Queer Streaming Guide 2026: Your complete list of new LGBTQ+ TV shows and where to find them
A full list of every new TV show that came out in 2026 on streaming with lesbian, gay, trans, bi, and other queer characters.
See the 2025 list below!
The Ultimate Guide of the Best Queer TV Shows From 2025
A full list of every new TV show that came out in 2025 on streaming with lesbian, gay, trans, bi, and other queer characters.
Aurelie Chazal
💡
How to read the list
How queer the show is:
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: It wouldn’t exist without queer characters
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: There is an essential queer storyline spanning across multiple episodes, but it’s not the entire plot
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: At least one of the main characters is openly queer but mostly doing non queer stuff, or it has a smaller queer side plot involving recurring characters
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: There is at least one recurring queer character, but most of their plot lines have nothing to do with their queerness, or there are multiple queer guest characters with plot lines addressing their queerness
- 🏳️🌈: There is at least one guest queer character making an appearance during the show, but very little importance is given to their storyline or queerness
- 🚩: There are hints or sprinkles of queerness, but it mostly ends up being negative. This could be queerbaiting, where some characters are hinted to be queer without ever confirming it, or just negative treatment of a queer character or storyline, where there is little to no positive representation to get from it
Other details
- ❤️: The show features at least one queer romance storyline or queer couple (👭: WLW (woman love woman) couple | 👬: MLM (man love man) couple | ♾️: Polyamorous couple | 🧑🤝🧑: Non-binary couple)
- 🏳️⚧️: The show features at least one trans character
- 🫱🏽🫲🏿: The show features queer characters of color
Final Note
I keep the list updated with new shows once I can verify that they include queer representation. This often means I update with a 1-month or more delay to account for weekly releases. I haven’t seen all the shows listed, but I only include shows for which I can verify the queer representation from trustworthy sources. I also only include returning shows I’ve watched so don’t expect that section to be exhaustive. Mainly because it’s just too much for one person to follow everything 😅. If you see something that doesn’t sound right, let me know in the comments!
How queer the show is:
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: It wouldn’t exist without queer characters
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: There is an essential queer storyline spanning across multiple episodes, but it’s not the entire plot
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: At least one of the main characters is openly queer but mostly doing non queer stuff, or it has a smaller queer side plot involving recurring characters
- 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈: There is at least one recurring queer character, but most of their plot lines have nothing to do with their queerness, or there are multiple queer guest characters with plot lines addressing their queerness
- 🏳️🌈: There is at least one guest queer character making an appearance during the show, but very little importance is given to their storyline or queerness
- 🚩: There are hints or sprinkles of queerness, but it mostly ends up being negative. This could be queerbaiting, where some characters are hinted to be queer without ever confirming it, or just negative treatment of a queer character or storyline, where there is little to no positive representation to get from it
Other details
- ❤️: The show features at least one queer romance storyline or queer couple (👭: WLW (woman love woman) couple | 👬: MLM (man love man) couple | ♾️: Polyamorous couple | 🧑🤝🧑: Non-binary couple)
- 🏳️⚧️: The show features at least one trans character
- 🫱🏽🫲🏿: The show features queer characters of color
Final Note
I keep the list updated with new shows once I can verify that they include queer representation. This often means I update with a 1-month or more delay to account for weekly releases. I haven’t seen all the shows listed, but I only include shows for which I can verify the queer representation from trustworthy sources. I also only include returning shows I’ve watched so don’t expect that section to be exhaustive. Mainly because it’s just too much for one person to follow everything 😅. If you see something that doesn’t sound right, let me know in the comments!
Newly added
- Time Flies • Season 1 • 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 | 🫱🏽🫲🏿
New Queer Shows
All shows that debuted in 2026 and featured at least 1 queer character
Time Flies • Season 1
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 | 🫱🏽🫲🏿
Netflix • Crime Dramedy • 🇦🇷 Argentina • Ended
Gritty crime dramedy about two middle-aged women who try to go straight by starting a bug-killing business after fifteen years in prison. Their attempt at a normal life goes sideways when a wealthy client blackmails them into securing a lethal poison for a murder plot. Reviews usually praise the "Thelma and Louise" energy between the two leads and the weirdly specific way it uses bug metaphors to describe human survival.
- Queer representation: One of the two leads, La Manca, is a lesbian ex-convict whose identity is a key part of her survival and resilience. She uses her sexuality to try and extract information from a housekeeper in one of the episodes, but it doesn't seem to be a central plot point other than that.
