January 2004
|
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D.E.B.S.
premieres at Sundance |
|
The
L Word premieres on Showtime; lesbians around the
country rejoice |
|
Briana
Ramirez-Rial appears as a contestant on American
Idol |
February
2004
|
 |
Maggie
kisses Bianca on All My Children,
temporarily fooling viewers into thinking the show's writers
might actually follow through on a lesbian relationship
for Bianca |
|
Rosie
O'Donnell and her partner Kelli Carpenter are married
in San Francisco |
March
2004
|
|
Wonderfalls
premieres on FOX with a lesbian Republican character |
|
Wonderfalls
is canceled by FOX after only four episodes |
|
The sitcom Whoopi features a lesbian wedding |
|
VH1
airs Totally Gayer,
a light, campy special about gay men and lesbians in pop
culture which mostly ignores lesbians in favor of gay men |
|
LPGA
golfer Rosie Jones
comes out as a lesbian |
April
2004
|
|
Lena
departs All My Children, signaling the beginning
of the end of ABC's commitment to its lesbian storyline |
|
Queer
as Folk's fourth season premieres, saddling Melanie
and Lindsay with storylines revolving around motherhood
and sleeping with
men |
|
Dr.
Kerry Weaver’s lesbian partner Sandy Lopez is killed
on ER, and Weaver begins her clichéd
custody storyline which will leave her with a storyline
that revolves around motherhood |
May
2004
|
|
Bravo
airs a special on gays in entertainment and pop culture
called TV
Revolution: Out of the Closet which ignores lesbians
in favor of gay men, to the surprise of no one |
June
2004
|
|
The
fourth season of HBO's Six
Feet Under introduces lesbian Edie, who develops
into a love interest for Claire |
|
The
second season of FX's Nip/Tuck
begins, introducing a (surprise, surprise) motherhood storyline
for lesbian anesthesiologist Liz |
|
Dodgeball
is released in theaters, featuring a stereotypically promiscuous/non-monogamous
bisexual character |
July
2004
|
|
Minnesota
Lynx player Michele Van Gorp comes out and becomes the only
out lesbian in the WNBA |
|
She
Hate Me premieres, to the derision of lesbians
around the country |
August
2004
|
|
Actress
Heather Matarazzo
comes out |
September
2004
|
|
The
second season of Ellen DeGeneres's
NBC daytime talk show kicks off and becomes even more popular
than it was the first season |
|
Actress
Cynthia Nixon's relationship
with another woman becomes public |
|
t.A.T.u's
lack of relationships with women becomes public |
|
Omarosa
plays a lesbian on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends, to
the horror of lesbians around the country |
|
ABC
announces they're developing
a sitcom for Melissa
Etheridge |
|
FOX's
North Shore reinforces
bisexual stereotypes with a three-episode storyline |
|
The
ninth season of CBS's Survivor
debuts with two lesbians, to the delight of lesbians around
the country |
|
HBO's
The Wire debuts its
third season with its excellent lesbian cop character, but
no one watches |
|
Justine
Bateman guest stars as—what else?—a lesbian
mom on Still
Standing |
|
The
teenage daughter of the main character on FX's critically
acclaimed series Rescue
Me comes out |
|
Head
in the Clouds and When
Will I Be Loved both open in L.A. and New York
to mixed reviews, and quickly disappear |
|
Out
lesbian tennis player Amelie
Mauresmo becomes the number one female tennis player
in the world |
October
2004
|
|
Mary
Cheney is "outed"
in the vice-presidential debates, to the delight of news
organizations and pundits around the country |
|
Eulogy
finally opens in theaters, but just as quickly disappears |
|
MTV's
Battle
of the Sexes 2 debuts with a record five openly
gay or bi female contestants |
|
A
lesbian-themed episode
of the WB's Reba illustrates how mainstream lesbianism
has become |
|
ABC's
Hope and Faith pretend to be lesbians to get an
apartment |
|
Melissa
Etheridge announces she has been diagnosed with breast
cancer, and cancels the rest of her tour |
November
2004
|
|
Valerie Harper and Joanna Kerns reprise their 2003 guest
roles as Andy Dick's lesbian moms on ABC's sitcom Less
Than Perfect |
|
Kinsey
hits theaters, with a minor lesbian character |
|
Bridget
Jones: The Edge of Reason hits theaters, with a
minor lesbian character |
December
2004
|
|
Justine
Bateman reprises her guest role as a lesbian mom on Still
Standing |
|
Ellen
and Alex break up,
to the delight of tabloids around the country |
