List of animated series with LGBTQ characters#2020s

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Duration

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Show title

!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date

!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Characters

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! Notes

! Country

| rowspan="2" | The Rose of Versailles

| rowspan="2" | {{sort|1979/10/10|October 10, 1979}}

| Queen Marie Antoinette

| rowspan="2"|Bisexual

| Marie enters a political marriage with King Louis XVI of France but falls in love with Count von Fersen. She is considered a love interest of Oscar François de Jarjayes,{{cite journal |last1=Thorn |first1=Rachel |author-link1=Rachel Thorn |title=What Japanese Girls Do With Manga, and Why |url=https://www.academia.edu/12110879 |website=Academia.edu |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927031215/https://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/jaws/index.php |archive-date=September 27, 2008 |date=2004 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} Thorn's paper was delivered at the Japan Anthropology Workshop at the University of Melbourne, Australia on July 10, 1997. though their relationship never quite goes beyond master and servant.{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Danica |title=Making History: The Rose of Versailles |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-10-30 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308161017/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-10-30 |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |date=October 30, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |last1=Lumbard |first1=Neil |title= The Rose of Versailles, Part 1: Limited Edition |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61334/rose-of-versailles-part-1-limited-edition-the/ |website=DVD Talk |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308161715/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61334/rose-of-versailles-part-1-limited-edition-the/ |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |date=May 7, 2013 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}

| rowspan="2"|Japan

| She is the adopted daughter of Nicole Lamorlière,{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Danica |title=The Rose of Versailles Sub.DVD - Part 2 [Limited Edition] [Review] |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-rose-of-versailles/sub.dvd-part-2 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518093944/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-rose-of-versailles/sub.dvd-part-2 |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} attempting prostitution at one point to get money. She tries to kill Oscar's mother but Oscar stops her and soon takes her as an apprentice, earning Rosalie's admiration and love, as she opens his eyes.{{cite web |last1=Berman |first1=Jennifer |title=Rose of Versailles [Review] |url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=670 |website=T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022160734/http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=670 |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |date=2004 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} She later ends up marrying Oscar's friend, Bernard Chatelet in the episode "A Funeral Bell Tolls in the Twilight".

| Urusei Yatsura

| {{sort|1983/03/16|March 16, 1983}}

| Ryūnosuke Fujinami

| Lesbian or bisexual

| Ryūnosuke is a tomboyish girl and a protagonist of the anime.{{cite web |last1=Proulx |first1=Mason |title=Cast of Characters: Ryuunosuke Fujinami |url=http://www.furinkan.com/uy/characters/ryuu.htm |website=Tomobiko-cho: The Urusei Website |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118033050/http://www.furinkan.com/uy/characters/ryuu.htm |archive-date=November 18, 2019 |date=2005 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} In one episode, "Ran-chan's Great Date Plan!", she goes out on a date with an alien girl Ran, who thinks that Ryūnosuke is a lesbian after she says she has no interest in boys, and in another, "The Muco Flower's Name is Ryunosuke", the series villains try to turn her into a boy. In other episodes, like "Shine! The Blessed Bra!!", she is blackmailed into going on a date with Shinobu, and becomes good friends with Benten, who acknowledges her femininity without making a joke in episodes such as "Benten & Ryunosuke - Run Toward Tomorrow!" and "Ryunosuke VS Benten! Great Fruitless Amorousness Duel". In the OVA, titled "Nagisa's Fiance", Nagisa Shiowatari becomes her fiancé, a guy who was raised as a girl, meaning he behaves and crossdresses as a girl, implying that she may be bisexual. Her character was later used as a prototype for Ukyo Kuonji in Ranma ½.{{cite journal |last1=Huddlestone |first1=Daniel |year=1999 |title=Spotlight— Urusei Yatsura |journal=Animerica |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=31–33}}

| Japan

| Patalliro!

| {{sort|1982/04/08|April 8, 1982}}

| Jack Barbarosa Bancoran

| Gay

| He enjoys flirting with and seducing young boys, having the name of "Young Boy Killer".{{cite web |last1=Mayo |first1=Mineo |title=Story (in Japanese) |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/patalliro/story.html |website=Official Patalliro website |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308163342/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/patalliro/story.html |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |date=2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |quote=Major Bancoran of the British Intelligence Department, also known as "Bishonen Killer," is his bodyguard. Hidden in a beautiful appearance, he saves Patalliro...Patalliro, who is flirting, flirting, moss, moss, and full of vitality, runs through somewhere in the world today. |language=ja}} Women have shown interest in him and he shows no interest, though he did show mild interest in Pataliro's mother Etrange.

| Japan

| Stop!! Hibari-kun!

| {{sort|1983/05/20|May 20, 1983}}

| Hibari Ōzora

| Trans woman

| Assigned male at birth, Hibari looks and behaves as a girl, expresses interest in having breasts, and has become more feminine after Kōsaku starts living at her household.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyzo.com/2016/03/post_27235_entry.html|script-title=ja:過激発言連発!! 打ち切り＆発禁になった伝説の女装男子マンガ『ストップ!!ひばりくん！』『おカマ白書』|publisher=Cyzo|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=March 8, 2020|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308164440/https://www.cyzo.com/2016/03/post_27235_entry.html|archive-date=March 8, 2020}}{{cite web|author=Nakano, Haruyuki|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209003943/http://www.daimokuroku.com/?index=somme&date=20120608|url=http://www.daimokuroku.com/?index=somme&date=20120608|script-title=ja:第101回 元祖「男の娘」? あべこべの笑いを超えたミラクルワールド 江口寿史『ストップ!!ひばりくん！完全版』|publisher=eBook Initiative Japan|date=June 8, 2012|archive-date=December 9, 2012|access-date=March 8, 2020|language=ja}}{{efn|Haruyuki writes that Hibari-kun is "the idol of boys at school" and is "a beautiful girl who also feels a woman's sex appeal, the "he" and "her" parts are ambiguous to readers...The main character, Hibari-kun, is a girl but actually a boy, and expresses the air of the 80s through pop culture such as celebrities and popular items." He is referring to the manga, mainly, but the same can apply to the anime.}} She has demonstrated romantic interest in Kōsaku and is implied to have zero interest in women.

| Japan

| SuperTed

| {{sort|1983/10/04|October 4, 1983}}

| Skeleton

| Gay

| Skeleton is one of Texas Pete's two henchmen. He is a living skeleton who is cowardly and behaves in a campy and effeminate manner. Skeleton has the ability to put himself back together after falling apart. He was confirmed to be gay in a 2014 interview with series creator Mike Young.{{cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-07-14/superted-plans-a-cosmic-tv-comeback/|title=SuperTed plans a cosmic TV comeback|website=Radio Times|date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616054013/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-07-14/superted-plans-a-cosmic-tv-comeback/|access-date=June 10, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{better source needed|date=July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=see-the-data|title=See the Data|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Insider|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210610194927/https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=see-the-data|archive-date=June 10, 2021|url-status=live}}{{better source needed|date=July 2024}} He also appears in The Further Adventures of SuperTed.

| United Kingdom

|Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends

|{{sort|1994/11/07|November 7, 1994}}

| Rusty

| Non-binary/Gender-Neutral

| Rusty is an anthropomorphic narrow gauge diesel engine who works on the Skarloey Railway. Show developer Britt Allcroft had the intention of making Rusty a "gender neutral" character, being neither male or female.{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/26/magazine/sunday-february-26-1995-gender-watch-sex-of-a-new-machine.html|title=SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1995; GENDER WATCH: Sex of A New Machine|website=New York Times|date=February 26, 1995}} Initially, beginning with the character's debut in series 4, dialogue and narration would avoid referring to Rusty with any gender specific pronouns. However, starting with the series 9 episode "Tuneful Toots", Rusty would instead be referred to with masculine pronouns.{{cite episode|title=Tuneful Toots|series=Thomas & Friends|credits=Asquith, Stephen (director); Miller, Sharon (writer)|airdate=September 23, 2005|season=9|number=8}}{{better source needed|date=July 2024}}

| United Kingdom

| rowspan="4"|Fight! Iczer One

| rowspan="4"|{{sort|1985/10/19|October 19, 1985}}

| Cobalt

| rowspan="4"|Lesbian

| A combat officer who is in love with Sepia, a non-commissioned officer.{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara05.html|title=コバルト|trans-title=Cobalt|website=Iczer-One|publisher=AIC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127040641/http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara05.html|archive-date=November 27, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=August 29, 2021|language=ja}} Cobalt is in a romantic relationship with Sepia, occasionally kissing her in this "classic of early anime."{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Erica |title=Yuricon Shop updated with new Anime, Manga and Drama CDs! |url=https://okazu.yuricon.com/2007/12/16/yuricon-shop-updated-with-new-anime-manga-and-drama-cds/ |website=Okazu |access-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420225839/https://okazu.yuricon.com/2007/12/16/yuricon-shop-updated-with-new-anime-manga-and-drama-cds/ |archive-date=April 20, 2016 |date=December 16, 2007 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |last1=Ross |first1=Carlos |title=Iczer-One |url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=149 |website=THEM Anime Reviews |access-date=June 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708111728/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=149 |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |date=2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}

| rowspan="4"|Japan

| Combat officer and ruthless warrior, who is in love with Cobalt, later becoming distraught after her demise.{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara03.html|title=セピア|trans-title=Sepia|website=Iczer-One|publisher=AIC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127040632/http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara03.html|archive-date=November 27, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=August 29, 2021|language=ja}} She is in an intimate relationship with Cobalt.

| Iczer-1 is Nagisa's partner, choosing her so she can awaken her power as a warrior.{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara00.html|title=イクサー1|trans-title=Iczer 1|website=Iczer-One|publisher=AIC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306064856/http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara00.html|archive-date=March 6, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=August 29, 2021|language=ja}} She has a romantic and intimate relationship with Nagisa throughout the series.{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Theron |title=Review- Iczer-One DVD |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/iczer-one/dvd |website=Anime News Network |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308171729/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/iczer-one/dvd |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |date=August 2, 2005 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}

| Initially, she disliked Iczer-1, but eventually decides to fight with her, and protect her.{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara01.html|title=加納渚|trans-title=Nagisa Kano|website=Iczer-One|publisher=AIC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126052955/http://www.anime-int.com/works/iczer/iczer-1/chara01.html|archive-date=November 26, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=August 29, 2021|language=ja}} She is in a romantic relationship with Nagisa.

| Dragon Ball

| January 14, 1987

| General Blue

| Gay

| A canon gay character and Nazi,{{cite web |last1=Baron |first1=Rueben |title=20 Crucial Queer Representations In Anime (For Better Or Worse) |website=CBR |url=https://www.cbr.com/queer-anime-characters/ |access-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926174900/https://www.cbr.com/queer-anime-characters/ |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |date=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }} who is series antagonist,{{cite web|url=http://dragonball.com/characters.aspx?id=30|title=General Blue|website=Dragonball|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225054341/http://dragonball.com/characters.aspx?id=30|archive-date=February 25, 2021|url-status=live}} having an entire saga focused on him. He also makes an appearance in Dragon Ball GT. He is attracted to Trunks/Future Trunks.{{cite web|last=Gramuglia|first=Anthony|url=https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-general-blue-homophobic-problematic-character/|title=Dragon Ball Still Hasn't Reckoned With One of Its Most Problematic Characters|website=CBR|date=November 2, 2020|access-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829211416/https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-general-blue-homophobic-problematic-character/|archive-date=August 29, 2021|url-status=live}}

| Japan

| rowspan="2"|Ranma ½

| rowspan="2"|{{sort|1989/04/15|April 15, 1989}}

| Ranma Saotome

| Ambiguous

| Ranma, the male protagonist, is a "guy who transforms into a girl...from a woman into a man," and is attracted to Akane Tendo. However, it is unclear whether this is confirmation she is a trans man,{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Paul |title=Ranma 1/2 and the Anything-Goes School of Accidental Trans Narrative |url=https://www.animefeminist.com/ranma-1-2-and-the-anything-goes-school-of-accidental-trans-narrative/ |website=Anime Feminist |access-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205181045/https://www.animefeminist.com/ranma-1-2-and-the-anything-goes-school-of-accidental-trans-narrative/ |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |date=February 21, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} trans woman{{cite web |last1=Wolfe |first1=Tash |title=Visual Representation: Trans Characters In Manga |url=https://www.themarysue.com/trans-characters-in-manga/ |website=The Mary Sue |access-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101020731/https://www.themarysue.com/trans-characters-in-manga/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |date=December 28, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} or something else because Rumiko Takahashi said in November 1992 that she decided on "the character being half man and half woman."{{cite magazine |last=Takahashi |first=Rumiko |date=November 1992 |title=Interview in Italy |url=http://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi8.html |magazine=Kappa Magazine |issue=5 |location=Italy |publisher=Star Comics |access-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117181207/http://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi8.html |archive-date=January 17, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{efn|Kappa was an Italian magazine published by Star Comics from July 1992 to November 2006, having 173 issues. Takahashi [https://web.archive.org/web/20210116021412/http://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi2.html in the Ranma ½ Memorial Book/The Art of Ranma], talked about how she came up with the idea of Ranma transforming, adding that Ranma could be a male or female name.}}

| rowspan="2"|Japan

| Possibly bisexual

| Despite a rocky start to their relationship,{{cite web |last1=See |first1=Raphael |title=Ranma 1/2 (Season 1) |url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=396 |website=T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307194528/http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=396 |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |date=2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} Akane is attracted to the anime's protagonist, Ranma,{{cite web|url=http://viz.com:80/products/series/ranma/index.html|title=Ranma 1/2 - Characters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010331090308if_/http://viz.com:80/products/series/ranma/index.html|website=VIZ Communications|archive-date=March 31, 2001|url-status=dead|access-date=August 29, 2021}} seemingly in both his male and female forms, though her only other romantic interests are male.{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Jason |title=Ranma ½ DVD: [Season 5 Box Set] Martial Mayhem |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/ranma-season-5/dvd-box |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809142333/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/ranma-season-5/dvd-box |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |date=August 3, 2003 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} Also, she is attracted to Ranma in the manga the series was based on.{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Jason |title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Ranma 1/2 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-01-26 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419100205/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-01-26 |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}

|Alfred J. Kwak

|December 24, 1989

|Ollie de Ooievaar

|Trans man

|Ollie is one of the protagonist's close friends. At the start of the series he is referred to with female pronouns, but after a timeskip he starts using male pronouns. This is never directly addressed during the series. In 2013, the series creator, Herman van Veen, confirmed Ollie as a trans man, saying "I thought it was a nice idea...He now flies through life as a man, but maybe one day he will become a woman again."{{Cite web|last=Roks|first=Sander|date=November 11, 2013|title=Ik stelde Herman van Veen alle vragen over Alfred Jodocus Kwak die ik ooit nog wilde stellen|trans-title=I asked Herman van Veen all the questions about Alfred Jodocus Kwak that I ever wanted to ask|url=https://www.vice.com/nl/article/avx8gz/ik-stelde-herman-van-veen-alle-vragen-over-alfred-jodocus-kwak-die-ik-ooit-nog-wilde-stellen|access-date=December 25, 2020|website=Vice News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514201428/https://www.vice.com/nl/article/avx8gz/ik-stelde-herman-van-veen-alle-vragen-over-alfred-jodocus-kwak-die-ik-ooit-nog-wilde-stellen|archive-date=May 14, 2020|url-status=live|language=de}}

|The Netherlands

| rowspan="6"|The Simpsons

| rowspan="2"|{{sort|1989/12/17|December 17, 1989}}

| Patty Bouvier

| Lesbian

| Patty officially came out in a 2005 episode, "There's Something About Marrying", which was one of the episodes that carried the occasional warning of content that might be unsuitable for children.{{Sfn |Johnson | 2010 | p = 266}} She is identical to her sister, Selma, but is a lesbian, and is a recurring character.{{Sfn |Johnson | 2010 | p = 255-256}} Like Dewey and Smithers, she is a recurring gay character. In "Livin La Pura Vida", Patty had a new girlfriend named Evelyn, voiced by lesbian actress Fortune Feimster.{{cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=Dennis |title=A well-written Simpsons gives the family a satisfying vacation for a change |url=https://www.avclub.com/a-well-written-simpsons-gives-the-family-a-satisfying-v-1839914470 |magazine=The A.V. Club |access-date=June 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326024227/https://tv.avclub.com/a-well-written-simpsons-gives-the-family-a-satisfying-v-1839914470 |archive-date=March 26, 2020 |date=March 26, 2020 |url-status=live}} Series creator Matt Groening said that the staff wanted to out Patty as gay because portraying her as a "love-starved spinster [...] seemed old" on the show.{{cite book |title=The Advocate: Issues 985–991 |year=2007 |publisher=Liberation Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDIEAQAAIAAJ}}

| rowspan="6"|United States

| rowspan="2"|Gay

| Mr. Largo is the school's music teacher, whose last name is also an Italian word for a slow, broad, musical tempo.{{cite book |last1=Reiss |first1=Mike |last2=Klickstein |first2=Mathew |title=Springfield confidential: jokes, secrets, and outright lies from a lifetime writing for the Simpsons |date=2018 |publisher=Dey Street Books |isbn=978-0062748034 |page=100 |location=New York City}} A recurring gag in episodes such as "See Homer Run", are allusions that Largo is gay. A later episode, "Flaming Moe", confirmed that Largo is gay and was in a relationship with an older man, also named Dewey.{{cite web |last1=Sulem |first1=Matt |title=Did you know these 20 'Simpsons' characters are voiced by Harry Shearer? |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/did_you_know_these_20_simpsons_characters_are_voiced_by_harry_shearer/s1__28038185#slide_1 |magazine=Yardbarker |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710024628/https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/did_you_know_these_20_simpsons_characters_are_voiced_by_harry_shearer/s1__28038185 |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |date=December 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=Tijen |title=Simpsons gay characters: Who is LGBT in The Simpsons? |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/11/27/simpsons-gay-characters-lgbt/ |magazine=PinkNews |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129030013/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/11/27/simpsons-gay-characters-lgbt/ |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |date=November 27, 2018 |url-status=live}} Mr. Largo broke up with Dewey in the season 30 episode "Werking Mom". As of season 33, he is dating another man named Geoffrey.

| Waylon Smithers

| Smithers is a semi-closeted gay man.{{Sfn |Johnson | 2010 | p = 255}}{{cite web |author=Curve Staff |title=5 Best LGBTQ+ Characters On Kids TV And Why They Matter |url=https://www.curvemag.com/film-club/film-collection/5-best-lgbtq-characters-on-kids-tv-and-why-they-matter/ |magazine=Curve |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710030052/https://www.curvemag.com/film-club/film-collection/5-best-lgbtq-characters-on-kids-tv-and-why-they-matter/ |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |date=September 13, 2017 |url-status=live}} Waylon Smithers and Patty Bouvier ride a float called "Stayin' in the Closet!" during Springfield's annual gay pride parade in a 2002 episode, "Jaws Wired Shut". In a 2016 episode, "The Burns Cage", Smithers officially comes out as gay.{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1560770/smithers-to-come-out-as-gay-to-mr-burns|title=Smithers To Come Out As Gay To Mr Burns|publisher=Sky News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930183034/http://news.sky.com/story/1560770/smithers-to-come-out-as-gay-to-mr-burns|archive-date=September 30, 2015}} Mr. Smithers' relationship with Mr. Burns has long been a running gag on The Simpsons, and during the Bill Oakley/Josh Weinstein era, Al Jean and David Silverman called Smithers "Burns-sexual",{{cite video | people=Jean, Al|year=2002|title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode 'Blood Feud'| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml |title='Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers |access-date=October 24, 2007 |date=July 26, 2007 |author=Carroll, Larry |publisher=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220140402/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml |archive-date=December 20, 2007 }} but later the writers started to enjoy writing about Smithers and Burns' relationship in Season 2,{{cite video | people=Vitti, Jon|year=2002|title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode 'Simpson and Delilah'| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}} and in September 2015, it was confirmed by Jean that Smithers would come out to Mr. Burns in "The Burns Cage".{{cite news|last1=Holpuch|first1=Amanda|title=The Simpsons' Smithers to finally come out as gay, producer reveals|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/sep/28/smithers-mr-burns-assistant-simpsons-gay|access-date=October 24, 2015|work=The Guardian|date=September 28, 2015}} In "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire", Smithers had a new boyfriend named Michael de Graaf, voiced by Victor Garber, a gay actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-simpsons-finally-gave-gay-character-smithers-his-own-love-story-and-viewers-react-055219884.html|title='The Simpsons' finally gave gay character Smithers his own love story and viewers react|last1=Moss|first1=Kyle|website=Yahoo|date=November 21, 2021|access-date=November 22, 2021}}

|Brunella Pommelhorst

| Transgender

| Mrs. Pommelhorst is the gym teacher who announced his intention to take time off and return as "Mr. Pommelhorst, the shop teacher" in the episode "My Fair Laddy", although she later returned as the same.

| Grady

| rowspan="2"|Gay

| rowspan="2"|They are a stereotypical gay couple who later break up, with Julio later married to Thad, shown in episodes such as "Three Gays of the Condo". Julio is known in later seasons for being Marge's recurring hairdresser. Grady is voiced by gay comedian Scott Thompson while Julio has been voiced by gay actor Tony Rodriguez since 2021.{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/771856/actor-tony-rodriguez-on-taking-over-voicing-gay-simpsons-character-from-hank-azaria-this-is-a-dream-come-true/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422190955/https://etcanada.com/news/771856/actor-tony-rodriguez-on-taking-over-voicing-gay-simpsons-character-from-hank-azaria-this-is-a-dream-come-true/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2021|title=Actor Tony Rodriguez On Taking Over Voicing Gay 'Simpsons' Character From Hank Azaria: 'This Is A Dream Come True'|last=Atad|first=Corey|work=Entertainment Tonight Canada|date=April 22, 2021|access-date=July 18, 2021}}