Animated gay characters
The recent rise of LGBTQ characters in animation has also meant an boost in the number of ones who are people of color. Here’s a list of 10 LGBTQ people of color cartoon characters.
Note I’m using characters who originated in animation, versus comics.
Renee Montoya (“Batman: The Animated Series”)
Renee Montoya first appeared on ’s “Batman: The Animated Series” as a Gotham Municipality police officer. She soon migrated to the comics, where she served a similar role. Renee grew in popularity in the comics, and even became her own superhero, the Question. She also briefly dated Kate Kane, aka Batwoman.
Renee in “Batman: The Animated Series” is voiced by Ingrid Oliu (in the first season) and Liane Schirmer (in the second season).
Korra (“The Legend of Korra”)
“The Legend of Korra” is a Nickelodeon series that aired from to ; the series is a spin-off of “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” Unfortunately, the last several episodes finished their run on Nickelodeon&#;s website instead of on TV. It’s these episodes (the series finale, specifically) that finally confirms Korra and costar Asam
Top 20 LGBTQ+ Animated Characters
# Matthew MacDell
“Big Mouth” ()
This character has been an entertaining presence from the get-go, but he gains even more prominence as of Season 3. Although we were previously aware of his sexuality, Matthew finally enjoys a substantial romantic plotline in the show’s third installment. While falling for Aiden, voiced by Zachary Quinto, Matthew also interacts more and more with Maury the hormone monster. If that weren’t enough, by Season 5, Matthew has yet another love interest in the verb of Jay Bilzerian, whom he had originally smooched during a sleepover game. For giving a central gay character relationships that capture the nervousness and awkwardness of adolescence, this show deserves props.
# Ray Gillette
“Archer” ()
This character isn’t exactly a morally upright person, but he’s an crucial example of LGBTQ+ representation nonetheless. Ray is a field operative and bomb specialist who is often bothered by the narcissistic protagonist Ster
Gay Cartoon Characters
Nathan_Smith (Nathan Smith) 1
I ran across this.
We created the first-ever searchable database of LGBTQ characters in
TV shows such as ‘Steven Universe,’ ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power,’ and ‘Craig of the Creek’ are leading the way with the most LGBTQ characters in children's animation.
Supposedly an exhaustive list of “gay” cartoon characters. (I use “gay” as shorthand for LGBTQ+ because I hate acronyms.) Some of these characters are pretty minor and some of these cartoons I’ve seen and had no idea the character was gay. Still, it might be a attractive good guide. I was able to scroll through and see what shows were listed that my kids verb watched and notice which characters and how major they are.
I would state, though, looking at our society - Going forward, probably anything made past is going to be highly suspect unless specifically Christian.
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FaithAlone (John M. ) 2
Some of these characters are pretty minor and some of these cartoons I’ve seen and had no idea the character was gay.
Thanks for posting this.
Disney seemingly has a lot of gay characters. But if someone asked me what I thought of Disney&#;s first openly gay character, I&#;d only possess one thing to say: which one? ZING!
Disney is very fond of giving themselves a pat on the back for including the LGBTQ+ community in scenes of its major blockbusters. It&#;s become something of a meme in online spaces, particularly among queer TV/Film fans, who much like myself are unable to resist poking the billionaire company and it&#;s abysmal care when it comes to telling queer stories.
There&#;s an argument to be made that in reality queer fans shouldn&#;t care about Disney&#;s shit LGBTQ+ representation, and truly I understand it. But if there&#;s one thing I&#;ve learned it&#;s that no matter how much you point and shove people towards smaller &#;indie&#; LGBTQ+ creators, it won&#;t stop them from wanting better from the billionaire company they are ride-or-die for. It sucks, but that&#;s just how it is.
To further bully Disney in the hope of actually producing another movie that actually has great queer representation (hell