List of fictional transgender characters

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

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

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

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

!Notes

!Country

|Superjail!

| Trans woman

|{{sort|2008/09/28|September 28, 2008}}

|A hulking and muscular head prison guard of Superjail.{{cite web|last=Chirico|first=Kristin|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/things-about-superjail-you-may-not-know|title=9 Things About "Superjail!" You May Not Know|date=October 1, 2013|access-date=November 25, 2021|website=BuzzFeed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123214459/https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/things-about-superjail-you-may-not-know|archive-date=January 23, 2021|url-status=live}} She is a trans woman{{Sfn|GLAAD|2012|p=12}} who regularly engages in sadomasochistic rituals with the prisoners, and rebuffs The Warden's constant advances as shown in episodes like "Jailbot 2.0". She may have dated women before, and has sex with The Mistress, a series antagonist who is proprietor of Ultraprison, an all female prison as shown in the episode "Stingstress".

|United States

|Cheeky Angel

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2002/06/05|June 4, 2002}}

|Megumi is a physically attractive trans woman who retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting abilities, which she uses very often, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/cheeky-angel|title=Cheeky Angel|website=VIZ Media|language=en|access-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404142804/https://www.viz.com/cheeky-angel|archive-date=April 4, 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://viz.com/product?id=1192|title=Cheeky Angel Vol. 1|website=VIZ Media|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216194828/http://viz.com/product?id=1192|archive-date=December 16, 2011|url-status=dead}} Nobody else knows she used to be a boy but was transformed into a girl. Initially, only Megumi's best friend, Miki, knew her secret, however the protection club quickly finds out.{{Cite web|author=Arevalo, J.P.|url=https://www.animefringe.com/magazine/02.08/feature/6/index.php3|title=Animefinge Online Magazine|date=August 2002|website=animefringe|language=en|access-date=July 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523143037/https://www.animefringe.com/magazine/02.08/feature/6/index.php3|archive-date=May 23, 2019}}

|Japan

|So I'm a Spider, So What?

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2021/01/08|January 8, 2021}}

|Karnatia "Katia" Anabald (formerly known as Ooshima Kanata) is the best friend of the series' side-story protagonist Shun Analeit. Before the start of the series she was a boy who was the classmate of the series protagonists and was heavily implied to be gay throughout the flashback chapters, as well as to suffer from gender dysphoria.{{cite web|url=https://kumo-anime.com/character.html|title=CHARACTER-TVアニメ「蜘蛛ですが、なにか？」公式サイト|trans-title=CHARACTER-TV anime "I'm a spider, what is it?" Official website|website=So I'm A Spider, So What?|publisher=KADOKAWA|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222203610/https://kumo-anime.com/character.html|archive-date=February 22, 2021|url-status=live}} After being reincarnated following the destruction of her classroom, when she and her classmates were reborn into the magical world of the series, Katia was reborn into a female body.

|Japan

|Wandering Son

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2011/01/20|January 20, 2011}}

|Makoto, known as Mako for short, was assigned male at birth like Shuichi, expressing a desire to be a straight trans woman primarily due to her love of men and crossdressing like Shuichi.{{cite web|url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1518|title=Wandering Son|last=MacLean|first=Nicole|date=November 2011|work=T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307133454/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1518|archive-date=March 7, 2019|url-status=live}} She dreams of entering into a relationship with a cool adult man.

|Japan

| Maria-sama ga Miteru

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2007/01/29|January 29, 2007}}

| Also known as Alice, she is enrolled in Hanadera Academy, and her inner female identity is at odds with her male appearance.{{cite web|url=http://www.gokigenyou.com/chara05.htm|title=■ 生徒紹介|trans-title=■ Student Introduction|publisher=Oyuki Konno/Shueisha|website=Lillian Jogakuen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904200141/http://www.gokigenyou.com/chara05.htm|archive-date=September 4, 2007|url-status=live|quote=Secretary of the student council of Hanadera Gakuin. called alice. A man with such a cute appearance that he calls himself a different gender.}} As such, she is overjoyed at the decision by Sachiko to swap the genders of those students playing in a school play. She later runs for a secretary position on the Student Council of Lillian Girls' Academy, as noted in the light novel.{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Erica|url=https://okazu.yuricon.com/2013/06/09/light-novel-oshaka-sama-mo-miteru-kyoki-ippou-%e3%81%8a%e9%87%88%e8%bf%a6%e6%a7%98%e3%82%82%e3%81%bf%e3%81%a6%e3%82%8b-%e6%bd%94%e3%81%8d%e4%b8%80%e7%a5%a8/|title=Light Novel: Oshaka-sama mo Miteru ~ Kyoki Ippou (お釈迦様もみてる 潔き一票)|website=Okazu|date=June 13, 2013|access-date=April 17, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525052334/http://okazu.yuricon.com/2013/06/09/light-novel-oshaka-sama-mo-miteru-kyoki-ippou-%e3%81%8a%e9%87%88%e8%bf%a6%e6%a7%98%e3%82%82%e3%81%bf%e3%81%a6%e3%82%8b-%e6%bd%94%e3%81%8d%e4%b8%80%e7%a5%a8/|archive-date=May 25, 2019|url-status=live}}

|Chivalry of a Failed Knight

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2015/10/10|October 10, 2015}}

|Alice is a first year student and Shizuku's roommate. She is a transgender woman.{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|title=Episodes 1-3 - Chivalry of a Failed Knight|website=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/chivalry-of-a-failed-knight/episodes-1-3/.94330|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601181527/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/chivalry-of-a-failed-knight/episodes-1-3/.94330|archive-date=June 1, 2019|date=January 13, 2019|url-status=live}} She has the ability to control shadows with her device, the Darkness Hermit. Her Noble Arts include Shadow Bind, Shadow Walk and Shadow Spot. Alice is a very nice person, though she does sometimes tease others.

|Japan

|The Oblongs

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2001/04/02|April 2, 2001}}

|Anita Bidet is the owner of the bar Rusty Bucket and Pickles Oblong's friend. She is a pre-op transgender woman who is saving up money for gender reassignment surgery.{{cite web|last=Anderson-Minshall|first=Diane|title=How Animated Shows Like Futurama Can Unite Us All|url=https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2013/06/18/op-ed-how-animated-shows-futurama-can-unite-us-all|website=The Advocate|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312102656/http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2013/06/18/op-ed-how-animated-shows-futurama-can-unite-us-all|archive-date=March 12, 2016|date=June 18, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|last=Howe|first=Nicholas|url=https://screenrant.com/oblings-jokes-not-funny-outdated/|title=10 Jokes From The Oblongs That Have Already Aged Poorly|website=Screen Rant|date=September 28, 2019|access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210922020514/https://screenrant.com/oblings-jokes-not-funny-outdated/|archive-date=September 22, 2021|url-status=live}} The series creator called her a "drag queen".{{cite web|last=Oblong|first=Angus|url=https://www.angusoblong.com/products/james-development-art-from-the-oblongs-1999|title=James Development Art from The Oblongs. 1999.|website=official Angus Oblong website|access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813135744/https://www.angusoblong.com/products/james-development-art-from-the-oblongs-1999|archive-date=August 13, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Graham|first=Chris|date=April 24, 2001|title=An Oblong look at the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|magazine=The Advocate|page=58|location=Los Angeles, California|publisher=Here Publishing|access-date=September 21, 2021|issn=}}

|United States

|Rocko's Modern Life

|Trans woman

|{{sort|1994/09/25|September 25, 1994}}

|In the Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling special, Rachel is revealed to be a transgender woman when Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt find her.{{Cite web|last=Swift|first=Andy|date=August 9, 2019|title=Rocko's Modern Life Tells Surprisingly Poignant Transgender Story in New Netflix Special Static Cling (Grade It!)|url=https://tvline.com/2019/08/09/rockos-modern-life-static-cling-transgender-character-netflix-review/|access-date=August 1, 2020|website=TVLine|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403015255/https://tvline.com/2019/08/09/rockos-modern-life-static-cling-transgender-character-netflix-review/|archive-date=April 3, 2020}}{{Cite web|last=Guillaume|first=Jenna|date=August 13, 2019|title=People Are Loving The Trans Character In The New "Rocko's Modern Life"|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/rockos-modern-life-trans-character|access-date=August 19, 2020|website=BuzzFeed|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602224216/https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/rockos-modern-life-trans-character|archive-date=June 2, 2020}}

|United States

|Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2023/02/10|February 10, 2023}}

|Brooklyn is one of Lunella's classmates. In the first episode "Moon Girl Landing", Brooklyn's water bottle has a trans pride sticker that says "Trans is beautiful". Brooklyn is voiced by trans and non-binary actor Indya Moore. In November 2024, it was reported that the second-season episode "The Gatekeeper", about Brooklyn facing discrimination for being a transgender girl, was shelved by Disney before it aired.{{cite web|last=McWhertor|first=Michael|url=https://www.polygon.com/news/479614/disney-reportedly-pulls-marvels-moon-girl-and-dinosaur-episode-over-trans-athlete-story|title=Disney reportedly pulls Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode over trans athlete story|website=Polygon|date=November 15, 2024|access-date=November 15, 2024|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20241115181109/https://www.polygon.com/news/479614/disney-reportedly-pulls-marvels-moon-girl-and-dinosaur-episode-over-trans-athlete-story|archive-date=November 15, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mulliax|first=Hope|url=https://collider.com/moon-girl-and-devil-dinosaur-season-2-episode-leak-lgbt-plot/|title=Marvel's 'Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur' Episode Allegedly Removed by Disney for Sensitive LGBT+ Plot Leaks Online [Update]|website=Collider|date=November 15, 2024|access-date=November 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241116040317/https://collider.com/moon-girl-and-devil-dinosaur-season-2-episode-leak-lgbt-plot/|archive-date=November 16, 2024|url-status=live}}

|United States

|Symphogear AXZ

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2017/07/01|July 1, 2017}}

|She used to be a man who was a swindler known for his endless lies, before being granted a perfect body by Saint-Germain, becoming a trans woman, as noted in the episode "Last Resort".{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-06/symphogear-axz-anime-reveals-new-cast-visuals-july-1-premiere/.117109|title=Symphogear AXZ Anime Reveals New Cast, Visuals, July 1 Premiere|last1=Ressler|first1=Karen|date=June 6, 2017|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621020640/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-06/symphogear-axz-anime-reveals-new-cast-visuals-july-1-premiere/.117109|archive-date=June 21, 2020}} Cagliostro has since sworn to never lie about her feelings.

|Japan

|Space Goofs

|Trans woman

|{{sort|1997/00/00|1997}}

|Candy is the uptight homosexual neat freak.{{cite news|url=https://www.gulli.fr/Chaine-TV/Dessins-animes/Les-zinzins-de-l-espace/Personnages#Candy|title= Présentation de Candy, Etno, Gorgious, Bud - Les Héros des Zinzins|trans-title=Introducing Candy, Etno, Gorgious, Bud - Les Héros des Zinzins|website=Les Zinzins de l'Espace - Les Personnages du Dessin Animé|publisher=Gulli|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304190631/https://www.gulli.fr/Chaine-TV/Dessins-animes/Les-zinzins-de-l-espace/Personnages|archive-date=March 4, 2021|url-status=live}} They get in touch with their feminine side by sometimes disguising themselves as a woman as shown in episodes like "Heavy Metal Madness" and "Back to School Blues". In many situations, Candy is the first to worry, as shown in the episode "Snoutra". Candy flirts with men and is implied to be transgender.{{cite web|author=Kementari|title=Stupid Invaders - Dreamcast|url=http://gangeekstyle.com/2014/08/test-stupid-invaders-dreamcast/|website=Gang Geek Style|access-date=April 26, 2020|date=August 17, 2004|df=mdy-all}} When translated from French, this article says: "Candy is an alien with a very large head compared to the rest of her tiny body. He wears a yellow dress with red dots. Adept at housekeeping, Candy is very effeminate. He wishes to undergo an operation to change sex." This implication is confirmed by the game, "Stupid Invaders" with Candy planning a gender reassignment surgery with the best specialist in the universe.

|France

|High Guardian Spice

|Trans man

|{{sort|2021/10/26|October 26, 2021}}

|Professor Caraway is a professor at the High Guardian Academy. In the third episode "Transformations", he is revealed to be a transgender man. Caraway is voiced by series creator Raye Rodriguez, who is also a trans man.{{cite web|url=https://gaymingmag.com/2021/10/high-guardian-spice-wows-fans-with-its-openly-trans-character/|title=High Guardian Spice wows fans with its openly trans character|website=Gayming Magazine|date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211027172245/https://gaymingmag.com/2021/10/high-guardian-spice-wows-fans-with-its-openly-trans-character/|archive-date=October 27, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=November 2, 2021}}{{Cite tweet|last=Rodriguez|first=Raye|user=dinoraye|number=1453175622419685381|date=October 26, 2021|title=Yeah! I'm Professor Caraway|language=en|access-date=October 27, 2021|link=https://twitter.com/dinoraye/status/1453175622419685381|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027014425/https://twitter.com/dinoraye/status/1453175622419685381|archive-date=October 27, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/exclusive-images-a-bts-taste-of-crunchyrolls-latest-original-high-guardian-spice/|title=Exclusive Images: A BTS Taste of Crunchyroll's Latest Original 'High Guardian Spice'|website=Animation Magazine|date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025231542/https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/exclusive-images-a-bts-taste-of-crunchyrolls-latest-original-high-guardian-spice/|archive-date=October 25, 2021|url-status=live}}

|United States

|Infinite Ryvius

|Trans woman

|{{sort|1999/10/06|October 6, 1999}}

|Criff Cay is a member of the group Team Blue. She is indicated to be transgender when her sister Michelle refers to her as "Big Brother". The character profile lists her sex as male.{{cite web|url=https://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/ryvius/character.html|title= クリフ・ケイ|trans-title= Criff Cay|publisher=sunrise-inc.co.jp|language=ja|access-date= March 10, 2022}}

|Japan

|Bob's Burgers

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2011/03/06|March 6, 2011}}

|Cha-Cha is a transgender sex worker who appears in the episode, "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?".{{cite web|url=https://instinctmagazine.com/bobs-burgers-always-delivers-to-the-gays/|title='Bob's Burgers' Always Delivers To The Gays|last=Keating|first=Mickey|date=April 23, 2020|work=Instinct Magazine|access-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200720181230/https://instinctmagazine.com/bobs-burgers-always-delivers-to-the-gays/|archive-date=July 20, 2020|url-status=live}}

|United States

|Wendell & Wild

| Trans man

| September 11, 2022

| Raúl is a transgender male artist at an all girl’s Catholic school who helps his friend Kat save the town from demons.{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Abbey |title=‘Wendell & Wild’ Director Henry Selick and Voice Star Sam Zelaya on Crafting the Film’s Trans Hero |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/wendell-and-wild-henry-selick-sam-zelaya-1235257835/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

| United States

|Family Guy

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2010/05/09|May 9, 2010}}

|The "father" of Glenn and Brenda Quagmire and the ex-"husband" of Crystal Quagmire. Ida (formerly Dan) was a war hero in the Vietnam War and was thought to be a homosexual by Peter. When Glenn asked his "father" if this was true, Ida claimed that she was a woman trapped in a man's body and came to Quahog for a sex reassignment surgery, taking the name Ida Davis afterward as noted in the episode "Quagmire's Dad".{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/10/family-guy-quagmires-dad-review|title=Family Guy: "Quagmire's Dad" Review|work=IGN|author=Isler, Ramsey|date=May 8, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319024646/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/10/family-guy-quagmires-dad-review|archive-date=March 19, 2017}} From Season 17 onward, she became a recurring character, and some criticized her role in the show, stating that her character was previously the "butt of many transmisogynistic and transphobic "jokes,"" and that the show does not promote inclusivity.{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/television/2019/10/07/family-guy-still-just-transphobic-ever|title='Family Guy' Is Still Just as Transphobic as Ever|work=Out|author=Rude, Mey|date=October 7, 2019|access-date=July 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008052447/https://www.out.com/television/2019/10/07/family-guy-still-just-transphobic-ever|archive-date=October 8, 2019}}

|United States

|The Loud House

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2016/07/21|July 21, 2016}}

|She first appeared as the host (and judge) of a beauty pageant in "Toads and Tiaras" and reappeared in the episode "Gown and Out" in August 2018. Maddie Taylor, who does voice over for the character, revealed in August 2019 that the character had transitioned from a man to a trans woman, like herself, and said that the character would return in another episode within season 4.{{cite tweet|first=Maddie|last=Taylor|author-link=Maddie Taylor|user=MaddieTaylor418|number=1159555234701537280|date=August 8, 2019|title=Figured I'd let you all know. @Nickelodeon is doing good stuff in trans and LGBT representation. Very proud of this. #TransIsBeautiful #transpride #Nickelodeon #loudhouse #animation|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831013737/https://twitter.com/MaddieTaylor418/status/1159555234701537280|archive-date=August 31, 2019|url-status=live}} However, Season 4 concluded on July 23, 2020, although Dana would later reappear in the Season 6 episode "Prize Fighter" and further episodes.

|United States

|Too Loud

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2017/07/09|July 9, 2017}}

|Desiree is a volunteer librarian who works with her sister Sara, at the local library. In the episode "Slumber Party Sneak-In," she plots with her sister, Sara, to dress up as a girl in order to go to a slumber party. The rest of the girls find this out, the console her, accepting, and deciding they like her no matter whether she is a trans girl named Desiree or as a closeted boy.{{cite web|last1=Fisher|first1=Owl|last2=Fisher|first2=Fox|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/30/it-takes-away-the-stigma-five-of-the-best-cartoons-with-transgender-characters|title='It takes away the stigma': five of the best cartoons with transgender characters|website=The Guardian|date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104182314/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/30/it-takes-away-the-stigma-five-of-the-best-cartoons-with-transgender-characters|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live}} In September 2019, series creator Nico Colaleo described the episode as important, arguing it was his favorite episode of the show's second season, and a "pro-transgender episode".{{Cite tweet|last=Colaleo|first=Nico|user=NicoColaleo|number=1176935564861267969|date=September 25, 2019|title=TOO LOUD SEASON 2 continues with "SLUMBER PARTY"! This is my favorite episode of Season 2 - And a very important one. Our pro-transgender episode. ❤️ Tune in to this thread for production art and BTS! And please RT/Share! #TooLoudCartoon #TooLoudSeason2|language=en|access-date=September 13, 2021|link=https://twitter.com/NicoColaleo/status/1176935564861267969|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925192350/https://twitter.com/NicoColaleo/status/1176935564861267969|archive-date=September 25, 2019|ref=}}{{Cite tweet|last=Colaleo|first=Nico|user=NicoColaleo|number=1334012954417664001|date=December 1, 2020|title=Yay for pro-trans cartoons. Here's one of my favorite things I've ever gotten to create 🙂❤️|language=en|access-date=September 13, 2021|link=https://twitter.com/NicoColaleo/status/1334012954417664001|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202055423/https://twitter.com/NicoColaleo/status/1334012954417664001|archive-date=December 2, 2020|ref=}} It was later revealed the episode was supposed to be the final episode of the series, but DreamWorks posted it too soon.{{Cite tweet|last=Colaleo|first=Nico|user=NicoColaleo|number=1184908035753275393|date=October 17, 2019|title=That would be Dreamworks' fault for airing this episode out of order. -_- This episode was intended to be at the end of this season.|language=en|access-date=February 3, 2022|link=https://twitter.com/NicoColaleo/status/1184908035753275393|url-status=live|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017191109/https://twitter.com/NicoColaleo/status/1184908035753275393}}

|United States

|You're Under Arrest

|Trans woman

|{{sort|1996/11/12|November 12, 1996}}

|Aoi Futaba was initially male but once had to go undercover as a woman in a sting operation to catch some male molesters targeting women.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/taiho/04chara/chara.html|title=Character|website=You're Under Arrest Full Throttle|publisher=Tokyo Broadcasting System|access-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126095627/http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/taiho/04chara/chara.html|archive-date=January 26, 2021|url-status=live|language=ja}} However, she went "native" and has since considered herself and has been treated by her colleagues as a trans woman. Though her romantic preferences are made unclear, she seems to prefer men, as shown in episodes like "Aoi-chan has a White Rose".

|Japan

|South Park

|Trans woman (detransitioned)

|{{sort|1997/08/13|August 13, 1997}}

|Originally presented as a closeted homosexual, the storylines have featured Garrison coming out as a gay man, then having a gender reassignment surgery to become female (known as Janet Garrison), becoming a lesbian, and then changing back to a man and becoming President of the United States.{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|title=South Park FAQ: All That's Left to Know About The Who, What, Where, When and #%$ of America's Favorite Mountain Town|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aaoTBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT78|access-date=August 30, 2021|date=August 1, 2014|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|isbn=9781495002076|pages=78–}} It is shown he still has feelings for his ex-boyfriend, Mr. Slave, as shown in the episode "Follow That Egg!"

|United States

|Bob's Burgers

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2011/03/06|March 6, 2011}}

|Glitter is a transgender sex worker who is said to be going under gender reassignment because she mentions the town being full of "Doctors who refuse to cut off your penis," who appears in the episode "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?".

|United States

|Dead End: Paranormal Park

|Trans man

|{{sort|2022/06/16|June 16, 2022}}

|In an interview on August 17, 2020, series creator Hamish Steele explained how the show changed from its original iteration on Cartoon Hangover in 2014, and the graphic novels that followed it,{{cite web|last=Kanter|first=Jane|date=July 2, 2020|title=Netflix To Adapt Hamish Steele's 'DeadEndia' Graphic Novels Into 2D Animated Series|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/deadendia-netflix-to-adapt-hamish-steeles-graphic-novels-into-series-1202975866/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703012355/https://deadline.com/2020/07/deadendia-netflix-to-adapt-hamish-steeles-graphic-novels-into-series-1202975866/|archive-date=July 3, 2020|work=Deadline}} stating that he is grateful for showrunners who fought for LGBTQ characters in their shows, adding that there was "absolutely no pushback from Netflix about representation," while describing Barney as a trans male character.{{cite web|last=Evans|first=Margaret|date=August 21, 2020|title=Interview: DeadEndia Creator Hamish Steele on Bringing More LGBTQ+ Animation to Netflix|url=https://www.themarysue.com/deadendia-netflix-hamish-steele-interview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200823160026/https://www.themarysue.com/deadendia-netflix-hamish-steele-interview/|archive-date=August 23, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=The Mary Sue}} He also hoped that the show will help out "more trans creators getting their chance to tell their stories" while hinting at other LGBTQ characters in the show apart from Barney. Barney is in a same-sex relationship with Logs, a health and safety worker at Dead End.{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/television/2022/5/19/watch-trailer-new-trans-cartoon-dead-end-paranormal-park|title=Watch the Trailer For New Trans Cartoon Series Dead End: Paranormal Park|work=Out Magazine|first=Mey|last=Rude|date=May 19, 2022|access-date=May 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519135003/https://www.out.com/television/2022/5/19/watch-trailer-new-trans-cartoon-dead-end-paranormal-park|archive-date=May 19, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://mashable.com/article/dead-end-paranormal-park-review-netflix|title='Dead End: Paranormal Park' review: If the gay Babadook made a kids' show, it might look like this|website=Mashable|first=Kristy|last=Puchko|date=June 17, 2022|access-date=June 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617103819/https://mashable.com/article/dead-end-paranormal-park-review-netflix|archive-date=June 17, 2022|url-status=live}} Barney is voiced by trans actor Zach Barack. Steele also said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that any possible future episodes would further explore the sexualities of Norma and Barney.{{cite interview|last=Steele|first=Hamish|interviewer=Abbey White|title='Dead End: Paranormal Park' Creator Hamish Steele on Crafting the Animated YA LGBTQ-Inclusive Horror Series|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 16, 2022|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/netflix-dead-end-paranormal-park-hamish-steele-interview-1235165517|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617034132/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/netflix-dead-end-paranormal-park-hamish-steele-interview-1235165517/|archive-date=June 17, 2022|access-date=June 19, 2022}} In the second season, it is revealed Logs' mother is unaware that he is gay.

|United Kingdom

|Futurama

|{{sort|1999/11/14|November 14, 1999}}

|Hermaphrobot is a manbot-to-fembot transgender Robot, who often engages Bender in a subversive manner, saying she is "more lady" than Bender could handle.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Lydia|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/subd-video-10am-30-03-ten-outrageously-transphobic-moments-films-tv-1614311|title=Ten outrageously transphobic moments in films and TV|date=March 30, 2017|website=International Business Times|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525013029/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/subd-video-10am-30-03-ten-outrageously-transphobic-moments-films-tv-1614311|archive-date=May 25, 2021|url-status=live}} Some critics have criticized her "intersex slur-referencing name," and her character being defined by her physical attributes, while playing into stereotypes.{{cite web|last=Lauren Rodgers|first=Ashley|title=8 Times Futurama Dropped the Ball on Gender|url=https://www.themarysue.com/8-times-futurama-messed-up-gender/|website=The Mary Sue|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429143901/https://www.themarysue.com/8-times-futurama-messed-up-gender/|archive-date=April 29, 2019|date=June 18, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

|United States

|Zombie Land Saga

|{{sort|2018/10/04|October 4, 2018}}

|Lily is a prodigious transgender child actress.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Steve|title=Zombie Land Saga - Episodes 1-3 [Review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/zombie-land-saga/episodes-1-3/.138393|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025194512/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/zombie-land-saga/episodes-1-3/.138393|archive-date=October 25, 2018|date=October 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://zombielandsaga.com/character/7.php|title=CHARACTER--TVアニメ|trans-title=CHARACTER--TV Anime|website="Zombie Land Saga Revenge" Official Website|publisher=Zombie Land Saga Revenge Production Committee|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406163908/https://zombielandsaga.com/character/7.php|archive-date=April 6, 2021|url-status=live}} She died from a heart attack caused by occupational stress and mental shock upon growing facial hair. Lily does not seemed displeased at the idea of being a zombie, because to her it means that she can be a child forever, preventing her from further experiencing the anxiety and gender dysphoria, as a trans girl, that previously ended her life.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Steve|title=Zombie Land Saga - Episode 8 [Review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/zombie-land-saga/episode-8/.139907|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618213608/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/zombie-land-saga/episode-8/.139907|archive-date=June 18, 2019|date=November 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

|Japan

| Shaman King

| Trans boy

| {{sort|2024/02/13|February 13, 2024}}

| Gakko Ibuki is an aloof youth boy who enjoys fighting, having joined the Flower of Maize to fulfill his wish to be the strongest man alive.Shaman King: The Super Star Volume 6; Reincarnation 38

| Japan

|Golden Kamuy

| Trans woman

|{{sort|2018/06/11|June 11, 2018}}

|Originally named Chikanobu Ienaga, she is a trans woman and former doctor who feeds on the flesh of her victims to become youthful and beautiful. She debuts in Episode 11 of the anime and is part of "The Abashiri Convicts". Her character has been criticized for being an "evil beauty-obsessed trans woman", the series only trans character, with one reviewer stating that her villainy "revolves around her obsession with enhancing her own body," meaning that there are "transphobic overtones to Kano's motivation".{{cite web|last=Bridges|first=Rose|title=Golden Kamuy - Episode 11 [Review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/golden-kamuy/episode-11/.133091|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520165652/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/golden-kamuy/episode-11/.133091|archive-date=May 20, 2019|date=October 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

|Japan

|She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

|Trans man

|{{sort|2020/05/15|May 15, 2020}}

|Jewelstar is a trans man who is voiced by a trans male actor, Alex Blue Davis.{{cite web|last=Geiger|first=Rae|title=How would Catra and Scorpia spend a day together? {{'}}She-Ra{{'}} actors have some thoughts|url=https://raegeii.tumblr.com/post/618934327237099521/heya-i-was-just-curious-and-feel-free-to-ignore|publisher=Tumblr|access-date=August 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530124821/https://raegeii.tumblr.com/post/618934327237099521/heya-i-was-just-curious-and-feel-free-to-ignore|archive-date=May 30, 2020|date=May 26, 2020|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Sowa|first=Alexander|title=She-Ra and the Princesses of Power{{'}}s New Classic Characters, Explained|url=https://www.cbr.com/she-ra-star-siblings-explained/|website=Comic Book Resources|date=May 22, 2020 }}{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Owl|last2=Fisher|first2=Fox|title='It takes away the stigma': five of the best cartoons with transgender characters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/30/it-takes-away-the-stigma-five-of-the-best-cartoons-with-transgender-characters|newspaper=The Guardian|date=June 30, 2020}} His character was designed by Rae Geiger.

|United States

|Khonjin House

|Trans man

|{{sort|2015/01/01|January 17, 2022}}

|Khonjin, the protagonist and titular character of the 80 episode absurdist online animated series, is a trans man. This was first hinted at in the episode Father when Gay Spaghetti Chef refers to his girlfriend and then says "he's a cool chick" before Khonjin's father bursts in and threatens Gay Spaghetti Chef over dating his son. It was stated explicitly in Khonjin's pride episode, wherein, at the end of the month all gay characters must return to mother Earth, when Khonjin starts to fade away, after expressing initial confusion, he remarks "Oh, the trans thing, of course".

|United States

|One Piece

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2019/08/25|August 25, 2019}}

|In both the manga and anime, Kiku is revealed to be a trans woman.{{Cite web|last1=Peters|first1=Megan|title=One Piece Introduces Transgender Samurai|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/one-piece-manga-kiku-transgender-samurai-kikunojo/|date=July 10, 2019|access-date=November 9, 2020|website=Comic Book|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109142306/https://comicbook.com/anime/news/one-piece-manga-kiku-transgender-samurai-kikunojo/|archive-date=November 9, 2020|url-status=live}} Before being transported to the future, Kiku dressed in more masculine clothing typical of a samurai. After arriving in the future, Kiku began showing a significantly more feminine side, such as wearing red lipstick and dressing more in feminine clothing, and has described herself as a "a woman at heart," while she was assigned male at birth.{{Cite comic|cartoonist=Eiichiro Oda|story=One Piece|title=Introducing Kawamatsu the Kappa|volume=94|issue=948|date=July 8, 2019|publisher=Jump Comics|location=Japan|panel=}}{{Cite comic|cartoonist=Eiichiro Oda|story=One Piece|title=Wano Country Grand Sumo Tournament|volume=91|issue=916|date=September 3, 2018|publisher=Jump Comics|location=Japan|page=5|panel=}}{{Cite comic|cartoonist=Eiichiro Oda|story=One Piece|title=Roger's Adventure|volume=76|issue=967|date=January 4, 2020|publisher=Jump Comics|location=Japan|page=62|panel=}} SBS column. Some described Kiku as a "breath of fresh air in terms of her strength and characterization" and noted that her gender identity is never ridiculed.{{cite web|last=Cadorniga|first=Carlos|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2020/11/30/feature-here-are-9-trans-anime-characters-to-celebrate-transgender-awareness-month|title= FEATURE: Celebrating 9 Trans Characters in Anime|website=Crunchyroll|date=November 30, 2020|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124221803/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2020/11/30/feature-here-are-9-trans-anime-characters-to-celebrate-transgender-awareness-month|archive-date=January 24, 2021|url-status=live}}

|Japan

|Big Mouth

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2020/12/05|December 5, 2020}}

|In the first episode of the show's fourth season, Natalie, a Lebanese-American trans female teenager is introduced. The episode she debuts in highlights "various, popular transphobic arguments", while giving her a supportive friend named Jessi, and another named Seth, who rejects her identity, who she rejects.{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Rachel Charlene|date=December 4, 2020|title=Netflix's 'Big Mouth' Season 4 makes up for past queer missteps in a rollicking return to form|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/netflix-s-big-mouth-season-4-makes-past-queer-missteps-ncna1250065|url-status=live|access-date=December 28, 2020|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207133024/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/netflix-s-big-mouth-season-4-makes-past-queer-missteps-ncna1250065|archive-date=December 7, 2020}} She also appears in Human Resources.

|United States

|Love Com

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2007/04/28|April 28, 2007}}

|Seiko was assigned male at birth, but is actually a girl and even develops a crush on Atsushi Ōtani and Kazuki Kohori.{{cite thesis|last=Smith|first=Cassandra|date=June 2017|title=A Tall Tale: The Myth of Sexual Dimorphism and the Queering of Heterosexual Bodies in Aya Nakara's Lovely Complex|type=Bachelor's Thesis|chapter=Representations of Successful Sexual Dimorphism and AestheticPerformance in Lovely Complex|publisher=University of Oregon|chapter-url=https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/22894/Final_thesis_Smith_C.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|pages=20–23|access-date=July 20, 2020}}

|Japan

|Wonder Egg Priority

|Trans man

|{{sort|2021/03/17|March 17, 2021}}

|Kaoru is a trans boy hatched from Momoe's egg. His jacket is designed with colors replicant of the transgender flag.{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Steve|title=Wonder Egg Priority ‒ Episode 10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/wonder-egg-priority/episode-10/.170742|access-date=May 22, 2021|website=Anime News Network|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323133406/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/wonder-egg-priority/episode-10/.170742|archive-date=March 23, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://wonder-egg-priority.com/story/?id=ep10|title=告白|trans-title=Confession|website=Wonder Egg Priority|publisher=WEP PROJECT|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331202554/https://wonder-egg-priority.com/story/?id=ep10|archive-date=March 31, 2021|url-status=live}} Having been assigned female at birth and struggling with his gender identity, Kaoru went to his kendo club advisor for advice. However, the teacher forced him down, beat him, and raped him, resulting in him becoming pregnant. This is presumably the reason that made Kaoru commit suicide. It is implied that Kaoru is bisexual as although he likes Momoe as a "boy" upon learning that she was a girl, he also makes it clear that he is still attracted to Momoe as female.

|Japan

|Bob's Burgers

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2011/03/06|March 6, 2011}}

|Marbles is a trans female sex worker who appears in the episode "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" and describes pursuing sex reassignment surgery.

|United States

|Ixion Saga DT

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2012/11/03|November 3, 2012}}

|A transsexual maid who wields pistols akimbo and protects the princess.{{cite web|last=Høgset|first=Stig|title=Ixion Saga DT [Review]|url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1579|website=T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320084854/https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1579|archive-date=March 20, 2019|date=2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} She admits being jealous of the princess getting married. Occasionally, she will revert to her male voice. Near the end of the series, she offers up her "testicles" to Eren (who previously had his removed) as a way to make herself feel more female.

|Japan

|RWBY

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2019/11/30|November 30, 2019}}

|May is a trans woman, which was confirmed by her voice actress, Kdin Jenzen, who is also transgender.{{Cite news|last=Dominguez|first=Noah|date=January 3, 2021|title=RWBY's Kdin Jenzen Talks Voicing the Show's First Transgender Character|work=CBR|url=https://www.cbr.com/rwby-kdin-jenzen-talks-may-marigold-first-transgender-character/|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210108031433/https://www.cbr.com/rwby-kdin-jenzen-talks-may-marigold-first-transgender-character/|archive-date=January 8, 2021}} She is a member of a rebellion faction and was inspired by the Robin Hood character Maid Marian.{{Citation|title=Creating Remnant From Home - Stay Zen - S1E26 - Rooster Teeth|url=https://roosterteeth.com/watch/inside-gaming-live-2020-stay-zen-28|language=en|access-date=2022-07-27}} Her transgender identity was later confirmed on screen during the Volume 8 episode "War". May has a power that reflects elements of her personality, with hers being invisibility, which could be a manifestation of her dysphoria and will not to be seen.

|United States

|Bob's Burgers

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2011/03/06|March 6, 2011}}

|Marshmallow is a trans female sex worker.{{cite web|last=Clifton|first=Derrick|title=From Titus to Marshmallow: ranking TV's top five black LGBT characters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/nov/23/us-tv-five-most-visible-black-lgbt-characters|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808061702/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/nov/23/us-tv-five-most-visible-black-lgbt-characters|archive-date=August 8, 2018|date=November 23, 2015|url-status=live}} In June 2020, the show's creator committed to having Marshallow voiced by a Black LGBTQ actor rather than David Herman.{{cite web|last=Foreman|first=Alison|url=https://mashable.com/article/bobs-burgers-marshmallow-black-trans-character|title=It's time for 'Bob's Burgers' to do right by Marshmallow|website=Mashable|date=June 27, 2020|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110065844/https://mashable.com/article/bobs-burgers-marshmallow-black-trans-character|archive-date=November 10, 2021|url-status=live}}

|United States

|Helluva Boss

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2021/04/30|April 30, 2021}}

|Millie's sister, from episode 5: The Harvest Moon Festival and Helluva Boss Shorts 1: Hell's Belles. She is confirmed to be trans woman by her voice actress, Morgana Ignis, who is also a trans woman.{{cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/IgnisTwote/status/1419860144381300745|title=Sallie May is MTF transgender, meaning she's was identified as male at birth despite being a girl. Trans people (and imps) were always the gender they identify as, it just sometimes takes a while for them to be able to make their body match.|date=July 26, 2021|user=IgnisTwote|first=Morgana|last=Ignis|number=1419860144381300745|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727032214/https://twitter.com/IgnisTwote/status/1419860144381300745|archive-date=July 27, 2021|url-status=live}}

|United States

|One Piece

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2019/04/13|April 13, 2019}}

|A giant and as well as the commander of the West Army in the Revolutionary Army.{{Cite web|title=One Piece Creator Reveals Wano's New Transgender Character|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/one-piece-manga-transgender-character-anime/|access-date=September 25, 2021|website=comicbook.com|date=2 September 2021 |language=en}}

|Japan

|Skip and Loafer

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2023/04/04|April 4, 2023}}

|Nao, the main character's aunt, is a trans woman, which is mentioned in the story. For example, in one episode, Mitsumi mentions that her aunt was assigned male at birth, and in another, she has to protect Nao from transphobic comments on the train.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/skip-and-loafer/episodes-1-3/.197225|last1=Silverman|first1=Rebecca|title=Skip and Loafer Episodes 1-3|website=Anime News Network|date=April 18, 2023|access-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622150221/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/skip-and-loafer/episodes-1-3/.197225|archive-date=June 22, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Prickett|first=Toni Son|url=https://www.animefeminist.com/2023-spring-three-episode-check-in/|title=2023 Spring Three-Episode Check-In|website=Anime Feminist|date=April 28, 2023|access-date=July 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428170007/https://www.animefeminist.com/2023-spring-three-episode-check-in/|archive-date=April 28, 2023|url-status=live}}

|Japan

|Wandering Son

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2011/01/13|January 13, 2011}}

|Shuichi Nitori, otherwise known by {{Nihongo|Shu|シュウ|Shū}} and {{Nihongo|Nitorin|にとりん}}, is a lesbian transgender woman and often dresses to assume the role of the female gender, and is often described as cute, able to appear as a girl while cross-dressing, which is encouraged by their friends Yoshino Takatsuki and Saori Chiba.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/wandering-son/episodes-1|title=Wandering Son Episodes 1-5 Streaming|first=Carl|last=Kimlinger|date=February 26, 2011|work=Anime News Network|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424065956/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/wandering-son/episodes-1|archive-date=April 24, 2019|url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.houroumusuko.jp/story/index.html|title=Story|website=Wandering Son "Anime Official Website|publisher=Aniplex Inc.|language=ja|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124193718/https://www.houroumusuko.jp/story/index.html|archive-date=November 24, 2021|url-status=live}} Later on, they exhibit signs of gender dysphoria and displays an outward attraction to two characters in the series—Yoshino, a transgender man, and their female classmate, Anna Suehiro. The latter date for a shirt time, until the relationship is broken off, and later resumed.

|Japan

|Alfred J. Kwak

|Trans man

|{{sort|1989/12/24|December 24, 1989}}

|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 a Dutch interview from 2013 Ollie was confirmed to be a trans man.{{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|url=https://www.vice.com/nl/article/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}}

|Netherlands

|Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2006/01/11|January 11, 2006}}

|The series protagonist, Hazumu Osaragi begins the series as a boy.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/kasimasi/characters/|title=テレビ東京・あにてれ かしまし|trans-title=TV TOKYO Adere Kashimashi|website=Kashimashi|publisher=TV Tokyo|access-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206045251/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/kasimasi/characters/|archive-date=December 6, 2021|url-status=dead}} After being rejected by a schoolgirl named Yasuna Kamiizumi, they are inadvertently killed due to an alien spacecraft crash-landing on them, with the alien, Hitoshi Sora, resurrecting Hazumu, but changes their physical sex to female. For the rest of the series, the agender Hazumu adopts to life as a girl, is attracted to two of her childhood friends: Yasuna, and Tomari Kurusu.{{cite web|last=Kimlinger|first=Carl|title=Kasimasi Sub.DVD 1 - Role Reversal [Review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kasimasi/sub.dvd-1|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315094157/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kasimasi/sub.dvd-1|archive-date=March 15, 2019|date=June 11, 2007|url-status=live}}

|Japan

|Stop!! Hibari-kun!

|Trans woman

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

|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=2020-03-08}}{{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}} She has demonstrated romantic interest in Kōsaku and is implied to have zero interest in women.

|Japan

|The Nutshack

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2009/04/07|April 7, 2009}}

|A friendly, flirtatious Vietnamese woman who is a virgin and runs a salon. She is said to dominate "the Vietnamese Cross dressing scene".{{Cite web|author=|title=Cherry Pie|url=http://www.thenutshack.net/characters/cherry-pie/|website=The Nutshack – MYX Filipino Pinoy Animation Cartoon|access-date=April 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607010121/http://www.thenutshack.net/characters/cherry-pie/|archive-date=June 7, 2008|date=June 7, 2008|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

|United States/Philippines

|The Simpsons

|Trans man

|{{sort|2001/11/21|November 21, 2001}}

|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 he later returned as the same.{{cite web|last=Butler|first=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|publisher=PinkNews Media Group Ltd|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}}{{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|publisher=Avalon Media|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}}

|Symphogear AXZ

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2017/07/01|July 1, 2017}}

|Like Cagliostro, she used to be a man who indulged in luxury and pleasure, before being granted a perfect female body by Saint-Germain, becoming a trans woman, following his defeat at her hands in the episode "Last Resort". Prelati has since sworn to become an earnest researcher, but sometimes lets her preference for fun get in the way of her work.

|Japan

|Gotham Girls

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2002/00/00|2002}}

|Selma Reesedale works for the Gotham PD. She is revealed to be a transgender woman, which Batgirl discovers, and she later helps Batgirl.{{cite web|url=https://dcanimated.com/WF/gothamgirls/bios/rees/|title=Bios - Selma Reesdale|work=The World's Finest|access-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204223714/https://dcanimated.com/WF/gothamgirls/bios/rees/|archive-date=February 4, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Rude|first=Mey|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/supergirls-like-us-batgirls-alysia-yeoh-is-trans-172660/|title=Supergirls Like Us: Batgirl's Alysia Yeoh Is Trans|website=Autostraddle|date=April 11, 2013|access-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302171936/https://www.autostraddle.com/supergirls-like-us-batgirls-alysia-yeoh-is-trans-172660/|archive-date=March 2, 2021|url-status=live}} Batgirl is one of the only characters who knows Selma's secret.{{cite web|author=J. Skyler|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/Gail_Simone_to_Write_Trans_001.html|title=Gail Simone to Write Transgender Character|website=Comic Book Bin|date=January 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212012156/http://www.comicbookbin.com/Gail_Simone_to_Write_Trans_001.html|archive-date=February 12, 2021|url-status=live}} She is possibly the first trans sci-fi character to appear in any "superhero production".{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Geoffrey|title=Gotham Girls|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gotham_girls|magazine=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|access-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303032916/https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gotham_girls|archive-date=March 3, 2021|date=June 24, 2019|url-status=live}}

|rowspan="3"|United States

|Young Justice

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2019/08/13|August 13, 2019}}

|Rosa, also known as Fury, is a member of Lex Luthor's Infinity Inc. She is based on the Erik Storn incarnation of the character. In June 2022, series developer Greg Weisman confirmed that Rosa is transgender when he retweeted from a fan.{{Cite tweet|last=Weisman|first=Greg|user=Greg_Weisman|number=1537162152385171456|date=June 15, 2022|title=Not the only.|access-date=July 9, 2022|link=https://twitter.com/Sir_Griff723/status/1537162152385171456|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615195706/https://twitter.com/Sir_Griff723/status/1537162152385171456|archive-date=June 15, 2022}} Rosa is voiced by transgender actress Quei Tann.

|High Guardian Spice

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2021/10/26|October 26, 2021}}

|Snapdragon is a snarky student, and friend of Amaryllis, with red hair who goes to the same academy. Throughout the series, Snap figures out who they are and Caraway helps them move toward gender transition.{{cite web|url=https://thegeekiary.com/spicing-it-up-high-guardian-spice-is-a-cute-and-magical-coming-of-age-story/102114|last=Hermann|first=Burkely|title=Spicing It Up: "High Guardian Spice" is A Cute and Magical Coming-of-Age Story|website=The Geekiary|date=October 30, 2021|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031035644/https://thegeekiary.com/spicing-it-up-high-guardian-spice-is-a-cute-and-magical-coming-of-age-story/102114|archive-date=October 31, 2021|url-status=live}} The voice actress for Snap, Julia Kaye, confirmed that Snap is a trans woman and that Rodriguez based aspects of the character on her.{{Cite tweet|last=Kaye|first=Julia|author-link=Julia Kaye|user=upandoutcomic|number=1455584522368548869|date=November 2, 2021|title=(yea, the showrunner based aspects of the character on me, snap is canon trans)|language=en|access-date=November 2, 2021|link=https://twitter.com/upandoutcomic/status/1455584522368548869|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102190728/https://twitter.com/upandoutcomic/status/1455584522368548869|archive-date=November 2, 2021}} Rodriguez further confirmed that Snap is a trans woman.{{Cite tweet|last=Rodriguez|first=Raye|user=dinoraye|number=1462905769418911747|date=November 22, 2021|title=Yeah Snap is a trans girl :3|access-date=October 27, 2021|link=https://twitter.com/dinoraye/status/1462905769418911747|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123042650/https://twitter.com/dinoraye/status/1462905769418911747|archive-date=November 23, 2021}}

|Sorcerous Stabber Orphen

|Trans woman

|{{sort|1999/02/27|February 27, 1999}}

|Stephanie, also known as Steph, was Orphen's old partner and initially a man but was severely injured and while using the rest of his magic to cast a healing spell, made some "modifications", and became the trans woman Stephanie, as shown in the episode "Snake in the Temple".{{cite book|last=Kachuba|first=John B.|date=2019|title=Shapeshifters: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRWbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT223|location=Islington, London|publisher=Reaktion Books|page=223|isbn=978-1789140798}} She falls in love with and marries her boyfriend the florist Tim but continues to help Orphen and his friends,{{cite web|last1=Crandol|first1=Mike|title=Orphen DVD 3: Ruins and Relics [review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/orphen/dvd-3|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328214210/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/orphen/dvd-3|archive-date=March 28, 2019|date=February 26, 2002|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }} although she later becomes their foe.{{cite web|last=Crandol|first=Mike|title=Orphen DVD 4: Mystere [review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/orphen/dvd-4|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328214322/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/orphen/dvd-4|archive-date=March 28, 2019|date=March 29, 2002|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}

|Japan

|Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2022/01/22|January 11, 2022}}

|A frustrated and lonely man, save for his friend Jinguji Tsukasa, Hinata drunkenly expresses his wish to become a woman, saying "I want to become a woman so beautiful that I couldn't possibly exist in this world". The wish is granted by a goddess who transports the two of them to a fantasy world and transforms Hinata into a woman. Despite her protests and claims not to have made such a wish, her "game stats" list her gender (not sex) as female, heavily indicating that she is in fact trans, as supported by her prior despair-induced outburst.{{cite web|url=https://fabiniku.com/story/|title=Intoro/Sutōrī｜Terebi Anime "Fantajī Bishōjo Juniku Ojisan to"（Fabiniku Ojisan）Kōshiki Saito|language=ja|script-title=ja:INTRO/STORY｜TVアニメ「異世界美少女受肉おじさんと」（ファ美肉おじさん）公式サイト|trans-title=Intro/Story｜TV Anime "Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout"（Fabiniku Ojisan）Official Website|website=fabiniku.com|access-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019102630/https://fabiniku.com/story/|archive-date=October 19, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2022/winter/life-with-an-ordinary-guy-who-reincarnated-into-a-total-fantasy-knockout/.180974|last1=Moore|first1=Caitlin|last2=Beckett|first2=James|last3=Eisenbeis|first3=Richard|last4=Silverman|first4=Rebecca|last5=Dupree|first5=Nicholas|title=Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout|website=Anime News Network|date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223135502/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2022/winter/life-with-an-ordinary-guy-who-reincarnated-into-a-total-fantasy-knockout/.180974|archive-date=February 23, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/life-with-an-ordinary-guy-who-reincarnated-into-a-total-fantasy-knockout/episodes-1-2/.181666|last1=Dupree|first1=Nicholas|title=Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout--Episodes 1-2 [Review]|website=Anime News Network|date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119190452/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/life-with-an-ordinary-guy-who-reincarnated-into-a-total-fantasy-knockout/episodes-1-2/.181666|archive-date=January 19, 2022|url-status=live}}

|Japan

|The Dragon Prince

|Trans man

|{{sort|2022/11/03|November 3, 2022}}

|Terry, whose full name is Terrestrius, is an Earthblood elf who was born into a female body and faced discrimination as a result of this. As a result, he is very empathetic and has a desire to embrace and be embraced by others. According to his voice actor, Terry is mid-transition.{{cite tweet|author=fien|user=sorenssocks|number=1551108368965795841|date=July 24, 2022|title=no but this is so cool, i love terry so much 🥹🥹 https://t.co/3gNDxlzcO6|language=en|access-date=December 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010214703/https://twitter.com/sorenssocks/status/1551108368965795841|archive-date=October 10, 2022|url-status=live}} He is also Claudia's Earthblood elf boyfriend.{{cite news|last=Radulovic|first=Petrana|title=The Dragon Prince could be fantastic — if it got over the fart jokes|url=https://www.polygon.com/23435354/dragon-prince-mystery-aaravos-season-4-review-netflix|access-date=November 4, 2022|work=Polygon|date=November 3, 2022}}

|United States / Canada

|Paradise Kiss

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2005/10/20|October 20, 2005}}

|Isabella was assigned male at birth,{{cite web|last=Kimlinger|first=Carl|title=Paradise Kiss DVD 2 + 3 [Review]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/paradise-kiss/dvd-2|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329024146/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/paradise-kiss/dvd-2|archive-date=March 29, 2019|date=May 7, 2007|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://anime.excite.co.jp/pkiss/chara/iza.html|title=イザベラ|trans-title=Isabella|website=Paradise Kiss|publisher=Yazawa Manga Works / Shodensha / Paradise Kiss Production Committee|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206063854/http://anime.excite.co.jp/pkiss/chara/iza.html|archive-date=December 6, 2006|url-status=dead}} but lives as a trans woman as revealed in the episode "Rose". Robin Brenner calls the character "one of the most realistic and accepting portrayals of a transgender character in anime," with the same applying to the manga.{{cite book|last=Brenner|first=Robin E.|title=Understanding Manga and Anime|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uY8700WJy_gC&pg=PA99|access-date=December 31, 2014|date=June 30, 2017|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313094484|pages=99–}} She acts as a mother figure to the members of ParaKiss and inspired George to make several dresses for Isabella since childhood.

|Japan

|The Owl House

|Transmasculine

|{{sort|2021/07/24|July 24, 2021}}

|Raine is the head witch of the Bard Coven who uses they/them pronouns.{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/television/2021/7/23/owl-house-introducing-new-nonbinary-character-show|title=The Owl House Is Introducing a New Nonbinary Character to the Show|last=Rude|first=Mey|work=Out Magazine|date=July 23, 2021|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724023720/https://www.out.com/television/2021/7/23/owl-house-introducing-new-nonbinary-character-show|archive-date=July 24, 2021|url-status=live}}{{Cite tweet|last=Roque|first=Avi|user=ok_roque|number=1418313296294203396|date=July 22, 2021|title=🦉✨DREAM COME TRUE✨🦉 I guest star as Raine Whispers (pronouns: they/them), the sharp and hardworking Head Witch of the Bard Coven, in the new episode of #TheOwlHouse premiering July 24 at 10:00am ET/PT on #DisneyChannel and DisneyNOW. Make sure to check it out!!|language=en|access-date=July 23, 2021|link=https://twitter.com/ok_roque/status/1418313296294203396|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723030736/https://twitter.com/ok_roque/status/1418313296294203396|archive-date=July 23, 2021}} Raine is Disney TVA's first non-binary character, having been confirmed as non-binary by Avi Roque, who voices the character.{{cite web|last=Martinez|first=Kiko|url=https://remezcla.com/culture/first-non-binary-character-disney-series-owl-house-raine-whispers/|title=Meet First Non-Binary Character on Disney's Barrier-Breaking 'The Owl House'|website=Remezcla|date=July 29, 2021|access-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729174126/https://remezcla.com/culture/first-non-binary-character-disney-series-owl-house-raine-whispers/|archive-date=July 29, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lovejoy|first=Hannah|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37120223/disney-first-non-binary-character-owl-house/|title=Disney introduces first non-binary character in TV series The Owl House|website=Digital Spy|date=July 25, 2021|access-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726210924/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37120223/disney-first-non-binary-character-owl-house/|archive-date=July 26, 2021|url-status=live}} Roque later made the additional statement that Raine is transgender and transmasculine.{{Cite tweet|user=ilikegaycookies|number=1458295787750711296|date=November 9, 2021|title=Y'ALL TRANSMASC RAINE IS CANON!!|language=en|access-date=November 11, 2021|link=https://twitter.com/ilikegaycookies/status/1458295787750711296|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111223709/https://twitter.com/ilikegaycookies/status/1458295787750711296|archive-date=November 11, 2021|url-status=dead}} In a similar vein, art by series storyboarder King Pecora depicted the character with apparent top surgery scars.{{Cite tweet|first=King|last=Pecora|user=king_pecora|number=1509301923026927616|date=March 30, 2022|title=Also here is some fanart I did outside of work! Raine is one of my favorite characters 💙 #TheOwlHouse|access-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409183850/https://twitter.com/king_pecora/status/1509301923026927616|archive-date=April 9, 2022|url-status=dead}} Raine's teenage self is voiced by non-binary actor Blu del Barrio.{{cite web|last=Weekes|first=Princess|url=https://www.themarysue.com/owl-house-more-lgbtq-rep/|title='The Owl House' Continues to Deliver LGBTQ Rep to Feed My Inner Queer Child|website=The Mary Sue|date=April 19, 2022|access-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218180510/https://www.themarysue.com/owl-house-more-lgbtq-rep/|archive-date=February 18, 2023|url-status=live}}

|United States

|One Piece

|Trans man

|{{sort|2021/05/02|May 2, 2021}}

|He idolized Kozuki Oden as a child, emulating everything about the samurai warrior, and his pronouns are respected by Kozuki.{{Cite web|last=Kishikawa|first=Molly|title=One Piece's New OP Teases a Fan-Fave's Debut – Just in Time for Pride Month|url=https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-anime-opening-yamato/|access-date=August 10, 2021|date=June 25, 2021|website=CBR|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701222536/https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-anime-opening-yamato/|archive-date=July 1, 2021|url-status=live}}{{Cite comic|cartoonist=Eiichiro Oda|story=One Piece|title=My Bible|volume=97|issue=984|date=July 6, 2020|publisher=Jump Comics|location=Japan|page=4-6, 16–17|panel=}} He has also been described as a "rebellious son of a pirate emperor," and noted as a fan-favorite character.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-yamatos-global-popularity-poll-result/|title=Why Yamato's Place in One Piece's Global Popularity Poll Is a Huge Deal|website=CBR|date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316101341/https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-yamatos-global-popularity-poll-result/|archive-date=March 16, 2021|url-status=live}}

|Japan

|Back Street Girls

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2018/07/04|July 4, 2018}}

|Kentaro, Ryo and Kazuhiko are forced by their boss, Inugane, to go to Thailand to undergo sex reassignment surgery, and train to become idols. They debut as Airi, Mari and Chika, the Gokudols.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Back Street Girls Manga Ends on September 15|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-09/back-street-girls-manga-ends-on-september-15/.136520|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 3, 2022|date=September 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303060420/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-09/back-street-girls-manga-ends-on-september-15/.136520|archive-date=March 3, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-03-07/back-street-girls-tv-anime-slated-for-july-premiere/.128653|title=Back Street Girls TV Anime Slated for July Premiere|website=Anime News Network|date=March 7, 2018|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406185402/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-03-07/back-street-girls-tv-anime-slated-for-july-premiere/.128653|archive-date=April 6, 2022|url-status=live}}

|Japan

|Wandering Son

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2011/01/20|January 20, 2011}}

|Hiroyuki, known as "Yuki" for short, is a tall and attractive straight trans woman who lives with her boyfriend Shiina and runs a gay bar. She takes an early interest in Yoshino, whom she remains on good terms with after learning of their assigned sex, even giving Yoshino and Shuichi helpful advice when troubled. Due to her transition, she has not been on good terms with her parents, who run a uniform store as shown in the episode "Cool Girlfriend ~Green eye~".

|Japan

|Danger & Eggs

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2017/06/30|June 30, 2017}}

|In the final episode of the series, Zadie, who sings about acceptance at a Pride festival and helps the series protagonists understand the meaning of a chosen family.{{Cite web|last=Bendix|first=Trish|title="Danger And Eggs" Is The Queer Cartoon We've Been Waiting For|url=http://www.newnownext.com/danger-and-eggs-cartoon-amazon-kids/07/2017|website=NewNowNext|access-date=April 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007034642/http://www.newnownext.com/danger-and-eggs-cartoon-amazon-kids/07/2017/|archive-date=October 7, 2019|date=July 3, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} She is voiced by Jazz Jennings, a pansexual and transgender LGBT rights activist.{{Cite web|last=Lodge|first=Daniel|title=SDCC '17: Danger and Eggs represents LGBTQ community both on and off screen|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-17-danger-and-eggs-represents-lgbtq-community-both-on-and-off-screen/|website=Comics Beat|access-date=April 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920144902/http://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-17-danger-and-eggs-represents-lgbtq-community-both-on-and-off-screen/|archive-date=September 20, 2017|date=July 27, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

|United States

|Dead End: Paranormal Park

|Trans woman

|{{sort|2022/06/16|June 16, 2022}}

|Series creator Hamish Steele confirmed on Twitter that Zagan is trans.{{Cite tweet|last=Steele|first=Hamish|user=hamishsteele|number=1581783675532087296|date=October 16, 2022|title=I know trans actors can play cis characters too but we cast several trans actors in roles aside from Barney because I didn't want him to be alone. Margie (the lesbian in the line), Vince, Zagan, Jules the ghost, etc. I wanted the show to have the whole community in its dna.|language=en|access-date=July 6, 2022|link=https://twitter.com/hamishsteele/status/1581780745827549184|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231151906/https://twitter.com/hamishsteele/status/1581783675532087296|archive-date=December 31, 2022}} Zagan is voiced by transgender actress and singer Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/dead-end-paranormal-park-2022|title=Dead End: Paranormal Park|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=December 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028160337/https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/dead-end-paranormal-park-2022|archive-date=October 28, 2022|url-status=live}}

|United Kingdom

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|Shutter

|2014–present

|In the third issue of this urban fantasy series, the protagonist Kate Kristopher's lifelong friend, Alain, is revealed to be a trans woman.

|Questionable Content

|2003–present

|This comic by Jeph Jacques includes characters of various sexualities, transgender woman Claire, as well as various other themes of sexuality.{{cite web|url=http://www.themarysue.com/trans-characters-in-webcomics-representation/|publisher=The Mary Sue|title=Visual Representation: Trans Characters In Webcomics|last=Wolfe|first=Tash|date=February 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207033525/http://www.themarysue.com/trans-characters-in-webcomics-representation/|archive-date=February 7, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Cook|first=Marcy|title=The Mary Sue Interview: Jeph Jacques Talks Mental Health, Sexuality, and Trans Characters in Questionable Content|url=https://www.themarysue.com/qc-jacques-interview|website=The Mary Sue|date=Dec 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106210856/https://www.themarysue.com/qc-jacques-interview/|archive-date=November 6, 2019}}

|Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

|2021

|A graphic novel that tells the story of two queer high school students Beatrice (who is transgender) and Annie, who become members of their school's cheerleading squad.{{Cite magazine |title=CHEER UP! |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/crystal-frasier/cheer-up/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |language=en }}

|Jem and the Holograms

|2015–2017

|Sophie Campbell, the artist for the series, came out as a trans woman in March 2015, and she created a new character for the series named Blaze, who is also trans.

|Rat Queens

|2013–present{{efn|The series was put on hiatus in April 2016 and returned in March 2017 with the new artist Owen Gieni.}}

|In January 2015, this punk rock comic revealed that Braga, a "fearsome orc warrior," is a trans woman, in an issue about her titled "Rat Queens Special: Braga #1". Due to a number of personnel changes, trans artist Tamra Bonvillain became the colorist of the comics in the fall of 2015, making the comic series "another book with both a trans character and a trans person on the creative team".

|The Wicked + The Divine

|2014–2019

|This comic features various queer characters, like a gender non-conforming character named Inanna, and a trans woman (and journalist) named Cassandra/Urdr. Reviewers have noted that not only is Cassandra/Urdr a well-developed character, but that it serves as "one of the best portrayals of a trans character so far in comics" due to the way it handles her "being trans, and other people's transphobia".

|rowspan="2"|Venus Envy

|rowspan="2"|2001–2014

|The protagonist of this webcomic, she adjusts to school life as a girl and has severe depression.{{Cite web|last=Lindsey|first=Erin|title=About the comic|url=http://venusenvycomic.com/about.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226232028/http://venusenvycomic.com/about.php|archive-date=February 26, 2021|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=Official website of Venus Envy comic}}

|A trans Latino boy who is, like Lisa, friends with Zoë, going to the same high school, and often wears chest binders.{{Cite web|last=Lindsey|first=Erin|title=All About Venus Envy|url=http://venusenvy.comicgenesis.com/about.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328100525/http://venusenvy.comicgenesis.com/about.html|archive-date=March 28, 2020|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=Official website of Venus Envy|publisher=Comic Genesis}}

| DC comics

| 2023-present

| Circuit Breaker is a superhero with the power to slow down time around him. He goes by both he/him and they/them pronouns, and has been described as a "trans man, but not super into the binary."{{cite web |last1=Riedel |first1=Samantha |title=DC Comics’ New Trans Superhero Will Debut on Valentine’s Day |url=https://www.them.us/story/dc-comics-circuit-breaker-trans-superhero |website=Them}}

|The Invisibles

|1996

|Fanny, a shaman from Brazil, was assigned male at birth but raised as a girl. Some have said that you could categorize Fanny as "not-quite-trans" however.

|Rain

|2010–present

|This comic by Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick features a trans girl, Rain, as the main character and other LGBT+ characters,{{cite web|last1=Kirichanskaya|first1=Michele|title=10 Must-Read LGBTQIA+ Webcomics|url=https://comicsverse.com/love-is-love-top-ten-lgbtqia-webcomics/|website=ComicsVerse|date=April 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701011523/https://comicsverse.com/love-is-love-top-ten-lgbtqia-webcomics/|archive-date=July 1, 2017}} like a bisexual woman named Fara Bryer, a lesbian woman named Maria Strongwell, a gay man named Rudy Strongwell, an asexual girl named Chanel Montoya, and a number of others with an "unknown" sexuality (Anastacia Rubina, Brett Desrocher, Quenton Morrison, and Chiaki Koizumi).{{cite web|last1=Samara D.|first1=Jocelyn|title=Characters|url=http://rain.thecomicseries.com/characters/|website=Rain webcomic official site|date=June 20, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128144427/http://rain.thecomicseries.com/characters/|archive-date=January 28, 2020}} Additionally, this comic features two bisexual men (Randy Martin Guy and Kylie Coven), an asexual man named Arthur Feltman, and a gay couple (Trevor Kurz and Frank Johnson).

|Doom Patrol

|1993

|Kate, otherwise known as Coagula, is a trans woman, and part of a superhero team known as Doom Patrol, with the comic itself was written by Rachel Pollack, a trans woman. Kate has the power to "coagulate and dissolve liquids at will," and is bisexual, entering into a relationship with Robotman, a character who has the body of a robot and a human brain. Pollack said this was wonderful because Kate "brought together the story and its implicit themes — body issues and extreme outsiders learning to accept themselves and embrace life".

|Dykes to Watch Out For

|1983–2008

|This comic by Alison Bechdel features multiple LGBTQ characters,{{cite news|first=Dwight|last=Garner|date=December 2, 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/books/03garner.html|title=The Days of Their Lives: Lesbians Star in Funny Pages|work=The New York Times|agency=Books of The Times (column)|access-date=August 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622104252/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/books/03garner.html|archive-date=June 22, 2019}} the trans adolescent daughter of Jasmine, Janis.{{cite web|first=Bechdel|last=Alison|date=2019|url=https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/cast-biographies/|title=Cast Biographies|work=Dykes to Watch Out For official website|access-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113192829/https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/cast-biographies/|archive-date=November 13, 2019|url-status=live}}

|scope="row"|Go Get a Roomie!

|2010–present

|In this webcomic, by Chloé C., which explores sexual themes,{{cite web|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=2376|publisher=Sequential Tart|title=Not Safe for Work|last=Moondaughter|first=Wolfen|date=2013-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117001756/http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=2376|archive-date=November 17, 2017|url-status=live}} Jak is a "transboi friend" of the protagonist, Roomie, and has a girlfriend named Gulden.{{cite web|url=https://www.gogetaroomie.com/cast/|publisher=Official Go Get a Roomie! website|title=Cast|author=Chloé C|date=2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107140832/http://www.gogetaroomie.com/cast/|archive-date=January 7, 2013}}

|scope="row"|Lumberjanes

|2014–2020

|This series, by Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters,Apart from writing by Ellis and Watters, ND Stevenson, Kat Leyh, and Faith Erin Hicks wrote stories for this series. features various LGBTQ characters. Jo is a trans woman of color with two dads, and acts as an "expert on what it means to be a Lumberjane" to the fellow campers.{{cite web|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/most-intriguing-lgbt-characters-2015|publisher=GLAAD|title=The Most Intriguing LGBT Characters of 2015|author= GLAAD's Entertainment Media Team|date=December 25, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103012941/https://www.glaad.org/blog/most-intriguing-lgbt-characters-2015|archive-date=November 3, 2018 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/lumberjanes-issue-17-continues-positive-representation-as-jo-talks-about-being-trans-303008/|publisher=Autostraddle|title=In Lumberjanes Issue #17, Jo Comes Out As Trans and It's So Awesome|last=Rude|first=Mey|date=August 26, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608190735/https://www.autostraddle.com/lumberjanes-issue-17-continues-positive-representation-as-jo-talks-about-being-trans-303008/|archive-date=June 8, 2020}} One reviewer described Jo as "the first trans protagonist of an all-ages comic".

|scope="row"|Bruno

|1996–2007

|In this comic by Christopher Baldwin, the titular character is bisexual and a minor character is transgender.{{cite web|last1=Holmes|first1=Veronica|date=July 3, 2006|title=Bisexual Comic Strip Heroine Bruno|url=http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/7/bruno.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704133745/http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/7/bruno.html|archive-date=July 4, 2006|website=AfterEllen}}{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Lauren|date=February 20, 2012|title=Everything You Ever Wanted to Learn About Sex from Webcomics (But Were Afraid to Ask)|url=http://comicsalliance.com/webcomics-sex/|website=ComicsAlliance}}

|scope="row"|Up and Out

|2013–present

|More recent comics focus on the Julia Kaye's experiences of transitioning from male to female, with the character also named Julia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/up-out-comic-series-about-life-during-gender-transition-is-deeply-personal-25689|title='Up And Out' Comic Series About Life During Gender Transition Is Deeply Personal|last=Warner|first=Claire|website=Bustle|date=December 22, 2016|access-date=March 9, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305042335/https://www.bustle.com/p/up-out-comic-series-about-life-during-gender-transition-is-deeply-personal-25689|archive-date=March 5, 2017}}

|scope="row"|Trans Girl Next Door

|2013–present

|This autobiographical comic by Kylie Wu is about the author's transition as a transgender woman.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/news/notes-from-the-intersection/notes-intersection-celebrating-trans-lives-cartoons/|work=SF Weekly|title=Notes From the Intersection: On Trans Lives (and Cartoons!)|last=Joseph|first=Channing|date=2016-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619092821/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/notes-from-the-intersection/notes-intersection-celebrating-trans-lives-cartoons/|archive-date=June 19, 2020}}

|scope="row"|Blood Syndicate

|1993–1994

|Although he is a shapeshifter, he is a trans man, making him the first trans male superhero, with Fade finding out his assigned gender in another issue of the comic, but he works as a "male superhero because that is his idealized version of himself".

|rowspan="3"|Love Me for Who I Am

|rowspan="3"|2018–2021

|rowspan="3"|Manga about a nonbinary character, Mogumo, who finds acceptance at an otokonoko maid café. Mogumo's insistence on being neither male nor female inspires their coworker Mei to come out as a trans woman. The cafe is owned by another trans woman, Satori Iwaoka.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-22|title=Love Me For What I Am (FukaBoku): A Sweet Drama That Explores Japan's Gender Landscape|url=https://www.animeherald.com/2019/04/22/love-me-for-what-i-am-fukaboku-a-sweet-drama-that-explores-japans-gender-landscape/|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Anime Herald|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-15|title=The 6 Best LGBTQ Manga (That AREN'T Yaoi or Yuri)|url=https://www.cbr.com/best-lgbtq-manga-not-yaoi-yuri/|access-date=2021-12-02|website=CBR|language=en-US}}

|scope="row"|Claudine

|1978

|The youngest son of an aristocratic family in early 20th century France, Claude is a trans man who faces tragedy and hardship in his romantic life. Claudine is notable for being one of the earliest manga to feature a transgender protagonist.{{cite web|last=Pagan|first=Amanda|date=June 17, 2019|title=A Beginner's Guide to LGBTQ+ Manga|url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/06/17/beginners-guide-lgbtq-manga|website=New York Public Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008180939/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/06/17/beginners-guide-lgbtq-manga|archive-date=October 8, 2019|url-status=live}}

|Detective Comics

|2017–present

|A transgender bioweapons expert and physician, October debuted in Detective Comics as an ally of Batman.{{Cite web |last=Higgins |first=Marissa |date=January 17, 2017 |title='Batman' comic series introduces a trans character, written by a trans writer |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/dc-batman-trans-comic/ |access-date=June 14, 2025 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}

|scope="row"|Secret Six

|rowspan="2"|2014–present

|In this comic, Gail Simone introduced another trans character in Secret Six #4 on July 15, 2015, with Porceline starting to present in a masculine way, whether than a feminine way, explaining to their team that "some days they feel more like a man, some days they feel more like a woman".

|scope="row"|Witchy

|This comic by Ariel Ries features a trans girl named Prill, a witch who is Nyneve's class, a bully at first, but then later becomes an ally.{{cite web|last1=Grace|first1=Ziah|title=Entangled in Magic: Should You Be Reading 'Witchy'?|url=http://comicsalliance.com/witchy-readers-guide/|website=Comics Alliance|date=September 9, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002403/http://comicsalliance.com/witchy-readers-guide/|archive-date=February 14, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Rude|first1=Mey|title=Drawn to Comics: Witchy is Your New Favorite Webcomic About Teen Witches of Color|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/drawn-to-comics-witchy-is-your-new-favorite-webcomic-about-teen-witches-of-color-268228/|website=Autostraddle|date=2015-01-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164855/https://www.autostraddle.com/drawn-to-comics-witchy-is-your-new-favorite-webcomic-about-teen-witches-of-color-268228/|archive-date=February 13, 2017}}

|scope="row"|Deathwish

|1994

|A four-issue mini-series published by Milestone and set in their Dakotaverse, shared universe. The main character is trans woman Marisa Rahm, a police detective who has spent years on an obsessive hunt for a serial killer. Rahm's girlfriend, Dini, is also a trans woman. The series was written by trans writer Maddie Blaustein.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/10/so-who-was-the-first-transgender-character-in-mainstream-superhero-comics-anyway/|title=So Who Was The First Transgender Character In Mainstream Superhero Comics Anyway?|last=Johnston|first=Rich|date=2013-04-10|website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-07}}

|Cucumber Quest

|2011–present

|This comic by Gigi D.G. features two girls, Peridot and Almond, who have crushes on each other, and a complex trans woman character named Rosemaster, who is a villain in this story.{{cite web|last1=Rude|first1=Mey|title=Drawn to Comics: Cucumber Quest Is the Adorable All-Ages Fantasy You Need to Read|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/drawn-to-comics-cucumber-quest-is-the-all-ages-fantasy-you-need-to-read-now-369081/|website=Autostraddle|date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618121511/https://www.autostraddle.com/drawn-to-comics-cucumber-quest-is-the-all-ages-fantasy-you-need-to-read-now-369081/|archive-date=June 18, 2020}}{{Cite web|last1=Finn|first1=Charlotte|url=http://comicsalliance.com/lost-in-transition-cucumber-quest/|title=Lost in Transition: 'Cucumber Quest' and Transgender Villains|website=Comics Alliance|date=2016-05-24|access-date=2016-10-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020110632/http://comicsalliance.com/lost-in-transition-cucumber-quest/|archive-date=2016-10-20}}

|scope="row"|Baker Street

|1989–1991

|In this "punk rock take on Sherlock Holmes," Sam is revealed to be trans in the second volume of this comic.

|scope="row"|Angela: Asgard's Assassin

|2013–present

|In Angela: Asgard's Assassin #3, Sera notes she was born into an all-male group in the home of angels and is portrayed as a "likable character who is a trans woman of color".{{cite web|last=Rude|first=Mey|title=Drawn to Comics: Sera From Marvel's "Angela: Asgard's Assassin" is the Closest to a Trans Superhero We've Got So Far|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/drawn-to-comics-sera-from-marvels-angela-asgards-assassin-is-the-closest-to-a-trans-superhero-weve-got-so-far-277223/|website=Autostraddle|date=February 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225122450/https://www.autostraddle.com/drawn-to-comics-sera-from-marvels-angela-asgards-assassin-is-the-closest-to-a-trans-superhero-weve-got-so-far-277223/|archive-date=February 25, 2020}} She later appeared in two other series, 1602: Witchhunter Angela and Angela: Queen of Hel (2015-2016) where she and Angel share two "on-panel kisses".

|scope="row" rowspan="2"|Unsounded

|rowspan="2"|2010–present

|Timofey is a trans boy who is a poetic intangible construct formed by a selection of ghosts and housed in First Light created by Bastion Winalils, acting as his master's disobedient servant. Originally given a feminine appearance due to being created by Bastion's attempt to resurrect his sister after her death, when Bastion's creation insisted he saw himself as male and named himself "Timofey", his creator eventually relented and gave him shorter hair and a black suit with a cape and cravat rather to replace the dress he'd originally been given (fashioned after his sister's favorite).{{cite web|last=Cope|first=Ashley|title=Unsounded Q&A: June 20th, 2019|url=https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/185739469845/would-there-be-a-way-for-a-trans-person-to|website=Unsounded Q&A|date=June 20, 2019}}

|The mayor of Durlyne City, who is "kind of a prick [buy] not a bad guy". Named Sara at birth by his parents, Stefan is one of the few trans-men in Unsounded to be able to take advantage of the Third Option in Alderode.{{cite web|last=Cope|first=Ashley|title=Unsounded Q&A: May 23rd, 2014|url=https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/86604070920/are-there-any-third-options-in-alderode-who-arent|website=Unsounded Q&A|date=May 23, 2014}}

|Marvel comics

| 2022-present

|A mutant superhero with the power to trade places, superpowers, or attributes with anyone nearby. She is unambiguously portrayed as a transgender woman.{{cite web |last1=McGuire |first1=Liam |title=X-Men's New Trans Mutant Superhero Arrives This June |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-trans-mutant-escapade-pride-marvel-comics/ |website=ScreenRant}}

|scope="row"|Assigned Male

|rowspan="2"|2014–present

|This comic by Sophie Labelle follows life through the eyes of a middle schooler named Stephie who alternately makes light of, and chafes under the realities of growing up a transgender child in a cisgender world.{{cite news|url=https://www.susans.org/2015/05/13/assigned-male-humor-insight-growing-trans/|work=Comics Alliance|title=Assigned Male': Humor and Insight While Growing Up Trans|last=Chase|first=Suzi|date=May 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503102040/https://www.susans.org/2015/05/13/assigned-male-humor-insight-growing-trans/|archive-date=May 3, 2016}}

|scope="row"|Serious Trans Vibes

|This long-running webcomic counters "misconceptions about transgender people," and features a trans girl named Stephie and a non-binary person named Ciel who both "explore their gender identity, relationships, and just life in general".{{cite web|last=Martinez|first=Brahidaliz|date=February 14, 2021|title=Webcomics Special: Valentine's Day|url=https://thegeekiary.com/webcomics-special-valentines-day/92251|work=The Geekiary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214170852/https://thegeekiary.com/webcomics-special-valentines-day/92251|archive-date=February 14, 2021|access-date=February 17, 2021|url-status=live }}

|O Human Star

|2012–present

|In this comic by Blue Delliquanti, main characters include gay men, River and Al, and a MtF trans robot named Sula.{{cite web|author1=Mey|title=Come Get Your Fill of Queer Robots With "O Human Star"|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/come-get-your-fill-of-queer-robots-with-o-human-star-206337/|website=Autostraddle|date=November 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708205346/https://www.autostraddle.com/come-get-your-fill-of-queer-robots-with-o-human-star-206337/|archive-date=July 8, 2019}}{{cite web|last1=Morris|first1=Steve|title=Blue Delliquanti Brings 'O Human Star' Volume Two To Life|url=http://comicsalliance.com/blue-delliquanti-o-human-star-volume-two-interview/|website=ComicsAlliance|date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619062550/http://comicsalliance.com/blue-delliquanti-o-human-star-volume-two-interview/|archive-date=June 19, 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Riedel|first1=Samantha|title=O Human Star is the best robot comic in a decade|url=https://www.polygon.com/comics/2020/8/15/21368695/o-human-star-review-best-sci-fi-comics|website=Polygon|date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817041341/https://www.polygon.com/comics/2020/8/15/21368695/o-human-star-review-best-sci-fi-comics|archive-date=August 17, 2020}}

|scope="row"|Fire Punch

|2016–2018

|Togata is a trans man with a deep love of films and action heroes, which influence his personality. Due to his regenerative abilities, he is physically unable to transition, causing him gender dysphoria.{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Gab |date=2022-03-12 |title=10 Great Representations Of Transgender Characters In Anime And Manga |url=https://screenrant.com/transgender-characters-anime-manga-great-represntation/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}

|scope="row"|FF

|2012–2014

|This young Moloid, is not human, but humanoid, showing up wearing a pink dress, and reveals herself as trans in FF #6, with her brothers embracing her.

|scope="row"|The Sandman: The Doll's House

|1990

|In issue #14 of comic, there is a killer standing over a dead trans woman, and says "there's something about preoperative transsexuals that makes The Connoisseur uncomfortable. Something brittle and bright in the back of their eyes. He loves them. But he always feels they're laughing at him. He's only ever found eight that he's been able to talk to".{{cite web|last1=Rude|first1=Mey|title=The Complete History of Transgender Characters in American Comic Books|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/the-complete-history-of-transgender-characters-in-american-comic-books-316126/?all=1|website=Autostraddle|date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625172748/https://www.autostraddle.com/the-complete-history-of-transgender-characters-in-american-comic-books-316126/?all=1|archive-date=June 25, 2020}}

|scope="row"|The Sandman: A Game of You

|1993

|In issue #35 of comic, Wanda is living with Barbie, the book's protagonist, and she demands recognition that she is a woman despite the witch declaring she is a man. Later in the series, she is killed and her parents disrespect her wishes, bury her as a man, but Barbie crosses off the name on her tombstone, writing "Wanda" in red lipstick over it. She is said to be one of the "earliest and best examples of an actual trans person in comics," but her representation gives some trans people mixed feelings about this representation.

|Boys Run the Riot

|2020

|Boys Run the Riot is a manga about Ryo Watari who is a trans man.{{Cite book |url=https://kodansha.us/series/boys-run-the-riot/ |title=Boys Run the Riot |language=en}}

|scope="row"|Batgirl

|2011–2016

|In Batgirl #19, on April 19, 2013, the Singaporean-American, and bisexual, roommate of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Alysia Yeoh, came out as trans, with some calling it "probably the biggest moment in American trans comics history". Before this point, Alysia had been a close friend of Barbara. Alysia coming out as trans was described as the "most prominent" trans character in comics up to that point,{{cite web|last1=Rude|first1=Mey|title=Supergirls Like Us: Batgirl's Alysia Yeoh Is Trans|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/supergirls-like-us-batgirls-alysia-yeoh-is-trans-172660/|website=Autostraddle|date=April 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305222304/https://www.autostraddle.com/supergirls-like-us-batgirls-alysia-yeoh-is-trans-172660/|archive-date=March 5, 2020}} with writer Gail Simone working on Alysia's character "with input from trans friends and writers".{{cite web|last1=Kane|first1=Matt|title='Batgirl' Comic Introduces Transgender Character|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/batgirl-comic-introduces-transgender-character|website=GLAAD|date=April 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805131428/https://www.glaad.org/blog/batgirl-comic-introduces-transgender-character|archive-date=August 5, 2019}} Later on, Alysia, after announcing she was engaged to Jo in issue no. 42 and rescuing her in issue no. 44, walks down the isle and marries Jo, becoming the "first major trans character in a mainstream comic" to be "smiling in a wedding dress".{{cite web|last1=McNally|first1=Victoria|title='Batgirl' Just Threw The First Transgender Wedding In Mainstream Comics History|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2362189/batgirl-transgender-wedding/|website=MTV|date=October 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716194457/http://www.mtv.com/news/2362189/batgirl-transgender-wedding/|archive-date=July 16, 2017}}

|scope="row"|Demon Knights

|2011–2013

|Ystina was introduced in the 2005 series Seven Soldiers as a new take on the character Shining Knight. In Demon Knights, Ystina states that they are male and female, with Demon Knights writer Paul Cornell labeling Ystina as trans. One reviewer said it is not clear if Ystina is "a trans man, bigender, intersex or some combination of those identities".

|rowspan="2"|Trees

|rowspan="2"|2014–2016

|rowspan="2"|In this science fiction series, there are two trans characters introduced. In issue no. 6, released in October 2014, Cenglei falls in love with a woman named Zhen who tells him she is a trans woman, and he realizes he has no problem with that, finding out his uncle is "actually a trans man".

! Characters

! Title/Series

! Year

! Notes

! Developer

|Mass Effect & Mass Effect: Andromeda

|2017

|Hainly Abrams leads scientific research on one of the Andromeda Initiative's outposts. When the game initially released, Abrams would readily inform the player that she is transgender and the masculine name she was given at birth. She tells the player that she left the Milky Way galaxy searching for greater acceptance of her gender identity. The abruptness with which she shares this information received criticism from fans, and the game was later patched so that Abrams would only reveal this information if the player developed a supportive relationship with her.{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/5/15195416/mass-effect-andromeda-transgender-npc-changes|title=BioWare details changes to controversial transgender NPC|last=Polo|first=Susana|date=April 5, 2017|publisher=Polygon|access-date=April 16, 2020}}

|BioWare

|Dragon Age & Dragon Age: Inquisition

|2014

|Cremisius "Krem" Aclassi is a former Tevinter soldier and currently works for the mercenary company Bull's Chargers, led by Iron Bull. Krem is the first transgender character to appear in a BioWare video game.{{Cite web|title=How BioWare Created Dragon Age: Inquisition's Trans Character|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-bioware-created-dragon-age-inquisition-s-trans/1100-6424014/|access-date=2020-07-09|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

|BioWare

|Catherine

|2011

|In this Japanese puzzle-platform and adventure game, Erica, the waitress at The Stray Sheep, is a trans woman.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/atlus-we-havent-forgotten-your-mishandling-of-lgbtq-characters-catherine-full-body/|title=Atlus, We Haven't Forgotten Your Mishandling of LGBTQ Characters|last1=Grant|first1=Carol|date=December 24, 2017|website=Vice|publisher=Vice Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807182435/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjpnam/atlus-we-havent-forgotten-your-mishandling-of-lgbtq-characters-catherine-full-body|archive-date=August 7, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=August 7, 2019}}

|rowspan="2"|Atlus

|2019

|In this Japanese puzzle and platform game, Erica, the waitress at The Stray Sheep, is revealed to be a trans woman in one of the endings.

|RuneScape

|{{sort|2001/01/04|2001}}

|In this MMORPG game, Angof is a female character in "The Light Within", a quest released on 24 August 2015, and at some point after the quest, the player can show her a wedding ring, prompting her to tell the player she was born male, but "corrected" herself to female once she could shapeshift.{{cite web|last=Ferox|first=Sissorelle|title=Transgender Characters Revealed in 'RuneScape'|url=https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/transgender-characters-revealed-in-runescape|website=FemHype|access-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805135717/https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/transgender-characters-revealed-in-runescape/|archive-date=August 5, 2019|date=August 27, 2015|url-status=live}}

|Jagex

|Mario & Super Mario Bros. 2

|1988

|In the first-edition manual for the North American release of this NES game, Birdo is referred to as a "male who believes that he is a female" and would rather be called "Birdetta", making her the first transgender character for Nintendo.{{cite book|title=Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time|page=280|publisher=Focal Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-240-81146-8|author=Loguidice, Bill|author2=Matt Barton }}{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/10-lgbt-videogame-characters_n_1574769.html|title=Electronic Entertainment Expo Inspires Look At 10 LGBT Video Game Characters|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=21 December 2013|author=Kevin Burra|date=2012-06-06}} "Although the name change never took effect and later franchise installments dropped mention of Birdo's gender, it was widely discussed by gaming magazines." Birdo's name was also mistakenly switched with another Super Mario Bros. 2 enemy, Ostro, both in the manual and in the end credits.{{cite web|title=Top 10 Underrated Games|url=http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/article/top-10-underrated-games-65303/2|date=2007-09-27|publisher=Crave Online|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721131757/http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/article/top-10-underrated-games-65303/2|archive-date=2009-07-21|access-date=2009-10-16}} The Japanese manual originally referred her as Catherine, a "man who thinks of herself as female", adding that she would rather be called "Cathy".{{cite web|url=https://www.gamingalexandria.com/highquality/fds/Doki%20Doki%20Panic/Doki%20Doki%20Panic%20-%20Manual.pdf|title=Doki Doki Panic|access-date=March 1, 2021}} In this version, three "Super Catherines" were voiced by gay men and transgender women.{{Cite web|title=Ending for BS Super Mario USA: Power Challenge(Nintendo Satellaview)|url=http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/bsx/a/bsmario.htm|website=vgmuseum.com|access-date=2020-06-01}} In later printings, mention of Birdo being male was omitted, and further not included in most later games with the character.Loguidice, Bill; Matt Barton (2009). Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time. Focal Press. p. 280. {{ISBN|0-240-81146-1}}. However, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008), it is said that Birdo is of indeterminate gender. Her identity was only further explored in the Wii Japan-only video game Captain Rainbow (2008), which delves into her gender and how she was imprisoned for using the woman's bathroom, with her asking the player to find proof of her being female so she could be set free.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/29/captain-rainbow-playtest|title=Captain Rainbow Playtest|last=Tanaka|first=John|date=2008-08-29|website=IGN|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}

|Nintendo

|Guilty Gear

|2022

|Bridget returns as the first character in Guilty Gear Strive's second downloadable content pack. Bridget was born male, one of twin brothers named and raised by her parents as a girl in a British village. They do this to protect her since the villagers believe that identical twins bring bad luck. In Strive, her arcade mode story revolves around her being unsure whether she is truly happy and is being her true self, which is revealed to be her questioning her gender identity in one of the endings. Depending on the difficulty of the arcade route, she makes progress towards figuring it out and accepting change for the better, with the Hard difficulty ending directly showing her coming out to Goldlewis Dickinson and Ky Kiske.{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2022|title=Fan Fave Bridget Joins Guilty Gear Strive, Comes Out As Trans|url=https://kotaku.com/guilty-gear-strive-evo-2022-bridget-dlc-trans-rights-1849386887|access-date=August 8, 2022|website=Kotaku|language=en-us}}

|Arc System Works

|Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

|2017

|In this visual novel and dating sim, Damien Bloodmarch is a gay trans man.{{cite tweet|last=Gray|first=Leighton|user=graylish|number=888316619168006144|date=July 21, 2017|title=@avpdrey @dreamdaddygame @VernonShaw yes!|access-date=December 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722081216/https://twitter.com/graylish/status/888316619168006144|archive-date=July 22, 2022|url-status=live}}

|Game Grumps

|Angry Birds 2

|2015

|Hal is an emerald toucanet with the ability to launch himself through the air like a boomerang. In the "better together" pride-themed microtransaction, the player can buy Hal an outfit that includes a transgender pride flag as well as pink and blue hair clips. Rovio Entertainment's description of this microtransaction continues to refer to Hal with masculine pronouns, suggesting that he is a transgender man.{{cite web |author=Steveyneo |title=NEW Better Together Hat Set! Lovebird Adventure Levels 1 to 7 Angry Birds 2 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhQ0RqGB7Lk |website=YouTube |date=27 June 2024 }}{{cite web |title=We are Better Together! |url=https://www.angrybirds.com/stories/we-are-better-together/ |website=angrybirds.com }}

|Rovio Entertainment

|Police Quest: Open Season

|1993

|This adventure game features a gay bar, with the player, a police officer trying to track down the murderer of his police partner, with his quest leading him to discover that his partner had a double life as a cross-dresser at a West Hollywood transgender bar.{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/04/18/from_a_pink_dinosaur_to_gay_tony_the_evolution_of_lgbt_video_game_characters|first=Luke|last=Winkie|title=From a pink dinosaur to "Gay Tony": The evolution of LGBT video game characters|website=Salon|date=April 18, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817121714/https://www.salon.com/2014/04/18/from_a_pink_dinosaur_to_gay_tony_the_evolution_of_lgbt_video_game_characters/|archive-date=August 17, 2018|url-status=live}}

|Sierra On-Line

|In Stars and Time

|2023

|Isabeau is stated to be a "trans faux-himbo".{{cite web|url=https://gaymingmag.com/2023/11/in-stars-and-time-review-take-it-slow/|title=In Stars and Time Review — Take It Slow|first=Ty|last=Galiz-Rowe|website=Gayming|date=November 21, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2024}} as well as confirmed to be transgender by the developer.{{cite tweet|number=1768724392484204657|title=isabeau trans real|last=Bazir|first=Adrienne|user=insertdisc5|date=March 15, 2024|access-date=March 15, 2024}} In his Friendquest, he shares that he was once a nerd with "neat braids" (feminine, like his name), and his past self is referred to by they/them pronouns before he "Changed" his own body to be an airheaded jock with a lot of intelligence.

|insertdisc5

|Night in the Woods

|2017

|According to the game's developers, Jackie is a trans woman, a character trait that was not mentioned in the game itself.{{cite web|url=https://curiouscat.me/bombsfall/post/111239633|title=Is anyone in the game trans? Would the characters be cool/uncool about it?|author=bombsfall|date=February 28, 2017|website=CuriousCat|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210304091248/https://curiouscat.me/bombsfall/post/111239633|archive-date=March 4, 2021|url-status=dead}} This was later remedied a bit in the Weird Autumn Edition, where one conversation reveals that Jackie has started a one-woman band called "Trans World Order Give Them Hell" (T.W.O.G.T.H.), implying that she is indeed trans.

|Finji

|Technobabylon

|2015

|In this adventure game, Max Lao, Regis' partner, is a woman eventually revealed to be transgender.{{cite web|url=http://cliqist.com/2015/06/22/lgbt-influences-technobabylon/|title=LGBT Influences in Technobabylon - cliqist.com|date=2015-06-22|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-19}}

|Technocrat Games

|The Last of Us Part II

|2020

|Lev is a trans boy and former member of an antagonist faction who one of the main characters, Abby, meets and is scheduled to be executed.{{cite web|author=Waverly|title=The Cisgender Voyeurism of The Last of Us Part II|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/the-last-of-us-part-ii/the-last-of-us-part-ii-cisgender-voyeurism/|website=Paste|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128063212/https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/the-last-of-us-part-ii/the-last-of-us-part-ii-cisgender-voyeurism/|archive-date=January 28, 2021|date=June 29, 2020|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }} The two become friends through a series of mutual trials.

|Naughty Dog

|The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

|2018

|Toward the end of the game, it is revealed that J.J. is a preoperative trans woman who was outed for being who she wants to be, and forced into conversion therapy by her transphobic mother, before attempting suicide by slitting her wrists and falling into a coma, thus setting off the game's events. Eventually, she regains her will to live with help from her plushie doll and the emergency medical team at the end of the game.{{cite web|last1=Alexandra|first1=Heather|date=October 16, 2018|title=The Missing Gets Queer Love Stories Right|url=https://kotaku.com/the-missing-gets-queer-love-stories-right-1829784922|website=Kotaku|publisher=G/O Media|access-date=October 16, 2020}}

|Arc System Works

|Celeste

|2018

|Towards the end of the game, in a portion of the game added in a 2019 update, Madeline can be seen at her desk with a pair of pride flags (transgender and the community rainbow flag) by her computer. This sparked a debate among fans about whether or not she is transgender, which was ended when Celeste developer Maddy Thorson confirmed Madeline to be trans.{{Cite web |last=Thorson |first=Maddy |date=November 6, 2020 |title=Is Madeline Canonically Trans? |url=https://maddythorson.medium.com/is-madeline-canonically-trans-4277ece02e40 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |website=Medium |language=en}}

|Extremely OK Games

|Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear & Baldur's Gate

|2016

|Mizhena is a transgender woman who explains to the main character that she picked her strange name after transitioning. The character, among other aspects of the game's writing, was met with significant criticism. Beamdog later announced that they would be expanding the character's story a week after the expansion pack released, saying in part, "In retrospect, it would have been better served if we had introduced a transgender character with more development".{{cite news|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-siege-of-dragonspear-mod-cuts-transgender-reference/|first=Andy|last=Chalk|title=Update: Beamdog cuts "ethics" joke from Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear|date=April 6, 2016}}

|Beamdog

|rowspan="2"|Pocket Mortys

|2016

|Roller Derby Morty is a trans girl and an alternate reality equivalent to the cisgender boy Mortimer "Morty" Smith and cisgender girls Mindy "Morticia" and Mortabel Pines–Smith from a parallel dimension, one of the many Mortys the player character can add to their parties. Introduced as the male Roller Disco Morty, she comes into herself as Roller Derby Morty over the course of her storyline, returning from boot camp at the Morty "Day Care" Center as a girl, and changing the focus of her skating career from roller disco to roller derby.

|rowspan="2"|Adult Swim Games

|2021

|Princess Morty (later Queen Morty) is a trans girl featured as one of the many Mortys the player character can add to their parties. Introduced as the frowning Prince Morty, described as an arrogant ballroom dancer first in line for his throne, she then comes into her own as the smiling "malusdomesticaphobic" Princess Morty, awoken from her slumber by true love's kiss, taking her vengeance on the witch who stole her throne, before becoming queen.{{Cite web|url=https://pocketmortys.net/mortys/402-princess-morty|title=#402 – Princess Morty|website=Pocket Mortys|access-date=2021-03-10}}

|Pokémon X and Y

|2013

|Nova is a trans female Pokémon Trainer found at the Battle Maison, who is a {{Nihongo|Beauty|おとなのおねえさん|Otona no Onee-san|lit. "Adult Miss"}}, an exclusively female trainer class, stating that she used to be a {{Nihongo|Black Belt|からておう|Karate Ō|lit. "Karate King"}}, an exclusively male trainer class.{{cite web|url=https://geeksout.org/blogs/troy-zaher/lgbt-characters-pokemon-x-and-y|title=LGBT Characters of Pokémon X and Y|date=August 21, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2017|first=Troy|last=Zaher|publisher=Geeks Out|archive-date=December 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014013/https://geeksout.org/blogs/troy-zaher/lgbt-characters-pokemon-x-and-y|url-status=dead}} In the Japanese version of the game, she explicitly credits her transformation to medical science, but this was cut from the English version.{{cite video game|title=Pokémon X and Y|developer=Game Freak|publisher=The Pokémon Company|date=October 12, 2013|platform=Nintendo 3DS|language=en|quote=I've recently remade my life completely! I've been reborn as a Beauty at last! [...] Yes, a mere half year ago I was a Black Belt! Quite the transformation, wouldn't you say?}}{{cite web|url=http://legendsoflocalization.com/qa-is-this-character-in-pokemon-xy-transgender/|title=Is This Character in Pokémon X/Y Transgender?|date=January 3, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2017|first=Clyde|last=Mandelin|publisher=Legends of Localization}}

|Game Freak

|World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

|2020

|Pelagos is a member of the Kyrian society whom the player comes across as a quest giver in Bastion. He reveals to the player that the only thing he remembers about his life on Azeroth was having a female form, but was born into a male form upon death.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-17|title=Pelagos|url=https://wow.gamepedia.com/Pelagos|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Wowpedia}}

|Activision Blizzard

|Dys4ia

|2012

|In this abstract autobiographical game, the player controls a character transitioning and undergoing hormone replacement therapy. Journalists for The Guardian and the Penny Arcade Report observed that the game featured observations of the politics and personal development of those experiencing gender dysphoria.

|Anna Anthropy

|Street Fighter/Final Fight

|1989

|Poison was initially planned to be a cisgender woman. However, because of an issue with making female characters participate in a beat-em-up game, the developers went with the idea of making her transgender.

|Capcom

|Tell Me Why

|rowspan="3"|2020

|In this French adventure game, Tyler and his twin sister Alyson travel to their childhood home in Alaska and must come to terms with their childhood. The game will also deal with how Tyler, who has transitioned from female to male, since leaving home, is being affected. Dontnod worked with GLAAD to help create the character.{{cite web|last=Farokhmanesh|first=Megan|title=Life is Strange developer unveils new mystery game, Tell Me Why|url=https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/2019/11/14/20964923/life-is-strange-tell-me-why-dontnod-xbox-pc|website=The Verge|date=14 November 2019|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109230424/https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/2019/11/14/20964923/life-is-strange-tell-me-why-dontnod-xbox-pc|archive-date=January 9, 2020|url-status=live}}

|Dontnod Entertainment

|rowspan="2"|Cyberpunk 2077

|In this Polish role-playing video game, the character creator will allow V to be transgender or non-binary.{{cite web|last=Tinner|first=Phillip|title=Cyberpunk 2077 is Aiming to Offer Transgender Options in its Character Creator|url=https://screenrant.com/cyberpunk-2077-transgender-option-character-creator|website=Screen Rant|publisher=Valnet, Inc.|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701102637/https://screenrant.com/cyberpunk-2077-transgender-option-character-creator/|archive-date=July 1, 2019|date=June 16, 2019|url-status=live}}

|rowspan="2"|CD Projekt Red

|In the game, this non-player character talks about her transition in a cutscene and also has a transgender flag on the back of her truck.

|We Know the Devil

|2015

|In this visual novel, Venus is a trans girl, with her pronouns in the narration changing from "he" to "she" as she comes to terms with her identity.{{cite web|last1=Unkle|first1=Jennifer|title='We Know the Devil' Taught Me to Be Proud|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-know-the-devil-taught-me-to-be-proud/|website=Waypoint|publisher=Vice Media|date=February 27, 2017}}

|Date Nighto

|Mario & Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

|2004

|In this GameCube title, the player encounters a Shadow Siren named Vivian. In the Japanese version of the game, Vivian is heavily implied to be a transgender girl. Other characters, as well as narrative text, describe Vivian using masculine terms such as otoko "man", and otōto "little brother".{{cite AV media|date=March 1, 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOHUal4Hw_A|title=ペーパーマリオＲＰＧを実況プレイ！ part１３|publisher=ネプサティ|via=YouTube|access-date=December 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303003106/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOHUal4Hw_A|archive-date=March 3, 2022|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://themushroomkingdom.net/pmttyd_j2e.shtml|title=TMK {{!}} Mario in Japan {{!}} Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|website=themushroomkingdom.net|access-date=2019-03-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mariowiki.com/Goom_Goom|title=Goom Goom|website=Super Mario Wiki|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}} However, Vivian initially describes the shadow sirens as san shimai "three sisters", and routinely uses the feminine first person pronoun. This continues in Super Paper Mario (2007); Vivian's catch card describes her using the term otoko no ko "boy".{{cite AV media|date=October 24, 2010|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmnG1YznKq0|title=スーパーペーパーマリオ 全カード集｛ネタばれ注意｝|publisher=inu651225|via=YouTube|access-date=December 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306235840/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmnG1YznKq0|archive-date=March 6, 2022|url-status=live}} In the English and German localizations of the game, all masculine descriptions of Vivian are removed, and she is referred to with exclusively female pronouns. However, all other localized versions of the game explicitly retain the transgender portrayal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fti.uab.es/tradumatica/revista/num5/articles/06/06central.htm|title=Revista Tradumàtica|website=fti.uab.es|access-date=2019-03-10|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509103342/http://www.fti.uab.es/tradumatica/revista/num5/articles/06/06central.htm|url-status=dead}}In the French version, Vivian uses the name "L'Obscur Trio de Sœurs" ("The Dark Trio of Sisters"), to which Beldam retorts "Quoi! Viviane! Qu'est-ce que tu racontes? L'Obscur Trio! Tout court! Où tu vois tres sœurs, toi? Tu es un garçon!!!!!!" ("What! Vivian! What are you talking about? The Dark Trio! Period! Where do you see three sisters? You're a boy!", with "garçon", "boy", being written in red font for extra emphasis). Vivian apologizes and starts to try to argue her case, but Beldam cuts her off and threatens punishment for her words (Vivian says "Désolée, Marjolène. Enfin...", "Sorry, Beldam, [but] let's just say...", and Beldam cuts in with "Il y n'a pas de " enfin "!", the equivalent to "there is no 'but's"). ~ Frigiel. (August 13, 2012). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ckCCHr9dk&t=1h17m54s Paper Mario : La Porte Millénaire Let's Play - Episode 4.] YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2013.In the Spanish version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, during her Tattle for Vivian ("Bibiana" in the localization), Goombella originally uses feminine terms for Vivian ("la más pequeña") but then corrects herself and uses the masculine version ("el más pequeño") instead: "¡Es Bibiana! La más pequeña del Trío... Bueno... EL más pequeño [...]". ~ TheMegajorn. (September 15, 2012). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwwUsQGBjmE&t=12m37s Paper mario la puerta milenaria parte 8 español.] YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2013.In the Italian version, Vivian attempts to introduce the group as the "tre sorelle ombra", "Three Shadow Sisters", but Beldam reproaches her, insisting that they are the gender-neutral "Trisdombra", calling her a liar and asking her how they could be described as "three sisters" ("Ma quante scempiaggini dici, fanfarona di un'Ombretta? Siamo il Trisdombra! Imbecille! Ti sbugiardo davanti a tutti! Spiegami: come facciamo ad essere tre sorelle? Avanti!"). Vivian admits that Beldam and Marilyn are the real sisters, but says she feels like a woman too and is proud of it ("Siete due sorelle, è vero... Ma anch'io mi sento una donna e sono fiera di esserlo diventata!"), which Beldam waves off with the disparaging comment that Vivian probably thinks she's the prettiest too, and deserves to be punished ("E magari credi anche di essere la più bella, eh? Meriti una punizione!"), causing Vivian to slump to the ground with a sigh. ~ TheGamerDani. (May 23, 2012). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvJPc9hPwaM&t=14m53s Let's Play Paper Mario:il Portale Millenario parte 14 - Trisdombra e Spirù.] YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2013 The Nintendo Switch remake of The Thousand Year Door restores her trans identity to the English localization.{{cite web|last=Plant|first=Logan|date=May 21, 2024|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door-remake-restores-characters-trans-identity|title=Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake Restores Character's Trans Identity|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|access-date=May 21, 2024|quote=...when Vivian is traveling with Mario in Chapter 4's Twilight Town, it's revealed that her original backstory is intact: 'Truth is, it took me a while to realize I was their sister... not their brother,' Vivian tells Mario. 'Now their usual bullying feels heavier.'}}

|Intelligent Systems

|Assassin's Creed & Assassin's Creed Syndicate

|2015

|Ned Wynert is a minor non-playable character (NPC) and a trans man.{{cite web|last=Makuch|first=Eddie|title=Assassin's Creed Syndicate Has Series-First Transgender Character|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-syndicate-has-series-first-transge/1100-6430884/|publisher=Gamespot|access-date=11 March 2020|date=24 September 2015}}

|Ubisoft Quebec

|Circuit's Edge

|1989

|This DOS Interactive fiction and role-playing game includes a variety of gay and transgender characters,{{Cite web|url=https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/08/29/sexuality-and-gender-in-circuits-edge/|title=Sexuality and gender in Circuit's Edge|last=Shaw|first=Adrienne|date=2015-08-29|website=LGBTQ Video Game Archive|language=en|access-date=2019-03-24}} including a trans woman named Yasmin with a gay man named Saied alleged to be Yasmin's former lover.{{cite web|last=Flanagan|first=Jack|title=The complete history of LGBT video game characters|url=https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/gay-characters-video-games-history|website=The Daily Dot|access-date=March 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014445/https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/gay-characters-video-games-history/|archive-date=October 3, 2018|date=May 16, 2014|url-status=live}}

|Westwood Studios

|Monster Prom

|2018

|Zoe is one of the two main love interests introduced in the Second Term DLC. She is officially stated to be transgender,{{cite tweet|author=Monster Roadtrip is OUT!|user=monsterprom|number=1005571324612358144|date=June 9, 2018|title=@GlacialWisteria I mean, she used to be an ancient asexual deity (using "it") that now identifies as female, and so I guess that you can accept she is either trans or at least the fantastic/monsterish version of the concept that still works as a parallel (|language=en|access-date=December 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210104755/https://twitter.com/monsterprom/status/1005571324612358144|archive-date=February 10, 2022|url-status=live}} and several of her events involve her discussing transitioning and dealing with trans specific struggles such as deadnaming, and misgendering.{{Cite web|last=Archive|first=LGBTQ Game|date=2019-05-01|title=Zoe in Monster Prom|url=https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2019/05/01/zoe-in-monster-prom/|access-date=2020-08-01|website=LGBTQ Video Game Archive|language=en}}

|Beautiful Glitch

!width="15%"|Characters

!width="15%"|Work

!width="15%"|Author

!width="10%"|Year

!width="40%"|Description

|Patrick "Kitten" Braden

|Breakfast on Pluto

|{{Sortname|Patrick|McCabe|Patrick McCabe (novelist)}}

|align="center"|1998

|Braden is an Irish trans woman (and drag queen), with "transvestism...a defiant rejection of bigotry, labels, and borders" as one reviewer put it, with Braden refusing to confirm to sexual stereotypes and even flirting with a cop.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/jan/13/2|title=Breakfast on Pluto|work=The Guardian|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|date=January 13, 2006|access-date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618104156/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/jan/13/2|archive-date=June 18, 2020}} Later turned into a motion picture, another reviewer noted the prevalence of the "Irish Troubles," with Kitten wrongly arrested and charged after a "bombing in a London disco".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/323799/Breakfast-on-Pluto/overview|title=Review: Breakfast on Pluto|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=2004|access-date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622134251/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/16/movies/escaping-with-flair-from-a-world-of-ugliness.html|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author-link=Stephen Holden|archive-date=June 22, 2020}}

|Emily Christina

|Being Emily

|{{Sortname|Rachel|Gold}}

|align="center"|2012

|Never comfortable with being seen as a boy, they originally hide themselves as a girl, until they can no longer stand it anymore, with a psychologist later helping them in the coming-out process.{{cite web|title='Being Emily' by Rachel Gold – Review by Lydia Harris|publisher=Lambda Literary Foundation|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/09/09/being-emily-by-rachel-gold/|access-date=January 30, 2015|date=2012-09-10}}

|Ella

|Just Girls

|{{Sortname|Rachel|Gold}}

|align="center"|2014

|Ella is a fully-transitioned, but closeted, trans woman who deals with a lot of transphobia while she explores her gender identity with a cisgender lesbian named Jess Tucker.{{cite web|title =Just Girls by Rachel Gold – Review by TheBookgeek|date=10 September 2012|publisher=Lambda Literary Foundation|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/09/09/being-emily-by-rachel-gold/|access-date=January 30, 2015}}

|Jess Goldberg

|Stone Butch Blues

|{{Sortname|Leslie|Feinberg}}

|align="center"|1993

|The narrative follows the life of Jess Goldberg, who grows up in a working class area of upstate New York in the 1940s to 1950s, and explores gender identity as a transmasculine butch lesbian.{{cite journal|last=Moses|first=Cat|title=Queering Class: Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues|journal=Studies in the Novel|date= Spring 1999|volume=31|url=https://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5001252431|access-date=January 27, 2015}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=q1xyj85A7a8C Violence and the body: race, gender, and the state] Arturo J. Aldama; Indiana University Press, 2003; {{ISBN|978-0-253-34171-6}}.[https://archive.org/details/omnigendertransr00moll Omnigender: A trans-religious approach] Virginia R. Mollenkott, Pilgrim Press, 2001; {{ISBN|978-0-8298-1422-4}}.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ko8YAAAAIAAJ Gay & lesbian literature, Volume 2] Sharon Malinowski, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast; St. James Press, 1998; {{ISBN|978-1-55862-350-7}}.

|Josh

|Holding Still For As Long As Possible

|{{Sortname|Zoe|Whittall}}

|align="center"|2009

|Josh is a trans man and EMT who struggles with his identity.{{cite web|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/05/09/holding-still-for-zoe-whittall/|title=Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall|publisher=LambdaLiterary.org|first=Courtney|last=Gillette|date=May 9, 2011|access-date=January 27, 2015}}

|Kade

|Every Heart a Doorway

|{{Sortname|Seanan|McGuire}}

|align="center"|2016

|Kade is a classmate of Nancy, who has an asexual crush on them.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/04/09/471619427/every-heart-is-a-doorway-to-winning-fantasy|title='Every Heart' Is A Doorway To Winning Fantasy|newspaper=NPR|access-date=2020-06-17}}

|Felix Love

|Felix Ever After

|{{Sortname|Kacen|Callender}}

|align="center"|2020

|This book follows Felix, who is a Black transgender art student facing transphobic abuse. Throughout the search for his bully, his connections between other characters and himself change in unexpected ways, and Felix goes on a journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=921|title='Felix Ever After'|first=Kieran|last=Slattery|date=May 22, 2020|website=Shelf Awareness|access-date=November 15, 2022}}

|Anna Madrigal

|rowspan="2"|Tales of the City series

|rowspan="2"|{{Sortname|Armistead|Maupin}}

|rowspan="2"|1978–2014

|rowspan="2"|Anna is a trans woman, and Jake (introduced in 2007's Michael Tolliver Lives) is a trans man.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/06/tales-of-the-city-netflix-anna-madrigal-olympia-dukakis-jen-richards|title=How Tales of the City Avoided a Trans Casting Controversy|first=Joseph|last=Longo|date=June 6, 2019|website=Vanity Fair|access-date=November 7, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a27879640/tales-of-the-city/|title=How Netflix's new series Tales of the City gets being queer so right|first=Paisley|last=Gilmour|date=June 10, 2019|website=Cosmopolitan|access-date=November 7, 2019}}

|Jake Greenleaf

|Melissa

|Melissa

|{{Sortname|Alex|Gino}}

|align="center"|2015

|Melissa is a transgender girl whom the world sees as a boy named George.{{cite web|last1=Ulaby|first1=Neda|author-link=Neda Ulaby|title=George Wants You To Know: She's Really Melissa|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/08/27/434277989/-george-wants-you-to-know-she-s-really-melissa|publisher=NPR|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=January 27, 2017}}

|Roberta Muldoon

|The World According to Garp

|{{Sortname|John|Irving}}

|align="center"|1978

|One of the story's main characters is Roberta, a trans woman and former player for the Philadelphia Eagles, and has a gender reassignment surgery, becoming the bodyguard of Jenny and one of the best friends of Garp.{{cite web|last=Liefde|first=Michelle|title=Media Review: The World According To Garp|publisher=Transgender Haven|date=August 9, 2019|url=https://transgenderheaven.com/media-review-the-world-according-to-garp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620203036/https://transgenderheaven.com/media-review-the-world-according-to-garp/|archive-date=June 20, 2020|access-date=June 20, 2020}}

|Myron

|Myra Breckinridge

|{{Sortname|Gore|Vidal}}

|align="center"|1968

|An attractive young woman, Myra Breckinridge is a film buff with a special interest in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and still in the process of transitioning and unable to obtain hormones, Myra transforms into Myron, and due to a car accident, is forced to have their breast implants removed, later deciding to settle down with Mary-Ann.{{cite web|title=Like Fay Wray if the Light Is Right|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/01/home/vidal-myra.html|first=Eliot|last=Fremont-Smith|date=February 3, 1968|access-date=January 30, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/humor,2.html|title=Humor: Use of a Surrogate and Connecting Openly Gay and Lesbian Characters to a Larger Society|first=Arnie|last=Kantrowitz|publisher=glbtq.com|access-date=February 4, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204065045/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/humor%2C2.html|archive-date=February 4, 2015}}

|Luna (Liam) O'Neill

|Luna

|{{Sortname|Julie Anne|Peters}}

|align="center"|2004

|The story follows the life of Luna, who keeps her trans identity secret originally, pretending to be an average 16-year-old senior boy named Liam in the daytime.{{cite web|title=10th Annual Report on Banned and Challenged Books in Texas Schools|url=http://www.aclutx.org/reports/bannedbooks/bb2k6.pdf|publisher=ACLU foundation of Texas|access-date=April 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410144346/http://www.aclutx.org/reports/bannedbooks/bb2k6.pdf|archive-date=April 10, 2012}}{{cite journal|last=Cart|first=Michael|title=What a Wonderful World: Notes on the Evolution of GLBTQ Literature for Young Adults|journal=The ALAN Review|doi=10.21061/alan.v31i2.a.7|volume=31|issue=2|date=2004 }}{{cite journal|last=Mason|first=Katherine|title=Creating a Space for YAL with LGBT Content in Our Personal Reading: Creating a Place for LGBT Students in Our Classrooms|journal=The ALAN Review|volume=35|issue=3|doi=10.21061/alan.v35i3.a.7|date=2008|hdl=10057/15769|url=https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/facpubs/111|hdl-access=free}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_2004_2005.html|title=2004 Lambda Literary Awards Recipients and Finalists|access-date=January 30, 2015|publisher=Lambda Literary Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125095528/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_2004_2005.html|archive-date=January 25, 2007}} Later she considers transitioning and fights for her right to be the person she feels that she was meant to be, helped by her sister, Regan, in the process.

|Oshima

|Kafka on the Shore

|{{Sortname|Haruki|Murakami}}

|align="center"|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.{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jan/08/fiction.harukimurakami|title=Kill me or the cat gets it|work=The Guardian|date=January 8, 2005|access-date=January 28, 2015}} He becomes the mentor of Kafka as he guides him to the answers that he's seeking on his journey.

|Scratch

|rowspan="2"|Nearly Roadkill

|rowspan="2"|{{Sortname|Kate|Bornstein}} and Caitlin Sullivan

|rowspan="2"|1996

|rowspan="2"|Scratch and Winc are two lovers of an ambiguous gender identity, with the plot is told through cyberchats and emails between each other, while the FBI is engaged in a nationwide manhunt to find them.{{cite magazine|title=Nearly Roadkill|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1996/11/08/book-review-nearly-roadkill|access-date=January 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621081108/https://ew.com/article/1996/11/08/book-review-nearly-roadkill/|archive-date=June 21, 2020}}

|Winc

|Dana Stevens

|Trans-Sister Radio

|{{Sortname|Chris|Bohjalian}}

|align="center"|2000

|Dana, the protagonist of this book, is a Vermont professor who is prepared to have a gender reassignment surgery to transition from male to female, leading Allison Banks, a teacher who has been divorced, to be even more attracted to Dana.{{cite web|title =He/She's So Fine|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/04/reviews/000604.04bayardt.html|access-date=January 30, 2015}}

|Danielle Tozer

|Nemesis series

|April Daniels

|align="center"|2017–present

|Danny is a 15 year old trans girl who upon gaining the powers of Dreadnought, the world's greatest superhero, has her body transformed into that of a girl and has to navigate the struggles it caused as well as deal with the super villain who killed Dreadnought.{{Cite web|title=Dreadnought|url=https://www.diversionbooks.com/books/dreadnought/|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Diversion Books|language=en-US}}

|Diana Wrayburn

|{{hs|Shadowhunter Chronicles}} The Shadowhunter Chronicles

|{{Sortname|Cassandra|Clare}}

|align="center"|2007–present

|While the author implied Diana to be trans in one post,{{cite tweet|last=Clare|first=Cassandra|user=cassieclare|number=1271184665718722562|date=June 11, 2020|title=Diana Wrayburn from #thedarkartifices drawn by @CassandraJP. To my trans readers: you are wonderful, you are wonderful, you are loved, you are valid, you are extraordinary. No one should tell you otherwise.|access-date=June 25, 2020|url=https://twitter.com/cassieclare/status/1271184665718722562|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200626020503/https://twitter.com/cassieclare/status/1271184665718722562|archive-date=June 26, 2020 }} leading some to call her the first trans character to appear in this book series.

|Yadriel

|Cemetery Boys

|{{Sortname|Aiden|Thomas}}

|align="center"|2020

|Yadriel is a transgender boy determined to prove his gender and status as a brujo to his Latinx family. In an attempt to solve his cousin's disappearance, he accidentally summons another spirit with unfinished business. Together they go on a journey to solve these mysteries and, despite the difficulties they face, grow closer together.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aiden-thomas/cemetery-boys/|title='Cemetery Boys'|author=|date=June 25, 2020|website=Kirkus Reviews|publisher=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=November 15, 2022}}

|Elminster Aumar

|The Elminster Series

|{{Sortname|Ed|Greenwood}}

|align="center"|1994–present

|Although already an established character in published works by TSR, Inc., and even longer in Greenwood's unpublished stories, TSR commissioned Greenwood to publish Elminster's backstory, which resulted in Elminster – The Making of a Mage. During the course of this novel, Elminster embraces living the life of a female version of themself named Elmara, after the goddess of magic encourages her to expand her understanding of the world and her bond with its magic by living life as a woman.{{Cite web|url=https://letsreadtsr.com/reviews/elminster-the-making-of-a-mage/|title='Elminster: The Making of a Mage'|author=|date=October 11, 2020|website=Let's Read TSR!|publisher=Let’s Read TSR!|access-date=December 6, 2023}} Although Elmara was, years later, returned to their original male body & identity, numerous future publications would show El (a gender neutral term used by most of their closest friends) use magic to adopt many identities – masculine, feminine, and agendered.

|Kate Bornstein

|Hidden: A Gender

|1990

|This play brings together the stories of an intersex person, Herculine Barbin, living in Paris, and a fictional trans woman named Herman Amberstone based loosely on Bornstein herself. This play introduced audiences to the idea of "gender blur," and began the career of Justin Vivian Bond who plays Barbin.

|Sarah Kane

|Cleansed

|1998

|In this play, set in a university which has been converted into some form of bizarre institution under the rule of the sadistic Tinker, Grace, the sister of the protagonist, wears her brother's clothes and undergoes a gender reassignment surgery in the hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15073|title=Sarah Kane: Cleansed|website=The Literary Encyclopedia|language=en|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620231754/https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15073|archive-date=June 20, 2019|url-status=live}}

|Bradford Louryk

|Christine Jorgensen Reveals

|rowspan="2"|2005

|In this docudrama-like show, stretching an hour long, Louryk channels the life of Christine Jorgensen who became the "first celebrity transwoman" in the U.S., when interviewed about her life and her gender identity by R. Russell, played by Nipsey Russell, who uses a pseudonym.{{cite web|last=Snook|first=Raven|title=Trans characters have been thrilling Broadway and New York theater for decades|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/trans-characters-have-been-thrilling-broadway-and-new-york-theater-for-decades|website=TimeOut|publisher=Time Out America LLC|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829153731/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/trans-characters-have-been-thrilling-broadway-and-new-york-theater-for-decades|archive-date=August 29, 2017|date=November 5, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

|Philip Ridley

|Mercury Fur

|In this play, set against the backdrop of a dystopian London with a narrative focusing around a party at which the torture and murder of a child is the main entertainment, Lola is a 19-year-old trans woman who is skilled at designing costumes and make-up, which she makes for the parties.{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Peter|title=Don't be put off. Lightning strikes again for Subversive as MERCURY FUR shows ensemble acting at its finest|url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2020/01/dont-be-put-off-lightning-strikes-again-for-subversive-as-mercury-fur-shows-ensemble-acting-at-its-finest/|website=Buffalo Rising|publisher=Buffalo Rising, Inc.|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618155031/https://www.buffalorising.com/2020/01/dont-be-put-off-lightning-strikes-again-for-subversive-as-mercury-fur-shows-ensemble-acting-at-its-finest/|archive-date=June 18, 2020|date=January 25, 2020|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} The play influenced other playwrights like Lou Ramsden.{{cite web|last=Tripiney|first=Natasha|title=Lou Ramsden|url=http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/lou-ramsden/2/|website=Exeunt Magazine|date=23 June 2011|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619065223/http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/lou-ramsden/2/|archive-date=June 19, 2020}}

|Doug Wright

|I Am My Own Wife

|2003

|Based on Wright's conversations with the German antiquarian Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, this play examines the life of Charlotte, born Lothar Berfelde, who killed her father when she was a young child and survived the Nazi and Communist regimes in East Berlin as a trans woman.{{cite web|url=http://aboutfacetheatre.com/aft-looks-back-i-am-my-own-wife-2003/|title=AFT Looks Back: I AM MY OWN WIFE (2003)|website=About Face Theatre|language=en|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223191544/http://aboutfacetheatre.com/aft-looks-back-i-am-my-own-wife-2003/|archive-date=February 23, 2020|url-status=dead}}

|Taylor Mac

|Hir

|2015

|This is a play, produced by Playwrights Horizons, about a dysfunctional family including a mad housewife, a transgender child named Max, a son that spent three years in combat in Afghanistan, and a husband who had a stroke that left him nearly speechless.{{cite web|url=http://www.taylormac.org/portfolio_page/hir/|title=Hir|website=TAYLOR MAC|language=en|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308195431/http://www.taylormac.org/portfolio_page/hir/|archive-date=March 8, 2019|url-status=dead}} Max is a young trans male character, with gender being only "one piece of hir personality puzzle" in this play.

|Nicola Bland and Stacey Bland

|Call Me Vicky

|2019

|This play tells the story of their mother,{{cite tweet|author=LondonLive|user=LondonLive|number=1096109316153716742|date=February 14, 2019|title=Call Me Vicky' - a new play written by two sisters - tells the true story of their transgender godmother. Starring Corrie legend @WendiPeters, it's on at @ThePleasance.|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200627165725/https://twitter.com/LondonLive/status/1096109316153716742|archive-date=June 27, 2020|url-status=live}} Vicky, her trials and tribulations in transiting from male to female,{{Cite web|url=https://www.terripaddock.com/callmevickyqacoverage/|title=Call Me Vicky Q&A video and photos: How difficult was it to transition in the 1980s?|last=Paddock|first=Terri|date=2019-02-26|website=Terri Paddock|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627170001/https://www.terripaddock.com/callmevickyqacoverage/|archive-date=June 27, 2020}} with Vicky ultimately transitioning by the end of the play.{{Cite web|url=https://playdeadpress.bigcartel.com/product/call-me-vicky|title=Call Me Vicky|author=Playdead Press|website=Playdead Press|access-date=2020-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323082705/https://playdeadpress.bigcartel.com/product/call-me-vicky|archive-date=March 23, 2020}}

|Jeff Whitty

|Bring It On the Musical

|2011–present

|Bring It On was the first Broadway musical to feature a transgender high school character, La Cienega, originally played by Gregory Haney.{{Cite web|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/interviews/2012/08/01/gregory-haney-bring-it-musical-broadway|title=With 'Bring It On: The Musical,' Broadway has its best trans character ever. Actor Gregory Haney explains how La Cienaga got to where she is now.|last=Portwood|first=Jerry|date=August 1, 2012|website=OUT.com|access-date=March 14, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163446/bring-it-on-star-gregory-haney-on-his-transformation-from-football-jock-to-broadway-cheerleader/|title=Bring It On Star Gregory Haney on His Transformation From Football Jock to Broadway Cheerleader|last=Champion|first=Lindsay|date=August 16, 2012|website=Broadway.com|access-date=March 13, 2017}}{{Citation|last1=Ross|first1=Glenn|title=Bring it on: the musical|date=2012-01-01|last2=Bernstein|last3=Lyons|last4=Caskey|last5=Isaacson|last6=Kitt|last7=Kitt|last8=Miranda|last9=Miranda|first2=Armyan|first3=Charlie|first4=Kristin|first5=Mike|first6=Tom|first7=Tom|first8=Lin-Manuel|first9=Lin-Manuel|language=en|oclc=826638847}}

|John Cameron Mitchell

|Hedwig and the Angry Inch

|1998–2017

|Although Hedwig, a survivor of abuse, a failed gender reassignment surgery, and abandonment, is one of the most famous roles of a trans woman in a musical, Mitchell said that they are not "traditionally transgender" but rather a "gender of one," and are a "man and woman, top and bottom".

|Joe Iconis

|Love in Hate Nation

|2019

|Love in Hate Nation features the character Kitty, who is a transgender girl.{{Cite web|title=Love in Hate Nation Is Not the New Orange Is the New Black {{!}} TheaterMania|url=https://www.theatermania.com/south-jersey-theater/reviews/joe-iconis-love-in-hate-nation-two-river-theater_90218.html|access-date=2022-03-14|website=www.theatermania.com|date=25 November 2019|language=en-US}}

|Laura Kaminsky

|As One

|2014

|The story follows Hannah, a transgender woman portrayed by two singers, Hannah Before (a baritone) and Hannah After (a mezzo-soprano), as she discovers her gender identity and learns to love herself in a world where she is not accepted.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/music/as-one-has-its-premiere-in-brooklyn.html|title=The Arc of a Transgender Life – As One Has Its Premiere in Brooklyn|last=Allen|first=David|date=2014-09-05|website=New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619144219/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/music/as-one-has-its-premiere-in-brooklyn.html|archive-date=June 19, 2020}} The organization of the opera is composed of two parts as representing essential moments of Hannah's coming of age through a series of episodes.{{Cite web|url=https://operawire.com/new-york-city-opera-2019-review-as-one/|title=New York City Opera 2019 Review: As One|last=Salazar|first=David|date=2019-06-02|website=Opera Wire|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420154340/https://operawire.com/new-york-city-opera-2019-review-as-one/|archive-date=April 20, 2020}}

|Mark Campbell

|Stonewall

|2019

|Stonewall is about the 1969 Stonewall riots, the spark of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, which received its world premiere June 2019 in conjunction with Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019, projected to be the world's largest LGBTQ event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bkreader.com/2019/04/30/whoopi-goldberg-cyndi-lauper-chaka-khan-to-kick-off-worldpride-celebration-in-brooklyn/|title=Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper, Chaka Khan to Kick off WorldPride...|last=Leonhardt|first=Andrea|date=2019-04-30|website=BK Reader|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601195047/https://www.bkreader.com/2019/04/30/whoopi-goldberg-cyndi-lauper-chaka-khan-to-kick-off-worldpride-celebration-in-brooklyn/|archive-date=June 1, 2020}} One of the characters, Sarah, is written for an openly transgender singer, mezzo-soprano Liz Bouk.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/cast-set-for-world-premiere-of-new-opera-stonewall|title=Cast Set for World Premiere of New Opera Stonewall|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=Feb 19, 2019|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2019-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730154447/http://www.playbill.com/article/cast-set-for-world-premiere-of-new-opera-stonewall|archive-date=July 30, 2019}}