List of lesbian characters in animation
This is a list of characters in animation that either self-identify as lesbian or have been identified by outside parties to be lesbian. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters. This article does not include any characters in Japanese animation, otherwise known as anime. There are also corresponding lists of bisexual and gay animated characters.
For fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, see the lists of gay, trans, bisexual, 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.
From the 1980s to the 1990s
Characters | Title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Patty Bouvier | The Simpsons | December 17, 1989 | Patty officially came out when she was about to marry Veronica in the 2005 episode, "There's Something About Marrying" which was one of the episodes that carried the occasional warning of content that might be unsuitable for children.[1] Like Dewey and Smithers, she is a recurring gay character. In "Livin La Pura Vida" Patty had a new girlfriend named Evelyn.[2] | United States |
Ms. Ellen | South Park | February 11, 1998 | In one episode, "Tom's Rhinoplasty", Chef reveals that the new teacher, Ms. Ellen, is lesbian.[3][4] Some of her male students are attracted to her and do not understand what lesbians are, and try to "become lesbians" too, to get her attention. | |
Maggie Sawyer Toby Raynes |
Superman: The Animated Series | February 1, 1997 | Maggie Sawyer's romantic partner Toby Raynes is seen by her bedside in several hospital scenes in the episode "Tools of the Trade" and later Turpin's funeral service in the two-part episode, "Apokolips…Now!, Part 2". Bruce Timm states in the commentary for "Tools of the Trade" that those scenes were the creators' way of acknowledging Sawyer's sexual orientation.[5] |
In the 2000s
Characters | Title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Dana Bernstein Kirsten Kellogg |
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | July 10, 2007 | During the series, Dana and Kristen have a baby with the gay couple, Rick and Steve.[6] | United States, Canada |
Virginia "Ginnie" Dunne | The Venture Bros. | July 6, 2008 | Dr. Quymn's bodyguard and is very masculine, and reported "man-hater".[7] In the episode "Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman", she is shown to be a lesbian[8] who is trying to convert Dr. Quymn, although she may have bisexual tendencies. | United States |
Kitty Bunny |
Courage the Cowardly Dog | October 18, 2002 | On Twitter, show creator John Dilworth confirmed that the one-off characters Kitty and Bunny are in love, although they couldn't explicitly show it at the time.[9] | |
Lizzy | Lizzy the Lezzy | 2006 | The titular character of the web-television series. The series follows the life of this woman who talks mostly about her lesbian interests, representing the experiences of the series creator.[10] Lizzy is sometimes joined by her best friend, Gary and they often talk about the problems they have with being homosexuals. | United States, Israel |
Melissa Duckstein | Queer Duck | 2000 | Melissa is Adam's sister. She is occasionally revealed to be lesbian throughout the series,[11] in a relationship with Yvette, in episodes such as "Homo for the Holidays", and the movie. | United States |
Mo Trish |
The Goode Family | June 3, 2009[lower-alpha 1] | Mo and Trish are a lesbian couple as shown in the episode "A Tale of Two Lesbians".[12] | |
Stephanie Foamwire-Putty | Moral Orel | February 20, 2006 | Stephanie is a lesbian character who's revealed to have fallen in unrequited love with her old high school best friend, Kim Latchkey.[13] Kim used Stephanie in high school to get Kim's future husband jealous by pretending that she and Stephanie were dating (though Stephanie believed at the time that it was real). Stephanie's father, Reverend Putty, points out that Kim never cared about her and helps his daughter move on from her, indicated in episodes such as "Closeface". | |
Sarah | Family Guy | January 6, 2006 | In one episode, Sarah invites her classmate Meg Griffin to join her afterschool club, as shown in the episode "Brian Sings and Swings". Only after accepting, Meg discovers that it is called Lesbian Alliance Club.[14] Meg pretends to be lesbian for a while to make friends. It is shown that Sarah is attracted to Meg: when Meg visits her to confess that she is actually straight, Sarah mistakes Meg's sentences "I got to get something off my chest" and "I need to open up" as invitations to have sex.[15] | |
Souki Jenn |
The Goode Family | June 19, 2009 | Souki (also spelled as Suki) and Jenn are a lesbian couple as shown in the episode "A Tale of Two Lesbians".[12] |
In the 2010s
Characters | Title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Adora Catra |
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | November 13, 2018 | Adora and Catra were childhood friends turned enemies who did not know how to express their feelings toward each other. Throughout the series, there are romantic tensions between them, especially after Adora defects to the Rebellion in season one. In the show's fifth season, after Adora and her friends save Catra, in the episode "Save the Cat", from Horde Prime, Catra joins the Rebellion, beginning her redemption arc. In the series finale, "Heart Part 2", Adora and Catra confess their love toward each other and kiss, with their love saving the planet of Etheria (and the universe) from Horde Prime's destructive plan, peace reigning over the universe. In the aftermath, Adora and Catra become a couple. According to series creator Noelle Stevenson, this romantic arc, known as "Catradora" by fans, was planned since the beginning of the series,[16] working together with the crew, and they had a framework in place, with a plan for Catra and Adora to "reconcile in the last season", building to that goal throughout the show.[17] | United States |
Amaya Janai |
The Dragon Prince | November 22, 2019 | Amaya is a deaf maternal aunt of Callum and Ezran who communicates in sign language,[18] and commander of a Katolian outpost at the Breach. Janai is a Sunfire Elf warrior and the younger sister of their queen Khessa. On February 28, 2020, Devon Giehl, lead writer of The Dragon Prince, said that the writers intended for the romantic interest between Amaya and Janai to start at the end of season 3, and explicitly confirmed them as lesbian characters who like each other.[19] | |
Ilia Amitola | RWBY | January 7, 2017 | Ilia confessed that she has held onto romantic feelings for her former-current-best friend Blake Belladonna in the episode "Alone Together". Miles Luna, one of the showrunners, confirmed her sexuality in a 2018 Reddit AMA.[20] | |
Annika Neha |
The Dragon Prince | February 15, 2019 | In the second season, Queen Aanya is shown as the ruler of the Kingdom of Duren.[21] Her mothers, Annika and Neha,[22] the Queens of Duran, died nine years prior to the beginning of the series while fighting Thunder, the Dragon King, as shown in the episode "Breaking the Seal". | |
Bismuth | Steven Universe | August 4, 2016 | In the episode "Bismuth Casual", where Pearl invites Bismuth to the roller rink to "set her up" with some of her friends, Bismuth admits to having a crush on Pearl to Steven, as they form a "deep bond" together.[23] This is hinted to through her flirting toward Pearl in the episode "Bismuth". | |
Cassandra "Cass" | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | March 24, 2017[lower-alpha 2] | Adopted daughter of the Captain of the Guards, she is Rapunzel's best friend and lady-in-waiting, who is later manipulated by the evil demon Zhan Tiri before reforming at the end of season 3. She has been described as an "extremely gay-coded sword lesbian best friend" of Rapunzel[24] who is, according to the series creator, Chris Sonnenberg, a strong female character[25] who has a "real friendship bond" with Rapunzel.[26] Also, story revisionist Amber Leigh revealed that Cass was gay coded,[27] with sapphic looks toward the story's protagonist, Rapunzel,[28] and that many queer women storyboarded scenes of Cassandra, with women-love-women vibes ingrained in every drawing she did of the character.[29] | |
Chloé | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | April 28, 2019 | Chloé is a lesbian French girl, presented in the episode "Britta's Tacos",[30][31][32] who is in the relationship with Jackie-Lynn Thomas, an American girl who is revealed to be bisexual after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, Marco Diaz, due to his strong feelings for the series' protagonist, Princess Star Butterfly.[33] | |
Constance Beatrice "Connie" Cunaman | Brickleberry | October 9, 2012 | Connie admits she is a lesbian; in the episode "Gay Bomb", her strength is dubbed by her as "lesbian strength".[34][35] She is obsessed with Ethel, turned away by her Evangelical parents for being a homosexual, and when Connie gets excited, her vagina makes growling noises.[36][37] | |
Rainbow Dash Apple Jack |
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | October 10, 2010 | The final episode's epilogue hints that these two characters are a domestic couple. Animation writer John Haber, producer Michael Vogel, and storyboarder Jim Miller said that it is up to fans interpret whether they are in a relationship, but hinted at it as a possibility.[38][39][40] | |
D.D. Danger | Danger & Eggs | June 30, 2017 | D.D., the protagonist, is an imaginative thrill seeker, and her best friend, a lawful good, safety-first anthropomorphic egg named Phillip, with both experiencing a series of enjoyably chaotic adventures as "they do stuff". On July 27, 2020, show creator, Petosky described the show as about a "gender-free female lesbian child and her giant large-gamete friend," referring to D.D. Danger and Phillip.[41] | |
Lyra Heartstrings Sweetie Drops |
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | October 10, 2010 | The two propose to one another in the season 9 episode "The Big Mac Question",[42] and in the series finale, "The Last Problem", they are shown as married in a newspaper clipping.[43] | |
Aunt Holiday Auntie Lofty |
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | June 15, 2019 | Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty are aunts to the young pegasus Scootaloo and are her guardians while Scootaloo's parents are away. The pair had first been introduced in storybooks based on the series, but were fully introduced in a ninth-season episode, "The Last Crusade". The pair were identified as a lesbian couple by one of the show runners, Michael Vogal. According to Vogel, he and writers Nicole Dubac and Josh Haber agreed to establish the two in their first appearance in the book as a lesbian couple, though without explicitly stating as such, so that they could establish this within the shown itself. Vogel stated they felt they could show that what elements make up a family is only determined by love, and not traditional roles.[44] | |
Huntara | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | August 2, 2019 | In her debut in the episode "Huntara", Huntara was seen flirting with a waitress in a bar. She also may have a crush on Adora, who may also have a crush on her, and has been described by some as butch.[45] | |
Xochi Jalapeño[lower-alpha 3] | Victor and Valentino | March 30, 2019 | Xochi is Don Jalapeño's rebellious teenage daughter who sometimes babysits the protagonists,[46] likes to go to concerts and attend salsa classes. In "Band for Life", it is revealed that she has a crush for her friend, Amabel as she blushes when Amabel flirts with her. In "Escaramuza", after Amabel gets injured, Val convinces Xochi to fill in for her as a way to impress her, and they plan to go on a date in "Carmelita" before it is interrupted by Victor and Valentino's antics. | |
Kelsey Jannings | Bojack Horseman | August 22, 2014 | While she is calling BoJack to tell him that they are replacing Andrew Garfield's with him, Kelsey says "I get enough of that from my ex-wife along with newspaper clippings about gluten" in the episode "Later".[47] | |
Nat Kinkle | Bob's Burgers | January 14, 2018 | Nat is a limousine driver who drives Linda, Tina and Louise around in her limousine in "V for Valentine-detta". In "Just the Trip", she invited the Belchers on a road trip to drop off Steve, her pet snake at her ex-girlfriend's animal sanctuary.[48] | |
Kya | The Legend of Korra | September 13, 2013 | Kya is Aang and Katara's daughter who appears in The Legend of Korra. Her sexuality is not mentioned in the animated series, but in the sequel graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, she is shown to be lesbian and gives advice to Korra and Asami about coming out.[49] | |
Lainey Alice |
The Loud House | February 15, 2020 | Lainey, one of Lynn's roller derby team, is dating a girl named Alice.[50][51] | |
Shannon Longhannon | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | July 12, 2019 | In the episode "Asteroid Rage", just as a meteor is about to hit Earth, Shannon confesses to a girl that she has never been kissed. The girl confesses the same thing back and both of them started to kiss each other.[52] | |
Mary-Beth Dr Indria |
BoJack Horseman | September 14, 2018 | Mary-Beth and Dr Indria are a married lesbian couple, as shown in the episode "INT. SUB."[53] Mary-Beth is a professional businesswoman while Dr Indria is a therapist. They both first appear in the fifth season. | |
Zarya Moonwolf Kitty Boon |
Mysticons | August 28, 2017 | The show's creator, Sean Jara, confirmed the two as a couple, noting that only one version of the episode was created and that the show's creative team fought for a kiss, but lost even though they managed "to keep the integrity of the love story."[54][55] In later tweets, Jara said there is a "beautiful love story" between Zarya and Kitty in the show, referring to the interactions between the two characters in episode 37 ("The Princess and the Pirate"), stated the importance of showing "love between LGBTQ characters on TV", and said that the kiss was cut from the episode because of "systemic homophobia" in the kids television industry, crediting Rebecca Sugar for making strides.[55] He then opined on the continual battle for more LGBTQ representation, cited an Entertainment Weekly article about LGBTQ representation in cartoons,[lower-alpha 4] and praised the battles for more representation which go on behind the scenes. | Canada, United States |
Netossa Spinnerella |
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | November 13, 2018 | Netossa and Spinnerella are a couple and both members of the Princess Alliance by the beginning of the series, a group composed of magical girls that oppose Hordak.[56] The show's creator, Noelle Stevenson confirmed that in "Mer-Mysteries" Netossa and Spinnerella were on a date and were already married.[57] In the show's final season, Netossa and Spinnerella kiss in the episode "Save the Cat" and Netossa confirms that she and Spinnerella are married in "An Ill Wind". | United States |
Agent Ohio / "Vera" | Red vs. Blue | October 2, 2016 | Agent Ohio is a lesbian woman and an agent of Project Freelancer who appeared in two episodes of Season 14, specifically "The Triplets" and "The Mission". Her sexuality was confirmed by the episode's writer, Shannon McCormick.[58] | |
Pearl | Steven Universe | November 4, 2013 | In "We Need to Talk", it is very apparent that Pearl, a female-presenting non-binary gem, is attracted to another gem named Rose Quartz, her now-deceased leader.[59] Her feelings are later confirmed romantic in nature and reciprocated by Rose.[60] In "Last One Out of Beach City", Pearl is attracted to a female pink-haired human, which resembles Rose. In the episode "Bismuth Casual", Pearl allows Bismuth to flirt with her and has various female humans she is friendly with at the roller rink, where she has been in the past, implying she collects their numbers. | |
EJ Randell Sue Randell |
Clarence | December 4, 2014 | EJ and Sue, who were introduced in the episode "Jeff Wins", are Jeff Randell's mothers.[61] | |
Red Action | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | August 1, 2017 | She is in a relationship with Enid, with their first date in the episode "Back in Red Action",[62] becoming a more committed couple as the show progressed.[63] In a Reddit Q&A with Ian Jones-Quartey, a fan asked about a rumor that Kali Hawk's character, Red Action, was gay, and asked the same for Enid being bisexual. Ian replied, "True and True".[64] Yellow may also be her ex-girlfriend.[65] | |
Reggie Abbott | Twelve Forever | July 29, 2019 | Reggie has a crush on Conelly, a 13-year-old schoolmate with whom she shares the same taste in imagining and creating stories, shown in the episode "Locked Out Forever". Due to the show's abrupt ending, Shadi Petosky, one of the executive producers, stated they will not be able to further explore that aspect of the characters and their relationship.[66] Elsewhere, Petosky described Reggie as a queer character "coming to terms with her sexuality".[67] | |
Reina | Danger & Eggs | June 30, 2017 | She is a femme "brown-skinned energetic creative" who likes to build with her hands and is empowered by the world around her, as described by her queer voice actress, Jasika Nicole.[68][69] She is also the best friend of one of the protagonists, DD, who she is very loving with.[70] | |
Ruby and Sapphire | Steven Universe | November 4, 2013 | Two genderless but feminine-presenting members of the Crystal Gems who have a romantic relationship with each other, and stay permanently fused to form Garnet.[71] Also the co-executive producer, Ian Jones-Quartey, has confirmed that, according to human standards and terminology, calling Ruby a non-binary, feminine-presenting lesbian would be "a fair assessment".[72] On July 6, 2018, the episode "Reunited" aired, in which Ruby and Sapphire get married, kiss, and fuse back into Garnet, after Ruby proposed to Sapphire in a previous episode, "The Question".[73] | |
Saphron Terra Cotta-Arc |
RWBY | December 8, 2018 | Saphron, the sister of Jaune Arc, and her wife, Terra, have a son named Adrian, with all three making their debut in the seventh episode of Volume 6, "The Grimm Reaper".[74] In later episodes, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Juane, Nora, Rin, Qrow, and Maria stay at their house within Argus, attempting to contact the Atlas military. Additionally, Saphron helps them search for Oscar in the episode "Lost" while Terra helps Blake and Yang in the episode "Stealing from the Elderly", and are featured in the last episode of Volume 6, "Our Way".[75] | |
Scorpia Perfuma |
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | November 13, 2018 | According to series creator Noelle Stevenson, the relationship between Scorpia and Perfuma is subtle, and was developed "through the course of the show."[76] A few days after Season 3 was released, Scorpia voice actress Lauren Ash and Catra voice actress AJ Michalka speculated that Scorpia and Catra would spend time together, with Ash even reportedly creating a comic series titled "Scorpia and Catra's Adventures".[77] Additionally, in the episode "Princess Scorpia", Scorpia's two moms are shown in a picture near her bed, holding an infant Scorpia. | |
Sam Sharp | The Loud House | May 2, 2016 | In the episode "L is for Love", Luna Loud sent her a love letter and Sam seemed to reciprocate those feelings.[78][79] Later on, Sam also appears to reciprocate Luna's feelings, with some describing them as beginning to date in the episode "Racing Hearts".[80][lower-alpha 5] | |
Sherry | Red vs. Blue | October 9, 2016 | Sherry is a lesbian woman and a soldier for Charon Industries who appeared in one episode of Season 14, "The Mission". Her sexuality was confirmed by the episode's writer, Shannon McCormick in the same string of tweets where he said Vera was lesbian.[81] | |
Skout | Nomad of Nowhere | March 16, 2018 | Skout, the series' lesbian protagonist,[82] cares about Captain Toth, her superior, throughout the series. She has a crush on her, which has been officially confirmed.[83][84] Trying to inspire confidence in her superior, she is often the voice of reason for Toth, who is a rule-oriented and may like Skout too,[85] despite the fact she is occasionally dismissive, causing fissures in their relationship. | |
Tabitha Courtney |
Craig of the Creek | April 16, 2018 | In their debut episode "The Curse", Tabitha refuses to go college and wants to spent a few times with Courtney, making Courtney blushed and they're holding hands in the end.[86] In "The Haunted Dollhouse", they have feelings for each other which is confirmed and they kissed in the end. | |
Thea Edie |
Doc McStuffins | August 5, 2017 | The title character, Dottie "Doc" McStuffins, routinely interacts with toys, dolls, and stuffed animals that have come to life. In episode "The Emergency Plan", two dolls form a lesbian married couple and are parents of two doll children. Thea and Edie are voiced by openly lesbian actresses Wanda Sykes and Portia de Rossi respectively. This was the first same-sex couple featured in a Disney Junior pre-school series.[87][88] | |
Tomboy | The Awesomes | August 8, 2013 | Originally presented as Gadget Gal's nemesis, she is outed in the episode "Baby Got Backstory" as using the feud to cope with her own romantic feelings for her.[89][90] | |
Vagatha "Vaggie" | Hazbin Hotel | October 28, 2019 | Vaggie has been engaged to Princess Charlotte "Charlie" Magne, with whom she works as a hotel manager of the titular Hazbin Hotel.[91] She and Charlie seek to open their hotel to redeem all sinners of Hell. | |
Yuna's moms | Middle School Moguls | September 15, 2019 | In the episode "Mo'gul Money, Mo Problems", Yuna, a fashion designer, is shown to have two mothers,[92] one who is Black and other who is White, that give their daughter an inspirational speech over the phone as she tries to make a dress. They show up again, this time in person, in the final episode, "Mogul on a Mission". |
In the 2020s
Characters | Title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Lainey Alice |
The Loud House | February 12, 2020 | In "Singled Out", Lainey, one of Lynn's roller derby team, is dating a girl named Alice.[93] | United States |
Siobhan Cruz Mrs. Cruz |
DC Super Hero Girls | September 20, 2020 | One of the super hero girls, Jessica Cruz, also known as Green Lantern, has two moms, Siobhan and one whose name is not yet known, both of whom premiered in the episode #HousePest. When asked about this by Taimur Gur of ComicsBeat, series creator Lauren Faust said that everyone was "on board with this idea" and that she was glad it was approved.[94] | |
Dr. Mulberry Ms. Mulberry |
Clifford the Big Red Dog | January 7, 2020 | The episode "The Big Red Tomato/Dogbot" revealed that Samantha Mulberry has two moms.[95] Dr. Mulberry is voiced by Maggie Cassella, an openly lesbian actress. | |
Oki's Mothers Donny's Mothers |
T.O.T.S. | March 20, 2020 | In one episode "Night at the Nursery", a baby otter named Oki is a adopted by an otter lesbian couple. And in the other episode "Seas the Day", a baby dolphin named Donny is adopted by a dolphin lesbian couple.[96] | |
Amity Blight | The Owl House | January 24, 2020 | Initially serving as a rival to protagonist Luz Noceda, she warms up to her due to the latter's kind nature.[97] Amity is a top student at Hexside Academy, the same school Luz is attending, and is shown blushing or becoming bashful on multiple occasions whenever Luz displays any affectionate behavior towards her, suggesting that she might have a crush on Luz. Her implied sapphism is confirmed in the episode "Enchanting Grom Fright", where it is revealed that her biggest fear is getting rejected by someone who she planned to ask to prom, and that person is revealed to be Luz. Animation supervisor Spencer Wan described Luz and Amity's dance in the same episode as "the gay thing"[98] while series creator Dana Terrace noted that "queer kids" were in the main cast[99] and that there was a bisexual character in the show,[100] without specifying which character she was referring to in her tweet. Additionally, Gravity Falls creator and The Owl House voice actor Alex Hirsch stated that the show contained "explicitly queer" characters.[101] On September 2, during a Reddit AMA, Terrace confirmed that Amity is intended to be a lesbian.[102] In the same AMA, Terrace stated that Luz was Amity's first crush.[103] | |
Amina Ramsey | Star Trek: Lower Decks | September 17, 2020 | A Starfleet officer, she is the captain of the USS Oakland. In early October 2020, the creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mike McMahan, confirmed that Amina Ramsey was Beckett Mariner's former lover at Starfleet Academy, even though it was not explicit, saying that "every Starfleet officer is probably at the baseline bisexual" in a sense, and that they did not "intentionally mean for anybody to be strictly heteronormative or straight or cis."[104] |
See also
- List of polyamorous characters in fiction
- List of television series with bisexual characters
- List of animated series with LGBT characters
- List of comedy television series with LGBT characters
- List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1970s–2000s
- List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010s
- List of LGBT characters in television and radio
Notes
- Trish premiered on June 19, 2009
- While the Tangled: Before Ever After movie was considered the pilot of the animated series, the first episode of the series aired on this date.
- Sam Cleal of BuzzFeed calls her "LGBTQ" but never explains more than that.
- Specifically an article titled "From Steven Universe to Voltron: The fight to bring LGBTQ characters to kids' shows" by Nick Romano.
- This GLAAD report says "Nickelodeon’s The Loud House still features bisexual character Luna Loud, and showed her starting to date Sam, a girl from school, earlier this year."
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