Mainstream Cable Networks

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Orientation/Ethnicity
Lead
Torchwood	BBC America	Capt. Jack Harkness	John Barrowman	bisexual/white
		Toshiko Sato	Naoko Mori	bisexual (f)/Asian-Pacific Islander
		Owen Harper	Burn Gorman	bisexaul/white
Drawn Together	Comedy Central	Xandir	Jack Plotnick	gay/other
Reno 911!	Comedy Central	Lt. Jim Dangle	Thomas Lennon	gay/white
The Sarah Silverman Program	Comedy Central	Brian	Brian Posen	gay/white
		Steve	Steve Agee	gay/white
Nip/Tuck	FX	Julia McNamara	Joely Richardson	bisexual/white
South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer	Gabrielle Christian	lesbian/white
		Ashley	Mandy Musgrave	bisexual/white
The L Word	Showtime	Bette Porter	Jennifer Beals	lesbian/multi-racial
		Tina Kennard	Laurel Holloman	bisexual/white
		Jenny Schecter	Mia Kirshner	lesbian/white
		Shane McCutcheon	Katherine Moening	lesbian/white
		Alice Pieszecki	Leisha Hailey	lesbian/white
		Helena Peabody	Rachel Shelley	lesbian/white
				Subtotal: 16
Supporting
GREEK	ABC Family	Calvin	Paul James	gay/African American
Mad Men	AMC	Salvatore	Bryan Batt	gay/white
Torchwood	BBC America	Ianto	Gareth David-Lloyd	bisexual/white
Jekyll	BBC America	Miranda	Meera Syal	lesbian/Asian-Pacific Islander
		Min	Fenella Woolgar	lesbian/white
Hotel Babylon	BBC America	Ben Trueman	Michael Obiora	gay/black
The Riches	FX	Sam Malloy	Aidan Mitchell	cross-dresser/white
Nip/Tuck	FX	Liz Cruz	Roma Maffia	lesbian/Latina
The Shield	FX	Julien Lowe	Michael Jace	gay/African American
The Wire	HBO	Det. Shakima Greggs	Sonja Sohn	lesbian/African American
		Omar Little	Michael K. Williams	gay/African American
Entourage	HBO	LLoyd	Rex Lee	gay/Asian-Pacific Islander
John From Cincinnati	HBO	Barry Cunningham	Matt Winston	gay/white
Degrassi: The Next Generation	The N	Alex	Deanna Casaluce	lesbian/Latina
		Marco	Adamo Ruggiero	gay/white
		Paige Michalchuk	Lauren Collins	bisexual/white
Eureka	SCI FI	Vincent	Chris Gauthier	gay/white
The L Word	Showtime	Max Sweeney	Daniela Sea	FTM/white
		Jodie	Marlee Matlin	lesbian/white
The Kill Point	Spike	Connie	Michael Hyatt	lesbian/African American
		Bernard	Bingo O'Malley	gay/white
Shameless	Sundance Channel	Ian Gallagher	Gerart Kearns	gay/white
		Kash Karib	Chris Bisson	gay/Asian-Pacific Islander
To Love and Die	USA	Eddie	Christine Adams	bisexual/African American
				Subtotal: 24
Recurring
GREEK	ABC Family	Heath	Zack Lively	gay/white
Dirt	FX	Leo Spiller	Will McCormack	gay/white
Nip/Tuck	FX	Unknown	Portia de Rossi	lesbian/white
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman	IFC	Mitchell	Patrick Bristow	gay/white
		Connor	Butch Klein	gay/white
The Business	IFC	Terrence Von Holtzen	Matt Silver	gay/white
The Wire	HBO	William A. Rawls	John Doman	gay/white
The Best Years	The N	Lee Cambell	Alan Van Spring	gay/white
South of Nowhere	The N	Carmen	Brooke Valone	lesbian/Latina
Brotherhood	Showtime	Alex	Karl Bury	gay/white
The L Word	Showtime	Tasha	Rose Rollins	lesbian/African American
		Phyllis Kroll	Cybill Shephard	bisexual/white
		Cindi	Uncast	lesbian/white
		Dawn	Kate French	lesbian/white
Weeds	Showtime	Isabelle Hodes	Allie Grant	lesbian/white
		Sanjay	Maulik Pancholy	gay/Asian-Pacific Islander
The Tudors	Showtime	Thomas Tallis	Joe Van Moyland	bisexual/white
				Subtotal: 17
				Total: 57

Breakdown of LGBT Regular and Recurring Characters on Mainstream Cable Networks*

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All information current as of September 17, 2007