Although it's a Norwegian teenage drama, season 3 of Skam, felt like the best one I have seen this far.
Shameless has lgbt themes? I didn't know that. I wanted to watch it because of Emmy Rossum, but I don't have HBO or Showtime
Sense8, Orange is the New Black, Orphan Black, One Day at a Time, South of Nowhere, Degrassi in the early 2000s, The L Word, Queer as Folk, and Pretty Little Liars have some good LGBT characters (tv shows). If you want LGBT people of color Sense8 is your best bet. Good LGBT movies in my opinion are C.R.A.Z.Y., G.B.F. , and Carol.
Movies I love Private Romeo and Free Fall. TV I used to enjoy Brothers and Sisters and Six Feet Under, Nowadays the TV I'm watching don't really have any interesting LGBT characters.
shameless, glee, south of nowhere, gotham, a single man, kill your darlings (those last two are heartbreaking but good), and pretty little liars