List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2020–present
The 2020s saw a blossoming of LGBTQ characters in animated series, including in children's animation, adult animation, young adult animation, and anime. This includes series such as Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, The Owl House, Helluva Boss, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, and The Great North. Anime such as Adachi and Shimamura, Assault Lily Bouquet, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, and Otherside Picnic also featured LGBTQ characters.
This list only includes recurring characters, otherwise known as supporting characters, which appear frequently from time to time during the series' run, often playing major roles in more than one episode, and those in the main cast are listed below. LGBTQ characters which are guest stars or one-off characters are listed on the pages focusing exclusively on gay (in animation and anime), lesbian (in animation and anime), bisexual (in animation and anime), trans, pansexual, asexual, non-binary, and intersex characters.
The entries on this page are organized alphanumerically by duration dates and then alphabetically by the first letter of a specific series.
2020[]
Duration | Show title | Character debut date | Characters | Identity | Notes | Country |
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2020 | Adachi and Shimamura | October 9, 2020 | Sakura Adachi | Lesbian | Adachi wishes she was closer with her friend, Shimamura, even dreaming of kissing her, after they meet in the second floor of the gymnasium.[1][2][3] | Japan |
Hougetsu Shimamura | She falls in love with Sakura Adachi, her best friend, as their relationship moves forward, eve with small steps.[4][2] | |||||
Akira Hino | While she calls Taeko Nagafuji her "good friend," they clearly have feelings for each other, and their relationship develops over the course of the anime.[5][6] Their intimate time together prompts Adachi to sleep over at Shimamura's house.[7] | |||||
Taeko Nagafuji | She has feelings for her friend, Akira Hino, and a developing relationship over the course of the series.[5][6] | |||||
Give Me Three Tickets[a] | 2020 | Hyena | Non-binary | In this Chilean adult animation produced by Pájaro Estudio, which was presented at the Animation! section of the Argentine film festival, "Ventana Sur"[8] there is a party-loving non-binary hyena, an albino giraffe who is posh (and a lesbian) and monkey who is a liberal shaman, with all three sharing everything, including their "love lives," in a strange town.[9] Things change when one of these characters tries to bring a new person into their relationship. | Chile | |
Giraffe | Lesbian | |||||
Hoops | August 21, 2020 | Scott | Gay | Scott is a gay boy on the school basketball team, who had been "the Colts' best player" before Matty came around.[10] | United States | |
Interspecies Reviewers | January 11, 2020 | Crimvael | Intersex | A well-endowed intersex angel with a broken halo,[11] Crimvael has male and female genitalia, as noted throughout the series.[12] Despite his feminine appearance, he chooses to identify as male upon meeting Stunk and Zel in episode 1, to avoid them trying anything perverted on him. He is hinted to be bisexual in episode 3[13] and in episode 9,[14] the narrator uses the pronoun "they" to refer to Crim. This is due to Crim having no set gender, much like the rest of the angels, and the narrator takes note on that. | Japan | |
Bisexual | ||||||
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | January 14, 2020 | Benson Mekler | Gay | In the episode, "Ratland," after Kipo tells Benson that she likes him, he says that he does like her but in a platonic way and says the reason is because he is gay.[15] In the episode "Beyond the Valley of the Dogs," he develops a crush on one of the boys who lives in the burrows named Troy. This is expanded in season 2, as in the episode "Paw of the Jaguar," Troy kisses Benson on the cheek, and in a later episode, "Heroes on Fire," a song about falling in love plays as they lock eyes, indicating he clearly has a crush on Troy. In season 3, Benson often referred to Troy as his boyfriend, and the two were seen still together at the end of "Age of Wonderbeasts". The series creator Radford "Rad" Sechrist hinted at Troy being pansexual, but it was never completely confirmed.[16] | United States | |
Troy Sandoval | ||||||
June 12, 2020 | Asher Berdacs | Non-binary | When asked by a fan about the gender of Asher, series creator Radford "Rad" Sechrist said that Asher is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns,[17] which was later confirmed by Bill Wolkoff, co-screenwriter of Kipo.[18] Asher is voiced by non-binary actor River Butcher. | |||
Loafy | August 8, 2020 | Scrooge | Gay | Scrooge is a horny Tarsier. He is in a on-again off-again relationship with Eli, a male human.[19] | ||
Eli | ||||||
Magical Girl Friendship Squad: Origins | January 1, 2020 | Daisy | Lesbian or Bisexual | Daisy, one of the magical girls, a pale-skinned "badass" superhero who works with her female medium-brown-skinned roommate, Alex,[20] in the pilot show, Magical Girl Friendship Squad: Origins, is a lesbian. She sleeps with a black woman in episode 2, "Superparty," who leaves after she sees Alex throwing up in a sink because she is drunk. In the main show, Magical Girl Friendship Squad, Daisy is unambiguously queer as she has slept with "every barista" at the local coffee shop.[21] In the second episode of the main show, "The Cool S," a sticker with the transgender pride flag is shown on Daisy's laptop. In the fourth episode, "Anti-Fungal Spit Skanks," Daisy's ex-girlfriend and classic-style anime character, Yolanda,[22][23] is shown to be working at an urgent care center in the city. On November 1, 2020, Hallie Cantor, a writer for the show, stated that they hadn't yet identified Daisy "as trans or cis,"[24] meaning that she could be a cisgender or trans lesbian. In the episode "The Real World," Pansy, who calls herself Daisy's "monogamous live-in girlfriend" is introduced, but she only exists in the dimension created by Nut's sister, Gloriana. On December 4, 2020, Krystal Downs, a director on the show, said that Daisy is lesbian in a tweet.[25] However, Anna Akana, who voiced Daisy, said that Daisy is a cisgender bisexual woman like herself, and dismissed comments by fans saying that Daisy was transgender, saying that implication was incorrect.[26] | ||
Magical Girl Friendship Squad | September 26, 2020 | |||||
Onyx Equinox | November 21, 2020 | Yaotl | Bisexual | Yaotl is an emissary to the god Tezcatlipoca. His past as a human is shown in a flashback, where he takes part in numerous orgies involving both men and women. Mictlantecuhtli, the Queen of the Underworld, also partakes in one of these orgies. The two fall in love. Series creator Sofia Alexander confirmed Yaotl as bisexual and implied that Yun may be gay.[27] | ||
Mictēcacihuātl | ||||||
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! | February 18, 2020 | Iena Madaraba | Genderfluid | Iena Madaraba, also known as Yena or Hyena, is a spotted hyena with female genitalia and is confused about her true gender & sexuality. Even after her real gender is proven, Hitomi reassures Iena to just be the tomboyish she wants. It is hinted on multiple occasions that Iena and Hitomi have mutual feelings for each other. In the future, Iena is a martial artist. After failing to feel feminine in various episodes, she claims out that she will still be a male inside in episodes such as "The Wild Habits of a Troubled Animal".[28] Crunchyroll described Iena as a "gender-ambiguous hyena person."[29] | Japan | |
Intersex | ||||||
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard | January 9, 2020 | Shōko Tanimoto | Asexual | In episode 8, "The Angel's Aquamarine", Shouko reveals she is asexual and aromantic indirectly, confessing she has never felt romantic attraction.[30] After being asked if marriage is really what she wants, she says that she does not know what it means to like someone in a way different to liking her parents, and adds that "... choosing not to fall in love and never understanding it in the first place aren't the same." Her asexual identity was never expressed in the show directly. | ||
The Titan's Bride | July 6, 2020 | Kōichi Mizuki | Gay | High school basketball player Kōichi Mizuki is suddenly summoned to a world populated by giants. He is met by Caius Lao Vistaille, the prince of the world, who immediately asks Kōichi to marry him.[31][32] | ||
Caius Lao Bistail | ||||||
2020-2021 | Adventure Time: Distant Lands | June 25, 2020 | Y5 | Ambiguous | A local in the Drift, who is a teenage scientist and rabbit,[33] Originally named "Y4", Y5 chooses her new name[b] with BMO's encouragement and eventually becomes the robot's "deputy."[34][35][36] Y5 finds herself forced to disobey her parents in order to save the Drift—all the while discovering her own identity.[35][37] Glory Curda, who voices Y5, stated that Y5's story has a lot of a context and is representative of coming out into your own identity, defining yourself with whatever terms you wish.[38] | United States |
November 19, 2020 | Marceline "Marcy" Abadeer | Bisexual | In the episode "Obsidian," Marcy and Bonnie are living together in the Land of Ooo.[39][40][41] At one point in the episode, Bonnie calls Marcy her "vampire girlfriend" and Marcy says that Bonnie is "good for" her, as they work out their relationship problems in the episode, remembering back to the last time they had been to the Glass Kingdom and their previous breakup. This episode is a spin-off of the original Adventure Time series where Marcy was shown as a bisexual woman[42] who once dated a male wizard named Ash,[43] with her voice actor, Olivia Olson confirming that Marceline and Bonnie had dated.[44] | |||
Princess Bonnibel "Bonnie" Bubblegum | Queer | Bonnie's sexuality, despite the fact she dated a male character named Mr. Cream Puff,[45] has not been confirmed. Reviewers have argued that she is either bisexual,[46] non-binary,[47] queer,[47] lesbian,[48] or a combination of some of the latter, as both live in a world where "sexuality is somewhat fluid."[49] In the series finale of Adventure Time, Bonnie and Marcy shared on-screen kiss,[50] confirming their relationship. | ||||
2020–present | Close Enough | July 9, 2020 | Mr. Timothy Campbell | Bisexual | Mr. Campbell is Candice's hippie teacher at Chamomile Elementary. He broke up with his boyfriend Stellan and is attracted to one of his student's mother.[citation needed] | |
Duncanville | February 16, 2020 | Mia Abara | Genderfluid | Mia Abara is Duncan's friend and secret crush.[51] She also sticks a finger into each one of the pizzas she delivers to protest the anti-gay stance of the company, while saying she doesn't want to be anyone's property, and is a passionate feminist.[52] | ||
Heaven Official's Blessing | October 31, 2020 | Xie Lian | Gay | Xie Lian is a prince who ascends to Heaven upon his death but is banished twice due to his rule-bending behavior. Upon returning a third time as a laughingstock, he meets Hua Cheng, a demon who rules the ghost realm and leads a war against Heaven but had been nurturing feelings for Xie Lian for a long while. He flirts blatantly with a flustered Xie Lian, and the two live together as a couple.[53] | China | |
Hua Cheng | ||||||
Helluva Boss | October 31, 2020[c] | Blitzo | Pansexual | The founder of I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals) has slept with the Prince of Hell, Stolas. He is seen stalking his employees Moxxie and Millie outside of their work. According to his Instagram account, he is pansexual.[54] Blitzo makes out with Stolas in episode 6: Truth Seekers. Co-creator and voice actor Brandon Rogers is openly gay. | United States | |
Moxxie | Bisexual | A demon and protagonist who is an assassin and weapons expert of I.M.P. In September 2020, on Bi Visibility Day, series creator Vivienne Medrano revealed he is bisexual on her Twitter account.[55] | ||||
Stolas | Queer | A prince of Hell, he is in a complicated relationship with Blitzo. He is married at the beginning and has a daughter Octavia who he acts as a "dorky dad" around putting her happiness ahead of everything else as shown in the Pilot, where it is noted that he has phone sex with Blitzo. In the episode "Murder Family", he asks Blitzo to, every month, give him the spell book which allows I.M.P. to travel to the human realm. He also asks Blitzo to fornicate with him, the latter who reluctantly agrees while running for his life. As such, a past relationship between Blitzo and Stolas is implied.[56] It was confirmed that Blitzo still has genuine feelings for Stolas in episode 6: Truth Seekers but is afraid that Stolas only sees him as a plaything or pet. In episode 7: OZZIE'S, it is revealed Stolas does genuinely love Blitzo but is unable to spell it out. It is also revealed that him and Stella have divorced and have joint custody of their daughter. | ||||
April 30, 2021 | Sallie May | Trans woman | Millie's sister, from episode 5: The Harvest Moon Festival. She is confirmed to be transgender by her voice actress, Morgana Ignis, who is transgender.[57] | |||
It's Pony | February 1, 2020 | Meg | Lesbian | Meg is Heston's aunt. She has a bad taste in coats. In the episode "Loud Horse", Meg is revealed to be in a relationship with another woman named Marti who mentions her and has a picture of her on the wall.[58] They are seen shopping together in the minisode "Hold My Spot".[59] | United Kingdom | |
August 24, 2020 | Marti | |||||
Madagascar: A Little Wild | May 27, 2021 | Odee Elliott | Non-binary | An okapi, voiced by Iris Menas, who first appears in the season 3 Pride-themed episode "Whatever Floats Your Float," with none of the floats seeming right for Odee, and then sings a song titled "Be Proud" about being proud of your identity.[60] GLAAD consulted on the episode and Menas said the episode resonated with hir. | United States | |
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! | April 11, 2020 | Mary Hunt | Bisexual | She develops romantic feelings toward the series protagonist, Catarina, differing from the script of the otome game, Fortune Lover, beginning in episode 2 of the series, "A Prince Challenged Me To a Fight..." In episode 9, "Things Got Crazy at a Slumber Party...," Anne Shelley, Catarina's maid, observes that Mary loves Catarina so much that she concocted a "terrifying plan" of sorts to get them to stay together.[61] In the same episode, Mary, in a sleepover with Catarina, Sophia, and Maria, admits she likes Catarina, saying she and someone she loved would trade dresses. Her fiancé is Alan.[62] | Japan | |
April 18, 2020 | Sophia Ascart | In episode 8, when inside the book world, Sophia pins Catarina against a wall, confesses her love, and proposes they move in together.[63] Although Catarina does not understand the ramifications of this confession, Maria and Mary, who also have crushes on Sophia, recognize it full well. In episode 9, "Things Got Crazy at a Slumber Party..." Anne Shelley observes that Sophia tries to get Catarina to realize that she has feelings for her, but to no avail. Sophia also seems to have feelings for men as well, and her brother is Nicol.[64] | ||||
April 25, 2020 | Maria Campbell | When Catarina saves Maria from bullies, in the episode "I Enrolled in the Magic Academy...," she steals a romantic event from Gordo, causing Maria to begin falling love with Catarina in episode 4 of the series. In the following episode, Catarina steals a major romantic scene from Keith unintentionally, and they grow closer together. In a later episode, "Things Got Crazy at a Slumber Party...," Anne Shelley says that Maria shows her love for Catarina by sharing her sweets with her. In the episode "The Moment of My Doom Arrived... Part 1," Maria defends Catarina from false charges and says that Catarina means a lot to her. In the show's season 1 finale, Catarina asks her who she likes, and she says "the only one I love, admire, and want to be with for all time is you, Lady Catarina. So please allow me to stay by your side from now on."[65] Maria likely has feelings for men as well, as her line she tells Catarina was supposed to be spoken to a man in the original game. | ||||
My Pride: The Series | February 16, 2020 | Nothing | Lesbian | This series follows a "queer, disabled lioness" named Nothing who is trying to heal the world.[66] The series creator, Madeleine Patton, stated that it is important to tell diverse stories, and notes that the story deals with "ableism, queerness, feminism, womanhood and also, of course, lions."[67] The mate of Nothing is Hover, formerly named Longrun, as indicated in episode 7, "Hover," in September 2020. In the previous life of Nothing, she was named Kyoga, and had a crush on another lion named Karabi. | Canada | |
Rocky & Hudson: Os Caubóis Gays | August 10, 2020 | Rocky | Gay | Rocky and Hudson are a gay cowboy couple. They are named after gay actor Rock Hudson.[68] | Brazil | |
Hudson | ||||||
Solar Opposites | May 8, 2020 | Korvo | Genderless | Korvo is an intelligent alien scientist who hates Earth and wants to leave as soon as possible, while Terry is his evacuation partner and a Pupa specialist who is fascinated with human culture. In March 2021, series creators Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan confirmed that both are a romantic couple in a committed relationship.[69] Roiland also described Korvo and Terry as genderless aliens which asexually reproduce but are not asexual.[70] | United States | |
Terry | ||||||
Star Trek: Lower Decks | August 6, 2020 | Beckett Mariner | Bisexual or Pansexual | She is a human ensign aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos and the daughter of Captain Freeman who is irreverent and a rule-breaker on the surface, but is actually very good at Starfleet but cares so little she has been demoted many times, with her voice actor Tawny Newsome saying that Mariner "just wants to ride her skateboard and eat her piece of pizza in peace, man."[71] In early October 2020, the creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mike McMahan confirmed that Capt. Amina Ramsey was Beckett Mariner's former lover at Starfleet Academy, even though it wasn't explicitly stated, saying that "every Starfleet officer is probably at the baseline bisexual" in a sense, and that they did not "intentionally mean for anybody to be strictly heteronormative or straight or cis."[72] However, he promised to do better in the show's second season, saying they would do more and noting that the show could more explicitly state "things that the writers always knew about Mariner." In the season 1 finale, "No Small Parts", Mariner was shown to have previously dated Steve Levy, meaning she could be bisexual. In the season 2 episode "We'll Always Have Tom Paris", Mariner tells Tendi that she has dated "bad boys, bad girls, bad gender non-binary babes, [and] ruthless alien masterminds," meaning that she could be pansexual.[73] In the season 2 finale "First First Contact", she is shown to be hooking up with Jennifer Sh'reyan, an Andorian woman whom Mariner previously hated. McMahan confirmed that the show's third season will show both dating each other, but said this isn't a shift from Mariner's arc up to that point.[74] | ||
Andy Billups | Possibly asexual | Andy Billups works as the chief engineer aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos and is the prince of Hysperia. In the episode "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie", it is implied that Billups is asexual as he had no interest in having sex with both the male and female guards.[75] The following episode "I, Excretus", had Billups not participating in any sex act in the Naked Time simulator. | ||||
August 20, 2020 | Jennifer Sh'reyan | Lesbian | An Andorian woman who was previously seen as Beckett Mariner's rival even though Jen was unaware of it. She is an ensign on the U.S.S. Cerritos. In the episode "I, Excretus", Jen makes out with Ensign Barnes in the Naked Time simulator. In the season 2 finale "First First Contact", she starts hooking up with Mariner.[74] | |||
The Owl House | January 10, 2020 | Eda Clawthorne | Bisexual or Queer | Eda Clawthorne is Luz's mentor. She is also known as Eda the Owl Lady. While she mentions having "ex-boyfriends" in the first episode, in the episode "Wing it Like Witches", she has a bisexual flag-colored sticker on her lunchbox. Eda was confirmed to be queer when she showed feelings for her old friend Raine Whispers, who is non-binary, in the episode "Eda's Requiem" and the episode "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door", reveals that Eda and Raine were formerly dating, before breaking up.[76][77] | ||
Luz Noceda | Bisexual | Luz Noceda, the main character of The Owl House has shown explicit interest in men and women. As shown in the second episode, "Witches Before Wizards" where Luz meets a character named Nevareth who she reacts to in a way similar to that of a small crush or infatuation. In the episode "Lost In Language", she is shown to be blushing at both Edric and Emira Blight. A few episodes later in "Adventures in the Elements", she states the words, "I've got a new crush and her name is education". Dana Terrace, the show creator also tweeted about how she wanted to make a bisexual character.[78] On September 2, during a Reddit AMA, Terrace confirmed that Luz is bisexual.[79] She also stated that Luz is "oblivious to some things in front of her," including Amity's crush on her.[80] That makes her the first bisexual lead character on a Disney Channel show.[81] In the episode "Escaping Expulsion", Luz starts to have a crush on her friend Amity, and in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins", Luz realizes that Amity is interested in her.[82] In the episode "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door", Luz and Amity officially become a couple.[76][83] | ||||
February 7, 2020 | Lilith Clawthorne | Aromantic asexual | Eda's estranged older sister and former leader of the Emperor's Coven. In a charity livestream hosted by Dana Terrace on March 13, 2022, a specially written audio was played of Cissy Jones in character as Lilith. In this audio, Lilith claims to have never felt romantic attraction towards anyone before.[84] Afterwards, Jones made further allusion to Lilith's aromantic orientation over Twitter.[85] | |||
January 24, 2020 | Amity Blight | Lesbian | Initially serving as a rival to protagonist Luz Noceda, she warms up to her due to the latter's kind nature.[86] Amity is a top student at Hexside, the same school Luz is attending, and is shown blushing or becoming bashful on multiple occasions whenever Luz displays any affectionate behavior towards her, suggesting that she might have a crush on Luz. Her implied sapphism is confirmed in the episode "Enchanting Grom Fright", where it is revealed that her biggest fear is getting rejected by someone who she planned to ask to the prom, and that person is revealed to be Luz. Animation supervisor Spencer Wan described Luz and Amity's dance in the same episode as "the gay thing",[87] while series creator Dana Terrace noted that "queer kids" were in the main cast[88] and that there was a bisexual character in the show,[78] without specifying which character she was referring to in her tweet. On September 2, during a Reddit AMA, Terrace confirmed that Amity is intended to be a lesbian.[79] In the same AMA, Terrace stated that Luz was Amity's first crush.[89] In the episode "Through the Looking Glass Ruins", Amity kisses Luz on the cheek.[82] In the episode "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door", Luz and Amity officially become a couple.[76][83] Mae Whitman, the voice of Amity Blight came out as pansexual in August 2021. | |||
July 24, 2021 | Raine Whispers | Non-binary | The head witch of the Bard Coven who uses they/them pronouns.[90][91] Raine is Disney's first non-binary character, having been confirmed as non-binary by Avi Roque, who voices the character.[92][93] Roque later made the additional statement that Raine is transgender and transmasculine.[94] The episode "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door", reveals that Eda and Raine were formerly dating, before breaking up.[76][77] | |||
Transmasculine |
2021[]
Duration | Show title | Character debut date | Characters | Identity | Notes | Country |
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2021 | Blue Period | October 2, 2021 | Yuka Ayukawa | Genderqueer | Yuka is one of Yatora Yaguchi's friends. They are the one who encouraged Yaguchi to join the art club. Yuka wears both male and female school uniforms. In the anime, they are the source of mockery of other students who misgender and deadnamed them,[95][96] while in the manga no one seems to pay them any mind.[97] Yuka is a popular person in class, called "Yuka-chan" by some, and is on good terms with Hachitora.[98] | Japan |
Bisexual | ||||||
Centaurworld | July 30, 2021 | Zulius | Gay | Zulius is a flamboyant and effeminate zebra-like centaur. He was hinted to be gay in the first season. It was confirmed in the season 2 episode "Horsatia Wighair Beanzs?" in where he is shown to be ogling male centaurs.[99] Zulius is also affectionate towards Splenbib, the tiger-like centaur. Zulius is voiced by openly gay actor Parvesh Cheena. | United States | |
Ched | Ched is a finch-like centaur. He is revealed to be gay in season 2 and is shown to have a crush on Zulius.[citation needed] | |||||
Splenbib | Splenbib is a tiger-like centaur. Zulius and Splenbib had a history together and the season 1 song "I Don't Know Him" is laced with romantic overtones.[100] Near the end of the second season, Zulius and Splenbib start to patch things up and wondering about the possibility of them being in a relationship. | |||||
City of Ghosts | March 5, 2021 | Thomas | Non-binary | Thomas is a 7-year-old child who goes by they/them pronouns.[101] They are voiced by transgender child actor Blue Chapman.[102] | ||
Otherside Picnic | January 4, 2021 | Sorawo Kamikoshi | Lesbian | A sophomore at a university in Saitama Prefecture who becomes friends with Toriko Nishina and begins to develop feelings for her over the course of the series.[103][104] | Japan | |
Toriko Nishina | A woman who searches the Otherside for her missing friend Satsuki, who appears to be a college student, and has long blond hair and is, in the opinion of Sorawo, "extremely beautiful".[103][104][105] She has a tendency to isolate herself from others, and has no friends other than Sorawo and Satsuki, who was Toriko's tutor. | |||||
So I'm a Spider, So What? | January 8, 2021 | Karnatia Anabald | Trans woman | Karnatia "Katia" Anabald (formerly known as Ooshima Kanata) is the best friend of the series' side-story protagonist Shun Analeit. Before the start of the series she was a boy who was the classmate of the series protagonists and was heavily implied to be gay throughout the flashback chapters, as well as to suffer from gender dysphoria.[106] After being reincarnated following the destruction of her classroom, when she and her classmates were reborn into the magical world of the series, Katia was reborn into a female body. | ||
Wonder Egg Priority | March 17, 2021 | Kaoru Kurita | Trans man | Kaoru is a trans boy hatched from Momoe's egg. His jacket is designed with colors replicant of the transgender flag.[107][108] Having been assigned female at birth and struggling with his gender identity, Kaoru went to his kendo club advisor for advice. However, the teacher forced him down, beat him, and raped him, resulting in him becoming pregnant. This is presumably the reason that made Kaoru commit suicide. It is implied that Kaoru is bisexual as although he likes Momoe as a "boy" upon learning that she was a girl, he also makes it clear that he is still attracted to Momoe as female. | ||
Santa Inc. | December 2, 2021 | Goldie | Bisexual | Goldie is one of Candy Smalls's two best friends. She's a member of Santa Claus' "B-Team".[109] | United States | |
Jingle Jim | Gay | Jingle Jim is Santa's chief of staff. He is revealed to be gay in the first episode "Where The Hell is Brent?"[110] Jingle Jim is also shown to have a Snow Angel lover in a few episodes. Jingle Jim is voiced by openly gay actor and comedian Joel Kim Booster. | ||||
Dr. Almonds | Dr. Almonds is a Nutcracker psychologist. He mentions his husband and quadruplets in the episode "Cracks in the Peppermint Ceiling Part 1".[citation needed] Dr. Almolds is voiced by openly gay actor John Cameron Mitchell. | |||||
2021-2022 | Kid Cosmic | February 2, 2021 | Fry | Fry is a man who works at Mo's Oasis Cafe and is usually seen together with Hamburg. He obtains the light pink elasticity Cosmic Stone of Power in the second season, which gives the user the ability to stretch their body. On February 3, 2022, the creator of Kid Cosmic, Craig McCracken, confirmed Fry and Hamburg as a gay couple.[111] | ||
Hamburg | Hamburg, a guy who works at Mo's Oasis Cafe and is usually seen with Fry. He obtains the indigo multiple arms Cosmic Stone of Power in the second season. On February 3, 2022, the creator of Kid Cosmic, Craig McCracken, that Fry was Hamburg's boyfriend.[111] | |||||
2021–present | Arcane | November 13, 2021 | Caitlyn Kiramman | Lesbian | She is attracted to Vi, a woman from the undercity, despite their different circumstances. Show writer Amanda Overton said that the relationship between Caitlyn and Vi is "naturally developing," with writers honoring the lived experiences of both characters.[112] Overton said that in Piltover, where Caitlyn lives, there is no word for describing those who are gay or any homophobia, meaning that Caitlyn could "marry any gender or race suitor," with such a person becoming "part of her house."[113] | |
November 6, 2021 | Vi | In the episode "Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy", Vi tells Caitlyn "you’re hot, Cupcake," with writer Amanda Overton saying that this line was added to bring clarity to her character and showed that she loves women.[114] In the same episode, Vi curiously looks at Caitlyn after seeing her chat with a woman while they are in the Pleasure House. She later moves in with Caitlyn. In the show's ninth episode, Vi's sister, Jinx, describes Caitlyn as Vi's girlfriend. | ||||
Dota: Dragon's Blood | March 25, 2021 | Fymrym | Bisexual | Fymrym is an Elven thief who stole the lotuses from the Nightsilver Woods because of a prophecy about her moon goddess Mene. She was in a polyamorous relationship with two men and a woman before they were murdered by Luna.[115] | ||
Elliott from Earth | March 29, 2021 | Frankie | Lesbian | Frankie is Elliott's mother and a geologist.[116] She was previously married to a woman before she passed away as said in the episode "Wednesday Part 2." | United Kingdom | |
The Great North | January 3, 2021 | Ham Tobin | Gay | Ham is a teen trying to find his place in the world and comes out to his family as gay, even though he did so in the past.[117][118] | United States | |
Crispin Cienfuegos | Crispin is a teen who works at a smoothie bar. Judy originally had a crush on him until "Pride & Prejudance Adventure" when it is revealed that Crispin is gay and is into Judy's brother Ham. He and Ham became a couple.[119] Crispin is voiced by openly gay actor Julio Torres.[120] | |||||
Invincible | March 26, 2021 | William Francis Clockwell | Mark Grayson's best friend who has a crush on Mark's dad Omni-Man. He is voiced by openly gay actor Andrew Rannells.[121] In the episode "You Look Kinda Dead", he visits Upstate University for the weekend to visit Rick Sheridan, his ex-boyfriend who turns into a cyborg called an "Reaniman" by young mad scientist D.A. Sinclair.[122] His gay identity is established at the beginning of the series.[123] | |||
Little Ellen | September 13, 2021 | Ellen DeGeneres | Lesbian | The series is loosely based on Ellen DeGeneres' childhood.[124] DeGeneres is a lesbian in real life. | ||
Tallulah | Tallulah is the owner of a bakery shop that Ellen and her friends visit.[125] In the season 2 finale "Tallulah Ties the Knot", Tallulah marries her girlfriend Nini. | |||||
M.O.D.O.K. | May 21, 2021 | Melissa Tartleton | Bisexual | Melissa Tartleton is M.O.D.O.K's 17-year-old daughter who shares her father's appearance. Melissa is a popular girl who wants to be a supervillain. She is also openly bisexual. While her sexuality is not remarked upon in the first season. It will be explored in season 2 according to Melissa's voice actor Melissa Fumero.[126][127] | ||
Gary Garoldson | Gay | Gary Garoldson is one of M.O.D.O.K.'s employees who is very optimistic and loyal to the organization.[128] He has a husband named Big Mike who works as a trucker, but his devotion to M.O.D.O.K. puts a strain on their marriage.[129] | ||||
Rugrats | May 27, 2021 | Betty DeVille | Lesbian | Betty DeVille is the mother of Phil and Lil DeVille. In the original series, she was married to a man Howard DeVille. In the reboot, Betty is a gay single mother.[130] Betty is voiced by openly queer actress Natalie Morales, describing the character as a "single mom with her own business who has twins" but still hangs out with her community and friends, even casually talking about her ex-girlfriend.[131] | ||
Star Trek: Prodigy | October 28, 2021 | Zero | Genderless | Zero is a Medusan. Medusans are genderless aliens who prefer they/them pronouns.[132] | ||
My Life is Worth Living | September 1, 2021 | Scott | Gay | Scott is a public speaker. He is revealed to be gay in Dante's Story.[133] | ||
September 8, 2021 | Dante | Dante is a high school football player. He also struggled to come out of the closet.[133] | ||||
Ridley Jones | July 13, 2021 | Fred | Non-binary | Fred is a non-binary bison who prefers they/them pronouns.[134] They are voiced by non-binary actor Iris Menas as confirmed by showrunner and creator Chris Nee.[135] | ||
Aten | Gay | Aten and Kosi are Ismat's fathers.[136] They are voiced by openly gay actors Andrew Rannells and Chris Colfer.[137] | ||||
Kosi | ||||||
Jellystone! | July 29, 2021 | Jonny Quest | Based on the Hanna-Barbera characters, the two of them are featured grown up and a married couple and run the town's bowling alley, confirmed by writer Melody Iza in July 2021.[138] The season 2 episode "The Sea Monster of Jellystone Cove" takes a look at their relationship. | |||
Hadji Singh | ||||||
Snagglepuss | Snagglepuss was confirmed to be gay by Melody Iza.[139] | |||||
Mildew Wolf | In the episode "Grocery Store", Mildew Wolf is shown flirting with his co-worker Shazzan.[140] His original voice actor, Paul Lynde, who voiced him in the Cattanooga Cats segment It's the Wolf!, was gay.[141][142] | |||||
Q-Force | September 2, 2021 | Steve Maryweather | Also known as Agency Mary, Steve was formerly part of the American Intelligence Agency (AIA) before he came out as gay. He was sent to West Hollywood where he could "disappear into obscurity," but while there he assembled his own team of LGBTQ spies, consisting of a drag disguise master (Twink), a skilled mechanic (Deb), and a hacker (Stat), later working with a straight man named Agent Buck at the request of the AIA.[143][144] He is voiced by Sean Hayes, an openly gay actor who is the show's creator.[144] | |||
Benji | He is a gay man who is the love interest of Mary and is often in danger due to his closeness to the Q-Force.[145] | |||||
Deb | Lesbian | A mechanic and guru with gadgets, she has a wife, 16 rescue dogs, and pretends to work at a place called Pep Boys when not part of the Q-Force.[145] She is voiced by lesbian actress Wanda Sykes.[144] | ||||
Louisa | Louisa is lesbian and a former nemesis of Deb.[citation needed] She is voiced by an openly lesbian Fortune Feimster. | |||||
Twink | Gay | Twink is a gay French Canadian who is a "Master of drag" and part of the Q-Force.[citation needed] | ||||
Stat | Pansexual | A pansexual hacker who is part of the Q-Force.[citation needed] She is voiced by an openly transgender actress Patti Harrison. | ||||
Chicago Party Aunt | September 17, 2021 | Daniel | Gay | Animated adaptation of the Twitter account of the same name. Daniel is Diane Dubrowski's nephew. He foregoes going to Stanford University and spends a "Gap Year" instead. He had just realized that he is gay.[146] | ||
Gideon | Gideon is Diane's boss at Borough (formerly Chi City Sports Cuts and Clips). He has had failed relationships with men and his mother is unaware that he's gay.[147] Gideon is voiced by drag queen RuPaul Charles. | |||||
Komi Can't Communicate | October 7, 2021 | Najimi Osana | Genderqueer | One of the main characters with ambiguous gender, with the official anime website stating "she no longer knows her gender."[148][149] While at high school, Naijimi dresses in girls' uniform, albeit with a boy's tie. Najimi's gender is never confirmed and they are frequently referred to with gendered pronouns. Nonetheless, it is implied that Najimi is genderless. Najimi regularly switches from saying they are a boy or a girl and laughing that anyone ever thought otherwise. However, Tadano connects this more with what he describes as pathological dishonesty. | Japan | |
Ren Yamai | Lesbian | She has an uncanny romantic obsession with Komi, constantly referring to her as a goddess and is extremely hostile towards people whom she thinks are too close to Komi, especially Tadano, as shown by her act of kidnapping and locking him in her house, threatening to kill him. Her name is a reference to her yandere nature.[150] She also loves fashion and is the head of the women's group in the class.[151] | ||||
The Ghost and Molly McGee | October 6, 2021 | Mrs. Roop | Mrs. Roop is the History teacher at Brighton Middle School. In the episode "Mazel Tov, Libby!", she is shown slow-dancing with a woman.[citation needed] In the following episode "No Good Deed", she is confirmed to be a lesbian and the woman she danced with is Pam, her wife.[152] Mrs. Roop is voiced by openly lesbian actress Jane Lynch.[153] | United States | ||
October 30, 2021 | Pam Roop | |||||
High Guardian Spice | October 26, 2021 | Anise | Anise is Sage's cousin. She is married to an Elf woman named Aloe.[154][155] Anise is voiced by lesbian actress Haviland Stillwell.[156] | |||
Aloe | ||||||
Professor Caraway | Trans man | Professor Caraway is a professor at the High Guardian Academy. In the third episode "Transformations", he is revealed to be a transgender man, and is voiced by the show's creator, Raye Rodriguez, who is a trans man.[157][158][159] | ||||
Snapdragon | Trans woman | Snapdragon is a snarky student, and friend of Amaryllis, with red hair who goes to the same academy. Throughout the series, Snap figures out who they are and Caraway helps them move toward gender transition.[155] The voice actress for Snap, Julia Kaye, confirmed that Snap is a trans woman and that Rodriguez based aspects of the character on her.[160] Rodriguez further confirmed that Snap is a trans woman.[161] |
2022[]
Duration | Show title | Character debut date | Characters | Identity | Notes | Country |
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2022 | Dead End: Paranormal Park | TBA | Barney | Trans man | In an interview on August 17, 2020, series creator Hamish Steele explained how the show changed from its original iteration on Cartoon Hangover in 2014, and the graphic novels that followed it,[162] stating that he is grateful for showrunners who fought for LGBTQ characters in their shows, adding that there was "absolutely no pushback from Netflix about representation," while describing Barney as a trans male character.[163] He also hoped that the show will help out "more trans creators getting their chance to tell their stories" while hinting at other LGBTQ characters in the show apart from Barney. | United Kingdom |
2022–present | The Legend of Vox Machina | January 28, 2022 | Vex'ahlia "Vex" de Rolo | Bisexual | Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan are half-Elf twin siblings and members of the Vox Machina team. Both siblings are bisexual.[164] | United States |
Vax'ildan "Vax" Vessar | ||||||
Keyleth of the Air Ashari | Queer | Keyleth of the Air Ashari is a half-elf druid. She has been stated as either bisexual, asexual, or demisexual.[165][166] | ||||
Scanlan Shorthalt | Scanlan Shorthalt is a gnome bard. He is in love with a woman and marries her. He also had a daughter with another woman. However, he has had relationships with people of multiple genders.[164][166] | |||||
Lady Kima | Lesbian | Lady Kima is a member of the Tal'Dorei Council. She eventually gets into a relationship with Lady Allura and marries her.[167] Lady Kima is voiced by openly bisexual actress Stephanie Beatriz. | ||||
Lady Allura Vysoren | Queer | Lady Allura is a member of the Tal'Dorei Council. She eventually gets into a relationship with Lady Kima and marries her.[168] | ||||
Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout | January 11, 2022 | Hinata Tachibana | Trans woman | A frustrated and lonely man, save for his friend Jinguji Tsukasa, Hinata drunkenly expresses his wish to become a woman, saying "I want to become a woman so beautiful that I couldn't possibly exist in this world". The wish is granted by a goddess who transports the two of them to a fantasy world and transforms Hinata into a woman. Despite her protests and claims not to have made such a wish, her "game stats" list her gender (not sex) as female, heavily indicating that she is in fact trans, as supported by her prior despair-induced outburst.[169][170][171] | Japan | |
February 22, 2022 | Shen | Gay | A trader who is initially presented as an antagonist due to his carting off of the elf-princess, Shen eventually becomes an ally to Tachibana and Jinguji over the course of episode 7, where it is consistently hinted that he is attracted to Jinguji. In episode 8, Shen's feelings are made far more explicit, and it is revealed that his attraction to Jinguji is his primary reason for accompanying him and Tachibana. Furthermore, he is unaffected by Tachibana's charm magic, confirming that he is unattracted to women. [172] | |||
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | February 23, 2022 | Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins | Gay | Barry and Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins are the adoptive parents of Maya and Francis “KG” Leibowitz-Jenkins. They are an interracial gay couple. They are voiced by Zachary Quinto and Billy Porter who are both gay in real life.[173] | United States | |
March 9, 2022 | Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins | |||||
February 23, 2022 | Michael Collins | Michael Collins is the effeminate male friend of Penny Proud.[174] Michael is also established as gender non-conforming. He is voiced by openly gay actor E.J. Johnson in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.[175] While there were some episodes in the original series, The Proud Family, that teased a relationship between him and LaCienega such as the episode "Who You Calling a Sissy?". In The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, he is explicitly only into men. | ||||
Supernatural Academy | January 20, 2022 | Jae | Non-binary | Jae is a Faerie student who goes to Supernatural Academy. They are non-binary and prefer they/them pronouns.[176] Jae is voiced by transgender and non-binary actor Ali J. Eisner. |
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Notes[]
- ^ Also known as Dame Tres Tickets and 3 Tickets
- ^ In a Reddit Q&A, Curda considered this one of her favorite moments in the episode.
- ^ The pilot episode was released on November 25, 2019, but series proper was released on October 31, 2020.
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