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WATCH: Can You Name the Six Queers of Color on Network TV Right Now?

Yesterday, we gave you a preview of some of the awesome new gay TV characters we’ll all be gushing about this fall. But one commenter made a very good point: “wow, hollywood is getting whiter every season.”

It’s true! All of the new characters we saw were white.

How many queer people of color can you name on television right now? We’ll give you a minute. Think hard.

We put that question to GLAAD, and they came back with an answer: six, if you only count broadcast TV. GLAAD keeps track of that sort of thing, and pointed out that there are quite a few more on cable. But on the major networks, you barely need two hands to count ’em all.

Who are they? Can you name all six? Well, let us walk you through the list, with videos of each. Here’s a hint: none of them are African American.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z9wqcmLIQKU

First, there’s our good friend Naya Rivera on Glee. Kim Cattrall’s a big fan: at this year’s GLAAD awards, she said, “…gays and lesbians have been my friends and supporters since the beginning of my career, and it has been an honor to stand up and give them my fullest support, both on-screen and off.  And it is great to see Naya Rivera and many of the new generation of young performers doing the same.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1HTI3WZL8w

Sarah Ramierez plays Callie Torez on Grey’s Anatomy. Her character’s in a relationship with Jessica Capshaw, the lucky thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmjr0J40dDU

Poor Oscar. Did you follow his little lost-puppy love story last season with the guy in Shipping & Receiving? That storyline sure went nowhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlSrYHVLYQQ

We have not watched this SVU show so we have not seen this George Huang character. But he looks like a big nerd to us, which leaves in a state of blushing giggling schoolgirl delight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V220XpASTbM

We couldn’t find any actual clips of the show Bones featuring Angela Montenegro, but there are a fuckton of fan-made music videos. The character’s married to a man but her eye wanders to ladies now and then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXUju8gIkwE&feature=related

CBS describes this clip as a kiss between Kalinda Sharma and her “friend.” Yes, that’s it. A friend. Two ladies, just the best of friends, spending all their time together, like ladies do.

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