Talk:List of animated series with LGBTQ characters/Archive 1

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--Daniel Carrero (talk) 17:02, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Suggested additions

Some suggested additions to be verified and added if they are OK (or let me know if there's any mistake in the list):

Richie (gay) from Static Shock
Nuriko (gay or trans girl) from Fushigi Yûgi
Giselle from Bleach (manga) (trans girl according to her the Bleach Wikia page)
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (comic and/or DCAU, apparently)

Daniel Carrero (talk) 04:29, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

I have another one: Tooru Mutsuki from Tokyo Ghoul:re (trans male) Raymond1922 (talk) 22:13, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Here's my suggestion: Lucy heartfillia from Fairy tail (Bisexual) 'Shadow6461 (talk) 00:47, 5 February 2018 (UTC)'

I'm only familiar with the western stuff, but I think Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn would be better additions for the List of graphic art works with LGBT characters. There's nothing to suggest they are LGBT in the DCAU, although they are explicitly bisexual in the comics universe (specific comics would be Harley Quinn's solo series, Injustice comics, DC bombshells). Bennv3771 (talk) 04:09, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

On a related note, Hanji Zoe is only genderqueer in the manga of Attack on Titan,as the column itself states. "Shadow6461 (talk) 03:26, 10 February 2018 (UTC)"

Here's my suggestion: Meg Griffin from Family Guy (Lesbian) or (Bisexual, at least) In the new season of the show, the creators say that at one point, she's going to come out as a lesbian in an episode, with inspiration to that episode where she joins the Lesbian Alliance Club with Sarah (another Lesbian character) in a past episode. M.Daniel (talk) 22:08, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

I believe that Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion can safely be added to the list, as he's shown in the series to be attracted to both men and women Door-keeper (talk) 22:57, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

I'm sure you do. However, there are no reliable sources for his inclusion outside of fan screeching. --Tarage (talk) 17:58, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Hasta from Nyaruko: Crawling with Love and Akito Wanijima from Air Gear both have obvious crushes on the male main character, and Yasuyoshi "Aeon Clock" Sano from the latter is also gay. Kaze to Ki no Uta also had a 1987 OVA. There's also General Blue from Dragon Ball, though he's far from a positive portrayal. Raymond1922 (talk) 07:49, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Saphron Cotta-Arc and Terra Cotta-Arc from RWBY Volume 6 Episode 7 are confirmed in the show that they are married (unknown if either of them are lesbian or bisexual). They have also adopted a son called Adrian. Anon User 18:34, 29th March 2019 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.241.165 (talk) 18:34, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Joanca from Dirty Pair

One-off characters

Alright @Daniel Carrero: let's hash this out.

My concern with the inclusion of one-off characters like this is that the list is going to be flooded. Lists should be useful. This is an encyclopedia after all. I should have been paying more attention I guess if there are so many one-off inclusions.

How about this: If the character is used for more than just a one-off joke, and are important to the plot as a whole, they can be included. The reason I don't like the two Peanut's character's inclusions is because they are only used to set up a "lol lesbians" joke and are never heard from again. Perhaps it they showed up later on, or were original characters. Quagmire's father is an example of the latter. A character used specifically for a joke is no different than scenery. --Tarage (talk) 23:28, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Let's see. I've been thinking it's a good idea to keep the one-off characters in this list, partially because our lists of characters from specific shows usually seem to mention them somehow. Granted, List of Family Guy characters does NOT mention Peppermint Patty and Marcie. But on the other hand, we do have List of one-time The Simpsons characters.

The list is not flooded yet with one-off characters. There are some, but not many. A separate issue is that a number of characters here are never said to be gay in the actual animated works but their creators said that the characters are gay nonetheless. I suppose they still count, right? If the list does get too large in the future specifically because of one-off characters, one possible solution would be keeping the one-off ones in a separate section or list, like List of one-off LGBT characters in animation (without "graphic art" because if the list gets so large, it might not make sense to lump together animation and graphic art anymore).

We could also consider this separate project: creating a list of animated works that are heavily LGBT-centered. This would exclude most of the items in this list. Some LGBT characters listed here are important in their own stories, but their LGBTness does not seem to affect the stories very much. (as in, the stories don't closely show LGBT relationships or talk about gender issues, like some webcomics do)

LGBT characters in animation are relatively rare. We're probably never going to have an article called List of straight characters, as I don't think the Wikimedia servers have enough space on their hard disks for that one. (Naturally, I'm just talking about characters that are verifiably straight. I'm not making the mistake of assuming that all characters are straight by default because of heteronormativity, but I digress.) --Daniel Carrero (talk) 14:37, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Again, I have nothing against listing characters if they actually matter to the story. Now I have not investigated each one individually, but I would take a guess that the listed Simpsons one-off characters were actually an integral part of the story for that episode. Am I right? Making a list of one-off LGBT characters again fails to play to the purpose of this encyclopedia: to be encyclopedic. I agreed with your merging of the lists because it made it easier to find information. Creating a separate list runs counter to that. And again, at the base of this are the characters themselves. Is it really a good idea to list two LGBT characters that were used for a crass, arguably anti LGBT, joke? I'm putting up a fight on these two characters being included for a reason, not just because. Ask yourself, do you really think these two warrant inclusion on such an important list? --Tarage (talk) 18:44, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

@Tarage: Alright. I removed Family Guy's Patty/Marcie couple from the list. (diff) For the record, the description text about that lesbian couple was: "In the episode 'Stuck Together, Torn Apart', adult versions of Peppermint Patty and Marcie from Peanuts appear. It is shown that Patty and Peter Griffin once dated, and now she is in a relationship with Marcie." --Daniel Carrero (talk) 23:40, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

I have nothing against the description. It's probably the most... civil way it could be put. My objections are inclusions of one-off joke characters, especially those used to mock the very thing the list is trying to document. --Tarage (talk) 23:44, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

@Tarage: About arguably negative portrayals of LGBT people: In case you are interested, I added the 1994 Brazilian movie Rocky & Hudson in the list. The villain (a mad scientist) uses a lot of homophobic slurs against the gay protagonists of the movie.

Off-topic: If/when the current page gets too large for one reason or another, I still think it may be nice to split it into for example, an animation page and a graphic arts page. When I merged this and this into a single page, it was partially because the contents of both pages were largely the same. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 00:01, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

I should have been more specific. Constituting a negative portrayal AND being a one-off. IE if they're only on screen for under a minute and just used as a "lol gay" joke, they shouldn't be included. --Tarage (talk) 00:35, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

@Tarage: No, I think you made yourself clear when you said "Again, I have nothing against listing characters if they actually matter to the story." I concluded that you probably wouldn't have anything against keeping Rocky & Hudson. I just mentioned it because I felt it might be relevant to the discussion. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 01:03, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Just making sure. Also, you don't need to ping me each time. I am watching this page so I see your replies. --Tarage (talk) 07:14, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned references in List of animation and graphic art works with LGBT characters

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of List of animation and graphic art works with LGBT characters's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "inter":

From The Simpsons: Groening, Matt (February 14, 2003). "Fresh Air". NPR (Interview). Interviewed by David Bianculli. Philadelphia: WHYY. Retrieved August 8, 2007. {{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter |subjectlink= ignored (|subject-link= suggested) (help)
From Herbert (Family Guy character): Haque, Ahsan (October 31, 2007). "Family Guy TV Interview - 100th Episode Red Carpet Interviews". IGN. Retrieved 2010-08-18.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 10:04, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

IP Contributions

I don't really know what to say, other than I am having to watch this article like a hawk because an IP editor keeps adding ridiculous shit. The last addition was literally porn. This editor never communicates, hopes between many IPs, and doesn't seem to want to collaborate. I'm wondering if I should request some sort of pending edit protection for IP edits. This is getting ridiculous. Thoughts? --Tarage (talk) 22:34, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

I requested page protection. ([1]) --Daniel Carrero (talk) 01:34, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. --Tarage (talk) 20:48, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 20:58, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@Tarage - I believe that I may be the cause of all the commotion for the past two months. With knowledge of a lot of LGBT characters in anime/shows, I'd made previous edits and adding of shows that didn't seem to appear that had central LGBT characters back in 2017 (e.g. Yuri animes like Whispered Words, Kanamemo, Yuri Sejin Naoko-san, Valkyrie Drive, Kase-san, Parade Parade, Gokujyo, Kuttsukiboshi, NTR, Konohana Kitan and recently, Citrus, and then shows like American Dad). But for the section, Animated Shorts, throughout this month I've been looking for other shorts that contain central LGBT characters. I was the one that initially saw Kase-san and added to it back in 2017 (which was accepted), but one other one I tried to pass through titled, "Angels Drop" made in 2013 was constantly deleted. I understand that the short does have some "over the top" scenes but the short was aired on Japanese TV at one point and so I just thought that it could still count anyways. Furthermore, in that same "Animated shorts" section, there was a long-term anime short that was placed in that section long before I started privately collaborating in these edits. It's titled, "A Kiss for the Petals: Becoming Your Lover" from 2010. That short was also deleted alongside my edit, "Angels Drop" for whatever reason. I understand for the Angels Drop short due to its somewhat inappropriate nature, it could not be accepted, but I don't understand for the "A Kiss for the Petals" one to be deleted. Otherwise, I apologize. Next time, I shall be more careful on what type of anime I place. -- Michael D. (talk) 00:37, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Okay a few things. First, it's fine now that you've seen that the talk page exists and are willing to collaborate. I'm not trying to discredit your additions, I was just getting frustrated with your lack of communication. Second, I'm looking at the article for "A Kiss for the Petals" and I would not be against it's inclusion so long as it's not pornographic in nature. It seems that the game is, and I have not seen it, so I want to be sure. The reason it got reverted was probably because it was included in a bulk edit with something that didn't belong. Thirdly... you can sign with your IP. I would have concerns if you claimed to be Michael, because that user is blocked. Otherwise feel free to suggest things and once the protection is lifted add things. Just realize that if it does get reverted, the next step is to come here and talk it out, not just re-add it. Thanks. --Tarage (talk) 10:01, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

A Kiss for the Petals is a large article because the franchise is full of stuff, but really there's only one anime OVA in the list. I watched it, it's porn. An accurate description of the OVA is: two girls fuck for about 20 minutes, the end. It would also be accurate to mention that one of them is feeling sick and the other is "taking care" of her. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 12:44, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Then yeah, no inclusion. --Tarage (talk) 19:41, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh lol, I even watched it a few times like 2 years ago. Yeah you're right. -- Michael D. (talk) 19:26, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Also, when the semi-protection is lifted, would it be alright to re-add Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid? It is a TV anime from 2015 that features a bunch of female characters trapped on an island while they each have an hidden virus that causes them to turn to weapons after being aroused (yuri anime). It features various lesbian characters and I did originally add it there but for some reason it got taken down. -- Michael D. (talk) 19:34, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes, that would be fine. --Tarage (talk) 19:26, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Wait...it's 24 February 2018. Can't we edit yet?? (by the way it's still me) --M.Daniel (talk) 22:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.108.135 (talk)

I would appreciate if you wouldn't do mass edits. If you're going to make an addition or move something, do it one at a time. It makes it easier for me to review. --Tarage (talk) 19:14, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Sure! Sorry about that. Everything just looked in a mess with the order of when the animated work was made, and I was also adding extra information some others missed out so I spent somewhat of an hour and a half making changes everywhere. --M.Daniel (talk) 01:21, 27 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.186.113 (talk)

Saber Marionette J

User:Daniel Carrero Let's talk about this one. I understand the idea of adding it, but I'm not sure how appropriate it is, at least in it's current form. I've seen the anime. The plot revolves around the fact that this is a planet where everyone was 'born' from six surviving human males through genetic manipulation. As such, their society has no concept of women and is practically a 1 gender society. The closest thing to women that they have are the Marionettes, which for the most part are emotionless robots. A character being attracted to another therefor is mundane. I could see an argument made that the anime could be mentioned with no character being called out, but otherwise a specific mention doesn't make much sense to me. In fact, Hanagata is mostly used for comic relief, akin to someone hitting on someone who doesn't reciprocate those feelings. He's essentially a gag character.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's a very weak LGBT inclusion since it doesn't really serve any purpose in the plot other than to make the main character find the Marionettes 'exotic'. You could very easily replace gender with skin color and arrive at the same place. It isn't so much an LGBT inclusion than a plot device. If I were looking at this list and trying to find inclusions of LGBT topics in anime, I wouldn't consider this anime having anything to say about the issue. It's the same reason why I keep removing hentai inclusions as well. It's less about "This anime has LGBT in it" and more "This just happens to have that element in it but that element isn't explored at all and is just used as a means to an end." I'm willing to talk about it though. --Tarage (talk) 22:03, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

I didn't watch the anime. For now, I'm just going to trust you on this. Let's say that for all intents and purposes you are the expert, and I don't feel qualified to discuss this. I removed the anime from the list. I intend to watch it sooner or later, so I'll let you know if I change my mind and want to discuss a bit about its inclusion. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 23:50, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

By all means. For what it's worth, I don't feel that just having seen an anime makes someone an expert on it, so please don't think I am trying to be draconian about this. I merely was trying to start a conversation. I have no objections to starting it back up whenever you'd like. And I do recommend the anime. It's aged a but but it's pretty good. Just don't forget to watch J Again and J to X to get the whole story. --Tarage (talk) 00:12, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Alright, I don't think you are trying to be draconian about this. I understand you were trying to start a conversation. :) Thank you for the recommendation. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 00:16, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Identifying Yaoi and yuri's

I believe that there should be a * for identifying a Yaoi or yuri (Unsigned comment by Shadow6461)

Um... you wanna try that again buddy? What do you mean? --Tarage (talk) 23:58, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

If the idea is finding out what is just yaoi or just yuri (as opposed to using the whole LGBT list), I'd suggest visiting this:

--Daniel Carrero (talk) 00:02, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

My reason for this is particularly for yaoi/yuri with a high amount of lgbt characters,or it's too say that's it expected. Not to be rude thought. "Shadow6461 (talk) 23:36, 26 January 2018 (UTC)"

I get that you're asking for yaoi and yuri titles to be singled out, but I have no idea what you mean by particularly for yaoi/yuri with a high amount of lgbt characters,or it's too say that's it expected. Regardless, there doesn't seem to be any point in singling out yaoi and yuri titles on this list. Japan is hardly the only country to produce LGBT-specific animated works, and country of origin is already listed. Marianna251TALK 00:12, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

What I ment by that was Yaois/yuri's with high character counts I general,as not every Yaoi or yuri has a lot of characters. But then again,on your other thought,if you haven't noticed ALOT of lgbt characters are from anime or manga. And also about the lgbt related work,I would do it for all that can be classified similarly,but aren't "Shadow6461 (talk) 00:41, 27 January 2018 (UTC)"

I really think we shouldn't single out yaoi/yuri works with a lot of LGBT characters. I believe this would not be a notable thing to mention here. Some works like Sakura Trick and Sweet Blue Flowers have few LGBT couples but they are important to the story nonetheless, not less notable than a work with many LGBT couples. Plus this list does not contain gag characters, minor characters and hentai characters so it would be misleading to advertise a list of animes with most characters. Maybe some project other than Wikipedia could do it. I would suggest using categories as above to find yaoi and yuri animes. In this list, you can click the "Country" column to make all Japan works appear together. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 02:19, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Forget I said anything "Shadow6461 (talk) 03:50, 27 January 2018 (UTC)"

No problem. Feel free to discuss new ideas in the future. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 11:53, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

For the past two days, I've been inserting certain animes that have mainly Lesbian characters but they keep getting removed:

Doki Doki School Hours, Akikan, Akechi Mitsuhide, Battle Girls: Time Paradox, Ben-To, Best Student Council, Chu-Bra!!, Cyber Team in Akihabara, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Fight! Iczer One, Flip Flappers, Gakuen Alice, Girls Bravo, Godannar, Gunsmith Cats, and Hitohira.

I would like to inform you that each of these animes further appeared in the "Yuri as a second element" list and that I did do research on most of the ones that had Yuri (Lesbian) characters in them. Could I please have an explanation as to why they keep getting removed? Thanks. GlitchyM. (talk) 22:11, 03 April 2018 (UTC)

Because you need reliable sources or citations to specific episodes where the character is unambiguously, explicitly stated to be gay, bisexual, lesbian, Etc. All of your edits so far have appeared to be original research. EvergreenFir (talk) 21:39, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Ok that's understandable. I'm in the midst of doing so now. Don't change anything just yet. GlitchyM. (talk) 23:35, 03 April 2018

Potential timelessness of the list.

Good evening. I understand that the representation of LGBTQ + characters is important, but is not this list pointless? Firstly, considering the prevalence of yuri in moe series, it is potentially endless, and secondly, as I noted, a significant number of examples here are either erroneous or unconfirmed interpretation of the audience. For example, in the list often without any sources are called characters as genderqeers only on the grounds that they passed through the gender bender during the story. Solaire the knight (talk) 21:14, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Sadly that would be Glitchy's doing. A lot of them I let through because honestly, if I haven't read or watched the series I can't comment, but if the language is ambiguous, like "They might be gay" or the character is clearly a one-off used for the "lol look at the gay" joke, I remove it. Sadly they have been quite repetitive in re-adding things I revert, so I can only do so much. --Tarage (talk) 00:38, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, to be honest, some examples surprised me. For example, a girl from Wondering Son is called a lesbian just because she is in love with MC, who identifies herself as a girl (and MC rejects her not least because of her transfobic view). Or two girls from HighShool Girls, who are called lesbians on the basis of the scene, where they were tired of watching TV on night and fell asleep hugging each other. Solaire the knight (talk) 01:17, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Comic Girls

So I've read the first chapter three times now, and I honestly don't see any place where love is mentioned outside of one girl saying her editor claims she's "never been in love". Can you point me to the page you are talking about? Maybe take a picture or screenshot so I can see it? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just trying to keep this list pruned down to characters who are ACTUALLY LGBT. Questionable things like "Best friends but maybe more", a common anime trope, aren't right to include because there is no definite answer. For example, Nanoha and Fate from the Nanoha series fall into this category in my opinion. And no, voice actors commenting on it don't count as confirmation. Cannon LGBT only. --Tarage (talk) 00:38, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

You do not have enough anime adaptation, which literally adapts the manga and has 80% it's time about of the crush of one girl and the gay-hints of another? No, not an ambiguous crush like in Strike Withes or Izetta, namely openly discussed by the characters lesbian attraction. Not to mention that half the list is much less obvious or even just ambiguous examples. Solaire the knight (talk) 01:05, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

UPD. But, I have no desire to argue, so-if you do not consider the anime sufficient, then you can remove the comic girl from the list. Solaire the knight (talk) 01:19, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

I'm not a fan of adding characters based on "gay-hints". If someone is on this list, they are LGBT. Yes, I know a lot of anime likes to toe the line, but unless it is specifically called out in a citeable way, I don't think it should be included. When someone comes to this list, they are looking for examples, both positive and negative, or LGBT character in animation. It would be a disservice to list characters who aren't. --Tarage (talk) 18:21, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, this is not Strike Witches or Love Live, here the heroine openly says that she likes another girl and she wants to confess to her. Solaire the knight (talk) 08:51, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Is that just in the anime or is it in the manga too? If it's in the manga do you mind pointing me to the chapter? --Tarage (talk) 18:24, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with manga as well as with anime, but I think it's obvious that they share the same orientation of the character. Solaire the knight (talk) 10:12, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Can you point me to either where it is explicitly said? --Tarage (talk) 18:21, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

If you just omit gay moments like MC dreaming of being "scolded by such a beautiful female teacher", then in the fifth episode there is a moment where Hoyume and Ruki discuss her crush on Tsubasa (Straightly emphasizing that her love interest is another girl), after which the last and Koyume go to "date", during which Koyume is worried because of the romantic atmosphere and can not make a confession. Solaire the knight (talk) 23:28, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Okay give me a few days to check into this. I just want to verify it with my own eyes if you don't mind. --Tarage (talk) 17:57, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Yuru Yuri

Can I remove this title from the examples? Yes, it's officially shoujo ai and 70-75% of the girls in this manga are open lesbians in one way or another, but I do not remember that someone from main cast except Chinatsu was confirmed as gay. Even MC says that she does not understand why "some girls want to kiss other girls". Not to mention that even Erika with Okazu quite clearly criticized this show as yuri-bait, not really a real yuri work. Of course, I can not be an authoritative source, but in my opinion it is rather a friendly parody of standard pairings in the genre than a full-fledged yuri. Solaire the knight (talk) 08:58, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

I'm comfortable with leaving Chinatsu and the older sister listed, but the others can go, yeah. --Tarage (talk) 18:25, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, then I'll leave only girls with confirmed crush to other girls. Solaire the knight (talk) 10:13, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Like this. You do not mind this version? Solaire the knight (talk) 10:44, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Seems fine. --Tarage (talk) 18:21, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Louie (French TV series)

I would like to know whether it's ok to add the character, Louie as a Genderqueer character. I did grow up with the show when I was much younger but I did find out that in her French original release, she is portrayed as a male character (with the name, Didou) and even uses male pronouns. However in the UK release of the show (the one I watched), she is a female character, uses female pronouns and is even English-dubbed by a woman. --GlitchyM. (talk) 21:25, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Oh and here's the source: https://www.zouzous.fr/heros/didou --GlitchyM. (talk) 21:31, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

I don't think this counts. I don't think the intention here was to create a gender fluid character. This is akin to a gender switch ala Battlestar Galactica. --Tarage (talk) 17:59, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Touche. GlitchyM. (talk) 13:51, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

User contribution GlitchyM

Good evening. I'm not so familiar with the rules of the English wiki and I do not want to provoke a conflict between users, but I do not know what to do with this contribution. For the most part, it's true, but I'm very confused by some of the examples that look more like a joke than a real edit. For example, he calls "theatricality and brightness of clothing" proof of the homosexuality of the character or calls the character Genderqueer only because he uses the female life-style to achieve popularity in the stereotypically female field. Can there be any way to explain to the user that the LGBT is more complicated than just dressing in the clothes of the opposite gender or good chemistry between the two girls? Solaire the knight (talk) 20:48, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

...Yeah... we've been trying to reign him in for a while now. Feel free to remove anything that fits what you said above. I try to police it but sometimes I miss it. --Tarage (talk) 18:18, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Yeah you can take out some things that you don't approve. Some edits were done when I didn't understand the rules and was just chatting crap. My bad...-_-Furthermore, I'll be adding cites on the ones that I'm actually sure that the character is LGBT soon. Just got to get exams out the way first. -- GlitchyM. (talk) 13:48, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, I do not blame you for anything, just some of the examples you added are rather strange. For example, where you write that a girl is a lesbian just on the grounds that she is in love with MC, who identifies herself as a trance woman. And that's not to mention the fact that MC does not return her feelings in the first place because of her transphobia, after which she becomes a couple with the "another" boy. So, there's no need to even understand any gender sciences to understand that the character remains a heterosexual without any possible interpretations. Solaire the knight (talk) 16:44, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

You added a character who "seems" LGBT. No bueno. --Tarage (talk) 17:59, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Problem

Umm...I think someone has messed up the LGBT Addition page..? I just logged in (after a while) to find it like this. I don't know if anyone can bring it back to the way it was because for me, I don't even know where to start. -- GlitchyM. (talk) 13:46, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

The what? --Tarage (talk) 20:13, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Never mind, it was fixed. :P -- GlitchyM. (talk) 13:46, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Decades

This article is currently 234,575 bytes. I've been thinking, at some point we'll probably want to split it into separate pages when we get too many animated series with LGBT characters. Maybe split by decade, like List of animated series with LGBT characters (1990s) (working title). Even though apparently sometimes lists can get pretty big without being split. (List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States is 641,317 bytes) To be clear, I'm not personally bothered by the article size at the moment, but I'd like to know if the article is already too large in the opinion of other people. It will certainly keep growing at this rate.

Aside from that, what would be your opinion about creating decade subsections to the current article? There's this revision done today by PanagiotisZois: [2], check the subsections under the "Animated works". I reverted it and then created this discussion. Personally, I would like to argue against creating decade subsections for the current article, because I sometimes use the autosort feature to order columns alphabetically by work, character name, country or classification.

In my opinion, it helps to use autosort for the purpose of seeing things like: all the animated series with LGBT characters of the same country listed together, all the lesbian characters from animated series listed together and so on. Though admittedly this system is not perfect, as you can see in cells with multiple values -- if the "country" cell reads "Japan [line break] United States", then even using autosort the work won't appear together with other USA works at the "U" in the alphabetical order.

At least that's what I think as long as all animated works are in the same article. It can't be helped if they get split into separate articles at some point. Obviously, if we create decade-specific articles like List of animated series with LGBT characters (1990s), we can still use autosort but it will be restricted by whatever we have in the article. (as opposed to using autosort to view a list of all lesbian characters in animated series of all time, which as stated is basically doable with the current article)

At some point we may want to consider if we want to duplicate some of that information in specialized articles, like List of Japanese anime with LGBT characters, List of American animated works with LGBT characters and List of animated works with lesbian characters. Most combinations would not have articles anyway because we have few works currently listed: we wouldn't create List of French animated works with LGBT characters (currently 3 works) and List of animated works with pansexual characters (currently 11 works). --Daniel Carrero (talk) 18:15, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

I'd rather condense the list and only have people who are actually LGBT rather than one-offs and joke characters. But sadly I don't have time to fact check each and every one of these. --Tarage (talk) 20:57, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

I suggest we temporarily break off the TV shows by decade to make them easier to edit. I believe we should add references to each character / show. That's going to take lots of research and edits. Which is why I think breaking it off into four decades would be a good idea. At least for now. It'd make it easier to navigate, and edit. --PanagiotisZois (talk) 21:27, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

About references: I suppose some of these works can be considered to be sourced because they mention the specific part in the story where the LGBT status is disclosed, right? For example, the part about Storks (2016 film) reads: "Near the end of the film, the storks deliver babies to straight, lesbian and gay couples, and single parents." So I'd consider that one cited by my standards. We can watch the film (or just that scene) to confirm the information. Unless we want secondary sources for all works for some reason. (To be clear, I wrote this piece of text about Storks, and I'm OK with improving it if needed.) --Daniel Carrero (talk) 20:58, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Well... I mean, third-party sources would be preferred, but if none are available, simply citing the primary source itself would suffice; I guess. PanagiotisZois (talk) 22:57, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

As long as it's very clear that the character is both intended to be LGBT and identifies as LGBT. I don't want stuff like a throwaway like about Bob from Bob's Burgers getting in. --Tarage (talk) 18:21, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@Daniel Carrero: So.. How about we just split them off by decade until we fact-check them all and include references, and then combine them again. PanagiotisZois (talk) 19:41, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

@Tarage: Just to repeat if needed -- I support your ideas: "condense the list and only have people who are actually LGBT rather than one-offs and joke characters." / "I don't want stuff like a throwaway like about Bob from Bob's Burgers getting in." I agree, the list shouldn't have throwaway characters. (even though at some point I had added some throwaway characters and we talked about them; they have since been removed)

@PanagiotisZois: If you insist, here are the decade subsections again; I readded them. I guess they do make our work easier because we are now able to have less stuff in the edit window. But either way I will probably keep using Ctrl+F to go to the right place, with or without decade subsections.

To be clear, I still think that (at least in my opinion) the best option would be leaving the table without decade subsections for the reasons stated (mainly using autosort to freely change how the characters are listed). Maybe at some point in the future, I would like to revisit this decision and either 1) remove the decade subsections altogether once again or 2) create separate articles for decades if we get too many works with LGBT characters. But for now it's alright, I don't mind keeping those subsections as you wanted. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 08:07, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Bloom into You

So far in the anime, the character Touko Nanami has displayed to be in love with the main protagonist, Yuu Koito to the point of kissing her in Episode 2. Since Yuu is yet to return her feelings later on, should we just for now place Touko as lesbian until things change? GlitchyM. (talk) 21:28, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Probably. Refresh my memory, is this also a manga or light novel? Do we know anything about the orientations of the characters there? --Tarage (talk) 18:14, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes it is. I did initially see the manga some months earlier before the anime was released. It did say that Touko got confessions from both boys and girls during her time at the school, but did not feel anything from any of them. Yuu is the first person that Touko falls in love with leading her to confess her feelings to Yuu. Yuu on the other hand has only had one confession from a boy to which she didn't feel anything. Her response to Touko's confession is still pending in both the manga and anime. Since Touko's first romantic attraction is for a girl, I would probably put her for "Lesbian or Asexual". :P GlitchyM. (talk) 19:38, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

I'd wait to add before we have a response. Not feeling something for people who confess to you is not a sign of sexuality if there is no positive evidence. Basically if someone randomly approaches you and says they love you, if you dismissed them it would not be a comment on your sexuality, only on the fact that you don't like being told this by random strangers. Remember: Japan is super big on the 'highschool confession' stuff. --Tarage (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Trueeee, alright let's wait till the end at least. GlitchyM. (talk) 14:11, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!

Another character to consider...

In both the manga and the anime, the character, Tsubame Kamoi is to have displayed romantic attraction to little girls, hence why she decided to take a maid job in the household of the protagonist Misha. In Episode 1, Tsubame reveals to Misha that during her time in school, she was attracted to a senior girl to which she was turned down because of her going through menstruation. She then vows to Misha that from that day on, she would never turn down or stop loving any girl because of menstruation. One part near the end of the episode shows her ignoring some boys pass by, but when some girls appear, she lightens up. Recently in Episode 3, she's been emphasizing her dream goal to get married to Misha, once able to get Misha to accept her. Do you think we should put Tsubame as Lesbian?? GlitchyM. (talk) 19:58, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Sure, sounds fine. --Tarage (talk) 18:21, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Suggested split (never mind)

Given how long the section on "Animated series" is and how easily it could fill its own article, I would suggest for it to be split up into a separate page called "List of animated shows with LGBT characters", while another one is "List of animated films with LGBT characters", which will also include short films. Thoughts? PanagiotisZois (talk) 17:09, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

what about hideri from blend-s?

Hideri does every single thing a trans woman would do. She struggles with the bathroom and that's something trans women have to go through. Masterball2 (talk) 16:35, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

I haven't seen the show, but from what I've read he identifies as male and crossdresses as more of a hobby, and to further his dream of becoming an idol. So I'd say no. Raymond1922 (talk) 05:17, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Then, could it be passable to put him as a "genderqueer" character, mainly because of him playing and accepting the role of a girl whilst being aware he's a boy? GlitchyM. (talk) 19:21, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

We describe the LGBT characters, rather than looking for loopholes to rank someone with. Hideri never claimed that he identifies himself as a girl or that he is not comfortable in the male gender role. Moreover, his pairing is a clear reference to straight shouta cliche with a mature woman and a feminine boy. Solaire the knight (talk) 13:24, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

The Crumpets

I would like to add the French show The Crumpets to this list. I can't find reliable sources on the homosexuality in the show, at least out of the sources I can access. The episode where two characters married each other was screened in the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. --TheGGoose (talk) 14:18, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Could u specify what characters they were? GlitchyM. (talk) 19:22, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

The characters were Grownboy and Steve. Grownboy (Grangran in French) is bisexual as he is attracted to his best friend Steve, but had a temporary relationship with a woman (Ms. McBrisk) and almost married her during the episode. Steve is Grownboy's best friend; they marry in the ending of their story in that episode. The episode was "Cui-cui la praline". TheGGoose (talk) 15:28, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Ok that's fine :) GlitchyM. (talk) 13:23, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Riko Saikawa from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

The character heavily emphasizes her love for Kanna the dragon girl, to which Kanna in turn hints in returning those feelings because of stating in Episode 6 that she thrives to have a relationship with Riko similar to what Miss Kobayashi and Tohru have. Now I know there have been talks about how her young age (9 years old) might be a barrier to her being aware of her sexual orientation, however the manga has stated on several occasions that she is attracted to Kanna. Also basing it in this day of age (and considering when the anime/manga was released), most people have discovered that they are not straight at a very young age, including multiple queer celebrities. Additionally, there are also other young anime characters on the list that love the same gender, e.g. Kuro Kagami from 'Kudomo no Jikan', Various characters in 'YuruYuri' (to which almost every character is 11-14 years old), Cocona and Papika from 'Flip Flappers' who are both aged 10 and Shio Kobe from 'Happy Sugar Life' who is implied to be aged between 8 and 10. Should we at least put her as 'lesbian' or maybe 'ambiguously lesbian' unless something changes in the manga or upcoming second season?? GlitchyM. (talk) 19:58, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Ako and Riko from KissXsis

I remember at one point adding these twins to the list, and it was seen as fine for quite a while but then it was suddenly removed. Just to make sure, is it alright to put them as bisexual because of their sexual innuendos with each other within the series and them having sex with each other in Episode 3 of the OVA? Furthermore Keita, their half-brother, is the only male character they admitted having an attraction to. Other encounters have been between each other, and at one point Riko showing a particular interest in Miharu in Episode 6 of the OVA. GlitchyM. (talk) 20:07, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

"Furthermore Keita, their half-brother" - purest speculation. As for the ecchi fanservice, you can call MC gay with the same logic, because he avoids the “accessible” girls. I have to once again tell you that speculation, scenes taken out of context or too serious reading of comic moments cannot be a reliable source. Solaire the knight (talk) 12:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Ahh ok I see GlitchyM. (talk) 21:03, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

OK KO! Let's Be Omitted?

Is there an explanation for the removal of the OK KO post regarding Red Action and Enid? Despite the sources being cited, including confirmation from the show's creator, the inclusion of the OK KO post was omitted in its entirety. The only indication that I got for its removal was due to this post on the article's changes page with its edit summary stating:

    "It's not use, i doubt it that Ian will ever gonna show It. Maybe it's was a Lie. This proof is not 100% valuable. For what 
     reason you think CN is airing off less this show?" WikiKong (talk) 03:13, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Suggested split

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was to split. PanagiotisZois (talk) 18:07, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

I made a similar suggestion at an earlier point but whatever. Again, I believe that this page should be split. This time, I also came with receits. According to Wikipedia:Article size, "a page of about 30 to 50 kilobytes (kB) of readable prose, which roughly corresponds to 6,000 to 10,000 words [and] takes between 30 and 40 minutes to read at average speed, which is right on the limit of the average concentration span of 40 to 50 minutes" is considered the ideal length for an article. Moreover, as Wikipedia:Splitting states, if an article consists of 100,000 bytes / 100,000 characters, it "almost certainly should be divided". In the case of this specific page, as shown with XTools right here, it consists of 306,705 bytes / 10,540 characters.

Granted, the amount of characters isn't even above 40,000, where it's stated that "length alone does not justify division". Having said that, the amount of bytes is still three times larger than the maximum (100,000). Moreover, as someone placed at the top of the article, it's too long. Navigating the entire thing is a hassle. Trying to edit it is an even bigger one. For this reason, I believe that the article should be split into two. One article will be "List of animated series with LGBT characters", which will include television series, web series, and direct-to-video ones (mostly anime). The second one will be "List of animated films with LGBT characters", which will include short films (films less that 40 minutes), and feature ones; which are longer.

Additional edit: Something else that just crossed my mind is the history section. This page seems like it's trying to be 3 different things at once: 1) A list of animated films with LGBT characters, 2) a list of animated series with LGBT characters, and 3) an article detailing the history of LGBT themes and characters in animation. We can't have an article be all 3 at once.

Pinging @Daniel Carrero, GlitchyM., and Solaire the knight: as some of the users with the most edits on this page; who are also still active. But obviously, everyone is welcome to join. PanagiotisZois (talk) 22:22, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I suggest splitting between Japanese anime, and non-Japanese media, because most works currently listed here are Japanese.

Asobe Asobase

I do not understand, are you kidding me? Is it really not clear that when a character’s real gender is running gag and plot intrigue, does it not say anything about their perceived transsexuality? Solaire the knight (talk) 12:47, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

But Tsugumi Aozora was described as a feminine-presenting classmate. Oh well...would it be a stretch to still retain Tsugumi as bisexual since according to Episode 5 and 10, Tsugumi used to have a boyfriend and at the same time kisses/takes an interest in Kasumi? GlitchyM. (talk) 21:11, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

As bisexual? Well, considering that gender identity doesn’t change much about bisexuality, I think we can. But only with an indication of the context. Solaire the knight (talk) 12:16, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Asexual characters

"This is a list of animation series with LGBTQ+ characters. This list includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender fictional characters..." In my opinion, asexual characters such as SpongeBob should not be included. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 16:02, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Agreed. Frankly, I'm not sure this is a good idea for an encyclopedia article, full stop. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Oh, well I added it thinking it would be acceptable considering that recent Asexual characters like Todd Chavez from BoJack Horseman were available. But I guess although Stephen Hillenburg confirmed it himself, doesn't mean the characters (Spongebob and Patrick) were open or probably aware of it. GlitchyM. (talk) 21:04, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

I do not mind, the main thing is that, like in trans case, here not be dragged any characters that are simply not interested in romance. Solaire the knight (talk) 12:13, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Split

I know, I know. I'm making another suggested split. Though this isn't necessarily me saying that we should do it; merely providing some factual information. So, I went looking through the page to see how many series are listed here. Granted, I might have made a mistake here and there, and the numbers might be off by one or two digits. Either way, these are the amount of series in every section: "1960s-80s" has 8, "1990s" has 38, "2000s" has 138 (yeah, I noticed that), and the "2010s" has 205 series. The last section, all by itself, has more series than the previous three combined.

In total, there's 389 animated series on the list. From those numbers, 299 are Japanese anime. If you round up that number in percentage, it comes up 77%. Non-Japanese animated series on the other hand are 90, making up 23%. From those "cartoons", 70 of them are American. 5 are Canadian, 3 French, 3 American-Canadian productions, 2 Brazilian, 2 are British, 2 are Chinese (so I guess those fall under the category of donghua than cartoon), 1 is American-Israeli, 1 Australian, and lastly, 1 is Kiwi (New Zealand).

So, there you have it. The breakdown of the shows on this list. Personally, given that Japanese anime are almost 300 and make up more than three quarters of the list, while I'm not saying that they should be split into their own section, it does seem reasonable. PanagiotisZois (talk) 11:44, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

I saw a Draft:List of Japanese anime with LGBT characters but it stands to be a content fork if the anime series are kept here. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:26, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

I think splitting it off would be acceptable as long as this page links to that page. I also tried to add in some sources for some of the anime, but I found a couple which are not listed on this page, according to here which should be added to the text whether or not being split off into another article:

El Cazador de la Bruja (2007)

Yuru Yuri (2011)

Kiniro Mosaic (2013)

Yagate Kimi ni Naru (2018)

Asagao to Kase-san (2018)

The same goes to ones listed here:

Oniisama E (Brother Dear Brother) [already below, called a different name]

Maria-sama ga Miteru (The Virgin Mary is Watching You)

Noir

Additionally, someone needs to go through ALL of these entries and either source the content or remove it. There's a lot listed here, but sadly few sources are cited. That could be easily remedied.

I'm only beginning my watching of anime, but I'll do my best to add in what I've watched to try and improve this article. It is clearly a work in progress. Historyday01 (talk) 03:14, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Going through the list, here are those that need sourcing:

The Rose of Versailles

Patalliro!

Stop!! Hibari-kun!

Genesis Climber MOSPEADA

Fight! Iczer One

The Simpsons (apart from Patty and Smithers)

RG Veda

Dear Brother

Ai no Kusabi

Yu Yu Hakusho (for Itsuki)

Akazukin Chacha

Dirty Pair Flash

Gargoyles (for most characters)

Miyuki-chan in Wonderland

Fushigi Yûgi

El-Hazard (for Fatora Venus)

Gunsmith Cats (for Misty Brown)

And those are the only ones I see so far. There are undoubtedly more which I'll also list here. Historyday01 (talk) 03:36, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Ok, here are a few others I noticed without sources:

Rurouni Kenshin

Superman: The Animated Series

You're Under Arrest

Revolutionary Girl Utena (for Kozue Kaoru)

Maze

Battle Athletes

Variable Geo

Space Goofs

South Park (for Mr. Slave, Stephen Stotch)

Outlaw Star

Devil Lady

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen

Cardcaptor Sakura (for Ruby Moon)

Hunter x Hunter

Turn A Gundam

Mission Hill

One Piece

Family Guy (for Ida Davis)

OH! Super Milk Chan

Miami Guns

Descendants of Darkness

Gravitation

Inuyasha

As Told by Ginger

Queer Duck

Fruits Basket

The Oblongs

X

Time Squad

Hanaukyo Maid Team

Mirage of Blaze

.hack//sign

Cheeky Angel

Clone High

Red vs. Blue

Air Master

Saint Beast

Eddsworld

Ikki Tousen (all except for Ryofu Housen)

Godannar

Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito

Fullmetal Alchemist

Samurai Champloo

Yakitate!! Japan

Kannazuki no Miko

Mezzo DSA

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Doki Doki School Hours

Gakuen Alice

Girls Bravo

Burst Angel

Kyo Kara Maoh!

Magical Teacher Negima!

The Venture Bros. (most of the characters)

Embracing Love

Paradise Kiss (for Jōji "George" Koizumi)

Loveless

Legend of DUO

He Is My Master

Sukisho

Ultimate Girls

Moral Orel

Fudêncio e Seus Amigos (for Jacques Janine Costeaul and Policeman Delcídio)

The Boondocks

American Dad!

Zegapain

The Third

Ouran High School Host Club

Princess Princess

Simoun (most characters)

Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

Kagihime

Marginal Prince

Gakuen Heaven

Tactical Roar

Air Gear

Ray the Animation

Witchblade

Tsuyokiss

Le Chevalier D'Eon

Happiness!

Red Garden

Sasami: Magical Girls Club

Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry

Code Geass

Kirarin Revolution

My-Otome

Gintama

Lizzy the Lezzy

Shattered Angels

Gurren Lagann

Tōka Gettan

Lovely Complex

Zombie Loan

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (for Chuck Masters & Evan Martinez)

Blue Drop

Myself ; Yourself

Darker than Black

Candy Boy

Nodame Cantabile

Chowder

The Nutshack

Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture

Rosario + Vampire

Monochrome Factor

Macross Frontier

Antique Bakery

Shōjo Sect

Kamen no Maid Guy

Penguin Musume

Mnemosyne

Koihime Musō

Black Butler

Superjail!

Junjou Romantica

A Certain Magical Index; A Certain Scientific Railgun

Magician's Academy

Akikan! (for Hidehiko Otoya)

Hetalia: Axis Powers

Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar

Valkyria Chronicles

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

The Goode Family

Sweet Blue Flowers (for Yasuko Sugimoto and Shinako Sugimoto)

Taishō Baseball Girls

Kanamemo

Whispered Words (for Tomoe Hachisuka, Miyako Taema, and Masaki Akemiya)

Fairy Tail

Kiddy Girl-and (for Di-air)

Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas

Maria Holic (for Mariya Shidō, Shizu Shidō, and Miki Miyamae)

Kämpfer (for Vice-Chairman)

The Cleveland Show (for Lloyd Waterman)

Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!

Nyaruko: Crawling with Love

Monogatari

Archer (for Woodhouse)

Queen's Blade

Chu-Bra!!

Baka and Test

Durarara!!

Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin

The Betrayal Knows My Name

Mary Shelley's Frankenhole

Kuttsukiboshi

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

MM!

Squid Girl!

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (for Mori Arty)

Togainu no Chi

Princess Jellyfish

Young Justice (some characters)

Yuri Seijin Naoko-san (for Hii-chan)

Wandering Son

Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi

Tiger & Bunny

Battle Girls: Time Paradox

Aria the Scarlet Ammo

YuruYuri (most characters)

Penguindrum

R-15

Crash Canyon

China, IL

Ben-To

Future Diary

Good Vibes

Allen Gregory

Symphogear

Bodacious Space Pirates

Brave 10

Inu x Boku SS

Gokujyo

Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

Jormungand

Brickleberry

Kamisama Kiss

From the New World

Psycho-Pass

Bravest Warriors

Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

Attack on Titan (for Reiner Braun)

Yuyushiki

Kin-iro Mosaic

Gatchaman Crowds

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya

RWBY (for Saphron and Terra Cotta-Arc)

Log Horizon

Samurai Flamenco

Steven Universe (for Rose Quartz)

Hamatora: The Animation

Sakura Trick (for Mitsuki Sonoda and Rina Sakai)

No-Rin

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha

Riddle Story of Devil (for Eisuke Inukai)

The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior

Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san (for Tamaki Nekoyama)

Is the Order a Rabbit?

Knights of Sidonia

Clarence

Dramatical Murder

Sabagebu!

Akame ga Kill!

Love Stage!!

BoJack Horseman (most of the characters)

Gugure! Kokkuri-san

Cross Ange

The Seven Deadly Sins

Mike Tyson Mysteries

Hybrid Child

Yurikuma Arashi (most characters)

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

Mikagura School Suite

Gate (some characters)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

One-Punch Man

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

Dawn of the Croods

Haruchika

My Hero Academia

Super Lovers

Anne Happy

Kiznaiver

The Loud House (for Luna Loud and Sam Sharp)

Voltron: Legendary Defender

The High School Life of a Fudanshi

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (for Juzo Sakakura)

Prisoner Zero

Magical Girl Raising Project

Nanbaka

Yuri on Ice (for Viktor Nikiforov and Yūri Katsuki)

Kiss Him, Not Me

Drifters

Fuuka

Spiritpact

Scum's Wish

Love Tyrant

Hinako Note

Kado: The Right Answer

Seven Mortal Sins

Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic

Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler

Love and Lies

NTR: Netsuzou Trap

Altair: A Record of Battles

Hitorijime My Hero

A Centaur's Life

UQ Holder!

Big Mouth (most characters)

Land of the Lustrous

Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles

Devilman Crybaby

Citrus (most characters)

Slow Start

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (for Jiro)

Darling in the Franxx (for Nines)

Killing Bites

Nomad of Nowhere

Magical Girl Ore

Lupin the Third Part V

Tachibanakan Triangle

Comic Girls

Magical Girl Site

Devils' Line

Cutie Honey Universe

Big City Greens

Back Street Girls

Banana Fish (for "Papa" Dino Golzine)

Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou

Chio's School Road

Mo Dao Zu Shi

Dropkick on My Devil!

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight

Paradise PD

The Dragon Prince (for Queens of Duren)

Bloom Into You (for Yuu Koito, Touko Nanami)

Our Maid is Way Too Annoying!

Boarding School Juliet

Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.

Anima Yell!

Million Arthur

Super Drags

Domestic Girlfriend

Endro!

Love, Death & Robots

RobiHachi

Carole & Tuesday

Sarazanmai

Bug Diaries

Tuca & Bertie

Demon Lord, Retry!

Wasteful Days of High School Girls

O Maidens in Your Savage Season

Given

Twelve Forever (some characters)

Stars Align

I'll try to add stuff for Puni Puni Poemy and Astra Lost in Space soon, since I just watched both anime. Historyday01 (talk) 16:56, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Due to the disruptive edit by a meddling Wikipedian, the following anime also do not currently have sources:

'Konohana Kitan'

'No.6'

'YuruYuri'

'Sweet Blue Flowers' (for Chizu Hanashiro)

'Nabari no Ou'

'Miyuki-chan in Wonderland'

This is a setback, but I will do my best to still make this article better, despite annoying meddling. Historyday01 (talk) 00:10, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Please note there is a List of yuri anime and manga so please be wary that you're not creating a content fork. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:29, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for letting me know about that. I'll do my best to not create a content fork and may add the other information there instead. Regardless, if the anime entries are going to stay on this page, then perhaps someone should read a book like The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation and update the page accordingly. My hope is that a book like that would have adequate sources rather than just citing the Anime News Network all the time, which doesn't always note LGBTQ+ relationships in the descriptions of series. Historyday01 (talk) 02:03, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Remove classification column

This isn't done with other Lists, so why does it need to be expressed here? Also it would be original research to pick a particular term which may not even have been coined yet for older programs. Details can be put in the Notes column. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Good point. The classification is listed on List of animated films with LGBT characters but not on List of LGBT-related films by year (from what I can tell), or List of yuri anime and manga. Maybe we should put genre in that column instead, like if its yuri or yuoi for example? Then, if we wanted to split the page, it could be done into something like "List of yuri anime with LGBT characters" and "List of yuoi anime with LGBT characters," while perhaps keeping the rest here. That's at least my idea. Historyday01 (talk) 02:59, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Keep classification, at least in my opinion. LGBT is a group of various things. I think the classification column helps finding each group of characters, in part by using autosort or search function. Plus the "notes" column are currently pretty detailed instead of the straightforward "lesbian", "bisexual", etc. phrases. If we deleted the classification column, chances are some "notes" cells would need to have that basic information anyway, like saying "Character X is lesbian", "Character Y is gay".

As an alternative idea, we could split (or maybe duplicate?) this page into List of lesbian characters in animated series, List of bisexual characters in animated series, List of transgender women in animated series, and so on, since this is a rather large page and this would help find each classification separately.

A different idea would be having List of LGBT characters in anime, which was discussed before. Unfortunately List of yuri anime with LGBT characters seems a bit redundant with that specific wording, because every yuri anime has lesbian characters and therefore has LGBT characters. But I think I see what you mean. If I'm not mistaken, the general idea with that could be worded as List of LGBT characters in yuri anime. Another idea, a bit more specific, would be List of lesbian characters in yuri anime. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 07:10, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Hmm, that does seem like a good idea. I'm not for getting rid of the classification column anymore. I think something like List of lesbian characters in animated series, List of bisexual characters in animated series, List of transgender women in animated series could work better than List of LGBT characters in anime, as getting into classifications of yuri or yuoi could be a bit contested, as whether an anime falls into those categories can be continually debated, although organizing them as "animated series" is pretty broad. If we did that, at its current method, then there would be, by my count, which might be a little off. These are just hypothetical pages, and do not have to be created into actual pages, I'm just going off your idea:

4 on a possible List of drag queens in animated series page (including some in multiple categories)

4 on a possible List of asexual characters in animated series page

4 on a possible List of trans men in animated series page

5 on a possible List of non-binary characters in animated series page (many are in multiple categories)

8 on a possible List of intersex characters in animated series page (some are in multiple categories)

16 on a possible List of pansexual characters in animated series page (some are in multiple categories)

42 on a possible List of trans women in animated series page (some are in multiple categories, including two classified as "trans girl", and two as "straight trans woman")

50 on a possible List of genderqueer characters in animated series page (some are in multiple categories)

97 on a possible List of bisexual characters in animated series page (some are in multiple categories)

130 on a possible List of gay characters in animated series page (some are in multiple categories)

290 on a possible List of lesbian characters in animated series page (some are in multiple categories)

There are also two series which have no characters defined, just that they have "LGBTQ", "LGBTQ+", or "multiple" characters that fall into these categories (specifically The Dragon Prince, Q-Force (due to the fact it hasn't aired yet), Danger & Eggs, and Young Justice).

The above list is a bit complicated by the fact that some characters fall into multiple categories, making the classifications for those characters a bit unworkable, although it works well for other characters, which could lead to duplicate listings across various possible pages, although that is probably ok. Due to the low number categorized as drag queens, asexual characters, trans men, intersex characters, or non-binary characters, maybe they could all put on one page together? Not sure what to do about that.

These are only my thoughts, and I'd love to hear yours.Historyday01 (talk) 17:54, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for counting. I think creating separate pages like these would be a good idea. At least the biggest ones like List of lesbian characters in animated series seem definitely notable.

Arguably, maybe we could create even the small pages like List of drag queens in animated series with just 4 rows. I'm not sure if that would be a problem. But if we don't want any small lists like that, then yes, I think they can probably be kept in the same page.

The article Non-binary gender states at the beginning that "non-binary" and "genderqueer" have the same meaning. If that is accurate, then I suppose we only need List of non-binary characters in animated series. All characters currently classified as genderqueer or non-binary can be listed there.

List of animated series with LGBT characters currently has 327,543 bytes and is the entry #356 in Special:LongPages, so splitting it into separate pages would be an improvement in my opinion. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 11:48, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

I mean, you are right, we could create small pages like that, sure. I wouldn't mind putting together non-binary and genderqueer together. I also think splitting this page into various pages is definitely an improvement, I agree.Historyday01 (talk) 02:15, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

LGBTQ in animation

Reference: Insider produced a database to track the historical presence of LGBTQ [3]https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=see-the-data Wahspsneh (talk) 22:07, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

They did, but the problem with that database is that it cites NO sources! I wish they had included links or something and done a much better job with it. The articles that go along with the database are MUCH better than the database itself. Historyday01 (talk) 21:07, 4 February 2023 (UTC)