13: Rebecca Howe Suffers from Gay Blindness
Ten years later, it’s a very different situation when a gay guy walks into the bar.
Interview: Stan Zimmerman
A veteran screenwriter talks Golden Girls, Roseanne and getting RuPaul to play Miss Cummings in The Brady Bunch Movie.
12: Fresh Off the Boat Outs the Girl Next Door
Our second bonus episode looks at a contemporary sitcom: Fresh Off the Boat, which made its Winnie Cooper a lesbian.
11: Harley and Ivy Are Domestic Partners
Our first bonus episode looks at our first non-sitcom: a Batman episode exploring panstless female supervillain roommates.
10: Diane Chambers Is an LGBT Ally
The most notable participle ever dangled in defense of LGBT people!
9: Jerry and George Aren’t Gay, Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
This episode won a GLAAD attitude, but does it seem award-worthy today?
8: Julia Sugarbaker Plans a Gay Funeral
In the 1990s, gays were perfect — altruistic and polite and demure and masculine enough that viewers felt bad when these characters died.
7: Homer Simpson Is a Homophobe
Only John Waters himself can teach Homer Simpson about the wonders of homosexuality.
6: Blair Warner Is a Homophobe
Though it never brought up the subject again, the pilot to The Facts of Life features an interesting parable about homophobia.
5: Mary and Rhoda Meets a Homo
Welcome to an era when homosexuality served as a hilarious late-minute-of-the-episode reveal.
4: Archie Bunker Meets a Homo
Compare and contrast your feelings about one of the first LGBT depictions on TV versus Archie’s outdated brand of comedy.
2: Roseanne Gets Kissed by a Lesbian
Before she was best known for other things, Roseanne had a reputation for putting same-sex love onscreen.
1: Frasier’s Boss Is Gay
The episode that answers the question, “Hey, is Frasier gay or what?”