▲Lena Waithe plays Denise, the lesbian best friend of the show's lead character, Dev.

▲Max (Fred Savage) and Felix (Billy Eichner, pictured) are partners on the show.

▲There are several LGBTQ characters on this show, including lead Piper Chapman, played by Taylor Schilling.

▲Izzie (Fivel Stewart) is one of Casey's (Brigette Lundy-Paine, pictured) love interests on the show.

▲On 'The Crown,' Antony Armstrong-Jones (played by Matthew Goode) is portrayed as being bisexual.

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Chase (Kiersey Clemons) and Jo (Jacqueline Toboni) fall in love in an episode of this anthology series.

▲Alberto Ammann plays gay drug trafficker Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera in this series.

▲Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) and Kelly (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) are a couple in the 'San Junipero' episode of the anthology series 'Black Mirror.' This episode won two Emmys, including Outstanding Television Movie.

▲Sir (Don Johnson, pictured) and Charles (Rhys Darby) are a couple on the show.

▲There are several LGBTQ characters on this show, including couple Neika (Nia Long, pictured) and Monique (Zee James).

▲There are several LGBTQ characters on this series, including Bob Barnard (played by Christopher Gorham).

▲Ian Alexander plays Buck, a transgender teenage boy.

▲Fans will remember Marie Agnes' (Merritt Weaver, pictured) relationship with Callie (Tess Frazer) in this western.

▲Kate Siegel plays lesbian character Theodora "Theo" Crain in the series.

▲Anna Torv plays closeted lesbian Dr. Wendy Carr in this series. Her partner is Dr. Annaliese Stilman (Lena Olin).

▲There are a few LGBTQ characters on this show, including Susie (played by Lachlan Watson).

▲This series features a few LGBTQ characters, including Frank Underwood himself (played by Kevin Spacey).

▲Naomi Watts stars as Jean Holloway, a bisexual psychologist, and is involved with Sidney Pierce, played by Sophie Cookson.

▲Jason Butler Harner plays gay FBI agent Roy Petty on the show.

▲Jaden Smith plays Dizzee, who shares a kiss with Thor (Noah Le Gros).

▲There are a few LGBTQ characters on this show, including Arthie, played by Sunita Mani.

▲Carrie-Anne Moss plays lesbian lawyer Jeri Hogarth in this series. She's had a few love interests on the show.

▲This show also has several LGBTQ characters, including Ryan (played by Tommy Dorfman).

▲Peyton Kennedy plays lesbian teen Kate, who later in the series kisses Emaline (Sydney Sweeney).

▲Robert (Martin Sheen) and Sol (Sam Waterston) are in love with each other in this comedy.

▲One of the main cast members, Isabella Gomez plays lesbian teen Elena Alvarez. The show has also featured other LGBTQ characters.

▲Lead character Nola (DeWanda Wise) is pansexual. Opal (Ilfenesh Hadera), who identifies as a lesbian, is one of her love interests.

▲Tituss Burgess shines as Kimmy's gay best friend and roommate, Titus Andromedon.

▲The show's most notable queer characters are coupled up: Nomi (Jamie Clayton) and Amanita (Freema Agyeman), and Lito (Miguel Ángel Silvestre) and Hernando (Alfonso Herrera).

▲Hernan "Shades" Alvarez (Theo Rossi) and Darius "Comanche" Jones (Thomas Q. Jones) were revealed to have been lovers while in prison.

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Netflix has quite the history with LGBTQ representation, with two of their earliest shows ('House of Cards' and 'Orange Is the New Black') featuring queer leads. The company hasn't shied away from these characters since, with LGBTQ characters appearing in the main casts of shows like 'Sense8' and 'One Day at a Time,' to name a few. Dramas, comedies, thrillers—whatever the genre, Netflix has featured an LGBTQ character in it.

Can't decide what to watch tonight? Check out this gallery of 30 Netflix originals with queer characters.

30 Netflix original shows with LGBTQ characters

Queer representation across several genres

22/11/21 por StarsInsider

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Netflix has quite the history with LGBTQ representation, with two of their earliest shows ('House of Cards' and 'Orange Is the New Black') featuring queer leads. The company hasn't shied away from these characters since, with LGBTQ characters appearing in the main casts of shows like 'Sense8' and 'One Day at a Time,' to name a few. Dramas, comedies, thrillers—whatever the genre, Netflix has featured an LGBTQ character in it.

Can't decide what to watch tonight? Check out this gallery of 30 Netflix originals with queer characters.

30 Netflix original shows with LGBTQ characters

Queer representation across several genres

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