Kids/Teen TV

 

 

A

Aaron Stone: Superhero and android

ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

Adventure Time: Gay-positive cartoon series

The Adventures of Pete and Pete

Andy's Gang: Beefcake and bonding on 1950s childrens tv

Animaniacs: Heterosexist to the max

B

Beany and Cecil: The Gay 1960

Bob's Burgers: The most gay-positive sitcom in animated tv

Boy Meets World: Topanga isn't jealous of her boyfriend's boyfriend.  Much

The Bugaloos: A male ladybug with biceps starts a rock band

Bugs and Daffy: The gay Warner Brothers

C

Cartoon Couples You Thought Were Gay

Cartoon Muscle: Not just superheroes in Spandex

Charles in Charge: the first teencom

Chip n Dale: Park Life.  Is the gay subtext enhanced or erased?

Clarence: The first gay kiss on children's tv

D

Danger Force:

     Trans and nonbinary representation

      The gay dads episode

Danger Island: Jan-Michael Vincent's first boyfriends

Davey and Goliath: Gay Christian Allies

Disney Channel Gay Programming Blocks

Dog with a Blog: absurd homophobia on Nickelodeon

Drake and Josh and Craig and Eric: yep, they were gay

E-F

Eerie Indiana: Omri Katz, paranormal investigator

Even Stevens: Shia LaBeouf's gay subtext teencom

Flintstones:

     Bamm-Bamm's muscles

     Were Fred and Barney gay?

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

G

Ghostwriter; Urban teen muscle

Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: Nergel and Irwin, gay couple

H-I

H.R. Pufnstuf: The Dragon and the Witch compete over Jimmy's...um...flute

Hannah Montana and the Real Dan Booko

Hard Times of RJ Berger: A teencom where size matters

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Is there any LGBT representation in the 2021 Netflix reboot?

Henry Danger: A gay subtext classic

I Didn't Do It: Disney Channel teencom with underwear models

ICarly: Gay villains and bisexual brothers

J

Jellystone: Closeting, transphobia, and Yogi Bear

Jonny Quest: Gay in the 1960s, hetero in the 1980s

K-L

Katts and Dog: Andrew Bednarski gets tied up

Kenan and Kel: Nickelodeon gay teen duo

Kickin' It: Jack and Jerry, a modern romance

Lab Rats: Bionic brothers

Land of the Lost: Yet another teenager trapped far from home, with Sleestaks

Lidsville: Butch Patrick's bubble bath

The Loud House: Gay dads on Nickelodeon

M

Mako Mermaids

Mickey Mouse Club: Were any of the Mousketeers gay?

The Mighty Hercules

The Monkees and Davy Jones

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, with some gay neighbors

Mr. Young: Boy genius and buffed best friend take on high school

My Secret Identity: Featuring Jerry O'Connell. No, it's not being gay

 Mystery Island: A muscular Stephen Parr and the robot from Lost in Space

N-O

New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Nickelodeon Teen Hunks of the 1990s

One Hundred Things to do Before High School: Nickelodeon teencom with major hunkage

Out of This World and, sigh, Steve Burton

P-Q

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Patty Duke Show: Out of the heterosexual nuclear family box

Pee-wee's Playhouse: Did somebody say "Swish"?

Pinky and the Brain: The same thing we do every night

R

Regular Show: anything but heterosexist

Ren and Stimpy: Nickelodeon's disgusting gay couple

Rick and Morty: More homophobic than Family Guy?

Rocky and Bullwinkle: A gay couple, fairy princes, and Boris Badenov

Round the Twist: Three Australian kids and a ghost

S

Sabrina the Teenage Witch, featuring Nate Richert's kielbasa

Salute Your Shorts: At least one of the campers was gay

Sam and Cat: The gayest show on teen tv

Sanjay and Craig

Saturday Morning:

     1960s: Zandor, Tor, and Chuck

     1970s: Beefcake

     1970s: More Beefcake

Saved by the Bell:

     Mario Lopez takes his shirt off

     The clones

Second Chance: Matthew Perry before Friends, and Billy Gallo before...

Sesame Street:

     A gay couple arrives (no, not Bert and Ernie)

     Gay content and muppets

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters: Johnny Whitaker and his boyfriend encounter a blob

Simpsons Beefcake: Homer, Bart, and company bulk up on Deviant Art

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo: Flipper down under

Sonny with a Chance/So Random

Space Cases: Star Trek: Voyager for kids

Spellbinder: Shirtless teen in a Polish-Australian fantasy world

Spin and Marty: Summer camp boys in love

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

T-V

Teen Angels of the 1960s and 1990s

The Thundermans: Gay supervillains in training

Tiny Toon Adventures: Not what you think

Tiny Toons University: The toons go to college, learn drag techniques from Bugs Bunny

Toddler TV

The Tomorrow People: British science fiction with clones and short-shorts

Totalitarian TV: Underdog and Friends

The Tripods: John Christopher's teen dystopia finds a home on British tv

True Jackson VP: The first gay character on teen tv

Ultimate Spider-Man: The ten ultimate hunks

 Unfabulous: The mostly unfabulous adventures of a middle school heterosexual

Venture Brothers: Beefcake, d*cks, and some gay teases

Victorious: Almost a gay victory

Villains of Valley View: Classic Disney teencom about a family with secrets

Violetta: Ten teen hunks on one Disney channel soap opera

W-Z

The Wizards of Waverly Place

Yogi Bear and Boo Boo

You Can't Do That on Television

Zoey 101: Your big brother's gay subtexts