Oct. 31: Lynn on All My Children - The soaps' first gay regular role - Donna Pescow (1983)

July 11: Holly Woodlawn & Divine (1979), Craig Ferguson (2009), Orange is the New Black (2013)

July 6: Parents of Gays on "Today" (1978) and Straight Man in a Gay World on "30 Days" (2005)

July 5: PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford on TV (1974) and "Hyde in Hollywood" on PBS (1991)

Clip: 1970, Raquel Welch on playing trans in "Myra Breckenridge" and the film's queer audiences

Clips: 1/23/1989 - Hank Eliot awaits his HIV test results - AS THE WORLD TURNS (ATWT)

Clip: 1986, Stereotyped "killer lesbians" on HUNTER

Clips: 1996, ELLEN season premiere and Ellen DeGeneres on THE ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW ("lesbian clues")

Clip: 2002, GAY WEDDINGS reality series on Bravo

Clips: 1978, Gena Rowlands & Jane Alexander in "A Question of Love" - lesbian mothers custody drama

4/2/2013, Marriage equality: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and The New Normal

Clip: 1982, CBS report on queer characters in films (CBS Evening News)

Clip: 1960, A campy, queer-coded pirate in "Treasure Island" - George Rose, Richard O'Sullivan

Clip: 1973, MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - Homosexuality as "disease of the week"

Clips: 1970, June Lockhart gently challenges homophobia on THE VIRGINIA GRAHAM SHOW w/Rev Troy Perry

Clip: 1992 talk show: How would you react if your kids were gay? THE JENNY JONES SHOW

Clip: 1972, Meredith Baxter on OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW

Clip: Attempted video cleanup - 1956 talk show on homosexuality

Clip: 1956, Franklin Pangborn as a gay-coded comedic photographer on PRIVATE SECRETARY

Clip: pr. 1956, Christine Jorgensen, 1st famous openly trans person in the US, on HY GARDNER CALLING

Clip: 1965, THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW - Mistaking a straight guy for queer

Clip: 2008, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Kevin proposes to Scotty, played by Matthew Rhys & Luke Macfarlane

Sitcom clip: 1980, THE ASSOCIATES - Gay activist meets with TV executives

Clip: 1986, 20/20: "Homophobia" - Violence and hatred against gay & bi people in early years of AIDS

Clip: 1991, ABC NEWS 20/20 - Gay people in the military - ''Secrets in the Service''

Clip: 2011, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS - Emily & Paige - Should Paige come out?

Clip: 1981, premiere of DYNASTY - Confrontation between Blake and his gay son, Steven

Clip: 1994, Wilson Cruz as gay teen Rickie on MY SO-CALLED LIFE

Clips: 2000, Closeted lesbian teen Bianca on ALL MY CHILDREN plots secret trip to NYC

Clip: 1986, After SCOTUS's anti-LGB ruling in Bower v Hardwick, VISIONS looks at legal status

Clips: 2021, Andre (trans male regular role) and Shanice on 4400 - w/TL Thompson, Brittany Adebumola

Clip: 2000, NORMAL, OHIO premiere with John Goodman as a gay man moving back to his small hometown

Clip: 2011 - Brittany and Santana on GLEE (Heather Morris, Naya Rivera)

Clip: 1972, Male hero ''rescues'' a woman from a lesbian relationship - THE BOLD ONES, Donna Mills

Clips: 1975, Darryl & Marty on BARNEY MILLER, one of the 1st ongoing same-sex couples on US TV

Clip: 2014 - Max, presumably gay research whiz on THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, played by Max Jenkins

Clip: 1980, CBS News's non-apology for "Gay Power, Gay Politics"

Clip: 2000, Lesbian sidekick Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller) on DARK ANGEL starring Jessica Alba

Clip: 1996, News - "Talk show murder trial," antigay murder after appearance on THE JENNY JONES SHOW

Clip: 1977, Travis the dorky gay lawyer on THE SANFORD ARMS, played by Lisle Wilson

Clip: 1998, 20/20 report on Matthew Shepard murder

Clip: 1987, 600 gay-rights protesters arrested at Supreme Court

Clip: 1987, Setting up AIDS Quilt in DC, interview with Cleve Jones, founder of the NAMES Project

Clip: 1950, Hetero-reversal comedy with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

Clip: 1997, ELLEN's faux lesbian kiss

Clip: 1970, Trans "Denmark joke" on the special BOB HOPE LOOKS AT WOMEN'S LIB, with Totie Fields

Early gay activists Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings — An attempt to clean bad audio with an AI app

Clips: 1974, gender-nonconforming killer on another 60s-80s crime show: THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO

Clips: 2021, Tenise and Toni on a HOUSE HUNTERS episode

Clips: 2007, OPRAH: "Born in the Wrong Body" - 2 young trans people

Clip: 2007, MAD MEN - Joan's lesbian roommate Carol has been secretly in love with her

Clips: 2020, EASTENDERS - Ben, Callum & Phil discuss Ben's unexpected release from prison

Clip: 2001, Ellen DeGeneres's 2nd sitcom, THE ELLEN SHOW

Clip: 2012, Michael Urie and David Krumholtz costarring in the sitcom PARTNERS

Clip: 2001 Early trans regular role on a series, Erica (Helen Shaver), THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD

Clip: 2011, Scene of a 1961 homophile meeting on the drama series THE PLAYBOY CLUB

Clips: ca. 1/1956, "Coded" gay character Percy Dovetonsils from Ernie Kovacs' morning show on NBC

Clips: 2020, EASTENDERS - Ben and Callum's relationship gets more complicated

Clip: 1997, Bi regular role played by Patrick Bristow on HEAD OVER HEELS

Clip: 2004, ALL MY CHILDREN - Bianca and Myrtle discuss the lasting effects of Bianca's rape