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List of Cartoon and Anime Characters Thats Gay

Jay is a student at the Academy of Kentucky likewise as a trans man, pre-everything. He has been watching anime since he was 14.

Embracing the LGBT Community

For years, anime has made homophobic and transphobic jokes that are subtle to most, simply not all. Nevertheless, equally the LGBT customs has grown and emerged, the anime industry has grown as well. There are more and more LGBT characters popping up in today's media and it is making a drastic alter on how people who aren't in the community view us. It's a fundamental step to credence and kinship between the community and everyone outside of information technology, and the anime industry is helping to keep that.

1. Nitori Shuichi and Takatsuki Yoshino (Wandering Son)

Initially released in 2011, the series Wandering Son follows Nitori Shuichi, a young trans daughter, and Takatsuki Yoshino, a young trans boy. The show deals with serious issues regarding gender identity, dysphoria and the overall problems of growing up every bit a young trans person. While it is primarily focused on the kids' gender identities, the series also focuses on their romantic emotions towards each other and overall their lives as they become through being both trans and growing up.

Though I haven't finished the serial for myself, I do recommend it for any trans individuals, especially younger ones, as it is a expert series to relate to and has the trans representation that many other series do not.

2. Yuri Katsuki and Victor Nikiforov (Yuri on Ice)

Face it - you knew this was coming, Yuri on Ice may not have had the best animation, just we all accept to admit that the canonly gay main characters threw the states for a loop. Yuri Katsuki, an ice-skater braving the international stage, finds himself in the mentorship of Victor Nikiforov, one of the top international skaters. Not to spoil anything, merely equally it turns out, Victor Nikiforov was enchanted the first time he saw Yuri. As the show goes on, the te of them non only buss but get engaged (though it seems more implied, they do indeed become engagement rings).

Yuri and Victor actually are the gay ability couple we needed in this solar day and historic period, and theirs is one of the nearly obvious relationships and examples of LGBT romance nosotros could enquire for.

three. Fumi Manjoume and Akira Okudaira (Sweet Blue Flowers)

What starts as a childhood-friends-existence-reunited story soon flourishes into a sugariness, delicate romance betwixt 2 girls, Fumi Manjoume and Akira Okudaira. It aired in 2009 and is a sweet lesbian romance that nosotros all deserve.

The story is nigh young dear and growing up learning about your sexuality, and it could actually assist young girls who are learning about sexuality and trying to come into themselves as young women. Information technology really is a step for the younger generation, as there never seem to be pure lesbian love in the manga and anime world. It's more than just Yuri, information technology's a good for you same-sex romantic anime that can help young lesbian girls figure themselves out.

Though I haven't watched it for myself, several others recommend it and describe it as 'character-driven' and 'beautiful'.

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4. Haruhi and Ranka Fujioka (Ouran Highschool Host Guild)

This ane might be a stretch, but I tin can't help but put them in here, my favorite dad and daughter duo. It is catechism that Haruhi Fujioka and her father only exercise not care about gender, what with Ranka existence a drag queen and Haruhi destroying gender stereotypes with the classic line, " Likewise, it doesn't really matter, does information technology? Why should I care about appearances and labels anyhow? It's what'southward on the inside that counts. " likewise every bit " Even though I gave my beginning kiss to a daughter by a weird serial of events, the dark had a good feel to it." and "Listen, Senpai, I don't really intendance whether you lot guys recognize me as a boy or a girl. In my opinion, it'south more important for a person to exist recognized for who they are, rather than what sex they are."

While it may not be explicitly stated, Haruhi is a gender revolutionary and shows that it actually doesn't matter how you look or human action, it but matters who you lot are on the inside. Though this series came out in 2006, Haruhi is an LGBT revolutionary, besides as her drag queen father Ranka. Though the term 'tranny' (which is seen as derogatory) was used in the anime, these two were still true LGBT heroes in a time when there wasn't much rep out there.

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5. Yusuke Ono and Chikage Kobayakawa (Antique Baker)

Nothing says LGBT representation like four men owning a bakery.

But really, all sarcasm aside, looking into this anime was really very interesting, and I already desire to watch it for the character's personalities alone. While at that place are other characters in the series that are canonly gay, these two stood out to me as they do seem to be the main love interests (for each other).

The anime is simply near four men of interesting personalities owning a bakery together, with two of them existence in beloved with each other, one being straight and the other having unconfirmed sexuality. I exercise recall this ane is more than of a yaoi-blazon than anything, but it was worth mentioning because of the interesting characters and unbalance dear triangle between the straight homo and the 2 gay characters.

I wouldn't exactly recommend watching it just for the LGBT rep, but I recommend looking into it as an anime overall. I attempt not to put yaoi and LGBT together, but I recollect it works in this case. I think it puts an interesting twist on the usual honey triangles you lot run into in anime and mange, yaoi or otherwise.

vi. Sumika Murasame and Ushio Kazama (Whispered Words)

This anime features two best friends, Sumika and Ushio. Sumika is apparently in love with her all-time friend but doesn't confess because she fears rejection, mostly because Ushio has a type and Sumika just isn't it.

While this is listed as yuri, I thought it was worth putting on this listing because of the interesting plot and overall love triangles popping up throughout. They essentially start a lesbians order in their schoolhouse, and that's pretty skilful for what's supposedly supposed to be a yuri anime.

This anime is worth looking into for the interesting plot alone, but I recall the character'south relationships over the course of the anime could rope in a few viewers as well, as information technology is filled with drama and LGBT love that is actually pretty pure despite the usual yuri expectations.

7. Crewman Uranus (Haruka Tenoh) and Neptune (Michiru Kaioh) (Sailor Moon)

If you've been a fan of anime since you lot were a kid and have been following along with LGBT rep in anime since then, yous'll know this one.

Released in 1992, Sailor Moon primarily follows a group of girls that transform into superheroes and fight crime. One of the most popular anime of its time and considered a timeless classic, it's surprising that it would actually have an LGBT couple that was canon and openly discussed.

Crewman Uranus and Sailor Neptune ( Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaioh) are described equally lovers in the original adaption of the series and are even shown this way in the manga. Haruka is the butch lesbian goddess that we deserve, what with her short hair and masculine style of dressing. She's described more of as a tomboy, only we all know a butch lesbian when nosotros see one.

In the English dub, information technology does draw the two as cousins rather than lovers, just the dub is irrelevant if the original says they're lovers. Nosotros're sad girls, America just wasn't ready back then.

viii. Utena Tenjo and Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Released in 1997, Revolutionary Daughter Utena is another classic representation of Lesbian love. Despite the chaotic plot that tends to pigment their relationship as problematic, the girls do indeed buss in the credits of both the anime and the movie. In the manga, information technology seems more similar a one-sided relationship and they grade more of a friendship, but what can we expect? It was the 90s, and it certainly was no Sailor Moon level of representation. The picture alludes to a more sexual relationship between the two, but we aren't even getting into that.

The entire idea of the anime is based on what could be a romantic relationship between the two girls if you have out the chaos, confusion and projected feelings. Overall, this anime is a archetype and while I oasis't watched information technology myself, it has promising representation despite all the bug and conflicts in the plot.

9. Shion and Nezumi (No.6)

While some may say this is a stretch, both the anime and the manga adaptions of this series portray Shion and Nezumi as having an intimate, romantic relationship. The two share several kisses and waltz together amongst chaos equally an human action of love.

The series teases a potential human relationship between Shion and his childhood friend Safu, but Shion rejects her outright, fifty-fifty without knowing near Nezumi yet. When he does run across Nezumi again, they share a 'goodnight/goodbye kiss', which has been said was Nezumi's way of confessing his feelings for Shion.

I'd only like to add that this anime also falls under the genre of shounen ai, which many say is the 'non-explicit yaoi counterpart'. However, every good LGBT manga that I've looked into has been nether this category and only proves the bespeak that these two are an LGBT couple.

My case rests.

10. Ash Lynx and Eiji Okumura (Banana Fish)

The most recent LGBT rep we've seen of tardily was in Banana Fish - which was announced in October 2017 and aired in July 2022.

Banana Fish is more of an audacious gang story than a romance story, simply in that location is indeed a gay romance between the two principal characters from what I gather. Words of love, uncensored kisses between the two and overall feeling of romance between the two is all the show nosotros need to determine Ash and Eiji are indeed canonly gay characters.

The buss they share and their relationship is even more than revolutionary than Yuri on Water ice, which premiered two years before, While I acknowledge to having non watched it, the romance between these two characters in a world of violence has been one of the well-nigh talked about anime of this twelvemonth.

Last Thoughts

While some of these may be a stretch, it's a offset. The LGBT community has lacked representation in media for too long to let any get by without beingness discussed, which was why this article was written.

We need LGBT rep at present more than ever, it'south prissy to meet that the anime manufacture has become more and more accepting over the years despite the initial teasing and oftentimes degrading jokes included in anime before.

While I haven't watched a few of these, I did extensive research regarding each one and tried to summarize the relationships as well as I could. If you run into a mistake or have suggestions for other LGBT anime/Characters, please comment below.

Some cases of supposedly LGBT characters were left out because of their harmful representations of gay relationships or LGBT feelings, and if you believe any of these characters are harmful in that way, please contact me right away, equally I believe information technology's good to have real, unharmful representations that anybody can relate to.

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