We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about LGBT characters who they admire or have helped them when they needed it most.
1. Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) in Doctor Who

2. Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) in Brooklyn Nine-Nine

3. Josh (Josh Thomas) in Please Like Me

4. Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh) and Maggie Sawyer (Floriana Lima) in Supergirl

5. Darryl (Pete Gardner) in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

6. Lionel Higgins (DeRon Horton) in Dear White People

7. Elena Alvarez (Isabella Gomez) in One Day at a Time

8. Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) in Arrow

9. Sophia Burset (Laverne Cox) in Orange Is the New Black

10. Isak (Tarjei Sandvik Moe) and Even (Henrik Holm) in Skam

11. Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) and Kelly (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) in the "San Junipero" episode of Black Mirror

12. Brett Talbot (Cody Saintgnue) in Teen Wolf

13. Waverly Earp (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) and Nicole Haught (Katherine Barrell) in Wynonna Earp

14. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) in Grey's Anatomy

15. Mickey Milkovich (Noel Fisher) in Shameless

16. Nomi Marks (Jamie Clayton) in Sense8

17. Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal) in Game of Thrones

18. Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon) in Billions

19. Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) in Glee

20. Trevor (Elliot Fletcher) in Shameless

21. Moira (Samira Wiley) in The Handmaid's Tale

22. Alec Lightwood (Matthew Daddario) and Magnus Bane (Harry Shum Jr) in Shadowhunters

23. Clarke Griffin (Eliza Taylor) in The 100

24. Jude Jacob (Hayden Byerly) and Connor Stevens (Gavin MacIntosh) in The Fosters

25. And Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Willow (Alyson Hannigan)

Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Thank you for the many people who got in contact about this topic.