My Favorite LGBTQ Characters From Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Adventure TV
As a big old nerd I wholeheartedly recognize and appreciate that the realm of genre (science fiction, fantasy, horror, action/adventure) TV has always been very progressive and ahead of the curve in pop culture when it comes to LGBTQ representation and over the years I have become a major fanboy of many of the LGBTQ characters that have appeared on those TV shows. So in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month I figured I’d share some of that love with this list of my favorite characters from some of my favorite TV shows.
Job (Hoon Lee), BANSHEE
Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie), DOCTOR WHO
Nyssa (Katrina Law), ARROW
Capt. Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), DOCTOR WHO/TORCHWOOD
Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey), THE 100
Willow Rosenberg & Tara Maclay (Allyson Hannigan & Amber Benson), BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Jesus (Tom Payne), THE WALKING DEAD
Oswald “The Penguin” Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor), GOTHAM
Sara “White Canary” Lance, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis), TRUE BLOOD
Admiral Helena Cain (Michelle Forbes), BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Madame Vastra & Jenny (Neve McIntosh & Catrin Stewart), DOCTOR WHO
Garnet (Estelle), STEVEN UNIVERSE
Elliot Waugh (Hale Appleman), THE MAGICIANS
Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd), TORCHWOOD
Ferdinand Lyle (Simon Russell Beale), PENNY DREADFUL
Victor Strand (Colman Doming), FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
Shore Leave (Doc Hammer), THE VENTURE BROTHERS
Barbara Kean (Erin Richards), GOTHAM
Tilda (Ally Ioannides), INTO THE BADLANDS
Salim & The Jinn (Omid Abtahi & Mousa Kraish), AMERICAN GODS
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