List of animated series with LGBT characters: 1995–1999

For the list of 1960s–1980s series, see [[:List of animated series with LGBTQ characters]]. For the list of 1990s series, see [[:Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 1990s]]. For the list of 2000s series, see [[:Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2000s]]. For the list of 2010s series, see [[:Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2010s]]. For the list of 2020s series, see [[:Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2020s]].

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From 1995 to 1999, the number of animated series with LGBTQ characters dramatically increased the number of series which featured such characters during the earlier part of the decade, from 1990 to 1994. While the majority of the animated series were anime such as Dirty Pair Flash: Mission II, El-Hazard: The Wanderers, Fushigi Yûgi, Gunsmith Cats, Cardcaptor Sakura they also appeared in Western animations. This included Crapston Villas, South Park, King of the Hill, Family Guy, and Hey Arnold!, the latter confirmed many years later. However, during this time period, one animated series would influential on LGBTQ characters for years to come: Revolutionary Girl Utena. It would impact a Marylander named Rebecca Sugar, then only a cartoonist, who would later create Steven Universe, with the series sticking with her over the years. This queer anime, was groundbreaking for its time, in part because of the lesbian relationship between two of the story's protagonists: Utena Tenjou and Anthy Himemiya.

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

For a further understanding of how these LGBTQ characters fit into the overall history of animation, see the History of LGBTQ characters in animated series: 1990s page.

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

1995

Duration	Show title	Character debut date	Characters	Identity	Notes	Country
1995	Dirty Pair Flash: Mission II	June 1, 1995	Leena	Lesbian	Leena had caught the eye of Touma when he and Yuri were caught on one of the planet's planned rainy days, as shown in episodes such as "Tokyo Holiday Network." From the time he set eyes on her, Touma was smitten with her but he didn't count on the fact that Leena was a lesbian who had her eyes on Yuri, who seems to have feelings for Kei.	Japan
1995–1996	El Hazard: The Magnificent World	October 21, 1995	Alielle Relryle		Alielle is presented as a comical character who makes other women uncomfortable because of her open attraction to them, in episodes such as "The World of Thunder." She has been described as a "midget flaming lesbian" who sees Princess Fatora Venus as her the "only object" of her affection as shown in episodes like "The World of Mindless Adventures." Early on in the series she tries to have sex with Makoto Mizuhara thinking he is Fatora when he is actually crossdressing as Fatora, shown in "The World of Beautiful Girls" for example. In the show's second episode, she serves as the guide to Makoto and Masamichi Fujisawa to meet the three priestesses of Mount Muldoon. She is also attracted to one of the priestesses on the mountain, Shayla-Shayla, as shown in episodes like "The World of Hot Springs." She also appears in the second OVA, in 1997, titled "El Hazard: The Magnificent World 2."
			Fatora Venus		An apparently open lesbian, 23-year-old Fatora is like her primary lover Alielle in that she has an overdeveloped sex drive and little concern for the concept of "faithfulness" or even "disinterested", indicated in episodes like "The World of Mindless Adventures." While it is implied that she has had many other "once-off" lovers in the past, and is attracted to Kalia when she first appears in the episode "The Awakening of Kalia," she is fixated on Shayla-Shayla and Nanami Jinnai, trying to lure them into sharing her bed. In the episode "The Bride of Roshtari," the manages to fool Shayla-Shayla sufficiently that she manages to kiss her, naturally prompting a fiery explosion of fury when the priestess realizes who just claimed her first kiss. Fatora also has a crush on Gilda of the emperor's guards. Like Alielle, she appears in the second OVA, "El Hazard: The Magnificent World 2."
	Fushigi Yûgi	April 20, 1995	Nuriko	Bisexual	Nuriko initially dresses and acts as a woman named Kang-lin, one of Hotohori's concubines because Kang-lin was his twin sister who died and he wanted to keep her memory alive as shown in the episode, "The Seven Stars of Suzaku." He enjoys cross-dressing, as indicates in the episode "Even If I Die...," and is in love with Hotohori, but later also grows to love the main heroine Miaka as indicated in the episode "Brief Parting."
1995–1997	Crapston Villas	October 27, 1995	Robbie	Gay	The series was one of the first animated series on British television to present openly gay characters.	United Kingdom
			Larry

1996

Duration	Show title	Character debut date	Characters	Identity	Notes	Country
1996–1997	You're Under Arrest	November 12, 1996	Aoi Futaba	Trans woman	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. 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
1996–1998	Blazing Dragons	September 9, 1996	Sir Blaze	Gay	Sir Blaze is a member of the Square Table which is composed of dragon knights. His mother is married to the king. Writers were mindful of it being a children's show, with those working on the show understanding Blaze was a gay character, who is flamboyant and effeminate, and as such, throughout the series, he is implied to be gay, according to series director Lawrence Jacobs.	Canada
						France
1996-2000	Superman: The Animated Series	February 1, 1997	Maggie Sawyer	Lesbian	Maggie Sawyer is the captain of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit. In the comics, Maggie is a lesbian. Toby Raynes, Maggie Sawyer's romantic partner, and a reporter for the Metropolis Star, is seen by her bedside in several hospital scenes and later Turpin's funeral service in the two-part episode, "Apokolips…Now!". Bruce Timm states in the commentary for "Tools of the Trade" that those scenes were the creators' way of acknowledging Sawyer's sexual orientation. In the comics, Maggie is also portrayed as a lesbian who comes to terms with her own sexual identity. The comic strip was later recognized as the 7th Outstanding Comic Strip at the March 1996 GLAAD Media Awards.	United States
1996–2004	Hey Arnold!	October 7, 1996	Eugene Horowitz	Gay	On July 26, 2016, the show's creator Craig Bartlett stated that Eugene "is kind of 'proto-gay', so he's uncomfortable getting close to any girl" during an interview with BuzzFeed, though this was never explicitly stated during the show. Bartlett stated: "We always figured Eugene was kind of proto-gay. He's not gay yet, he just will be. He loves musical theater, and he's a wonderful guy." This was never explicitly disclosed in the series. Eugene's voice actor for season 5 is Black McIver Ewing, a gay musician.
		September 22, 1997	Mr. Robert Simmons		In July 2016, Bartlett confirmed that Mr. Simmons was gay during an interview with BuzzFeed. Several episodes throughout the series hinted at Mr. Simmons' sexuality, including "Arnold's Thanksgiving", a Thanksgiving-themed episode which implies that one of his dinner guests, Peter, is his boyfriend, and that Simmons' mother wants him to date a female friend. However, it was never explicitly stated he was gay. His voice actor, Dan Butler is also gay.
1996-2011	The Ambiguously Gay Duo	September 28, 1996	Ace		These two superheroes engage in acts of heroism which are "ambiguously homosexual." In June 2020, Robert Smigel, one of the series creators, told The Daily Beast that the engine of the show was an "obsession with sexuality" and that he thought that it was funny because the homophobes and everyone are obsessed with finding out whether the superheroes are gay or not, calling it "sport and titillation."
			Gary
1996–present	Arthur	October 7, 1996	Nigel Ratburn		Mr. Ratburn, and another man, Patrick, get married in the series season 22 premiere, "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone," which aired on May 13, 2019. As such, he and Patrick are the first LGBT characters in the series.

1997

Duration	Show title	Character debut date	Characters	Identity	Notes	Country
1997	Maze	April 2, 1997	Maze	Genderqueer	Maze is the combination of two personalities, Mei Ikagura and Akira Ikagura, two siblings who are in love with each other.	Japan
			Princess Mill Varna	Bisexual	After being saved by female Maze/Mill, she becomes attached to and falls in love with her in the show's first episode, "A Stranger Lost in Random Space." She loves both personality of Maze (Mei and Akira), wanting to marry Mei while wanting to have Akira's children. In the novel, it is mentioned she is intersex, and in the 26th episode of the anime.
			Solude Schfoltzer	Lesbian	A hunter and mercenary, she is attracted to the female Maze, and her former lover is "Lightning Rod" Medusa.
	Revolutionary Girl Utena	April 2, 1997	Anthy Himemiya	Bisexual	The two series protagonists, Utena Tenjou and Anthy Himemiya, were confirmed to be in love by director Kunihiko Ikuhara. The characters are seen kissing both in the TV show credits and the movie. Utena is also in love with Akio Ohtori as shown in episodes like "The Barefoot Girl." At the beginning of the series, Anthy is engaged to an abusive man named Kyouichi Saionji, who she does not resist, acting as a puppet to obey the current dueling champion. She is surprised when Utena manages to defeat Saionji, referring to him as a "classmate" after his defeat, as shown in episodes like "The Rose Bride." Later on, it is revealed that Akio has been sexually assaulting Anthy. This differs from the manga where Anthy has a consensual relationship with Akio and a romantic relationship with Utena.
			Utena Tenjou
			Juri Arisugawa	Lesbian	Juri is explicitly in love with her female classmate, Shiori, in both the TV series and movie. She is described as "homosexual" by the creators in the DVD booklet. The commentary in the booklet indicated that Shiori also had feelings for her, but was too troubled and insecure to act on them in a healthy way.
		July 2, 1997	Akio Ohtori	Bisexual	Akio Ohtori and Touga Kiryuu were shown in bed together, and Miki described Akio as "seducing" Touga as indicated in the episode "Miki's Nest Box (The Sunlit Garden-Arranged)." Akio and Touga are playboys with a number of female conquests, with Akio's conquests include Utena and Kozue, while Anthy was formerly Touga's girlfriend before Utena came along, which is even shown in the movie.
			Touga Kiryuu
		July 9, 1997	Kozue Kaoru		Kozue Kaoru is obsessively in love with her twin brother, Miki. In one episode, "The Landscape Framed by Kozue," she was shown kissing Anthy.
		July 23, 1997	Shiori Takatsuki		Childhood friend of Juri Arisugawa who returns to Ohtori Academy. She idolized Juri in the past, but this caused her to question their friendship and she eventually became paranoid as indicated in the episode "Thorns of Death." When she finds out that Juri had feelings for her, she acts cruel but has been aware of these feelings toward her for a long period. Even so, she cares enough about Juri to apologize to her, in the episode "Azure Paler Than the Sky," although it is not clear if Juri returns her feelings. In the movie, Shiori sleeps with Touga Kiryuu.
	Variable Geo	January 29, 1997	Ayako Yuuki	Lesbian	Also known as Yūki Ayako, she is the series' sole lesbian character, among those with "lesbian tendencies" as one reviewer pointed out. In the game, while in the V.G. tournament hoping to win and give the prize money to charity, she meets and becomes infatuated with Satomi Yajima, a fellow fighter who has no interest in pursuing a romantic relationship with another woman. In the anime, she is approached by Satomi, who challenges her to a fight as shown in episodes like "Strengthening Of The Goddesses." Ayako accepts, hoping that Satomi will entertain her. At first, Ayako seems to have the advantage, confusing Satomi with her swift, graceful movements. She uses her fan's hidden blade to cut away at Satomi's clothing, then plants a kiss on her cheek when the other girl attempts to close in on her. She remarks on Satomi's beautiful skin, and invites her to "lose and show her the rest".
1997–1998	Battle Athletes	1997	Akari Kanzaki		Ichino Yanigida has feelings for Akari Kanzaki, a sweet, cute character, and it is implied she returns them.	Japan
			Ichino Yanigida
			Kris Christopher		Kris Christopher falls in love with Akari at first sight and is love rivals with Ichino.
1997–2006	Space Goofs	September 6, 1997	Candy Caramilla	Transgender	Candy is the uptight homosexual neat freak. 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. This implication is confirmed by the game, "Stupid Invaders" with Candy planning a gender reassignment surgery with the best specialist in the universe.	France
1997–2010	King of the Hill	April 28, 2002	Bug Gribble	Gay	In one of the episodes, "My Own Private Rodeo," Dale's father, Bug has come out and participates in the gay rodeo circuit. Bug is married to Juan Pedro.	United States
			Juan Pedro
1997–present	South Park	August 13, 1997	Liane Cartman	Bisexual	In the early seasons, Liane was very sexually active and regularly pursued this activity. She also had no issue with having sexual relations with complete strangers, usually inviting them to the home as frequent visitors. This desire was not strictly for men, for it is hinted in one episode, "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" that she had intercourse with Ms. Crabtree, Mayor McDaniels, and Sheila Broflovski.	United States
			Herbert Garrison (formerly Janet Garrison)	Lesbian trans woman	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. It is shown he still has feelings for his ex-boyfriend, Mr. Slave as shown in the episode "Follow That Egg!"
				Gay
		September 3, 1997	Big Gay Al		He is a stereotypical homosexual man known for his flamboyant and positive demeanor introduced in the episode "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride." Big Gay Al openly displays his homosexuality and is an advocate for gay rights. He is Mr. Garrison's ex-boyfriend, and is married to Mr. Slave as shown in the episode "Follow That Egg!"
		December 17, 1997	Craig Tucker		Craig and Tweek are seen frequently throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first seasons holding hands and hanging out with each other, shown in episodes such as "Tweek x Craig" and "Put It Down. It is confirmed by the official website and blog that they are in a relationship, and that they became an official couple in the episode "Tweek X Craig." Craig also had an unnamed girlfriend before he realized he was gay, and dumped her.
			Tweek Tweak
		February 11, 1998	Ms. Ellen	Lesbian	In one episode, "Tom's Rhinoplasty," Chef reveals that the new teacher Ms. Ellen, voiced by Natasha Henstridge, is lesbian. Some of her male students are attracted to her and don't understand what lesbians are, and try to "become lesbians" too, to get her attention.
		April 1, 1998	Saddam Hussein	Gay	Within the South Park series and film Saddam Hussein and Satan are presented as a gay couple.
			Satan
		May 27, 1998	Stephen Stotch	Bisexual	Despite being married to Linda, Butters' father Stephen Stotch is revealed to be a regular customer at the local gay theater & bath house as shown in "Butters' Very Own Episode," and claiming to Linda that he only did so out of curiosity, Stephen promises to suppress any future homosexual urges. However, some episodes, like "Insecurity," show him pursuing these acts in secret.
		November 20, 2002	Mr. Slave	Gay	Mr. Slave was Mrs. Garrison's boyfriend until she made the transition into a female in the episode "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina." He is now married to Big Gay Al, as of the episode, "Follow That Egg."

1998

Duration	Show title	Character debut date	Characters	Identity	Notes	Country
1998	Outlaw Star	February 12, 1998	Fred Luo	Gay	Fred is a 20-year-old camp weapons merchant who is known to be flamboyant and openly gay, as first shown in the episode "The Beautiful Assassin." He has a strong infatuation for the series' main protagonist, Gene Starwind, whom he supplies arms to. Some criticized the character as representing harmful gay stereotypes.	Japan
1998	Cowboy Bebop	May 22, 1998	Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener	Non-binary	Gren is a 29 year old non-binary individual who is connected to Spike and Vicious' past, although not overtly shown as non-binary. Gren's identity was confirmed by Netflix and Mason Alexander Park as part of promotional information for a live-action Cowboy Bebop series. Gren describes themselves as "I am both at once, and neither one."
1998–1999	Devil Lady	October 11, 1998	Jun Fudo	Lesbian	As the series progresses, the relationship between Kazumi and Jun gradually progresses into an almost romantic one. Most notably in the last episode, titled "Man," where Jun decides to forge her soul with the force from the Demons, which Kazumi also lets her absorb her in order to help in the final battle with Asuka.
			Kazumi Takiura
	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen	February 27, 1999	Stephanie	Trans woman	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." She falls in love with and marries her boyfriend the florist Tim but continues to help Orphen and his friends, although she later becomes their foe.
1998–2000	Cardcaptor Sakura	April 7, 1998	Tomoyo Daidouji	Lesbian	Tomoyo is in love with the protagonist of the show, Sakura, even loving what she wears. Unfortunately for Tomoyo, Sakura does not return her feelings, even though she does help her find her voice. At some point, Tomoyo confesses her love to Sakura, but Sakura misunderstands her, thinking she means "love" as a best friend, and Tomoyo says that she will explain when Sakura is older. Some scholars have argued that based on Tomoyo's romantic attractions she is asexual.
			Sakura Kinomoto	Pansexual	The creators have stated that Sakura, the protagonist of this anime who has a "desire to befriend everyone she meets," does not see gender as barrier for her romantic attraction, with some describing her as bisexual. She doesn't have romantic feelings for Tomoyo in particular and she confesses she has a crush on a female teacher, as shown in the episodes "Sakura and the Wonderful Teacher" and "Sakura and the Shrine of Memories," with the dubbed version of the anime removing many of these themes.
			Touya Kinomoto	Bisexual	The creators have confirmed that Yukito and Touya (both male) are a couple, which are stated to be in love within the series itself, with Yukito rejecting Sakura's feelings because he is in love with Touya. Before meeting Yukito, Touya dated Kaho Mizuki when she was his junior high school teacher, and she broke up with him when she left to study in England. Some even argued that Touya was either bisexual or pansexual.
			Yukito Tsukishiro	Gay
		May 26, 1998	Syaoran Li	Bisexual	Syaoran and Sakura, the story's protagonist, have feelings for each other, but do not admit them, only engaging in an stilted and accurate "Japanese love confession thing where nobody actually says the word ‘love’" and they say how they admire each other. They eventually leave each other, as Li takes off to another country, leaving with only a smile. Some have argued that Syaoran is bisexual based on his sexual attractions, such as his attraction to Yukito.
		September 7, 1999	Ruby Moon	Intersex	Ruby Moon has no biological sex. They are always seen presenting as female, even though Spinel Sun often asks them why don't they present as male for a change as shown in episodes like "Sakura and the Mysterious Transfer Student." At some points, Ruby Moon states that their gender does not matter because they are not actually human and also that girls have cuter clothes. They appear to have a crush on Touya. Like Syaoran, Sakura, Touya, Yukita, and Tomoyo, they also reappear in Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card.

1999

Duration	Show title	Character debut date	Characters	Identity	Notes	Country
1999-2000	George and Martha	April 1, 1999	Oscar	Gay	Oscar and Wilde are a alligator couple whose names are a reference to gay author Oscar Wilde. They live together and go on vacations. Their relationship was the focus of the episode The Argument in where they had a spat. The series was one of the first animated series to ever confirm LGBTQ characters.	Canada
			Wilde
1999–2002	Mission Hill	September 24, 1999	Gus Duncz		Gus and Wally are an elderly gay couple in their late 60s as shown in the episode "Andy and Kevin Make a Friend (or One Bang for Two Brothers)."	United States
			Wally Langford
1999–present	Family Guy	January 31, 1999	Meg Griffin	Bisexual	Throughout the series, Meg has shown romantic interest in and dated several men. However, there have been several instances, in episodes like "Stew-Roids" and "Dial Meg for Murder" in which she has shown hints of being bisexual or a lesbian. In November 2016, when asked about further development on the characters Chris and Meg, Alec Sulkin confirmed that there would be a future episode where Meg comes out as a lesbian, taking inspiration from earlier episodes where she exhibited signs of lesbian characteristics. A few episodes since then have hinted at that possible development, such as "The Griffin Winter Games", "Trump Guy", and "Trans-Fat."
			Stewie Griffin		Stewie has been in relationships with female babies, but is also attracted towards males. In the commentary for Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, the writers describe how they were going to make Stewie discover he was gay, but decided to scrap this idea in order to retain Stewie's sexual ambiguity for writing purposes. MacFarlane planned for the series' third season to end with Stewie coming out of the closet after a near-death experience. The show's abrupt cancellation, before later continuing, caused MacFarlane to abort these plans, and the episode "Queer Is Stewie?" was actually produced, but never shown.
		April 18, 1999	Bruce	Gay	Bruce often talks to his roommate Jeffrey. It was implied that Bruce is gay and that Jeffrey is his domestic partner, as in "Road to the North Pole" where he states in the song "All I Want for Christmas" that he wants a wedding ring from a guy named Jeffrey. In "Meg's Wedding", Bruce briefly had a romantic relationship with Meg until they ended it on the wedding day after Bruce finally accepted himself as gay. Bruce finally got engaged to Jeffrey in a parking lot since the priest wouldn't allow them to marry in the church.
		July 12, 2000	Jasper		Jasper is a dog who is Brian Griffin's gay cousin. Jasper marries his partner Ricardo in "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives."
		November 15, 2001	John Herbert		Herbert is an elderly man. He has an ephebophiliac and hebephiliac attraction to young boys, and harbors unrequited love for underage teenager Chris Griffin, though most other citizens of Quahog are oblivious to his sexuality. His voice actor Mike Henry defines Herbert as a pedophile.
		January 6, 2006	Sarah	Lesbian	In one episode, Sarah invites her classmate Meg Griffin to join her afterschool club, as shown in the episode "Brian Sings and Swings." Only after accepting, Meg discovers that it is called Lesbian Alliance Club. Meg pretends to be lesbian for a while to make friends. It is shown that Sarah is attracted to Meg: when Meg visits her to confess that she is actually straight, Sarah mistakes Meg's sentences "I got to get something off my chest" and "I need to open up" as invitations to have sex.
		May 9, 2010	Ida Davis	Trans woman	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." 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.
	One Piece	February 14, 2010	Emporio Ivankov	Genderqueer & Gay	All three of these characters are LGBTQ in some way or another. For instance, Ivankov is the self-declared queen of an island populated by okama as shsown in the episode "Paradise in Hell - Impel Down Level 5.5," having powers that allow him to shift between male and female forms, while also changing genders of other individuals. Bon Kurei, on the other hand, has powers that allows him to shapeshift into any form he wishes and crossdresses as a woman, as indicated in episodes like "Ace's Convoy Starts - The Offense and Defense of the Lowest Level, Level 6!" Izuma, like Ivankov, has the power that he can change from a woman to a man, or vice versa, subservient to Ivankov like Bon Kurei.	Japan
			Mr. Bon Kurei
			Izuma
			Okamas
		August 25, 2019	Kikunojo "Kiku"	Trans woman	In both the manga and anime, Kiku is revealed to be a trans woman. 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.
		May 2, 2021	Yamato	Trans man	He idolized Kozuki Oden as a child, emulating everything about the samurai warrior, and his pronouns are respected by Kozuki.
	SpongeBob SquarePants	May 1, 1999	SpongeBob	Asexual	According to an interview with Stephen Hillenburg in 2002, SpongeBob is neither gay or straight but in fact, asexual. This was once again clarified in 2005, because of the controversy on SpongeBob and Patrick's sexual orientation. Hillenburg also instructed that SpongeBob should never have a romantic relationship, since he is asexual (as all real-life sea sponges are) and too innocent for it.	United States

See also

• List of yuri anime and manga
• List of LGBT-related films by year
• List of animated films with LGBTQ characters

References

Sources

• Michele Gibney (2004). Homosexuality in Fushigi Yuugi and Gravitation: An investigation into the cultural background of homosexuality in Japanese animation (Report). University of the Pacific. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
• Mehta, Ilisha (2018). An Analysis of Gender and Sexual Identities in Cardcaptor Sakura (Bachelors Dissertation). Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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