A Look at Gay Characters on TV Before and After Ellen

Ellen Morgan wasn't the first gay character on TV. https://t.co/J57E4ZR8jN

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 27, 2017

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• The article chronicles gay TV characters from the past and present.
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• Past characters mentioned include: Bewitched's Uncle Arthur (He "wasn't gay then — but probably would be now"), Melrose Place's Matt (he was the only character on the sexy soap opera "who never seemed to have sex"), Will from Will & Grace (the first hit series to have a gay title character), Ross' ex marrying another woman in Friends, Willow and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (described as "an open, sympathetically drawn lesbian couple"), and of course Ellen DeGeneres' character in her ABC sitcom (she also played a lesbian in her short-lived CBS sitcom The Ellen Show).
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• More recent characters mentioned include: Mitch and Cam from Modern Family, half the cast of Orange is the New Black, Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and various characters in the upcoming American Gods adaptation.
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