The names are in alphabetical order by surname, 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.
Ramona has seven evil exes: six ex-boyfriends and her ex-girlfriend Roxie. Scott Pilgrim, Ramona's current boyfriend in the series, often makes the mistake of referring to them as seven "ex-boyfriends" before learning that Ramona used to date a girl. Ramona repeatedly corrects him by pointing out that "exes" is correct, not "ex-boyfriends", but she does not actually tell him about her ex-girlfriend until Scott meets Roxie in person.[4] Ramona says that dating a girl was just a phase.[5] However, Ramona later spends the night at Roxie's house and they make out offscreen.[6]
In the animated series The Legend of Korra, Korra and Asami date Mako at different points. At the end of the series, Korra and Asami are holding hands and looking into each other's eyes while traveling through a portal right before the ending credits.[10] The creators later confirmed the intention of the ending scene was to show Asami and Korra becoming a romantic couple.[11][12][13] In the graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, which is the sequel to the animated series, Korra and Asami are in a relationship.
The creators have confirmed Yukito and Toya are a couple.[14] They are stated to be in love within the series itself.[15] Before meeting Yukito, Toya dated Kaho Mizuki when she was his junior high school teacher, and she broke up with him when she left to study in England. Syoaran Li has a crush on Yukito in the beginning of the Cardcaptor Sakura series, but soon develops romantic feelings for the titular lead character Sakura.
Dee, a police detective, repeatedly tells Randy "Ryo" Maclean, a New York City rookie cop, he is bisexual, while Ryo and Dee enter a relationship throughout the course of this manga.[16][17]
Ash has slept with men and women during his time as a prostitute. He mainly has relationships with men such as Eiji,[18] while dealing with childhood trauma from molestation.[19] While has a close relationship with Eiji, he admitted that he had a relationship with a girl who was killed "under suspicion of being his girlfriend."
Noh-Varr has stated he had experiences with Kree of the same sex at the end of Young Avengers (2013), to which Kate Bishop replied "Am I the only one on the team who is straight?"[20]
Nuriko is one of the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku. She is introduced as "Kang-Lin", a woman in Emperor Hotohori's harem who has the power of superhuman strength.[21] Nuriko is in love with Hotohori and at first considers Miaka her rival for his love,[22] but Nuriko and Miaka soon become friends.[23]
She has shown to be attracted to boys and girls alike. In the beginning of the manga she has a crush on Motoki, a guy who works at the Game Center Crown. Over the course of the first couple of acts, she starts having feelings for Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask). When Haruka kisses her on the lips, she really loved it and even showed romantic attraction towards both Rei and Makoto.[25] In a novelization of the manga, Usagi thinks to herself "I love beautiful people, whether they're men or women."
Alexander is involved in a romantic sexual relationship with Hephaistion, and then the Persian slave Bagoas, but is also married three times and fathers a son. Both men are involved in romantic sexual relationships with Alexander the Great.[29]
Magnus is openly bisexual, having several relationships with both men and women, his most notable partners being his current boyfriend Alec Lightwood and his ex-girlfriend Camille Belcourt.[32][33]
Calixte and Tzara enter a long-term relationship with each other at the start of the series. Thyon Nero has never been romantically or sexually attracted to a woman but finds himself drawn to Ruza, who seems to reciprocate his interest, making them both gay or in Ruza's case at least bisexual.[40]
This is coming-of-age story narrated by Clay, "a sexually ambiguous eighteen-year-old student", who tries to resume a relationship with the woman he loved in high school but "leaves a party with a young man."[41][42]
While the original series featured gay and bisexual characters who "kissed on camera and had sex in bathhouses,"[44] in the Netflix adaption of this series, Shawna is an "explicitly bisexual character."[45]
In this book, set in Camden, Paul lusted for another character, Sean Bateman, saying he slept with him, while Bateman "never admits as much."[41] This book ended up fortifying Ellis's reputation as a "nihilistic authorial presence who reports action but seldom comments on it."
Courtney develops a crush on her female boarding school teacher, and later has a sexual relationship with Barry Cabot, her mother's bisexual friend who is in a relationship with a man.[46][47]
Rosemary Harper and Sissix are both either lesbians or bisexual as the two women enter a relationship with each other over the course of the novel.[49]
This book is a fantasy with a "bisexual male protagonist whose main love interest is male," and is set in a world with normalized polyamory,[50] with bisexuality and polyamory seeming to "be the default."[51]
This novel weaves together the past and the present through the blossoming friendship between Evelyn Couch, a middle-aged housewife, and Ninny Threadgoode, an elderly woman who lives in a nursing home, while her sister-in-law, Idgie, and her friend, Ruth, ran a café. Ruth is married to a man and bears his child but subsequently has a long-term romantic relationship with another woman.[52] Although it is not explicitly labeled as a lesbian relationship, every resident both knows about and accepts Idgie and Ruth's relationship, making lesbianism a theme in the novel[53] while in the film adaptation, a story of Southern female friendship and love, Ruth had been in love with Buddy Threadgoode, Idgie's brother.[54][55]
In this novel, Denise begins affairs with both her boss and his wife,[57] and though the restaurant is successful,[58] she is fired when this is discovered.
Rhy is bisexual while Alucard is gay. They had a fling three years prior to the events of the books. Victoria Schwab actually stated multiple times in her eyes none of the characters are straight, but that is not mentioned in the series.[60][61]
May's bisexuality plays a key role throughout the series–she has an on-and-off relationship with Maya throughout the series, as well as a crush on Robin and a one-night stand with Miranda in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.[62][63] Her bisexuality is used against her in a televised debate with rival Peter Petrawicki, because May had publicized the idea that she was lesbian.[64]
In this story, Alice Meadows questions her identity, having an affair with a lesbian woman named Clodagh Unwin, while she remains married, with her awakening depending on "a heart-wrenching choice between her lover and her family."[65]
Abby's cousin Cassie Peskin-Suso, a principal character in the sequel novel The Upside of Unrequited, is a lesbian and Mina is her pansexual girlfriend while Cassie also has two mothers Nadine, who is a lesbian, and Patty, who is bisexual.[70]
The novel tells the story of Shori, a 53-year-old member of the Ina species, who appears to be a ten-year-old African-American girl, biting a construction worker named Wright because she finds his scent irresistible, and they begin their relationship.[71]
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.[73][74]
Raymond is torn between his girlfriend Nicole and his married male lover. Basil leaves his fiancée Yancey at the altar and pursues a gay lifestyle.[29][75][76]
In this book, Villanelle is an androgynous and bisexual daughter of a boatman from Venice who crosses paths with Henri, who also has an "ambivalent sexuality."[77]
Aral Vorkosigan has relationships with both men and women: with his first wife and Ges Vorrutyer pre-canon, and his second wife Cordelia and Oliver Jole during the books. In the book Mirror Dance, Cordelia says that she "judge[s] him to be bisexual, but subconsciously more attracted to men than to women."[78][79]
Rich says "Oh my god, I'm totally bi!" as he is talking to Jeremy Heere in the final scene of the musical. It has also been mentioned on the official Be More Chill Twitter.[83]
In the Orientation Guide Book for VIPs that comes inside the RFA VIP Package, 707 is confirmed to be interested in both women and men as a potential significant other.[84]
The player may choose to play as either Alexios or Kassandra, a pair of siblings. The game presents both opposite-sex and same-sex relationship options for the player character.[86] They are potentially lesbian, gay, or bisexual.
Alphys is a neurotic, awkward reptilian humanoid who works as the head scientist in a subterranean kingdom of monsters. Her love interest is a woman, and she used to harbor an unreciprocated crush on King Asgore.[87]
In this Japanese tactical role-playing game, Ares is the player character. He can confess his feelings to the guys, along with the girls, to unlock different perks.[88]
In the House of Baths at Buccaneer's Den, the player (the "Avatar") can pay for the services of male and female sex workers, regardless of the player's gender.[89]
In the DLC Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (2013), it is revealed Axton, one of the playable characters, is bisexual. While his flirtatious lines with male characters were originally a coding error, Gearbox Studios decided to confirm his bisexuality with overt references in the DLC.[90]
Edelgard, Jeritza, Dorothea, Yuri, Rhea, Sothis, Linhardt, and Mercedes can be romanced by the player character regardless of gender during certain routes.[91][92]
This is a Canadian autobiographical game, and interactive fiction, about a teenage Nicky Case coming out as bisexual to his mother. Jack is his boyfriend.[93]
Life Is Strange (2015) is experienced from Max's perspective. The prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm (2017) is experienced from Chloe's perspective. The development of Max and Chloe's relationship is the main plot of Life Is Strange, and they can end up romantically. At different points in the game, Max may have the choice to kiss Warren (her male friend) or Chloe.[94]
In Life Is Strange, Chloe admits she had romantic feelings towards Rachel. In the prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, depending on the player's actions, Rachel may open up and reveal that she has romantic feelings towards Chloe too. At some point, Chloe may have the choice to kiss Rachel. Rachel also had a relationship with Frank before the plot of Life Is Strange.
This game is the first in the Fire Emblem franchise to feature a same-sex marriage option for both the 'Birthright' and 'Conquest' versions of the game (Niles and Rhajat in the American version).[95] The same-sex options, however, are restricted to one character per game, where the Conquest edition contains a man who may be romanced by male or female main characters, while the Birthright edition has a woman who may be romanced by male and female protagonists. In the DLC, Revelations, both Rhajat and Niles are available to be romanced by the female and male main characters. However, they can still marry characters of the other gender, so it is implied they are bisexual. If the player marries a character of the same sex, they will not be able to unlock Kana (the player's child) or Nina, Niles' daughter.[96]
In this interactive movie, point-and-click adventure, Curtis is the protagonist. He is a close friend with his co-worker, Trevor, who is gay. Curtis admits to his psychiatrist he has feelings for Trevor and might be bisexual, and the two almost kiss later in the game and is also shown as having relations with his girlfriend and a S&Mdomme.[97][98]
At the end of the Japanese visual novel game, the player character—default name is Daisuke—may attempt to start a relationship with any of the ten available girls, or with his best friend Kazuhiko as the only gay option. Depending on the choices taken and interactions experienced throughout the game, each girl and Kazuhiko may or may not be available for a relationship.[99]
The lead writer of this game indicated the team explicitly avoided giving Jacob Frye, one of the game's two protagonists, a female love interest during the main storyline. He also hinted at the idea Jacob needed to "figure himself out to some degree" after his brief partnership with Maxwell Roth.[101] This led to speculation regarding Jacob's sexuality, with the official Assassin's Creed Tumblr later confirming the character is canonically bisexual.[102][103]
This interactive fiction was the first game to feature a queer character, with one of the plotlines being that an artist named Vivian was in a relationship with Diedre, still married to a man.[104] However, over the course of the game, the appearances by Dierde decreased.
In this Canadian action-adventure game, Jimmy is able to kiss both boys and girls.[105] In the Xbox 360 version, the player can unlock an achievement by kissing a boy twenty times.[106]
Tatsuya Suou is a bisexual male in the Persona 2 duology, it is optional to have him confess his love to his friend, Jun Kurosu, a gay character in-game.[citation needed]
In this Japanese action role-playing game, the player can choose to play as either Claude or Rena. They can have a friendship and romance level with each party member acquired. Ashton (a male party member) and Precis (a female party member) can go on a date with them, regardless of their gender.[107]
These video games are based on the animated television series The Legend of Korra. Though her sexuality is not referenced in the games, the protagonist, Korra, is bisexual.[108]
A bluebird with the ability to divide himself into three clones. In the "better together" microtransaction, the player is able to buy him an umbrella with the colors of the bisexual pride flag.[109] In Angry Birds Blues, Jay is romantically involved with a cream-colored bird named Samantha.[110]
In this Canadian action-adventure game, the Last Spirit Monk is the player character. The player can choose to play as either male or female. The player, regardless of their gender, can romance Sky (a male character) and Silk Fox (a female character). Only a male player can romance the female Dawn Star, but she can end up in a relationship with Silk Fox.[107]
Trevor Philips is a playable character in Grand Theft Auto V, unlocked after the mission Mr. Philips. In a conversation during an outing with Michael and Franklin, he admits he's bisexual after Franklin asked him whether he's gay or not.[citation needed] Trevor also makes numerous sexual advances and sexual comments towards both men and women throughout the course of the game.
In this action role-playing game, the player can have sex with female prostitutes or Jeanette as either a man or a woman.[112] The female player character is able to have implied offscreen sexual relations with Jeanette, another female character.[112]
The player character Hana Tsu-Vachel, in this action-adventure game, is bisexual and in a relationship with her hacker, Rain Qin, a lesbian character. The game's advertising heavily emphasized their relationship.[115]
In this interactive fiction, the player is either a man or woman and Violet is their girlfriend.[117] The player is freely able to change their gender and sex mid-game, which mostly only results in a few cosmetic changes in the dialogue. Violet serves as the game's narrator, but in fact, the player character is only imagining how she would narrate. Upon gender-changing, Violet may react by saying, "I adore you either way."
In this comic by Christopher Baldwin, the titular character, Bruno, is a "bisexual, philosophical, free-spirited woman"[119] and becomes involved with Sophia, who "has male and female lovers within the bounds of a polyamorous relationship."[120] The webcomic also features a trans woman named Judi, with Baldwin offering "brief flashes inside Judi's private sexual life," even though most of the main characters don't know she is trans.[121] Apart from this, in one comic, Bruno admits her bisexuality,[122] and in others, she goes on a date with Frank, has a one-night-stand with Patricia, and sleeps with her friend Donna. In the latter case, Bruno and Donna have a passionate relationship, but due to Bruno's alcoholism and somewhat turbulent personality, they break up.[123] After the breakup, Bruno expresses interest in a boy[124] but is also seen to still be attracted to Donna.[125]
This comic by Andrew Hussie includes multiple bisexual characters. The trolls, a prominent race in the comic, are shown to be mainly bisexual and reproduce bisexually.[127] The human characters Dave Strider and Jake English are also shown to be attracted to both male and female characters. The story has been praised for creating "a wide range of relatable narratives for LGBTQ+ readers."[128]
Suzi "Zii" Nielsen & Désirée "Didi" Chastel & Matt
This comic by Kate Leth covers issues including bisexuality and feminism.[133] The latter is manifested in "short, witty dissertations on issues such as youth, feminism, tattoo etiquette and bisexuality."
The LGBTQ community is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning individuals united by a common culture and social movements. These communities generally celebrate pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality. LGBTQ activists and sociologists see LGBTQ community-building as a counterweight to heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, sexualism, and conformist pressures that exist in the larger society. The term pride or sometimes gay pride expresses the LGBTQ community's identity and collective strength; pride parades provide both a prime example of the use and a demonstration of the general meaning of the term. The LGBTQ community is diverse in political affiliation. Not all people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender consider themselves part of the LGBTQ community.
Over the course of its history, the LGBTQ community has adopted certain symbols for self-identification to demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another. These symbols communicate ideas, concepts, and identity both within their communities and to mainstream culture. The two symbols most recognized internationally are the pink triangle and the rainbow flag.
Bisexual erasure, also called bisexual invisibility, is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources.
Lesbian portrayal in media is generally in relation to feminism, love and sexual relationships, marriage and parenting. Some writers have stated that lesbians have often been depicted as exploitative and unjustified plot devices. Common representations of lesbians in the media include butch or femme lesbians and lesbian parents. "Butch" lesbian comes from the idea of a lesbian expressing themselves as masculine by dressing masculine, behaving masculinely, or liking things that are deemed masculine, while "femme" lesbian comes from the idea of a lesbian expressing themselves as feminine by dressing feminine, behaving femininely, or liking things that are deemed feminine.
Historically, the portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in media has been largely negative if not altogether absent, reflecting a general cultural intolerance of LGBTQ individuals; however, from the 1990s to present day, there has been an increase in the positive depictions of LGBTQ people, issues, and concerns within mainstream media in North America. The LGBTQ communities have taken an increasingly proactive stand in defining their own culture, with a primary goal of achieving an affirmative visibility in mainstream media. The positive portrayal or increased presence of the LGBTQ communities in media has served to increase acceptance and support for LGBT communities, establish LGBTQ communities as a norm, and provide information on the topic.
The following outline offers an overview and guide to LGBTQ topics:
The portrayals of bisexuality in the media reflect societal attitudes towards bisexuality in the existing media portrayals. Throughout history, numerous bisexual characters have appeared in television series, including cartoons, anime, video games and web series, along with literature, comics, radio, and other mediums.
Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term's use as a reference to male homosexuality may date as early as the late 19th century, but its use gradually increased in the mid-20th century. In modern English, gay has come to be used as an adjective, and as a noun, referring to the community, practices and cultures associated with homosexuality. In the 1960s, gay became the word favored by homosexual men to describe their sexual orientation. By the end of the 20th century, the word gay was recommended by major LGBT groups and style guides to describe people attracted to members of the same sex, although it is more commonly used to refer specifically to men. At about the same time, a new, pejorative use became prevalent in some parts of the world. Among younger speakers, the word has a meaning ranging from derision to a light-hearted mockery or ridicule. The extent to which these usages still retain connotations of homosexuality has been debated and harshly criticized. This page examines gay characters in fictional works as a whole, focusing on characters and tropes in cinema and fantasy.
↑ Blackmer, Corinne E. (Fall 1995). "The Finishing Touch and the Tradition of Homoerotic Girls' School Fictions". Review of Contemporary Fiction. 15 (3): 32–39.
↑ Huff, Tanya (1990). The Fire's Stone. ISBN978-0-88677-445-5. Darvish made certain they had plenty to report as he filled his life with wine and his bed with every willing body he stumbled across...
↑ Shaviro, Steven. "Exceeding the Human: Power and Vulnerability in Octavia Butler's Fiction." In Rebecca J. Holden and Nisi Shawl. Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2013.
↑ "Abide With Me". Amazon. Retrieved January 27, 2015. Basil Henderson [...] is regularly attending therapy (although it doesn't seem to be helping him deal with either his denial of his bisexuality[...])
↑ Bacalzo, D. (2012). "Cock". TheatreMania.com. TheatreMania. Retrieved October 4, 2021. John, who had never thought of himself as bisexual, flees back to his clearly dysfunctional former relationship with M, but can't put his feelings for W out of his head. Ultimately, he finds he must choose between them.
↑ lgbtqgamearchiveadmin (September 11, 2015). "Baths at Buccaneer's Den in Ultima VII: Black Gate". LGBTQ Video Game Archive. Retrieved December 8, 2017. In Ultima VII: Black Gate, the player encounters a bath house in Buccaneer's Den. In this bath house the player can pay for the services of male and female sex workers, regardless of their avatar's gender.
↑ Christopher Baldwin(w,a)."Bruno"What People Have to Offer(October 15, 2010).Internet (webcomic):WordPress. Amy asks Bruno if she is lesbian and Bruno responds, "I might be bisexual" and says she has been thinking about it a lot.
↑ See for example the comics, "Hit by a Train" (where they kiss), "Dancing Like Footballers" (where they note they had sex the previous night), "Baseball Bats" (Bruno asks Donna if they want to have sex again), "Maybe Not Right Away" (a romantic dance between Bruno and Donna), "A Happy Relationship" (Bruno thinking of Donna as fantastic and saying she enjoys spending time with her), "Drinking After News" (alcoholism of Bruno pointed out, cracks in the Bruno-Donna relationship begin forming), "More Than You" (Bruno calls Donna her "lesbian lover"), and "The Nature of Change" (Bruno and Donna breakup).
↑ Christopher Baldwin(w,a)."Bruno"Delilah Moans(January 20, 2011).Internet (webcomic):WordPress. Bruno says she is interested in Samson.
↑ Christopher Baldwin(w,a)."Bruno"Too Seriously(February 3, 2011).Internet (webcomic):WordPress. Bruno shows she is still attracted to Donna, but doesn't know what to say. There is also a comic where she is said to be "in the closet."
↑ El Santo (November 5, 2008). "Review of Ménage à 3". The Webcomic Overlook. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
Cook, Carson (May 2018). "A History of LGBT Representation on TV". A content analysis of LGBT representation on broadcast and streaming television streaming television (Honors). University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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