the inclusion of gay and lesbian characters in mainstream television has been an ongoing trend in the entertainment industry one that has made the current generation of tv shows some of the most progressive to date homosexual characters on tv have won millions of hearts around the world and as we celebrate friendship day today lets take a look at some of the most memorable bonds shared by gay and straight characters on television read onkurt hummel and rachel berryfrom gleeplayed by chris colfer and lea micheleduring most of season one of the tv show glee kurt and rachel couldnt stand each other as both of them wanted to be the star of musical group new directions and competed for the affection of the hottest guy of their schoolfinn cory monteith however in season two they begin to develop a friendship which grows stronger when kurt revealed to rachel that he is gay she became very protective of him in the following seasons the two bond over their shared love of music theatre and art they even nicknamed themselves as twinsies kurt also accompanied rachel in new york city where they lived together offscreen the actors share a very good bond when leas boyfriend cory monteith died chris helped her cope with the loss of their mutual friend the show ended a few months ago but the two actors continue to be good friendsjude and calliefrom fostersplayed by hayden byerly and maia mitchellundoubtedly these two characters from the show captured the viewers imagination with their sensitive portrayal of foster children although callie is judes halfsister the two share a great friendship they go through the same ordeal and pain of being disowned by their parents since callie is older to jude she often acts like a mother to him and protects him from bullies in school among the fans the two became popular as jallie jude is televisions youngest gay character till date and when he confided in callie that he is in love with a boy called connor she wholeheartedly accepted his relationship the sensitive portrayal of these characters by actors hayden byerly and maia mitchell received critics acclaim and appreciation of the audience worldwidecameron tucker and gloria pritchettfrom modern familyplayed by eric stonestreet and sofia vergarawhen cameron and gloria share screen in modern family it is a laugh riot for the audience cameron is a huge guy with a flare for theatricals and his bubbly outgoing personality perfectly matches the loud and largerthanlife aura of colombian national gloria pritchett while cameron can make the audience laugh with his hilarity glorias colombianspanish accent and her volcanic temper makes her shows favourite character both the characters on the show are parents and they exchange parenting tips and cute chemistry offscreen too the two actors are best of friendsemily hanna aria and spencerfrom pretty little liarsplayed by shay mitchell ashley benson lucy hale and troian bellisarioshay mitchells portrayal of emily fields in pretty little liars has gained her worldwide recognition