List of graphic art works with LGBT characters

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This is a list of graphic art works with LGBTQ characters. This list includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender fictional characters, and others within the LGBTQ+ community, in comic series, newspaper strips, graphic novels, and manga.

History[]

In the 1950s, American comic books, under the Comics Code Authority, adopted the Comic Code which, under the guise of preventing "perversion", largely prevented the presentation of LGBT characters for a number of decades.[1]

Within the Japanese anime and manga, yaoi is the tradition of representing same-sex male relationships in materials that are generally created by women artists and marketed mostly for Japanese girls [2] while the genre known as yuri focuses on relationships between women.

List of works[]

See also: LGBT themes in comics and List of webcomics with LGBT characters
Year(s) Title Characters Identity Notes Country
1963–2015 Uncanny X-Men Northstar Gay First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #120 (1979).
Northstar was the first openly gay superhero in the Marvel Comics universe.[3] 		United States
1966-present Bamse Happ Gay Happ is Lille Skutt's brother. He lives with his life partner Lille Sixten on a stump in the forest. They eventually adopted a little girl rabbit named Suddan.[4][5] Sweden
Lille Sixten
1970–present Doonsbury Andy Lippincott Gay First appearance: 1976.
Andy Lippincott was the first openly gay character to appear in a mainstream comic strip.[1] 		United States
1974–1975 Thomas no Shinzō Thomas Werner Gay Set in a German boys boarding school, the story relates how, after Thomas' suicide, an upper classman, Yuri, finds a love letter Thomas wrote to him, and then meets a new student, Eric, who looks just like Thomas.[6] Japan
Julusmole Bayhan ("Juli" or "Yuli")
Eric Fruehling
1979–2008 For Better or For Worse Lawrence Poirier Gay In 1993, Lawrence Poirier's coming out generated controversy, with readers opposed to homosexuality threatening to cancel newspaper subscriptions.[7] See also: For Better or For Worse#Lawrence comes out. Canada
1983–2008 Dykes to Watch Out For Mo Testa Lesbian Mo is a semi-autobiographical representation of the creator Alison Bechdel who started the strip in because she wanted to see representations of her life that were not available in the media at the time.[8] United States
1987–present JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Dio Brando Bisexual Dio Brando in-story was sexually promiscuous, having many illegitimate children while also having ambiguous intimate relationships with male characters. In an interview in 2007 for Eureka magazine, Hirohiko Araki responded "...women, men--Dio can go with either." to a question about Dio's sexuality.[9] Japan
Scarlet Valentine Bisexual Scarlet Valentine, the wife of Funny Valentine, is confirmed to be bisexual in-story, when she shows attraction to her husband but is also seduced by Lucy Steel.
1988–1997 Hen Chizuru Yoshida Bisexual Chizuru is a buxom high school girl who has a tendency to manipulate the people around her. At the start of the story, she has a boyfriend and is also shown seducing a male teacher for the purpose of sleeping in his house. She becomes smitten with Azumi, a petite, innocent and shy girl from the same school. Though Chizuru initially hesitates to act on it, she manages to convince Azumi to join her in a lesbian film, in which both girls are the lead actresses and their characters are the ones who fall in love. Chizuru constantly uses this as an excuse to attempt to be intimate with Azumi, such as inviting her to hug and kiss for the purpose of rehearsing the film. Though Azumi tends to be uncomfortable with her advances and often gets away from her without doing what she wants, Azumi eventually becomes aware of her feelings and reciprocates them. Japan
Azumi Yamada Lesbian
1988–2008 Marvel Comics Presents Jessie Drake Trans woman First appearance: Marvel Comics Presents #150 (1994). Jessie came out as a transgender girl in Marvel Comics Presents #151 and is the first openly transgender character in the Marvel Universe. United States
1989–2011 Veronica Kevin Keller Gay First appearance: Veronica #202 (2010). Kevin was first eyed by Veronica who did not realize he was gay. He has since become a part of the gang.[10] United States
1989–2015 The Sandman Desire Genderqueer Desire is the personification of desire itself. Desire is both male and female, because the character represents everything someone might desire. Desire is called "sister-brother" or "sibling" by his/her siblings and "uncle-aunt" by his/her nephew Orpheus. England
Alex Burgess Gay In "Sleep of the Just", the 1st issue of Preludes & Nocturnes, Alex Burgess and Paul McGuire are lovers who spend decades together. Alex is the son of Roderick Burgess, the man who attempts to imprison Death but imprisons Dream instead. After the death of Roderick, Alex inherits the ownership of the Order of Ancient Mysteries and continues keeping Dream as his prisoner. Later, Alex passes the order on to his boyfriend Paul. Eventually, Dream escapes and puts Alex in an eternal nightmare. In The Kindly Ones, Dream dies five years later, which causes Alex to wake up from the nightmare, asking for Paul.
Paul McGuire
Foxglove (Donna Cavanagh) Lesbian Donna and Judy are lovers. After Judy dies, Donna changes her name to Foxglove[11] and starts a relationship with Hazel. Foxglove and Hazel have a child, Alvie, the result of one heterosexual encounter by Hazel.

In "24 Hours", the 6th issue of Preludes & Nocturnes, Judy, in a 24-hour diner, tries to talk to her girlfriend Donna on the phone, but Donna's mother does not approve of Judy and hangs up on her. Bette, the diner waitress, secretly wrote a story where the two girls are married to young men. Eventually, Judy dies as a victim of John Dee, who uses Dream's ruby to force everyone in the diner except himself to commit suicide.

In A Game of You, Donna, now called Foxglove is living with her girlfriend Hazel. Hazel is pregnant because she cheated on her girlfriend with a gay man. Foxglove has a nightmare in which the deceased Judy blames her for her death.

In the 2nd issue of the spin-off mini-series Death: The High Cost of Living, Foxglove has her first gig as a singer. She sings about the deaths of Judy and Wanda. Hazel, still pregnant, and Death are present in the audience.

In another spin-off mini-series, Death: The Time of Your Life, Foxglove and Hazel are raising Alvie. Foxglove has become a famous musician. While travelling on tour, Foxglove cheats on Hazel multiple times, and one of her partners, Véronique, publicly outs Foxglove as lesbian without her consent. When making a deal with Death, Foxglove offers to give her life so that Alvie may live, but Boris (who promised to care for Foxglove) does it in her place. In the end, Foxglove, Hazel and Alvie stay together as a family.

Judy
Hazel McNamara
Chantal Lesbian Chantal and Zelda are a lesbian couple introduced in The Doll's House. They dress in white and collect spiders.
Zelda
Wanda Trans woman She is a transgender woman featured in A Game of You. She is Barbie's best friend. She is unable to visit the Dreaming together with Thessaly, Foxglove and Hazel because the magic ritual used only allows passage for people with biologically female bodies. She dies in the storm caused by Thessaly's magic and is buried as "Alvin", her former identity. Wanda is last seen, along with Death, in Barbie's dream.
Cluracan Gay Cluracan is a member of Faerie folk. In Season of Mists, when a number of immortals visit Dream to bargain for the ownership of Hell, it is shown that Cluracan is gay, as he sleeps with a male Egyptian priest. When the visit is over, Cluracan complains that he is tired of one-night stands and wonders if the Egyptian priest will write to him.
Corinthian Gay The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Dream. He has two additional mouths in place of his eyes, which he covers with sunglasses. In The Doll's House, he goes AWOL from the dreamscape and becomes a serial killer who invites men to have sexual relations with him, then murders them. Corinthian then removes the eyes of their victims and eats them using his eye-mouths.

Neil Gaiman has stated that the Corinthian is homosexual in The Sandman Companion, wherein the first Corinthian consumed eyes only of boys. The second Corinthian is featured with a boyfriend as written by Caitlin R. Kiernan in the Dreaming.[12]

Harun al-Rashid Bisexual Caliph Harun al-Rashid, the king of Baghdad featured in "Ramadan", a short story in The Sandman: Fables & Reflections, has a wife and a harem with women and young boys.
1990–1994 Yu Yu Hakusho Miyuki Trans woman Miyuki is a character from both the manga and the anime. She is a trans girl and a member of the Demon Triad, a group of demon warriors that work for the Toguro Brothers. Her trans status is discovered in her fight against Yusuke.[13] Japan
1990–1996 Shonan Junai Gumi Kaoru Kamata Kaoru is a crossdressing boy who expresses attraction to the male protagonist Eikichi Onizuka. Japan
Hazuki Misato Trans woman Appearing in later chapters, Hazuki is a love interest for protagonist Eikichi Onizuka, though they break up when her secret comes out. It is left ambiguous which one broke it off.
1991 Hothead Paisan:Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist Hothead Paisan Lesbian Created by Diane DiMassa, Hothead Paisan's presentation was cathartic to lesbians, but so graphically violent that the strip was banned in Canada.[14] United States
1991–1997 Sailor Moon Kunzite Gay (1990s anime only) Zoisite and Kunzite, both powerful generals who work under Queen Beryl from the Dark Kingdom are an openly gay couple in the series.[15] Japan
Zoisite
Sailor Uranus (Haruka Tenoh) Lesbian Haruka and Michiru are in a relationship.
Sailor Neptune (Michiru Kaioh)
1992–1996 Fushigi Yûgi Nuriko Genderqueer, bisexual Nuriko is one of the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku. She is introduced as "Kang-Lin", a woman in Emperor Hotohori's harem who has the power of superhuman strength.[16] Nuriko is in love with Hotohori and at first considers Miaka her rival for his love,[17] but Nuriko and Miaka soon become friends.[18]

Miaka discovers that Nuriko is assigned male at birth,[19] then the evil duplicate of Miaka from the mirror outs Nuriko to Tamahome and Hotohori without her consent.[20] Throughout the series, Nuriko is often referred to as a man. However, she claims to have the soul of a woman. Because of this, unlike Tamahome and Hotohori, Nuriko is allowed to open Miaka's shirt to treat her wounds, after the encounter with Miaka's evil duplicate.[21]

Nuriko decides to use a male identity and clothes when helping Miaka in her quest to find the remaining Celestial Warriors.[22] Afterwards, Nuriko asks Miaka to use Suzaku's wish-granting powers to transform her into a woman.[23] Miaka fully intends to fulfill Nuriko's request, but soon discovers that she is unable to make any wishes. All seven Celestial Warriors are needed to summon Suzaku, but Amiboshi is a spy posing as Chiriko.[24]

Eventually, Nuriko chooses to cut off his long hair and stop dressing as a woman, to protect Miaka full-time as a man.[25] Nuriko states that even though as a woman she is in love with Hotohori, as a man he is in love with Miaka.[26] Nuriko dies at the hands of Ashitare, a beast-like Celestial Warrior of Seiryū.[27]

In the anime-only story Fushigi Yûgi Eikoden, Nuriko reincarnates as a young girl named Ko Reishun, with the same super strength as Nuriko.[28]

Japan
1996–1999 Outlaw Star Fred Lou Gay Fred is a 20-year-old camp weapons merchant who is known to be flamboyant and openly gay. He has a strong infatuation for the series main protagonist, Gene Starwind, to whom he supplies arms to. Japan
1996–present Cardcaptor Sakura and
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 		Sakura Kinomoto Pansexual The creators have stated that Sakura lacks boundaries and does not view sex or gender as barrier for her romantic attraction. While she undeniably loves and is fiercely protective of her friend, she doesn't have romantic feelings for Tomoyo in particular.[29] Demonstrating this, Sakura confesses that she has a crush on a female teacher in the series.[30] Japan
Tomoyo Daidouji Lesbian Tomoyo is in love with the protagonist of the show, Sakura. Sakura does not return Tomoyo's feelings. The creators intended for Tomoyo to have romantic feelings for Sakura.[29] At some point, Tomoyo confesses her love to Sakura, but Sakura misunderstands her, thinking she means "love" as a friend, and Tomoyo says that she'll explain when Sakura is older.[31] She simply doesn't have romantic feelings for Tomoyo in particular.
Sonomi Daidouji Lesbian Tomoyo's mother, Sonomi, confesses that she was in love with Sakura's mother.[32]
Toya Kinomoto Bisexual The creators have confirmed that Yukito and Toya (both male) are a couple.[29] They are stated to be in love within the series itself.[33]

Before meeting Yukito, Toya dated Kaho Mizuki when she was his junior high school teacher, and she broke up with him when she left to study in England.

Yukito Tsukishiro Gay
Ruby Moon Genderqueer Ruby Moon has no biological sex or gender. She is always seen presenting as female, even though Spinel Sun often asks her why doesn't she present as male for a change. At some points, Ruby Moon states that she is not actually human; therefore her gender does not matter, and also that girls have cuter clothes.
1997–present Deadpool Deadpool Pansexual Wade Wilson is pansexual.[34] United States
1998–present Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics Willow Rosenberg Lesbian United States
Tara Maclay
Kennedy
Satsu
Andrew Wells Gay Andrew realizes he is gay in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten.[35]
1999–2003 Paradise Kiss Isabella Yamamoto Trans woman Isabella was assigned male at birth (named Daisuke), but lives as a female. Robin Brenner calls the character "one of the most realistic and accepting portrayals of a transgender character in manga."[36] Japan
2000 Persepolis Eight gay men Gay In "The Horse", Marjane spends some time living in a communal apartment with eight gay men in Vienna, Austria. France, Iran
Enrique Gay In "Hide and Seek", Marjane spends the night with her boyfriend Enrique (named Fernando in the film), expecting to have her first sexual experience. But they don't have sex, and she wakes up without Enrique beside her. She jumps to the conclusion that he is in love with his friend Ingrid. However, later that day, Enrique reveals to Marjane that he is gay. He thanks her because she helped him to discover his own sexuality. He states that if a relationship with her didn't work out, it won't work out with any other girl.
2000–2006 Lucifer Jayesh "Jay" Gay Jay is a friend of Jill Presto. Jay is interested in a man named Karl, unaware that Karl is a homophobic neo-Nazi.[37] Jay asks Karl out, after being encouraged by Jill. Afterwards, Karl and other men and beat Jay up in a dark alley.[38] United Kingdom
2001–2016 Bleach Chizuru Honshō Lesbian Chizuru is a classmate of Ichigo Kurosaki. She is an open lesbian and is often trying to get close to Orihime only to be thwarted by Tatsuki who would often attack her.

Chizuru temporarily becomes the superheroine "Karakura Erotic" and joins the Karakura-Raizer Team, a team of superheroes who protects Karakura while Ichigo and others go to rescue Orihime. She is an effective fighter against beautiful women.[39] Her superheroine persona was introduced and described in the manga, and later shown in action in the filler anime episodes 213–214, where she uses the "Hyper Erotic Mode" to gain great power and speed specifically against female enemies. In a scene off-screen, she uses the sexually named technique "Raizer Doggy Style" to defeat a female Arrancar enemy.

Japan
2001–2009, 2018–2019 Exiles Sunfire (Mariko Yashida) Lesbian Mariko was the Sunfire of Earth–2109 who was a member of the Exiles and one of Marvel's few open homosexuals of the 2000's. During one of the reality–hopping missions, Mariko encountered and fell in love with Mary Jane Watson who was Spider-Woman in a legacy virus reality. They began dating until Mariko was taken back by other Exiles members leaving both her and MJ heartbroken. Mariko would later die during the battle with a Brood Queen and was buried in MJ's world. United States
Mary Jane Watson (Spider-Woman) Mary Jane of Earth–8545 was the Spider-Woman of her reality. MJ would met and fell in love with Exiles member Mariko. They ended up dating until the other Exiles members took Mariko back, leaving them both heartbroken.
Valkyrie Valkyrie of Earth–22681 had a romantic relationship with Becky Barnes.
Becky Barnes Becky Barnes of Earth–86315 was the partner of her world's Peggy Carter who is Captain America. She began to feel attracted to Exiles member Valkyrie.
2002–2005 DearS Mitsuka Yoshimine Bisexual Mitsuka is an exhibitionist high school English teacher. Mitsuka often strips down to her lingerie during classes, makes her students read erotic stories, openly asks about their sex lives and flirts with them. She is also a porn actress, who makes her own original videos. Mitsuka constantly interprets everything around her in a sexual way and is shown to be aroused as a result. Her behavior routinely annoys her students, but the principal does not take any steps to prevent it. Mitsuka is attracted to boys and girls. At some points, she is seen flirting with her male student Takeya, and her female "DearS" (human-like aliens) students Ren and Miu. Japan
2002–2010 Catwoman vol. 3 Holly Robinson Lesbian Issue where her open lesbian identity begins: Catwoman vol. 3 #1 (2002). Holly Robinson is a friend of Catwoman and was one of the few openly lesbian characters in the early 2000s DC world.[40] United States
2002–2013 Wandering Son Shuichi Nitori Trans woman, lesbian The protagonist of Wandering Son, Shu, is a transgender girl.[41] Shu is attracted to and dates women throughout the series and when she officially comes out as a girl, her girlfriend Anna states "I guess this means I'm a lesbian" [42] Japan
Anna Lesbian
Yoshino Takatsuki Trans man He is a transgender boy.
Hiroyuki Yoshida Trans woman She is a transgender woman.
2002–present All-New X-Men Iceman Gay All New X-Men #40 (2015) contains the pivotal moment where Iceman/Bobby Drake (as a younger version of himself) is informed by Jean Grey that his thoughts reveal his homosexuality. The scene plays out with Bobby wondering why his older self (the one in present-day X-Men comics) dated women for so long; he ponders bi-sexuality before being told, unequivocally, that he is in fact gay.[43] United States
2003–present The Walking Dead Aaron Gay Aaron and Eric are a gay couple from Alexandria Safe-Zone. United States
Eric
Paul "Jesus" Monroe Gay Paul is gay.
2003–2018 Invincible War Woman Lesbian One of the original members of the Guardians of the Globe who was killed by Omni-Man. War Woman lived in a Boston apartment with her girlfriend Holly United States
William Clockwell Gay The childhood friend of Mark Grayson who is openly gay. In one issue, he admits to Mark that he thinks Omni-Man is hot. He is dating Rick Sheridan.
Rick Sheridan An Upstate University student who had cybernetic implants by D.A. Sinclair. Rick is dating William.
2004–2007 Rosario + Vampire Yukari Sendou Bisexual Yukari (a witchling) has a crush on both Moka (a female vampire) and Tsukune (a male human). Yukari openly wants to have a three-way relationship with them, but Moka and Tsukune don't return her feelings.

When Yukari is introduced in both the manga and the anime, she only likes Moka, not Tsukune. Once Moka saves Yukari from being bullied by their monster schoolmates, Yukari confesses her love to her. At this point, Yukari tries to drive Moka and Tsukune apart, out of jealousy. Only after Tsukune puts himself in harm's way to save Yukari from monsters too, Yukari starts to like him as well and confesses her love to him.[44][45]

Japan
2004–2010 Scott Pilgrim Ramona Flowers Bisexual Ramona has seven evil exes: six ex-boyfriends and her ex-girlfriend Roxie. Scott Pilgrim, Ramona's current boyfriend in the series, often makes the mistake of referring to them as seven "ex-boyfriends" before learning that Ramona used to date a girl. Ramona repeatedly corrects him by pointing out that "exes" is correct, not "ex-boyfriends", but she does not actually tell him about her ex-girlfriend until Scott meets Roxie in person.[46] Ramona says that dating a girl was just a phase.[47] However, Ramona later spends the night at Roxie's house and they make out offscreen.[48] Canada
Roxanne "Roxie" Richter Lesbian
Wallace Wells Gay Wallace Wells is Scott's gay roommate.
Jimmy Bisexual Jimmy is Stacey's (Scott's sister) boyfriend. At some point, he is seduced by Wallace.
Knives Chau Bisexual Scott walks in when two of his ex-girlfriends, Knives Chau and Kim Pine, are making out.[49]
Kim Pine
Stephen Stills Gay Stephen comes out as gay toward the end of the series.
Joseph Gay One of Kim's roommates. He enters a relationship with Stephen Stills.
Scott aka "Other Scott" Gay Wallace's gay friend named Scott.
2005 Villains United Scandal Savage Lesbian The Villains United miniseries is the first appearance of Scandal Savage. In this comic, she becomes a member of the Secret Six. Scandal Savage mentions her sexual orientation after Deadshot attempts twice to talk with her in private. The second time, she says "Lawton, do you know what the word 'lesbian' means?"[50] Later, dozens of members of the Secret Society of Super Villains invade the House of Secrets with the intent to kill the Secret Six. Knockout, a member of the Society, is revealed to be a mole planted by Scandal Savage. At some point, Scandal Savage fights against Talia al Ghul, until Knockout interrupts them and defeats Talia. Scandal calls Knockout "beloved" as they hug.[51] United States
Knockout
2003–2009, 2015, 2017–2021 Runaways Karolina Dean Karolina and Nico were one of the founding members of the teen superhero team the Runaways and children of parents who are members of the villainous organisation The Pride. In the second volume, Karolina came out to Nico while admitted she had developed feelings for her and almost kissed her, but Nico rebuffed her and while it nearly strained their friendship, they managed to overcome their misunderstanding. [52] Karolina would later be betrothed to the Skrull Xavin in the third volume until they took her place to answer for her parents' crimes by the Majesdanians. In the fifth volume after the team had reunited, Nico admits she should act her feelings for Karolina and they kissed, beginning a romantic relationship.[53] United States
Nico Minoru Bisexual
Xavin Genderfluid Xavin, a shapeshifting Skrull who alternates between male and female formales, debuted in this series, usually in a female form when with Karoline Dean, a lesbian character sent on Earth to marry, and spends most of the series in a male form.[54] With all this being said, and everything in the series, it is probably most reasonable to read Xavin as genderfluid.
2005–2014 Young Avengers America Chavez Lesbian America Chavez is an openly gay character, who has had relationships with a male personification of the Ultimate Nullifier and a female emergency medical technician named Lisa Halloran.[55][56][57] United States
Noh-Varr Bisexual Noh-Varr has stated that he had experiences with Kree of the same sex at the end of Young Avengers (2013), to which Kate Bishop replied "Am I the only one on the team who is straight?"[58]
Prodigy Bisexual David is an open bisexual and comes out to Hulkling after kissing him in Young Avengers (2013).
Wiccan Gay Exchanges between Wiccan and Hulkling had led to speculation that the two teens had a much more intimate bond than mere friendship.[59] Allan Heinberg confirmed this speculation, stating that his intent was to reveal the relationship, and he was surprised that his subtle clues were picked up on so quickly. Kieron Gillen showed their relationship explicitly throughout his run on Young Avengers.
Hulkling
2006–2007 52 Batwoman (Kate Kane) Lesbian First appearance in this comic book series: 52 #7 (2006). When DC Comics rebooted their universe with the series 52 in 2006, they reintroduced Batwoman as Kate Kane and identified her as a lesbian,[60] making her the highest profile lesbian in the DC universe.[61] United States
2006–2008 Midnighter Midnighter Gay Midnighter is one of DC Comics' most prominent gay superheroes and his relationship with Apollo is one of the most prominent gay relationships in DC Comics.[62] United States
Apollo
2006–2011, 2014–2016 Secret Six Catman Bisexual Catman was a supervillain hunter turned antihero and founding member of the Secret Six. Gail Simone revealed on Tumblr that she planned to write a story arc to reveal that Catman was bisexual during her run on the comic, but was cancelled during DC's New 52 reboot. In the relaunch of the new Secret Six in 2014, his bisexuality was confirmed when he was seen flirting was both a man and a woman in the first issue.[63] United States
Jeannette According to Gail Simone, Jeanette is bisexual.[64]
Rag Doll Non-binary The second person to go by the name Rag Doll and son of the original, in the third volume, Rag Doll uses both he and she pronouns but most of the time uses male pronouns.
Porcelain Genderfluid Porcelain mentions in volume 4's fourth issue that some days they feel feminine and some days "not-so-much". Gail Simone reveals on Twitter that they are genderfluid.
2007–present Altair: A Record of Battles Al-Kaplan "Red Tiger" Balaban Gay He is heavily implied to be homosexual, as he greatly enjoys and surrounds himself in the company of beautiful men and even ensures his army of personally selected soldiers only consists of handsome men. He shows no interest in women and even flirts with Mahmut the main character. Japan
Virgilio Louis Gay or Bisexual Louis and his colleague Simon are confirmed to be in a sexual relationship and are shown sharing a bed in the manga.
Simon Blanchard
2009–present Attack on Titan Ymir Lesbian The official website mentions Ymir is in love with Historia (Krista)[65]

Also at the series panel for Animagic 2014, producer George Wada confirmed that Ymir and Krista are a couple[66]

Japan
Krista Lenz Bisexual
2012 No Straight Lines Numerous No Straight Lines is an anthology of queer comics over a forty-year period. United States
2012–present Princeless and Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Raven Xingtao Lesbian Raven, a character in Princeless and the protagonist in the spin-off Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess, is a lesbian.[67][68] Canada
2012–2018 The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye and Transformers: Lost Light Chromedome Gay Chromedome and Rewind are a couple who had been together for thousands of years. They are conjunx endura (the Cybertronian equivalent to marriage). They were one of the first canonical same-sex couples in the Transformers franchise.[69] United States
Rewind
Cyclonus Cyclonus and Tailgate confessed their love for each other in Transformers: Lost Light #18.
Tailgate
Ratchet Ratchet and Drift are conjunx endurae (married) during the time skip in Transformers: Lost Light #25.
Drift
Anode Lesbian trans woman Anode and Lug are a same-sex couple who both transitioned when they left Cybertron.[70]
Lug
2013–2016, 2017–present Rat Queens Hannah Vizari Bisexual United States
Betty Lesbian
Braga Trans woman
2015–present DC Comics Bombshells and Bombshells United Batwoman (Kate Kane) Lesbian The comics series is set in an alternate reality where DC Comics superheroines are depicted as 1940s pin-up style heroes during World War II.[71] Despite being set in the 1940s, the setting has no era-appropriate homophobia.[72] Kate Kane is a lesbian and lives with her girlfriend, Detective Maggie Sawyer, at the start of the series.[73] Kate Kane and Renee Montoya are revealed to be ex-lovers in issue #45.[74] United States
Maggie Sawyer
Renee Montoya
Wonder Woman Bisexual Wonder Woman was in a relationship with Mera and later Steve Trevor.[72]
Harley Quinn Bisexual Harley and Poison Ivy are in a relationship in the series.[72][71]
Poison Ivy
2014–2020 Lumberjanes Jo Transgender Jo also has two fathers who are married to each other. United States
Molly

Mal

Lesbian
Barney Nonbinary Initially identified as a boy, later came out as nonbinary.
2014–present My Hero Academia Minoru "Grape Juice" Mineta Bisexual Minoru Mineta is a Class 1-A student at U.A. High School. A lecherous and cowardly boy whose Quirk Pop Off gives him the ability to grow grape-like balls on his head. He takes the balls off his head and uses them as weapons. Mineta is not popular with the girls due to his perverted tendencies. However, it was revealed in chapter 321 that he is also into men as Mineta confessed his love to Izaku "Deku" Midoriya.[75] Japan
Yawara "Tiger" Chatora Trans man Although not mentioned in the story, the author stated in the character introduction that "Yawara was formerly female until he took a trip to Thailand."[76][77] As such, Yawara is a trans man.
Kenji "Magne" Hikiishi Trans woman She had a male body, but she preferred to be referred to as a female by her friends.[77] As such, she is a trans woman.
2015 Honor Girl Maggie Thrash Lesbian Honor Girl is a graphic novel memoir recounting writer Maggie Thrash's experience of falling in love with an older female camp counselor during a summer all-girls' camp.[78] United States
2015–2016 Midnighter Midnighter Gay Midnighter is one of DC Comics' most prominent gay superheroes and his relationship with Apollo is one of the most prominent gay relationships in DC Comics.[62] United States
Apollo
2015–2018 Our Dreams at Dusk Tasuku Kaname Gay Japan
Haruka Daichi

Saki

Lesbian
Utsumi Trans man
Someone Asexual Her name is literally given as Dareka-san, meaning "someone".
2016 Love Is Love Numerous An anthology comic book published by IDW Publishing in collaboration with DC Comics, as a tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting. United States
2016–2017 Midnighter and Apollo Midnighter Gay Midnighter is one of DC Comics' most prominent gay superheroes and his relationship with Apollo is one of the most prominent gay relationships in DC Comics.[62] United States
Apollo
2016–2018 Optimus Prime Arcee Trans woman
Lesbian 		Arcee described herself that she was "forged male" but was never entirely comfortable with her birth identity and volunteered with her transition by the mad scientist Jhiaxus, who tried to experiment on her to reintroduce female transformers, until he abandoned her. With the combination of lack of aftercare and trauma caused by Jhiaxus, Arcee went on a violent rampage across the Galaxy until she was imprisoned by Autobot authorities and eventually released to help fight the Decepticons. After the war ended, Arcee was finally able to make peace with herself from the help of her Autobot allies. She would later enter in a relationship with Caminus colonist Aileron. United States
Aileron Lesbian A colonist from the Cybertronian colony planet Caminus, Aileron would join Optimus's Autobot faction on Earth. After saving Arcee from an invading army, she was gratefully kissed by her and they began a romantic relationship
2016–present Heartstopper Charlie Spring Gay Charlie realized he was gay at a fairly young age, and was outed when he was 14 years old. His family and friends accept him, as well as a lot of people at his school, though initially he was bullied for his sexuality. He is very confident and okay with the fact that he is gay. United Kingdom
Nick Nelson Bisexual Nick always thought he was straight, but he ended up falling in love with Charlie, and came to terms with his sexuality and eventually realized he was bisexual. He came out to his mother, then to his friends, and later to the whole school. He was very nervous at first about being bi, but now has no problems with his sexuality.
Ben Hope Ben used to make out with Charlie despite having a girlfriend, possibly because he wanted to "experiment" with a guy. However, he was cheating on his girlfriend, mistreated Charlie and even forced him to kiss him. He is also very homophobic towards Charlie (which is probably a result of internalized homophobia and fear that people will figure out he is also into guys).
Tara Jones Lesbian Tara figured out she was a lesbian after kissing Darcy multiple times. She is now in a relationship with Darcy. She is out to her family, friends and to everyone at school.
Darcy Olsson Darcy liked Tara and tried to pursue a relationship with her, and when Tara realized she liked Darcy, they eventually became girlfriends. Darcy is out to her friends and people at school, but not to her family, as they're extremelly homophobic.
Elle Argent Transgender Elle is a trans girl. She used to attend an all boys school, but moved to an all girls school when in year 9 or 10. Her friends and family are all very supportive.
2016–present Interspecies Reviewers Crimvael Intersex An angel with both male and female genitalia, Crim usually presents as male. Japan
2016–present Komi Can't Communicate Najimi Osana Nonbinary/genderfluid Najimi is a character with ambiguous gender, who wears feminine clothing but previously wore a male school uniform in middle school. They call themself a boy or a girl at various times, though whether it's merely a matter of convenience or not is unclear.[79] Japan
2017–2018 The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Korra Bisexual In the animated series The Legend of Korra, Korra and Asami date Mako at different points. At the end of the series, Korra and Asami are holding hands and looking into each other's eyes while traveling through a portal right before the ending credits.[80] The creators later confirmed that the intention of the ending scene was to show Asami and Korra becoming a romantic couple.[81][82][83]

In the graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, which is the sequel to the animated series, Korra and Asami are in a relationship.

United States
Asami Sato
Kya Lesbian Kya's sexuality is not mentioned in the animated series The Legend of Korra. However, in the sequel graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, she is shown to be lesbian and gives advice to Korra and Asami about coming out.[84]
Kyoshi Bisexual Avatar Kyoshi is one of the previous reincarnations of Aang and Korra. She appears in both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, but her sexuality is not mentioned in either animated series.

In the graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, she is shown to be bisexual. She is described as unable to effect progress towards acceptance of same-sex relationships because the Earth Kingdom is the "slowest to accept change" and "the most militaristically repressive".

2017 Spinning Tillie Walden Lesbian Spinning is a graphic novel memoir by lesbian cartoonist Tillie Walden United States
2017–2019 The Witch Boy[85] Molly Ostertag Ambiguous While the protagonist, Aster, who comes from an interracial family, is never explicitly described as queer, one can easily see parallels "between his situation and that of gender queer and gender non-conforming people," as one reviewer points out, and in the world of this book, a secondary character has two fathers, evidencing other possible queer characters.[86] The book was later awarded a Prism Award, honoring LGBTQ comics, for this graphic novel at the San Diego Comic Con in 2018.[87] United States
2017–present Dr. Stone Francois Non-binary Francois is Ryusui's extremely talented butler. Their gender remains unknown and has not been questioned after their début chapter. Japan
Ryusui Nanami Bisexual In chapter 142 Ryusui stated "I love all women you see, so naturally that includes you. Men too!! I desire them all!! Including Tsukasa!!"
2018–2019 Olivia Twist Olivia Twist Lesbian A female modern version of Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist, Olivia met a female version of the Artful Dodger after escaping from the Margate factory and offered by her to join Fagin's pickpocketing gang. In a couple of issues, both girls felt attracted towards each other and in the final issue, they kissed. United States
Artful Dodger
Nicola “Cola” Nickleby Non-binary One of the members of Fagin's pickpocketing gang.
2018–2021 Love Me for Who I Am Ryuunosuke Mogumo Non-binary Japan
Satori Iwaoka Transgender women
Akira/Mei Tatebayashi
Kotone Mizunoe Lesbian
Sou Suzumi Gay
2018–present Summit Valentina Resnick-Baker Lesbian The sole survivor of The Event space mission, is now haunted by the loss of her teammates and her girlfriend Kay. As a result of the incident, she gains exquisite powers. Created by Lion Forge Comics United States

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