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List of animated series with LGBTQ characters: 1990–1999

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ97358970 ↗
Source-derived summary

From 1990 to 1999, more LGBTQ characters appeared in anime than in Western animation. Most prominently, LGBTQ characters appeared in series such as Revolutionary Girl Utena, Cardcaptor Sakura, One Piece, Dear Brother, Sailor Moon, and Ai no Kusabi. In contrast, Gargoyles featured an array of gay, bisexual, and asexual characters, followed by South Park and Family Guy in the later 1990s.

This list only includes recurring characters, otherwise known as supporting characters, which appear frequently from time to time during the series' run, often playing major roles in more than one episode, and those in the main cast are listed below. LGBTQ characters which are guest stars or one-off characters are listed on the pages focusing exclusively on gay, lesbian, non-binary, and bisexual animated characters, and on pages listing fictional trans, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters.

The entries on this page are organized alphanumerically by duration dates and then alphabetically by the first letter of a specific series.

1990–1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Notes

See also

List of yuri anime and manga

List of LGBT-related films by year

List of animated films with LGBTQ characters

LGBTQ themes in Western animation

LGBTQ themes in anime and manga

References

Citations

Sources

Michele Gibney (2004). Homosexuality in Fushigi Yuugi and Gravitation: An investigation into the cultural background of homosexuality in Japanese animation (Report). University of the Pacific. Retrieved July 13, 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of animated series with LGBTQ characters: 1990–1999” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.