli
gay/white
gay/white
Help Me Help You ABC Jonathan Jim Rash gay/white
The Office NBC Oscar Oscar Nuñez gay/Latino
Saints and Sinners MyNetworkTV Evan Shelli Boone lesbian/African American
The Simpsons FOX Waylon Smithers Hank Azaria gay/white
Ugly Betty ABC Marc Michael Urie gay/white
Alexis Rebecca Romijn straight MTF/white
War at Home FOX Kenny Rami Malek gay/Middle Eastern-American
Watch Over Me MyNetworkTV Andre Casper Van Dien gay/White
Ryan Omar Avila gay/Latino
Subtotal: 13
 
Recurring
Big Day ABC Fred Leslie Odom, Jr. gay/African American
ER NBC Chaz Pratt Sam Jones III gay/African American
Friday Night Lights NBC Mayor Lucy Rodell Libby Villari lesbian/white
Grey's Anatomy ABC Joe Steven W. Bailey gay/white
Hidden Palms The CW Jesse Jo Leslie Jordon gay/white
The Simpsons FOX Patty Bouvier Julie Kavner lesbian/white
Subtotal: 6

Total: 21


The LGBT Broadcast Breakdown

*ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, MyNetworkTV

All information current as of July 27, 2007


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