Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ To celebrate, Kris and Rian talk about their favourite and most memorable queer and LGBTQIA+ characters in TV shows over the years. This is part one of two-part series.
00:00 Intro
02:08 News
04:12 Read Watch Play
18:06 Memorable queer characters in TV
1:15:18 Wrap-up
TV Shows with LGBTQIA+ characters mentioned
Murderbot https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/241554-murderbot
The L Word https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/3475-the-l-word
The L Word Generation Q https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/89630-the-l-word-generation-q
Queer as Folk https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/2902-queer-as-folk-us
Queer as Folk (2022) https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/134967-queer-as-folk
Sense8 https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/61664-sense8
Xena: Warrior Princess https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4616-xena-warrior-princess
The Fosters https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/46880-the-fosters
Shameless https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/34307-shameless
Grey's Anatomy https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1416-grey-s-anatomy
Heartstopper https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/124834-heartstopper
Schitts Creek https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/61662-schitt-s-creek
Lost Girl https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/33852-lost-girl
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/117830-tomb-raider-the-legend-of-lara-croft
Devil May Cry https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/235930-devil-may-cry
Star Trek: Discovery https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/67198-star-trek-discovery
The Umbrella Academy https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/75006-umbrella-academy
Movies & Mini Series
mother! https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/381283-mother
Adolescence https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/249042-adolescence
Games
Fantasy Life https://store.steampowered.com/app/2993780/FANTASY_LIFE_i_The_Girl_Who_Steals_Time/
Death Stranding Director’s Cut https://store.steampowered.com/app/1850570/DEATH_STRANDING_DIRECTORS_CUT/
Mario Kart World (Switch 2) https://ec.nintendo.com/AU/en/titles/70010000096802
Books
The Crippled God https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/53c8340a-edd7-4e6c-8da6-09383f773978
Tell Me What You Did https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b16d05bd-a4f4-4667-94d5-aabd820e142e
So Gay for You https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1a15a788-557e-498e-840a-6f4bf1ee6331
Humble Bundle: Power up Pride Deal (June 2025)
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/power-up-pride
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