10 Shows We Can't Believe Don't Have Gay Characters

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5. Parks and Recreation:

Sure, April’s ex-boyfriend Derek had a boyfriend on Parks and Recreation’s first two seasons, but the NBC comedy is halfway through it’s fifth season and the LGBTs in Pawnee are too far between.  With Amy Poehler at the helm of one of the whip-smartest comedies on TV, there’s got to be room for a lesbian in the Parks Department. We’d love to see Rashida Jones interminably single Ann fall for a lady, but we’d stand for a lesbian softball commissioner to go toe-to-toe with Councilwoman Knope over grass on the field. 

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