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The depiction of '''LGBT characters in animated series 1990-1994''' improved from past years. While most of the LGBTQ characters were featured in anime such as ''[[Dear Brother]]'', ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[RG Veda]]'' and ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'', two American shows featured such characters: ''[[Gargoyles]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]''. In the first of these shows, there was a bisexual character, Janine Renard / Fox, whose sexual orientation was later confirmed by [[Greg Weisman]].<ref name="gargoylestumblr"></ref><ref name="Delatte"></ref> In the second had a semi-closed gay man named Waylon Smithers.<ref name="Queer America"></ref>
===Lesbian characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
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!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
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| ''[[RG Veda]]''
| [[RG Veda#The Six Stars|Kendappa-ō]]
| Unable to go back on her word, believing that all of the Six Stars will be killed anyway, she decides to kill Sōma, whom she is in love with, herself.<ref></ref> She commits suicide right after, saying there is no point in living in Heaven without her.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Dear Brother]]''
| Nanako Misonoo
| rowspan="2" | Nanako falls in love with Rei "Saint-Juste" Asaka to which Rei slowly reciprocates<ref></ref>, and their relationship is one of the major driving plots of the series.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Rei's destructive relationship with Fukiko Ichinomiya leads her to be troubled, obsessed with death, and drug-addicted.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
| rowspan="3" | Japan
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| Rei Asaka
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| Mariko Shinobu
| Mariko greatly admires Kaoru due to her strength and the emotional support she gives her as well, and at some point she admits to loving Karou.<ref></ref> Mariko distrusts all men because of her troubled family life: her father Hikawa is an erotica author who has an affair with an actress and later divorces Mariko's mother Hisako, who keeps her sadness bottled up as she raises Mariko practically on her own.
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| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
| [[Sailor Uranus|Haruka Tenoh / Sailor Uranus]]
| rowspan="2" | Haruka and Michiru are in a relationship. This was changed in the English version of the anime, where they were made "cousins". In the re-release of the original anime, the English version keeps their same-sex relationship.<ref name="HuffPoSailorMoon">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Megan Peters, [https://ift.tt/2Q8LlDu Did You Know 'Sailor Moon' Had To Censor Its Lesbian Lovers?], [[comicbook.com]], October 7, 2018, accessed December 25, 2019.</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Japan
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| [[Sailor Neptune|Michiru Kaioh / Sailor Neptune]]
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===Bisexual characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Year(s)
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
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| ''[[Dear Brother]]''
| Fukiko Ichinomiya
| She appears to be calm and generous, but is cruel and manipulative, often psychologically and physically torturing Rei for several ambiguous reasons, such as her desire that Rei should only have eyes for her, no one else.<ref></ref><ref></ref> She also jealously tries to destroy their relationship by making Nanako love her instead. It is then revealed that she and Rei are full sisters (proving their relationship to be incestual), daughters of the Ichinomiya leader and a maid of the family mansion.<ref></ref><ref></ref> In the anime, her love for Takehiko is given a backstory: she met and fell in love with him when she was twelve and he spent several days with her in the Ichinomiya mansion, but he unknowingly broke her heart by not showing up to her birthday party.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
| Japan
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| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]''
| Riki
| Riki was once the gang leader of the Bison gang.<ref name="Danielle">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> However he was captured and kept as a pet for three years by Iason who grew obsessively in love with him.<ref name="Destiny">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> She found the characterization of Iason in the third novel to be realistic and compelling,<ref name="Danielle3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Prior to this, Riki was in a relationship with Guy.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He also once engaged in a one-night stand with a female slave named Mimea.
| Japan
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| Norris
| Norris is a member of the Bison gang. He once held feelings towards Riki but now happily dates an older female mechanic named Maxi.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''
| Janine Renard / Fox
| Former leader of The Pack, born with the name of Janine Renard.<ref></ref> She falls in love with David Xanatos, a young businessman,<ref></ref> whom she marries in the show's second season.<ref></ref> She could have a liking to Titania, the wife of Oberon and queen of the Third race.<ref></ref> Her sexual orientation has been confirmed by [[Greg Weisman]] as bisexual.<ref name="gargoylestumblr"></ref><ref name="Delatte"></ref>
| United States
|}
===Gay characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Year(s)
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
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| January 21, 1990
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| [[Waylon Smithers]]
| Smithers is a semi-closeted gay man.<ref name="Queer America"></ref> Waylon Smithers and Patty Bouvier ride a float called ''"Stayin' in the Closet!"'' during Springfield's annual gay pride parade in a 2002 episode.<ref></ref> In a 2016 episode, Smithers officially come out as gay.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
| United States
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| ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
| [[Dark Kingdom#Zoisite|Zoisite]] <br> [[Dark Kingdom#Kunzite|Kunzite]]
| Zoisite and Kunzite, both powerful generals who work under Queen Beryl from the Dark Kingdom are an openly gay couple in the 90s anime series. Though, in some dubs in other countries, Zoisite's gender was changed to female for his feminine appearance and to make them a heterosexual couple instead; and in other dubs, they are changed into brotherly figures because of the closeness of their relationship.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]''
| Iason
| He is the most superior and powerful Blondie in Tanagura, and the head of the Syndicate, Tanagura's black market for pet trade.<ref name="Danielle" /> He is in love with his pet Riki, a mongrel from the slums, and later he begins to love Riki to the point of obsession.<ref name="Destiny" />
| rowspan="5" |Japan
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| Guy
| Guy was Riki's lover prior to his capture and Guy is determined to save Riki from Iason.<ref name="Danielle" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
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| Kirie
| A wild member of the Bison gang who is ambitious and sly. Riki hates him as he reminds him of his former rebellious self but Kirie himself is romantically obsessed with Riki.<ref name="Danielle" /><ref name="Danielle3" />
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| Daryl
| Daryl is an eighteen year old castrated boy who served as Iason's furniture and Riki's caretaker.<ref name="Danielle3" /> He fell in love with Riki because of his pride and strong will.
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| Luke
| He is a member of Bison's gang who is openly attracted to Riki and makes advances towards him, but backs off once he realizes his feelings aren't reciprocated.<ref></ref>
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| ''[[Akazukin Chacha]]''
| Doris
| Dorothy's brother Doris is a male but crossdresses to get the attention of Seravy who loves Dorothy.<ref></ref>
| Japan
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| ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''
| [[List of YuYu Hakusho characters#Itsuki|Itsuki]]
| Itsuki is Sensui's right hand and is interested in him.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
| Japan
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| ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''
| Lexington
| According to series creator [[Greg Weisman]], Lexington is gay.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
| United States
|}
===Transgender characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Notes
! Country
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| September 19, 1991
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
|[[Constance Harm]]
|Judge Constance Harm J.D. is a sadistic and unforgiving disciplinarian. In one episode, when Bart appeared in her courtroom to defend his parents, Judge Constance Harm said to him, "You remind me of me, when I was a little boy," revealing that she is transgender.<ref></ref> The revelation came as a shock to Snake: "Did she say she used to be a ''dude''?"
| United States
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| ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''
| Miyuki
| Miyuki is a character from both the manga and the anime. She is a trans girl and a member of the Demon Triad, a group of demon warriors that work for the Toguro Brothers. Her trans status is discovered in her fight against Yusuke.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Miyuki's "[[coming out]]" was [[Editing of anime in American distribution|censored]] in the edited version of the [[Funimation Entertainment|Funimation]] English dub.
| Japan
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===Other LGBTQ characters===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character debut date
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Title
!scope="col" style="width:12%;"| Character(s)
! Identity
! Notes
! Country
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| ''[[RG Veda]]''
| [[RG Veda#Ashura|Ashura]]
| Genderqueer
| Ashura was born neither as a man or a woman as punishment for their father's sins so they can not continue the royal lineage.<ref></ref><ref>Transcript of episode by Griffin Script and Miho Nishida [https://ift.tt/39KpcTU can be downloaded] from that website.</ref>
| Japan
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==See also==
* [[List of yuri anime and manga]]
* [[List of LGBT-related films by year]]
* [[list of animated films with LGBT characters]].
==References==
[[Category:Lists of LGBT-related television programs|Animated]]
[[Category:Animated television programs]]
[[Category:Lists of animated television series]]
[[Category:LGBT in anime and manga| ]]
[[Category:LGBT characters in anime and manga| ]]
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