AE world map of TV shows with lesbian/bi characters

There's soap in NZ called Shortland Street that's had some lesbian characters. I don't watch it but I'm sure someone will provide the details.

 Otherwise, how fun!

Hi everyone,

I never watch this TV show but I heard about a lesbian couple in a french TV show called "cinq soeurs". I don't know if someone ever see this show and if there is a real lesbian relationship in it.

Peut-être qu'il y a certaines françaises plus au courant que moi sinon j'ai démaré un site que vous pouvez visiter sur le lien suivant laissez moi vos commentaires. http://girlshavefun2.blogspot.com/

UK:

BROOKSIDE (beth and margaret's infamous kiss back in the mid 1990s) a seminal moment for me: ooh, i like girls too...

EMMERDALE had a long-running lesbian character called zoe

SUGAR RUSH!!!

germany:

there were lesbians in MARIENHOF which is on at the same time of day as verbotene liebe. and TATORT: detective lena odenthal kissed a woman in one episode and is played by real-life lesbian, ulrike folkerts (*swoon*)

(hmm, maybe i watch too much tv sometimes...)

BAD GIRLS?!

Surely that should be on the UK map... accompanied of course by a smouldering picture of our favourite wing governor, Miss Stewart?

And in USA, what about Carol and Susan from Friends? The East Coast is looking decidely lonely :P.

There's a new character on Neighbours who is bisexual. She is currently on the show but has yet to make a comment about her sexuality although she has been 'stalking' this singer (it's not as bad as it sounds... really, something about her focusing on the music scene for love and acceptance).

On the official site there's an interview with the star,

http://neighbours.com.au/2288.htm

There's a paragraph which says:

Now if only I could get google directions from my house to Bette and Tina's then I would really be happy! :P lol

Okay, here is what came to my mind as to what might be missing...

What about Sordid Lives...? Isn't Olivia Newton-John's character supposed to be lesbian or bi?

And what about Dante's Cove? Is that coming back for another season?

Also 3Way? Are web series to be included on this map or no?

Hmmm, that all I gots for ya for now! :)

Thanks for the reminder re: Dante's Cove, and the info about Neighbours; I added them both to the map.

Olivia Newton John's character on Sorded Lives is bisexual, so I'll add that show to the map once it starts airing.

I'm not currently planning to add web series right now, because it's a little trickier to determine what country to categorize them in, and because it's a lot more work. :) But that's a good suggestion in general; I'll try to think of a way to do something with those in the future.

OK! so this map is awsome:) and Thank-you greatly!!!

Buuut! Brit programme sugar rush surely has to be recorded on this map, and probably on the british isles somewhere!! (most likely brighton as that's where its set & filmed but whatever floats your boat) It's like imfamous amoungst the UK located people of the gay scene! and some who arnt. 

Is it not on cos no new series is being made? (damn big brother and small minded Channel 4 executives [or whoever decides programming]) But if that's the case then I rekon it should still be on there because the old series' are still being played. I dono...I just love the show! (and the book, tho the former is not an accurate interpritation of the later in many respects)

Anyway, im goin to stop ranting, (and drinkin highly caffiniated drinks) cheers again for the legendary map and shall look forward to any futre updates *cof*sugar rush* cof*

Love layladylayxxx

Hospital Central

This map is awesome! Thank u so very much Sarah. The effort must have been almost titanic! so, just one thing. There is a new lesbian character in hospital Central since last season, Carolina Cerezuela, who plays a psychiatrist and is Maca's current girlfriend. So now we have 3 lesbian characters on the same show!! The girl in question is this..

There's a show currently showing in the Netherlands, called 'Midlife Crisis', about 4 couples, one of them lesbian.

I'm not sure if the show qualifies as 'current', because it first aired in 2006 and is now being re-aired (network problems). I'm not sure if they're planning on a second season.

Sadly, the creativity of the Dutch writers doesn't seem to get much further than the whole 'let's get a baby and then break up afterwards' lesbian theme....

http://www.rtl.nl/soaps/midlifecrisis/

Nobody watch this TV show? Maybe it could be add on this map? Is there any french who can tell if it match to the description?

OMG Sarah, it's official, you are a genius :D

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Is this where the shows are shot or where in the world the show takes place? If it's where they take place Grey's Anatomy needs to be put in Seattle.

Please disregard the actual city the TV icon for a show is placed in - the map is meant to represent only the country of origin. This is for a few reasons: because it's annoyingly impossible to click on individual icons when they're all clustered together in the same city (i.e. Los Angeles) without having to zoom in endlessly; and because it is often difficult to determine where a show is actually shot (especially international ones). Plus some shows are shot in multiple locations, etc.

Hope this makes sense.

I heart this whole map idea, it's awesome.

I'm ashamed to say, I have no idea whether or not there are any gay characters on any of the shows in the Netherlands right now...but there usually are, so I'll have a look... 

I did catch Midlife crisis the other day that features a lesbian couple, which Frammie mentioned already.  

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This is a brilliant idea! Really good top marks for this! :)

Just wondering if Torchwood would qualify?? I read that the character was taken in by an alien and isnt really bisexual, but then i also read that the same character actually is bisexual depsite that.....hmmm confusing, though we are talking about a time travelling band of merry people, trying to save the universe from which ever evil force Doctor Who doesnt have time for!

Im sooo glad the UK has 'Out Of The Blue' Its a really good show and features a stable, sane, non psychotic lesbian couple, and the great thing is they dont get any extra air time! - meaning they are treated like any other couple in the show, no sensationalism! phew refreshing :)

Hi Sarah, I see Shorty St was mentioned at the beginning of the comments and wondered if you hadn't added it yet cos you needed some more info (or gasp could it be that you're not sure where NZ is??? lol), so here's some links (the first two are pics of the couple, the second two are about the characters):

http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images/tv2/programmes/maia_jay_wedding_c.jpg
http://shortlandst.tvnz.co.nz/images/content/maia-and-jay.jpg
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/430878/470586
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/459100

The lesbian couple were main characters, and yes they did do the baby thing, and yes one died a grizzly death... but at least she was one of five that were murdered, so it wasn't a story line about "killing off the lesbian".

The other is, I believe, still a main (out lesbian) character on the show, and the show is still airing original episodes.

There's another german TV show, actually it's the longest running soap opera in germany, called "Lindenstraße". They showed a lesbian relationship in the mid 90s. That was Tanja Schildknecht and Sonja Besirsky. Sonja dies because of an overdose. 2001 Tanja falls in love with young Franziska Brenner. The relationship lasts till Tanja meets Suzanne in 2004. Tanja and Suzanne are still together, they actually got married in May 2008. But one day after the wedding Suzanne moves away from her family (they have a Baby together), because she has a job in another city. So. I don't know how the story will develop, but the two are still together, you see them talking on the phone. I don't know if Tanja follows Suzanne and leaves the Lindenstraße or if she will stay. Right now, she's still there, so I think that qualifies "Lindenstraße" for the map.

Btw the actress who plays Suzanne (Susanne Evers) is an out lesbian in real life.

Lindenstraße has always dealt with homosexuality. They even featured the first gay kiss on german television in 1990. There was a gay couple since 1995 played by two actors, who are gay and out in real life. In 1997 there was a gay wedding. 

So "Lindenstraße" plays an important role when it comes to visibility of gays and lesbians and their relationships in germany.

Here are some links:

English wikipedia article 

Official Website (german)

Tanja and Suzannes wedding (video)