'90s TV characters queer people always wished were queer

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For LGBT teens growing up in the '90s, there were just a handful of out queer role models.

Sure, there was Dan Savage, whose advice gave hope and vision to closeted folks across the country, and Deborah Betts, the first openly gay federal judge to be appointed. But none of these people really mattered to queer youth because they all lacked one crucial ingredient. They were not on cable TV.

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LGBT characters were few and far between on 1990s television, but that didn't mean queer kids everywhere weren't dreaming. Sure, Darlene from Roseanne was "technically" dating some loser named David — but look at his hair, her personality. Beneath her explicitly heterosexual exterior was a cynical tomboy femme, just waiting to come out and date me. Read more...

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