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Who Are the LGBT Characters on the New Fall Season?

Who Are the LGBT Characters on the New Fall Season?

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The number of LGBT characters in primetime on broadcast channels is decreasing in the next season, according to a count by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

When shows start hitting ABC, BCS, The CW, Fox and NBC, GLAAD estimates that there will be 19 regular characters who are LGBT -- a decline from last year's 23 characters. Another 14 are recurring characters.

FOX led the networks with 6.8% of its regular characters being LGBT. On the other end, CBS has just one LGBT regular character out of 125 -- a bisexual legal investigator Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife . GLAAD notes it's the second consecutive year with low representation. But The Good Wife has added two recurring LGBT characters -- a brother of the lead character, and a former flame for Kalinda -- that viewers could see more of. Diversity of the LGBT characters who are on prime-time network television is low, with not a single black LGBT character.

Who are the LGBT characters on the fall season? Check out the list on the following pages.

View GLAAD's complete report, its 16th Where We Are on TV report, on its website.

Callie Torres - Bisexual
Played by Sara Ramirez
Grey's Anatomy, ABC

Max Blum - Gay
Played by Adam Pally
Happy Endings, ABC

Mitchell Prichett and Cameron Tucker - Gay
Played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet
Modern Family, ABC

Tom - Gay
Played by Christian Borle
Smash, NBC

Adrianna Tate- Duncan - Bisexual
Played by Jessica Lowndes
90210, The CW

Jeremy and Richard - Gay
Played by French Stewart and Nat Faxon
Allen Gregory, Fox

Roger - Bisexual
Played by Seth MacFarlane
American Dad, Fox

Angela Montenegro - Bisexual
Played by Michaela Conlin
Bones, Fox

Blake Reilly - Gay
Played by Mark Deklin
Good Christian Belles, ABC

Kurt Hummel - Gay
Played by Chris Colfer

Blaine Anderson - Gay
Played by Darren Criss

Santana Lopez - Lesbian
Played by Naya Rivera

Brittany S. Pierce - Bisexual
Played by Heather Morris

Glee, Fox

Kalinda Sharma - Bisexual
Played by Archie Panjabi
The Good Wife, CBS

Arizona Robbins - Lesbian
Played by Jessica Capshaw
Grey's Anatomy, ABC

Oscar Martinez - Gay
Played by Oscar Nunez
The Office, NBC

Alice - Lesbian
Played by Leah Renee
The Playboy Club, NBC

Teddy Montgomery - Gay
Played by Trevor Donovan
90210, The CW

Terry - Bisexual
Played by Jason Sudeikis
The Cleveland Show, Fox

(Terry's on the right)

Terry Bates and Greg Corbin - Gay
Played by Mike Barker and Seth McFarlane
American Dad, Fox

Lee McDermott and Bob Hunter - Gay
Played by Kevin Rahm and Tuc Watkins
Desperate Housewives, ABC

Booth Becker - Gay
Played by Denton Blane Everett
Good Christian Belles, ABC

Owen Cavanaugh - Gay
Played by Dallas Roberts
The Good Wife, CBS

Sophia Russo - Bisexual
Played by Kelli Giddish
The Good Wife, CBS

Tyler - Gay
Played by Ashton Holmes
Revenge, ABC

Brenda - Lesbian
Played by Sara Rue
Rules of Engagement, CBS

Sean - Gay
Played by Sean Maher
The Playboy Club, NBC

Patty Bouvier and Waylon Smithers - Lesbian and Gay
Played by Julie Kavner and Harry Shearer
The Simpsons, Fox
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Lucas Grindley is VP and Editorial Director for Here Media, which is parent company to The Advocate. His Twitter account is filled with politics, Philip Glass appreciation, and adorable photos of his twin toddler daughters.
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