Gay animated shows

From Harley Quinn to Steven Universe, these are our favorite LGBTQ+ animated tv series to watch for Pride month. From sapphic supervillains and gay super spies, to coming-of-age queer witches and MLM space defenders, these are the animated shows that PRIDE just can’t help but be drawn to forever. So, here is the list of kids' shows and movies ruined by the forced addition of LGBTQ characters and storylines, in alphabetic order, plus the approximate season for when the show went bad.

When I started writing about gay TV, there were no queer characters on all-ages TV at all, and now there’s more than I can even keep up with. And so I’ve done a deep dive and assembled a list of.

gay cartoons characters

This is a list of animated series with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, genderqueer, and pansexual characters, along with other (LGBTQ) characters. This list includes fictional characters in animated cartoons, adult animation, and anime. In a good way, because it was a perfect sendoff. Please share yours in the comments! Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets.

You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram. RWBY is another great queer cartoon which got enough seasons to actually do a slowburn wlw romance that feels like it. It is very similar to Owl House because it is a fantasy show with expansive lore.

The biggest difference is the look. But over the years it found a great look and with every season it looks better and better. And the characters are great to begin with. Twelve Forever is another great recommendation! The Buttwitch is goals. The main lead a disaster girl gets a crush on a girl later on in the show. I loved Twelve Forever so much, it was chaotic and beautiful. Some amazing recommendations!

Sorry it turned you off the show. Thanks for this! The Bravest Knight has both. Although I think it skews slightly older than pre-school? Maybe more like 4 to 6? So might depend on your kid or whether 4 to 6 is per-school for you. Craig of the Creek will tick all your boxes! Watch it on cartoon network! Funny story… I actually finished the third episode of Arcane the crazy-intense one minutes before watching the Owl House finale premiere live.

Glad to see Star Trek featured! Love bubbiline sm but if u want to watch adventure time just bc of the queer stuff it may get a bit boring. One I can totally recommend is Craig of the Creek. The LGBT in the cartoon is very subtle but it is noticeable. Imo the queer content is actually pretty explicit just heavily normalized. There are multiple queer couples amongst the older siblings, textual same-sex crushes, and multiple non-binary characters.

Dope article but I think some of these shows are just cartoons not queer shows…. Maybe my understanding is off on what makes something for queers of for straight… or for however we choose to identify. In Kipo, one of the main! Awesome list!