Not Just Bugs Bunny in Drag! (Seven Very Gay Looney Tunes Shorts)
And no, queer elements are not new to cartoons.
The Critic Is Very Gay (Even If Jay Sherman Is Not)
Bonus points for tricking Siskel and Ebert into singing.
Laverne & Shirley Check Into the Honeymoon Suite
The totally heterosexual story of two unmarried roommates who work at a brewery together.
The Cleveland Show Whiffs a Potentially Great Bi Episode
It’s the one where Terry comes out, but apparently no one knows about bisexuality.
Rebecca Howe Is Not a Lesbian (But Kirstie Alley Did Save Cheers)
We settle the Diane vs. Rebecca debate once and for all by deciding they’re both great.
Ventures Bros. Is a Very Gay Show, But…
The Captain Sunshine episode represents this show in peak early 2000s humor mode.
Schitt’s Creek Gets a Pansexual Love Triangle
In which David and Stevie are not as progressive as they’d like to think.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Does a Body/Gender Swap Episode
Blue + pink = purple (a parable about gender norms)
Mork Is the Mommy, Mindy Is the Daddy
A silly show about an alien showcases parenting outside the gender norms.
Mary Hartman Meets a Gay Couple
The first instance of a well-rounded gay couple in TV history.
258: The Great North Pushes Aunt Dirt Out of the Bunker — and Out of the Closet
Sometimes elderly curmudgeons are also gay.
257: Mr. Belvedere Meets a Kid With AIDS
It’s a more poignant episode than that one infamous line would make you think.
256: Titus Is the Real Star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
And no, we didn’t pick the “Pinot Noir” episode, either.
255: What’s With All the Orphans in 80s Sitcoms?
And no, it’s not Ronald Reagan’s fault. It’s a different president’s.
254: My Two Dads Can’t Escape the Gayness of Its Title
And it managed to acknowledge that gay people exist when Full House did not.
253: Gilligan’s Island Does a Body Swap Episode
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale of how the Skipper became Mrs. Howell.
252: Curb Your Enthusiasm Acknowledges That a Child Seems Gay
Leave to to Larry David to admit that sometimes children are obviously gay.
251: Sailor Moon Meets a Beguiling Genderfluid Villain
Fisheye gets more of an arc that most good guys do.
250: The Grand Unified Theory of Why Frasier Seems Gay
Sometimes a fire alarm is more than a fire alarm.
249¾: It’s All Relative Was ABC’s Attempt at a Will & Grace
“We pray, we’re gay, get used to it.”