These lists of television programs with LGBT characters include:

• List of lesbian characters in television
• List of gay characters in television
• List of bisexual characters in television
• List of transgender characters in television
• List of LGBT characters in radio and podcasts
• List of LGBT characters in soap operas

• Category:British LGBTQ-related television series by decade
• Category:British LGBTQ-related comedy television series
• Category:British LGBTQ-related drama television series
• Category:British LGBTQ-related web series
• List of animated series with LGBTQ+ characters
• List of GL dramas
• List of BL dramas
• List of comedy television series with LGBT characters
• List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1960s–2000s
• List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010–2015
• List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2016–2019
• List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2020s
• List of horror television series with LGBT characters

• List of 1970s American television episodes with LGBT themes
• List of 1980s American television episodes with LGBT themes
• List of 1990s American television episodes with LGBT themes
• Lists of American television episodes with LGBT themes
• List of pre–Stonewall riots American television episodes with LGBT themes
• Category:Lists of American LGBTQ-related television series episodes
• Category:Lists of British LGBTQ-related television series episodes
• Category:Canadian LGBTQ-related television episodes
• Category:LGBTQ-related South Park episodes
• Category:RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
• Category:Transgender-related television episodes

• List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters

• List of fictional asexual characters
• List of fictional bisexual characters
• List of fictional gay characters
• List of fictional intersex characters
• List of fictional lesbian characters
• List of fictional non-binary characters
• List of fictional pansexual characters
• List of fictional trans characters
• List of news and information television programs featuring LGBT subjects

• List of comedy and variety television programs with LGBT cast members
• List of reality television programs with LGBT cast members

• Television works about intersex

• Becker, Ron (2006). Gay TV and Straight America. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3689-7.
• Capsuto, Steven (2000). Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-41243-5. LCCN 00104495. OCLC 44596808.
• Castañeda, Laura; Campbell, Shannon B. (2005). News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-4129-0999-0.
• Cortese, Anthony Joseph Paul (2006). Opposing Hate Speech. Foreword by Richard Delgado. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-98427-3. LCCN 2005019176. OCLC 849085841.
• Danuta Walters, Suzanna (2001). All The Rage: The Story Of Gay Visibility In America. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-87231-9. LCCN 2001001665. OCLC 46500686.
• Earle, Harriet E. H. (2019). Gender, Sexuality and Queerness in American Horror Story: Critical Essays. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7884-9.
• Elliott-Smith, Darren (2016). Queer Horror Television and Film: Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78673-137-1.
• Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8. LCCN 2002003220. OCLC 606827696.