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[[File:Cosplayer of Yue at CWT56 20201213a.jpg|thumb|Cosplay of Yukito Tsukishiro / Yue. He is a gay character in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' ]]

This is a list of fictional characters that either self-identify as [[Gay men|gay]] or have been identified by outside parties [[Terminology of homosexuality|to be gay]], becoming part of [[gay media]]. Listed characters are either [[recurring character]]s, [[Cameo appearance|cameos]], [[Guest appearance|guest stars]], or one-off characters. For the purpose of this article, [[anime]] are considered any animations created in Japan and does not include any [[anime-influenced animation]] in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and elsewhere in the world. Also see the corresponding lists of [[list of lesbian characters in anime|lesbian]] and [[list of bisexual characters in anime|bisexual]] anime characters.

See the lists of [[list of fictional lesbian characters|lesbian]], [[list of fictional trans characters|trans]], [[List of fictional bisexual characters|bisexual]], [[list of fictional non-binary characters|non-binary]], [[list of fictional pansexual characters|pansexual]], [[list of fictional asexual characters|asexual]], and [[List of fictional intersex characters|intersex]] characters for information about fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community.

The names are organized <u>alphabetically</u> ''<u>by surname</u>'' (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname. If more than two characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used.

==From the 1980s to the 1990s==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Characters
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Show title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
! Notes
|-
| Jack Barbarosa Bancoran
| ''[[Patalliro!]]''
| {{sort|1982/04/08|April 8, 1982}}
| He enjoys flirting with and seducing young boys, having the name of "Young Boy Killer."<ref name="Mineo">{{cite web |last1=Mayo |first1=Mineo |title=Story (in Japanese) |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/patalliro/story.html |website=Official Patalliro website |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308163342/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/patalliro/story.html |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |date=2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} A translated version of the entry for him reads as follows: "A major member of the British Intelligence Service, Division 6, MI6, who holds a murder permit. Another name is "Young Boy Killer", and no young boy loves him. Professional professional who does not remove gloves except when sleeping. Although she does not show interest in women, she seems to be interested only in Patarilo's mother, Etrange."</ref> Women have shown interest in him and he shows no interest, though he did show mild interest in Pataliro's mother Etrange.
|-
| General Blue
| ''[[Dragon Ball (TV series)|Dragon Ball]]''
| January 14, 1987
| A canon gay character and Nazi,<ref name="Baron2018">{{cite web |last1=Baron |first1=Rueben |title=20 Crucial Queer Representations In Anime (For Better Or Worse) |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |url=https://www.cbr.com/queer-anime-characters/ |access-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926174900/https://www.cbr.com/queer-anime-characters/ |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |date=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> who is series antagonist, having an entire saga focused on him. He also makes an appearance in ''[[Dragon Ball GT]].''
|-
| Daryl
| ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]''
| {{sort|1992/08/01|August 1, 1992}}
| Daryl is an eighteen year old castrated boy who served as Iason's furniture and Riki's caretaker.<ref name="Danielle3">{{cite web |url=http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol-03_article_82005.html |title=Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between Vol. #03 |first=Danielle |last=Van Gorder |date=2008-08-06 |publisher=Mania |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130022150/http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol-03_article_82005.html |archive-date=2009-01-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He fell in love with Riki because of his pride and strong will.
|-
| [[Dead Moon Circus#Fish Eye|Fish-Eye]]
| ''[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Sailor Moon]]''
| {{sort|1995/03/04|March 4, 1995}}
| The villain Fish-Eye is an [[Effeminacy|effeminate]] [[cross-dressing]] man who is romantically interested in men as first shown in the episode "Meeting of Destiny: The Night Pegasus Dances."<ref name="Necessary">{{cite web |last1=Necessary |first1=Terra |title=9 Ways Sailor Moon Was Way Gayer Than You Remember |url=https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/30/9-ways-sailor-moon-was-way-gayer-you-remember |website=Pride.com |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200713143147/https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/30/9-ways-sailor-moon-was-way-gayer-you-remember%23media-gallery-media-8 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |date=June 30, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was changed into a woman in the English dub.
|-
| Guy
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]''
| rowspan="2" | {{sort|1992/08/01|August 1, 1992}}
| Guy was Riki's lover prior to his capture and Guy is determined to save Riki from Iason.<ref name="Danielle">{{cite web |first=Danielle |last=Van Gorder |url=http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol01-stranger_article_83696.html |title=Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between Vol. #01 - Stranger |date=2008-03-18 |publisher=Mania |access-date=2020-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127062753/http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol01-stranger_article_83696.html |archive-date=2009-01-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol-04_article_110991.html|title=Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between Vol. #04|last=Van Gorder|first=Danielle|date=2009-03-13|publisher=Mania|access-date=2009-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316010117/http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol-04_article_110991.html|archive-date=2009-03-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Iason
| He is the most superior and powerful Blondie in Tanagura, and the head of the Syndicate, Tanagura's black market for pet trade.<ref name="Danielle" /> He is in love with his pet Riki, a mongrel from the slums, and later he begins to love Riki to the point of obsession.<ref name="Destiny">{{cite web |url=http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol-02-destiny_article_83756.html |title=Ai no Kusabi: The Space Between Vol. #02 - Destiny |first=Danielle |last=Van Gorder |date=2008-04-10 |publisher=Mania |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301062155/http://www.mania.com/ai-kusabi-space-between-vol-02-destiny_article_83756.html |archive-date=2009-03-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[List of YuYu Hakusho characters#Itsuki/ Gatekeeper|Itsuki]]
| ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''
| {{sort|1992/10/10|June 11, 1994}}
| Itsuki is Sensui's right hand and is interested in him as shown in episodes 85 and 86, for example.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.funimation.com/blog/2019/11/26/yu-yu-hakusho-villains-that-helped-the-classic-anime-series-evolve/|title=5 Yu Yu Hakusho Villains That Helped the Series Evolve |last=Juvet|first=Aedan|date=November 26, 2019|website=[[Funimation]]|access-date=2020-07-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531090641/https://www.funimation.com/blog/2019/11/26/yu-yu-hakusho-villains-that-helped-the-classic-anime-series-evolve/| archive-date=May 31, 2020 | url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Kitsunezuka Ko'on-no-Kami / Seymour "The Big" Cheese
| [[Kyatto Ninden Teyandee]] / [[Samurai Pizza Cats]]
| February 1, 1990
| Kitsunezuka Ko'on-no-Kami (Seymour "The Big" Cheese) is the advisor to Tokugawa Iei Iei (Emperor Fred) who wants to overthrow Edoroplis (Little Tokyo). He is a flamboyantly gay fox who crossdresses and flirts with his male subordinates. Throughout the series, Ko'on-no-Kami is shown to be in love with Karasu Gennarisai (Jerry Atric), his elderly crow second-in-command and head of the Karakara Clan (Ninja Crows).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/samurai-pizza-cats/episode-42-a-big-confusing-fight-at-the-hot-spring-713161|title=Kyatto Ninden Teyandee Episode 42 – A Big, Confusing Fight at the Hot Spring?|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/samurai-pizza-cats/episode-52-lord-korns-biggest-operation-ever-713181|title=Kyatto Ninden Teyandee Episode 52 – Lord Korn's Biggest Operation Ever!|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref> In contrast with most 1990s English language dubs at the time, The Big Cheese's gender and sexuality were kept. The only change was his species as he was changed to a rat. His voice in the English dub is an imitation of [[Paul Lynde]] who was gay.
|-
| [[Honjō Kamatari]]
| ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''
| {{sort|1997/06/18|June 18, 1997}}
| A crossdresser and member of the Juppongatana, they are gay and are in love with Shishio Makoto as shown in the episode "To Make a Miracle: The Battle at the Aoiya." They tend to dress as a woman but know they will never be as loved like the female Yumi or Shishio's right-hand man since Sojiro is far more skilled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mania.com/anime-expo-friday-report_article_86123.html |title=Anime Expo 2002: Friday Report |first=Andrew |last=Tei |date=2005-07-05 |publisher=Mania Entertainment |access-date=2018-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727032541/http://www.mania.com/anime-expo-friday-report_article_86123.html |archive-date=2008-07-27}}"The idea was provided by the artist for One Piece. The idea of the cross dresser came from a pun. Then it became a matter of "what type of queer", and he went with "cute" type. Watsuki appreciates all the Kenshin coplayers, and he takes photos of them."</ref>
|-
| Kirie
| ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]''
|{{sort|1992/08/01|August 1, 1992}}
| A wild member of the Bison gang who is ambitious and sly. Riki hates him as he reminds him of his former rebellious self but Kirie himself is romantically obsessed with Riki.<ref name="Danielle" /><ref name="Danielle3" />
|-
| [[List of Outlaw Star characters#Fred Luo|Fred Luo]]
| ''[[Outlaw Star]]''
| February 12, 1998
| Fred is a 20-year-old camp weapons merchant who is known to be flamboyant and openly gay,<ref>{{cite book |last=Stuckmann |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Stuckmann |date=2018 |title=Anime Impact: The Movies and Shows that Changed the World of Japanese Animation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFxZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT218 |location=Miami, Florida |publisher=Mango Publishing |page=218 |isbn=978-1633537323}}</ref> as first shown in the episode "The Beautiful Assassin." He has a strong infatuation for the series' main protagonist, Gene Starwind, whom he supplies arms to. Some criticized the character as representing harmful gay stereotypes.<ref>{{cite web |author=Monique |title=Queer Coded: Fred Luo Of 'Outlaw Star' Presents Two Harmful Gay Stereotypes |website=Just Add Color (magazine) |url=https://colorwebmag.com/2020/05/06/queer-coded-fred-luo-of-outlaw-star-presents-two-harmful-gay-stereotypes/ |access-date=July 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617095620/https://colorwebmag.com/2020/05/06/queer-coded-fred-luo-of-outlaw-star-presents-two-harmful-gay-stereotypes/ |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |date=May 6, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Otokosuki
| ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''
| January 24, 1996
| A stereotypical gay participant in the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament, where he "freaks out Goten and Trunks with his flirtations," with his name translating literally to "man love."<ref name="Baron2018"/> He also makes an appearance in ''[[Dragon Ball GT]].''
|-
| Tomo
| ''[[Fushigi Yûgi]]''
| {{sort|1995/04/06|December 14, 1995}}
| Tomo is one of the celestial warriors of Seiryuu and fights only for the sake of his love, Nakago, as shown in episodes like "Bewitched Warmth."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/25-anniversary-fushigi-yuugi-nakago-best-worst-anime-villain/|title=25 Years Ago, Fushigi Yuugi Created One of Anime's Best Worst Villains|author=Anthony Gramuglia |date=2020-04-06|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|access-date=2020-07-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407140841/https://www.cbr.com/25-anniversary-fushigi-yuugi-nakago-best-worst-anime-villain/| archive-date=April 7, 2020 | url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Yukito Tsukishiro]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''
| rowspan="2"|April 7, 1998
| rowspan="2"|The creators have confirmed that Yukito and Touya (both male) are a couple, which are stated to be in love within the series itself,<ref name="Baron2018"/> with Yukita rejecting Sakura's feelings because he is in love with Touya.{{Sfn | Mehta | 2018 | p = 60-62}}
|-
| [[Touya Kinomoto]]
|-
| [[List of Bubblegum Crisis characters#Daley Wong|Daley Wong]]
| ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''
| {{sort|1987/02/25|February 25, 1987}}
| Daley is a sympathetically presented gay character.<ref name="Poitras2001">{{cite book|last=Poitras|first=Gilles|title=Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQ7JqkWjPNcC&pg=PA49|access-date=31 December 2014|year=2001|publisher=Stone Bridge Press, Inc.|isbn=9781880656532|pages=49–}}</ref>
|-
| Yue
| ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''
| May 25, 1999
| He loves Clow Reed and embarrassed when Sakura points this out, making him realize that his life is worth living.{{Sfn | Mehta | 2018 | p = 58-59}} At the same time, scholars state that Yue is intersex because he is "biologically sexless."{{Sfn | Mehta | 2018 | p = 41}}
|-
| [[Dark Kingdom#Zoisite|Zoisite]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Sailor Moon]]''
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|1992/06/13|June 13, 1992}}
| rowspan="2"|Zoisite and Kunzite, both powerful generals who work under Queen Beryl from the Dark Kingdom are an openly gay couple in the 90s anime series. Though, in some dubs in other countries, Zoisite's gender was changed to female for his feminine appearance and to make them a heterosexual couple instead; and in other dubs, they are changed into brotherly figures because of the closeness of their relationship.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gooding-Call |first1=Anna |title=Sailor Moon: 20 Really Weird Fan Theories That Were Actually Confirmed |url=https://screenrant.com/sailor-moon-weird-fan-theories-confirmed/ |website=[[Screen Rant]] |publisher=Valnet, Inc. |access-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116055434/https://screenrant.com/sailor-moon-weird-fan-theories-confirmed/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |date=November 9, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Dark Kingdom#Kunzite|Kunzite]]
|}

==In the 2000s==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Characters
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Show title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
! Notes
|-
| Ritsuka Aoyagi
| rowspan="2"|''[[Loveless (manga)|Loveless]]''
| rowspan="2"|April 6, 2005
| rowspan="2"|Soubi, who has an [[Shotacon|attraction]] to young boys, often flirts with Ritsuka, much to his discomfort from the show's first episode.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chobot|first=Jessica|title=Loveless Vol.1 Review|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/06/loveless-vol-1-review|access-date=10 February 2013|newspaper=IGN|date=6 February 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827210139/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/06/loveless-vol-1-review|archive-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> The two slowly grow feelings for each other. Writer and poet T.A. Noonan describes their love affair in the manga as falling into "both orthodox heterosexual and subversive homosexual contexts," as Ritsuka treats Soubi as an adult/<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Noonan |first1=T.A. |date=Fall 2020 |title="I Can't Get Excited for a Child, Ritsuka": Intersections of Gender, Identity, and Audience Ambiguity in Yun Kôga's Loveless |url=http://academinist.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/MP03_02_02Noonan_Child.pdf |journal=MP: An Online Feminist Journal |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=42–43, 47, 49 |access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref> In an interview with [[Yun Kōga]], she said that while she doesn't consider the manga yaoi, but her fans do.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090717/article.asp?parentID=110467 |title=Anime Expo 2009: Interview with Yun Kouga, Seiji Mizushima, and Yosuke Kuroda |last=Hartzheim |first=Bryan |date=2009-07-17 |publisher=UCLA Asia Institute |access-date=2009-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723043633/http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090717/article.asp?parentid=110467 |archive-date=2009-07-23 }}</ref>
|-
| Soubi Agatsuma
|-
| Duo
| rowspan="2"|''[[Legend of DUO]]''
| rowspan="2"|April 21, 2005
| rowspan="2"|Vampire Duo discloses the secret of purana, an essence of living force, to humans so they may be able to survive past extinction as shown in multiple episodes. Duo is punished and his friend Zeig is sent to punish him, as they have an ongoing conversation about the importance of human existence throughout the series, as shown in episodes 3 and 6. Their relationship is not just platonic friendship and the two show a continuing attraction to each other,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Høgset |first1=Stig |title=Legend of DUO [Review] |url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1007 |website=T.H.E.M. Anime Shows |access-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404221703/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1007 |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |date=2004 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> with Zeig carrying Duo to a future life in the final episode. Afterwards, the narrator describes Duo and Zeig as vampires "in love."
|-
| Zeig
|-
| Garfiel
| ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
| July 12, 2009
| A skilled automail engineer and the proprietor of Atelier Garfiel in the town of Rush Valley. He is rather effeminate and appears to prefer the company of men,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fujie |first1=Kazuhisa |last2=Wyman |first2=Walt |date=2007 |title=The Fullmetal Alchemist Archive: The Complete Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rA2LnvdoxcsC&pg=PA178 |location=Tokyo, Japan |publisher=DH Publishing, Inc. |pages=157, 178 |isbn=978-1932897203}}</ref> which results in his acting largely as a source of comic relief in scenes that involve him, including his mentee, Winry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gudeman|first1=Megan|url=https://www.cbr.com/fullmetal-alchemist-relationships-fans-love-hate/|title=5 Fullmetal Alchemist Relationships Fans Are Behind (& 5 They Reject)|date=2 February 2020|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|access-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203133805/https://www.cbr.com/fullmetal-alchemist-relationships-fans-love-hate/|archive-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Sori Hashiba
| rowspan="2"|''[[Sukisho]]''
| rowspan="2"|January 8, 2005
| rowspan="2"|This anime follows the story of Sora, who falls off a four-story building, waking up Sunao, and none of his former memories, not remembering Sunao is one of his dear friends. Both Sori and Sunao have alternate personalities, named Yuru and Ran respectfully, which form "a romantic and passionate bond."<ref name="Hutchinson" />
|-
| Sunao Fujimori
|-
| Keita Itō
| rowspan="2"|''[[Gakuen Heaven]]''
| rowspan="2"|April 1, 2006
| rowspan="2"|Keita gets enrolled into Bell Liberty Academy despite the school being for the best of the best and Keita himself being average in this [[Yaoi|boy's love]] anime, based on a manga with similar themes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sparrow |first1=A.E. |title=Gakuen Heaven Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/07/gakuen-heaven-review |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822202900/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/07/gakuen-heaven-review |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |date=May 16, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Harper |first1=Melissa |title=Gakuen Heaven [Review] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/gakuen-heaven |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308161717/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/gakuen-heaven |archive-date=March 18, 2019 |date=January 18, 2007 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> His first friend is Endo who cares for him and Keita realizes Endo is a childhood friend of his and is the reason why Keita was admitted to Bell Liberty Academy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinnott |first1=John |title=Gakuen Heaven - For the Love of Boys |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27242/gakuen-heaven-for-the-love-of-boys/ |website=DVDTalk |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704024453/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27242/gakuen-heaven-for-the-love-of-boys/ |archive-date=July 4, 2010 |date=March 28, 2007 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> By the end of the anime, the two realize and confess their feelings for each other, becoming a couple as a result.
|-
| Endō Kazuki
|-
| Kyousuke Iwaki
| rowspan="2"|''[[Embracing Love]]''
| rowspan="2"|March 31, 2005
| rowspan="2"|Iwaki comes from a conservative, traditionalist family while Katou comes from an open and accepting family. Despite this, Katou ultimately wins Iwaki's love, as shown in the first OVA, "Haru wo Daiteita," and shown in the series as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beveridge |first1=Chris |title=Embracing Love: Cherished Spring |url=http://www.mania.com/embracing-love-cherished-spring_article_80193.html |website=Mania |access-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908052436/http://www.mania.com/embracing-love-cherished-spring_article_80193.html |archive-date=September 8, 2008 |date=May 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| Youji Katou
|-
| Jakotsu
| ''[[Inuyasha]]''
| February 24, 2003
| Jakotsu is a member of the Jakotsutō, a criminal band of seven assassins. He is shown as being flamboyant and having a strong preference for men, complimenting Koga's loin cloth, flirting with Inuyasha and Miroku, and complimenting Sesshomaru's appearance as shown in the episode "The Band of Seven, Resurrected!"<ref>{{cite book |last=Robertson |first=Mary |author-link=Mary Robertson |date=2018 |title=Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ Identity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXR0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 |location=[[New York City]] |publisher=[[New York University Press]] |pages=107–108 |isbn=9781479876945}}</ref> In addition, he admits he likes cute boys but that seeing cute boys makes him want to chop them up, indicated in The "Enter Bankotsu, The Leader of the Band of Seven" episode.
|-
| Hiroki Kamijou
| rowspan="2"|''[[Junjou Romantica]]''
| rowspan="2"|April 10, 2008
| rowspan="2"|Hiroki used to be in love with Akihiko Usami,<ref name="Chapman">{{cite web |last1=Chapman |first1=Jacob |title=Junjō Romantica DVD 1-3 [Review] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/junjo-romantica/dvd-1 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615210748/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/junjo-romantica/dvd-1 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |date=August 16, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> as shown in the episode "Knock and it shall be opened unto you," but later falls in love with and enters a relationship with Nowaki Kusama.
|-
| Nowaki Kusama
|-
| Yuichi Kudo
| ''[[Doki Doki School Hours]]''
| April 4, 2004
| A male honor student who is gay and in love with Suetake, clear from the show's first episode.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Santos |first1=Carlos |title=Doki Doki School Hours DVD 2: 2nd Hour [Review] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/doki-doki-school-hours/dvd-2 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725030423/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/doki-doki-school-hours/dvd-2 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |date=February 13, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |quote="...Kudo continues to pine for Suetake (doubly hindered by Suetake's thick-headedness and Kudo's constant nosebleeds)"}}</ref> Though Suetake is completely oblivious to Kudo's affections, everyone else is aware of them, and they are constantly rolling their eyes over his actions (which is very similar to how they react to Kitagawa's love for Mika, the only difference being that Mika is aware of Kitagawa's feelings, but can do little to stop her advances). He is seen having fantasies about Suetake, and not much else.
|-
| Leeron Littner
| ''[[Gurren Lagann]]''
| April 8, 2007
| Leeron is a flamboyant homosexual and flirts with Kamina, Simon, Gimmy and Viral as shown in episodes like "Said I'm Gonna Pilot That Thing!!"<ref name="Baron2018">{{cite web |last1=Baron |first1=Rueben |title=20 Crucial Queer Representations In Anime (For Better Or Worse) |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |url=https://www.cbr.com/queer-anime-characters/ |access-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926174900/https://www.cbr.com/queer-anime-characters/ |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |date=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Bobby Margot
| ''[[Macross Frontier]]''
| April 3, 2008
| He is the flamboyant helmsman of the Macross Quarter and close friends with Ozma Lee, whom he has unrequited feelings for.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://macrossf.com/character/chara09.html|title=Official character page for Bobby Margot|date=2008|website=Official Macross frontier website|language=ja|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102211122/http://macrossf.com/character/chara09.html|archive-date=November 2, 2008}} A translated version of his page describes him a S.M.S battleship pilot, says his heart is "completely a girl's," that he is "longed by female crews as a good understanding person" and has a "loving love that is not rewarded for [by] Ozma."</ref>
|-
| Akira Nikaido
| rowspan="2"|''[[Monochrome Factor]]''
| rowspan="2"|April 7, 2008
| rowspan="2"|While in the manga neither Akira Nikaido nor Shirogane have romantic interest in each other, in the anime Shirogane often flirts with Akira, a 16-year-old high school student who hates school, and cooperates with Shirogane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monochro.tv/akira.html|title=Akira character page|website=Official Monochrome Factor |publisher=Kairi Sora / Mag Garden Project Monochrome|date=2008|access-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228105610/http://www.monochro.tv/akira.html|archive-date=February 28, 2008|url-status=dead|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Santos|first1=Carlo|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/monochrome-factor/gn-1|title=Monochrome Factor GN 1 [Review]|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 22, 2008|access-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326172805/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/monochrome-factor/gn-1|archive-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref> While Akira is initially disturbed by this, he does become jealous when he sees Shirogane on what appears to be a date with Lulu and later reciprocates his feelings with a kiss.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Angel|url=https://thegeekiary.com/yaoi-recommendations-part-2-more-non-explicit-series/14302|title=Yaoi Recommendations (Part 2) – More Non-explicit Series [Review]|publisher=Geekiary|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125171213/http://thegeekiary.com/yaoi-recommendations-part-2-more-non-explicit-series/14302|archive-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| Shirogane
|-
| Masumi Okuyama
| ''[[Nodame Cantabile]]''
| January 25, 2007
| Masumi, [[timpani]]st, is homosexual, and an [[Homosexuality in Japan|okama]]. He loves Shinichi Chiaki as indicated in episodes like "Lesson 3: Queen of Percussion," seeing Nodome as a "rival for Chiaki's affections."<ref>{{cite book |last=Sasaki |first=Naohiko |author-link=Naohiko Sasaki |date=2007 |title=Nodame Cantabile: The Essential Guide |chapter=How does Masumi Okuyama feel about Chiaki? |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTm64-K0T5kC&pg=PA22 |location=Japan |publisher=DH Publishing Inc. |page=22 |isbn=9781932897333 |quote="Masumi...is deeply in love with Chiaki...he...won't let any unworthy "plaine Jane" come near his "Apollo," Chiaki. Masumi see Nodome as a rival for Chiaki's affections"}}</ref>
|-
| Yusuko Ono
| ''[[Antique Bakery]]''
| July 3, 2008
| A famed chef named Yusuko Ono, often out of job because "he is irresistible to men," leading coworkers to fight for his affection,<ref name="Hutchinson" /> works at a pastry shop headed by Keisuke Tachibana whose childhood drama makes him detest cake, a former top boxing champion, Eiji Kanda, and the childhood friend of Keisuke, Chikage Kobayakawa. The latter has a short affair with Yusuko.
|-
| Takaya Ougi
| rowspan="2"|''[[Mirage of Blaze]]''
| rowspan="2"|January 7, 2002
| rowspan="2"|Takaya Ougi is the reincarnation of Kagetora Uesugi and Yoshiaki Tachibana is the reincarnation of Nobutsuna Naoe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aniplex.co.jp/mirage/intro/index.html|title=Introduction|date=May 21, 2015|website=Mirage of Blaze official website|access-date=July 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709194105/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/mirage/intro/index.html|archive-date=July 9, 2019|quote="...Those who use the “stressing power” that purifies the soul and sends it to the underworld...they have a mission by Kenshin Uesugi...The General of the Netherworld Uesugi Army was the adopted son of Kenshin, and Keisuke Uesugi, who died unprofessionally at a young age in a family struggle with his brother-in-law, Kagekatsu Uesugi...A catastrophic blow to the battle with Nobunaga Oda 30 years ago, Kagetora, who lost his lodgings, was able to reincarnate. A young man who appeared in front of Takaya Ooki...He tells Takaya that he was a reincarnated person of Sengoku warlord "Uesugi Keitora", and he claims to be himself a retainer and guardian of "Naoe Shinoda.""|language=ja}}</ref> Kagetora was raped by his vassals and pages and so he and his reincarnation Takaya are androphobic and hate men, but Takaya begins to fall in love with Yoshiaki/Naoe, who is persistent in his advances in episodes like "Ill Fated Destiny."
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| Yoshiaki Tachibana
|-
| Shuichi Shindo
| ''[[Gravitation (manga)|Gravitation]]''
| {{sort|2000/10/04|October 4, 2000}}
| Shuichi Shindo falls in love with Eiri Yuki beginning in the first episode.{{Sfn | University of the Pacific | 2004 | p = 10-11, 17}} Over the course of the series manages to melt the cold heart of Eiri and the two become a couple.<ref name="Hutchinson" /> In one episode, "Winding Road," it is revealed that Eiri has a financee named Ayaka, but she backs away after seeing the love between Shuichi and Eiri.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Solomon |first1=Charles |title='Gravitation': Boy-Meet-Boy Anime Made for Teen Girls |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/gravitation-boy-meet-boy-anime-made-for-teen-girls/ |website=[[Animation Magazine]] |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205033514/https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/gravitation-boy-meet-boy-anime-made-for-teen-girls/ |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |date=November 22, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Subaru Sumeragi]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[X (manga)|X]]''
| rowspan="2"|November 28, 2001
| rowspan="2"|Subaru tries to hunt and kill Seishirō for killing his sister and when he succeeds, he states he has killed the one he loves most.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bertschy |first1=Zac |title=X TV DVD 3 [Review] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/x-tv/dvd-3 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608025215/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/x-tv/dvd-3 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |date=April 2, 2003 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Their past is elaborated in the manga, [[Tokyo Babylon]], where it was shown Seishirō would often flirt with and tried to seduce Subaru as part of a bet: if Subaru could make him fall in love with him, he wouldn't kill him. While Subaru did grow to love Seishirō, Seishirō couldn't reciprocate but killed Subaru's sister Hotaru in his stead per her request, and as Seishirō dies, he confesses "I also.." before dying.<ref>{{cite web | title=X Vol. No. 6 | publisher=Mania Entertainment |date=2 August 2003|author=Beveridge, Chris| access-date=July 14, 2020|url=http://www.mania.com/x-vol-6_article_75271.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101539/http://www.mania.com/x-vol-6_article_75271.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Seishirō Sakurazuka]]
|-
| Sweden
| ''[[Hetalia: Axis Powers]]''
| January 24, 2009
| Sweden is gay but "only for Finland."<ref name="Baron2018"/>
|-
| Misaki Takahashi
| rowspan="2"|''[[Junjou Romantica]]''
| rowspan="2"|April 10, 2008
| rowspan="2"|Akihiko, a 28-year-old, had been in an unrequited love with Takahiro for years and even entered a temporary sexual relationship with Hiroki Kamijou to forget him, but failed.<ref name="Chapman" /> He later falls for Misaki Takahashi, Takahiro's younger brother. Misaki loves Akihiko from the beginning of the series but is embarrassed to admit so.
|-
| Akihiko Usami
|-
| Asato Tsuzuki
| ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]''
| {{sort|2000/10/02|October 2, 2000}}
| Asato and Hisoka begin to fall in love with each other, beginning from the show's first episode.<ref name="Publishing2003">{{cite book |last=Solomon |first=Charles |title=Anime, mon amour |publisher=The Advocate |date=October 14, 2003 |pages=86, 88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of Kyo Kara Maoh! characters#Wolfram von Bielefeld|Wolfram von Bielefeld]]
| ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!]]''
| April 3, 2004
| In another dimension called Shin Makoku, love between the same gender is not rare at all. Wolfram became Shibuya Yuuri's accidental fiancé after Yuuri slaps him on his left cheek for insulting his mother which actually is a traditional proposal amongst the nobles in Shin Makoku as shown in the show's second episode.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Santos |first1=Carlo |title=Kyo Kara Maoh! DVD 1 [Review] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kyo-kara-maoh/dvd-1 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315201442/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kyo-kara-maoh/dvd-1 |archive-date=April 18, 2005 |date=March 15, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |quote="...an enraged Yuri, unaware of local customs, strikes pretty boy Wolfram with a slap of proposal...Wolfram's petulant attitude makes him a great complement (and fiancé) to simple-minded Yuri, and the older men also have their own unique relationships with the Demon King."}}</ref> Although he did not approve of being the Maoh's fiancé at first, he changes his mind when Yuuri's demon side kicks his butt in battle. He soon grows very protective over Yuuri, yelling at anyone who comes too close to him, indicates in the third OVA, "Dry Wind," and is especially jealous of Konrad, his own brother.
|}

==In the 2010s==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Characters
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Show title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
! Notes
|-
|Aru Akise
|''[[Future Diary]]''
|November 28, 2011
|Akise is a young boy who falls in love with the main protagonist, Yuki. This is shown as he says he loves him, calls him cute, and even kisses him closer to the end of the series.
|-
| Albert d'Andrésy
| ''[[Lupin the Third Part V]]''
| {{sort|2018/05/16|May 16, 2018}}
| He is a mysterious man who knows of Lupin's past, having been one of his partners in crime in the past. He is shown to be homosexual, as he is shown in his debut episode, "His Name is Albert," to be with his boyfriend, who is stated to be a photographer named Tickey whom he has been with for a while, as noted in the episode "Who Has the Black Notebook?"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ashford |first1=Sage |title=5 Point Discussions – Lupin the III Part V, Ep 8: "Who Has The Black Notebook?" |url=http://www.comicon.com/2018/05/28/5-point-discussions-lupin-the-iii-part-v-ep-8-who-has-the-black-notebook/ |website=comicon.com |access-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305222737/http://www.comicon.com/2018/05/28/5-point-discussions-lupin-the-iii-part-v-ep-8-who-has-the-black-notebook/ |archive-date=March 5, 2020 |date=May 2, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |quote= When Lupin’s doing research on his current life, we find out Albert’s in a relationship with another man, and the quickest assumption for Lupin and Albert is they were former lovers...While impersonating Albert’s new boyfriend [Tickey], he swaps Albert’s gun with one of his own, then informs him about a note on his back for a meet up at a hotel.}}</ref> Lupin comments that his taste in men doesn't change.
|-
|Ryo Asuka
| ''[[Devilman Crybaby]]''
| {{sort|2018/1/5|January 5, 2018}}
|He is an angel who presents as male in his human form and falls in love with another boy, his main antagonist Akira.<ref name="Baron2018"/>
|-
|Yū Asuka
| ''[[Stars Align]]''
| {{sort|2019/10/17|October 17, 2019}}
|Yū, formerly known as Yuta, is a kind and mild-mannered person, who Touma thinks of them as nice, even though he is unaware Yu has a crush on him, as noted in the second episode.<ref name="Liu" />
|-
|Aslan (Ash) Callenreese
| rowspan="2"|''[[Banana Fish]]''
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|2018/7/5|July 5, 2018}}
| rowspan="2"|Ash and Eiji are in love with each other, spending much of their time together after meeting and even living together in an apartment for months on end. They share the same room, emotionally support each other, and kiss at one point in the media. Their relationship, despite not being inherently sexual due to Ash's CSA trauma,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34597965|title=Dreamland Japan : writings on modern manga|year=1996|isbn=1-880656-23-X|location=Berkeley, California|oclc=34597965}}</ref> has greatly impacted the BL genre of both manga and anime.<ref>[[Frederik L. Schodt|Schodt, Frederik L.]] (1996). "Artists and Their Work: ''Banana Fish'' (Akimi Yoshida)". [[Dreamland Japan|''Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga'']]. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 203–207. {{ISBN|978-1-880656-23-5}}.</ref> After Ash's death, Eiji does not marry or date anyone else.
|-
| Eiji Okumura
|-
| Yamagi Gilmerton
| ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans]]''
| {{sort|2015/10/04|October 4, 2015}}
|He's in love with another male, Norba Shino, claiming he'd rather die together with his love than to live without him.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Orsini |first1=Lauren |title=Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Episode 45 [Review] |website=[[Anime News Network]] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/mobile-suit-gundam-iron-blooded-orphans/episode-45/.112723 |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527143722/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/mobile-suit-gundam-iron-blooded-orphans/episode-45/.112723 |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |date=February 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Yuzuki "Yuki" Giou (Sakurai)
| ''[[The Betrayal Knows My Name]]''
| {{sort|2010/04/11|April 11, 2010}}
| Yuzuki's previous incarnation was a woman named Yuki, who was in love with a man named Luka.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |title=The Betrayal Knows My Name Sub.DVD - The Complete Series [Review] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-betrayal-knows-my-name/sub.dvd-the-complete-series/.115530 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422103933/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-betrayal-knows-my-name/sub.dvd-the-complete-series/.115530 |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |date=May 2, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In the present, Yuki, now in a male form, is highly protective of Luka, and vice versa, with both highly protective of each other, with implied romantic ties between them.
|-
| Shun Hanamori
| ''[[Kado: The Right Answer]]''
| {{sort|2017/04/07|April 7, 2017}}
| He is Kojiro Shindo's coworker and roommate. He is clingy to Shindo and once has a conversation with Tsukai regarding her feelings for Shindo, during which he reveals his deep romantic feelings for Shindo but chooses to support Tsukai's feelings for Shindo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loveridge |first1=Lynzee |title=The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide - KADO: The Right Answer |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2017/spring/kado-the-right-answer/.114454 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525204510/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2017/spring/kado-the-right-answer/.114454 |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |date=April 6, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| Ruka Gojou
|''[[Nanbaka]]''
| {{sort|2017/2/1|February 1, 2017}}
| Ruka Gojou loves beauty and refers to himself as a "queen" while stating he is different from Kiji who he deems an "okama" and denies he is [[queer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nanbaka/episode-22/.112857|title=Nanbaka Episode 22 [Review]|last1=Bridges|first1=Rose|date=March 2, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526065350/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nanbaka/episode-22/.112857|archive-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> He also seems to have some attraction towards men, as he blushed when Honey, a pretty boy, who complimented his looks in the episode "You are Weak."
|-
| Shun Hashimoto
| ''[[L'étranger series|L'etranger de la Plage]]''
| {{sort|2013/07|July 2013}}
| Shun is explicitly mentioned to be gay in the book's summary, and the series delves into his struggles with his sexuality and relationships.<ref name="natalie 2016-07-22">{{cite news | url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/195461 | title=紀伊カンナのピュアBL「春風のエトランゼ」ドラマCDに村田太志、松岡禎丞 | language=ja | work=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]] | date=2016-07-22 | access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>
|-
| Enta Jinnai
| ''[[Sarazanmai]]''
| {{sort|2019/11/4|April 11, 2019}}
| Enta is in love with his best friend Kazuki, even sneaking a kiss with him while he naps, which is the first of his secrets to be revealed through the Sarazanmai sequence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sarazanmai/episode-3/.146138|title=Sarazanmai - Episode 3 [Review]|last1=Chapman|first1=Jacob|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001902/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sarazanmai/episode-3/.146138|archive-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> In the potential future shown in the final episode, he asks Kazuki out but is rejected by him.
|-
| Shouta Kisa
| ''[[The World's Greatest First Love]]''
| {{sort|2011/03/22|March 22, 2011}}
| Shouta Kisa has a bad habit of falling for good looking men and falls for Kou, but is scared to pursue a relationship as he feels love doesn't really exist.<ref name="Silverman">{{cite web|last1=Silverman|first1=Rebecca|title=Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love Seasons 1 & 2 + OVAs DVD [Review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sekai-ichi-hatsukoi-the-world-greatest-first-love/seasons-1/.116768|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105192025/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sekai-ichi-hatsukoi-the-world-greatest-first-love/seasons-1/.116768|archive-date=January 5, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Kou dated women in the past but later falls in love with Shouta and the two develop a strong romantic relationship.
|-
| Louis Kisaragi
| ''[[King of Prism]]''
| {{sort|2016/01/09|January 9, 2016}}
| Louis is in love Shin Ichijo.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1560394077 | title=春アニメ『KING OF PRISM –Shiny Seven Stars-』(キンプリ)第10話のあらすじ＆場面カットが到着！ シンをプリズムショーへと導いたルヰの想い | language=ja | work=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]] | date=2019-06-16 | access-date=2020-08-06}}</ref>
|-
| Ren Kaido
| ''[[Super Lovers]]''
| {{sort|2016/04/06|April 6, 2016}}
| Haru Kaido was formerly a player who dated numerous women, but eventually falls for his stepbrother Ren Kaido as shown in the episode "Forest Green."<ref name="Foronda">{{cite web |last1=Foronda |first1=Anthony |title=Anime Spotlight - SUPER LOVERS |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anime-spotlight/2016/spring/super-lovers/.100464 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509095240/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anime-spotlight/2016/spring/super-lovers/.100464 |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |date=April 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ren himself has been in love with Haru since he was young and has shown no interest in women.
|-
| Moyuru Koda
| rowspan="2"|''[[Devilman Crybaby]]''
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|2018/1/5|January 5, 2018}}
| rowspan="2"|Moyuru is a track athlete and a devilman; Junichi is his boyfriend. As they have sex, Moyuru turns into a demon and kills Junichi, much to his grief.<ref>{{cite web|last=Toy|first=Daniel|url=http://syndicatedmagazine.com/2018/02/07/devilman-crybaby-makes-stunning-case-humanity/|title=Devilman Crybaby Makes a Stunning Case for and Against Humanity|date=February 2, 2018|website=Syndicated Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205123158/http://syndicatedmagazine.com/2018/02/07/devilman-crybaby-makes-stunning-case-humanity/|archive-date=February 5, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Junichi
|-
| Seung-Gil Lee
| ''[[Yuri on Ice]]''
| {{sort|2016/11/23|November 23, 2016}}
| In the official character information, as well as said by Kubo Mitsurou, Seung-Gil is described as not liking women even though he is a "handsome skater."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yurionice.com/en/|title=Official website of Yuri on Ice|website=yurionice.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707171815/https://yurionice.com/en/|archive-date=July 7, 2020|access-date=July 20, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Mohiro Mikage
|''[[Magical Girl Ore]]''
| {{sort|2018/04/18|April 2, 2018}}
|Mohiro has a crush on Saki Uno but only when she appears in her manly, bodybuilder form.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://modomeu.com/cinema-e-tv/animes/representatividade-lgbtq-nos-animes|date=July 1, 2019|title=LGBT representation in anime|language=pt|quote=The funny thing is that Mohiro doesn't give a damn about Saki, but apparently feels attracted to her in her male form.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228164807/https://modomeu.com/cinema-e-tv/animes/representatividade-lgbtq-nos-animes|archive-date=December 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Makoto Mikasa
| ''[[Fuuka (manga)|Fuuka]]''
| {{sort|2017/01/06|January 6, 2017}}
| He is a handsome man who is openly homosexual.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1913|title=Fuuka [Review]|last1=Moody|first1=Allen|date=November 7, 2017|website=[[THEM Anime Reviews|T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews]]|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719113024/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1913|archive-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Puri-Puri-Prisoner
| ''[[One-Punch Man]]''
| {{sort|2015/11/22|November 22, 2015}}
| Puri-Puri-Prisoner is a flamboyant, muscular gay hero who gets put in prison for taking an interest in and attacking other male heroes and criminals, thus the name.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valdez |first1=Nick |title=One-Punch Man Gives Puri-Puri Prisoner One Disturbing Power-Up |website=Comicbook.com |url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/10/14/one-punch-man-chapter-103-puri-puri-prisoner-disturbing-power-up-angel-bristly-armor/ |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102092012/https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/10/14/one-punch-man-chapter-103-puri-puri-prisoner-disturbing-power-up-angel-bristly-armor/ |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |date=October 14, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Reo Niiboshi
| rowspan="2"|''[[Sarazanmai]]''
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|2019/11/4|April 11, 2019}}
| rowspan="2"|This iconic duo of cops is at odds with each other, as they "act as enforcers for a capitalistic empire" and are forbidden to show their love for each other.<ref name="Liu">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2020-01-01/best-lgbtq-characters-of-2019/.154965|title=Best LGBTQ+ Characters of 2019|last1=Liu|first1=Michelle|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108001926/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2020-01-01/best-lgbtq-characters-of-2019/.154965|archive-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> Their sexuality is ambiguous to the world, but they are still very in love with each other, and they finally affirm their love later in the anime.
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| Mabu Akutsu
|-
| Takato Saijo
|''[[Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.]]''
| {{sort|2018/10/5|October 5, 2018}}
| Takato, an experienced actor, loses the "World’s Sexiest Man" title to a new, and rising actor, named Junta Azumaya, both in "the center of a scandal" in this anime,<ref name="Hutchinson" /> based on a [[yaoi]] manga series of the same name. Soon Junta confesses that he has strong romantic feelings for Takato and coerces him into a sexual relationship against Takato's will.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hodgkins|first1=Crystalyn|title=Boys-Love Manga Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. Gets TV Anime Adaptation This Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-24/boys-love-manga-dakaretai-otoko-1-i-ni-odosarete-imasu-gets-tv-anime-adaptation-this-year/.129489|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620030755/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-24/boys-love-manga-dakaretai-otoko-1-i-ni-odosarete-imasu-gets-tv-anime-adaptation-this-year/.129489|url-status=live|archive-date=June 20, 2020|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 24, 2018|access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> Despite this, Takato finds himself moved by Junta's actions and persistence and has since established a genuine romantic relationship with him.
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| Juzo Sakakura
|''[[Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School]]''
| {{sort|2016/11/7|July 11, 2016}}
| Juzo is the Future Foundation Branch Office 6 Director and the Former Ultimate Boxer. He is in love with the Future Foundation Vice-Chairman, Kyousuke Munakata, and is also his right hand man. His feelings get outed by [[Junko Enoshima]], who blackmails him by threatening to let Kyousuke know about his love for him.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chapman|first1=Jacob|title=Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School: Despair Arc Episode 10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/danganronpa-3-the-end-of-hope-peak-high-school-despair-arc/episode-10/.106568|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 16, 2016|access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> He ends up lying to Kyousuke in order to protect his sexuality.
|-
| Masahiro Setagawa
| rowspan="4"|''[[Hitorijime My Hero]]''
| rowspan="4"|July 8, 2017
| rowspan="4"|Masahiro Setagawa is rescued by Kousuke “Bear Killer” Ohshiba, while Kousuke saves Masahiro "from the thugs plaguing his life" and says he wants to protect him, while Kensuke meets his friend from childhood, Asaya Hasekura, who later kisses Kensuke and confesses his feelings, changing his feelings going forward.<ref name="sentaifilm">{{Cite web |title=Happy Pride Month! Celebrate with 6 LGBTQ+ Anime! |url=https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/news/happy-pride-month-celebrate-with-6-lgbtq-anime |website=[[Sentai Filmworks]] |access-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930152113/https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/news/happy-pride-month-celebrate-with-6-lgbtq-anime |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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| Kousuke “Bear Killer” Ohshib
|-
| Asaya Hasekura
|-
| Kensuke
|-
| Nathan Seymour{{efn|Also known as Fire Emblem}}
| ''[[Tiger & Bunny]]''
| {{sort|2011/04/03|May 8, 2011}}
| Nathan is a highly effeminate homosexual man<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Theron|title=Tiger & Bunny Episodes 1-2 [Review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/tiger-and-bunny/episodes-1-2/.160048|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623034823/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/tiger-and-bunny/episodes-1-2/.160048|archive-date=June 23, 2020|access-date=August 10, 2020|url-status=live|quote= Fire Emblem is an ostentatiously gay black man who wields fire-based powers...The series looks like nothing else out there in anime, whether it's the sharp full-body battle suits of Kotetsu and Barnaby or the more flamboyant outfits of Blue Rose and Fire Emblem.}}</ref> who identifies as genderqueer though he prefers to be identified as a woman at times,<ref name="Baron2018"/> often spending more time with the female heroes while flirting with the male heroes.<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Yonetani, Yoshitomo (Director) | date=February 8, 2014 | title=Tiger & Bunny: The Rising | trans-title=Gekijouban Tiger & Bunny: The Rising | medium=Motion picture | location=Japan | publisher=Sunrise}} In the film he says "They say a man is made of courage and a woman is made of love. So what does that mean for people who are both? We are invincible."</ref> In the past, they tried to present themselves femininely but was harshly criticized, and they still hold a strong romantic infatuation towards men. They also run their own successful company, Helios Energy, and have been described as a "confident canonically agender queer POC."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theodysseyonline.com/14-gender-nonconforming-beauties-in-anime-and-manga|title=14 Gender Nonconforming Beauties In Anime And Manga|first=Diana|last=Rodriguez|date=January 2, 2017|via=[[Odyssey (publication)|Odyssey]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328155826/https://www.theodysseyonline.com/14-gender-nonconforming-beauties-in-anime-and-manga|archive-date=March 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Shion
| rowspan="2"|''[[No. 6]]''
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|2011/07/07|July 7, 2011}}
| rowspan="2"|Nezumi breaks into the home of a privileged boy, Shion, and both explore the class divides in this society, later growing close and forming a romantic bond between the two of them.<ref name="Hutchinson">{{cite web|last1=Hutchinson|first1=Sam|title=10 LGBTQ+ Anime You Need To Watch|url=https://www.cbr.com/must-watch-lgbtq-anime/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807010642/https://www.cbr.com/must-watch-lgbtq-anime/|url-status=live|archive-date=August 6, 2020|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=August 1, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Nezumi
|-
| Yūjirō Shiratori
| ''[[The High School Life of a Fudanshi]]''
| {{sort|2016/08/17|August 17, 2016}}
| Yūjirō is a gay effeminate crossdresser with a liking toward men,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu Comedy Manga About Male Yaoi Fan Gets TV Anime |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-21/fudanshi-koko-seikatsu-comedy-manga-about-male-yaoi-fan-gets-tv-anime/.101314 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105220009/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-21/fudanshi-koko-seikatsu-comedy-manga-about-male-yaoi-fan-gets-tv-anime/.101314 |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |date=April 21, 2016 |url-status=live |quote="Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Yūjirō Shiratori, Sakaguchi's gay friend"}}</ref> as indicated in episodes such as "Everyone's Fun Times," with strong "female power."<ref>{{cite web |title=Characters |url=http://www.dreamcreation.co.jp/fudanshi/chara.html |website=Official The High School Life of a Fudanshi website |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231193402/http://www.dreamcreation.co.jp/fudanshi/chara.html |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |date=2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Seiji Takamori
| rowspan="2"|''[[Super Lovers]]''
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|2016/04/06|May 11, 2016}}
| rowspan="2"|Seiji, better known as Kiyoka, runs a bar/cafe with his high school classmate,<ref name="Foronda" /> Haru, dresses in woman's clothes and appears to prefer men.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |title=Super Lovers Seasons 1 & 2 Streaming |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/super-lovers/seasons-1/.114231 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331201606/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/super-lovers/seasons-1/.114231 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |date=April 14, 2017 |url-status=live |quote="More troubling is the way the series treats Kiyoka, its trans character. Haru knew her in high school as “Seiji,” but she has since transitioned to living as a woman full-time. Super Lovers treats her like a joke, a man who for inexplicable reasons thinks he should pretend to be a woman all the time."}}</ref> He once confessed to Haru in the episode "Cloudy Sky," and been turned down. He also has transgender friends as shown in the episode "Marine Blue."
|-
| Kiyoka
|-
| Masamune Takano
|''[[The World's Greatest First Love]]''
| March 12, 2011
| Ritsu and Masamune dated in their high school years as indicated in the OVA ("No love's like to the first") but due to a misunderstanding broke up on bad terms, causing Ritsu to state he would never fall in love again.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Samut|first1=Mark|title=10 Anime Genres & Their Best Entry-Level Series|url=https://www.cbr.com/panty-stocking-and-garterbelt-missed-hilarious-jokes/|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807024518/https://www.cbr.com/anime-genres-entry-level-series-best/|archive-date=August 6, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020|url-status=live|quote=The story revolves around an editor who is transferred to a manga division and ends up working under a former boyfriend who once broke his heart. Like any yaoi series, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi has its share of romantic scenes, but it also does a great job of developing the relationship between its leads. It is also capable of being genuinely hilarious and disarmingly heartfelt, two traits the genre's riskier entries often struggle to offer.}}</ref> Ritsu dated other women in the past to forget but he later meets Masamune once more, with the two eventually rebuilding their relationship as shown in the episode "Coming events cast their shadows before them."
|-
|Saika Totsuka
|''[[My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected|My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU]]''
|{{sort|2013/4/19|April 19, 2013}}
|Saika is the president of the tennis club who has an [[Androgyny|androgynous appearance]] but prefers others to not mistake his gender. He is one of the few people who truly wants to be closer friends with Hachiman, despite Hachiman's tendency to push others away. Furthermore, at the summer camp Saika is shown to have a crush on Hachiman, sometimes dreaming about him and mumbling Hachiman's name in his sleep. Despite knowing that Saika is a boy, Hachiman oftentimes finds himself unwillingly attracted to him.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moody |first1=Allen |title=My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU [Review] |url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1693 |website=[[THEM Anime Reviews|T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews]] |access-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625081858/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1693 |archive-date=June 25, 2020 |date=2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |quote="Saika Totsuka fills the Yukimura role here, a male tennis player who's SO pretty that even Hachiman finds himself drawn to him (and hates himself for it."}}</ref>
|-
|Ritsuka Uenoyama
| rowspan="2"|''[[Given (manga)|Given]]''
| rowspan="2"|July 11, 2019
| rowspan="2"|Ritsuka and Mafuyu are bandmates. Ritsuka gets tired of playing music, but his love for Mafuyu is instrumental to get him to enjoy playing again.<ref name="ANN2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2019-08-13/.149995|title=Given Unites Fans' Love of Music and Romance|last1=Liu|first1=Michelle|last2=Pfeiffer|first2=Andy|date=August 13, 2019|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904193234/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2019-08-13/.149995|archive-date=September 4, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Mafuyu Satō
|-
|Yūki Yoshida
|''[[Given (manga)|Given]]''
|August 29, 2019
|Yūki is the first boyfriend of Mafuyu Satō; he succumbs to suicide, causing Mafuyu's depression.<ref name="ANN2019" />
|-
|Yuri Katsuki
|rowspan="2"|''[[Yuri on Ice]]''
|rowspan="2"|May 26, 2017
|rowspan="2"|Yuri and Victor have a gay relationship in which they eventually get engaged. Although it is not explicitly stated, Yuri and Victor exchange gold rings, kiss during the show<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Chuan|last2=Luo|first2=Lan|last3=Yamamoto|first3=Hisashi|date=April 2016|title=ChemInform Abstract: Metal-Catalyzed Directed Regio- and Enantioselective Ring-Opening of Epoxides|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201617238|journal=ChemInform|volume=47|issue=17|doi=10.1002/chin.201617238|issn=0931-7597}}</ref> and spend all their time together. At some points they are seen going on dates, sharing beds as well as providing emotional support. Victor and Yuri are also heavily individually queer coded. Victor truly loves Yuri and is very happy with him. Every time Victor sees Yuri he is always very enchanted with the ways Yuri moves. Even when they first met they fell in love. There is no doubt that they are truly in love with one another.
|-
| Victor Nikiforov
|-
|Yukikaze
|''[[Demon Lord, Retry!]]''
| July 25, 2019
| A B-rank adventurer who is accompanied with fellow adventurer Mikan. He is often been described as a "girlish boy" because of his feminine appearance, crossdressing as a girl in episodes such as "Yu Kirino."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trlica |first1=Martina |title=Meet Two New Characters From Maou-sama, Retry! |url=https://manga.tokyo/news/meet-two-new-characters-from-maou-sama-retry/ |website=Manga Tokyo |publisher=Gradus Inc. |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605030617/https://manga.tokyo/news/meet-two-new-characters-from-maou-sama-retry/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |date=2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |quote="Yukikaze is a B-rank adventurer with skin so pale it borders being transparent. With an apparent lack of the concept of personal space, Yukikaze has also taken to referring to Kunai as ‘Oji-sama’. Yukikaze sure does look like a beautiful girl but he is, in fact, male."}}</ref> He is deeply infatuated with the Demon Lord Kunai after being saved twice by him.
|-
| Chiaki Yoshino
| ''[[The World's Greatest First Love]]''
| {{sort|2011/05/07|May 7, 2011}}
| Yoshiyuki has been friends with Chiaki for a long time<ref name="Silverman" /> and the two eventually start dating, as shown in the OVA, "The Case of Hatori Yoshiyuki." Hatori had a previous girlfriend in the past as shown in the episode "Delay in love is dangerous."
|}

==In the 2020s==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Characters
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Show title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
! Notes
|-
|Kōichi Mizuki
| rowspan="2"|''[[The Titan's Bride]]''
| rowspan="2"|July 6, 2020
| rowspan="2"|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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-18/the-titan-bride-boys-love-isekai-manga-gets-anime/.157618|title=The Titan's Bride Boys-Love Isekai Manga Gets Anime|website=Anime News Network|date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110140530/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-18/the-titan-bride-boys-love-isekai-manga-gets-anime/.157618|archive-date=November 20, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=December 26, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Caius Lao Bistail
|-
| Yashiro
| ''[[Twittering Birds Never Fly]]''
| February 15, 2020
| Yashiro, a [[Sadomasochism|masochist]] and [[yakuza]] boss warms up to his new bodyguard, Chikara Doumeki. As his entreaties fail, he discovers why his bodyguard only wants to stay at "arm's length" to himself, rather than get involved in a relationship.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hazra |first1=Adriana |title=Twittering Birds Never Fly OAD's Promo Video Streamed |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-02/twittering-birds-never-fly-oad-promo-video-streamed/.164823 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005154737/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-02/twittering-birds-never-fly-oad-promo-video-streamed/.164823 |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |date=October 2, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> An anime film with these characters was released on February 15, 2020 titled ''Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather'' while an [[Original video animation|OAD]] will be released on March 1, 2021 titled ''Twittering Birds Never Fly – Don't Stay Gold'', along with two upcoming films, one of which is titled ''Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Storm Breaks''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Komatsu |first1=Mikikazu |title=BL Anime Film Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai Gets Its 2nd Chapter "The storm breaks" |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2020/02/16/bl-anime-film-saezuru-tori-wa-habatakanai-gets-its-2nd-chapter-the-storm-breaks |website=[[Crunchyroll]] |access-date=December 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220083839/https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2020/02/16/bl-anime-film-saezuru-tori-wa-habatakanai-gets-its-2nd-chapter-the-storm-breaks |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |date=February 17, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
|}

Ryoku matio from kill la kill should be noted here. As she publically never cane out as gay she clearly shows it throughout the series. She despises men hitting on her abd even shares kisses wuth maki and satsuki her sister in the anime

==See also==
{{Portal|LGBT|Lists}}

* [[Gay village]]
* [[Gay bashing]]
* [[List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films]]
* [[LGBT themes in comics]]
* [[List of animated series with LGBTQ characters]]
* [[List of polyamorous characters in fiction]]
* [[List of LGBT-themed speculative fiction]]
* [[List of LGBT characters in soap operas]]
* [[List of LGBT-related films]]
* [[Lists of LGBT figures in fiction and myth]]

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite thesis |last=Mehta |first=Ilisha |date=2018 |title=An Analysis of Gender and Sexual Identities in Cardcaptor Sakura |type=Bachelors Dissertation |publisher=[[Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University]] |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325626490 |access-date=July 14, 2020 }}

{{LGBT fiction}}

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