List of fictional gay characters
This is a list of fictional 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.
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, 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
| 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. | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Richard Harris | 2002 | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Michael Gambon | 2004 | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Michael Gambon | 2005 | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Michael Gambon | 2007 | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Michael Gambon | 2009 | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Michael Gambon | 2010 | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Michael Gambon | 2011 | 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. | United Kingdom, United States |
| 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. His sexuality was also hinted at again in the, where he seems to fall for Eret. | United States |
| Gobber the Belch | Craig Ferguson | 2019 | 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. His sexuality was also hinted at again in the, where he seems to fall for Eret. | United States | |
| Insect-Man | Kick-Ass 2 | Robert Emms | 2013 | The film Kick-Ass 2 is based on the graphic novel of the same title. In both the comics and the film, Insect-Man is an insect-themed superhero and a member of the Justice Forever team, which consists of people who became superheroes inspired by Kick-Ass. In the comics, Insect-Man wears a mask. He claims to be a policeman who uses his secret identity to do things being a policeman does not allow him to do. His sexuality is not addressed. Conversely, in the film, Insect-Man is gay and was bullied when he was younger because of this. | United Kingdom, United States |
| Rand Posin | Hamlet 2 | Skylar Astin | 2003 | United States | |
| 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, 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. | Hong Kong |
| Richie Tozier | It/It | Finn Wolfhard Bill Hader | 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. Director Andy Muschietti stated that he had planned for Richie to be gay from the start. | United States |
| Richie Tozier | It/It | Finn Wolfhard Bill Hader | 2019 | 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. Director Andy Muschietti stated that he had planned for Richie to be gay from the start. | United States |
| Stephen Stills | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Mark Webber | 2010 | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | |
| Hikaru Sulu | Star Trek/Star Trek | John Cho | 2009 | United States | |
| Hikaru Sulu | Star Trek Into Darkness | John Cho | 2013 | United States | |
| Hikaru Sulu | Star Trek Beyond | John Cho | 2016 | United States | |
| 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". | 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. South is believed to be the earliest television film dealing with homosexual themes. | 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. | China, Hong Kong |
Graphic novels
| Characters | Title | Years | Notes | Country |
| Alex Burgess | ' | 1989–2015 | In "Sleep of the Just", the 1st issue of ', Alex Burgess and Paul McGuire are lovers who spend decades together. Alex is the son of Roderick Burgess, the man who attempts to imprison Death but imprisons Dream instead. After the death of Roderick, Alex inherits the ownership of the Order of Ancient Mysteries and continues keeping Dream as his prisoner. Later, Alex passes the order on to his boyfriend Paul. Eventually, Dream escapes and puts Alex in an eternal nightmare. In ', Dream dies five years later, which causes Alex to wake up from the nightmare, asking for Paul. | England |
| Corinthian | ' | 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 , 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. | England |
| Iceman | All-New X-Men | 2002–present | All New X-Men #40 contains the pivotal moment where Iceman/Bobby Drake is informed by Jean Grey that his thoughts reveal his homosexuality. The scene plays out with Bobby wondering why his older self dated women for so long; he ponders bi-sexuality before being told, unequivocally, that he is in fact gay. | 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. Jay asks Karl out, after being encouraged by Jill. Afterwards, Karl and other men and beat Jay up in a dark alley. | United Kingdom |
| Kevin Keller | Veronica | 1989–2011 | First appearance: Veronica #202. Kevin was first eyed by Veronica who did not realize he was gay. He has since become a part of the gang. | 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. | United States |
| 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. | United States |
| Midnighter Apollo | Midnighter | 2015–2016 | 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. | United States |
| Northstar | Uncanny X-Men | 1963–2015 | First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #120. Northstar was the first openly gay superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. | United States |
| 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. See also: For Better or For Worse#Lawrence comes out. | Canada |
| Thomas Werner Julusmole Bayhan 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. | Japan |
| Andrew Wells | Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics | 1998–present | Andrew realizes he is gay in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten. | United States |
Literature
| 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. |
| Assorted characters | Tales of the City series | 1978–2014 | While the original series featured gay and bisexual characters who "kissed on camera and had sex in bathhouses," in the Netflix adaption of this series, Shawna is "explicitly bisexual character." | |
| Dylan Van Eck | Six of Crows duology | 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. | |
| Alucard Emery | Shades of Magic trilogy | 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. | |
| Basil Henderson | 1991 1995 1999 2001 | Basil leaves his fiancée Yancey at the altar and pursues a gay lifestyle. | ||
| Thyon Nero Ruza | Strange the Dreamer series | Laini Taylor | 2017-2018 | 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. ? |
| Oshima | Kafka on the Shore | 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. He becomes the mentor of Kafka as he guides him to the answers that he's seeking on his journey. | |
| Richard Louis | The Hours | 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. 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" | 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. | |
| Vanyel | Arrows of the Queen | 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. |
Live-action television
| Characters | Actor | Show | Year | Notes |
| Aaron | Ross Marquand | The Walking Dead | 2010-Present | Aaron is the series' first gay male character, who has a partner named Eric. |
| Sam Adama | Sasha Roiz | Caprica | 2010 | Sam is a canon gay character who is an enforcer for the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate on Caprica, and is married to Larry, having a child-less marriage together due to his dangerous career. |
| Blaine Anderson | Darren Criss | Glee | 2009-2015 | Has several relationships with men, including a relatively long-term on-and-off relationship with Kurt Hummel that ends with them getting married. |
| Matteusz Andrzejewski | Jordan Renzo | Class | 2016 | Has relationship with Charlie Smith. |
| Austin | Ryan McGuinnis | Ugly Betty | 2006-2010 | Although he started as Justin Suarez's rival, he ended up becoming his boyfriend. |
| Renly Baratheon | Gethin Anthony | Game of Thrones | 2011-2019 | Publicly married to Margaery Tyrell but actually in a secret relationship with her brother Loras Tyrell. Margaery is aware of their relationship and is supportive. |
| Barnes | Ernie Grunwald | Supernatural | 2005-Present | At the end of The Real Ghostbusters it is confirmed that he is in a relationship with Demian. |
| Stuart Bixby | Derek Jacobi | Vicious | 2013-2016 | Stuart and Freddie Thornhill have been together for almost 50 years. |
| Brian | Graham Duff | Ideal | 2005-2011 | Brian has a series of boyfriends, which become more feminine as the series goes on, and he fell in love with one in Season Three, who ended up dumping him. In the past, he dated women, but it is not known if this means he is bisexual or if these relationships were a sham while he remained closeted. |
| Carl | Steve John Shepherd | Being Human | 2008-2013 | Carl is a gay vampire. He shares a flat with his human boyfriend Dan until he accidentally kills him during sleep. The police is looking for him so Carl escapes to Brazil. |
| Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin | Robin Lord Taylor | Gotham | 2014-2019 | Talks about his love for Edward Nygma. |
| Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | 2005-2014 | Implied on several episodes. Later confirmed on an episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. |
| Corey | Michael Johnston | Teen Wolf | 2011-2017 | Corey, introduced in Season 5 of the show, has a "shy young man" named Lucas as his boyfriend. |
| Alan J. Corbett | Dustin Milligan | Supernatural | 2005-Present | Openly displays feelings for Ghostfacers team leader Ed which is noted by Ed's best friend Harry who thinks its bad for the team. When Corbett's ghost is trapped in a loop of his own death, Ed is able to snap him out of it by telling Corbett he loves him though it is unclear whether Ed was telling the truth. This is significant as it was earlier stated that the type of ghost Corbett was could only be reached on a rare occasion by someone they had a close emotional connection to in life. |
| Canton Everett Delaware III | Mark Sheppard | Doctor Who | 2005-Present | Canton, in the episode "Day of The Moon," got the blessing of President Nixon to marry his black finance, until he revealed that his fiance was a man. |
| Demian | Devin Ratray | Supernatural | 2005-Present | At the end of The Real Ghostbusters it is confirmed that he is in a relationship with Barnes. |
| Leonard Finch | Al Weaver | Grantchester | 2014-Present | Finch is a closeted Anglican curate in 1950s England. Loves Daniel Marlowe, but he breaks Leonard's heart. |
| Florian | Alex Rich | GLOW | 2017-Present | At one point in the series, Bash is informed that his friend, Florian, died from an illness related to HIV/AIDs and that he "probably won’t be received by most traditional funeral homes." |
| Aidan Foster | Bob Morley | Neighbours | 1985-Present | Aidan is a love interest for Chris Pappas in the show. |
| Dirk Gently | Samuel Barnett | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | 2016-2017 | Show creator Max Landis stated that before the series was cancelled he had planned a romance between Dirk and Lieutenant Assistent. |
| Cyrus Goodman | Joshua Rush | Andi Mack | 2017-2019 | First gay main character on Disney Channel and the first to say the word “gay” in its modern meaning; first has a crush on Jonah Beck, later has a crush on TJ Kippen and they get together in the series finale, marking the first gay romance on Disney Channel. |
| Naveed Haider | Gurjeet Singh | Ackley Bridge | 2017-Present | Naveed arrives at the end of the second series to create a fake marriage arrangement with Nasreen Paracha so as to conceal their sexual orientations. He comes out in series 2, and has a short relationship with Matthew in series 3. |
| Will Horton | Chandler Massey Guy Wilson | Days of Our Lives | 1965-Present | Will, the second gay character to join the show, after Sonny in June 2011, as he strived forward on a "journey toward self-acceptance," learning about his identity. Some said that while shows like All My Children had a lesbian marriage between Bianca Montgomery and Reese Williams, this soap opera "played a backseat role when it comes to featuring gay couplings," while Guy Wilson stated that he was "ecstatic" about Horton being gay. |
| Geoffrey Jellineck | Paul Dinello | Strangers with Candy | 1999-2000 | He is in a secret love affair with Mr. Noblet, the history teacher. |
| Jesus / Paul Monroe | Tom Payne | The Walking Dead | 2010-Present | Paul, otherwise known as "Jesus," came out as gay in the episode "The Other Side," In episode 14 of season 7, he mentions having had a hard time getting close to boyfriends. |
| TJ Kippen | Luke Mullen | Andi Mack | 2017-2019 | Cyrus Goodman’s love interest; first gay romance on Disney Channel |
| Sonny Kiriakis | Freddie Smith | Days of Our Lives | 1965-Present | Sonny was the first gay character introduced in this soap opera, and later had a romance with Will Horton. |
| Lucas | Eddie Ramos | Teen Wolf | 2011-2017 | Lucas, a fan favorite, has a boyfriend named Ethan, and revealed, in the end of the third season that he is "aware of all the supernatural stuff happening in Beacon Hills." |
| Luke | Lee Williams | Ideal | 2005-2011 | Brian's boyfriend in Series 3. |
| Mac McDonald | Rob McElhenney | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | 2005-Present | He had relationships with women in the first couple of seasons, but later he's noticeably attracted to men and has feelings for his best friend Dennis. In Season 12's episode "Hero or Hate Crime?", Mac officially comes out and accepts that he's gay. |
| Dave Nice | Harry Enfield | Harry Enfield's Television Programme | 1994-1998 | In one of the episodes, Dave Nice, otherwise known as "Nicey," came out as gay, with Enfield trying to convince presenter Dale Winton to come out as gay as well, which he did, a few years later, in 2002. |
| Noah | Elliot Fletcher | Faking It | 2014-2016 | Noah is a gay trans man in this series. |
| Colin Osborne | Mark Bonnar | Unforgotten | 2015-Present | Colin is married to Simon Osborne. |
| Chris Pappas | James Mason | Neighbours | 1985-Present | Aidan is his love interest. Aidan and Chris as a gay couple was considered by some to be "a first for Neighbours and possibly the country," even though Australian soap operas included gay characters before this point. |
| Eric Raleigh | Jordan Woods-Robinson | The Walking Dead | 2010-Present | Aaron's boyfriend who posted a video on Twitter thanking LGBT fans before his character died in the show. |
| Norman Scott | Ben Whishaw | A Very English Scandal | 2018 | Norman was the secret lover of Jeremy Thorpe. |
| Benny Sherwood | Percelle Ascott | Wizards vs Aliens | 2012-2014 | Benny comes out as gay during the series. |
| Dean Silverman | Gary Brun | Home and Away | 1988-Present | Dean is teenager and was Matilda's closeted gay boyfriend. After much prodding, he admitted he was gay and had an attaction to another boy, Gareth. Later on, Gareth and Dean both moved into the city together. |
| Sir | Don Johnson | A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2017-2019 | Sir and Charles are a gay couple who "operate a lumber mill," with Lemony Snicket revealing they are gay to the viewers. While Sir is cruel, forcing people to do child labor in the mill, Charles is more sympathetic, even though Sir's greed leads him to suppress his "good instincts." |
| Luke Smith | Tommy Knight | Doctor Who The Sarah Jane Adventures | 2007-2011 | Had the series The Sarah Jane Adventures not ended after the death of Elizabeth Sladen, executive producer/showrunner Russell T Davies intended to have Luke come out as gay. |
| Jimmy Sullivan | Harley Alexander-Sule | Unforgotten | 2015-Present | Jimmy was the gay lover of Eric Slater. |
| Pray Tell | Billy Porter | Pose | 2018-Present | Pray is ballroom MC who is HIV-positive and is afraid to share his diagnosis with others. |
| Freddie Thornhill | Ian McKellen | Vicious | 2013-2016 | Freddie has been in a relationship with Stuart Bixby for almost five decades. They finally tie the knot in series 2. |
| Jeremy Thorpe | Hugh Grant | A Very English Scandal | 2018 | Thorpe was the leader of the Liberal Party for nine years and a closeted homosexual who had affairs with men. |
| Ben Trueman | Michael Obiora | Hotel Babylon | 2006-2009 | Ben is the flamboyant, openly gay front desk receptionist at the hotel. He is a main character, appearing in all four seasons of the series. |
| Loras Tyrell | Finn Jones | Game of Thrones | 2011-2019 | In a secret relationship with Renly Baratheon who is married to Loras' sister, Margaery Tyrell. |
| Trevor | Elliot Fletcher | Shameless | 2011-Present | Trevor is a gay trans man in this series. |
Video games
| Characters | Series / Title | Year | Notes | Developer |
| Damien Bloodmarch | ' | 2017 | In this visual novel and dating sim, Damien Bloodmarch is a gay trans man. | 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. | 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. 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, including a trans woman named Yasmin with a gay man named Saied alleged to be Yasmin's former lover. | Westwood Studios |
| Trevor | ' | 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. | Sierra On-Line |
Webcomics
| Characters | Name of comic | Years | Notes |
| Android assassin | Artifice | 2011-2012 | This webcomic, by Alex Woolfson, has a gay romance with an android assassin. |
| Finn Charlie | Finn and Charlie are Hitched | 2006-2013 | This webcomic by Tony Breed features a gay couple in a slice-of-life story. |
| Gay men | ' | 2012–present | In this comic by Blue Delliquanti main characters include gay men and a MtF trans robot named Gimel. |
| Gay protagonist | Check, Please! | 2013-present | This comic by Ngozi Ukazu centers around a gay protagonist on a college hockey team. |
| Leo and Louis | ' | 2015-present | This comic by Valerie Halla features a trans girl protagonist named Fenic and a queer cast, like two presumably gay characters, a lesbian named Fran with a girlfriend, and two characters who use they/them pronouns. |
| Casper Other unnamed characters | Acception | 2015-present | This ongoing Dutch teen dramedy romance webcomic by Coco “Colourbee” Ouwerkerk, 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. This includes Luna Lion, a trans woman who is introduced in the 23rd comic, who is transitioning, and Casper, a gay guy, both of whom have crushes on Arcus. The comic also features Bo, an asexual woman, introduced in the 78th comic, along with gay, trans male, lesbian, bisexual, characters in other comics. |
| Multiple characters | Unsounded | 2010-Present | This webcomic by Ashley Cope features multiple gay characters. |
| 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. 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. |
| 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, like a gay man named Ruby Strongwell, and a gay couple. |