Some gay icons aren’t born, they’re drawn. As animation rises in prominence in pop culture, artists are taking advantage of the medium’s potential for increasing queer visibility. From after-school classics to prestige adult projects, each of these titles features queer characters that shaped generations. Bisexual heroes, sapphic power couples, and genderqueer legends that crawled out of the wildest imaginations, these are 10 animated characters who became gay icons.
