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Lucy, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)Ĭause of death: Caught thieving and hangedĬause of death: Shot by a hit man hired by her girlfriend Abby’s ex, who wanted to get rid of Kathy so she could get back together with Abby. Naomi “Tracy” Richards, Band of Gold (1996) The shot was intended for her girlfriend Roslyn, but Cicely, who was already sick, blocked the bullet and died in Roslyn’s arms, thus magically healing the town’s long-simmering feuds and leading them to re-name the town “Cicely.”Ĭause of death: Activated a sleeper personality that wiped out her actual personality, effectively killing herĬause of death: Genetic heart condition, died in prison Sharon Gilmour, Prisoner: Cell Block H (1980)Ĭause of death: Pushed down the stairs by a corrections officerĬause of death: Shot by a gunman employed by the town’s evil overlord who doesn’t want to let the lesbians change his town. Her love interest had just walked into traffic after realizing her lesbianism and Julie was chasing her.įranky Doyle, Prisoner: Cell Block H (1980)Ĭause of death: Shot by a police officer after escaping from prison Special thanks to the LezWatchTV Database for providing info on shows I haven’t seen or heard about directly!Įvery Regular or Recurring Lesbian or Bisexual Female Character Killed On Television Julie, Executive Suite (1976)Ĭause of death: Hit by a car. Unsure if this needs to be said but… SPOILER ALERT.
You know? Also, although I’ve done tons of research, I haven’t personally seen all of these shows, so mistakes may very well exist, and feel free to politely inform me of them in the comments, or tell me about characters I may have missed - it’s especially helpful if you can tell me the cause of death and the year. The exceptions were deemed exceptional because something about the characterization still fits in with the Bury Your Gays trope. Victims-of-the-week from crime procedurals ( Law & Order, Cold Case, CSI, Criminal Minds or older shows) or patients-of-the-week from hospital dramas ( Chicago Hope, E.R.), aren’t on this list, as that is an entirely different kind of list, but recurring characters from those shows are on this list. Nor is subtext on this list, because we’re not gonna give Xena showrunners Queer Character Credit for a character they refused to make openly queer when she was really so obviously queer. This list contains every television death of an OPENLY lesbian or bisexual or queer female character on a television show. With a handful of exceptions, these are all characters who appeared for more than one episode. Furthermore, shows composed entirely of queer characters will inevitably kill one. But regardless, they still add to the body count weighing down our history of misrepresentation.Īnd, due to the recent untimely death of Lexa on The 100, this week seemed like a good one to count down everybody we have lost over the years. That’s a different trope - Anyone Can Die. In many genres, like soap operas and shows about vampires, zombies, criminals, or games of thrones, characters are killed on the reg. Not every death listed below was wholly uncalled for. We comprise such a teeny-tiny fraction of characters on television to begin with that killing us off so haphazardly feels especially cruel. And until the last five or so years, lesbian and bisexual characters seemed entirely unable to date an actual woman or stay alive for more than three episodes, let alone an entire run, of a show. Gay and lesbian characters are so often murdered on television that we have our very own trope: Bury Your Gays. The history of lesbian representation on television is rocky - in the beginning, we seemed exclusively relegated to roles that saw us getting killed/attacked or doing the killing/attacking.
It’s incredibly rare that any dramatic television series lasting over three seasons will never kill a main or recurring character, and all those deaths have driven a stake through the heart of fandom: Joyce on Buffy, Lady Sybil on Downton Abby, Charlie on Lost, Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, Jen on Dawson’s Creek, Nate on Six Feet Under - but when the person who dies is a lesbian or bisexual character, queer fandom takes it pretty hard.
This is perhaps life’s most unfortunate fact: that people will die and leave the rest of us behind. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.