History Main / LGBTRepresentationInMedia

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/Adastra2018'': With the exception of Cato, every major male character in the story is gay.
* ''VisualNovel/Ascension2021'': Escort is nonbinary, and the other two main characters are heavily implied to be transgender.
* ''VisualNovel/BadEndTheater'': The Maiden and the Overlord, who are both women, have clear feelings for each other if allowed to interact, and the OmegaEnding reveals that [[spoiler:they're based on TRAGEDY and the player, respectively, two separated sapphics]]. The Underling and the other minor demons are nonbinary.
* ''VisualNovel/BloomingPanic'': Besides all the romance options being open regardless of the protagonist's gender, [=NakedToaster=] is nonbinary and uses he/they pronouns. Among the supporting characters, two2 also uses he/they pronouns while BIGLADY is a lesbian.
* ''VisualNovel/C14Dating'':
** Existence of a GayOption aside, two of Melissa's potential male love interests act AmbiguouslyBi towards each other. Yet another of the men turns out to be a heteroromantic asexual.
** There is a lesbian in the supporting cast and another character mentions going to visit a male friend "and his husband".
* ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'': A collection of various stories that you might have a relationship with a love interest of the same gender. More specifically:
** ''VisualNovel/TheFreshman'': Kaitlyn develops a crush on the main character and comes out to her parents as a lesbian in Book 2. The main character's roommate is gay, and part of Book 4 involves helping him move on after he breaks up with his boyfriend.
** ''VisualNovel/HighSchoolStory'' features the first nonbinary character in the Choices franchise, Cameron Levy.
** ''VisualNovel/ItLives'':
*** One of the main characters in the first book, Lily, is a lesbian, having a crush on her bully. She can forgive her bully in the end or realise that she's not worth it and find a girl who genuinely likes her for her. Andy is transgender (the first ever trans character in Choices, in fact), and is bullied by most of the basketball team for who he is (to the point where they only recruited him because it would get them good PR). If he survives the events of the story, the basketball team begins to treat him with respect.
*** In the second book, the main character's brother is gay, along with his boyfriend (who's also the son of [[spoiler: an antagonist who killed their parents, kicking off the events of the story]]).
*** ''VisualNovel/ItLivesWithin'' (the Fan Sequel) has Luis (an openly bi/pan witch who not only flirts with the main character regardless of their gender, but also compliments their love interests' beauty), Sunny (a non-binary witch from the same coven as Luis, who is also mentioned to be aro-ace in Chapter 19), and Amalia (one of the main character's love interests, who is canonically demisexual, mentioned in Chapter 14).
** VisualNovel/TheElementalists: Zeph is the first canonically asexual/aromatic character in the Choices franchise. As he puts it, he's not into people romantically or sexually, just "friendically". Also, this is the first Choices book where the main character's sexuality can be explicitly customized. If the main character is also aro-ace, they are given an option to mention it to Zeph when his sexuality is brought up.
** ''VisualNovel/BacheloretteParty'': One of the main character's close friends is a trans woman who came out in college.
** ''VisualNovel/MyTwoFirstLoves'': One of the main character's love interests is her lesbian best friend, and it took 38 chapters for the latter to come out.
** ''VisualNovel/MurderAtHomecoming'': This book deals with LGBTQIA+ issues quite extensively, including the trials and tribulations faced by the LGBTQIA+ community. [[spoiler: The murder victim]] was in a relationship with a girl who couldn't make their relationship known because of the girl's ''extremely'' homophobic parents (in fact, said girl was sent to conversion therapy when she was 12). Also, two of the main character's love interests are canonically bisexual, while the third comes off as straight, then he discovers he isn't if a male or nonbinary main character romances him.
** ''VisualNovel/GetawayGirls'': This book also tries to fully represent the LGBTQIA+ community. The 4 playable characters come in various sexualities: one straight, one lesbian, a main character who can also be a lesbian or bisexual (if the player so chooses) and the second canonically asexual/aromatic character in the Choices franchise (who also happens to be the main character's sister).
* ''VisualNovel/CrownDelightsDeli'': Two of your regular customers, Maya and Piper, are an LGBT+ couple who first visit you on Pride Day. [[QueerColors Maya wears the Progress Pride flag on her tank top while Piper wears a jacket with pansexual colors and a genderfluid flag pin.]]
* ''VisualNovel/CryptidCrush'': The protagonist is nonbinary and you can chose their pronouns, and there is another nonbinary main party member, Jamie.
* ''VisualNovel/DreamDaddy'': Your player character is a single father who finds himself in a new neighborhood full of other single dads (plus one in an unhappy marriage) who - you guessed it - you can have him date. While no character's orientation is specifically labeled, beyond the options all of course being [=MLM=], Hugo mentions an ex-husband, while Joseph has a wife, Craig has an ex-wife, and both Mat and Robert are widowers who were previously married to women; plus Robert's daughter Valerie mentions having a girlfriend. Another option, Damien, is transgender. All of the previous can apply to your character, too, as you can code him as trans by dressing him in a binder while customizing his sprite and an early dialogue choice prompts you to choose whether his own deceased former spouse was a woman or a man.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Echo}}'': Almost all of the main characters are men attracted to other men, exclusively or not, with the story taking place in a small, homophobic town in the American southwest.
** ''VisualNovel/TheSmokeRoom'' (prequel to ''VisualNovel/{{Echo}}'')
** ''VisualNovel/{{Arches}}'', the sequel, notably has a gay couple as the dual protagonists.
* ''VisualNovel/FarBeyondTheWorld'': Part of the story is the growing romance between Ranok and Caelan that the two need to keep secret, as LGBTQIA+ people are seen as "defective" in the wolves' society.
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': In the uncensored version, tritagonist Rin Tohsaka is bisexual and discovers this during a sex scene with deuteragonist Saber (a girl) and protagonist Shirou (a guy); the rest of the story has her continue expressing affection towards Saber while also being able to have sex with Shirou. The censored version and later adaptations, however, downplay references to her sexuality, rendering her AmbiguouslyBi there.
* ''VisualNovel/FirstKissAtASpookySoiree'': The protagonist Marzipan is panromantic, and there are four girls and four boys she can kiss in the game's MultipleEndings.
* ''VisualNovel/HeavenWillBeMine'': Most of the cast is some variety of LGBTQIA+, with most being lesbians, though Mercury and Ganymede are two men married to each other.
* ''VisualNovel/LandsOfFire'': The main character is gay and has multiple love interests. Uniquely it takes place in pre-colonial Australia, so it explores the sexual norms of Aboriginal cultures.
* ''VisualNovel/LadykillerInABind'': The main character is a butch lesbian biker, and you have the option to romance several of the female characters (and a few male ones, though she's only doing so in that case because she's disguised as her brother and she needs to keep up the charade).
* ''VisualNovel/LifeAfterMagic'': Player character Akiko is m-spec with a preference for women; she occasionally muses about a past crush on her male acquaintance, Solaire, but the romanceable characters in the game all include sapphic women [=ARA=], Jackie, Miranda and Leez, and nonbinary [=KJ=]. [[spoiler:In a side-story, Akiko can also ask out Anna Lee - who is implied to have been in love with her fellow magical girl Saori - but she will turn down Akiko due to the age gap.]]
* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'': Four of the female characters turn out to be lesbian if the right gameplay choices are made. Elodie can make one of them her lifelong companion, either unofficially or officially. Another one can only be made an unofficial one. One snippet of the country's history that can be learned involves a nobleman who gave up on marriage to pledge himself as the lifemate of the man he was in love with.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Lovelink}}'': Some of the possible matches are non-binary.
* ''VisualNovel/MagicalWarriorDiamondHeart'': Pansexual female main character, multiple bi and lesbian supporting characters/love interests, non-binary supporting character/love interest, trans male supporting character/love interest and aromantic/asexual supporting character.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'': Sophia and Xianne end up as a couple, but not much attention is paid to their relationship.
* ''VisualNovel/MissedMessages'': The player character is a lesbian trans woman, with the option to date one of the female characters depending on your choices.
* ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' series: Player characters can identify as male, female, or nonbinary regardless of their appearance, and this choice does not block access to any of the love interests. Main romance options and multiple side characters are LGBTQIA+: a male demon has two dads; a female witch has male, female, and nonbinary ex-lovers; one monster is an asexual aromantic that players befriend instead of date; there's a nonbinary soul reaper; and so on.
* ''[[VisualNovel/MurderByNumbers2020 Murder By Numbers]]'': One of the major characters is a gay man, and one of the murders you investigate takes place at a gay bar.
* ''VisualNovel/RomanceDetective'': Almost everyone in Lovebloom City is gay, and the plot revolves around the player and her partner/girlfriend solving love-related mysteries and crimes.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Stillwater}}'': The VN follows the story of a detective investigating strange occurences in the mansion of an elderly man. Said elderly man is later revealed to be haunted by the ghost of an old male lover he lost in his youth.
* ''VisualNovel/SyrupAndTheUltimateSweet'': Toffee, one of the main characters, is nonbinary. The protagonist Syrup is a girl who likes girls, which is only alluded to in the game itself, but confirmed in Creator/NomnomNami's webcomic.
* VisualNovel/Va11HallA: Protagonist Jill is bisexual and a large part of her plot revolves around [[spoiler:grieving her deceased ex-girlfriend and getting together with her boss, Dana]]. Other queer characters include Mario, and, possibly, Sei and Stella.
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* ''Fanfic/ABeaconInTheDark'': The protagonist Midoriya has (reciprocated) romantic interest in his male friend Todoroki.
* ''Fanfic/AMagicalEvening'' revolves around the relationship between two AdaptationalSexuality lesbians Princess Sofia and Lucinda. There is also the side lesbian couple Princess Hildegard and Princess Clio. In the new timeline, Sofia and Lucinda get two gay partners in a MarriageOfConvenience Brock and Doyle.
* ''Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat'': [[{{ComicBook/Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] is stated by the writer to be pansexual, and has a girlfriend by the end of the first story. After a break up she briefly dates a man (ComicBook/GreenArrow Connor Hawke) in the sequel, though she and her girlfriend ultimately reconcile. The struggle to be happy in both her same-sex relationship and her Catholic faith is a recurring feature.
* ''Fanfic/AnotherDayInMisterland'': Two of members of the ensemble cast are Mr. Small and Mr. Nosy, a gay married couple.
* ''Podcast/TheCodotverse'': Edward Nygma, the main character, is bisexual and his father's homophobia is one of many things that contributes to their terrible relationship.
* ''Fanfic/DiaryOfAWimpyKid25YearsLater'': Greg is revealed to be queer, and his coming out to Rowley ends their friendship due to Rowley's homophobia.
* ''Fanfic/EverythingButColdFire'': All three main characters are trans women.
* ''Fanfic/TheHotTopicKrew'': The majority of characters in the story are LGBTQIA+, including the protagonist Dark Pit, who is pansexual.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'': The main trilogy showcases male couples, one of the heroes is non-binary, and the side-stories also has female/female romance. ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' has more LGBTQIA+ representation with Specter revealed to be gay and crushing on Ryoken (later confirmed as demiromantic), Marchosias married to Wepwawet but had a reltionship with non-binary Inari (being both bisexual and androsexual), a trans man passenger in Tres, the GentlemanThief Indigo is bisexual, and Ryan and Min-Gi being a couple, turning Ryan from straight (as he was shown dating three girls in the original ''Infinity Train'') to bi and Min-Gi as gay. The ''Crocus'' side story, ''Infinity Train: Orchid Observer'' reveals that Jesse is asexual, Lake is non-binary and aromantic, Spencer is gay, and Colette is "bi-curious".
* ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'': Most of the Octonauts themselves are queer[[note]]Kwazii being aroace (aromantic and asexual) and trans, Peso being gay, Shellington being bisexual, Tweak being a lesbian, Deborah being generally queer, and Sarabi being a trans lesbian[[/note]], and there are lesbian supporting characters.
* ''Fanfic/KedaborysElmoreChronicles'': Features a primary non-binary character who uses they/them pronouns and a trans female character in a queer relationship.
* ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'': Many major characters are gay or bisexual, including Light, L, Sayu, and Misa (but definitely not Dark).
* In ''Fanfic/MaFille'', and by extension its SequelSeries ''Shining and Sweet'', the majority of the WVBA boxers are homosexual (one chapter even has a joke about Super Macho Man being the "token cishet"), there are two gay weddings (one between Bear Hugger and [[OriginalCharacter Cy]] [[PunnyName Camore]] in a chapter titled "Big Gay Bear Wedding", and the other between Glass Joe and Von Kaiser), Don Flamenco is explicitly trans and taking testosterone, [[SheIsTheKing King Hippo]] is implicitly trans through her use of "she/her" pronouns, several supporting characters (ex. Lizzie and Marlowe, Annie and Reese) are in queer relationships, and minor characters Reese and Mx. Ferdinand are non-binary and use "they/them" pronouns.
* ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'': Most of the male characters in the story are bisexual (Ebony/Tara finds sensitive bi guys to be hot). Draco claims Ebony is bi, yet she only shows interest in men.
* ''Fanfic/ThePandaChronicles'': [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed Tae-young]], a major character, is transgender. He was thrown out of his home because of it, and at least one chapter shows him struggling with getting his period because of the horrible cramps that come with it.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': All three protagonists are bisexual and in a poly relationship, one of them is a transgender girl, and two major supporting characters are gay.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonReborn'': One of the villains (Ace) is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, two of the gym leaders (Titania and Amaria) are in a lesbian relationship, and another gym leader (Adrienn) is also non-binary and uses xe/xem pronouns. It's also possible to play as a non-binary character in the game.
* ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheSaveUms'': Has a [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay very openly]] lesbian main character.
* ''Fanfic/TheSacredAndTheProfane'': Gay main characters, though despite the mutual attraction, they are in a very toxic relationship.
* ''Fanfic/SchoolIdolDays'' both the original doujinshi and its sequel feature a tragic LoveTriangle between three girls [[spoiler: that each end in violence caused by jealousy]].
* ''Fanfic/SupperSmashBrosMishonhFromGod'': Sara, the main character, is a homophobic lesbian who represses her sexuality. Many of the other characters are also gay.
* ''Fanfic/TheSurprisingAdventuresOfAGlaceonInUnova'': In the sequel, ''The Glaceon and the Shadow'', main character Larissa eventually gets together with her female friend [[spoiler:Sofia]].
* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': Main characters Astrid and Wulfhild are bisexual and in a polyamorous relationship with Hiccup, who [[WordOfGay is also stated to be bi]]. Supporting character Cami is bisexual and begins a relationship with another woman. Supporting character Jonna is a lesbian, and Gobber is gay. Main character Snotlout realizes he is bisexual, and one of the other Varangians, Gunnar, is also bi. Stoick and Viggo are both demisexual. There is also mention of minor characters in the Hooligan and Bog-Burglar tribes being in same-sex marriages.
* ''Fanfic/TotalShuffledIslandSeries'': Several characters are given AdaptationalSexuality. Dawn, Sammy, Duncan, and Sky are bisexual, Brick is gay, and Eva is a lesbian.
* ''Fanfic/TwinningWithATwist'': In this fic, [[spoiler:Sammy and Ella become a couple]].
* ''VideoGame/VSSunday'': The opponent of the mod, Sunday, is bisexual and nonbinary, which is directly referenced in the name of and preceding cutscene for "BI-NB".
--> '''Sunday:''' it's a pride song lol.
* ''Fanfic/YuyaVision'': The Synchro Dimension hosts a lot of LGBTQIA+ characters: the main couple is gay -- with Placido turned from straight to gay and considers themselves non-binary and Kiryu considers himself genderfluid -- Carly is bisexual and Grady is a trans female asexual.
* ''Fanfic/BestOfMyLove'' revolves around an asexual character, [[Series/TheUntamed Meng Yao]], as he navigates his relationship with Lan Xichen.
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* ''Fanfic/TotalShuffledIslandSeries'': Several characters are given AdaptationalSexuality. Dawn, Sammy, Duncan, and Sky are bisexual Brick is gay, and Eva is a lesbian.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Recurring characters Yajirobe and Korin, both of whom are male, are romantic partners who eventually get married. [[ActingForTwo Both of them are voiced by]] Creator/KaiserNeko, [[QueerCharacterQueerActor who is openly gay]].

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Recurring characters Yajirobe and Korin, both of whom are male, are romantic partners who eventually get married. Both characters are voiced by Creator/KaiserNeko, [[QueerCharacterQueerActor who is openly gay]].

* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightvale'': Numerous queer characters appear in the series, the most prominent being Cecil, the narrator who in the first episode tells how he fell in LoveAtFirstSight with Carlos, and Carlos himself (a scientist new to the town who becomes Cecil's boyfriend).

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': A SliceOfLife comic series starring Archie Andrews and his friends; the series has introduced several LGBT characters throughout its history, most prominently the gay Kevin Keller. Eliza Han, a bi-racial pansexual girl was introduced in 2023. The 2023 ''Strange Science'' series re-imagined cisgender minor character Danni Molloy as a trans girl.
** ''ComicBook/LifeWithArchieTheMarriedLife'': Kevin Keller is also in this series, and he meets and marries Clay Walker, an African-American doctor and former soldier.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': Doll franchise about the teenaged versions of classic [[OurMonstersAreDifferent monsters]] and the high school they attend; the 2022 third generation of dolls reimagines the character Frankie Stein as non-binary, and several adaptations have cast non-binary actors (Creator/CeciBalagot for ''Monster High: The Movie'' and Iris Menas for ''Monster High (2022)'') to portray them.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': Most of the Freelance Good Guys, main characters of most of the stories, are LGBT: Evan is gay, Lukas is pansexual, Alaine and Zeffer are bi, Jeimos is nonbinary and bi/pan, Isaac and Mr. Ocean are asexual and Mr. Ocean is panromantic, Elska is aro-ace, Linde is bi-curious/questioning, and Javaan prefers women, but would be willing to have sex with a man if offered. Some supporting characters are also LGBT.

** ''VisualNovel/GetawayGirls'': This book also tries to fully represent the LGBTQIA+ community. The 4 playable characters come in various sexualities: one straight, one lesbian, a main character who can also be a lesbian (if the player so chooses) and the second canonically asexual/aromatic character in the Choices franchise (who also happens to be the main character's sister).

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': Doll franchise about the teenaged versions of classic [[OurMonstersAreDifferent monsters]] and the high school they attend; the 2022 third generation of dolls reimagines the character Frankie Stein as non-binary, and several adaptations have cast non-binary actors (Ceci Balagot for ''Monster High: The Movie'' and Iris Menas for ''Monster High (2022)'') to portray them.

* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': Supporting character Cami is bisexual and begins a relationship with another woman. Supporting character Jonna is a lesbian, and Gobber and Gunnar are both gay. Main character Snotlout realizes he is bisexual. There is also mention of minor characters in the Hooligan and Bog-Burglar tribes being in same-sex marriages.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': Most of the Freelance Good Guys, main characters of most of the stories, are LGBT: Evan is gay, Lukas, Alaine, and Zeffer are bi/pan, Jeimos is nonbinary, Isaac and Mr. Ocean are asexual, Elska is aro-ace, Linde is bi-curious/questioning, and Javaan prefers women, but would be willing to have sex with a man if offered. Some supporting characters are also LGBT.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'': The main trilogy showcases male couples, one of the heroes is non-binary, and the side-stories also has female/female romance. ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' has more LGBTQIA+ representation with Specter revealed to be gay and crushing on Ryoken (later confirmed as demiromantic), Marchosias married to Wepwawet but had a reltionship with non-binary Inari (being both bisexual and androsexual), a trans man passenger in Tres, the GentlemanThief Indigo is bisexual, and Ryan and Min-Gi being a couple, turning Ryan from straight (as he was shown dating three girls in the originaly ''Infinity Train'') to bi and Min-Gi as gay. The ''Crocus'' side story, ''Infinity Train: Orchid Observer'' reveals that Jesse is asexual, Lake is non-binary and aromantic, Spencer is gay, and Colette is "bi-curious".

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'': The main trilogy showcases male couples, one of the heroes is non-binary, and the side-stories also has female/female romance. ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' has more LGBTQIA+ representation with Specter revealed to be gay and crushing on Ryoken (later confirmed as demiromantic), Marchosias married to Wepwawet but had a reltionship with non-binary Inari (being both bisexual and androsexual), a trans man passenger in Tres and Ryan and Min-Gi being a couple, turning Ryan from straight (as he was shown dating three girls in the originaly ''Infinity Train'') to bi and Min-Gi is gay.

* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': Ballister, a main character, has a romantic history with Ambrosius, another male character, and [[spoiler:they get together in the end]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': The trailer shows Ballister, a main character, to have had a romantic history with another male character.

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* ''Franchise/MagicTheGathering'' has many LGBTQ+ characters across its lore. One of its main planeswalker characters, Chandra Nalar, is bisexual, and has been in relationships with both men and women. Among its supporting planeswalkers, Nissa has had ShipTease with Chandra, Ral Zarek is a HappilyMarried gay man, and Niko Aris is nonbinary. Non-planeswalker characters include Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis (two married kings who have a card together) and Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, the game's first openly transgender character.