List of animated works with LGBT characters

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This is a **list of animation works with LGBTQ+ characters**. This list includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender fictional characters in animated feature films, animated short films, animated shows, and anime.

## History

Harry Benshoff and Sean Griffin write that animation has always "hint[ed] at the performative nature of gender" such as when Bugs Bunny puts on a wig and a dress, he is a rabbit in drag as a human male who is in drag as a female.

Within the Japanese anime and manga, *yaoi* is the tradition of representing same-sex male relationships in materials that are generally created by women artists and marketed mostly for Japanese girls while the genre known as *yuri* focuses on relationships between women.

Some LGBT characters in animation are derived from graphic art works and video games.

## See also

* List of animation and graphic art works with polyamorous characters
* List of graphic art works with LGBT characters
* List of LGBT-related films
* List of LGBT characters in television and radio
* Lists of American television episodes with LGBT themes
* List of fictional asexual characters
* List of fictional non-binary characters
* List of fictional pansexual characters
* List of television series with bisexual characters

## Notes

1. ↑  In the Brazilian Portuguese dub by Dublavideo, the scene where Hyō claims to be Bucky's lover was censored. In this dub, Hyō claims to be Bucky's friend.
2. ↑  In Portuguese, "Zezé" is a reduplication of "Zé", a familiar form of "José", which is equivalent to English "Joseph", and "Maria" is equivalent to English "Mary". "Zezé Maria" is a normal masculine name, as it is not unknown for men in Portuguese-speaking countries to be called José Maria or Zé Maria. However, José is a masculine name and Maria is a feminine name, hinting at the character's gender ambiguity.
3. ↑  In Portuguese, Zezé Maria is referred to by pronouns *ele* ("he") and *ela* ("she"), as well as articles *o* (masculine "the") and *a* (feminine "the").

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