AfterEllen's lesbian characters PSA: Yeah, what she said!

By now you may have seen some of the online videos that various television talents have made in support of the writers' strike. (The "Speechless Without Writers" campaign is the biggest, although a recent bit about cute animals in viral videos featuring David Cross as a scab piano-playing kitten was my favorite so far.)

The ladies over at AfterEllen.com took the opportunity to toss in some gentle suggestions of their own regarding the woeful state of lesbian and bi characters on television, asking the striking writers to start writing more gals with pals when the strike is over. Now, we may think we have it bad in terms of gay visibility on television, but we've got a cakewalk compared to the ladies. Aside from The L Word it's pretty much crickets, which has driven the AEllen ladies to dangerous extremes, including creating their own online programming.

We of course fully support this cause. Actually, we're more behind this than we are behind getting stuff like Jay Leno back on the air, but that's another discussion. To check out the plea for lesbian and bi characters and some examples of their endearingly makeshift lesbian-inclusive replacement entertainment, click on through the jump!