List of fictional gay characters

This is a list of gay characters in fiction, i.e. characters that either self-identify as gay or have been identified by outside parties to be gay, becoming part of gay media. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters, some of which may be gay icons.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

For the gay liberation movement, see gay liberation. For a listing of yaoi anime and manga, see List of yaoi anime and manga. For discussion about gay male speech, see Gay male speech. For history of homosexuality in U.S. films, see History of homosexuality in American film. For the short-lived leftist gay collective, see Gay Left. For gay characters in animation, see List of gay characters in animation. For gay characters in anime, see List of gay characters in anime.
Posters for the film Brokeback Mountain, a film adapted from a short story with a gay couple at its center, with a sign the theatre, in the Dupont Circle Cineplex, is sold out; photo taken in December 2005.

For fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, see the lists of trans, bisexual, lesbian, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters.

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (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.

Film


See also: List of films with LGBT characters and List of made-for-television films with LGBT characters
Characters Title / Franchise Actors Year Notes Country
Joel Cairo The Maltese Falcon Peter Lorre 1941 In the novel upon which the film is based, Joel Cairo is referred to as "queer" and "fairy" but, in the film, his sexuality isn't directly addressed, likely a decision by filmmakers in order to comply with the Hays Code, which banned the depiction of homosexuality in American films.[1][2][3] United States
Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Richard Harris 2001 Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts. The films are based on the Harry Potter series of fantasy novels. While Dumbledore's sexuality is not openly portrayed or explicitly mentioned either in the books or the films, J.K. Rowling, the author of the books, revealed that he is gay.[4] United Kingdom, United States
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Michael Gambon 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011
Gobber the Belch How to Train Your Dragon 2 Craig Ferguson 2014 Voice actor Craig Ferguson ad-libbed a line in the second film in which he mentions that he never got married for an undisclosed reason. Ferguson and director Dean DeBlois have confirmed that this was in reference to the character's homosexuality.[5][6] His sexuality was also hinted at again in the third film, where he seems to fall for Eret. United States
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019
Ryo
Jip		 Voyage Ryo van Kooten
Jason Poon		 2013 Filmed in the English language across Asia and Europe, the story follows the journey of a young Hong Kong psychiatrist (played by Chinese-German film actor Ryo van Kooten), who is accompanied by his male lover as he visits former patients in neighbouring countries of South East Asia by travelling to see them on his large luxury sailing yacht. Several of his clients are themselves in LGBT relationships. The film is the fourth commercially released film directed by the award-winning Chinese LGBT filmmaker known as 'Scud', and features frequent full-frontal male nudity.[7] Hong Kong
Richie Tozier It/It Finn Wolfhard (young)
Bill Hader (adult)		 2017 It's revealed that when Richie was younger, he struggled with his sexuality and feelings for his best friend Eddie Kaspbrak, and was bullied for it. When he returns to Derry 27 years later, we find out Richie had been in love with Eddie, who dies, which devastates Richie, but leads him to accept who he is and re-carve his and Eddie's initials on the kissing bridge that he had carved when he was 13. He loved James Ransone as an adult.[8] United States
It/It 2019
Stephen Stills Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Mark Webber 2010 Stephen is gay in the comics series, which the film is based on.[9] United Kingdom, United States, Japan
Hikaru Sulu Star Trek John Cho 2009 In the 2009 film Star Trek and original series, Sulu is a gay character, as noted by John Cho who plays him in the 2009 film. However, George Takei, who portrayed him in the original series, said this was "really unfortunate" and claimed that Sulu "had who had been straight all this time."[10] United States
Star Trek Into Darkness 2013
Star Trek Beyond 2016
Chou T'ien Tsai Formula 17 Tony Yang 2004 A "feel good" gay romantic comedy film from Taiwan about a young man, Chou T'ien-Tsai, who is looking for romance as he takes a trip to the capital, Taipei, to visit an online boyfriend in person for the first time. Disappointed to find that his online friend only wants sex and has no interest in forming a romantic bond, he starts to look elsewhere. Finding his internet relationship. There are many adventures as T'ien's roommate and friends also help him look for the man of his dreams. The film was banned in Singapore, because it "portrays homosexuality as normal, and a natural progression of society".[11] Taiwan
Jan Wicziewsky South Peter Wyngarde 1959 In this ITV made-for-TV film, Wicziewsky is a Polish army officer living in exile in the antebellum South. He is torn by his feelings for fellow officer Eric MacClure (Graydon Gould). South is believed to be the earliest television film dealing with homosexual themes.[12][13] United Kingdom
Lan Yu
Chen Handong		 Lan Yu Liu Ye
Hu Jun		 2001 The film is set in mainland China and tells the story of an affair between a younger and a middle-aged man.[14] China, Hong Kong

Graphic novels


Main article: List of graphic art works with LGBT characters
Characters Title Years Notes Country
Corinthian The Sandman 1989–2015 The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Dream. He has two additional mouths in place of his eyes, which he covers with sunglasses. In The Doll's House, he goes AWOL from the dreamscape and becomes a serial killer who invites men to have sexual relations with him, then murders them. Corinthian then removes the eyes of their victims and eats them using his eye-mouths. Neil Gaiman has stated that the Corinthian is homosexual in The Sandman Companion, wherein the first Corinthian consumed eyes only of boys. The second Corinthian is featured with a boyfriend as written by Caitlin R. Kiernan in the Dreaming.[15] England
Iceman All-New X-Men 2002–present All New X-Men #40 (2015) contains the pivotal moment where Iceman/Bobby Drake (as a younger version of himself) is informed by Jean Grey that his thoughts reveal his homosexuality. The scene plays out with Bobby wondering why his older self (the one in present-day X-Men comics) dated women for so long; he ponders bi-sexuality before being told, unequivocally, that he is in fact gay.[16] United States
Jayesh "Jay" Lucifer 2000–2006 Jay is a friend of Jill Presto. Jay is interested in a man named Karl, unaware that Karl is a homophobic neo-Nazi.[17] Jay asks Karl out, after being encouraged by Jill. Afterwards, Karl and other men and beat Jay up in a dark alley.[18] United Kingdom
Kevin Keller Veronica 1989–2011 First appearance: Veronica #202 (2010). Kevin was first eyed by Veronica who did not realize he was gay. He has since become a part of the gang.[19] United States
Andy Lippincott Doonsbury 1970–present First appearance: 1976.
Andy Lippincott was the first openly gay character to appear in a mainstream comic strip.[20]
Midnighter
Apollo		 Midnighter 2006–2008 Midnighter is one of DC Comics' most prominent gay superheroes and his relationship with Apollo is one of the most prominent gay relationships in DC Comics.[21]
Midnighter 2015–2016
Northstar Uncanny X-Men 1963–2015 First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #120 (1979).
Northstar was the first openly gay superhero in the Marvel Comics universe.[22]
Lawrence Poirier For Better or For Worse 1979–2008 In 1993, Lawrence Poirier's coming out generated controversy, with readers opposed to homosexuality threatening to cancel newspaper subscriptions.[23] See also: For Better or For Worse#Lawrence comes out. Canada
Thomas Werner
Julusmole Bayhan ("Juli" or "Yuli")
Eric Fruehling		 Thomas no Shinzō 1974–1975 Set in a German boys boarding school, the story relates how, after Thomas' suicide, an upper classman, Yuri, finds a love letter Thomas wrote to him, and then meets a new student, Eric, who looks just like Thomas.[24] Japan
Andrew Wells Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics 1998–present Andrew realizes he is gay in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten.[25] United States

Literature


Main article: List of LGBT characters in modern written fiction
Characters Work Author Year Description
Achilles The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller

2011

 Achilles is gay, showing no interest in girls, while Patroclus is bisexual, saying he would fall in love with Briseis if not for Achilles.[26]
Assorted characters Tales of the City series Armistead Maupin 1978–2014 While the original series featured gay and bisexual characters who "kissed on camera and had sex in bathhouses,"[27] in the Netflix adaption of this series, Shawna is "explicitly bisexual character."[28]
Wylan Van Eck Six of Crows duology Leigh Bardugo 2015–2016 Jesper is bisexual, and Wylan is gay; they begin dating each other by the end of the duology, while Nina has also been confirmed to be pansexual.[29]
Alucard Emery Shades of Magic trilogy V.E. Schwab 2015–17 Rhy is bisexual while Alucard is gay. They had a fling three years prior the events of the books. Victoria Schwab actually stated multiple times that in her eyes none of the characters are straight, but that is not mentioned in the series.[30][31]
Basil Henderson
  • Invisible Life
  • Just As I Am
  • Abide With Me
  • Any Way the Wind Blows
 E. Lynn Harris 1991
1995
1999
2001		 Basil leaves his fiancée Yancey at the altar and pursues a gay lifestyle.[32]
Oshima Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami 2002 Oshima is a 21-year-old intellectual gay trans man who is a librarian and owner of a cabin in the mountains near Komura Memorial Library.[33] He becomes the mentor of Kafka as he guides him to the answers that he's seeking on his journey.
Richard
Louis		 The Hours Michael Cunningham 1998 In this novel, which has strong parallels with Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, Clarissa rejects a relationship with Richard, a gay man, for the love of her life, Sally, who is invigorated by this love.[34] Louis is also Richard's former lover, with Richard later taking his own life, while Clarissa comes to a full realization of her own identity.
Jack Twist
Ennis del Mar		 "Brokeback Mountain" (short story) Annie Proulx 1997 Jack and Ennis have a long term sexual and romantic relationship despite both being married to women and fathering children. Jack also has sexual relationships with other men and a woman, while Ennis does not. Critics have described both men as gay or variably Jack as bisexual and Ennis as heterosexual.[35][36]
Vanyel Arrows of the Queen Mercedes Lackey 1987 Lackey, in making this book, took a stand, refusing the demand of an editor that Vanyel be "straight, or single, or not in the story," and, as such, he is a gay character.[37]

Video games


Main article: List of video games with LGBT characters
Characters Series / Title Year Notes Developer
Damien Bloodmarch Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator 2017 In this visual novel and dating sim, Damien Bloodmarch is a gay trans man.[38] Game Grumps
Gay cop The Longest Journey 1999 This computer game features Fiona and Mickey, a lesbian landlady and her long-time lover. The game also features and a gay cop, with gay characters seen as normal and well adjusted secondary characters.[39] Funcom
Eladus
Dagdar		 Guild Wars 2 2012 This MMORPG game includes the sylvari race of plant-like humanoids who don't reproduce sexually. As such, they do not base their relationships upon reproduction, but rather love, sensuality, and finding beauty in one another.[40] Eladus and Dagdar are two young male sylvari in a gay relationship. The player is able to encounter and save Eladus and Dagdar from the Knight Bercilak the Green in an optional quest. ArenaNet
Saied
Variety of characters		 Circuit's Edge 1989 This DOS Interactive fiction and role-playing game includes a variety of gay and transgender characters,[41] including a trans woman named Yasmin with a gay man named Saied alleged to be Yasmin's former lover.[42] Westwood Studios
Trevor Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh 1996 In this interactive movie, point-and-click adventure, Curtis is the protagonist, who is a close friend with his gay co-worker, Trevor. The two almost kiss later in the game.[43][44] Sierra On-Line

Webcomics


See also: List of webcomics with LGBT characters and Gay Comix
Characters Name of comic Years Notes
Android assassin Artifice 2011–2012 This webcomic, by Alex Woolfson, has a gay romance with an android assassin.[45]
Alan LGBT stories 2017–2020 This story has various LGBTQ characters, including Alan, who has a crush on Brian. Brian who has a girlfriend named Miley, and Alan has a crush on him until Brian says he is a "real man" who doesn't like boys, leading him to leave Brian behind.[lower-alpha 1] Alan later has a crush on a man named Mike, with Mike having a crush on him as well.[lower-alpha 2]
Austen's dads Always Human 2015–2017 It is indicated at one point in the comic that Austen, the girlfriend of Sunati, has two dads.[46]
Casper
Other unnamed characters		 Acception 2015–present This ongoing Dutch teen dramedy romance webcomic by Coco “Colourbee” Ouwerkerk,[47] who was inspired by "manga genres such as shojo and shounen," focuses on a rainbow-haired male protagonist named Arcus McCarthy, a high school student who faces some hostility for his appearance. The comic also features various LGBT characters.[48] This includes Casper, a gay guy,[49] who has a crush on Arcus. There are also unnamed gay, lesbian, and bisexual characters in other comics.[lower-alpha 3]
Dads of Charlotte "Charlie" The Witch Boy
The Hidden Witch
The Midwinter Witch		 2017
2018
2019		 They are the dads of Charlie, a tomboy.[50][51] They appear in all three graphic novels as recurring characters[52][lower-alpha 4] and are the only explicitly LGBTQ characters shown in the graphic novels.[53][54][55]
Finn
Charlie		 Finn and Charlie are Hitched 2006-2013 This webcomic by Tony Breed features a gay couple in a slice-of-life story.[45]
Garret
Tom		 Tamberlane 2020–Present One of the stories from the library, Ivan Saves the Town, which Tamberlane and her adopted mother read, features a character (Ivan) with two dads: Garret and Tom.[56][57][58]
Gay men O Human Star 2012–present In this comic by Blue Delliquanti main characters include gay men and a MtF trans robot named Gimel.[59][60]
Gay protagonist Check, Please! 2013–present This comic by Ngozi Ukazu centers around a gay protagonist on a college hockey team.[61]
Jo's dads Lumberjanes 2014–2020 Jo is a trans woman of color with two dads and acts as an "expert on what it means to be a Lumberjane" to the fellow campers.[62][63]
Leo and Louis Goodbye to Halos 2015–present This comic by Valerie Halla features a trans girl protagonist named Fenic and a queer cast, like two presumably gay characters (Leo and Louis), a lesbian named Fran with a girlfriend, and two characters who use they/them pronouns (Jess and Tahmonai).[64][65]
Leofwine
Nicholas		 Gondlolier 2020 Leofwine, a 28-year-old half-demon human has a crush on Nicholas, a blind elven gondelier, who also has a crush on him.[66][lower-alpha 5]
Xaphan Xavier Morning 180 Angel 2019–present In this webcomic, by Queen Katbird, Xaphan Xavier Morning is a gay demon.[67]
Multiple characters Unsounded 2010-Present This webcomic by Ashley Cope features multiple gay characters.[45]
Jeff Olsen
Mark Masterson
Kristian Janson
Other characters		 Kyle's Bed & Breakfast 1998–present This comic by Greg Fox covers controversial LGBT topics such as marriage equality, HIV/AIDS, body fascism and conversion therapy.[68][45] Thie story features various LGBT characters, such as Jeff Olsen, a gay man with HIV, Mark Masterson, a gay scholar, Kristian Janson, a Jamaican gay man.[69]
Rodocrosite Undefiled Wings 2018–present This supernatural and fantasy webcomic, set in "mad side of heaven," and a comic for "very open minded people," has multiple LGBTQ characters.[70] Rodocrosite is cisgender man who is gay and a fire angel.[71] Additionally, a fire angel named Pietra del Sole "Sole" is a cisgender man who may be gay[72] and an iced angel with the name of Gaida is agender and possibly gay as well.[73]
Junichitto
Shin Shoda		 The Spectrum of Us 2020-Present This webcomic has multiple LGBTQ characters including Junichitto is the best friend of Hideaki and is "super gay" for him, while Shin Shoda would "die for" his friend, Daisuke.[74]
Dirk Strider Homestuck 2009-2016 In this webcomic by Andrew Hussie, Dirk Strider states he is only attracted to guys.[75] He also dates Jake English, a bisexual guy, for a couple month.
Ruby Strongwell
Trevor Kurtz
Frank Johnson		 Rain 2010–present This comic by Jocelyn Samara and DiDomenick features a trans girl, Rain, as the main character and other LGBT+ characters,[76] like a gay man named Ruby Strongwell, and a gay couple (Trevor Kurtz and Frank Johnson).[77]
Rob Tucker Ive Met Someone 2019–Present Rob is a friend of the comic's protagonist, Jenna (also known as JK), and is a gay man who has a crush on Heather's ex-boyfriend, Tate Knowles.[78][lower-alpha 6]

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Notes
  1. This is indicated in episodes 5, 6, 22, 47, and 48 of Season 2, with the latter the last connection between Alan and Brian
  2. This is shown in episode 35, 38, 44, and 48 of Season 2 for instance.
  3. See episode 71 and 117
  4. One or both of Charlie's Dads are also featured on pages 32, 33, and 34 of The Hidden Witch as Aster has dinner with them, and later on pages 92, 125, 127, 129, and 137. Also, they appear either individually, or together, on pages 18, 19, 20, 21, 39, 58, and 59 of The Midwinter Witch.
  5. For their crushes on each other, see pages 34-38, 39-42, 43-45, 70 for example
  6. His crush for Rob is noted by Heather in issue 60 and in issue 58 he tells JK that he is entering the online dating scene, looking for a gay man to hook up with.
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