This page contains a list of characters who fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. This list includes non-heterosexual sexualities and diverse gender identities. However, it does not aim to specify or label a character's sexual orientation or gender identity in every case, as this is often open to interpretation (from a viewer's perspective). You can read more about a character's identity on their Wiki page. A brief note will be added where a character's inclusion is debatable or unclear.
As of 21st September 2024, 25.64% of the show's current eligible regular characters (i.e. assumed/confirmed to be age 13+, otherwise stated as LGBTQ+ or unanimously agreed for inclusion by admins) are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
List of Current Regular LGBTQ+ Characters
Sorted by surname-forename (or just forename where no surname has been specified) by default.
Character Name | Notable Same-Sex or LGBTQ+ Romances | Inclusion Notes |
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Grace Black | Kim Butterfield, Esther Bloom, Farrah Maalik | Grace is a bisexual woman. |
Jeremy Blake | Scott Drinkwell | Jeremy describes his sexuality as being "open to anything on the menu". |
Sienna Blake | Summer Ranger | Sienna likely identifies as straight, however, she willingly engaged in sexual contact with Summer. |
Rex Gallagher | Ste Hay | |
Lucas Hay | Dillon Ray | Lucas is a gay teenage boy. |
Ste Hay | Callum, Brendan Brady, Doug Carter, John Paul McQueen, Harry Thompson, James Nightingale | Ste is a gay man, however, he has had a sexual relationship with a woman post-coming out. |
Ro Hutchinson | N/A | Ro is a transgender teenage boy. |
Peri Lomax | Harley Frater, Juliet Nightingale | Peri is a bisexual woman. |
John Paul McQueen | Craig Dean, Kieron Hobbs, Ste Hay, James Nightingale, George Kiss, Carter Shepherd | John Paul is a gay man. |
Dillon Ray | Lucas Hay | Dillon is a pansexual teenage boy. |
List of Historic Regular LGBTQ+ Characters
Sorted by surname-forename (or just forename where no surname has been specified) by default.
Character Name | Notable Same-Sex or LGBTQ+ Romances | Inclusion Notes |
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Sarah Barnes | Zoe Carpenter, Lydia Hart | Sarah was a lesbian. |
Jasmine Bates | Ruth Osborne | Jasmine is a bisexual woman. |
Noah Baxter | Ste Hay, Brendan Brady | Noah is a gay man. |
Esther Bloom | Tilly Evans, Grace Black, Kim Butterfield | Esther is a lesbian. |
Brendan Brady | Vinny, Macca, Ste Hay | Brendan is a gay man. |
Laura Burns | N/A | Laura's obsession with Mandy appeared to involve some sexual or romantic motivation. |
Kim Butterfield | Grace Black, Esther Bloom, Farrah Maalik | Kim is a lesbian. |
Freya Calder | N/A | Freya has made multiple comments that suggest she is bisexual. |
Lockie Campbell | John Paul McQueen | Lockie was a bisexual man. |
Zoe Carpenter | Sarah Barnes | Zoe likely identifies as straight, however, she willingly engaged in sexual contact with Sarah. |
Doug Carter | Ste Hay, John Paul McQueen | Doug was a gay man. |
Blessing Chambers | N/A | Blessing is a transgender woman. |
Jason Costello | Bart McQueen | Jason is a gay transgender man. |
Craig Dean | John Paul McQueen, Hans | Craig strictly identifies as straight, however, he has had sexual relationships with multiple men. It has been suggested in by John Paul in 2023 that Craig is now more comfortable identifying as "gay". |
Mitchell Deveraux | Scott Drinkwell | Mitchell is a gay man. |
Liam Donovan | James Nightingale | Liam's sex life appeared to suggest he was bisexual or pansexual. |
Kitty Draper | N/A | Kitty is a transgender woman and appears to be straight. |
Scott Drinkwell | John Paul McQueen, Levi Rochester, Azim Desai, Mitchell Deveraux | Scott is a gay man. |
Vincent Elegba | George Smith | Vincent is a gay man. |
Tilly Evans | Esther Bloom, Jen Gilmore, Chloe Chance | Tilly is a lesbian. |
Kris Fisher | Ravi Roy | Kris is a bisexual man. |
Harley Frater | Peri Lomax | Harley is a bisexual woman. |
Jen Gilmore | Tilly Evans | Jen is a lesbian. |
Lydia Hart | Charlotte Lau, Sarah Barnes | Lydia is a lesbian. |
Phoenix Hathaway | Ripley Lennox | Phoenix is a transgender man. He formerly identified with a non-binary gender identity. |
Kieron Hobbs | John Paul McQueen | Kieron was a gay man. |
Josh Jones | Adam Tyler | Josh was a gay man. |
Kyle Kelly | Colin, Ryan Knight, James Nightingale | Kyle was a bisexual man. |
George Kiss | Dean Vickers, John Paul McQueen | George was a gay man. |
Ryan Knight | Kyle Kelly, Ste Hay | Ryan was a bisexual man. |
Charlotte Lau | Lydia Hart, Laura | Charlotte is a lesbian. |
Ripley Lennox | Brooke Hathaway | Ripley's gender identity is non-binary. Ripley has mentioned having "a bit of worldly experience batting for both teams", and when another character suggested they were bisexual, no correction was offered. |
Lacey Lloyd | Nadira Valli | Lacey has only ever shown romantic interest in women on-screen, but it is unclear how she identifies. |
Danny Lomax | John Paul McQueen, George Smith | Danny was a bisexual man. |
Texas Longford | Jodie Wilde | Texas likely identified as straight, however, she willingly engaged in sexual contact with Jodie. |
Farrah Maalik | Kim Butterfield, Grace Black | Farrah is a lesbian. |
Bazil McCourtey | Ian, Matt Fraser | Bazz said that he likes "both women and men", and people had just assumed he was gay. |
Myra McQueen | Sally St. Claire | Myra identifies as straight, however, she rekindled a relationship with transgender woman Sally post-transition, having had a romantic and sexual connection pre-transition. |
James Nightingale | John Paul McQueen, Harry Thompson, Kyle Kelly, Liam Donovan, Ste Hay | James was a gay man. |
Juliet Nightingale | Peri Lomax, Nadira Valli | Juliet was a lesbian, but has had sex with a man post-coming out. |
Nick O'Connor | Greg Anthony, Nathan Rogers | Nick is a gay man, however, he has questioned his sexuality and slept with a woman post-coming out. |
Ruth Osborne | Jasmine Bates | Ruth likely identifies as straight, however, she willingly reciprocated a romantic kiss with Jasmine. |
Gina Patrick | Emily Taylor | Gina is a lesbian. |
Burton Phillips | Troy | Burton manipulated Troy into sleeping with him and taking part in gay pornography, suggesting that he is not straight. |
Summer Ranger | Sienna Blake | Summer said that she thinks of sexuality as being fluid. |
Ravi Roy | Kris Fisher | Ravi is a bisexual man. |
George Smith | Ryan, Ste Hay, Danny Lomax, Vincent Elegba | George is a gay man. |
Sally St. Claire | Myra McQueen, Roberta Shaw | Sally is a lesbian transgender woman. |
Emily Taylor | Gina Patrick | Emily is a lesbian. |
Harry Thompson | John Paul McQueen, Ste Hay, James Nightingale | Harry was a gay man. |
Adam Tyler | Jamie, Josh Jones | Adam is a gay man. |
Nadira Valli | Juliet Nightingale, Lacey Lloyd | Nadira is a lesbian. |
List of Current and Historic Guest LGBTQ+ Characters
Sorted by surname-forename (or just forename where no surname has been specified) by default.
Character Name | Notable Same-Sex or LGBTQ+ Romances | Inclusion Notes |
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Adam | Ste Hay | |
Alan | N/A | Client of Harry Thompson's for sexual purposes. |
Andy | Jason Costello | Had a date with Jason in June 2011. |
Aphrodite | N/A | Aphrodite was described as "transsexual". |
Camilla Bassington-Hart | Nadira Valli | Willingly engaged in a kiss with Nadira Valli. |
John Bell | N/A | John's son Alex told Anna that his father was gay. |
Billy Joel 'BJ' | N/A | Showed romantic interest in John Paul. |
Carter | James Nightingale | |
Chloe Chance | Tilly Evans | Chloe is a lesbian. |
Kevin 'Chico' | N/A | As a sex worker, it appears Chico has a preference for male clients such as James. |
Christopher | N/A | Hired Harry Thompson as an escort on several occasions for sexual purposes. |
Azim Desai | Ste Hay, Scott Drinkwell | |
Connor Evans | Ste Hay | |
Jeremy Fanning | Raphael Loftus | Jeremy identified Raphael's body as his "boyfriend". |
Fern | N/A | Fern is a lesbian. |
Kevin Foster | N/A | Alluded to in the This Is Abuse miniseries. |
Matt Fraser | Bazz | |
Gareth | N/A | Gareth is a member of Carter's conversion therapy group. |
Ged | Lucas Hay | Attempted to hook-up with Lucas Hay, who had said he was a 19-year-old named "Liam" on the ManMeet app. |
Jade Hedy | N/A | Jade pleasured herself to video footage of Tilly and Esther in bed, suggesting that there could be some sexual or romantic interest behind her other liver-related motives. |
Jean Henderson | N/A | Flirted with Mercedes McQueen. |
Ian | Bazz | |
Jackson | N/A | It's hinted at, but not confirmed, that Jackson has also been a member of Carter's conversion therapy group. |
Jamie | Adam Tyler | |
Jamie | N/A | As a sex worker, it appears Jamie has a preference for male clients such as John Paul. |
Jane | N/A | Jane flirts with Hannah and mentions that she isn't straight anymore. |
Jay | N/A | Jay flirts with John Paul at the SU Bar in 2007. |
Jed | Ste Hay | |
José | N/A | Implied to be gay in that he linked arms and gave his card to Tom in Mallorca but had no interest in Yazz. |
Keith | N/A | Dialogue indicated Scott was "another" gay man when he joined Keith. |
Kenneth | N/A | Dialogue from Scott indicated Kenneth "plays for our team" and he kissed John Paul. |
Laura | Charlotte Lau | |
Raphael Loftus | Jeremy Fanning, James Nightingale | Jeremy identified Raphael's body as his "boyfriend". |
Luis | N/A | As a sex worker, it appears Luis has a preference for male clients such as James and John Paul. |
Macca | Brendan Brady | |
Marc | N/A | Had a date with Mitchell Deveraux in January 2020. |
Matt | Brendan Brady | |
Nathan | Kris Fisher | |
Nemesis | N/A | Nemesis was heavily implied to be transgender by Max and O.B.. |
Noel | Scott Drinkwell | Noel is a gay man. |
Eoghan Nolan | Brendan Brady | Eoghan is a bisexual man. |
Robin | John Paul McQueen | |
Levi Rochester | Scott Drinkwell | |
Nathan Rogers | Nick O'Connor | |
Ryan | Adam Tyler | |
Ryan | George Smith | |
Sandra | N/A | Sandra said she "goes both ways" and flirted with Sally. |
Sean | Brendan Brady, Noah Baxter | |
Roberta Shaw | Sally St. Claire | |
Carter Shepherd | John Paul McQueen | Carter is a victim of conversion therapy and does not want to accept that he is gay. |
Simon | James Nightingale | Simon is a gay man. |
Spike | John Paul McQueen | |
Tamara | N/A | Tamara is a transgender woman. |
Tariq | Josh Jones | |
Toby | John Paul McQueen | |
Richard Valmont | Ste Hay | |
Vanessa | N/A | Vanessa is a bisexual woman. |
Vernon | Harry Thompson | |
Dean Vickers | George Kiss | |
Vince | N/A | Vince attempted to sleep with prostitute Harry Thompson in January 2018. |
Jodie Wilde | Texas Longford |
Criteria for List Inclusion
For occasions where a character hasn't outright given a reason to be included on this list (such as coming out), the Hollyoaks Wiki is using the following criteria to decide whether to include them:
- There must be evidence (on-screen or in reference) that the character has willingly and consensually taken part in romantic or sexual interest, attraction, interaction or contact with a character of the same sex that is romantically or sexually motivated and generally has done this on more than one occasion. On occasions where this was only implied (such as in the early stages of a character's journey), or is suggested to be a one-off or a mistake, their inclusion will be debated by the Wiki team.
- The character must be given a proper name or a personal nickname, e.g. "Grace", "Mrs St. Claire", or "Bazz FM" - not "Shop Worker" or "Girl".
- The character must be a speaking role - unless there is a reason why the character does not speak (e.g. non-verbal or mute), or they are otherwise highly significant.
Similarly, there are a few characters whom some may consider contenders for this list, but the Hollyoaks Wiki has decided to omit them. Some of the reasons why characters might not belong on this list are as follows:
- Paedophilia, grooming, rape and non-consensual sex do not count, regardless of the sex, gender, sexuality or identity of the victim(s). Characters such as Seamus Brady, Mark Gibbs, Finn O'Connor or Buster Smith must not be included, as outside of their crimes, they do not meet the inclusion criteria set out above.
- Interest in a character of the same sex must not be motivated by factors such as power, revenge, obsession, business interests, gaining trust or being blackmailed/emotionally manipulated. Characters such as Troy or Simon Walker must not be included, as their known interactions appear to be motivated by factors like these.
- Characters who enjoy cross-dressing for non-LGBTQ+ reasons, such as Dylan Jenkins, do not belong on this list.
- Characters who had a romantic/sexual interest in somebody of the opposite sex that ceases or does not continue when they later come out as transgender or non-binary, such as Imran Maalik, Bart McQueen or Oliver Morgan, do not belong on this list. Additionally, notable LGBTQ+ relationships should only be listed if both parties were aware it was an LGBTQ+ connection at the time, or came to be aware during the romance - not retroactively.
- Characters without given names, such as "Guy in club" or "Solicitor", do not belong on this list.
- Characters portrayed by actors who are playing themselves (i.e. celebrity cameos). The exception to this rule would be the rare occurrence when the character is treated as a proper character, appearing for a generous period and integrating with their environment in the same manner as fictional characters.
See Also |
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List of Appearances • List of Births and Pregnancies • List of Celebrity Appearances • List of Deaths • List of Directors • List of Episodes • List of LGBTQ+ Characters • List of Producers • List of Serial Killers • List of Serial Saviours • List of Trials • List of Weddings and Engagements • List of Whodunnits • List of Writers |