Exploring the history of LGBT representation on the small screen

The gay character Peter Panama, played by Vincent Schiavelli, in the US TV series The Corner Bar. (Photo: Youtube/ Gilmore Box)

While representation of gay characters in TV series has come a long way in the last couple of decades, it has been a painfully slow process to get to this point.

This year, GLAAD’s “Where We Are On TV” report found…