The depiction of LGBT characters in animated series in the 2020s changed from the 2010s, accelerating. This included series such as Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts , [1] and Adachi and Shimamura (2020), [2] in 2020, Otherside Picnic . [3] and High Guardian Spice [4] in 2021, Dead End: Paranormal Park [5] in 2022, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off , [6] The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady , [7] and I'm in Love with the Villainess , [8] in 2023, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! [9] in 2024, and others across multiple years, such as The Owl House (2020–2023), [10] Helluva Boss (2020–present), [11] Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020–2021), [12] and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022–2023). [13]
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.
Duration | Show title | Character debut date | Characters | Identity | Notes | Country |
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2025 | Baban Baban Ban Vampire | January 11, 2025 | Ranmaru Mori | Gay | A 450-year-old vampire who works part-time at an old public bath, desires the blood of an 18-year-old virgin, and watches over the growth of 15-year-old Rihito Tatsun, son of the bathhouse owners, and attempts to prevent Rihito from losing his virginity. [14] | Japan |
Lazarus | April 6, 2025 | Alexandra "Sashenka" / Christine "Chris" Blake | Queer | Chris is initially introduced to the show as a young female intelligence professional whose past is a mystery to both the viewer and other characters. Although she is shown as a friendly and caring "big sister" who looks after the other members of the main cast and clearly has extensive combat and espionage experience, her past and true identity remain unknown until Episode 8, where it is revealed that she is a Russian spy named Alexandra who faked her own death. She once wanted to escape the intelligence services with her lesbian lover and sister-in-arms Inga, whose handler she was. But when they were separated due to an accident, Chris decided to have plastic surgery and disappear to avoid Inga being eliminated due to suspicions from their superiors. [15] Although prior to the revelation of her relationship with Inga, she had shown some interest in handsome men or hinted at heterosexual relationship experiences, so far the show has not named or discussed any of her exact identities. | Japan | |
A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof | April 17, 2025 | Kuro | Lesbian | The leader of the escapees from the ninja village, who has memory-erasing powers, and fled to be with her lover, Yuriko, who lives in the civilian world. [16] She introduces Yuriko to Satoko in the third episode as her significant other. She later gives, in the fourth episode, Satoko tips on getting along with her roommate, Konoha, who is cold toward her, and lets Satoko sleep over with her when Konoha kicks her out. [17] The same episode implies that Yuriko is not her first girlfriend, but her previous partners are so forgettable that she doesn't remember their names, and is freeloading with her girlfriend, while engaging in gambling. [16] [18] | Japan | |
Yuriko | Kuro's lover who is willing to offer moral support to her and her friends, though she repeatedly tries to rein in Kuro's frivolous spending on pachinko and other unnecessary objects. [16] [18] Her voice actress, Rumi Okubo, called her a "proper adult woman" who worries about Kuro. [19] | |||||
2025–present | #1 Happy Family USA | April 17, 2025 | Mona Hussein | Lesbian | Mona Hussein is the teenage daughter of the Muslim Egyptian-American Hussein family. She is initially a closeted lesbian. [20] She is in a relationship with a white girl named Gina. [21] Mona Hussein and Gina are voiced by bisexual actresses Alia Shawkat and Megan Stalter. | United States |
Gina | ||||||
Bad Girl | July 6, 2025 | Yū Yutani | Lesbian | A first-year at Fujigasaki Private High School and smart girl, she acts like a delinquent so she can draw the attention of another girl, Atori Mizutori, the chair of school's disciplinary committee, someone she has a crush on. [22] [23] [24] While talking to Atori, who she worships, she often behaves in a suspicious manner, while ensures she doesn't break any school rules, and Atori, in response to her actions, dotes on her, treating her "like a small animal." [25] | Japan | |
Bearbrick | March 21, 2025 | Janet Hazard | Lesbian | Janet is a Bearbrick who wants to rekindle her dancing dream. [26] She is one of Nick Hazard's mothers. | United States | |
Denise Hazard | Denise is Janet's wife and one of Nick Hazard's mothers.[ citation needed ] | |||||
Common Side Effects | February 2, 2025 | Agent Harrington | Lesbian | Agent Harrington is a DEA agent. In the second episode, Agent Harrington is revealed to be a lesbian as she falls in love with mycologist Amelia. [27] | United States | |
Amelia "Mushroom" | Queer | Amelia is a mycologist and Agent Harrington's love interest. [27] She has a son from a prior relationship named Wyatt. Amelia is voiced by queer actress Shannon Woodward. | ||||
Lil Kev | March 6, 2025 | Darnell | Gay | Darnell and Omar are Uncle Richard Jr.'s friends from prison. They have been in a same-sex relationship ever since they were in prison. Richard is unaware of them being a gay couple. [28] | United States | |
Omar | ||||||
Long Story Short | August 22, 2025 | Shira Schwooper | Lesbian | Shira Schwooper is the only daughter in the Jewish-American Schwooper family. In the show's present day, Shira is married to another woman Kendra Hooper who is also African-American and they have twin sons. [29] [30] Shira Schwooper is voiced by bisexual actress Abbi Jacobson and Kendra Hooper is voiced by queer comedian Nicole Byer. | United States | |
Kendra Hooper | ||||||
Oh My God... Yes! | March 9, 2025 [a] | Sunny Green | Bisexual | Sunny Green is the main protagonist of the series. While she dates guys of various species; Sunny was also once in a same-sex relationship with a female robot named Strawberry. [31] In the episode "Steel Ball Sounds Like a Very Dangerous Game", Sunny is shown to be very interested in male and female anthropomorphic animal strippers. [32] | United States | |
Tulip | In the second episode, a robot girl named Strawberry breaks up with her after she slept with a man named Silken Tofu boy, and because she is overprotective, saying she loves her, but she doesn't feel safe around her, causing Tulip to lose it. She becomes briefly involved with a male spider, which she calls "Rutherford", afterward. He dies after biting Tulip. [31] [33] She is also friends with Ladi and Sunny (who had also dated Strawberry in the past). | |||||
Ladi Olivia Sanchez IV | Ladi Olivia Sanchez IV is one of Sunny Green's friends. She is both interested in men and women. [32] | |||||
Solo Camping for Two | July 18, 2025 | Mizuki Hino | Bisexual | Mizuki, one of the female lead Shizuku's pair of best friends, openly identifies as bisexual and playfully flirts with her female friend. In one episode, she even invites her to spend the night together.[ citation needed ] | Japan | |
There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless... | July 7, 2025 | Renako Amaori | Lesbian | She meets Mai Oduka, a popular school girl and joins her group of friends, but she pretends to be popular while she is usually a loner and socially awkward. She meets Mai on the rootftop of the school one day and Mai thinks she is going to take her own life, with Renako thinking Mai is her best friend. The following day, Mai confesses that she loves Renako and she suggests that they play a game to see which relationship is more suitable for them, either "best friend" or "lover". [34] [35] She later becomes girlfriends with Satsuki Koto on a temporary basis in hopes that it will help Satsuki and Mai reconcile, after she and Mei decide to continue their relationship-not-relationship. [36] [37] | Japan | |
Mai Oduka | A popular school girl who confesses her love to Renako Amaori, after believing she saved Renako from taking her own life, and challenges Renako to a game whether they are lovers or best friends. Mai is committed to the former, while Renako is committed to the latter. [35] After she assaults Renako in the third episode, hosts a party in an effort to find a new suitor. and apologizes for her behavior, she and Renako reconcile at the end of the fourth episode, deciding to continue their relationship-not-relationship, while Mai emphasizes the importance of respecting boundaries. [37] [38] | |||||
Satsuki Koto | As Mai's childhood friend and longstanding rival, she becomes girlfriends with Renako on a temporary basis in order to spite Mai by provoking her jealousy, and has a crush on Mei, while she begins developing feelings for Renako. [37] [39] | |||||
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads | August 17, 2025 | Marioneta | Lesbian | Marioneta is a wealthy Spaniard who lives in 1980s Ecuador. Marioneta is into women. [40] [41] | Mexico | |
Espada | Espada is Marioneta's love interest. [41] | United States | ||||
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | January 29, 2025 | Nico Minoru | Bisexual | In this series, Nico Minoru is portrayed as Peter Parker's best friend. As in the comics, like Runaways , she is bisexual, teasing Peter that she will ask out his crush, Pearl Pangan, if he doesn't do so, and she is, also, a love interest for Peter. [42] [43] [44] | United States | |
2025 | This Monster Wants to Eat Me | October 2, 2025 | Hinako Yaotose | Lesbian | She has a wish to end her own life, after her family dies in an accident, but can't go through with it, and she meets a mermaid, Shiori Oumi, who tells her that her flesh and blood are especially delicious to yōkai. Shiori further declares that she will protect her from other yōkai until she is at her most delicious, at which point she will eat her, a fate which Hinako accepts. [45] | Japan |
Shiori Oumi | A mermaid who says she will eat Hinako Yaotose when she's at her "most delicious" and is determined to ensure that Hinako won't die, or kill herself, yet. [45] [46] [47] | |||||
Duration | Show title | Character debut date | Characters | Identity | Notes | Country |
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2026 | Go for It, Nakamura! | TBA | Okuto Nakamura | Gay | A closeted sixteen-year-old high school student who has a crush on his classmate Aiki Hirose. However, he is acutely introverted and has never spoken to him, only fantasizes about speaking to him. He eventually builds his confidence and grows closer to Hirose, [48] who becomes his good friend. | Japan |
Kuro is the epitome of a "deadbeat" girlfriend. She lives at her girlfriend's place, sponges off her financially, and spends her days...gambling...We also see...that past girlfriends [for Kuro] are so disposable to her that she doesn't even remember their names.
Kuro likewise has issues getting a job and is basically freeloading off her girlfriend while being tempted into gambling in the hopes of making a quick buck
After being dumped, Tulip Rebounds with a rapping spider. Sunny and Ladi try to convince her that her new arachnid boyfriend is bad news.
She was also one of the most prominent LGBTQ heroes in the Marvel Universe, as she began a romantic relationship with her teammate, Karolina Dean.
In Nico's case, it's magical abilities, which channels through the Staff of One. Her powers and supervillain connections make Nico a much more compelling best pal/love interest for Peter.