This is a list of television programs which have aired on the
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
television channel
OUTtv
OutTV (stylized OUTtv) is a Canadian English language specialty channel that was launched in September 2001. It broadcasts general entertainment and lifestyle programming aimed at the LGBT community.
The network is owned by OUTtv Media Global I ...
. Note that the purpose of this list is to be a comprehensive reference for ''all'' programs which have ''ever'' aired on the network; shows are not removed from the list below on the basis that they're no longer airing.
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1 Girl 5 Gays
''1 Girl 5 Gays'', sometimes abbreviated as ''1g5g'', was a Canadian talk show that premiered on October 14, 2009, on MTV Canada. In October 2010, gay-interest sister network Logo picked up the program, and started airing it in the United States ...
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The A-List: Dallas''
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The A-List: New York''
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Absolutely Fabulous
''Absolutely Fabulous'' (also known as ''Ab Fab'') is a British television sitcom based on the ''French and Saunders'' sketch, "Modern Mother and Daughter", created by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The show was created and written by Saund ...
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* ''
The Afterlife with Suzane Northrop''
* ''
Alan Carr: Chatty Man''
[Etan Vlessing]
"OUTtv unveils three new shows for fall"
''Media in Canada'', October 17, 2012.
* ''Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live''
* ''Ask Dr. Keith''
* ''
Avocado Toast
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Bad Girls''
[Jesse Kohl]
"OUTtv launches fall sked with pride"
''Media in Canada'', August 10, 2007.
* ''
Banana''
* ''
Baroness von Sketch Show
''Baroness von Sketch Show'' is a Canadian television sketch comedy series. It debuted on CBC Television on June 14, 2016. Produced by Frantic Films, the series is an all-female comedy series starring Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Bro ...
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* ''
Beautiful People''
* ''
Because I Said So''
* ''Behind the Bar''
* ''
Beverly Hills Fabulous
''Beverly Hills Fabulous'' is an American reality documentary television series on VH1 that debuted on March 14, 2011, and ran for only one season.
Premise
''Beverly Hills Fabulous'' follows the daily operations of Elgin Charles Salon located ...
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* ''The Big Bow Wow''
* ''
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce''
* ''Birch & Co.''
* ''
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
''The Boulet Brothers' Dragula'' is an American reality competition television series produced by Boulet Brothers Productions, hosted by the Boulet Brothers. The series originally aired on YouTube and has aired on Netflix in the United States, ...
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* ''BoysTown''
* ''
Breaker High
''Breaker High'' is a teen comedy-drama series that ran from 1997 to 1998, airing on YTV in Canada and on UPN's weekday "Kids" block in the United States. The series was created by Cori Stern, while David Winning directed the pilot and seven epis ...
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* ''
Brideshead Revisited
''Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder'' is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles ...
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* ''The Browns''
[Nico Franks]
"OUTtv pilots sexting show under lockdown"
''C21 Media'', August 21, 2020.
* ''
Bump!''
Rex Wockner
Rex Wockner (born 1957) is an American freelance journalist who has reported news for the gay press and mainstream periodicals since 1985. His work has appeared in more than 325 gay publications in 38 countries.
Career
Wockner earned a bachelor ...
"Canadian gays snub PrideVision"
''PrideSource
''Between the Lines'' is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newspaper in the Michigan area. It is headquartered in Livonia, Metro Detroit. '', February 27, 2003.[Tony Atherton, "PrideVision & prejudice". '']Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The new ...
'', January 23, 2003.
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* ''
Call Me Mother
''Call Me Mother'' is a Canadian reality television series, which premiered on OutTV in 2021. Hosted by ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'' reporter Dallas Dixon, the series is a drag competition which will see up-and-coming drag performers join ...
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[Ryan Porter]
"‘Call Me Mother’ part of a wave of reality shows with ‘RuPaul’ alumni being produced by OutTV"
''Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...
'', October 25, 2021.
* ''
Cam Boy
''Cam Boy'' is a Canadian television drama series, which premiered in 2021 on OutTV.Dino-Ray Ramos"OUTtv Media Group Teams With Producer Entertainment Group Launch First LGBTQ+ Apple TV Channel" ''Deadline Hollywood'', March 29, 2021. Created by Th ...
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* '']Canada's Drag Race
''Canada's Drag Race'' is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and is the Canadian edition of the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to th ...
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* ''The Canadian Travel Show
The ''Canadian Travel Show'', a television series first produced for Life Network in 1996, produced 106 episodes that aired in prime time across Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories exte ...
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* ''Candy Bar Girls''[
* ''Chasing Spring''
* ''Chatty Man Christmas''
* ''Cherry Bomb''][Luc-Alexandre Perron]
"Une chaîne spécialisée, juste pour nous"
''Fugues
In music, a fugue () is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the c ...
'', February 20, 2012.
* ''Choccywoccydoodah''
* ''Chris & John to the Rescue!
''Chris & John to the Rescue!'' is a reality television series originally broadcast on the Canadian network OutTV in 2006. The series follows best friends and self-proclaimed "culture aficionados" Chris Carter and John Simpson as they come to th ...
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* ''Chris & John's Halloween Superstar!''
* ''Chris & John's Road Trip!
''Chris & John's Road Trip!'' is a reality television series originally broadcast on OUTtv in 2005 and subsequently aired in Australia on SelecTV in 2006 and here! in 2008. The series chronicles best friends and self-proclaimed "culture aficiona ...
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* ''Closeted Hollywood''
* '' Colin and Justin's Cabin Pressure''
* ''Colin and Justin's Home Heist
Colin Lewis McAllister and Justin Patrick Ryan are Scottish interior decorators and television presenters, often billed as Colin and Justin.
As well as being co-hosts, McAllister and Ryan have also been a couple since 1986 and have been credi ...
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* '' Coming Out Stories''
* ''Conchita - Queen of Austria''
* ''Conchita - Unstoppable''
* ''Country Dreams''
* ''COVERguy ''COVERguy'' is a six-part Canadian television series created and produced by Giant Productions, hosted by Mathieu Chantelois broadcast on OUTtv in 2005. Thirty aspiring male models compete for $1000 cash, a fashion photoshoot, a one-year membersh ...
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* '' Cucumber''
* '' Curl Girls''
D
* '' The Dame Edna Experience''
* ''Dame Edna Live at the Palace''
* ''Dante's Cove
''Dante's Cove'' is an American LGBT-oriented supernatural soap opera which aired on here! from October 7, 2005 through December 21, 2007. Created and written by Michael Costanza and directed by Sam Irvin, the series combines elements of the ho ...
''["OUTtv to share programming"]
'' Playback'', March 18, 2008.
* ''Dating Unlocked''The DL Chronicles
''The DL Chronicles'' is a gay-themed television series that debuted on American LGBT station here! in 2007 for one season that consisted of four episodes. It was revived in 2012 as "The DL Chronicles Returns".
Overview
The show's debut season f ...
[Tim Shepherd]
"OUTtv picks up five new series"
''Media in Canada'', May 27, 2009.''
* ''Dolly Parton - Song by Song''[Bree Rody]
"OUTtv focuses on international expansion and OTT with new ownership"
''Media in Canada'', January 12, 2017.
* ''Dolly Parton Live @Glastonbury''
* '' The Donald Strachey Mysteries''["OUTtv bolsters originals slate with three commissions"]
'' Playback'', August 30, 2018.
* '' Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible''
* '' Drag Heals''[
* ''Drag Queens of London''
* '' Drag Race Canada''
* '' DTLA'']Dyke TV
Dyke TV was founded and created by Ana Maria Simo, playwright and cofounder of Lesbian Avengers; Linda Chapman, theater director and producer; and Mary Patierno, independent film and video maker. The first episode was aired on June 8, 1993, in N ...
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*''El Mundo Del Lundo''
*''Elite Model Look''
*''Elton John - Million Dollar Piano''
* ''Elvira Kurt: Adventures in Comedy''
* ''End of Second Class''
*''Entrée to Asia''
*''Eros''
*''Eurovision Song Contest 2014''
*''Eurovision Song Contest 2015''
*'' Exes and Ohs''
*''Eyewitness''
*''Ezra''
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*''Fabulocity''[
*'']The Face of Furry Creek
''The Face of Furry Creek'' is a television series produced by MKW Productions that stars writer/comedian Mark Kenneth Woods, actors Michael Venus, Amy Goodmurphy and Ryan Steele as multiple characters competing in a small mountain town realit ...
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*'' Face to Face with David''
*'' Fairy Tale''
*'' Fak Yaass''[
*''Fatherhood Dreams''
*''Favourite Places''
*'' Finding Prince Charming''
*''Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender''
*'']Freefall
In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. In the context of general relativity, where gravitation is reduced to a space-time curvature, a body in free fall has no force acting on i ...
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*''From Katya With Love''["PrideVision still losing money"](_blank)
''Xtra!
''Xtra Magazine'' (formerly ''DailyXtra'' and ''Xtra!'') is an LGBTQ-focused digital publication and former print newspaper published by Pink Triangle Press in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The publication is a continuation of the company's former ...
'', August 6, 2003.
*''For the Love of DILFS''
*''F*cking Smart''[Justin Anderson]
"OUTtv unveils spring unscripted slate"
''RealScreen
Brunico Communications is a Canadian magazine publishing company."Desktop tabloid publishing firm sports 2 publications and a profit". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 9, 1989. The company specializes primarily in online trade magazines serving medi ...
'', April 14, 2022.
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*''The G Factor''
*''Gauntlet of Gaymes''[
*'' The Gavin Crawford Show''
*'' Gay Army'']Glee
Glee means delight, a form of happiness.
Glee may also refer to:
* Glee (music), a type of English choral music
* ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy
* ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
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*''Gone''
*''GoGo for the Gold''][
*'' Goodness Gracious Me''
*'' The Goods''
*''Got 2B There'']Group Sext
''Group Sext'' is a Canadian reality dating show, which premiered on OutTV in 2020.Lauren Malyk"OUTtv greenlights lockdown-produced pilot" '' Playback'', August 20, 2020. Produced by Go Button Media and hosted by Crystal, a Canadian drag queen best ...
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*''He's Fit''
*''Heading Out''
*'' Hey Qween!''
*''The High Life''
*'' Hit & Miss''
*''Homorazzi''
*''Hot Gay Comics''
*''Hot Haus
''Hot Haus'' is a reality television competition series aimed at finding the next queer sex symbol. The show premiered on January 27, 2022 on OutTV (Canadian TV channel), OUTtv. ''Hot Haus'' is the brainchild of the creative team behind Slag Wars. ...
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*'' Hot Pink Shorts'']House of Drag
''House of Drag'' is a New Zealand reality competition television series produced by Warner Bros. International TV Production New Zealand for TVNZ OnDemand and OutTV. It debuted on 15 November 2018 on TVNZ OnDemand. It is hosted by New Zealand ...
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*''House of Venus Show
The House of Venus Show is a Canadian LGBT sketch comedy television show created by Canadian filmmaker Mark Kenneth Woods and co-produced by Michael Venus (entertainer), Michael Venus. The first season aired on the Canadian LGBT channel OutTV (Ca ...
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*'' How Far Will You Go?''
*''The Hunks''
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*''I Do?''
*''Iconic Justice''In the Kitchen with Stefano Faita
''In the Kitchen with Stefano Faita'' is a Canadian television cooking show, which aired from 2011 to 2014 on CBC Television. Hosted by Montreal chef and restaurateur Stefano Faita, the show featured Faita demonstrating recipes, predominantly but ...
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* '' Jawbreaker''Judge Rinder
''Judge Rinder'' is a British arbitration-based reality court show that has been on air on ITV since 11 August 2014. The show depicts Robert Rinder as an arbitrator overseeing civil cases. Rinder began his career in criminal law in 2003. ...
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*''Karma Trekkers''
*''The Kids in the Hall
The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1989 to 1995, on CBC, ...
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*''Kitty 911''[
*'' Knock Knock Ghost''][
*''KoKo Pop''
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*''The L Word
''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene ...
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*''Ladyboys''
*''The Lair
''The Lair'' is an American gay-themed vampire television series produced by here! in 2007. The first season consisted of six episodes and wrapped production in January 2007. The first two episodes premiered on June 1, 2007. Season 2 consisted of ...
''Locker Room
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*''London Live''
*''Love Handles''
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*''Make It Raw''
*''Manhunt''
*'' Married in Canada''
*''Men's Fashion Insider''Claude J. Summers
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, ''The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television''. Cleis Press
Cleis Press is an American independent publisher of books in the areas of sexuality, erotica, feminism, gay and lesbian studies, gender studies, fiction, and human rights. The press was founded in 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It later moved to ...
, 2005. . p. 65.Mile High
''Mile High'' is a British television drama based on the lives of the cabin crew members of Fresh!, a budget airline based in London. The name of the show is a reference to the Mile High Club. The show was broadcast on Sky1 from 2003 to 2005 ...
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*''Naked Attraction
''Naked Attraction'' is a British television dating game show, broadcast on Channel 4. A clothed person is faced with six naked people who are initially hidden in booths. Their bodies and faces are gradually revealed through successive roun ...
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*'' Naked News Daily Male''
*'' Neighbours''
*''Never Apart''
*''The New Addams Family
''The New Addams Family'' is a sitcom that aired from October 1998 to August 1999 on YTV in Canada and Fox Family in the United States and CITV in the United Kingdom on weekends. It was produced by Shavick Entertainment and Saban Entertainment ...
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*'' The New Normal''
*''The Next American Gay''
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*''Operation: Vacation''
*''Out and About''
*''Out for Laughs''[
*''Out in the City''
*''Out on TV''
*''Out There''
*''Outlook TV''
*''OUTspoken''
*''OUTspoken Biography''
]
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*''Paradise Falls
''Paradise Falls'' is a weekly soap opera television series which aired nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It was filmed in the summer cottage community of Muskoka, Ontario.
Like many major soap operas, sex is a do ...
''The Pinkertons
''The Pinkertons'' is a Canadian Western police procedural television series which features crime cases of the Pinkerton detective agency. The show is officially licensed with the Pinkerton detective agency, and features stories based on actual ...
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*''Politics of the Heart''
*''Positive Youth''
*''Pretty Boys''
*''Pride
Pride is defined by Merriam-Webster as "reasonable self-esteem" or "confidence and satisfaction in oneself". A healthy amount of pride is good, however, pride sometimes is used interchangeably with "conceit" or "arrogance" (among other words) w ...
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*''Pride Rises''
*''Pride Talks''
*''Psychic Queen''
*''Psycho Kitty''
Q
*'' QT: QueerTelevision''
*''Queen City''
*''Queen Live At Wembley Stadium''
*''Queen Rock Montreal''
*'' Queer as Folk'' (North American)
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*''The Real Anne Lister''
*''Room Service''
*''Rough or Smooth''
*'' Ruckus in Dutchess''[
*''RuPaul's Christmas Ball''
*'']RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...
''RuPaul's Drag U
''RuPaul's Drag U'' (as in "Drag University") is an American reality television series that debuted July 19, 2010, on Logo TV. Its final episode aired in August 2012. It was hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen "professors". ''Drag U'' was ...
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*''The Sassy Scoop''
*''Savoir Faire''
*''Schitt's Creek
''Schitt's Creek'' (stylized as ''Schitt$ Creek'') is a Canadian television sitcom created by Dan Levy and his father, Eugene Levy, that aired on CBC Television from 2015 to 2020. It consists of 80 episodes spread over six seasons. Produced ...
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*''The Secret Life of Us
''The Secret Life of Us'' is an Australian television drama series set in the beachside neighbourhood of St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily a drama with some comedic moments. The series was produced by Southe ...
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*''Sense Appeal''
*''Setup Squad''
*'' Sew Fierce''
*'' Sex & Violence''
*''Sexplorations''
*''The Shaun Proulx Show''She's Living for This
''She's Living for This'' is an American television comedy and variety series created by Keith Levy and Josh Rosenzweig. The show currently airs on LGBT cable network here!. The series stars drag performer Sherry Vine. The series premiered on Febr ...
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*'' Shine True''
*''Shout!''[Angelica Babiera]
"OUTtv picks up scripted slasher comedy Sloppy Jones"
'' Playback'', June 8, 2022.
*''So Gay TV
''So Gay TV'' is a Canadian television talk show, which aired on PrideVision in the early 2000s."Reality bites: An oral history of The Lofters". ''The Grid'', August 7, 2013. Hosted in its first season by Mathieu Chantelois and in its second seas ...
''["Wanted: a loftier reality TV". '']The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', October 30, 2001.
*''So Graham Norton
''So Graham Norton'' is a British television chat show hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It aired on Channel 4 from 3 July 1998 to 1 March 2002.
Theme
The show was primarily adult-oriented, with host Norton dishing out many sexual in ...
''Strip Search
A strip search is a practice of searching a person for weapons or other contraband suspected of being hidden on their body or inside their clothing, and not found by performing a frisk search, but by requiring the person to remove some or al ...
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*''Tan Lines''
*''A Taste of Life''
*''Teen Angst''
*''This Is Drag''
*''Threesome
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*''Tina Turner Live in Holland''
*''Tipping the Velvet
''Tipping the Velvet'' (1998) is a historical novel by Sarah Waters; it is her debut novel. Set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming of age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her ...
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*''Tom Daley Goes Global''
*''A Totally Different Me''
*''Transgenders: Pakistan's Open Secret''
*''Two Fat Ladies
''Two Fat Ladies'' was a British cooking programme starring Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright. It originally ran for four series and twenty-four episodes, from 9 October 1996 to 28 September 1999, being produced by Optomen Televis ...
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U
*''Under Covers''Undressed
''Undressed'' is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999, to September 5, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé.
Synopsis
The series follows the relationships (both rom ...
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V
*''Vancouver Pride Parade - Special Presentation 2013, 2014, 2015''
W
*''WayOutWest.tv''
*'' We're Funny That Way!''
Y
*''The Yorkshire Vet''
See also
*List of television shows with LGBT characters
These Lists of television programs with LGBT characters include:
Characters
* List of bisexual characters in television
* List of gay characters in television
* List of lesbian characters in television
* List of transgender characters in televisi ...
References
External links
OUTtv
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OUTtv
OutTV (stylized OUTtv) is a Canadian English language specialty channel that was launched in September 2001. It broadcasts general entertainment and lifestyle programming aimed at the LGBT community.
The network is owned by OUTtv Media Global I ...
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OUTtv
OutTV (stylized OUTtv) is a Canadian English language specialty channel that was launched in September 2001. It broadcasts general entertainment and lifestyle programming aimed at the LGBT community.
The network is owned by OUTtv Media Global I ...