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.
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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.