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Netflix has contributed substantially to LGBTQ representation in animation. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgender characters have appeared in various animated series, and some animated films, on the streaming platform. GLAAD described Netflix as a company taking "impressive strides in viewership and impact," when it came to LGBTQ representation.^[1] Scholars have stated that LGBTQ characters on streaming services, such as Netflix, "made more displays of affection" than on broadcast networks.^[2]

Popularity of series

Before December 2023, Netflix had not released viewership numbers for its entire catalog,^[3] and only for select series and films. Even so, some described She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as "popular"^[4] or an "in-demand show"^[5] and Bojack Horseman as "successful".^[6] GLAAD continually praised Netflix for having the highest number of "LGBTQ regular and recurring characters,"^[7]^[8]^[9] Some scholarship said that the streaming service, like Hulu and Amazon, caters to "niche audiences" and had more "displays of affection" than broadcast television.^[2]

Cancellations and endings

Netflix has cancelled some shows with LGBTQ+ characters over the years, such as Tuca and Bertie Q-Force, Bojack Horseman, and Dead End: Paranormal Park.

In July 2019, it was revealed the streaming service was cancelling Tuca and Bertie despite "rave reviews," with creator Lisa Hanawalt blaming it on the service's algorithm not showing the show to the right audience, and said she hoped the show could find a new "home".^[10]^[11] The series later was picked by Adult Swim for a second season. Julia Alexander of The Verge, in describing the cancellation, stated that Netflix had become a "sea of content" and that shows were competing to find viewers while "the streamer’s biggest projects received top billing on the homepage."^[6]

In September 2019, Netflix announced that Bojack Horseman was cancelled,^[12]^[13] and that the final season would air in January 2020.^[14] In fall 2019, Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg made clear his disappointment at the cancellation, saying that at the previous model of the streaming service "was to give shows time to build," lamented that it was "a shame...they seem to have moved away from that model," but added that if his series had premiered on another network or at another time, they wouldn't have "gotten the second season" and says they got "lucky."^[15]^[16] He also told Vulture that he was "amazed" the series had got that far, and that Netflix "got to do what’s right for them" in regard to Netflix's cancellation of the series.^[16]

In September 2019, due to the abrupt ending of Twelve Forever, Shadi Petosky, one of the executive producers, stated they won't be able to further explore protagonist Reggie Abbott as a "canon queer" character.^[17] Elsewhere, Petosky described Reggie as a queer character "coming to terms with her sexuality".^[18]

On December 8, 2020, Netflix canceled Hoops after one season.^[19] The series included a gay character named Scott on the school's basketball team.^[20]

On June 27, 2022, it was announced that Netflix cancelled Q-Force, an animated series about a group of LGBTQ superspies,^[21]^[22] after one season.^[23]^[24] Some described the cancellation as among "major losses for queer storytelling on television" and predicted a Peacock revival may be possible.^[23]^[25]

On January 13, 2023, Hamish Steele, creator of Dead End: Paranormal Park announced that Netflix had cancelled the series.^[26] Four months after it was cancelled, the series won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming - Animated.^[27]^[28] Previously, Steele said he was 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.^[29]

Representation

Animated series on Netflix have featured LGBTQ+ characters. Some praised depiction of asexuality^[30]^[31]^[32] lesbianism^[33] and homosexuality^[34] in Bojack Horseman. Others praised Rachel Bighead as a trans female character in Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, which was released in August 2019.^[35] The work was a TV movie and sequel to their 1993 series Rocko's Modern Life and the producers worked with GLAAD to ensure that the story of Rachel, as well as a plotline involving her coming out to her parents, Ed and Bev Bighead, was respectful to the LGBTQ+ community and fit within the show itself.^[35]

In May 2020, ND Stevenson, the showrunner of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power stated that while the romantic relationship between Adora and Catra was planned from the show's conception, they weren't sure how overt he could portray it. But throughout each release of the show's subsequent seasons, Stevenson would lay enough groundwork for the approval of the romance. By the time the final season had aired, Stevenson expressed that he was glad that he could finally talk about it, noting that the relationship between Adora and Catra was central to the final season and written in a "very, very textually romantic way".^[36]^[37] He later said that he had fought hard for Catra and Adora during the show's development.^[38] In an interview for Paper, Stevenson said that he and the show staff "fought very hard for the 'Princess Prom' episode", working to set up a "[queer] framework for the show" in order to normalize it "within the executive structure itself", and had hoped to garner support from its viewers.^[39]

In June 2020, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts series creator Radford "Rad" Sechrist, and co-screenwriter Bill Wolkoff, confirmed that the characters Benson and Troy were gay, noting that when he had pitched the idea to the studio, Chief Creative Officer Peter Gal approved but instructed the production staff to have the character say the words "I'm gay," something that he and Bill were happy to hear to oblige.^[40] Reviewers noted the show's "casual queerness"^[41] praised the romance between Benson and Troy as "perfect" and "charmingly cute."^[42]^[43] In another interview, Wolkoff acknowledged that past coming-of-age stories "about kids being gay and dealing with that" often got pushback, but that in this case DreamWorks was open to it.^[44] He said that in this case, they got to tell the story they wanted, with DreamWorks supporting them from the beginning, and that they structured story without Benson having to deal with the real "extra weight of homophobia."^[44]

The Mitchells vs. the Machines, an animated film, premiered in Netflix in April 2021. The voice actor for one of the film's protagonists, Abbi Jacobson, has stated that Katie is "queer".^[45]^[46] In the film, Katie wears a rainbow pride flag pin and talks about it taking a while to figure herself out,^[47] and at the end of the film, she has a girlfriend at film school in Los Angeles named Jade.^[45] The film's writers, Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe, wrote the character of Katie to be LGBT but without necessarily drawing attention to her sexuality as a lesbian.^[48]

Ridley Jones, which ran from July 2021 to March 2023, part of a slate of animated preschool series on the streaming service, with others including Spirit Rangers and Ada Twist, Scientist, of which Nee is the showrunner.^[49] includes Fred, a non-binary bison who prefers they/them pronouns, the first non-binary character in a kids show on Netflix.^[50] Fred is voiced by non-binary actor iris menas as confirmed by Nee.^[51]

On October 28, 2022, the animated film Wendell & Wild was released on Netflix. The film features Raúl Cocolotl, a transgender boy in an all-girls Catholic school.^[52] He is the first transgender male character in a major animated film. Raúl is voiced by transgender actor Sam Zelaya. The film was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Film - Limited Release.^[27]^[53]

In The Dragon Prince season four premiere "Rebirthday", Janai proposes to Amaya through slightly incorrect sign language.^[54] The fourth season also introduces Claudia's elf boyfriend Terry who is a transgender man.^[55]^[56] Terry is voiced by transgender actor Benjamin Callins. The series was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming - Animated in 2023.^[27]

Criticism

Voltron: Legendary Defender, which aired on Netflix from 2016 to 2018, which featured three gay characters^[57] was criticized for its treatment of LGBT characters, particularly over Adam's death that occurred in the later half of Season 7.^[58]^[59]^[60] Some claimed the show had followed a stereotype known as "burying that gay", prompting show-runner Joaquim Dos Santos to apologize to fans.^[61]^[62]

More controversy was aimed at the on-screen wedding between Shiro and Curtis, with several critics and viewers characterizing it as poor LGBT representation. Metadeen stated that making a "five-second blip of the wedding...come[s] off as a publicity stunt."^[63]^[64]^[65] On August 13, 2018, show-runner Joaquim Dos Santos posted an apology on his Twitter. He also acknowledged that there were boundaries in place as to how they could portray LGBT representation in the show.^[62] Fellow show-runner Lauren Montgomery also acknowledged the limitations regarding LGBT relationships behind the scenes in her apology, saying, "there's so much that I would do differently, but so little we could've done differently."^[66] The series had been described by GLAAD as "struggling" with Shiro's story, with the organization hoping for Shiro's further character development and "a happy ending."^[57]

In October 2018, a protagonist in Big Mouth, Jay Bilzerian, came out as bisexual.^[67] Over a year later, Ali, a pansexual character, was introduced. In the latter case, however, some criticized it as an oversimplification of the "relationship between private parts and gender identity," even as her existence was praised as putting the show ahead of "most television representations of sexual expression."^[68]

Work conditions

On March 29, 2022, ND Stevenson, the showrunner and creator of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power said that the working conditions for the series were not ideal, saying that Netflix exploited the passion of those on the crew "as an excuse to underpay, understaff, and overwork," responding to a tweet from Jeff Bennett, a storyboarder and director for the series. Stevenson and Bennett both called on supporting The Animation Guild negotiators and workers in the animation industry in "their fight for better conditions."^[69]

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-[[Netflix]] has contributed substantially to [[LGBT|LGBTQ]] representation in animation throughout the 2010s and 2020s. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgender characters have appeared in various animated series, and some animated films on the streaming platform. [[GLAAD]] described Netflix as a company taking "impressive strides in viewership and impact," when it came to LGBTQ representation.{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2013 | p = 23}} Examples of original Netflix [[animated series]] with a large presence of LGBTQ characters include ''[[Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts]]'' and ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]''. In January 2021, GLAAD specifically highlighted the ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' series finale which confirmed "its lead two characters, Catra and Adora, were queer and in love," and ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'' which starred Benson, a gay character, and his love interest, Troy.<ref name="glaad2020">{{cite report |date=January 2021 |title=Where We Are on TV: 2020-2021 |page=40 |url=https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/GLAAD%20-%20202021%20WHERE%20WE%20ARE%20ON%20TV.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060919/https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/GLAAD%20-%20202021%20WHERE%20WE%20ARE%20ON%20TV.pdf |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021 }}</ref>
+[[Netflix]] has contributed substantially to [[LGBT|LGBTQ]] representation in animation. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgender characters have appeared in various animated series, and some animated films, on the streaming platform. [[GLAAD]] described Netflix as a company taking "impressive strides in viewership and impact," when it came to LGBTQ representation.<ref>{{cite report  |date=2013 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2013-2014 |url=https://www.glaad.org/files/2013WWATV.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328155604/https://www.glaad.org/files/2013WWATV.pdf |access-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |url-status=dead |page=23}}</ref> Scholars have stated that LGBTQ characters on streaming services, such as Netflix, "made more displays of affection" than on broadcast networks.<ref name="cook2018" />
-==2010s==
-Another show that became very prominent was ''[[Bojack Horseman]]'', airing from 2014 to 2020 on the streaming service. The show had a number of LGBTQ+ characters. For instance, [[Kelsey Jannings]] reveals she had an ex-wife in the episode "Later."<ref name="Schwartz">{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=John |title=Bojack Horseman comes out of the stable |url=https://thequeerness.com/2016/08/12/bojack-horseman-comes-out-of-the-stable/ |website=The Queerness |access-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107071402/https://thequeerness.com/2016/08/12/bojack-horseman-comes-out-of-the-stable/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The show also featured a married lesbian couple, Mary-Beth and Dr. Indira.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Les |title=It's the adventures of BoBo The Angsty Zebra as BoJack Horseman lightly upends its storytelling framework |url=https://www.avclub.com/its-the-adventures-of-bobo-the-angsty-zebra-as-bojack-h-1829050424 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102214836/https://www.avclub.com/its-the-adventures-of-bobo-the-angsty-zebra-as-bojack-h-1829050424 |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |date=October 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Gay characters also prominently appeared in ''BoJack Horseman''. Hollyhock, a female teenage horse and Bojack's sister, has eight adoptive fathers (Dashawn Manheim, Steve Mannheim, Jose Guerrero, Cupe Robinson III, Otto Zilberschlag, Arturo "Ice Man" Fonzerelli, Gregory Hsung, and Quackers McQuack) in a consensual polyamorous gay relationship.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nickalls|first=Sammy|title=The Tricky Problem With Hollyhock in 'BoJack Horseman' Season 4|url=https://dotandline.net/hollyhock-bojack-horseman-season-4-456f9384f8b9/|newspaper=Dot and Line|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327045505/https://dotandline.net/hollyhock-bojack-horseman-season-4-456f9384f8b9/|archive-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> With this, some critics praised the show for portraying homosexuality in a realist fashion.<ref name="Atkinson">{{cite web |last1=Atkinson |first1=Sophia |title=The Complete History of Queer Characters in Cartoon Shows |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/11/09/queer-cartoons-history/ |website=[[Highsnobiety]] |access-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201012014928/https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/queer-cartoons-history/ |archive-date=October 12, 2020 |date=November 5, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The show also featured a gay therapist of Bojack, Doctor Champ,<ref>{{Cite episode |title=BoJack Horseman (2014–2020): Season 6, Episode 1 - A Horse Walks into a Rehab - full transcript |url=https://subslikescript.com/series/BoJack_Horseman-3398228/season-6/episode-1-A_Horse_Walks_into_a_Rehab |access-date=August 17, 2020 |series=[[Bojack Horseman]] |network=[[Netflix]] |quote=And I know a lot about art because my husband owns a Jackson Pollock. |language=en}}</ref> and a closeted gay man named Herb Kazzaz."<ref name="Schwartz" />
+==Popularity of series==
-''[[DreamWorks Dragons]]'', streaming from 2014 to 2018, which features a gay character, Gobber, who is also a double amputee.{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2016 | p = 11, 23}}{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2017 | p = 10-11, 23}}
+{{expand section}}
+Before December 2023, Netflix had not released viewership numbers for its entire catalog,<ref>{{cite web|last=Grimes|first=Christopher|url=https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/12/netflix-finally-reveals-viewing-data-across-its-entire-catalog/|title=Netflix finally reveals viewing data across its entire catalog|website=[[Ars Technica]]|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213162601/https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/12/netflix-finally-reveals-viewing-data-across-its-entire-catalog/|archive-date=December 13, 2023|access-date=December 13, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and only for [[List of most-watched Netflix original programming|select series and films]]. Even so, some described ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' as "popular"{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2021 | p = 40}} or an "in-demand show"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Hannah Erbe|last2=Dumas|first2=Zoe|url=https://movieweb.com/why-she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power-is-not/|title=Why She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Is Not the Average Kids Show|website=[[MovieWeb]]|date=November 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818073843/https://movieweb.com/why-she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power-is-not/|archive-date=August 18, 2023|access-date=December 13, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Bojack Horseman]]'' as "successful".<ref name="alexander2020" /> [[GLAAD]] continually praised Netflix for having the highest number of "LGBTQ regular and recurring characters,"{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2021 | p = 18}}<ref>{{cite report |date=November 2016 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2016-2017 |url=https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2016-2017.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101081939/https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2016-2017.pdf |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-date=January 1, 2020 |page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |date=2017 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2017-2018 |url=https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2017-2018.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405160821/https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2017-2018.pdf |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-date=April 5, 2020 |url-status=dead |page=10}}</ref> Some scholarship said that the streaming service, like Hulu and Amazon, caters to "niche audiences" and had more "displays of affection" than broadcast television.<ref name="cook2018">{{cite thesis |last=Cook |first=Carson |date=May 2018 |title=A content analysis of LGBT representation on broadcast and streaming television streaming television |type=Honors |chapter=A History of LGBT Representation on TV |publisher=University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |chapter-url=https://scholar.utc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1133&context=honors-theses |access-date=December 19, 2020 |page=38 }}</ref>
+==Cancellations and endings==
-''[[Voltron: Legendary Defender]]'', which aired on Netflix from 2016 to 2018, features three gay characters, Shiro, Adam, and Curtis. Shiro and Adam are shown to be romantic partners at first, but eventually break up. Adam dies several years later.{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2018 | p = 12}} In the series finale, Shiro marries Curtis, a background character introduced in Season 7. The series is notably the first to depict an on-screen wedding between two male characters in a Western children's animated series. However, the show was criticized for its treatment of LGBT characters, particularly over Adam's death that occurred in the later half of Season 7.<ref name="Romano2018">{{cite magazine |last1=Romano |first1=Nick |title=From Steven Universe to Voltron: The fight to bring LGBTQ characters to kids' shows |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/08/22/steven-universe-voltron-kids-cartoons-lgbtq-characters/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]] |access-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707040532/https://ew.com/tv/2018/08/22/steven-universe-voltron-kids-cartoons-lgbtq-characters/ |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |date=August 22, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Sava">{{cite web |last1=Sava |first1=Oliver |title=Adventure Time concludes with a celebration of what makes it so special |url=https://tv.avclub.com/adventure-time-concludes-with-a-celebration-of-what-mak-1828785830 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220070929/https://tv.avclub.com/adventure-time-concludes-with-a-celebration-of-what-mak-1828785830 |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |date=September 3, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="screenrantlgbtcontroversy">{{cite web|last=Atkinson|first=John|date=August 16, 2018|title=Screen Rant Voltron Season 7 LGBT Backlash Response|url=https://screenrant.com/voltron-season-7-lgbt-backlash-response/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327215011/https://screenrant.com/voltron-season-7-lgbt-backlash-response/|archive-date=March 27, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2019|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Some claimed the show had followed a stereotype known as "[[Media portrayal of LGBT people#Habitual death of lesbian or gay characters in media|burying that gay]]", prompting show-runner Joaquim Dos Santos to apologize to fans.<ref name="orourke">{{cite web |last1=O'Rourke |first1=Jill |title=The Erasure Of LGBTQ Characters In Children's Media Goes Beyond Bert And Ernie |url=https://articles.aplus.com/film-forward/lgbtq-erasure-kids-shows-animation |website=[[A Plus (aplus.com)|A Plus]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328204911/https://articles.aplus.com/film-forward/lgbtq-erasure-kids-shows-animation |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |date=October 11, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Haasch">{{cite web |last1=Haasch |first1=Palmer |title=Voltron creator addresses fans over season 7's queerbaiting controversy |url=https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/8/16/17698024/voltron-adam-controversy-netflix-queerbaiting-dos-santos-letter |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615134146/https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/8/16/17698024/voltron-adam-controversy-netflix-queerbaiting-dos-santos-letter |archive-date=June 15, 2019 |date=August 16, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> More controversy was aimed at the on-screen wedding between Shiro and Curtis, with several critics and viewers characterizing it as poor LGBT representation. Metadeen stated that making a "five-second blip of the wedding...come[s] off as a publicity stunt."<ref name="cbrs8response">{{cite web |last1=Matadeen |first1=Renaldo |title=Voltron's Final Season Doesn't Make Up For Its LGBT Problem |url=https://www.cbr.com/voltron-final-season-lgbt-problem-worse/ |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615151814/https://www.cbr.com/voltron-final-season-lgbt-problem-worse/ |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |date=December 20, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/19/18147526/voltron-legendary-defender-ending-controversy|title=The thrilling ending of Voltron was never going to deliver on fan demands|last=Haasch|first=Palmer|date=December 19, 2018|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419050212/https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/19/18147526/voltron-legendary-defender-ending-controversy|archive-date=April 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Schedeen">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/23/voltron-legendary-defender-final-season-8-review|title=Netflix's Voltron: Legendary Defender - Season 8 Review|last=Schedeen|first=Jesse|date=December 23, 2018|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=January 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030037/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/23/voltron-legendary-defender-final-season-8-review|archive-date=November 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 13, 2018, show-runner Joaquim Dos Santos posted an apology on his Twitter. He also acknowledged that there were boundaries in place as to how they could portray LGBT representation in the show.<ref name="Haasch" /> Fellow show-runner Lauren Montgomery also acknowledged the limitations regarding LGBT relationships behind the scenes in her apology, saying, "there's so much that I would do differently, but so little we could've done differently."<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Montgomery |first=Lauren |user=ArtOfLaurenM |number=1029202332309905409 |date=August 13, 2018 |title=I've been very lucky to work alongside Joaquim for a large portion of my career. He's always been much more eloquent than I, and I thank him wholeheartedly for crafting this heartfelt letter to hopefully shed some light on this subject for the fans. |url=https://twitter.com/ArtOfLaurenM/status/1029202332309905409 |access-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507081001/https://twitter.com/ArtOfLaurenM/status/1029202332309905409 |archive-date=May 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+Netflix has cancelled some shows with LGBTQ+ characters over the years, such as ''[[Tuca and Bertie]]'' ''[[Q-Force]]'', ''[[Bojack Horseman]]'', and ''[[Dead End: Paranormal Park]]''.
+In July 2019, it was revealed the streaming service was cancelling ''[[Tuca and Bertie]]'' despite "rave reviews," with creator [[Lisa Hanawalt]] blaming it on the service's [[algorithm]] not showing the show to the right audience, and said she hoped the show could find a new "home".<ref>{{cite web|last=Ha|first=Anthony|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/25/netflix-cancels-tuca-and-bertie/|title=Netflix cancels ‘Tuca and Bertie’|website=[[TechCrunch]]|date=July 25, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813164813/https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/25/netflix-cancels-tuca-and-bertie/|archive-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hough|first=Quinn|url=https://screenrant.com/tuca-bertie-netflix-algorithm-recommend-creator/|title=Netflix Algorithm Didn’t Recommend Tuca & Bertie To Its Creator|website=[[Screenrant]]|date=July 27, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602180749/https://screenrant.com/tuca-bertie-netflix-algorithm-recommend-creator/|archive-date=June 2, 2023}}</ref> The series later was picked by [[Adult Swim]] for a second season. Julia Alexander of ''The Verge'', in describing the cancellation, stated that Netflix had become a "sea of content" and that shows were competing to find viewers while "the streamer’s biggest projects received top billing on the homepage."<ref name="alexander2020">{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Lisa|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21078363/bojack-horseman-finale-season-six-date-netflix-raphael-bob-waksberg|title=BoJack Horseman’s finale signals the end of a Netflix era|website=[[The Verge]]|date=January 28, 2020|access-date=December 19, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326230106/https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21078363/bojack-horseman-finale-season-six-date-netflix-raphael-bob-waksberg|archive-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>
-In the July 2016 season 3 finale of ''BoJack Horseman'', "That Went Well," [[Todd Chavez]] confides in his friend Emily that he doesn't think he is either straight or gay, and in fact "might be nothing". He explores the identity further in season 4 and accepts his asexuality, while meeting others who share his orientation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nickalls|first1=Sammy|title=Todd Chavez Is TV's First Out-and-Proud Asexual Icon|url=https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4|website=The Dot and Line|date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317201221/https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4?gi=f191fc62949e|archive-date=March 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nickalls |first1=Sammy |title=Todd Chavez Is TV's First Out-and-Proud Asexual Icon |url=https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4 |website=[[The Dot and the Line#Legacy|The Dot and Line]] |access-date=April 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317201221/https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4?gi=f191fc62949e |archive-date=March 17, 2019 |date=September 8, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
+In September 2019, Netflix announced that ''Bojack Horseman'' was cancelled,<ref>{{cite web|last=Hein|first=Michael|url=https://popculture.com/streaming/news/why-netflix-canceled-bojack-horseman-according-star-aaron-paul/|title=Why Netflix Canceled 'Bojack Horseman,' According to Star Aaron Paul|website=[[Popculture.com]]|date=September 29, 2019|access-date=September 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022122719/https://popculture.com/streaming/news/why-netflix-canceled-bojack-horseman-according-star-aaron-paul/|archive-date=October 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hunt|first=James|url=https://screenrant.com/bojack-horseman-season-6-ending-cancelled-reason/|title=Why BoJack Horseman Is Ending With Season 6: Did Netflix Cancel The Show?|website=[[Screenrant]]|date=September 29, 2019|access-date=September 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321200514/https://screenrant.com/bojack-horseman-season-6-ending-cancelled-reason/|archive-date=March 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and that the final season would air in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thorne |first1=Will |title='BoJack Horseman' to End After Season 6 on Netflix |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/bojack-horseman-final-season-netflix-1203351456/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 27, 2019 |access-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329111707/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/bojack-horseman-final-season-netflix-1203351456/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In fall 2019, ''[[Bojack Horseman]]'' creator [[Raphael Bob-Waksberg]] made clear his disappointment at the cancellation, saying that at the previous model of the streaming service "was to give shows time to build," lamented that it was "a shame...they seem to have moved away from that model," but added that if his series had premiered on another network or at another time, they wouldn't have "gotten the second season" and says they got "lucky."<ref>{{cite interview |last=Bob-Waksberg |first=Raphael |subject-link=Raphael Bob-Waksberg |interviewer=Matt Brennan |title='BoJack Horseman' creator on changing Netflix model: 'It's a shame' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 4, 2019  |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-04/netflix-raphael-bob-waksberg-bojack-horseman |access-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615234845/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-04/netflix-raphael-bob-waksberg-bojack-horseman |archive-date=June 15, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="chaney2019">{{cite interview |last=Chaney |first=Jan |interviewer=Matt Brennan |title=Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Beginning BoJack Horseman’s Ending |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |date=October 31, 2019 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/raphael-bob-waksberg-bojack-horseman-ending-interview.html |access-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908104953/https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/raphael-bob-waksberg-bojack-horseman-ending-interview.html |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also told ''Vulture'' that he was "amazed" the series had got that far, and that Netflix "got to do what’s right for them" in regard to Netflix's cancellation of the series.<ref name="chaney2019" />
-''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'' began airing in September 2017. Shannon Glaser, the mother of Jessi Glaser,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/big-mouth-funniest-characters-ranked/|title=Big Mouth: 10 Funniest Characters On The Show, Ranked|last1=Pierce-Bohen|first1=Kayleena|date=September 30, 2019|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924234504/https://screenrant.com/big-mouth-funniest-characters-ranked/|archive-date=September 24, 2019}} Not mentioned by name in this article, but the mother of Jessi is Shannon.</ref> was married to her husband and did love him, but was shown to be secretly cheating on him by dating [[hazzan|cantor]] Dina Reznick, another woman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thethings.com/cartoon-characters-we-forgot-were-gay/|title=20 Cartoon Characters We Totally Forgot Were Gay|last1=Delatte|first1=Thomas|date=August 6, 2019|website=The Things|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310021647/https://www.thethings.com/cartoon-characters-we-forgot-were-gay/|archive-date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> Dina is a recurring character in the show and was Shannon's love interest until she dumped Shannon in season 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a31978286/netflix-big-mouth-cast-reunion/|title=Big Mouth cast reunite to give fans a new look at 'How to Have an Orgasm' episode|last=West|first=Amy|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=March 30, 2020|access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref> It also features Lena Foreman, Missy's cousin who is in a relationship with another woman.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tara|last=Ariano|url=https://collider.com/big-mouth-best-guest-stars-netflix/|title=Big Mouth: The Netflix Show's Top 20 Guest Stars, Ranked|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=December 11, 2020}}</ref> She is voiced by lesbian actress [[Lena Waithe]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Reid|url=https://www.primetimer.com/features/big-mouth-whos-new-on-netflixs-star-studded-puberty-cartoon|title=Your Guide to the Celebrity Guest Voices of Big Mouth Season 4|website=Prime Timer|date=December 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Hanifah|last=Rahman|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hanifahrahman/big-mouth-season-4-cast|title=Here's What All The New Characters On "Big Mouth" Look Like In Real Life|website=[[BuzzFeed]]|date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>
-[[File:Abbi_Jacobson_at_2015_PaleyFest.jpg|thumb|right|Abbi Jacobson at PaleyFest 2015 - A Salute to Comedy Central. She voiced Bean in ''Disenchantment'']]
-In an August 2018 episode of ''[[Disenchantment (TV series)|Disenchantment]]'', "Castle Party Massacre" it is hinted that Odval and Sorcerio are secretly in a gay relationship, as they secretly host a magic and sex cult when King Zøg is away. [[IndieWire]] reviewer Michael Schneider wrote that Sorcerio and Odval have been "a couple for a long time."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Michael |title='Disenchantment': Meet The Characters Voiced by Abbi Jacobson and Others in Matt Groening's Netflix Dreamland |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/disenchantment-netflix-matt-groening-1201989110/ |magazine=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402222715/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/disenchantment-netflix-matt-groening-1201989110/ |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |date=July 28, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Another reviewer pointed to an implied gay relationship between two other characters.<ref name="Hermann2021" />
-In October 2018, a protagonist in ''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'', Jay Bilzerian, came out as bisexual.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Villarreal |first1=Daniel |title=One of the kids on Netflix's puberty comedy 'Big Mouth' came out as bi |url=https://www.queerty.com/one-kids-netflixs-puberty-comedy-big-mouth-came-bi-20181015/ |website=[[Queerty]] |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324225709/https://www.queerty.com/one-kids-netflixs-puberty-comedy-big-mouth-came-bi-20181015 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |date=October 15, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Over a year later, Ali, a pansexual character, was introduced. In the latter case, however, some criticized it as an oversimplification of the "relationship between private parts and gender identity," even as her existence was praised as putting the show ahead of "most television representations of sexual expression."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stephen |first1=Emily L. |title=Big Mouth's third season is bigger and mouthier than ever |url=https://tv.avclub.com/big-mouth-is-bigger-and-mouthier-than-ever-and-even-mo-1838723434 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329113041/https://tv.avclub.com/big-mouth-is-bigger-and-mouthier-than-ever-and-even-mo-1838723434 |archive-date=March 29, 2020 |date=October 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In the fifth season, Jessi Glaser develops a same-sex crush on Ali. However, her sexuality is never labeled afterwards.
-''[[Super Drags]]'', a Brazilian show which aired in November 2018, also centered on gay characters. The show focuses on Donizete, Patrick, and Ralph, three gay friends working in a department store,<ref>{{cite web |title=Super Drags |url=https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/super-drags |website=[[Netflix]] |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022153542/https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/super-drags |archive-date=October 22, 2018 |date=October 19, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> who are also [[drag queen]] superheroes, named Scarlet Carmesim, Lemon Chifon, and Safira Cyan are the Super Drags, and are responsible for protecting the LGBTQ community.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adegoke |first1=Yomi |title=Netflix Unleashes Sassy 'Super Drags' Teaser |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/netflix-unleashes-sassy-super-drags-teaser/ |website=[[Animation Magazine]] |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709042103/https://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/netflix-unleashes-sassy-super-drags-teaser/ |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |date=June 1, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-In ''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'', Matthew MacDell, a flamboyantly gay student with a love of drama and spreading gossip, who is in a relationship with Aiden, the latter introduced as his boyfriend in the Valentine's Day special, entitled "My Furry Valentine."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a29254707/big-mouth-season-3-matthew-andrew-rannells/|title=Big Mouth's Matthew Is the Kind of Gay TV Character I Wish I'd Had as a Kid|last1=Kirkland|first1=Justin|date=October 6, 2019|website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011175323/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a29254707/big-mouth-season-3-matthew-andrew-rannells/|archive-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref> The episode, which aired in early February 2019, was the first episode of the show's third season.
 [[File:Shadi Petosky at San Diego Comic Con.jpg|thumb|A photo of television show-runner Shadi Petosky on a panel at San Diego Comic Con]]
-Reggie Abbott, the protagonist of ''[[Twelve Forever]]'', which aired in July 2019, has a crush on Conelly, a 13-year-old schoolmate with whom she shares the same taste in imagining and creating stories, as shown in the two-part episode, "Locked Out Forever." Due to the show's abrupt ending, [[Shadi Petosky]], one of the executive producers, stated they won't be able to further explore that aspect of the character/relationship.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Petosky |first=Shadi |author-link=Shadi Petosky |user=shadipetosky |number=1174404144368517121 |date=September 18, 2019 |title=Our Netflix show Twelve Forever has a canon queer pre-teen main character. I am bummed we don't have future seasons to explore it, but we did it, and it's possible. |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918200915/https:/twitter.com/shadipetosky/status/1174404144368517121 |archive-date=September 18, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Elsewhere, Petosky described Reggie as a queer character "coming to terms with her sexuality".<ref name="Italie">{{cite web |last1=Italie |first1=Leanne |title=Bandwagon builds for LGBTQ diversity on children's TV |url=https://apnews.com/1d447480a16b4fdcb428cc5f99ec6603 |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=March 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211234053/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bandwagon-builds-lgbtq-diversity-children-s-tv-n1037146 |archive-date=February 11, 2020 |date=July 31, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The series also included Galaxander, a gay inhabitant of Endless Island,<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Twelve Forever |author-link=Twelve Forever |user=NetflixTwelve |number=1158860738573635584 |date=August 6, 2019 |title=That awkward moment when you come across a picture of your ex... #Galaxander - An immediate fan favorite. #twelveforever #netflix |url=https://twitter.com/NetflixTwelve/status/1158860738573635584 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814161531/https://twitter.com/NetflixTwelve/status/1158860738573635584 |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> and a gay couple, Mack Beefhouse in the same fantasy world.<ref name="Romano">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/06/bravest-knight-lgbtq-kids-programming/|title=How The Bravest Knight is turning the tide for LGBTQ kids programming|last1=Romano|first1=Nick|date=September 6, 2019|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]]|access-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605144635/https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/06/bravest-knight-lgbtq-kids-programming/|archive-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref>
+In September 2019, due to the abrupt ending of ''[[Twelve Forever]]'', [[Shadi Petosky]], one of the executive producers, stated they won't be able to further explore protagonist Reggie Abbott as a "canon queer" character.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Petosky |first=Shadi |author-link=Shadi Petosky |user=shadipetosky |number=1174404144368517121 |date=September 18, 2019 |title=Our Netflix show Twelve Forever has a canon queer pre-teen main character. I am bummed we don't have future seasons to explore it, but we did it, and it's possible. |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918200915/https:/twitter.com/shadipetosky/status/1174404144368517121 |archive-date=September 18, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Elsewhere, Petosky described Reggie as a queer character "coming to terms with her sexuality".<ref name="Italie">{{cite web |last1=Italie |first1=Leanne |title=Bandwagon builds for LGBTQ diversity on children's TV |url=https://apnews.com/1d447480a16b4fdcb428cc5f99ec6603 |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=March 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211234053/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bandwagon-builds-lgbtq-diversity-children-s-tv-n1037146 |archive-date=February 11, 2020 |date=July 31, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-An episode of ''[[3Below: Tales of Arcadia]]'', titled "Asteroid Rage," in July 2019, included a lesbian kiss between two characters.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Matadeen |first1=Renaldo |title=3Below: Tales of Arcadia Introduces Its First LGBT Character |url=https://www.cbr.com/3below-tales-of-arcadia-lgbt-character/ |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=April 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719164634/https://www.cbr.com/3below-tales-of-arcadia-lgbt-character/ |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |date=July 18, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
+On December 8, 2020, Netflix canceled ''[[Hoops (TV series)|Hoops]]'' after one season.<ref name="Cancellation">{{cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|title='Hoops' Canceled at Netflix After One Season (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/hoops-canceled-netflix-1234848791/|website=Variety|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=December 8, 2020|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208223918/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/hoops-canceled-netflix-1234848791/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series included a gay character named Scott on the school's basketball team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Patton |first1=Rebecca |title=This New Netflix Show Is Basically One Big New Girl Reunion |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/the-hoops-voice-cast-new-girl-reunion |website=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822195814/https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/the-hoops-voice-cast-new-girl-reunion |archive-date=August 22, 2020 |date=August 21, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+On June 27, 2022, it was announced that Netflix cancelled ''[[Q-Force]]'', an animated series about a group of LGBTQ superspies,{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2021 | p = 19}}<ref name="deadline2019">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/netflix-orders-q-force-lgbtq-animated-series-from-gabe-liedman-mike-schur-sean-hayes-todd-milliners-hazy-mills-1202588427/ |title=Netflix Orders 'Q-Force' LGBTQ Animated Series From Gabe Liedman, Mike Schur, Sean Hayes & Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 4, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224055818/https://deadline.com/2019/04/netflix-orders-q-force-lgbtq-animated-series-from-gabe-liedman-mike-schur-sean-hayes-todd-milliners-hazy-mills-1202588427/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> after one season.<ref name="out2022">{{cite web|last=Sim|first=Bernardo|url=https://www.out.com/television/2022/6/29/netflix-just-cancelled-queer-animated-comedy-series-q-force|title=Netflix Just Cancelled Queer Animated Comedy Series Q-Force|website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]|date=June 29, 2022|access-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629201643/https://www.out.com/television/2022/6/29/netflix-just-cancelled-queer-animated-comedy-series-q-force|archive-date=June 29, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t3.com/us/news/netflix-cancels-q-force-one-season|last=Forde|first=Matthew|title=Netflix cancels controversial show, Q-Force, after only one season|website=[[T3 (magazine)|T3]]|date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628165220/https://www.t3.com/us/news/netflix-cancels-q-force-one-season|archive-date=June 28, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> Some described the cancellation as among "major losses for queer storytelling on television" and predicted a [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] revival may be possible.<ref name="out2022" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/06/29/q-force-season-2-rests-on-the-viewers-after-disappointing-reviews/|title=Q-Force season 2 sadly won't happen as Netflix cancels animated series|website=HITC|date=June 29, 2022|access-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629202200/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/06/29/q-force-season-2-rests-on-the-viewers-after-disappointing-reviews/|archive-date=June 29, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
-''[[Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling]]'' was released in August 2019. In the original ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Ralph Bighead was the son of Rocko's neighbors. ''Static Cling'', taking place 20 years after the original series, shows that Ralph transitioned to Rachel at some point. The series' creator, [[Joe Murray (animator)|Joe Murray]], felt that as the new work was about accepting change, including a trans female character would fit naturally into the episode.<ref name="romnic">{{Cite magazine |last1=Romano |first1=Nick |title=''Rocko's Modern Life'' Netflix movie will feature prominent trans story arc |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/07/rockos-modern-life-movie-trans-rachel/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]] |access-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404212846/https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/07/rockos-modern-life-movie-trans-rachel/ |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |date=August 7, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>  The work was a TV movie and sequel to their 1993 series ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' and the producers worked with GLAAD to ensure that the story of Rachel, as well as a plotline involving her coming out to her parents, Ed and Bev Bighead, was respectful to the LGBTQ+ community and fit within the show itself.<ref name="romnic" />
+On January 13, 2023, Hamish Steele, creator of ''[[Dead End: Paranormal Park]]'' announced that Netflix had cancelled the series.<ref name="cancellation">{{Cite web |last=Perine |first=Aaron |date=January 13, 2013 |title=Netflix Cancels Another Fan-Favorite Animated Series |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/netflix-cancels-dead-end-paranormal-park-animated-series/ |access-date=January 13, 2013 |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230113154019/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/netflix-cancels-dead-end-paranormal-park-animated-series/ |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Four months after it was cancelled, the series won a [[34th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Award]] for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming - Animated.<ref name="GLAAD34">{{cite web |last=Complex |first=Valerie |date=January 18, 2023 |title=GLAAD Announces Nominees For The 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/2023-glaad-media-awards-nominations-film-tv-journalism-nominees-34th-edition-1235224677/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brathwaite |first=Lester Fabian |date=2023-05-14 |title=Fire Island and Anything's Possible tie, We're Here slays Drag Race at 2023 GLAAD Media Awards |url=https://ew.com/awards/2023-glaad-media-awards-winners-list-new-york/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Previously, Steele said he was 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Margaret |title=Interview: DeadEndia Creator Hamish Steele on Bringing More LGBTQ+ Animation to Netflix |url=https://www.themarysue.com/deadendia-netflix-hamish-steele-interview/ |website=[[The Mary Sue]] |access-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200823160026/https://www.themarysue.com/deadendia-netflix-hamish-steele-interview/ |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |date=August 21, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-In the third season of ''[[The Dragon Prince]]'', which aired in late November 2019, it was revealed that Runaan, the leader of the assassins and father figure to Rayla,<ref>{{cite web |title=Characters |url=https://thedragonprince.com/characters/# |website=Official Dragon Prince website |access-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426104315/https://thedragonprince.com/characters/ |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |date=2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> is married to a male elf named Ethari.<ref>{{cite web |title=May Character Birthday: Runaan |url=https://thedragonprince.com/runaan-birthday/ |website=Official Dragon Prince website |access-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511054153/https://thedragonprince.com/runaan-birthday/ |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |date=2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+==Representation==
-For instance, the official [[Twitter]] account for ''[[The Dragon Prince]]'' revealed, in late November 2019, in response to a fan inquiry, that Kazi was [[non-binary]] and used they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=The Dragon Prince|author-link=The Dragon Prince|user=thedragonprince|number=1197930063066324992|date=November 22, 2019|title=Their name is Kazi.|website=[[Twitter]]|access-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122173621/http://twitter.com/thedragonprince/status/1197930063066324992|archive-date=November 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=The Dragon Prince|author-link=The Dragon Prince|user=thedragonprince|number=1197954019899015168|date=November 22, 2019|title=1) they/them! 2) KAH-zee!|access-date=March 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122191938/http://twitter.com/thedragonprince/status/1197954019899015168|archive-date=November 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' included a recurring [[non-binary]] character named Double Trouble.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burszan |first1=David |date=October 21, 2019 |title=Jacob Tobia Joins ''She-Ra And The Princesses of Power'' As Non-Binary Character |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/jacob-tobia-she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power-non-binary-double-trouble-lgbtq-netflix-1202765255/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214025514/https://deadline.com/2019/10/jacob-tobia-she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power-non-binary-double-trouble-lgbtq-netflix-1202765255/ |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=April 21, 2020 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref>
+Animated series on Netflix have featured LGBTQ+ characters. Some praised depiction of asexuality{{Sfn | GLAAD | 2021 | p = 9}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nickalls|first1=Sammy|title=Todd Chavez Is TV's First Out-and-Proud Asexual Icon|url=https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4|website=The Dot and Line|date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317201221/https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4?gi=f191fc62949e|archive-date=March 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nickalls |first1=Sammy |title=Todd Chavez Is TV's First Out-and-Proud Asexual Icon |url=https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4 |website=[[The Dot and the Line#Legacy|The Dot and Line]] |access-date=April 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317201221/https://dotandline.net/todd-chavez-asexual-bojack-horseman-season-4-8e426437c2b4?gi=f191fc62949e |archive-date=March 17, 2019 |date=September 8, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> lesbianism<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Les |title=It's the adventures of BoBo The Angsty Zebra as BoJack Horseman lightly upends its storytelling framework |url=https://www.avclub.com/its-the-adventures-of-bobo-the-angsty-zebra-as-bojack-h-1829050424 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102214836/https://www.avclub.com/its-the-adventures-of-bobo-the-angsty-zebra-as-bojack-h-1829050424 |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |date=October 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and homosexuality<ref>{{cite news|last=Nickalls|first=Sammy|title=The Tricky Problem With Hollyhock in 'BoJack Horseman' Season 4|url=https://dotandline.net/hollyhock-bojack-horseman-season-4-456f9384f8b9/|newspaper=Dot and Line|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327045505/https://dotandline.net/hollyhock-bojack-horseman-season-4-456f9384f8b9/|archive-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> in ''[[Bojack Horseman]]''. Others praised Rachel Bighead as a [[trans female]] character in ''[[Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling]]'', which was released in August 2019.<ref name="romnic">{{Cite magazine |last1=Romano |first1=Nick |title=''Rocko's Modern Life'' Netflix movie will feature prominent trans story arc |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/07/rockos-modern-life-movie-trans-rachel/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]] |access-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404212846/https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/07/rockos-modern-life-movie-trans-rachel/ |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |date=August 7, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The work was a TV movie and sequel to their 1993 series ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' and the producers worked with GLAAD to ensure that the story of Rachel, as well as a plotline involving her coming out to her parents, Ed and Bev Bighead, was respectful to the LGBTQ+ community and fit within the show itself.<ref name="romnic" />
-''[[Chip and Potato]]'', a preschool series features a gay family named the Razzles, Ray Razzle, his husband Roy Razzle, and their baby twins Ron and Ruby Razzle appeared in the November 2019 episode "Chip's First Piano Exam".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rudolph |first=Dana |date=29 January 2020 |title=Netflix's "Chip & Potato" now has two zebra dads & gender-neutral bathrooms |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/01/netflixs-chip-potato-now-two-zebra-dads-gender-neutral-bathrooms/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=LGBTQ Nation}}</ref>
-In ''[[Fast & Furious Spy Racers]]'' which ran from December 2019 to December 2021, has two lesbian characters. Specifically, Tiffany and Wanda are the mothers of Frostee Benson and Sissy Benson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/creating-the-family-of-fast-and-furious-spy-racers/|title=Creating the Family of Fast and Furious Spy Racers|last1=Kelley|first1=Shamus|work=[[Den of Geek]]|date=December 26, 2020|access-date=October 3, 2021}}</ref>
-==2020s==
-[[File:Coy Stewart in 2016.jpg|thumb|[[Coy Stewart]] in 2016; Stewart voices Benson in the series ''[[Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts]]''.]]
-''[[Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts]]'', which aired from January to December 2020, is another example of expanded LGBT representation in Netflix's selection of animated series.<ref name="Duffy">{{cite web |last1=Duffy |first1=Nick |title=Netflix's new animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts features a beautiful coming out moment |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/16/netflixs-new-animated-series-kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-beautiful-coming-out-moment/ |website=[[PinkNews]] |access-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117144432/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/16/netflixs-new-animated-series-kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-beautiful-coming-out-moment/ |archive-date=January 17, 2020 |date=January 16, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the first season of ''Kipo'', which streamed on January 10, the character Benson Mekler said outright that he was gay, saying he only liked the series protagonist, Kipo, [[platonic love|platonically]].<ref name="Radulovic">{{cite web |last1=Radulovic |first1=Petrana |title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts treats coming out like just another part of life |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/15/21067505/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-coming-out-scene |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=January 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404051227/https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/15/21067505/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-coming-out-scene |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |date=January 19, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He develops a crush on a male character, Troy, in the show's 10th episode.<ref name="denofgeek.com">{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Shamus |title=Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts' Casual Diverse Queerness |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/kipo-and-the-age-of-the-wonderbeasts-casual-diverse-queerness/ |website=[[Den of Geek]] |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627032721/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/kipo-and-the-age-of-the-wonderbeasts-casual-diverse-queerness/ |archive-date=June 27, 2020 |date=June 25, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Some noted the show's "casual queerness."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pulliam-Moore |first1=Charles |title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts' Casual Queerness Is Fantastic |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-casual-queerness-is-fa-1841157244 |website=[[io9]]  |access-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124155218/https://io9.gizmodo.com/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-casual-queerness-is-fa-1841157244 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |date=January 23, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Petrana Radulovic of [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] described Benson's coming out scene as setting a precedent for future programming for all ages, noting that no characters had "actually uttered" the words "I'm gay" in an [[All-ages animation|all-ages animation series]], not even in ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' and ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]''.<ref name="Radulovic"/> Benson remained a character in the show's two remaining seasons, with the romance between Benson, and his new boyfriend, Troy Sandoval (voiced by [[Giullian Yao Gioiello]]), as a key sub-plot in the show's last season. The romance between Benson and Troy was praised by reviewers as "perfect" and "charmingly cute."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Elderkin|first1=Beth|title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Season 3 Isn't Perfect, But It's Perfectly Kip|url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/10/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-isnt-perfect-but-its-perfectly-kipo/|work=[[Gizmodo]]|access-date=October 13, 2020|date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014025413/https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/10/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-isnt-perfect-but-its-perfectly-kipo/|archive-date=October 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kelley|first1=Shamus|title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Season 3 Ending Explained|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-ending-explained/|work=[[Den of Geek]]|access-date=October 13, 2020|date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014025818/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-ending-explained/|archive-date=October 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview, series creator Radford "Rad" Sechrist and co-screenwriter Bill Wolkoff confirmed that the characters Benson and Troy were gay, noting that when he had pitched the idea to the studio, Chief Creative Officer Peter Gal approved but instructed the production staff to have the character say the words "I'm gay," something that he and Bill were happy to hear to oblige.<ref name="Hullender">{{cite web |last1=Hullender |first1=Tatiana |title=Bill Wolkoff & Radford Sechrist Interview: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Season 2 |url=https://screenrant.com/kipo-age-wonderbeasts-season-2-interview-wolkoff-sechrist |website=[[Den of Geek]] |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627033906/https://screenrant.com/kipo-age-wonderbeasts-season-2-interview-wolkoff-sechrist/ |archive-date=June 27, 2020 |date=June 22, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-The "Council of Sisters" members Striga and Morana in ''[[Castlevania (TV series)|Castlevania]]'' are a lesbian couple as shown in the show's third season, which aired on March 5, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/castlevania-team-unveils-a-more-philosophical-season-3-1282599|title=How Warren Ellis and the 'Castlevania' Team Made Season 3 a "Philosophical Journey"|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118235505/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/castlevania-team-unveils-a-more-philosophical-season-3-1282599|archive-date=January 18, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The series also included a young Japanese man Taka, who is introduced in the third-season episode "The Reparation of My Heart," and near the season-finale, he and Sumi have sex with Alucard, and shown as gay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-castlevania-season-3-review|title=Netflix's Castlevania: Season 3 Review |last1=Schedeen|first1=Jesse|date=March 5, 2020|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306152108/https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-castlevania-season-3-review|archive-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> On March 10, 2020, Sam Deats, one of the directors of ''Castlevania'', confirmed that the half-vampire son of Dracula, Alucard, was bisexual.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Deats |first=Sam |user=SamuelDeats |number=1237282562671890432 |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Yes! |access-date=April 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310075909/https://twitter.com/SamuelDeats/status/1237282562671890432 |archive-date=March 10, 2020 |url-status=live}} He was asked by pikabelial, "Feel free to ignore this question sir, but i just want clarification if it's possible. Is Alucard bisexual?"</ref>
 [[File:Noelle Stevenson, Aimee Carrero & AJ Michalka (32596048737).jpg|thumb|[[ND Stevenson]], [[Aimee Carrero]] and [[AJ Michalka]] speaking at the 2019 [[WonderCon]], for ''[[She-Ra and the Princess of Power]]'', at the [[Anaheim Convention Center]] in [[Anaheim, California]], in July 2019]]
-In May 2020, [[ND Stevenson]], the showrunner of ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' stated that while the romantic relationship between Adora and Catra was planned from the show's conception, they weren't sure how overt he could portray it. But throughout each release of the show's subsequent seasons, Stevenson would lay enough groundwork for the approval of the romance. By the time the final season had aired, Stevenson expressed that he was glad that he could finally talk about it, noting that the relationship between Adora and Catra was central to the final season and written in a "very, very textually romantic way".<ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Tracy |title=Once 'so secret,' a queer Netflix series finally puts all its cards on the table |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]  |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516180501/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Zachary">{{cite web |last1=Zachary |first1=Brandon |title=We Must Be Brave: Noelle Stevenson On ''She-Ra''{{'}}s Finale, Hordak And THAT Kiss |url=https://www.cbr.com/noelle-stevenson-she-ra-finale-hordak-kiss/|website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518195706/https://www.cbr.com/noelle-stevenson-she-ra-finale-hordak-kiss/ |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |date=May 17, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="nerdist">{{cite web |last1=Knight |first1=Rosie |title=Noelle Stevenson on the Legacy of ''She-Ra'' |url=https://nerdist.com/article/she-ra-finale-legacy-noelle-stevenson-interview/ |magazine=[[Nerdist News]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516174306/https://nerdist.com/article/she-ra-finale-legacy-noelle-stevenson-interview/ |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> He later said that he had fought hard for Catra and Adora during the show's development.<ref name="behindthescenes">{{cite web |last1=Gomez |first1=Patrick |title="Do I read this as platonic or romantic?": Behind the scenes of the epic ''She-Ra'' finale |url=https://tv.avclub.com/do-i-read-this-as-platonic-or-romantic-behind-the-s-1843403035/ |magazine=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517013743/https://tv.avclub.com/do-i-read-this-as-platonic-or-romantic-behind-the-s-1843403035 |archive-date=May 17, 2020 |date=May 16, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Stevenson later confirmed the romantic relationships between Scorpia and Perfuma,<ref name="trumdav2020" /> In an interview for ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]'', Stevenson said that he and the show staff  "fought very hard for the 'Princess Prom' episode", working to set up a "[queer] framework for the show" in order to normalize it "within the executive structure itself", and had hoped to garner support from its viewers.<ref name="Moen">{{cite web |last1=Moen |first1=Matt |title=In Conversation: Rebecca Sugar and Noelle Stevenson |url=https://www.papermag.com/rebecca-sugar-noelle-stevenson-2646446747.html |work=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]] |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809164913/https://www.papermag.com/rebecca-sugar-noelle-stevenson-2646446747.html |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |date=August 5, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+In May 2020, [[ND Stevenson]], the showrunner of ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' stated that while the romantic relationship between Adora and Catra was planned from the show's conception, they weren't sure how overt he could portray it. But throughout each release of the show's subsequent seasons, Stevenson would lay enough groundwork for the approval of the romance. By the time the final season had aired, Stevenson expressed that he was glad that he could finally talk about it, noting that the relationship between Adora and Catra was central to the final season and written in a "very, very textually romantic way".<ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Tracy |title=Once 'so secret,' a queer Netflix series finally puts all its cards on the table |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]  |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516180501/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Zachary">{{cite web |last1=Zachary |first1=Brandon |title=We Must Be Brave: Noelle Stevenson On ''She-Ra''{{'}}s Finale, Hordak And THAT Kiss |url=https://www.cbr.com/noelle-stevenson-she-ra-finale-hordak-kiss/|website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518195706/https://www.cbr.com/noelle-stevenson-she-ra-finale-hordak-kiss/ |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |date=May 17, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He later said that he had fought hard for Catra and Adora during the show's development.<ref name="behindthescenes">{{cite web |last1=Gomez |first1=Patrick |title="Do I read this as platonic or romantic?": Behind the scenes of the epic ''She-Ra'' finale |url=https://tv.avclub.com/do-i-read-this-as-platonic-or-romantic-behind-the-s-1843403035/ |magazine=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517013743/https://tv.avclub.com/do-i-read-this-as-platonic-or-romantic-behind-the-s-1843403035 |archive-date=May 17, 2020 |date=May 16, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview for ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]'', Stevenson said that he and the show staff  "fought very hard for the 'Princess Prom' episode", working to set up a "[queer] framework for the show" in order to normalize it "within the executive structure itself", and had hoped to garner support from its viewers.<ref name="Moen">{{cite web |last1=Moen |first1=Matt |title=In Conversation: Rebecca Sugar and Noelle Stevenson |url=https://www.papermag.com/rebecca-sugar-noelle-stevenson-2646446747.html |work=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]] |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809164913/https://www.papermag.com/rebecca-sugar-noelle-stevenson-2646446747.html |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |date=August 5, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-Following the premiere of the final season of ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' in May 2020, showrunner [[ND Stevenson]] confirmed the romantic relationships between Kyle and Rogelio, and between Entrapta and Hordak.<ref name="behindthescenes" /><ref name="trumdav2020">{{cite web |last1=Trumbore |first1=Dave |title=''She-Ra'' Season 5 Spoilers Explained by Showrunner Noelle Stevenson |url=https://collider.com/she-ra-season-5-spoilers-catradora-noelle-stevenson/ |magazine=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517014010/https://collider.com/she-ra-season-5-spoilers-catradora-noelle-stevenson/ |archive-date=May 17, 2020 |date=May 16, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the case of the former, they said that Lonnie is also a part of the relationship as well, implying a possible [[polyamorous]] couple.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Stevenson |first=ND |author-link=ND Stevenson |user=Gingerhazing |number=1263285692290854913 |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Yeah, they're a thing. In my head Lonnie's a part of it tho! |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521132122/https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1263285692290854913 |archive-date=May 21, 2020 |url-status=live }} She was responding to the question by a fan: "I'm not too bothered if you dont see this but are Kyle and Rogelio a thing? Or something as people are talking about it and saying it was hinted at but idk if its confirmed or not or at least hinted at. If you see this can you clarify? Dont have to just wondering."</ref>
-''[[The Hollow (TV series)|The Hollow]]'', which aired on Netflix from 2018 to 2020, featured three gay characters. On May 8, 2020, the show's second season premiered on Netflix. The first episode of that season, titled "Home," features one of the show's protagonists, an [[Asian people|Asian]] girl named Mira, was shown to be adopted by her two fathers, Paul and Curtis,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hollow - Mira's House and Family Scene|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=June 12, 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESTGU3FsJA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612162138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESTGU3FsJA|archive-date=June 12, 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title=Home |series=The Hollow |series-link=The Hollow (TV series) |network=[[Netflix]] |station= |date=May 8, 2020 |season=2 |number=1 |language=en}}</ref> and a brother named Miles.  Curtis is a Black man, while Paul is a White man. Paul also appear in two other episodes "Race," "Hollow Games," while Curtis only appears in "Race." The second episode featured a [[Hispanic]] boy named Adam, was revealed to homosexual, saying that Mira, a female protagonist, is "not his type" and telling Kai "dude, I'm gay."<ref name="Trumbore">{{cite web |last1=Trumbore |first1=Dave |title='The Hollow' Season 2 Review: Netflix's Underrated Animated Series Levels Up |url=https://collider.com/the-hollow-season-2-netflix-review/ |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508223553/https://collider.com/the-hollow-season-2-netflix-review/ |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Prior to this, in the trailer for Season 2 the LGBT [[pride flag]] was seen in his room, leading some fans to speculate he was gay.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=The Hollow Season 2 Trailer - Netflix Futures |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A16qmzYYC-0 |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508214154/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A16qmzYYC-0 |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |date=April 24, 2020 |url-status=live}} The gay flag is pictured seconds into the video.</ref> Some critics stated that while this was somewhat clear in season one, there is little or no "romantic entanglement" for the show's characters in the show's second season, with the show focusing on "difficult and dramatic friendships" instead.<ref name="Trumbore" />
-On May 21, 2020, [[ND Stevenson]], showrunner of ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'', confirmed the romantic relationship between Bow and Glimmer,<ref name="behindthescenes" /> both of whom are bisexual, as well as the character of Sea Hawk, who was revealed to have been in a relationship with a man, as well as his romantic interest in Princess Mermista.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Stevenson |first=Nd |authorlink=ND Stevenson |user=Gingerhazing |number=1263550055845203968 |date=May 21, 2020 |title=Falcon! |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522130629/https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1263550055845203968 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-Rad Sechrist, the showrunner of ''[[Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts]]'', when asked by a fan about Asher's gender, said, in June 2020, that Asher is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. This was later confirmed by executive producer Bill Wolkoff.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Rad Sechrist says that Asher (in Kipo) is non-binary |url=https://twitter.com/i/events/1272974123308851202 |website=[[Twitter]] |publisher=Twitter |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200616193858/https://twitter.com/i/events/1272974123308851202 |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |date=June 16, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Wolkoff |first=Bill |user=flying_lobster |number=1275896181311172609 |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Asher prefers they/them, which is what we used in scripts, and with the actor who voiced them, also non-binary. Kipo S2 SPOILER below... Here's an Asher moment I love from the finale that sadly we had to cut for time. Pronoun referred to in action. I wish it was still in! |access-date=June 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624210614/https://twitter.com/flying_lobster/status/1275896181311172609 |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-A mature adult animation, ''[[Hoops (TV series)|Hoops]]'', which aired in August 2020, included a gay character named Scott on the school's basketball team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Patton |first1=Rebecca |title=This New Netflix Show Is Basically One Big New Girl Reunion |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/the-hoops-voice-cast-new-girl-reunion |website=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822195814/https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/the-hoops-voice-cast-new-girl-reunion |archive-date=August 22, 2020 |date=August 21, 2020 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
-In September 2020, the showrunner of ''[[Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts]]'', Rad Sechrist, later said that Kipo and Asher together "could be cool," while admitting that he did not think about Kipo being LGBTQ when producing seasons 1 and 2.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Sechrist |first=Rad |user=radsechrist |number=1302763086022017024 |date=September 6, 2020 |title=That could be cool. |access-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907181226/https://twitter.com/radsechrist/status/1302763086022017024 |archive-date=September 7, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Sechrist |first=Rad |user=radsechrist |number=1302749485240475648 |date=September 6, 2020 |title=Fans will hate this but the truth is I didn't think of that. |access-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200907182439/https://twitter.com/radsechrist/status/1302749485240475648 |archive-date=September 7, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sechrist also told fans that he had wanted to do an "entire Benson Dave back story episode" in the second season, clarifying this didn't happen because Benson was gay but rather because they were pushed to focus more on Kipo in the season itself.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Sechrist |first=Rad |user=radsechrist |number=1302802288117911552 |date=September 6, 2020 |title=Nothing to do with that, we got a push to focus more on Kipo in season 2. Season 1 we were less linear and could do more character set pieces, but season 2 is more straight forward following Kipo's story. |access-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200907181135/https://twitter.com/radsechrist/status/1302802288117911552 |url=https://twitter.com/radsechrist/status/1302802288117911552 |archive-date=September 7, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In another interview, Wolkoff acknowledged that past coming-of-age stories "about kids being gay and dealing with that" often got pushback, but that in this case [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks]] was open to it.<ref name="interview">{{cite interview |last1=Wolkoff |first1=Bill |last2=Sechrist |first2=Rad |interviewer=Tracy Brown |title=All your 'Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts' questions, answered |type=Online |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-12/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-spoilers |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 12, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013054549/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-12/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-spoilers |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> He said that in this case, they got to tell the story they wanted, with DreamWorks supporting them from the beginning, and that they structured story without Benson having to deal with the real "extra weight of homophobia." He noted that writers told him it would be "subversive" to not put Troy and Benson "through hell." Sechrist added that someone noted how gay characters in media often have a "lot of turmoil" and that for people on their crew it was important that the gay relationship "wasn't a big deal."<ref name="interview" />
-The fourth season of ''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'' dropped on Netflix on December 4, 2020. The season's first episode has the teens heading to a summer camp, with Matthew in his relationship, Jay as bi, and a new character named Natalie el-Khoury, who is a trans female teenager, highlights "various, popular transphobic arguments," while giving her a supportive friend named Jessi, and another named Seth, who rejects her identity, who she rejects.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-In the third part of ''[[Disenchantment (TV series)|Disenchantment]]'', a show created by [[Matt Groening]], creator of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]'', in January 2021, a protagonist was confirmed to be bisexual.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=NetflixGeeked|author-link=Netflix|number=1354262415051898885|January 26, 2021|title=you absolutely cannot help but love Bean as our new bisexual icon.|website=[[Twitter]]|access-date=February 15, 2022|url=https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1354262415051898885|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211043842/https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1354262415051898885|archive-date=February 11, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Princess Bean]], in the part 3 episode "Last Splash," has a same-sex kiss with the [[mermaid]] Mora.<ref name="Disenchantment: Season 3 Review">{{cite web |last1=Griffin |first1=David |title=Disenchantment: Season 3 Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/disenchantment-season-3-review-netflix-matt-groening |magazine=[[IGN]] |access-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116171735/https://www.ign.com/articles/disenchantment-season-3-review-netflix-matt-groening |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |date=January 15, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="looper.com">{{cite web |last1=Bedard |first1=Mike |title=The Adventure Comedy Series Everyone's Binging On Netflix |url=https://www.looper.com/316050/the-adventure-comedy-series-everyones-binging-on-netflix/ |magazine=Looper |access-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122183559/https://www.looper.com/316050/the-adventure-comedy-series-everyones-binging-on-netflix/ |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |date=January 20, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the previous season, Bean was shown to enjoy "the company of mermaids."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plowe |first1=Emma |title='Disenchantment' Finds Redemption in Season Two |url=https://cornellsun.com/2019/10/15/disenchantment-finds-redemption-in-season-two/ |website=[[Cornell Daily Sun]] |access-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516144106/https://cornellsun.com/2019/10/15/disenchantment-finds-redemption-in-season-two/ |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=October 15, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier in the series, Elfo, a male elf, was her love interest.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vic|date=September 13, 2018|title=Review of Disenchantment: The Good, The Bad, and the Elfo.|url=https://dropthespotlight.com/review-of-disenchantment-the-good-the-bad-and-the-elfo/|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=Drop The Spotlight|language=en-US|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116174738/https://dropthespotlight.com/review-of-disenchantment-the-good-the-bad-and-the-elfo/|archive-date=January 16, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Disenchantment'' is Matt Groening's first series to have an LGBT lead character, something she shares with her voice actress [[Abbi Jacobson]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liebman |first1=Lisa |title=Abbi Jacobson Travels Far from Broad City in Heroin Drama 6 Balloons |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/04/abbi-jacobson-6-balloons-interview |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000921/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/04/abbi-jacobson-6-balloons-interview |date=April 2018 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2021 |url-status=live |quote=I kind of go both ways; I date men and women. They have to be funny, doing something they love. I don't know—I've never really been interviewed about this before.}}</ref> Reviewers later said that was confirmed that Bean "is indeed queer" and that she likes [[mermaid]]s<ref name="opie">{{cite web |last1=Opie |first1=David |title=Disenchantment just confirmed Bean is queer in groundbreaking episode |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a35277119/disenchantment-season-3-queer-bisexual-mora-mermaid/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=January 21, 2021 |access-date=January 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121172749/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a35277119/disenchantment-season-3-queer-bisexual-mora-mermaid/ |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> and noted deeper [[queer]] themes throughout the show. This includes a married woman casually admitting she is a [[lesbian]], a [[griffin]] who has a [[masculine]] appearance but is a lady.<ref name="Hermann2021">{{cite web |last1=Hermann |first1=Burkely |title="Disenchantment" Is Queer Through and Through |url=https://thegeekiary.com/disenchantment-is-queer-through-and-through/92838 |website=The Geekiary |date=March 1, 2021 |access-date=March 1, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302042344/https://thegeekiary.com/disenchantment-is-queer-through-and-through/92838 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+In June 2020, ''[[Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts]]'' series creator Radford "Rad" Sechrist, and co-screenwriter Bill Wolkoff, confirmed that the characters Benson and Troy were gay, noting that when he had pitched the idea to the studio, Chief Creative Officer Peter Gal approved but instructed the production staff to have the character say the words "I'm gay," something that he and Bill were happy to hear to oblige.<ref name="Hullender">{{cite web |last1=Hullender |first1=Tatiana |title=Bill Wolkoff & Radford Sechrist Interview: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Season 2 |url=https://screenrant.com/kipo-age-wonderbeasts-season-2-interview-wolkoff-sechrist |website=[[Den of Geek]] |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627033906/https://screenrant.com/kipo-age-wonderbeasts-season-2-interview-wolkoff-sechrist/ |archive-date=June 27, 2020 |date=June 22, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewers noted the show's "casual queerness"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pulliam-Moore |first1=Charles |title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts' Casual Queerness Is Fantastic |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-casual-queerness-is-fa-1841157244 |website=[[io9]]  |access-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124155218/https://io9.gizmodo.com/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-casual-queerness-is-fa-1841157244 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |date=January 23, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> praised the romance between Benson and Troy as "perfect" and "charmingly cute."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Elderkin|first1=Beth|title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Season 3 Isn't Perfect, But It's Perfectly Kip|url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/10/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-isnt-perfect-but-its-perfectly-kipo/|work=[[Gizmodo]]|access-date=October 13, 2020|date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014025413/https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/10/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-isnt-perfect-but-its-perfectly-kipo/|archive-date=October 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kelley|first1=Shamus|title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Season 3 Ending Explained|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-ending-explained/|work=[[Den of Geek]]|access-date=October 13, 2020|date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014025818/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-ending-explained/|archive-date=October 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In another interview, Wolkoff acknowledged that past coming-of-age stories "about kids being gay and dealing with that" often got pushback, but that in this case [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks]] was open to it.<ref name="interview">{{cite interview |last1=Wolkoff |first1=Bill |last2=Sechrist |first2=Rad |interviewer=Tracy Brown |title=All your 'Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts' questions, answered |type=Online |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-12/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-spoilers |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 12, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013054549/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-12/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-season-3-spoilers |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> He said that in this case, they got to tell the story they wanted, with DreamWorks supporting them from the beginning, and that they structured story without Benson having to deal with the real "extra weight of homophobia."<ref name="interview" />
-The fourth episode of ''[[City of Ghosts (TV series)|City of Ghosts]]'', which aired in March 2021, "[[Tovaangar]]", shows Jasper with two moms.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Tovaangar |series=City of Ghosts |series-link=City of Ghosts (TV series) |network=[[Netflix]] |date=March 5, 2021 |season=1 |number=4 |minutes= |time= |language=en |quote=}}</ref> The series also introduced Thomas on March 5, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/animated-series-city-of-ghosts-explores-l-a-s-rich-histories-for-kids|title=Animated Series 'City of Ghosts' Explores L.A.'s Rich Histories for Kids|last=Jao|first=Carren|work=[[KCET]]|date=March 4, 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305201241/https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/animated-series-city-of-ghosts-explores-l-a-s-rich-histories-for-kids|archive-date=March 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> a 7-year old [[non-binary]] child, and skater, who goes by they/them pronouns. Thomas is voiced by transgender child actor Blue Chapman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/blue-chapman-maine-connection-in-nbc-series-council-of-dads/97-2a8887af-e3f5-4237-924a-7b3235a5b949|title=Young actor on 'Council of Dads' has Maine roots, raises awareness for transgender community|last=Teboe|first=Chloe|work=[[NBC]] News Center Maine|date=April 30, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>
 ''[[The Mitchells vs. the Machines]]'', an animated film, premiered in Netflix in April 2021. The voice actor for one of the film's protagonists, [[Abbi Jacobson]], has stated that Katie is "queer".<ref name="nbc katie mitchell"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Ermac|first=Raffy|url=https://www.pride.com/movies/2021/4/30/mitchells-vs-machines-has-fun-heart-positive-queer-rep|title=The Mitchells vs. The Machines Is Filled With Fun, Heart, & Positive Queer Representation|date=April 30, 2021|website=[[Pride.com]]|access-date=April 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430213410/https://www.pride.com/movies/2021/4/30/mitchells-vs-machines-has-fun-heart-positive-queer-rep|archive-date=April 30, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In the film, Katie wears a rainbow pride flag pin and talks about it taking a while to figure herself out,<ref>{{cite web|last=Baron|first=Reuben|url=https://www.cbr.com/mitchells-vs-machines-katie-lgbt-animation/|title=The Mitchells vs. The Machines Breaks New Ground for LGBTQ Representation in Animation|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=April 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430212532/https://www.cbr.com/mitchells-vs-machines-katie-lgbt-animation/|archive-date=April 30, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> and at the end of the film, she has a girlfriend at [[film school]] in [[Los Angeles]] named Jade.<ref name="nbc katie mitchell">{{cite web|last=Yang|first=Michelle|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/netflix-s-mitchells-vs-machines-how-do-lgbtq-representation-kids-ncna1266008|title=Netflix's 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' is how to do LGBTQ representation in kids' movies|website=[[NBC News]]|date=April 30, 2021|access-date=April 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430213910/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/netflix-s-mitchells-vs-machines-how-do-lgbtq-representation-kids-ncna1266008|archive-date=April 30, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's writers, Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe, wrote the character of Katie to be LGBT but without necessarily drawing attention to her sexuality as a lesbian.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/netflix-the-mitchells-vs-the-machines-lgbtq-protagonist-michael-rianda-interview | title = Why Netflix's 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' Is a Major Moment for Animated Movies | first= Esther | last = Zuckerman | date = April 29, 2021 | access-date = May 11, 2021 | work = [[Thrillist]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210511155635/https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/netflix-the-mitchells-vs-the-machines-lgbtq-protagonist-michael-rianda-interview |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+''[[Ridley Jones]]'', which ran from July 2021 to March 2023, part of a slate of animated preschool series on the streaming service, with others including ''Spirit Rangers'' and ''Ada Twist, Scientist'', of which Nee is the showrunner.<ref>{{cite press release |last=Halcombe |first=Daniel |date=October 15, 2020 |title=Chris Nee Unveils First Slate of Netflix Animated Preschool Series for Kids Around the World |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/chris-nee-unveils-first-slate-of-netflix-animated-preschool-series-for-kids |location=United States |publisher=[[Netflix]] |agency= |access-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230002017/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/chris-nee-unveils-first-slate-of-netflix-animated-preschool-series-for-kids |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> includes Fred, a non-binary [[bison]] who prefers they/them pronouns, the first non-binary character in a kids show on Netflix.<ref>{{cite web|last=Santora|first=Alessia|title=New Preschool Series Ridley Jones Will Feature the First Nonbinary Character in a Netflix Kids' Show|url=https://www.popsugar.com/family/ridley-jones-netflix-preschool-show-trailer-video-48361604|date=June 8, 2021|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=Pop Sugar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608202046/https://www.popsugar.com/family/ridley-jones-netflix-preschool-show-trailer-video-48361604|archive-date=June 8, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Fred is voiced by non-binary actor [[iris menas]] as confirmed by Nee.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Nee |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Nee |user=chrisdocnee |number=1402335075308498946 |date=June 8, 2021 |title=And then there's Fred. Fred is a non-binary bison who combs their fur into horns and wants to imagine they're the biggest and toughest when they're secretly adorable. I put so much of myself in this character. And then @ezra_menas  came and brought Fred to life. I love them. |language=en |access-date=June 8, 2021 |link=https://twitter.com/chrisdocnee/status/1402335075308498946 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608202246/https://twitter.com/chrisdocnee/status/1402335075308498946 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |ref=}}</ref>
-The two part animated film, ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal]]'', a continuation of the ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]'' series, premiered on [[Netflix]] on June 3, 2021.<ref name="SM Netflix">{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-27/netflix-streams-sailor-moon-eternal-anime-films-on-june-3/.172189|title=Netflix Streams Sailor Moon Eternal Anime Films on June 3|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 27, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427230511/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-27/netflix-streams-sailor-moon-eternal-anime-films-on-june-3/.172189|archive-date=April 27, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> It features [[Sailor Uranus|Haruka Tenoh]] (Sailor Uranus) and [[Sailor Neptune|Michiru Kaioh]] (Sailor Neptune), two characters in a same-sex relationship, as did the ''[[Sailor Moon S: The Movie|Sailor Moon S]]'' (1994), and ''[[Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie|Sailor Moon SuperS]]'' (1995).<ref name="huffpost2014">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kissing-cousins-viz-wont_b_5353859|title=Sailor Neptune and Uranus Come Out of the Fictional Closet|date=May 21, 2014|access-date=June 13, 2019|first=Sara|last=Roncero-Menendez|work=[[HuffPost]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406154044/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kissing-cousins-viz-wont-_b_5353859|archive-date=April 6, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Swift|first=Andy|url=https://tvline.com/2021/05/06/sailor-moon-eternal-movie-netflix-trailer-english-video/|title=Sailor Moon Eternal: Netflix Drops English Trailer Ahead of June Premiere|website=[[TVLine]]|date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507011632/https://tvline.com/2021/05/06/sailor-moon-eternal-movie-netflix-trailer-english-video/|archive-date=May 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref>{{efn|A previous film, [[Sailor Moon R: The Movie|in 1993]], also featured a gay alien named Fiore as noted by [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sailor-moon-r-movie/promise-of-the-rose/.111156 Anime News Network] and the [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-sailor-moon-review-20170115-story.html LA Times]}}
-On July 4, 2021, ''[[We the People (2021 TV series)|We The People]]'', a 10-part series of animated music videos premiered on [[Netflix]]. It was created by [[Chris Nee]], a lesbian woman<ref name="nytimes2021">{{cite web|last=Gupta|first=Alisha Haridasani |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/us/chris-nee-doc-mcstuffins-ridley-jones.html|title=She Never Saw Herself in Children's TV Shows. So She Created Her Own.|website=[[New York Times]]|date=June 20, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622005024/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/us/chris-nee-doc-mcstuffins-ridley-jones.html|archive-date=June 22, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> who created many preschool animations like ''[[Doc McStuffins]]'' and ''[[Ridley Jones]]'', with [[Kenya Barris]] as a showrunner, and produced by [[Michelle Obama]] and [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Framke|first=Caroline|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/reviews/we-the-people-review-netflix-obamas-1235009253/|title=Netflix's 'We the People,' From Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Puts Optimistic Spin on Civic Duty: TV Review|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704220210/https://variety.com/2021/tv/reviews/we-the-people-review-netflix-obamas-1235009253/|archive-date=July 4, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/h-e-r-lin-manuel-miranda-among-artists-featured-in-we-the-people-the-obamas-netflix-series-on-civics-9777911.html|title=H.E.R, Lin-Manuel Miranda among artists featured in We the People, the Obamas' Netflix series on civics|website=[[Firstpost]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704220034/https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/h-e-r-lin-manuel-miranda-among-artists-featured-in-we-the-people-the-obamas-netflix-series-on-civics-9777911.html|archive-date=July 4, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> The song "Immigration" has a Scottish immigrant wielding a [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|Rainbow Flag]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title="Immigration" |series=We The People |last=Rexha |first=Bebe |network=[[Netflix]] |date=July 4, 2021 |season=1 |number=7 |language=English}}</ref> The second half of the song "The Courts" is set at a Pride Parade and references the ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'' case which made same-sex marriage legal across the [[United States of America]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title="The Courts" |series=We The People |last=Day |first=Andra |network=[[Netflix]] |date=July 4, 2021 |season=1 |number=8 |language=English}}</ref> There is also LGBT icongraphy in the song "We The People."<ref>{{Cite episode |title="The Courts" |series=We The People |last=Monáe |first=Janelle |network=[[Netflix]] |date=July 4, 2021 |season=1 |number=9 |language=English}}</ref> [[Janelle Monáe]], who has said she identifies with both [[bisexuality]] and [[pansexuality]].<ref name= "frees">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/cover-story-janelle-monae-prince-new-lp-her-sexuality-w519523 |title=Janelle Monáe Frees Herself|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| first= Brittany |last= Spanos| access-date=April 26, 2018|date= April 26, 2018}}</ref> and pushes the "boundaries of gender,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/janelle-monae-afrofuture.html|title=Janelle Monáe's Afrofuture|last=Gay|first=Roxane|date=February 3, 2020|website=The Cut|language=en-us|access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref> performed a number of songs for the series. This included a [[reggae]]-influenced number, titled "Stronger," which focuses on the "fight for justice and unity...unity, liberty and equality" and the title track for the series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/columns/we-the-people-music-highlights-ranked-1235011054/|title='We the People' Musical Moments, Ranked|date=July 4, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704223410/https://variety.com/2021/tv/columns/we-the-people-music-highlights-ranked-1235011054/|archive-date=July 4, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Silvers|first=Emma|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-star-studded-we-the-people-an-engaging-throwback-to-schoolhouse-rock-era|title=Review: Star-studded 'We the People' an engaging throwback to 'Schoolhouse Rock' era|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=July 4, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704223617/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-star-studded-we-the-people-an-engaging-throwback-to-schoolhouse-rock-era|archive-date=July 4, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
-''[[Ridley Jones]]'', which ran from July 2021 to March 2023, included Ismat's fathers, Aten and Kosi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p1ghgMl9wA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617235619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p1ghgMl9wA|archive-date=June 17, 2021|title=My Two Dads and Me 🎵Ridley Jones Song🎵 Netflix Jr.|website=[[YouTube]]|date=June 21, 2021|access-date=June 21, 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> They are voiced by gay actors [[Andrew Rannells]] and [[Chris Colfer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mombian.com/2021/06/21/watch-new-netflix-kids-show-ridley-jones-includes-nonbinary-bison-and-two-dad-mummy-family/|title=Watch: New Netflix Kids' Show "Ridley Jones" Includes Nonbinary Bison and Two-Dad Mummy Family|website=[[Mombian]]|date=June 21, 2021|access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref> The series was part of a slate of animated preschool series on the streaming service, with others including ''Spirit Rangers'' and ''Ada Twist, Scientist'', of which Nee is the showrunner.<ref>{{cite press release |last=Halcombe |first=Daniel |date=October 15, 2020 |title=Chris Nee Unveils First Slate of Netflix Animated Preschool Series for Kids Around the World |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/chris-nee-unveils-first-slate-of-netflix-animated-preschool-series-for-kids |location=United States |publisher=[[Netflix]] |agency= |access-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230002017/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/chris-nee-unveils-first-slate-of-netflix-animated-preschool-series-for-kids |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The series includes Fred, a non-binary [[bison]] who prefers they/them pronouns, the first non-binary character in a kids show on Netflix.<ref>{{cite web|last=Santora|first=Alessia|title=New Preschool Series Ridley Jones Will Feature the First Nonbinary Character in a Netflix Kids' Show|url=https://www.popsugar.com/family/ridley-jones-netflix-preschool-show-trailer-video-48361604|date=June 8, 2021|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=Pop Sugar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608202046/https://www.popsugar.com/family/ridley-jones-netflix-preschool-show-trailer-video-48361604|archive-date=June 8, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Fred is voiced by non-binary actor [[iris menas]] as confirmed by Nee.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Nee |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Nee |user=chrisdocnee |number=1402335075308498946 |date=June 8, 2021 |title=And then there's Fred. Fred is a non-binary bison who combs their fur into horns and wants to imagine they're the biggest and toughest when they're secretly adorable. I put so much of myself in this character. And then @ezra_menas  came and brought Fred to life. I love them. |language=en |access-date=June 8, 2021 |link=https://twitter.com/chrisdocnee/status/1402335075308498946 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608202246/https://twitter.com/chrisdocnee/status/1402335075308498946 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |ref=}}</ref>
-Appearing in ''[[Q-Force]]'', which aired in September 2021, Deb is a mechanic and guru with gadgets. She has a wife, 16 rescue dogs, and pretends to work at a place called Pep Boys when not part of the Q-Force. She is voiced by lesbian actress [[Wanda Sykes]].<ref name="SeriesPremiere&Cast" /> The protagonist of the same series, who leads a "team of fellow LGBTQ super-spies",<ref name="thorne" /> is Steve Maryweather. Otherwise known as Agency Mary, he heads a team of LGBTQ spies, consists of a [[Drag (clothing)|drag]] disguise master (Twink), a skilled mechanic (Deb), and a [[hacker]] (Stat), later working with a straight man named Agent Buck.<ref name="thorne">{{cite web |last1=Thorne |first1=Will |title=Netflix Orders Adult Animated Series 'Q-Force' From Mike Schur, Gabe Liedman |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/netflix-orders-adult-animated-series-q-force-from-mike-schur-gabe-liedman-1203180733/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405120452/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/netflix-orders-adult-animated-series-q-force-from-mike-schur-gabe-liedman-1203180733/ |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |date=April 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="SeriesPremiere&Cast">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/q-force-premiere-date-teaser-trailer-cast-1234780070/|title=Netflix's 'Q-Force' Rounds Out Cast Joining Sean Hayes, Sets Premiere Date; Watch Teaser Trailer|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=June 23, 2021|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623160949/https://deadline.com/2021/06/q-force-premiere-date-teaser-trailer-cast-1234780070/|archive-date=June 23, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> He is voiced by [[Sean Hayes]], a gay actor who is the show's creator.<ref name="SeriesPremiere&Cast" /> Benji is a gay man who is the love interest of Mary and is often in danger due to his closeness to the Q-Force.<ref name="milliganqf2021">{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/netflix-announces-cast-of-adult-toon-comedy-q-force/|title=Netflix Announces Cast of Adult Toon Comedy 'Q-Force'|website=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=June 23, 2021|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623183237/https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/netflix-announces-cast-of-adult-toon-comedy-q-force/|archive-date=June 23, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
-The series ''[[Carmen Sandiego (TV series)|Carmen Sandiego]]'' featured Le Chevre and El Topo who were members of V.I.L.E until the series finale. In September 2021, the show creator, Duane Capizzi, confirmed that Le Chevre and El Topo were a gay couple.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Capizzi |first=Duane |subject-link=Duane Capizzi |interviewer=Davii |title=Duane Capizzi Creator of Carmen Sandiego Instagram Live Interview with Devii from Lets Talk Cartoons |type= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIjX9rGvUmk |access-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/PIjX9rGvUmk |archive-date=2021-09-19 |url-status=live |work=[[Instagram]] |via=[[YouTube]] |location= |date=February 5, 2021 |page= |pages=41:40-44:24 |quote= |no-pp=y}} The original link to the interview is [https://www.instagram.com/tv/CK2Fnfan-yc/ here] ([https://archive.today/20210919195254/https://www.instagram.com/tv/CK2Fnfan-yc/ archived]).</ref> Previously, a show animator, in May 2021, stated that they were given "explicit directions to make Jeantonio romantic and intimate" in the scenes they animated.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tip|url=https://scepterno.tumblr.com/post/642230247631323136/wait-i-can-finally-talk-about-how-i-was-given|title=Wait I can finally talk about how I was given...|date=May 2021|website=[[Tumblr]]|access-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210907162929/https://scepterno.tumblr.com/post/642230247631323136/wait-i-can-finally-talk-about-how-i-was-given|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
-The ''Adventure Beast'' episode "We Live on a Queer Planet" focuses on [[homosexual behavior in animals]] and other topics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shatto|first=Rachel|url=https://www.pride.com/geek/gay-animated-shows|title=The 45 Best Queer Animated Shows Ever & Where To Watch Them|website=[[Pride Magazine]]|date=February 7, 2023|access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref>
-''[[Chicago Party Aunt]]'', based on a [[Twitter]] account of the same name, premiered on September 17, 2021. The series features two gay characters Diane Dubrowski's nephew Duncan and Gideon, Diane's boss at Borough.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/chicago-party-aunt-animated-series-netflix-1235028340/|title='Chicago Party Aunt' Animated Series Ordered at Netflix, Lauren Ash and RuPaul Charles Among Voice Cast|date=July 27, 2021|access-date=July 30, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vaguevisages.com/2021/09/17/chicago-party-aunt-voice-cast-netflix/|title= Know the Voice Cast: 'Chicago Party Aunt'|date=September 17, 2021|website=Vague Visages|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> In the second season, Daniel gets a boyfriend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://readysteadycut.com/2022/12/30/chicago-party-aunt-season-2-review/|title=Chicago Party Aunt Season 2 Review – time to hang up the party shoes|date=December 30, 2022|website=Ready Steady Cut|access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> Daniel is voiced by gay actor [[Rory O'Malley]] and Gideon is voiced by gay actor and drag queen [[RuPaul Charles]].
-On November 7, 2021, ''[[Arcane (TV series)|Arcane]]'', aimed at a "16+" audience like the ''[[League of Legends]]'' video game it is based on,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyesports.gg/riot-games-reveals-details-about-arcane-animated-series/|title=Riot Games reveals details about Arcane animated series|date=October 16, 2019|website=Daily Esports|language=en-US|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504041712/https://www.dailyesports.gg/riot-games-reveals-details-about-arcane-animated-series/|url-status=dead}}</ref> premiered on Netflix. In the series, Caitlyn Kiramman, a recurring character, is attracted to Vi, a woman from the undercity, despite their different circumstances. Show writer Amanda Overton said that the relationship between Caitlyn and Vi is "naturally developing," with writers honoring the lived experiences of both characters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Overton|first=Amanda|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/qumn0d/arcane_does_femalelgbt_representation_perfectly/hl9kbpi/|title=I know this won't change the frustration you've felt over the many years of investment in Vi and Caitlyn, and I'm sorry it made you so tired, especially when you seem to love them so much...|website=/r/Arcane|publisher=[[Reddit]]|date=November 19, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211121054622/https://old.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/qumn0d/arcane_does_femalelgbt_representation_perfectly/hl9kbpi/|archive-date=November 21, 2021|url-status=live}} She confirmed that this is her account [https://twitter.com/leeloo104/status/1461611154753523717 on Twitter]</ref> Overton said that in Piltover, where Caitlyn lives, there is no word for describing those who are gay or any [[homophobia]], meaning that Caitlyn could "marry any gender or race suitor," with such a person becoming "part of her house."<ref>{{cite web|last=Overton|first=Amanda|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/qumn0d/arcane_does_femalelgbt_representation_perfectly/hl2ws5g/|title=Another fun fact for you (since I happen to know the "unknowns" in your very thoughtful comment), Caitlyn's Kiramman name and house is inherited matrilineally...|website=/r/Arcane|publisher=[[Reddit]]|date=November 19, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211121055135/https://old.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/qumn0d/arcane_does_femalelgbt_representation_perfectly/hl2ws5g/|archive-date=November 21, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, in the episode "Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy", Vi tells Caitlyn "you're hot, Cupcake." Overton said that this line was added to bring clarity to her character and showed that she loves women.<ref>{{cite web|last=Overton|first=Amanda|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/qumn0d/arcane_does_femalelgbt_representation_perfectly/hkykdeg/|title=Hey there! Thanks so much for this post, it means the world to me...|website=/r/Arcane|publisher=[[Reddit]]|date=November 19, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121055258/https://old.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/qumn0d/arcane_does_femalelgbt_representation_perfectly/hkykdeg/|archive-date=November 21, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In the show's ninth episode, Vi's sister, Jinx, describes Caitlyn as Vi's girlfriend, and Vi becomes closer to Caitlyn. The show was renewed for a second season on November 20.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bankhurst|first=Adam|title=Arcane, Netflix's League of Legends Animated Series, Is Officially Getting a Second Season|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/arcane-season-2-announced-at-netflix-league-of-legends|access-date=November 20, 2021|website=[[IGN]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121012715/https://www.ign.com/articles/arcane-season-2-announced-at-netflix-league-of-legends|archive-date=November 21, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
-The fifth and final season of ''[[F is for Family]]'' introduced Louis, Sue's gay brother who was previously mentioned in earlier seasons. Louis is voiced by gay actor [[Neil Patrick Harris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/watch-f-is-for-family-season-5-trailer-debuts-on-vulture.html|title=Say Good-bye to the F'in Murphys With the F Is for Family Final-Season Trailer|last1=Adalian|first1=Josef|work=Vulture|date=November 15, 2021|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
-On February 3, 2022, the creator of ''[[Kid Cosmic]]'', [[Craig McCracken]], confirmed Fry and Hamburg a gay couple.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=McCracken |first=Craig |user=CrackMcCraigen |number=1489450353112203264 |date=February 3, 2022 |title=Thank you and confirmed. |url=https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1489450353112203264 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204041205/https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1489450353112203264 |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> On Instagram, a post says how he and Fry met and answered by Craig.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CZnzZkmMbon/ How did they met on Instagram]</ref>
-''[[Human Resources (TV series)|Human Resources]]'' ran for two seasons from March 2022 to June 2023. The series featured Nadja el-Khoury, Natalie's older sister and Danielle who are a couple.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/who-voices-nadja-human-reources|title=The Actor Behind Nadja From Human Resources Is Getting Her Own Show|first1=Brad|last1=Witter|work=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]|date=March 22, 2022|access-date=March 22, 2022}}</ref> Nadja and Danielle are voiced by queer actresses [[Sabrina Jalees]] and [[Ariana DeBose]]. ''[[Battle Kitty]]'', which aired in April 2022, featured two gay characters Orc and Iago. Orc is Kitty's best friend and he is in love with Iago.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comicon.com/2022/04/25/the-yassification-of-cartoons-battle-kitty-reviewed/|title=The Yassification of Cartoons: 'Battle Kitty' Reviewed|website=Comicon|first1=Tito W.|last1=James|date=April 25, 2022|access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref> They eventually become a couple. ''Battle Kitty'' was nominated for a [[34th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Award]] for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming.<ref name="GLAAD34">{{cite web |last=Complex |first=Valerie |date=January 18, 2023 |title=GLAAD Announces Nominees For The 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/2023-glaad-media-awards-nominations-film-tv-journalism-nominees-34th-edition-1235224677/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
-Margaret Evans interviewed Hamish Steele, creator of ''[[Dead End: Paranormal Park]]'' (formerly DeadEndia) about LGBTQ characters in his show, on August 17, 2020, before the show's premiere on June 16, 2022.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Steele explained how the show changed from its original iteration on [[Cartoon Hangover]] in 2014, and the graphic novels that followed it,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kanter|first1=Jane|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/deadendia-netflix-to-adapt-hamish-steeles-graphic-novels-into-series-1202975866/|title=Netflix To Adapt Hamish Steele's 'DeadEndia' Graphic Novels Into 2D Animated Series|date=July 2, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Margaret |title=Interview: DeadEndia Creator Hamish Steele on Bringing More LGBTQ+ Animation to Netflix |url=https://www.themarysue.com/deadendia-netflix-hamish-steele-interview/ |website=[[The Mary Sue]] |access-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200823160026/https://www.themarysue.com/deadendia-netflix-hamish-steele-interview/ |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |date=August 21, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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, noting the performance of [[Miss Coco Peru]] on the show as Pauline. The show also features [[Alex Brightman]] as Pugsley, [[Emily Osment]] as Courtney, and [[Kathreen Khavari]] as Badyah. Barney is also gay as he gets into a same-sex relationship with Logan "Logs" Nguyen. Logs' mother is unaware Logs is gay. The series also includes Norma who is a bisexual woman who had a crush on her straight friend Badyah<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telltaletv.com/2022/10/dead-end-paranormal-park-season-2-review-more-adventure-same-big-heart/|title=Dead End: Paranormal Park Season 2 Review: More Adventure Same Big Heart|website=Tell-Tale TV|first=Sarah|last=Fields|date=October 13, 2022|access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref> and Courtney who is non-binary and accepts any pronouns. Zagan was confirmed to be a transgender woman by series creator Hamish Steele.<ref>{{Cite tweet|title=lol yes Zagan is trans|number=1581780745827549184|user=hamishsteele|date=October 16, 2022}}</ref> Zagan is voiced by transgender actress and singer [[Michaela Jaé Rodriguez]].
-''[[Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous]]'' features Yasmina "Yaz" Fadoula and Sammy Gutierrez who confessed their feelings to each other in the fifth and final season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Goes Out With A Queer Roar |url=https://www.pride.com/geek/2022/7/21/jurassic-world-camp-cretaceous-goes-out-queer-roar |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref> Yaz is bisexual while Sammy is a lesbian. Yasmina is voiced by queer actress [[Kausar Mohammed]]. The series was nominated for a [[34th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Award]] for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming in 2023.<ref name="GLAAD34"/>
 On October 28, 2022, the animated film ''[[Wendell & Wild]]'' was released on [[Netflix]]. The film features Raúl Cocolotl, a transgender boy in an all-girls Catholic school.<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Tasha |date=2022-10-28 |title=Netflix's Key & Peele reunion Wendell & Wild is a crafting miracle with a big story problem| url=https://www.polygon.com/23426753/wendell-and-wild-review-henry-selick-keegan-michael-key-jordan-peele |access-date=2022-10-28| website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |language=en-US}}</ref> He is the first transgender male character in a major animated film. Raúl is voiced by transgender actor Sam Zelaya. The film was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Film - Limited Release.<ref name="GLAAD34"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Chuba|first=Kirsten|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/glaad-media-awards-2023-winners-list-1235363453/|title=GLAAD Media Awards: 'Bros,' 'A League of Their Own' Take Top Prizes|website=[[Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 30, 2023|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref>
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 In ''[[The Dragon Prince]]'' season four premiere "Rebirthday", Janai proposes to Amaya through slightly incorrect sign language.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kain |first1=Erik |title='The Dragon Prince' Season 4 Review: The Trouble With Peace |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2022/11/02/the-dragon-prince-season-4-review-the-trouble-with-peace/?sh=43aaa5a0636a |access-date=3 November 2022 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=2 November 2022}}</ref> The fourth season also introduces Claudia's elf boyfriend Terry who is a transgender man.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Radulovic |first1=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=4 November 2022 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=3 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=Benjamin Callins |user=benjamincallins|number=1588798985237827584|date=November 5, 2022|title=Thank you all so much for all the love for Terry!!🥹💕 He is one of the greatest things I have done with my life, and I hope that trans people of all ages can see him, and relate to him. Representation matters. Thank you to everyone who contributed to his existence!|access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref> Terry is voiced by transgender actor Benjamin Callins. The series was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming - Animated in 2023.<ref name="GLAAD34"/>
+===Criticism===
-''[[Dragon Age: Absolution]]'' aired on Netflix in December 2022 and ran for one season. The series features two same-sex relationships between the main characters: Miriam and Hira, and Roland and Lacklon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |date=2022-12-09 |title=Dragon Age: Absolution will satisfy fans, but leave them craving more |url=https://www.polygon.com/23500631/dragon-age-absolution-review-netflix |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
+''[[Voltron: Legendary Defender]]'', which aired on Netflix from 2016 to 2018, which featured three gay characters<ref name="glaad2018" /> was criticized for its treatment of LGBT characters, particularly over Adam's death that occurred in the later half of Season 7.<ref name="Romano2018">{{cite magazine |last1=Romano |first1=Nick |title=From Steven Universe to Voltron: The fight to bring LGBTQ characters to kids' shows |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/08/22/steven-universe-voltron-kids-cartoons-lgbtq-characters/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]] |access-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707040532/https://ew.com/tv/2018/08/22/steven-universe-voltron-kids-cartoons-lgbtq-characters/ |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |date=August 22, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Sava">{{cite web |last1=Sava |first1=Oliver |title=Adventure Time concludes with a celebration of what makes it so special |url=https://tv.avclub.com/adventure-time-concludes-with-a-celebration-of-what-mak-1828785830 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220070929/https://tv.avclub.com/adventure-time-concludes-with-a-celebration-of-what-mak-1828785830 |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |date=September 3, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="screenrantlgbtcontroversy">{{cite web|last=Atkinson|first=John|date=August 16, 2018|title=Screen Rant Voltron Season 7 LGBT Backlash Response|url=https://screenrant.com/voltron-season-7-lgbt-backlash-response/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327215011/https://screenrant.com/voltron-season-7-lgbt-backlash-response/|archive-date=March 27, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2019|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Some claimed the show had followed a stereotype known as "[[Media portrayal of LGBT people#Habitual death of lesbian or gay characters in media|burying that gay]]", prompting show-runner Joaquim Dos Santos to apologize to fans.<ref name="orourke">{{cite web |last1=O'Rourke |first1=Jill |title=The Erasure Of LGBTQ Characters In Children's Media Goes Beyond Bert And Ernie |url=https://articles.aplus.com/film-forward/lgbtq-erasure-kids-shows-animation |website=[[A Plus (aplus.com)|A Plus]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328204911/https://articles.aplus.com/film-forward/lgbtq-erasure-kids-shows-animation |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |date=October 11, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Haasch">{{cite web |last1=Haasch |first1=Palmer |title=Voltron creator addresses fans over season 7's queerbaiting controversy |url=https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/8/16/17698024/voltron-adam-controversy-netflix-queerbaiting-dos-santos-letter |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615134146/https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/8/16/17698024/voltron-adam-controversy-netflix-queerbaiting-dos-santos-letter |archive-date=June 15, 2019 |date=August 16, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
+More controversy was aimed at the on-screen wedding between Shiro and Curtis, with several critics and viewers characterizing it as poor LGBT representation. Metadeen stated that making a "five-second blip of the wedding...come[s] off as a publicity stunt."<ref name="cbrs8response">{{cite web |last1=Matadeen |first1=Renaldo |title=Voltron's Final Season Doesn't Make Up For Its LGBT Problem |url=https://www.cbr.com/voltron-final-season-lgbt-problem-worse/ |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615151814/https://www.cbr.com/voltron-final-season-lgbt-problem-worse/ |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |date=December 20, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/19/18147526/voltron-legendary-defender-ending-controversy|title=The thrilling ending of Voltron was never going to deliver on fan demands|last=Haasch|first=Palmer|date=December 19, 2018|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419050212/https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/19/18147526/voltron-legendary-defender-ending-controversy|archive-date=April 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Schedeen">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/23/voltron-legendary-defender-final-season-8-review|title=Netflix's Voltron: Legendary Defender - Season 8 Review|last=Schedeen|first=Jesse|date=December 23, 2018|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=January 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030037/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/23/voltron-legendary-defender-final-season-8-review|archive-date=November 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>  On August 13, 2018, show-runner [[Joaquim Dos Santos]] posted an apology on his Twitter. He also acknowledged that there were boundaries in place as to how they could portray LGBT representation in the show.<ref name="Haasch" /> Fellow show-runner Lauren Montgomery also acknowledged the limitations regarding LGBT relationships behind the scenes in her apology, saying, "there's so much that I would do differently, but so little we could've done differently."<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Montgomery |first=Lauren |user=ArtOfLaurenM |number=1029202332309905409 |date=August 13, 2018 |title=I've been very lucky to work alongside Joaquim for a large portion of my career. He's always been much more eloquent than I, and I thank him wholeheartedly for crafting this heartfelt letter to hopefully shed some light on this subject for the fans. |url=https://twitter.com/ArtOfLaurenM/status/1029202332309905409 |access-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507081001/https://twitter.com/ArtOfLaurenM/status/1029202332309905409 |archive-date=May 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The series had been described by [[GLAAD]] as "struggling" with Shiro's story, with the organization hoping for Shiro's further character development and "a happy ending."<ref name="glaad2018">{{cite report |date=2018 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2018-2019 |url=https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2018-2019.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410224649/https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2018-2019.pdf |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 10, 2020 |url-status=dead |page=12}}</ref>
-On January 13, 2023, Hamish Steele, creator of ''[[Dead End: Paranormal Park]]'' announced that Netflix had cancelled the series.<ref name="cancellation">{{Cite web |last=Perine |first=Aaron |date=January 13, 2013 |title=Netflix Cancels Another Fan-Favorite Animated Series |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/netflix-cancels-dead-end-paranormal-park-animated-series/ |access-date=January 13, 2013 |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230113154019/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/netflix-cancels-dead-end-paranormal-park-animated-series/ |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Four months after it was cancelled, the series won a [[34th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Award]] for Outstanding Kids & Family Programming - Animated.<ref name="GLAAD34"/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brathwaite |first=Lester Fabian |date=2023-05-14 |title=Fire Island and Anything's Possible tie, We're Here slays Drag Race at 2023 GLAAD Media Awards |url=https://ew.com/awards/2023-glaad-media-awards-winners-list-new-york/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
+In October 2018, a protagonist in ''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'', Jay Bilzerian, came out as bisexual.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Villarreal |first1=Daniel |title=One of the kids on Netflix's puberty comedy 'Big Mouth' came out as bi |url=https://www.queerty.com/one-kids-netflixs-puberty-comedy-big-mouth-came-bi-20181015/ |website=[[Queerty]] |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324225709/https://www.queerty.com/one-kids-netflixs-puberty-comedy-big-mouth-came-bi-20181015 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |date=October 15, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Over a year later, Ali, a pansexual character, was introduced. In the latter case, however, some criticized it as an oversimplification of the "relationship between private parts and gender identity," even as her existence was praised as putting the show ahead of "most television representations of sexual expression."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stephen |first1=Emily L. |title=Big Mouth's third season is bigger and mouthier than ever |url=https://tv.avclub.com/big-mouth-is-bigger-and-mouthier-than-ever-and-even-mo-1838723434 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329113041/https://tv.avclub.com/big-mouth-is-bigger-and-mouthier-than-ever-and-even-mo-1838723434 |archive-date=March 29, 2020 |date=October 4, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
-On January 30, 2023, ''Princess Power'' was released on Netflix. The series features Beatrice "Bea" Blueberry's fathers King Barton Blueberry and Sir Benedict Blueberry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shatto|first1=Rachel|title=Andrew Rannells & Tan France Are Adorable Gay Dads In Princess Power|url=https://www.pride.com/gay-tv/andrew-rannells#rebelltitem1|work=[[Pride Magazine]]|date=January 4, 2023|access-date=January 6, 2023}}</ref> King Barton is voiced by gay actor [[Andrew Rannells]] while Sir Benedict is voiced by gay fashion designer and television personality [[Tan France]].
-On June 30, 2023, ''[[Nimona (film)|Nimona]]'' was released on Netflix. The film features two gay characters Ballister Blackheart and Ambrosius Goldenloin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strapagiel |first=Lauren |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Disney's First Feature Animated Movie With Queer Leads May Never Be Released |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/disney-nimona-movie-lgbtq-characters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210225194629/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/disney-nimona-movie-lgbtq-characters |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=[[BuzzFeed News]] |language=en}}</ref> Ambrosius Goldenloin is voiced by gay internet celebrity [[Eugene Lee Yang]].
-The ''[[Disenchantment (TV series)|Disenchantment]]'' series finale ends with Bean settling down with Mora and Odval and Sorcerio getting married.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swift |first1=Andy |title=Disenchantment Series Finale: Who Survived the Battle for Dreamland? |url=https://tvline.com/recaps/disenchantment-series-finale-ending-explained-part-5-netflix-1235037091/ |magazine=[[TVLine]] |access-date=September 2, 2023 |date=September 2, 2023}}</ref>
-On September 28, 2023, ''[[Castlevania: Nocturne]]'' was released on Netflix. The series features a gay couple Orlox and Mizrak.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1404444/castlevania-nocturne-review/|title=Castlevania: Nocturne Review: A Worthy Heir To The Castlevania Series|last=Cao|first=Caroline|website=[[/Film]]|date=September 28, 2023|access-date=September 28, 2023}}</ref> The series also features the return of Alucard.
-On October 19, 2023, ''[[Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix]]'' was released on Netflix. The titular character is gay and was in a same-sex relationship before his boyfriend Alex Taylor betrayed him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diamond Sarto |first=Debbie |date=2023-06-14 |title=Netflix Teases 'Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix' |url=https://www.awn.com/news/netflix-teases-captain-laserhawk-blood-dragon-remix |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Animation World Network]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bankhurst |first=Adam |date=2023-09-27 |title=Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix Gets Official Release Date, New Cast Members |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/captain-laserhawk-a-blood-dragon-remix-gets-official-release-date-new-cast-members |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Captain Laserhawk is voiced by queer actor [[Nathaniel Curtis]]. Laserhawk and Alex's relationship will be the subject of an [[Original English-language manga]] of the same name that will be released on December 14, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=2023-10-17 |title=Netflix's Captain Laserhawk, which features neon-soaked versions of Ubisoft characters, is getting a boys' love manga |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/netflixs-captain-laserhawk-which-features-neon-soaked-versions-of-ubisoft-characters-is-getting-a-boys-love-manga/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
-On December 15, 2023, the miniseries ''[[Carol & The End of The World]]'' was released on Netflix. The miniseries features Carol's father Bernard who is in a polyamorous relationship with his wife Pauline and his nurse Michael.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/carol-and-the-end-of-the-world-martha-kelly-michael-chernus-1235769542/|title='Carol & the End of the World' at Netflix Sets Voice Cast Including Martha Kelly, Michael Chernus, Bridget Everett|last=Hailu|first=Selome|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 26, 2023|access-date=October 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/carol-and-the-end-of-the-world-review-netflix|title=Netflix Just Quietly Released the Weirdest Apocalypse Show of the Year|last=Johnston|first=Dais|website=Inverse|date=December 16, 2023|access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref>
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 * [[List of fictional asexual characters]]
 * [[List of fictional intersex characters]]
-==Notes==
-{{notelist}}
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+* {{cite report |ref={{sfnref|GLAAD|2021}} |date=January 2021 |title=Where We Are on TV: 2020-2021 |page=40 |url=https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/GLAAD%20-%20202021%20WHERE%20WE%20ARE%20ON%20TV.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115060919/https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/GLAAD%20-%20202021%20WHERE%20WE%20ARE%20ON%20TV.pdf |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |url-status=dead }}
-* {{cite thesis |last=Cook |first=Carson |date=May 2018 |title=A content analysis of LGBT representation on broadcast and streaming television streaming television |type=Honors |chapter=A History of LGBT Representation on TV |publisher=University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |chapter-url=https://scholar.utc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1133&context=honors-theses |access-date=March 28, 2020}}
-* {{cite report |ref={{sfnref|GLAAD|2013}} |date=2013 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2013-2014 |url=https://www.glaad.org/files/2013WWATV.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328155604/https://www.glaad.org/files/2013WWATV.pdf |access-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-date=March 28, 2020 }}
-* {{cite report |ref={{sfnref|GLAAD|2016}} |date=November 2016 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2016-2017 |url=https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2016-2017.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101081939/https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2016-2017.pdf |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-date=January 1, 2020 }}
-* {{cite report |ref={{sfnref|GLAAD|2017}} |date=2017 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2017-2018 |url=https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2017-2018.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405160821/https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2017-2018.pdf |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-date=April 5, 2020 }}
-* {{cite report |ref={{sfnref|GLAAD|2018}} |date=2018 |title=Where We Are on TV Report: 2018-2019 |url=https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2018-2019.pdf |publisher=[[GLAAD]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410224649/https://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2018-2019.pdf |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 10, 2020 }}
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