History Main / ComingOfAgeQueerRomance

* A side storyline in ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' has 15-year-old Moe, whose [[StalkerWithACrush obsession with "collecting the girls' info"]] more than implies her interest in women, finally getting over her CannotSpitItOut over her crushing over [[StudentCouncilPresident Misa]] and gives the latter a LoveConfession right before Misa graduates from high school. [[spoiler:Misa is implied to have declined it by asking her to BeYourself rather than admiring her. Moe seems to take it rather gratefully, though, outside of a SignificantHaircut.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Amity starts out hostile to Luz, perceiving her as a threat, but slowly begins to develop a crush on her over the first season, to the point she gets flustered every time they're in the same room. Luz remains oblivious through season 1, but as season 2 begins it becomes clear she is developing feelings of her own for Amity. When Amity impulsively kisses Luz in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E5ThroughTheLookingGlassRuins Through the Looking Glass Ruins]]", Luz is finally clued in to Amity's own feelings; in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E8KnockKnockKnockinOnHootysDoor Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door]]", the two become an OfficialCouple.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In the episode "L is for Love", several of the Loud Siblings experience crushes for the first time. One of them in particular, Luna, shows particular nervousness when her mutual crush, Sam, starts sending hints that Luna's feelings are in fact reciprocated. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Sam is actually a girl, implying that at least a part of Luna's nervousness was some degree of Gayngst. Fortunately, the two end up getting together.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' depicts a very... Messy example of this between the members of it's main couple, Adora and Catra. The two initially grew up together in TheHorde under the iron grip of [[AbusiveParents Shadow Weaver]]. The abuse that she suffered would ultimately drive Adora away from the Horde with Catra choosing to remain with them. Throughout the series the two come to blows as opposing sides in a war despite their massive romantic tension with each other. The breaking point is when Catra ''finally'' undergoes a HeelRealization and mentally matures to the point that she also breaks from the Horde after having ironically become it's leader briefly. Only afterwards do the two properly become lovers.

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* ''Series/UglyBetty'': Justin, who for the first three and a half seasons had been in a TransparentCloset, finally realizes he's gay in the fourth season when he joins an afterschool acting class and has a romantic rivalry with a male classmate over a girl before they both realize they [[PairTheSuitors actually like each other.]]

* ''Literature/TheWayYouAre'': The entire premise of the story, along with the core of it's conflict is the tale of the main protagonist Robert being forced to try and reconcile his extremely religiously conservative parents, and his own gayness. This issue is then subsequently forced when Robert meets, befriends, and falls for another boy in his college class named Pete, with Robert finding that he simply can't keep pretending, especially when he learns Pete shares his feelings.

* ''ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'': Young high school student Clementine experiences a great deal of emotional stress as she goes through life after taking on a [[TheBeard fake boyfriend]], to kissing a friend for the first time even when the kiss the friend had initiated had been done as a joke, culminating in her having {{HomoeroticDream}}s about a woman with blue hair named Emma. The story then details her journey to accepting herself while falling for Emma that ultimately leads to the two becoming a couple.

* ''Literature/AdachiAndShimamura'' revolves around the titular Adachi, a first year in high school, discovering her attraction to her classmate Shimamura through a HomoeroticDream she has with the latter. The story deals with her getting closer and closer to Shimamura as a friend, while Shimamura wonders what Adachi's real feelings are. Eventually Adachi does admit her feelings to the other girl [[spoiler:but faints immediately afterwards and doesn't remember confessing]]. Shimamura pretends it never happened, so she has time to think about it, and when [[spoiler:Adachi admits that she's in love with Shimamura the second time, Shimamura agrees to start a romantic relationship]].

** The ones in the main story are from first-year high school student Yuu Koito and her senpai, second year Touko Nanami. Neither had felt love for anyone before they met each other, but when Touko meets her new kohai on the student council, Yuu, she quickly falls for her and is quite forward about it. What makes it odd, though, is that Touko gives You a series of instructions about their relationship: Don't hate her, don't fall for anyone else, and, most importantly, don't fall for her. This last one is because she hates herself for reasons unrelated to her sexuality and doesn't want Yuu to love something she hates. Thus begins a strange relationship where despite explicitly not being a couple, they kiss a lot (though always Touko kissing Yuu) and spend a lot of time together. After a few months and a few revelations about and for Touko, though, [[spoiler:Yuu does fall for her, and they enter into a romantic relationship that it's implied continues through adulthood]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Amity starts out hostile to Luz, perceiving her as a threat, but slowly begins to develop a crush on her over the first season, to the point she gets flustered every time they're in the same room. Luz remains oblivious through season 1, but as season 2 begins it becomes clear she is developing feelings of her own for Amity. When Amity impulsively kisses Luz in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins", Luz is finally clued in to Amity's own feelings; in "Knock Knock Knockin' on Hooty's Door", the two become an OfficialCouple.

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* ''Fanfic/Pretty Cure Mirai ~ Spark!'': Hiroko quickly develops a crush on Yasu however, she does not immediately recognize as such, initially going into denial about the subject. Over the course of the story, Hiroko slowly comes to terms with both those feelings and her own sexuality and gender identity. Mirai Academy is implied to be a common stage for these kinds of romances in general.

* ''Literature/AdachiAndShimamura'' revolves around the titular Adachi, a first year in high school, discovering her attraction to her classmate Shimamura through a HomoeroticDream she has with the latter. The story deals with her getting closer and closer to Shimamura as a friend, while Shimamura wonders what Adachi's real feelings are. Eventually Adachi does admit her feelings to the other girl [[spoiler:but faints immediately afterwards and doesn't remember confessing]]. Shimamura pretends it never happened, so she has time to think about it, and when [[spoiler:Adachi admits that she's in love with Shimamura the second time, Shimamura agrees to start a romantic relationship]].

* Literature/IKissedSharaWheeler: The story tells the tale of the titular stereotypical Christian girl from the DeepSouth meeting an openly bisexual LA native whom she finds herself kissing along with two boys the day before she goes missing, leading the LA native Chloe to begin a search for her with the help of the two boys.
* Literature/TheWayYouAre: The entire premise of the story, along with the core of it's conflict is the tale of the main protagonist Robert being forced to try and reconcile his extremely religiously conservative parents, and his own gayness. This issue is then subsequently forced when Robert meets, befriends, and falls for another boy in his college class named Pete, with Robert finding that he simply can't keep pretending, especially when he learns Pete shares his feelings.

* ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'': Fiona and Imogen, complicated by Imogen not having been attracted to women until [[ClosetKey Fiona]].

* WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse: In the episode "L is for Love", several of the Loud Siblings experience crushes for the first time. One of them in particular, Luna, shows particular nervousness when her mutual crush, Sam, starts sending hints that Luna's feelings are in fact reciprocated. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Sam is actually a girl, implying that at least a part of Luna's nervousness was some degree of Gayngst. Fortunately, the two end up getting together.

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'': Fiona and Imogen, complicated by Imogen not having been attracted to women until [[ClosetKey Fiona]].

* Mari [[spoiler:and later, Akko]] from ''Manga/GirlFriends'' go through a particularly interesting case of this, and the series is particularly loved and praised outside of Japan for how realistically it portrays a schoolgirl who slowly comes to the realization that she's a lesbian and is in love with her [[spoiler:seemingly]] straight best friend, with all the self-denial, fear, mental anguish, and general {{Gayngst}} that comes with it. It also delves into how the GayRomanticPhase culture of Japan affects actual lesbians, contributing to the initial confusion of Mari on what her feelings are [[spoiler:and later obscuring Akko's attempts to communicate her reciprocal feelings. However, it also allows the two to hide their relationship in plain sight, since it leads to no one batting an eyelash at two girls being all cuddly in public]].

* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'': [[PlayerCharacter Max Caulfield]] re-establishes her bond with her childhood best friend, [[BrokenBird Chloe Price]] when she moves back to their hometown, Arcadia Bay, for a special high school program. The two grow very close regardless of the player's choices, and one of the endings involves [[spoiler: Max sacrificing Arcadia Bay to let Chloe live]], while the other involves [[spoiler: kissing her goodbye if enough pro-Chloe choices have been made]]. Max has not openly shown attraction to any other women during the game, so it's very likely that Chloe was the first woman she was ever attracted to.