Oh my god, the most recent episode of Elementary!
I AM IN LOVE WITH THE WRITERS
SERIOUSLY
YOU THINK I'M JOKING BUT I'M NOT
REPRESENTATION
MOTHERFUCKING REPRESENTATION
Usually I'm skeptical of characters who get the sudden!Queer treatment, but for Alastair it totally made sense. He was an actor friend of Sherlock's, mentions of who he's interested in would be pretty random. So, we get to see that he's an addict, he's queer (I'm gonna assume bi or pan--he's had relationships with men and women--but we can't know for sure), and his queerness has nothing to do with his death. No one even comments on it, and for once that's the right choice.
Sherlock casually saying "his partner, Ian," was a really beautiful moment, personally. It continues the trend of Elementary offering up queer characters who are not defined by their queerness. Iris (the ballerina) was more defined by her career as a really really talented dancer as compared to her difficulties forming long-term connections with people, Mrs. Hudson by her searching for a place in the world, and Alastair by his being Sherlock's friend and being an actor who's really good at accents.
Now, I'd still like to see Elementary have some more long-term queer characters, because it's sad to see so many of them dead (granted, most characters on Elementary are/end up being dead because of the nature of the show). But this was another step in the right direction.