Technically, we never saw any gay students at Hillman, but there is a girl named Cougar...

A short-lived James L. Brooks sitcom tackled gay representation right before it got canceled.

It’s Sherman Hemsley vs. Nell Carter in an explosion of anti-sexual tension.

Given the queer shading to Blair’s character, there’s a whole different reading to this very special episode.

Terry Sweeney was the first openly gay cast member… and we didn’t get another one for 28 years.

Two Darryls, one show.

What would fix the gradual queering of Gimme a Break? Rosie O’Donnell!

And three gay-coded characters who are all apparently straight?

Why are there so many parentless moppets in 80s sitcoms?

Sitcom Halloween stakes have literally never been higher.

From Anita Bryant to Mango in ten LGBTQ-centric sketches.

Is this the scariest moment in sitcom history?

There never was a Renee Corliss, it turns out.

I don’t care what you say anymore; this is my life.

So much better than you’d imagine a comedic take on anti-gay violence, we swear.

It takes the most compassionate cops in the history of primetime TV to care about gays.

It’s the Miss Piggy remake of The Comeback that we accidentally wished into existence.

The crossover that wasn’t but then was. With Muppets.

Pamela Adlon played a girl pretending to to be a boy long before she’d play Bobby Hill.

This one-season wonder does what most ‘80s sitcoms can’t or won’t.