%% Commented out redlink
%% Pure Yaoi, Bara, and Yuri examples do not fit here.
%% Not every show that has a gay character belongs here. Before adding a work, think about whether or not the work features an LGBT character, or is ''about'' them and/or their stories.

Works focusing on UsefulNotes/{{LGBT|Community}} people, themes and relationships as the primary subject matter. This goes beyond [[LGBTRepresentationInMedia media featuring queer characters]] and/or developing a supporting LGBTFanbase; the works listed revolve around the lives of LGBT people and experiences. This often takes the form of:

* Any kind of ComingOutStory or story focusing on an LGBTAwakening
* Stories focusing on {{Gayngst}}, TransTribulations and related tropes
* Stories whose central focus is on a HomophobicHateCrime (not just one or two episodes of a crime series)
* Documentaries or {{biopic}}s about queer people with a significant focus on their queerness
* Stories whose primary message is a GayAesop (not just one episode of a show)

Work which are not Queer Media:

* Works with one of the above subjects as a subplot rather than the main plot
* Works that are about a romance between queer characters--those are QueerRomance, a subgenre of Queer Media
* Works with queer main characters or large amounts of queer supporting characters but whose stories are not about being queer.

This is a sub-category of LGBTRepresentationInMedia. See the sub-category QueerRomance for media specifically about LGBT relationships. There is also the sub-category SpeculativeFictionLGBT for Speculative Fiction with heavy LGBT themes. See LGBTPlusCreators for a list of queer performers and artists.

These can be contrasted with series which develop an LGBTFanbase but aren't specifically aimed at one, as well as with genres such as {{Yaoi}}, {{Yuri}}, and {{Slash|Fic}} [[note]]though unlike with the sharp division between Yaoi and {{Bara}}, the term 'Yuri' covers both GirlOnGirlIsHot stories meant for male fans and romantic/sexual relationship stories for lesbian audiences[[/note]] which have LGBT romantic or sexual plotlines but are generally meant for a straight audience (even if some series have an LGBT+ PeripheryDemographic).
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!!Examples:
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[floatboxright:'''Sub-indexes:'''
+ NewQueerCinema
+ {{Queercore}}
+ QueerRomance
++ BaraGenre
++ SlashFic
++ YaoiGenre
++ YuriGenre
+ SpeculativeFictionLGBT
]
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Aido}}''
* ''Manga/AiNoShintairiku'': The main character is a trans girl who has just started living openly as one.
* ''Manga/BananaFish'' had a notable influence the BoysLove genre in Japan, focusing on a young man who was the victim of sexual assault and child trafficking, and his relationship with another man.
* ''Manga/BloomIntoYou''
* ''Manga/BlueFlag'' (Homophobia, lesbian and gay main character, [[spoiler:bisexual male lead character, gay romance]])
* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'': GenreDeconstruction of the OtokonokoGenre that includes a queer boy and a trans girl as part of its main cast. TransTribulations, homophobia, and QueerRomance play major roles in the plot.
* ''Manga/BoysRunTheRiot'' (Transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/TheBrideWasABoy'' (Transgender female main character)
* ''Manga/BreakTheBorder'' (Transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/{{Claudine}}'' (Transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/DandelionAmongLilies''
* ''Manga/TheDayOfRevolution''
* ''Manga/DoubleHouse'' (Transgender female main character, lesbian main character)
* ''Manga/EvenThoughWereAdults''
* ''Manga/FamilyCompo'': SliceOfLife dramedy about a transphobic college student who moves in with his trans relatives.
* ''Manga/FreeSoul''
* ''Manga/GirlFriends2006'' (Lesbian main character, lesbian supporting character)
* ''Manga/GoForItNakamura''
* ''Manga/GoodbyeMyRoseGarden''
* ''Manga/HimegotoJuukyuusaiNoSeifuku''
* ''Manga/HuskyAndMedley''
* ''Manga/IThinkOurSonIsGay'' is about parents of a young gay man and their evolving expectations coming to terms with it.
* ''Manga/IWantToBeAWall'' (Gay male main character, aromantic asexual main character)
* ''Manga/IndigoBlue''
* ''Manga/IsLoveTheAnswer'': ComingOutStory featuring an UsefulNotes/{{asexual}} Usefulnotes/{{aromantic}} protagonist. There's also several asexual supporting characters and a gay supporting character.
* ''Manga/ISOtokoDemoOnnaDemoNaiSei''
* ''Manga/KanojoNiNaritaiKimiToBoku'' (Transgender female main character)
* ''Manga/KyouKaraYonshimai''
* ''Anime/LegendOfTheBlueWolves''
* ''Manga/LoveMeForWhoIAm'' (Non-binary main character, transgender female supporting characters, gay supporting character, lesbian supporting character, queer male supporting character/love interest, diamoric romance)
* ''Manga/LoveMyLife''
* ''Manga/MaidenRose''
* ''Manga/{{Morefuyu}}''
* ''Manga/MyBrothersHusband'': A Japanese man and his deceased brother's Canadian husband bond over their shared grief. There is a gay main character, several gay minor characters, subject matter includes homophobia, different cultural acceptances of LGBT people, queer male romance, LGBT acceptance.
* ''Manga/MyLesbianExperienceWithLoneliness'' (Lesbian main character)
** ''My Solo Exchange Diary''
* ''Manga/NegativeKunToPositiveKun''
* ''Manga/OhanaHoloholo''
* ''Manga/OppaiOTottaKareshi'' by Yukiko Serizawa (Transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/OtokoNiNaritai'' by Hikaru Yamagishi (Transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/OtokoNiNaritaiWatashiNoKareshiWaMotoOnna'' by Sachiko Takeuchi (lesbian main character, transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/OurDreamsAtDusk'' (Gay male main character, lesbian, gay, transgender, aromantic/asexual supporting characters, queer male and queer female romance)
* ''Manga/{{Pieta}}''
* ''Manga/{{Plica}}''
* ''Manga/{{Rules|Universe}}''
* ''Manga/SakuraChanToAmaneKun''
* ''Manga/SazanamiCherry''
* ''Manga/SweetBlueFlowers''
* ''Manga/ToStripTheFlesh'' (Transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/WanderingSon'' (Transgender female main character, transgender male main character)
* ''Manga/WhatDidYouEatYesterday'' is about two middle-aged gay men, their life together, and navigating being a gay adult in Japan.
* ''Anime/YuriKumaArashi''
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[[folder:Arts]]
* ''Art/WaterSerpentsI''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/AssociatedStudentBodies''
* ''ComicBook/BingoLove'': The two main characters are queer (A lesbian and a bisexual woman); subject matter includes queer female romance.
* ''ComicBook/CallMeNathan'' by Catherine Castro and Quentin Zuttion (Transgender male main character)
* ''ComicBook/CheaterCode'': A gay erotic comic book; the main character is gay, the supporting characters are gay and/or queer men, subject matter includes queer male sex/sexuality.
* ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}''
* ''ComicBook/DCPride2022''
* ''ComicBook/DeathTheTimeOfYourLife'' (lesbian main characters, one is a celebrity who faces resistance from her team about publicly coming out)
* ''ComicBook/ExitStageLeftTheSnagglepussChronicles'' (Gay main character, gay supporting characters, subject matter includes homophobia, LGBT acceptance)
* ''ComicBook/{{Fence}}'': LGBT sports series; the two main characters are gay/queer and the vast majority of supporting characters are male and either gay or queer. Subject matter includes queer male romance.
* ''ComicBook/TheFireNeverGoesOut'': An autobiographical comic by comic writer/illustrator Noelle Stevenson who describes themselves as transmasculine and bigender and is married to a lesbian woman.
* ''ComicBook/GenderQueerAMemoir'': Autobiographical comic by asexual, nonbinary cartoonist Maia Kobabe, which also features a number of lesbian supporting characters, gay supporting characters, a nonbinary supporting character and Maia's relationships with multiple women.
* ''ComicBook/HollowHeart'': The cast is primarily queer and revolves around a romance between the main monster character (who identifies as male) and a male human, while the story has several allegories to queer experiences as well.
* ''ComicBook/IcemanMarvelComics'': The 2017 and 2018 volumes revolve around original 60's ''ComicBook/XMen'' member Iceman/Bobby Drake coming to terms with his sexuality and being an out gay superhero; subject matter includes coming out and homophobia.
* ''ComicBook/KillerCondom''
* ''ComicBook/LauraDeanKeepsBreakingUpWithMe'' (Lesbian main character whose dating a Bisexual girl, supporting cast includes multiple queer girls)
* ''ComicBook/LifeIsStrange'': A queer female romance story between the main character (A bisexual girl) and the deuteragonist, a lesbian.
* ''[[Webcomic/{{Peritale}} Life Of Melody]]''
* ''ComicBook/LunarGirlAndScarletSparrow'': The protagonists are a pair of lesbian {{Superhero}}es. The comic itself was made to promote a ShortFilm.
* ''ComicBook/TheMagicFish''
* ''ComicBook/ThePride''
* ''ComicBook/PrideHigh''
* ''ComicBook/ThePrinceAndTheDressmaker'': A story about a prince who likes to dress in beautiful dresses, the main character describes himself as sometimes not feeling like his assigned gender, subject matter includes gender non-conformity, gender dysphoria, gender euphoria, gender fluidity, transphobia, coming out, LGBT acceptance.
* ''ComicBook/RoadqueenEternalRoadtripToLove''
* ''ComicBook/SFSXSafeSex''
* ''ComicBook/{{Snotgirl}}''
* ''ComicBook/StuckRubberBaby''
* ''ComicBook/ThirstyMermaids''
* ''ComicBook/TheWitchBoy'': A middle grade comic series about a young male witch struggling to fit in with his family and magic clan as only girls are born to be witches; at the heart of the story is a fantastic allegory regarding gender and gender dysphoria, the main character is a gender non-conforming boy, and several queer supporting characters, from other queer youth to a character having two fathers.
** ''ComicBook/TheHiddenWitch'': A sequel to the ''The Witch Boy''.
** ''ComicBook/TheMidwinterWitch'': Completes the trilogy of the ''The Witch Boy'' and ''The Hidden Witch''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/AJAndMagnus'': Two gay men raise a child and his dog, there is a transgender female supporting character, several gay supporting characters, subject matter includes LGBT parenting/family, LGBT marriage, LGBT acceptance. Main character AJ is eventually revealed to be queer as well.
* ''ComicBook/BitchyButch''
* ''ComicStrip/ChelseaBoys''
* ''ComicStrip/ACoupleOfGuys''
* ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor'' (Queer ensemble cast, lesbian main characters)
* ''ComicStrip/KylesBedAndBreakfast'' (Queer ensemble cast, gay main characters)
* ''ComicStrip/LucyAndSophieSayGoodBye''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
''[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Literature/Animorphs'' ]]

* ''Fanfic/TheWordOfYourBody''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Toys/Ever After High ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/YouBuiltThisHouse''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation/The Fairly Oddparents ]]
''
* ''Webcomic/HereByAccidentStayingOnPurpose'' (Transgender girl main character)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Literature/Harry Potter ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/FormerlyKnownAsHarryPotter'' (Transgender female main character)
* ''Fanfic/MagicalMetamorphosis'' (Transgender female main character)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation/Kim Possible ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/SoTheTrauma''
* ''Fanfic/TheTouchOfGreenFire''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Franchise/The Legend Of Zelda ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/{{Mirrors|Bladespark}}''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Video Game/Life Is Strange ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/BloomMogatrat''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation/The Loud House ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/SamsOrdeal''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Literature/Maria Watches Over Us ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/MetamorphosisEndOfAbraxas''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Anime/Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch From Mercury ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/ItsTheLittleThingsThatGetYouWhenYouWerentPayingAttention'' (sapphic romance)
* ''Fanfic/TheMorrigan'' (Sapphic romance, Transgender male main character)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation/My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic ]]
''
* ''Webcomic/TransPonies'' (Transgender male main character)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Manga/Naruto ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/TheWoundsStillBleeding'' (Transgender female main character)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation/The Owl House ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/HomophobiaIsntReal''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation/The Penguins Of Madagascar ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/PrincessLaburnumSteelfang''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Web Animation/RWBY ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/BlackenedBluebird'' (Transgender female main character, sapphic romance)
* The Lepidoptera Au
** ''Fanfic/HoldingTheWorldOnTheirShoulders'' (Transgender female main character)
** ''Fanfic/LostInTheStorm''
** ''Fanfic/{{Reignfall}}'' (Transgender female main character, sapphic romance)
* ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'' (Transgender female main character)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Franchise/Sailor Moon ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/ButYouWontHaveToDoItAlone''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Franchise/The Simpsons ]]
''
* ''Webcomic/MargeSimpsonAnime''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Franchise/Sonic The Hedgehog ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/HowDoIAdmitImFallingApart''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation/Steven Universe ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/EyesOnMe'' (Transgender female main character, lesbian main character, queer female romance)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Music/Vocaloid ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/ProblemsAU'' (Transgender male main character, lesbian supporting character, intersex and nonbinary supporting character)

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Literature/Warrior Cats ]]
''
* ''Fanfic/LittleFires''

''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Crossovers ]]
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* ''FanFic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Achilles}}'' (Bisexual main character)
* ''Anime/AdolescenceOfUtena'' (Lesbian main characters, queer female romance)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/TwoThirtySeven''
* ''Film/ThreeGenerations'' (Transgender male main character, lesbian supporting characters, transphobia, LGBT youth, LGBT acceptance)
* ''Film/Adam2019''
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''
* ''Film/AndTheBandPlayedOn''
* ''Film/AnotherCountry''
* ''Film/AnotherGayMovie''
* ''Film/BadhaaiDo'': About a gay man and a lesbian who marry each other to relieve societal pressure to marry. Tackles homophobia in Indian society.
* ''Film/BedroomsAndHallways''
* ''Film/BeforeStonewall''
* ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'': LGBT biopic about gay pianist Music/{{Liberace}}.
* ''Film/{{Bent}}'' (Gay main characters, homophobia, gay supporting characters, queer male romance)
* ''Film/TheBirdcage'': A gay man with a male life partner masquerades as a straight married man to please his son's fiance's parents, there are several gay male characters, subject matter includes LGBT parenting/family.
* ''Film/BloodOfTheTribades'' (Lesbian main characters, lesbian supporting characters; subject matter includes homophobia, queer female romance)
* ''Film/TheBloodSpatteredBride'': Features a woman and her lover, a LesbianVampire.
* ''Film/BlueJean'': A film about closeted English lesbian Jean, a teacher in 1988 when the homophobic Section 28 law is about to pass, struggling while facing difficult choices as a result of the homophobia she faces.
* ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' (Bisexual male main character, homophobia)
* ''Film/{{Bottoms}}'': A (blood-soaked, slapstick) rom-com focusing on a pair of lesbian best friends in high school and their QuestForSex. It involves setting up a fight club for girls. Other significant characters, like Hazel and Rhodes, are also lesbians, while Isabel seems to be a bisexual girl.
* ''Film/BoyErased'': BasedOnATrueStory film about a gay young man sent to conversion therapy by his parents; the main character is gay, there are several gay and lesbian supporting characters; subject matter includes conversion therapy, homophobia, queer male romance, coming out, and LGBT acceptance.
* ''Film/BoysDontCry'': A biopic about Brandon Teena, a young transgender man murdered in a hate crime; subject matter includes homophobia and transphobia, queer romance.
* ''Film/BPMBeatsPerMinute''
* ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto'': The main character is a transgender woman.
* ''Film/BreakfastWithScot''
* ''Film/TheBrokenHeartsClubARomanticComedy''
* ''Film/Bruno2009'': The titular character is CampGay.
* ''Film/ButImACheerleader'': Black comedy/dramedy about a young woman sent to a conversion therapy camp, the main character and her love interest are both lesbians, there are other LGBT supporting characters; subject matter includes female romance, homophobia, conversion therapy, and LGBT acceptance.
* ''Film/ByHookOrByCrook''
* ''Film/CallMeByYourName''
* ''Film/Camp2003'': A film about a LoveTriangle at a performing arts camp; there is gay character in the main ensemble; subject matter includes homophobia, and coming out.
* ''Film/TheCarmillaMovie''
* ''Film/{{Cassandro}}'': Based on the life of openly gay ''exotico'' Saúl Armendáriz.
* ''Film/TheCelluloidCloset'': {{Documentary}} about the depiction of gay and lesbian characters in film
* ''Film/ChasingAmy'' (Bisexual female main character, gay supporting character, lesbian supporting characters; subject matter includes biphobia)
* ''Film/{{Chloe}}'': Bisexual female main characters; subject matter includes queer female romance.
* ''Film/{{Close}}'': Two boys have a close, intimate friendship. One boy realizes what this implies and starts to become uncomfortable around his friend, who seems to be gay.
* ''Film/TheCloset'': The main character is a straight man who pretends to be gay and there is an ArmouredClosetGay supporting character.
* ''Film/{{Colette}}'': A {{biopic}} of the eponymous French author, a bisexual woman who had relationships with another bisexual woman and a lesbian or transmasculine person. There is also a {{bisexual love triangle}} between Colette, her husband and lover.
* ''Film/ColonelRedl'': A high-ranking army officer in imperial Austria is gay. Not only does he have to hide in the closet, he winds up getting blackmailed into espionage.
* ''Film/CommonThreadsStoriesFromTheQuilt''
* ''Film/{{Cracks}}'' (Lesbian main character, lesbian supporting character, LGBT youth)
* ''Film/{{CRAZY}}''
* ''Film/TheCryingGame'': One of the main characters is a trans woman, Dil, and her relationship with the lead character Fergus gets deeply explored. The issue of transphobia is also present, as Fergus reacts in shock and disgust after [[UnsettlingGenderReveal learning Dil's gender]], though he gets over it. Dil's had to deal with an obsessive "[[TransChaser admirer]]" as well for a time.
* ''Film/{{Cruising}}''
* ''Film/TheCuriosityOfChance''
* ''Film/DallasBuyersClub''
* ''Film/TheDanishGirl'': {{Biopic}} on married painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, the former of whom was a trans woman and the second known person to receive sex-reassignment surgery. The film primarily focuses on Elbe's TransTribulations and her continued relationship with her wife after coming out.
* ''Film/DatingAmber''
* ''Film/DesertHearts'' is about two women falling in love on a Nevada ranch circa 1959 while one of them is getting a DivorceInReno. Made in 1985.
* ''Film/DifferentForGirls''
* ''Film/DifferentFromTheOthers'': A 1919 German silent film starring Creator/ConradVeidt in one of his earliest roles, as well as RealLife sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. One of the earliest portrayals of gay people in film and one of the earliest films with an explicitly pro-gay message, arguing that homosexuality is natural and calling for the end of German laws criminalizing it. It was banned and destroyed by the Nazis but we still have about ⅓ of its footage.
* ''Film/DirtyComputer''
* ''Film/DoRevenge'': One of the two lead characters is a lesbian. It turns out that a homophobic incident she'd suffered in the backstory helped spark the plot. Her ex is also a supporting character and she gets involved with another girl in the film.
* ''Film/EatingOut''
* ''Film/ErinsGuideToKissingGirls''
* ''Film/AFantasticWoman''
* ''Film/FarFromHeaven''
* ''Film/FearStreet'': A horror film trilogy based on the 1990s book series of the same name, the central figures of the trilogy are two lesbian teenagers. Each film centers around either a lesbian relationship (implied and explicit) or at least lesbian love; subject matter includes sapphic romance, homophobia, LGBTQIA+ acceptance, LGBTQIA+ youth.
* ''Film/Femme2023''
* ''Film/ForbiddenLoveTheUnashamedStoriesOfLesbianLives''
* ''Film/ForTheBibleTellsMeSo'': Documentary on gay Christians and their families.
* ''Film/FoxAndHisFriends''
* ''Film/{{Freeheld}}'' (Lesbian main characters, queer female romance)
* ''Film/{{Frida}}'': A {{biopic}} of bisexual Mexican artist Creator/FridaKahlo. She's married to Diego Rivera but (like him) cheats. Frida is seen explicitly going to bed with Creator/JosephineBaker (who was also bisexual). Later she goes to a hotel room with another.
* ''Film/FuneralParadeOfRoses''
* ''Film/{{GBF}}'' (Gay main characters; subject matter includes coming out story)
* ''Film/{{Gia}}'' (Lesbian main character, lesbian supporting character; subject matter includes queer female romance)
* ''Film/GiantLittleOnes'' (Gay or bisexual main character, LGBT+ supporting characters; subject matter includes homophobia, LGBT awakening, LGBT youth)
* ''Film/Girl2018'' (Transgender main character)
* ''Film/AGirlLikeGrace''
* ''Film/GodsAndMonsters'' (The film depicts director Creator/JamesWhale, who was gay, later in life and his attraction to his male gardener.)
* ''Film/{{Gohatto}}''
* ''Film/GoodGrief'' (about a recent widower trying to overcome the death of his husband)
* ''Film/GoldenDelicious'' (about a young boy coming to terms with his sexuality when meeting his attractive, openly gay neighbor)
* ''Film/GoodMorningPakistan'' (Happy Heart is a Pakistani transgender woman, shares her experiences in the Pakistani trans community)
* ''Film/GrayMatters'' (Lesbian main character, coming out story)
* ''Film/TheHalfOfIt''
* ''Film/HandsomeDevil''
* ''Film/HappiestSeason'' (Lesbian couple as the main characters, lesbian supporting character, subject matter includes coming out and queer female romance)
* ''Film/TheHours''
* ''Film/HurricaneBianca''
* ''Film/IdealHome'' (Two gay male main characters, subject matter includes LGBT parenting/family)
* ''Film/ILoveYouPhillipMorris'': LGBT biopic about the gay con artist Steven Jay Russell and his boyfriend Phillip Morris; subject matter includes queer male romance.
* ''Film/InAndOut'' (Gay main character; subject matter includes coming out story)
* ''Film/InFromTheSide'' (Romantic drama about an affair between two gay men)
* ''Film/INowPronounceYouChuckAndLarry'': Two male firefighters pretend to be a gay couple getting married for healthcare benefits, there are several gay supporting characters; subject matter includes homophobia, coming out story, gay marriage.
* ''Film/JennysWedding'': The film focuses on Jenny, an initially closeted lesbian. After coming out to her parents, she decides to marry her long term girflriend. They're not happy at first, being conservative Catholics, and Jenny has to reconcile with them.
* ''Film/AKidLikeJake''
* ''Film/TheKidsAreAllRight''
* ''Film/KillYourDarlings''
* ''Film/KinkyBoots'': About a shoemaker designing boots for a drag queen.
* ''Film/{{Kinsey}}''
* ''Film/KnifeAndHeart''
* ''Film/Legend2015'': A {{biopic}} of the notorious gangster twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Ronnie is [[{{Gayngster}} openly gay]] ([[NoBisexuals bisexual in actual fact]]) and is shown with men (especially his boyfriend "Mad" Teddy). This includes parties with high-level politicians (protecting him and Ronnie at first from prosecution).
* ''Film/LinguaFranca''
* ''Film/TheLivingEnd''
* ''Film/LongtimeCompanion''
* ''Film/LostInParadise''
* ''Film/LoveIsAllYouNeed2016'': PersecutionFlip with homosexual characters being the privileged majority.
* ''Film/MachoDancer'': Focuses on two young men involved in the gay prostitution scene in 1980s Manila.
* ''Film/{{Maestro}}'': A biopic of Music/LeonardBernstein, touching on the conductor's closeted bisexuality.
* ''Film/MakingLove''
* ''Film/Marguerite2017''
* ''Film/MaVieEnRose'': Gender nonconforming boy or trans girl main character; homophobia/transphobia is a major theme, along with acceptance of being gender nonconforming or trans.
* ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'': A psychological drama war film directed by Creator/NagisaOshima, set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Java. A major part of the film's plot is the homoerotic tension between Captain Yonoi, the camp's commander, and Jack Celliers, a South African prisoner who he grows obsessed with.
* ''Film/Michael1924''
* ''Film/{{Milk}}'': A biopic about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the United States, gay main character, gay supporting characters; subject matter includes homophobia, LGBT biopic, queer male romance.
* ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'' (Lesbian main character, lesbian supporting characters, gay supporting characters, transgender supporting character; subject matter includes homophobia, conversion therapy)
* ''Film/Moonlight2016'': A film about an African-African man growing up in impoverished Miami and his struggles with identity, the main character is gay, his male love interest is gay or queer; subject matter includes homophobia, coming out story, queer male romance.
* ''Film/MyEmptinessAndI''
* ''Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho''
* ''Film/MyPoliceman''
* ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' (Transgender female main character)
* ''Film/MysteriousSkin''
* ''Film/NaomiAndElysNoKissList'' (Gay main character, bisexual or gay supporting character; subject matter includes coming out story, LGBT acceptance, LGBT youth, queer male romance)
* ''Film/TheNewGirlfriend'' (Bigender main character; subject matter includes queer romance)
* ''Film/NineDeadGayGuys''
* ''Film/Normal2003'' (Transgender female main character; subject matter coming out story, transphobia)
* ''Film/TheNormalHeart''
* ''Film/PainAndGlory'': Story of a gay film director with extensive flashbacks to his youth, including the moment of his LGBTAwakening, and his modern-day reunion with TheOneThatGotAway.
* ''Film/ThePantiSisters'': A Filipino movie about three queer siblings who are forced to act like cis, straight men in exchange for their dying father's inheritance.
* ''[[Film/ParadiseBentBoysWillBeGirlsInSamoa Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa]]'' (Third gender)
* ''Film/{{Pariah}}'' (Lesbian main character, bi or lesbian supporting character; subject matter includes coming out story, homophobia, queer female romance)
* ''Film/ParisIsBurning''
* ''Film/{{Passages}}''
* ''[[Film/ThePeoplesJoker The People's Joker]]'': Parodies the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise to tell a trans woman's story of self-discovery.
* ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'': Legal drama about LGBT workplace discrimination, the plot centers around a gay man with AIDS, there is a gay supporting character and his lover; subject matter includes homophobia, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS discrimination.
* ''Film/{{Pitchfork}}'': Slasher horror film with main protagonist Hunter being gay, and he brings his friends to his rural home to have support when trying to come out to his parents; subject matter includes coming out.
* ''Film/PoisonIvy''
* ''Film/PortraitOfJason'': Documentary about a gay man.
* ''Film/ThePowerOfTheDog''
* ''Film/PrayersForBobby'': Biopic/television movie about LGBT activist and ally Mary Griffith as she struggled with her faith and accepting her gay son Bobby; subject matter includes coming out, homophobia, and conversion therapy.
* ''Film/Pride2014''
* ''Film/Priest1994'': A drama about a gay priest in Liverpool who has to deal with a crisis of conscience and his secret relationship with his boyfriend.
* ''Film/ProfessorMarstonAndTheWonderWomen''
* ''Film/TheProm'': Based on the play of the same name.
* ''Film/TheRealThing'' directed by Brandon Kelley (Transgender female main character)
* ''Film/Requiem2021'': A ReligiousHorror movie set in 1605 England focused on a lesbian couple facing peril as witchcraft accusations fly.
* ''Film/TheRetreat2021'': A slasher horror movie focused on a lesbian couple being hunted in the woods by men who livestream themselves killing gay people.
* ''Film/Rocketman2019''
* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' : Pansexual and crossdressing possibly nonbinary (it's hard to tell given that Frank is an alien from a planet with different ideas about gender and sexuality--human terminology might not quite describe him) main character, sexually fluid supporting characters some of whom also crossdress, is one of the cult classics in the queer community.
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShowLetsDoTheTimeWarpAgain'' (changes Frank to a trans woman, though one who still self-describes as a "transvestite")
* ''Film/{{Rustin}}'': The film is a biopic about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who was gay and lived as it openly even though homosexuality was criminal in much of the U.S. at the time of the film's events.
* ''Film/SaintLaurent''
* ''Film/ScorpioRising'': Experimental short which may be the UrExample of {{Leatherman}}
* ''Film/SelfDefense'' (Gay supporting character; subject matter includes homophobia)
* ''Film/{{Shortbus}}''
* ''Film/ASingleMan''
* ''Film/SpaNight'': A Korean-American young adult comes to term with his sexuality while being held back by cultural expectations, subject matter includes gay sexuality, LGBT awakening.
* ''Film/Steam2007'' (Lesbian main character, bisexual female supporting character, coming out story, LGBT youth, queer female romance)
* ''Film/Stonewall1995'': A fictional account of the Stonewall riots.
* ''Film/Stonewall2015'': An account of the Stonewall riots that drew controversy due to focus on a WhiteMaleLead.
* ''Film/StrawberryAndChocolate'': A university student in 1979 Havana becomes friends with a gay man, Castro's Cuba being a place where being gay could get you arrested then.
* ''Film/Summerland2020'': Alice, the main character, is a closeted lesbian. Her past same-sex relationship with Vera becomes central to the plot. She expresses anxiety about homophobia, and was left by Vera to have a baby (which, this being in the early 20th century, required marrying a man). [[spoiler:They end up getting together again and co-parent Vera's son.]]
* ''Film/SuperDeluxe''
* ''Film/{{Swoon}}'' (Gay male main characters, societal homophobia as a major theme)
* ''Film/{{Tangerine|2015}}''
* "[[Film/TheyThem2020 They/Them]]" (Non-binary main character, lesbian supporting character, subject matter includes coming out story, LGBT youth, transphobia)
* ''Film/TheyThem2022'': Nearly the [[CastFullOfGay entire cast is LGBT+]], since the story's set in a [[CureYourGays conversion therapy]] camp, where the characters have to not only deal with attempts at "curing" them but also a killer being on the loose in their midst. Fighting against homophobia/transphobia is a main theme, understandably. Two of the queer girls get involved while in the camp as a subplot.
* ''Film/TheTimesOfHarveyMilk''
* ''Film/ThosePeople''
* ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'' (Transgender/gender nonconforming main character; subject matter includes LGBT youth, queer romance, transphobia)
* ''Film/TonguesUntied''
* ''Film/ToWongFooThanksForEverythingJulieNewmar'': A film about three drag queens taking a road trip, subject matter includes homophobia, LGBT acceptance, drag queens/drag culture.
* ''Film/{{Transamerica}}'': The main character is a trans woman.
* ''Film/TrappedTheAlexCooperStory'' (Lesbian main character; subject matter includes coming out story, homophobia, conversion therapy, gay supporting character, lesbian supporting characters)
* "Film/{{Trevor|1994}}": A short film about a 13-year-old old boy realizing that he is gay; subject matter includes LGBT awakening, homophobia coming out story, LGBT youth.
* ''Film/TheTruthAboutJane'': Focuses on a lesbian teen girl's ComingOutStory and her mother's reaction.
* ''Film/TwoSpirits''
* ''Film/UncleFrank''
* ''Film/TheVampireLovers'': The film is about a LesbianVampire who seduces women.
* ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'': A movie about a fictional GlamRock singer loosely based on Music/DavidBowie, prominently focusing on his bisexuality (The real Bowie was described by his first wife as bisexual), the relationship between it and his work, and Britain's LGBT community during the 1970s.
* ''Film/Victim1961'' (Gay main character, gay supporting characters, homophobia)
* ''Film/VictorVictoria'' (Drag queens, drag culture, gay and bisexual male supporting characters, IfItsYouItsOkay romance; subject matter includes queer male romance, homophobia)
* ''Film/TheWeddingBanquet''
* ''Film/WhenTimeGotLouder'': The protagonist is a lesbian who falls in love with another student in college, but her girlfriend is upset about her unwillingness to come out to her parents because she doesn't want to make their lives more stressful.
* ''Film/WhereTheTruthLies'': One of the main characters is Vince, who turns out to be bisexual. The very prevalent homophobia in the '50s and '60s making being outed as LGBT+ a social death sentence for people turns out to be a key plot point.
* ''Film/{{Wildhood}}'' : 2021 Nova Scotian film about two Indigenous boys, one two-spirit, and their burgeoning queer romance together as they seek out a missing parent.
* ''Film/ZeroAsYouAre'', directed by Creator/TokoiMiyuki (Non-binary, transgender female, queer romance)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AllMyFriendsAreInvisible'': A memoir sharing the story of [=YouTube=] vlogger Jonathan Joly, a non-binary individual with a transgender child. The memoir shares Joly's struggles coming to accept his queer identity and his troubled childhood in 1980s Britain.
* ''Literature/AlmostPerfect'': A novel about a transgender girl, focusing on her transition and the acceptance/lack thereof from the people in her life, including the boy she falls for after transitioning.
* ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'': One of the two main characters is gay and deals with 1940s and 50s homophobia, though he also has a brief romance.
* ''Literature/AnaOnTheEdge''
* ''Literature/AndTheBandPlayedOn''
* ''Literature/TheArtOfBeingNormal''
* ''Literature/{{Babyji}}''
* ''Literature/BeautifulMusicForUglyChildren''
* ''Literature/TheBeeboBrinkerChronicles''
* ''Literature/TheBestAtIt'': LGBT youth novel revolving around a gay 12-year-old Indian-American boy's self-actualization. Subject matter includes LGBT awakening, coming out, LGBT youth and LGBT acceptance.
* ''Literature/Blackbird1986''
* ''Literature/BothCanBeTrue''
* ''Literature/{{Camouflage}}''
* ''Literature/CampDamascus''
* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}''
* ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'': Aside from the many side characters who are explicitly queer, much of the story arc revolves around Seigi's evolving understanding of love and gender and what it can mean and how it can look, in defiance of societal expectations.
* ''Literature/ChaosSquad''
* ''Literature/ChinaMountainZhang''
* ''Literature/{{Cracks}}''
* ''Literature/DaddysRoommate'': Children's book about a boy learning about his father's relationship with another man, subject matter includes LGBT parenting, LGBT acceptance.
* ''Literature/ADayInTheLifeOfMarlonBundo''
* ''Literature/DeathInVenice''
* ''Literature/DoubleHappiness'' by Fumino Sugiyama (Transgender male main character)
* ''Literature/ElanciaChronicles''
** ''Literature/SymphonyOfShiftingTides''
** ''Literature/SymphonyOfHuntedTruths''
** ''Literature/SymphonyOfAwakenedGods''
* ''Literature/FellowTravelers''
* ''Literature/{{Florinda}}'': The story of a woman who initially escapes her incestuous father through [[SweetPollyOliver disguising herself]] as a man, then married a princess while still disguised. After learning, her wife is fine with it, but a prophecy reveals this, and she's tested. Just as her secret is going to get out, she's magically [[GenderBender transformed into male]] through a miracle, which lets her live happily with her wife. The story raises all kinds of issues regarding gender, sexuality and possible interpretations as to Florinda's identity from a modern perspective.
* ''Literature/FunnyBoy''
* ''Literature/GeographyClub'': YA novel about a closeted gay teenager assembling with other closeted LGBT students in the guise of a fake school club to avoid homophobia; subject matter includes LGBT youth, coming out, homophobia, LGBT acceptance, and queer male romance.
** ''Literature/TheOrderOfThePoisonOak'': Sequel book set at a summer camp where the characters balance their counselor duties with summer love; subject matter includes queer male romance and LGBT youth.
** ''Literature/SoulSuckingBrainZombiesDuology'' Two main characters (A gay teen boy and a bisexual teen girl) narrate the book from different perspectives while working as extras on a zombie film; subject matter includes queer male romance, queer female romance, homophobia, conversion therapy, LGBT youth, and coming out.
** ''Literature/TheElephantOfSurprise'' A gay teen deals with his feelings for his ex and another man, while dealing with sudden unexpected changes in his life; subject matter includes queer male romance and LGBT youth.
* ''Literature/FujimiOrchestra'' is a BoysLove series focusing on music and the hardships of being gay in Japan.
* ''Literature/GiovannisRoom''
* ''Literature/GracefullyGrayson''
* ''Literature/HeatherHasTwoMommies''
* ''Literature/HerBodyAndOtherParties''
* ''Literature/{{Hero}}''
* ''Literature/TheHours''
* ''Literature/IAmJ''
* ''Literature/IAmJazz'': Semi-autobiographical children's book by trans reality star and activist Jazz Jennings about a young trans girl.
* ''Literature/IvyAberdeensLetterToTheWorld''
* ''Literature/IWishYouAllTheBest''
* ''Literature/Kiss2007''
* ''Literature/KissOfTheSpiderWoman''
* ''Literature/LauraCaxton'' (Main character is gay)
* ''Literature/{{Less}}''
* ''Literature/LetsTalkAboutLove''
* ''Literature/LikeOtherGirls''
* ''Literature/LilyAndDunkin''
* ''Literature/LockpickPornography''
* ''Literature/TheLotterysPlusOne'' (Family raised by two gay dads and two gay moms)
** ''Literature/TheLotterysMoreOrLess''
* ''Literature/LoveAndDeathOnLongIsland''
* ''Literature/TheLoveAndLiesOfRukhsanaAli'': The protagonist is a closeted Bangladeshi-American lesbian who's in a relationship with another girl. It's plot centers on dealing with her homophobic parents when she's outed. The book features her girlfriend as a supporting character, a closeted gay character and a hate crime that affects things deeply.
* ''Literature/{{Loveless}}'' (Aromantic asexual protagonist in a story centered around her self-discovery)
* ''Literature/TheManFromCAMP''
* ''Literature/TheManyHalfLivedLivesOfSamSylvester''
* ''Literature/{{Maurice}}''
* ''Literature/MayTheBestManWin''
* ''Literature/{{Melissa}}'' (Transgender female main character, transphobia, LGBT youth)
* ''Literature/{{Middlesex}}''
* ''Literature/{{Misfortune}}''
* ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh''
* ''Literature/{{Nevada}}''
* ''Literature/NikhilOutLoud'' A 13-year-old gay Indian-American boy who voices the main character of a popular animated show and moves to Ohio with his mom to help his ailing grandfather; subject matter includes homophobia, LGBT youth, and LGBT acceptance.
* ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': Denneleia is a LipstickLesbian PrincessClassic, while Mare is a bisexual [[RebelliousPrincess rebellious]] {{tomboy princess}}. Her attraction to Mare makes Dennaleia [[ClosetKey realize her sexual orientation]], while they become lovers. Their romance is not the sole focus of the plot however.
* ''Literature/OnEarthWereBrieflyGorgeous''
* ''Literature/OrangesAreNotTheOnlyFruit''
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography''
* ''Literature/TheOtherBoy'' (trans boy protagonist who tries living in stealth, only to get outed by a bully)
* ''Literature/{{Outsourced}}''
* ''Literature/ThePantsProject''
* ''Literature/{{Parrotfish}}''
* ''Literature/PetaLyresRatingNormal''
* ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray''
* ''Literature/PrinceAndKnight''
* ''Literature/QuerelleDeBrest''
* ''Literature/RageALoveStory''
* ''Literature/TheRainbowTrilogy''
* ''Literature/ReconstructingAmelia''
* ''Literature/RubyfruitJungle''
* ''Literature/{{Run}}''
* ''Literature/RunningWithLions'': LGBT youth-oriented sports novel, the main character is a bisexual teenage boy and the book features his romance with a gay teammate; there are several other gay and bisexual male supporting characters; subject matter includes coming out, LGBT youth and LGBT acceptance in sports.
* ''Literature/{{Sanctuary}}'': The main character and their housemate Vinnie are nonbinary. All the living people in Casswell Park feel out of place in the outside world, usually due to being queer and/or neurodivergent.
* ''Literature/TheSection13CaseFiles''
* ''Literature/TheSevenHusbandsOfEvelynHugo'': A big part of the book details Evelyn's struggle to be recognized as bisexual and how she navigated having a gay relationship while keeping her career afloat in a homophobic industry.
* ''Literature/SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda'': A closeted teen boy corresponds with another closeted gay teen over email without knowing his identity; subject matter includes coming out story, homophobia, LGBT youth, LGBT acceptance.
* ''Literature/SirenaSelena''
* ''Literature/StarCrossed''
* ''Literature/{{Starless}}'': One of the two protagonists, Khai, was assigned female at birth but [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]]. He struggles with puberty and being perceived as a girl, while also falling for Zariya, the princess he's protecting.
* ''Literature/SurrenderYourSons'': Thriller young adult novel about a gay teenager sent to a conversion therapy camp with other LGBT children; subject matter includes homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, coming out, LGBT youth and LGBT acceptance.
* ''Literature/TalesFromVerania''
* ''Literature/TantQuilLeFaudra''
* ''Literature/TheseWordsAreTrueAndFaithful''
* ''Literature/TooBrightToSee''
* ''Literature/TwoBoysKissing''
* ''Literature/AnUnkindnessOfGhosts''
* ''Literature/TheVastFieldsOfOrdinary''
* ''Literature/VergeStories''
** "The Garden of Earthly Delights"
** "Mechanics"
** "Two Girls"
* ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal''
* ''Literature/{{Waterways}}''
* ''Literature/TheWellOfLoneliness'' is a 1928 novel about a woman named Stephen diagnosed with "sexual inversion" (an old theory that stated that [[TransEqualsGay gay people are mentally the opposite gender]]). Stephen falls in love with a woman named Mary during World War 1. [[spoiler:It doesn't end on a particularly happy note. Stephen decides that she cannot make Mary happy and helps her fall for a male friend of hers]].
* ''Literature/WhenTheAngelsLeftTheOldCountry'': UrbanFantasy novel about an angel, who is male-presenting NonHumanNonBinary, and a demon, who is male but specifically by choice. The two of them have been companions for centuries and care deeply for each other. The tritagonist Rose is a human lesbian.
* ''Literature/WiegenliedOfGreen'' (Lesbian main characters, queer female romance)
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' originated with a series of stories about a group of transgender and queer teens learning to navigate discoveries about their gender and sexuality amidst the usual adolescent issues of identity, education, and eventual careers. Since then, the scope has broadened to include the problems of how even an oppressed minority (mutants in this universe) may be challenged by minorities within it.
* ''Literature/WhoNeedsMen''
* ''Literature/WillGraysonWillGrayson''
* ''Literature/YouKnowMeWell''
* ''Literature/ZaraHossainIsHere'': The story of a teenage bisexual Pakistani girl living in the US with her family; her relationship with her girlfriend Chloe, plus the homophobia Chloe's dealing with from her family, are major themes.
* ''Literature/ZenobiaJuly''
* ''Literature/{{Zombie}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/AJAndTheQueen''
* ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'': A bio-miniseries revolving around the murder of gay fashion designer UsefulNotes/GianniVersace, subject matter includes homophobia.
* ''Series/BeautifulPeople''
* ''Series/TheBisexual'': The plot is centered on Leila having to come out as being bisexual after years of presenting herself as a lesbian to her lesbian friends and ex. She gets some hostile reactions.
* ''Series/BobAndRose'' (Gay main character)
* ''Series/BoyMeetsGirl''
* ''Series/ElCorazonNuncaSeEquivoca''
* ''Series/{{Cucumber}}''
* ''Series/{{Dragula}}'': A reality show hosted by the gay drag queen couple Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, all contestants are LGBT.
* ''Series/DragYouAndMe'': A Filipino dramedy series about a drag competition. Although the protagonist Betty is cis and straight, she is the daughter of two trans people and her family mostly consists of queer people. Almost every other main and recurring character is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
* ''Series/{{Ellen}}'': The main character famously came out as a lesbian during the show.
* ''Series/{{Equal}}'': A {{docudrama}} {{miniseries}} about the LGBT+ rights movement in the US, from its start to the end of the 1960s with the famous Stonewall Uprising. The institutionalized, rampant homophobia/transphobia they fought is shown, which included very common {{police brutality}} and [[HomophobicHateCrime hate crimes toward them]]. Many LGBT+ activists in these efforts are showcased, some well known and others not, played by actors in different segments from each episode.
* ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' (Lesbian main character, bisexual transgender female supporting character; gender dysphoria, queer female romance, transphobia)
* ''Series/FakingIt'' (Bisexual female main characters, intersex female main character, gay main character, bisexual male supporting character, gay supporting characters, trans male supporting character, lesbian supporting characters, coming out story, LGBT acceptance, LGBT youth, queer female romance)
* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': The series centers on Hawkins Fuller and Tim Laughlin, both gay men, who are lovers during the early 1950s. Along with their relationship, the show displays the homophobia which they have to battle, since they're in Washington DC when the Lavender Scare saw LGBT+ federal employees purged as security risks and unfit for employment. Several supporting characters are also gays and lesbians, including those [[ArmouredClosetGay leading the Lavender Scare]]. The terrible choices people had to make in dealing with this are highlighted, such as selling others out to save themselves, [[TheBeard entering straight relationships for cover]] and having the stress of all this weigh on them. Later in 1986, Tim is dying from AIDS while the disease's early pandemic rages.
* ''Series/FirstDay'' (Transgender female main character, trans boy supporting character, queer female supporting character, several minor LGBT+ supporting characters with various identities; coming out story, LGBT acceptance, LGBT youth, transphobia)
* ''Series/FindingPrinceCharming''
* ''Series/FireIsland'' (Reality show with gay male cast members)
* ''Series/TheFosters''
* ''Series/GentlemanJack'' (Lesbian main characters, queer female romance)
* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'': Two of the main characters on the show are lesbians: Emily/Ofglen and Moira, with supporting characters being lesbians too. On the show, Gilead's treatment of LGBT+ people is explored in greater detail than it was in the book it's based on. This ranges from [[BuryYourGays execution]], to [[BreedingSlave enslavement]] (of fertile lesbians) and [[GroinAttack FGM]] being inflicted on Emily, who's caught having sex with another woman, showcasing the extreme homophobia which they face from the Gilead regime.
* ''{{Series/Heartstopper|2022}}'': A romantic teen drama series about a young gay boy who falls in love with his classmate. Also features a transgender girl, two lesbians and a bisexual boy among the main cast.
* ''Series/ItsASin'' deals with the [=AIDS=] crisis in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, and how it impacts a group of gay men.
* ''Series/KoisenuFutari'' (Two aromantic asexual main characters)
* ''Series/{{Legendary}}'': A reality competition show whose contestants and judges are all members of the Ballroom queer subculture.
* ''Series/ALeagueOfTheirOwn2022'': Follows a woman's baseball team with many queer members. Coming out and homophobia are major themes. There's also a trans man who is a supporting character, who's estranged from his sister as a result of his gender.
* ''Series/{{Looking}}''
* ''Series/LoveVictor'': Sequel television series to the ''Love, Simon'' film about a Latino teenager coming to terms with his sexuality and his working-class family; the central character is a gay teenager, additionally a female supporting character comes out as bisexual, there are other supporting/minor characters on the LGBT spectrum; subject matter includes coming out, homophobia, queer male romance, LGBT youth, queer female romance.
* ''Series/TheLWord'': A series centered on a group of lesbian friends (plus one bisexual woman) living in the {{Gayborhood}} of West Hollywood, LA. ''Many'' different romances between the characters and other women are featured. Later one turns out to be a trans man, and him transitioning is delved into. Virtually all LGBT+ tropes at some point occur on the show (e.g. ClosetKey, ComingOutStory, [[HeteronormativeCrusader homophobia]] etc). It got a SequelSeries which started in 2019 with new characters being added, [[MoreDiverseSequel mostly women of color]] but also one Asian-American trans man.
* ''Series/MaryAndGeorge'': Historical drama focusing on George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, a favourite and lover of King James VI and I.
* ''Series/{{Metrosexuality}}''
* ''Series/MyHusbandsLover''
* ''Series/NeverWipeTearsWithoutGloves''
* ''Series/TheNewNormal'' (two gay main characters, subject matter includes LGBT marriage, LGBT parenting/family)
* ''Series/NoahsArc'': Dramedy series about a gay African-American man and his love life and friendships with other gay Black men in Los Angeles.
* ''Series/OnlyFriends''
* ''Series/OurGayWeddingTheMusical''
* ''Series/PlayingItStraight''
* ''Series/PleaseLikeMe'' (Gay main character, gay supporting characters)
* ''Series/{{Pose}}'': Period drama about the lives of NYC's Ballroom community through the AIDS/HIV crisis in the 1980s/1990s. There are several trans women main characters, and gay/queer male main characters, subject matter includes homophobia, transphobia, gender dysphoria, gender euphoria, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS discrimination, LGBT acceptance.
* ''Series/QueenOfTheUniverse'': A reality singing competition featuring a cast made up entirely of drag queens.
* ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK''
** ''Series/QueerAsFolkUS''
* ''Series/QueerEye'' (Reality show, gay hosts/personalities)
** ''Series/QueerEye2018''
* ''Series/TheresSomethingAboutMiriam''
* ''Series/TheRealONeals'': Sitcom about an Irish-American family and the secrets they keep from each other, the middle child Kenny comes out as gay; subject matter includes LGBT acceptance, coming out, LGBT youth.
* ''Series/TheRichMansDaughter''
* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'': A reality show hosted by the gay drag queen Creator/{{RuPaul}}, most contestants are on the LGBT spectrum.
** ''Series/RuPaulsDragU'': Spinoff hosted about [=RuPaul=] and other drag queens and focused on drag queen makeovers of cis women.
** ''Series/DragRaceEspanaAllStars''. The Spanish version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceAllStars''.
** ''Series/DragRaceGermany'': The German version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''.
** ''Series/DragRaceItalia'': The Italian version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''.
** ''Series/DragRaceMexico'': The Mexican version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''.
** ''Series/DragRacePhilippines'': The Philippines' version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''.
** ''Series/DragRaceThailand'': The Thai version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''.
** ''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceUK'': The British version of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''.
** ''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceUKVsTheWorld'': A spinoff of ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race UK'' that pits competitors from various international ''Drag Race'' series against each other.
* ''Series/TheSecretDiariesOfMissAnneLister'': A historical {{biopic}} about the titular character which focuses on her relationships with other women that was based on her diary, from entries only decoded many years later.
* ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'': Teen drama centered around a lesbian teenager coming to terms with her sexuality as her family moves from the midwest to Los Angeles, where she starts a relationship with a bisexual girl. There are several queer female supporting/minor characters; subject matter includes coming out, homophobia, LGBT youth, LGBT acceptance, and queer female romance.
* ''Series/TomSwift2022'': A SpinOff from ''Series/NancyDrew2019'' that reimagines the ''Literature/TomSwift'' character as a gay Black man, additionally the main cast includes Rowan, another queer Black male chracter, and Isaac, who is a Black transgender man and pansexual. Subject matter includes homophobia, LGBT acceptance, queer romance.
* ''Series/{{Transparent}}'': A trans woman in her 60s comes out, with the rest of her family struggling with their identities as well; the main character Maura is a trans woman, her eldest daughter Sarah is bisexual, and her youngest child Ali later comes out as non-binary.
* ''Series/{{Uncoupled}}'': A sitcom about a gay man whos dumped by his longtime partner and has to navigate the gay dating scene.
* ''Series/WhenWeRise'' (Gay main character, several gay and lesbian supporting characters, transgender female supporting character, homophobia, HIV/AIDS)
* ''Series/XOKitty'' - Spin-off series to the ''Film/ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore'' films, focusing on Lara Jean's sister Kitty. Yuri is one of the principal characters and she is revealed to be a lesbian in Episode 1 who is dating another girl (Juliana). [[spoiler:The main character herself, Kitty, gets feelings for Yuri.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
* David Bowie:
** 1972 - ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'': The album is set around a SpeculativeFictionLGBT society in the waning days of planet Earth; several songs touch on LGBT characters and blurring gender and sexuality's lines.
** 1980 - ''Music/ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps'': "Scream Like a Baby" is an ode against homophobia and conversion therapy, describing a gay couple imprisoned by a fascist dictatorship.
* Culture Club:
** 1982 - ''Music/KissingToBeClever'': Most of the album's songs discuss frontman Boy George's relationship with drummer Jon Moss.
* Todrick Hall
** 2016 - ''Music/StraightOuttaOz'': Has several songs about being gay, drawn from Hall's own experiences. "Color" is about him falling in love with a man for the first time and how it changed his life completely. "Papi" is about him, a gay man, being hit on (and fetishized by) a woman and wondering if it'll affect his career if he says no and his sexuality becomes public.
* Dev Hynes
** 2018 - ''Music/NegroSwan'': The album's main themes are about gender and sexuality, especially the experiences of queer POC.
* Janelle Monae
** 2018 - ''Music/DirtyComputer''
** 2023 - ''Music/TheAgeOfPleasure''
* Lady Gaga:
** [[/index]]"Born This Way" is a SelfEmpowermentAnthem for LGBT people and other minorities, and references drag queens.[[index]]
** "Americano" is themed around gay love, legal struggles surrounding gay marriage, and the politics thereof. It was influenced in particular by the 2010 repeal of Proposition 8 (a proposition to ban same-sex marriage) in California.
* Lil Nas X:
** 2021 - ''Music/{{Montero}}'': A big theme of the album is {{Gayngst}} and the struggles that come with being gay.
*** "Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName" is about being closeted and the freedom that comes from being openly gay, as well as a TakeThatCritics to the conservative Christians who had been vicious to Nas when he'd been outed as gay.
* Grace Petrie:
** "Black Tie" is about identity, transphobia and escaping restrictive views of gender.
** "The Last Man On Earth" is about UnrequitedLove and IncompatibleOrientation, with the singer conscious that she'll only ever be seen as a platonic friend by the woman she cares for.
** "Pride" looks at the progress since Stonewall, acknowledging that equality's an ongoing struggle.
* Lou Reed:
** 1972 - ''Music/{{Transformer}}'': "Walk on the Wild Side" is an ode to and namedrops various LGBT members of Creator/AndyWarhol's inner circle.
** 1989 - ''Music/{{New York|1989}}'': "Halloween Parade" details the heavy impact of the AIDS epidemic on the LGBT community in New York.
* R.E.M
** 1996 - ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'': "New Test Leper" is about a gay man with AIDS being harassed on live TV by a homophobic host and audience; frontman Michael Stipe based the lyrics on an incident that happened to a trans woman in real life.
* serpentwithfeet'
** 2018 - ''Music/{{soil}}'': Has several songs about the singer's sexuality, including "slow syrup" (breaking up with a male lover) and "wrong lover" (being in unrequited love with another man).
* The Velvet Underground
** 1968 - ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'': "Lady Godiva's Operation" discusses the use of lobotomy as a form of conversion therapy, describing a trans woman who dies from a botched procedure.
* Vocaloid:
** [=Gumbi500=]'s "Night Illusion" is about an aromantic woman picking up someone at a club, and trying to make it clear that she doesn't want any romance with their dance.
** minato's "magnet" is about a forbidden romance between two women, and the suffering they have to endure because of homophobia.
** SLAVE.V-V-R's "God Has Mistaken My Gender." is from the perspective of a closeted transgender girl who is wrestling with gender dyphoria while also realizing she's in love with someone, but feels she can't tell them her feelings because she's trans.
** Teniwoha's "Villain" is about a transgender girl hiding that she's a girl from the wider world, but how that still brings scorn from people who think that she and her boyfriend are gay.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Podcasts]]
* ''Podcast/GayestEpisodeEver'' centers around queer themes in television sitoms, in particular their {{Very Special Episode}}s on the subject.
* ''Podcast/{{Moonface}}'' is about a gay Korean American man who wants to come out to his mother, but is stopped by the fact that he speaks little Korean and she speaks little English.
* Podcast/TheRead: Both hosts Kid Fury and Crissle are queer, and centers around the African-American queer perspective on issues and pop culture.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/ThirstySwordLesbians'' (it's about disaster lesbians with swords)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Television Networks]]
* Creator/HereTV
* Creator/{{LOGO}}
* Creator/QTelevisionNetwork
* Creator/{{REVRY}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theatre]]
* ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' (Gay main characters; subject matter includes homophobia, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS discrimination)
* ''Theatre/BareAPopOpera''
* ''Theatre/TheBoysInTheBand''
* ''Theatre/BreakingTheCode''
* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'' was adapted on film twice, including ''Film/TheBirdCage'', about a drag club and queer parenting
* ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour''
* ''Theatre/EdwardII''
* ''Theatre/EverybodysTalkingAboutJamie''
* ''Theatre/{{Falsettos}}''
* ''Theatre/AFrigateBirdSings'' (Third gender, by David Fane, Oscar Kightley and Nathaniel Lees)
* ''Theatre/FunHome''
* ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'' revolves around a nonbinary character's identity
* ''Theatre/IAmMyOwnWife'': Life of a trans woman in repressive East Germany.
* ''Theatre/InMoonlightBlackBoysLookBlue''
* ''Theatre/TheInheritance'' (gay main characters, about the aftermath of the AIDS crisis)
* ''Theatre/TheLaramieProject''
* ''Theatre/TheNormalHeart''
* ''Theatre/ThePass''
* ''Theatre/PrinceKaguya''
* ''Theatre/TheProm''
* ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'': A play about a group of young New York City artists during the AIDS crisis in the late 1980s/1990s; the ensemble cast is [[CastFullOfGay primarily composed of LGBT+ characters]]; subject matter includes queer romance, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS discrimination.
* ''Theatre/TheRitz''
* ''Theatre/SheKillsMonsters''
* ''Theatre/AStrangeLoop''
* ''Film/{{Streamers}}''
* ''Theatre/TorchSongTrilogy''
* ''Theatre/ZannaDont''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/AllWallsMustFall''
* ''VideoGame/CaperInTheCastro''
* ''VideoGame/DestaTheMemoriesBetween'' (non-binary protagonist, themes of misgendering)
* ''VideoGame/GoneHome'': Video game about a college student arriving to her family's new home, finding it empty and uncovering her family's secrets and finding her younger sister's relationship.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'': Video game about a girl with the power to rewind time and her budding romance with her former friend, the main characters are Max, a bisexual teenage girl and Chloe, a lesbian teenage girl; subject matter includes queer female romance.
** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm'' Prequel revolving around Chloe and her romance with Rachel, a bisexual girl.
** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2'' (Bisexual male main character, queer male romance, gay and queer male supporting characters)
** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors'' has a bisexual female main character Alex who can have a romance with either a lesbian character (Steph) or a male character indicated to be asexual (Ryan). The DLC "Wavelengths" has us play as Steph and discusses her time trying to date WLW in the town, also including a side character coming out as trans.
* ''VideoGame/TheMissingJJMacfieldAndTheIslandOfMemories'' revolves around J.J and Emily, who are ambiguously a lesbian or asexual couple. [[spoiler:The overarching plot is J.J coming to terms with her identity as a trans woman.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Moonrise}}'' is about [[UsefulNotes/{{Sapphism}} sapphic]] werewolves.
* ''VideoGame/MouthSweet''
* ''VideoGame/ANormalLostPhone'' ([[spoiler:Transgender female and bisexual main character]], transgender, gay, bisexual and queer supporting characters, LGBT youth, coming out story, transphobia, homophobia)
* ''VideoGame/TellMeWhy'': Tyler is a gay transgender man, who flirts with (and eventually dates) a gay supporting character. Much of his story involves processing his emotions about returning to the town that mistreated him as a child for being trans.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/AbsolutelyPerfectSpecimen'': Focuses on a lesbian couple where the protagonist is a transgender RobotGirl.
* ''VisualNovel/Adastra2018'': Deals with male/male romance.
* ''VisualNovel/CryptidCrush'', an UrbanFantasy work with non-binary main characters.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Echo}}'' and its sequels/prequels, all dealing with male/male romance.
** ''VisualNovel/TheSmokeRoom''
** ''VisualNovel/{{Arches}}''
* ''VisualNovel/GloryHounds'': Main character is a gay superhero with male romance options.
* ''VisualNovel/LandsOfFire'', male/male romance in [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Aboriginal Australian mythology]].
* ''VisualNovel/AMasqueradeInTheWoods'' (Main character is gay and deals partly with DomesticAbuse).
* ''VisualNovel/MinotaurHotel'', male/male romance in a work featuring multiple mythologies.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Nerus}}'', male/male romance in Gnostic mythology.
* ''VisualNovel/OneNightHotSprings'' (Lesbian, transgender main character, bisexual supporting character, aromantic/asexual supporting character)
** ''last day of spring''
** ''spring leaves no flowers''
* ''VisualNovel/SecretLittleHaven'' (Transgender female main character, transgender female supporting characters, LGBT youth, coming out story, transphobia)
* ''VisualNovel/SuperNova2022'' (a gay superhero story with male love interests)
* ''VisualNovel/WeKnowTheDevil''
* ''VisualNovel/YearningAGayStory''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/InAHeartbeat'' is about a Sherwin, a middle school boy who is struggling to come to terms with his crush on Jonathan, the most popular boy in school. Sherwin must chase after his own heart to stop it from revealing his true feelings to Jonathan, and the entire student body.
* ''WebAnimation/QueerDuck''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/AlienbyComics'' is an autobiographical comic by transfeminine artist Riri Franklin.
* ''Webcomic/AssignedMale''
* ''Webcomic/BetweenTheLines2006''
* ''Webcomic/BlurTheLines''
* ''Webcomic/DropOut'' is about Sugar and Lola, two nonbinary lesbians who decide to take a cross-country roadtrip to the Grand Canyon, where they will then jump to their deaths. Throughout the comic their struggles with gender and sexuality are some of the topics that come up prominently.
* ''Webcomic/TheEvolutionsOfHomosexualityAndSuicide'': Non-fiction comic theorizing about how homosexuality and suicide could have evolved.
* ''Webcomic/FoxesInLove''
* ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}''
* ''Webcomic/HighClassHomos''
* ''Webcomic/ILoveYouLittleOneMoreThanAnything''
* ''Webcomic/InsideOutAYuriTale''
* ''Webcomic/KhaosKomix''
* ''Webcomic/MagicalBoy'' (Gay transgender male main character, lesbian supporting characters, [[spoiler:gay male supporting character]], [[spoiler:nonbinary supporting characters]], LGBT youth, homophobia, transphobia)
* ''Webcomic/MoratoriumOnMyGender'' (Asexual agender main character)
* ''Webcomic/MyHusbandWasActuallyAWoman'' (Pansexual female main character, transgender female main character; subject matter includes LGBT marriage, coming out, LGBT acceptance, and transitioning)
* ''Nortverse'' (Main characters are queer women)
* ''Webcomic/ThePrincess2009'' (Transgender female main character)
* ''Webcomic/{{QUILTBAG}}''
* ''Webcomic/{{Rainverse}}''
** ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' (Transgender female main character)
** ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' (Demiromantic lesbian main character)
* ''Webcomic/{{Seaglass}}'' (Trans man main character, LGBT+ supporting cast, themes of transition)
* ''Webcomic/ShotAndChaser'': SliceOfLife comic about a trans man and his storm-chasing partner.
* ''Webcomic/TaikiTheWebcomic''
* ''Webcomic/ThinkingTooMuchToThinkPositively'', about the author's experiences as a trans woman, her gender-diverse friends make appearances throughout.
* ''[[Webcomic/Transformed2015 Transformed!]]'', by Al Neun (Transgender male main character)
* ''Webcomic/TransGirlDiaries''
* ''Webcomic/TransGirlNextDoor'': A SliceOfLife comic about life as a trans woman.
* ''Webcomic/{{Transcendent}}''
* ''Webcomic/Validation2013''
* ''Webcomic/VenusEnvy''
* ''Webcomic/WelcomeToRoom305''
* ''Webcomic/WhatHappensNext'': A PsychologicalHorror about a trans man trying to come to terms [[GuiltRiddenAccomplice with being an accessory to murder in his teens]], an incident which has [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten become infamous online]].
* ''Webcomic/WhatsNormalAnyway''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''WebVideo/{{Aces}}'' is a sitcom web series about several asexuals and their trials in life.
* ''WebVideo/ContraPoints'': Trans woman creator/host Natalie Wynn talks about a variety of topics from transgender issues to politics to philosophy; subject matter includes transphobia, gender topics, transitioning, LGBT acceptance, LGBT awakening and coming out.
* ''WebVideo/TheGayAndWondrousLifeOfCalebGallo'': The main character is the titular Caleb, a gay struggling actor navigating through his friendships and love life. His friend group are mostly queer, both in sexuality and gender expression, themes include queer romance, queer sexuality, and exploring queer identity.
* ''WebVideo/GayComicGeek'': Gay creator/host Paul Charles reviews comic books from a gay male perspective.
* ''WebVideo/GiveItToMeStraight'': TalkShow hosted by DragQueen, Maddy Morphosis, where she interviews various ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' alumni. While Maddy is actually a straight male out of drag, the interview subjects are always either queer, trans or both, and issues with gender and sexuality usually come up in each interview.
* ''WebVideo/{{Husbands}}'': Online web series about two boyfriends who drunkenly marry when gay marriage is made legal in the United States.
* ''WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay'': VideoReviewShow specifically devoted to gay media and media depictions of LGBT people.
* ''WebVideo/OutWithDad'': A series about a teen then young adult lesbian, who comes out as does her best friend/love interest (as bisexual). Along with the coming out topic, homophobia, general LGBT youth, LGBT people's families, transgender identities (including transphobia), asexuality, queer female relationships and LGBT acceptance by heterosexuals are themes.
* ''WebVideo/PhilosophyTube'': Trans woman creator/host Abigail Thorn discusses philsophy and politics; subject matter includes coming out, transitioning, LGBT acceptance, LGBT awakening.
* ''WebVideo/PrettyDudes'': Most of the cast are queer, with their romantic troubles fueling most of the story.
* ''WebVideo/QueerKidStuff'': LGBT youth-oriented web series, queer and non-binary creator/host Lindsay Amer, subject matter includes LGBT topics and issues for children.
* ''WebVideo/SassyGayFriend''
* ''WebVideo/TalesOfAHomoromanticAce''
* ''WebVideo/UNHhhh'': Web series hosted by two drag queens Trixie Mattel and Katya taking about a variety of topics including LGBT-related issues.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Flee}}'': Dutch animated documentary feature, about a gay man from Afghanistan who fled persecution and wound up in Denmark
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Out}}'', part of Creator/{{Disney}}/Creator/{{Pixar}}'s [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts SparkShorts]]: Animated short about coming out revolving around two gay men with one coming out to his parents, subject matter includes coming out, and LGBT acceptance.
* ''WesternAnimation/QForce'': The main cast is almost entirely LGBT, features both lesbian and gay romances.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndSteveTheHappiestGayCoupleInAllTheWorld'': Stop-motion animated series about a married gay couple, additionally there are several gay and lesbian supporting characters.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLifeStaticCling'': Reveals that the character formerly known as Ralph Bighead is a trans woman who changed her name to Rachel during a journey of self discovery. A major story element is her father Ed having to accept her new identity)
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperDrags'' (Drag queens, three gay main characters)
[[/folder]]
[[/index]]
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