First gay character

List of LGBTQ firsts by year This list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) firsts by year denotes pioneering LGBTQ endeavors organized chronologically. Openly LGBTQ people remain a demographic minority in most places.

There are actually independent gay comic books that pre-date Hero that feature openly gay and not super hero characters in either the entire comic book or part of an anthology.

When did the first gay character appear on TV? In , the year after the first-ever Pride parade in the US and when homosexuality was still considered a disorder, All in the Family became the first American sitcom to show a gay character on TV, in only its fifth episode.

Ellen Morgan wasn't TV's first gay character, but her coming out opened the door for more.