List of LGBT characters in modern written fiction

This is a list of LGBT characters in modern written fiction. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. A number of different classification schemes have been used to describe sexual orientation since the mid-19th century, and scholars have often defined the term 'sexual orientation' in divergent ways. Indeed, several studies have found that much of the research about sexual orientation has failed to define the term at all, making it difficult to reconcile the results of different studies.[1][2][3] However, most definitions include a psychological component (such as the direction of an individual's erotic desire) and/or a behavioral component (which focuses on the sex of the individual's sexual partner/s). Some prefer to simply follow an individual's self-definition or identity. See homosexuality and bisexuality for criteria that have traditionally denoted lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people.

In a historical sense, literature as we understand it is a fairly new innovation, and the current concept of homosexuality is even fresher from the cultural oven. It's no great surprise, then, that gay literature — or even gay characters in literature — are so relatively new as to still be shiny. Nonetheless, there are gay characters that broke barriers and became cultural touchstones... —Kilian Meloy[4]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Items listed here must have verifiable third-party sources commenting on the sexuality of the character(s) in question, and additional explanation may be necessary. Additionally, only notable/significant characters from a given work (which may have multiple LGBT characters) need to be listed here.

1800s
Characters Work Year Author LGBTQ+ identities in story Notes
Carmilla Carmilla 1872 Sheridan Le Fanu Lesbian Carmilla, published as part of the book, In a Glass Darkly, is considered the first lesbian vampire story.[5][6] In this story, Laura, who lives with her father, meets Carmilla, and they form a close relationship, with Laura becoming ill as Carmilla draws nourishment from her.
Arthur Ravener
Captain Dillington		 A Marriage Below Zero 1889 Alan Dale Gay A Marriage Below Zero is considered to be the first English-language gay-themed novel.[7]
Joseph Asten
Philip Held		 Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania 1870 Bayard Taylor Gay Joseph and His Friend is considered to be the first gay-themed novel written by an American author.[7]
Jacques Collin a.k.a. Vautrin a.k.a. Trompe-la-Mort Père Goriot
Illusions perdues
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes		 1835
1837–1843
1838–1847		 Honoré de Balzac Gay Appears in a total of five novels of Balzac's La Comédie humaine, two are cameo appearances; often considered the first openly homosexual character in French literature.[8][9][10][11]
Basil Hallward
Dorian Gray		 The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890 Oscar Wilde Gay In this novel, Basil has a "repressed homosexuality" while Dorian has his own ambivalence, meeting with male prostitutes, even proposing to Sybil Vane in an attempt to suppress his homosexual feelings.[12][13]
Jack Saul The Sins of the Cities of the Plain 1881 Anonymous Gay Jack is a male prostitute for other men, and also crossdresses; Sins is one of the earliest pieces of English-language pornography to explicitly and near-exclusively concern homosexuality.[14]
René Teleny
Camille de Grieux		 Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal 1893 Anonymous; attributed to Oscar Wilde Gay Teleny and de Grieux engage in a passionate sexual/romantic affair; Teleny is one of the earliest pieces of English-language pornography to explicitly and near-exclusively concern homosexuality.[15][16][17]
Amaro Bom-Crioulo 1895 Adolfo Caminha Gay This story, which takes place in Brazil circa 1870, deals with an interracial gay relationship, with Amaro as an ensalved person, and his White partner is not.[18]

1900s
Characters Work Year Author LGBTQ+ identities in story Notes
Brigham Anderson Advise and Consent 1959 Allen Drury Bisexual Married US senator Anderson is blackmailed over a secret wartime homosexual affair for which he is unapologetic.[19][20]
Margaret Prior
Selina Dawes		 Affinity 1999 Sarah Waters Lesbian Margaret, also called "Peggy" and "Aurora", is an unmarried woman from an upper-class family, becomes a visitor at the prison, and meets Selina, but she is a prisoner in her life, "dictated by gender rules and societal expectations, as Selina is in her physical cell."[21] This novel is set in a women's prison in London, explores the "Victorian world of spiritualism," and won the Somerset Maugham Award for Lesbian and Gay Fiction.[22] Like her first novel, Affinity contains overarching lesbian themes, and was acclaimed by critics on its publication, and later turned into a feature film.
Milo Sturgis Alex Delaware series 1985–2017 Jonathan Kellerman Gay Milo is a gay character.[23]
Renee LaRoche Along the Journey River 1996 Carole LaFavor Lesbian In this novel, originally published in 1996, and re-released in 2017, it is the first detective novel to have "an openly out Indigenous lesbian," the protagonist, Renee.[24]
Luis Carruthers American Psycho 1991 Bret Easton Ellis Gay Luis is in love with the male protagonist, but later marries Courtney.[25]
Annie Kenyon
Liza Winthrop		 Annie on My Mind 1982 Nancy Garden Lesbian This book is a retrospective by Liza, remembering her first semester at MIT, how she met Annie, struggled to recognize her lesbian identity, and they reaffirm their love for each other on the phone at the end of the book.[26] Due to these themes, religious fundamentalists burned a copy of the book, a Kansas superintendent removed it from school libraries, and a lawsuit ensued, with a judge ruling on the side the ACLU, ordering the book to be returned to library shelves. The book is well-regarded as "canonical lesbian-coming-of-age novel."[27]
Wes The Arizona Kid 1988 Ron Koertge Gay Wes is a gay character.[28]
Pyrrhus
Philoctetes		 An Arrow's Flight 1998 Mark Merlis Gay Pyrrhus and Philoctetes are gay characters.[29][30]
Keren
Vanyel		 Arrows of the Queen 1987 Mercedes Lackey Lesbian
Gay		 Keren, a minor character,[31] is life bonded to Ylsa and then Sherrill. Lackey, in making this book, took a stand, refusing the demand of an editor that Vanyel be "straight, or single, or not in the story," and as such he is a gay character.[32]
Lark
Becker		 The Beauty of Men 1996 Andrew Holleran Gay Lark and Becker are gay characters.[33]
Beebo Brinker
Beth Ayers/Cullison
Laura Landon		 The Beebo Brinker Chronicles 1957–1960 Ann Bannon Lesbian These books focus on gay and lesbian love, sexual adventure, with a positive, "yet still complicated look at lesbian relationships," in all five of the books in this series.[34] In the first book, Odd Girl Outa college girl named Laura gets seduced by Beth, and in the next book, I Am A Woman, Laura goes to a bar and meets a butch lesbian, Beebo Brinker, and talks about coming out to her father. The following book, Women In The Shadows, the relationship between Laura and Beebo continues, while Laura's first girlfriend returns in Journey To A Woman, leading to a "drama-laden lesbian love triangle" of Beebo, Beth, and Laura. The next book, Beebo Brinker looks back to the formative years of Beebo.
Joan Gilling
Esther Greenwood		 The Bell Jar 1963 Sylvia Plath Lesbian The novel has a central relationship between Joan and Esther,[35] and it addresses the question of socially acceptable identity, examining Esther's "quest to forge her own identity, to be herself rather than what others expect her to be"[36] while highlighting the problems with oppressive patriarchal society in mid-20th-century America.[37] There was the 1979 film adaption of the book, and a lawsuit by Jane V. Anderson claiming that she was not a lesbian and didn't have a relationship with Sylvia Path.[38]
Berdine
Raina		 Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Winds		 1996
1997		 Terry Goodkind Lesbian In these books, the two Mord-Sith are in a relationship with each other.[39] Berdine comes out as a lesbian in the third book of this series, and says she loves Raina. This was later turned into a TV series, The Legend of the Seeker.
Aud Torvingen The Blue Place 1998 Nicola Griffith Lesbian Aud Torvingen, an 18-year-old coming to the U.S., who is the daughter of a rich diplomat, rents an apartment near Atlanta, and becomes an Atlanta cop, but falls into passionate encounters.[40] One of these encounters is with Julia. She remains a protagonist in the book's two sequels,Stay and Always, and becomes "one of the most human and intriguing lesbians in crime fiction."[40]
X
Andrew
Joe		 Boy Culture 1995 Matthew Rettenmund Gay X (narrator's pseudonym) has sexual and romantic relationships with Andrew, Joe and other men.[4]
Patrick "Kitten" Braden Breakfast on Pluto 1998 Patrick McCabe Trans Braden is an Irish trans woman (and drag queen), with "transvestism...a defiant rejection of bigotry, labels, and borders" as one reviewer put it, with Braden refusing to confirm to sexual stereotypes and even flirting with a cop.[41] Later turned into a motion picture, another reviewer noted the prevalence of the "Irish Troubles," with Kitten wrongly arrested and charged after a "bombing in a London disco."[42]
Anthony Blanche
Sebastian Flyte		 Brideshead Revisited 1945 Evelyn Waugh Gay [43][44][45]
Jack Twist
Ennis del Mar		 "Brokeback Mountain" (short story) 1997 Annie Proulx Gay Jack and Ennis have a long term sexual and romantic relationship despite both being married to women and fathering children. Jack also has sexual relationships with other men and a woman, while Ennis does not. Critics have described both men as gay or variably Jack as bisexual and Ennis as heterosexual.[46][47]
Harold Hutchins Captain Underpants series 1997–2015 Dav Pilkey Gay [48]
Laurie Odell
Ralph Lanyon
Andrew		 The Charioteer 1953 Mary Renault Gay [49][50]
Courtney Farrell
Barry Cabot		 Chocolates for Breakfast 1956 Pamela Moore Bisexual Courtney develops a crush on her female boarding school teacher, and later has a sexual relationship with Barry Cabot, her mother's bisexual friend who is in a relationship with a man.[51][52]
Jim Willard
Ronald Shaw
Paul Sullivan		 The City and the Pillar 1946 Gore Vidal Gay [53][54]
Nicholas Dawson City of God: A Novel of the Borgias 1979 Cecelia Holland Gay Nicholas has "a penchant for other men", including the gruff but handsome Stefano Baglione, a heterosexual man who has sex with Nicholas for money.[55][56]
Claudine
Rézi		 Claudine at School 1902 Colette Bisexual Claudine is unfaithful to her husband, Renaud, having an affair with her friend Rézi, who herself has a secrete liaison with Renaud.[57]
Danny Slocum The Confessions of Danny Slocum 1980 George Whitmore Gay [4]
Anthony Malone
Andrew Sutherland		 Dancer from the Dance 1978 Andrew Holleran Gay [58][59]
Dave Brandstetter Dave Brandstetter Mysteries 1970–1991 Joseph Hansen Gay [60]
Vladimir Harkonnen Dune 1965 Frank Herbert Gay Harkonnen's sexual preference for men is implied in Dune and Children of Dune (1976), and presented more explicitly in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999–2001) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.[lower-alpha 1][61][62]
Dr. Ethan Urquhart Ethan of Athos 1986 Lois McMaster Bujold Gay Obstetrician Ethan is from a future society on the planet Ethos where male homosexuality is the norm and most inhabitants have never even seen a woman in person.[63][64][65]
Simon Foster
Axel Nillson		 A Fairly Honourable Defeat 1970 Iris Murdoch Gay [66]
Alexander the Great


Hephaistion
Bagoas		 Fire from Heaven
The Persian Boy		 1969
1972		 Mary Renault Bisexual
Gay		 Alexander is involved in a romantic sexual relationship with Hephaistion, and then the Persian slave Bagoas, but is also married three times and fathers a son. Both men are involved in romantic sexual relationships with Alexander the Great.[4]
Darvish Shayrif Hakem The Fire's Stone 1990 Tanya Huff Bisexual Darvish is willing to have sex with anyone, whether men or women.[67]
Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode
Ruth Jamison		 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 1987 Fannie Flagg Lesbian
Bisexual		 This novel weaves together the past and the present through the blossoming friendship between Evelyn Couch, a middle-aged housewife, and Ninny Threadgoode, an elderly woman who lives in a nursing home, while her sister-in-law, Idgie, and her friend, Ruth, ran a café. Idgie has a long-term romantic relationship with another woman, and sexual encounters with one other woman Ruth is married to a man and bears his child but subsequently has long-term romantic relationship with another woman.[68] At the same time, Ruth is married to a man and bears his child but subsequently has long-term romantic relationship with another woman. Although it is not explicitly labeled as a lesbian relationship, every resident both knows about and accepts Idgie and Ruth's relationship, making lesbianism a theme in the novel[69] while in the film adaptation, a story of Southern female friendship and love, Ruth had been in love with Buddy Threadgoode, Idgie's brother.[70].[71]
Harlan Brown
Billy Sive
Vince Matti
Jacques LaFont		 The Front Runner 1974 Patricia Nell Warren Gay [4]
David
Giovanni
Jacques
Guillaume		 Giovanni's Room 1956 James Baldwin Gay [4]
Akhenaten
Smenkhkara		 A God Against the Gods
Return to Thebes		 1976
1977		 Allen Drury Bisexual Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten is married to Nefertiti, but his romance with his brother Smenkhkara contributes to his downfall.[72]
Elinor "Lakey" Eastlake The Group 1954 Mary McCarthy Lesbian Elinar is a lesbian,[35] and graduate from Vassar College in 1933, with the lives of the stories proatgonists involving the men in their lives. The Baroness is her lesbian lover, which her fellow seven female graduates realize when she returned from Europe.[73] It was later adapted into a film in 1966.
Alluvia (Alice) Fairfax
Stella		 Gut Symmetries 1997 Jeanette Winterson Bisexual Alice has romantic and sexual relationships with both Stella and Stella's husband Jove.[74]
Paul Michel
The Protagonist		 Hallucinating Foucault 1996 Patricia Duncker Gay Openly homosexual writer, said to have many male lovers, including relationship with male main character/narrator.[75][76]
Jaret Tyler
Peggy Danziger		 Happy Endings Are All Alike 1978 Sandra Scoppettone Lesbian This young adult book is the first one with a "clearly lesbian main character," named Jaret Taylor who comes out in the book's first line: "Even though Jaret Tyler had no guilt or shame about her love affair with Peggy Danziger she knew there were plenty of people in this world who would put it down."[77] Jaret, a future lawyer, endures hardship and discrimination but remains strong even as Peggy, her girlfriend, "wavers in the face of family and small-town prejudices." Scoppettone would go on to write a popular mystery novel series featuring a lesbian detective named Lauren Laurano.
Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter series 1997–2007 J. K. Rowling Gay Though not stated explicitly in the novels series, author Rowling said in interviews that the character is gay.[78][79][80][81][82]
Balthamos
Baruch		 His Dark Materials 1995–2000 Philip Pullman Gay [83][84]
Frank Berry The Hotel New Hampshire 1981 John Irving Gay [85]
Richard Brown
Louis Waters
Clarissa Vaughan
Sally Seton		 The Hours 1998 Michael Cunningham Gay
Lesbian		 In this novel, which has strong parallels with Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dolloway, Clarissa rejects a relationship with Richard, a gay man, for the love of her life, Sally, who is invigorated by this love.[86] Louis is also Richard's former lover, with Richard later taking his own life, while Clarissa comes to a full realization of her own identity.
Hélène Noris
Tamara Soulerr		 The Illusionist (Le rempart des Béguines) 1951 Françoise Mallet-Joris Bisexual Tamara has a romantic relationship with both Hélène and her father; Hélène prefers men after the fair ends.[77]
Raymond Tyler, Jr.
Basil Henderson
  • Invisible Life
  • Just As I Am
  • Abide With Me
  • Any Way the Wind Blows
 1991
1995
1999
2001		 E. Lynn Harris Bisexual Raymond is torn between his girlfriend Nicole and his married male lover; Basil leaves his fiancée Yancey at the altar and pursues a gay lifestyle.[4][87][88]
 It 1986 Stephen King Gay Mellon and Hagarty are openly gay lovers. Mellon was the first of the 1984-85 killings that indicate the return of It. Phil and Tony Tracker are two brothers who are presumed to be gay by Eddie Kaspbrak's mother. Kasprak and Tozier are described as questioning their sexualities as children.[89]
Lucy Farinelli Kay Scarpetta novels 1994–2003 Patricia Cornwell Lesbian Lucy has romantic relationships and casual sexual encounters with other women.[90] Lucy is not well accepted due to her suspectes sexual orientation, has occassionally one-night stands, mostly with women and occassionally with men, but she is seduced by Carrie Grethen, early in her career, a relationship which haunts her and those close to her across several books.
Sgt. Sean Jennison/Betty King Rat 1962 James Clavell Trans A British POW plays the role of a female in a play, and ultimately starts living as female full-time.[91]
Gabriel Okimasis Kiss of the Fur Queen 1998 Tomson Highway Gay The story slowly begins to focus on Gabriel's sexuality and when he confronts this new identity, he descends into "promiscuity and prostitution with constant flashbacks of the abuse he suffered at the hands of the priests."[92][93]
Luis Molina Kiss of the Spider Woman 1976 Manuel Puig Gay [94][95]
Vanyel Ashkevron
Stefen		 The Last Herald Mage trilogy 1989–1991 Mercedes Lackey Gay In the series, Vanyel has two sexual relationships, both with male partners.[96]
Clay Less Than Zero
Imperial Bedrooms		 1985
2010		 Bret Easton Ellis Bisexual This is coming-of-age story narrated by Clay, "a sexually ambiguous eighteen-year-old student," who tries to resume a relationship with the woman he loved in high school but "leaves a party with a young man."[25][97]
Lord John Grey Lord John series 1998–2011 Diana Gabaldon Gay Lord John has sexual and romantic relationships with various men, though he has had sex with and married women to appease societal expectations of him.[98][99]
Maurice Hall
Clive Durham
Alec Scudder		 Maurice 1913–1914
(1971)[lower-alpha 2]		 E. M. Forster Gay [4][100][101]
Jeff O'Brien
Lloyd Griffith
David Javitz
Eduardo
Henry Weiner
Luke West		 The Men from the Boys
Where the Boys Are
Men Who Love Men		 1997
2003
2007		 William J. Mann Gay [4]
Mr. Benson Mr. Benson 1983 John Preston Gay [4]
Clarissa Dalloway
Doris Kilman		 Mrs Dalloway 1925 Virginia Woolf Lesbian This novel tells the day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional woman in post–war, and she is strongly attracted to Sally Seton,[102] with both sharing a kiss. Clarissa also recognizes that Septimus dies without revealing his homosexuality, perceiving his failure to speak out as "protecting her private lesbian passion," while Doris later encourages Clarissa to name, at least privately, her "lesbian desires."[103]
Septimus Warren Smith Gay Septimus is haunted by the image of his dear friend Evans, his commanding officer , with implied homosexual relations to them as noted by scholar Jean E. Kennard.[104] Septimus later dies in the novel without revealing the secret: that he is gay.[103]
Myron Myra Breckinridge 1968 Gore Vidal Trans An attractive young woman, Myra Breckinridge is a film buff with a special interest in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and still in the process of transitioning and unable to obtain hormones, Myra transforms into Myron, and due to a car accident, is forced to have her breast implants removed, later deciding to settle down with Mary-Ann.[105][106]
Scratch, Winc Nearly Roadkill 1996 Kate Bornstein and Caitlin Sullivan Trans Scratch and Winc are two lovers of an ambiguous gender identity, with the plot is told through cyberchats and emails between each other, while the FBI is engaged in a nationwide manhunt to find them.[107]
Seregil i Korit
Alec i Amasa
Ilar i Sontir		 The Nightrunner series 1996–2014 Lynn Flewelling Bisexual Seregil and Alec are committed lovers but both have had experiences with women in the past; Ilar is one of Seregil's former lovers.[108]
Christopher Metcalfe Now and Then 1995 William Corlett Gay Main character has a sexual/romantic relationship as a boy with another boy at school; later has sexual and romantic relationships with other men.[109]
Jeanette Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 1985 Jeanette Winterson Lesbian This book is a coming-of-age story about a lesbian girl named Jeanette who grows up in an English Pentecostal community.[110] Key themes of the book include transition from youth to adulthood, complex family relationships, same-sex relationships, and religion. A television adaptation of the book was made and aired by the BBC in 1990, starring Charlotte Coleman and Geraldine McEwan, which won the Prix Italia in 1991.[111]
Joel Harrison Knox
Randolph		 Other Voices, Other Rooms 1948 Truman Capote Gay [112]
Villanelle The Passion 1987 Jeanette Winterson Bisexual In this book, Villanelle is an androgynous and bisexual daughter of a boatman from Venice who crosses paths with Henri, who also has a "ambivalent sexuality."[113]
Patience White
Sarah Dowling		 Patience and Sarah 1969 Isabel Miller Lesbian This book, which captures "Lesbian-feminist consciousness" in the U.S. in the 1960s, is not only a love story of Patience and Sarah but also became important in the "lesbian literary-political tradition," with Miller's experience as a woman and lesbian shaping the book itself.[114]
Patrick The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999 Stephen Chbosky Gay Has a secret relationship with closeted Brad.[115]
Carol Aird
Therese Belivet
Abby Gerhard		 The Price of Salt  (a.k.a. Carol) 1952 Patricia Highsmith Lesbian A married woman, Carol Aird, meets and falls in love with Therese Belivet, which results in her sexuality being used against her and relinquishing custody of her daughter, with Therese Comes out to herself after meeting Carol, while Abby is also a lesbian character.[116] Later made into a 2015 Hollywood film.
Molly Bolt Rubyfruit Jungle 1973 Rita Mae Brown Lesbian Molly has numerous romantic and sexual relationships with other women.[117] In this novel, she confronts the "hypocrisies of both heterosexual and homosexual societies."[106]
Paul Denton The Rules of Attraction 1987 Bret Easton Ellis Bisexual In this book, set in Camden like Ellis's other books, Paul lusts for another character, Sean Bateman, saying he slept with him, while Bateman "never admits as much."[25] This book ended up fortifying Ellis's reputation as a "nihilistic authorial presence who reports action but seldom comments on it."
Francis Abernathy The Secret History 1992 Donna Tartt Gay [118]
M. Charlus
Jupien
Sodom and Gomorrah 1921–1922
Marcel Proust Gay [119]
George A Single Man 1964 Christopher Isherwood Gay [120]
Renly Baratheon
Loras Tyrell		 A Song of Ice and Fire 1991–2011 George R. R. Martin Gay Never explicitly stated in the novels, but Renly's sexual/romantic relationship with Loras is hinted, and was later confirmed by author Martin; TV adaptation makes it clear that they are lovers.[121][122][123]
Jess Goldberg Stone Butch Blues 1993 Leslie Feinberg Trans The narrative follows the life of Jess Goldberg, who grows up in a working class area of upstate New York in the 1940s to 1950s, and explores her gender identity as a trans woman.[124][125][126][127]
Herewiss
Freelorn
The Goddess		 The Tale of the Five series 1979–1992 Diane Duane Bisexual This book is a fantasy with a "bisexual male protagonist whose main love interest is male," and is set in a world with normalized polyamory,[128] with bisexuality and polyamory seeming to "be the default."[129]
Anna Madrigal
Jake Greenleaf		 Tales of the City series 1978–2014 Armistead Maupin Trans
Original character Anna is a transgender woman, and Jake (introduced in 2007's Michael Tolliver Lives) is a trans man.[130][131][132]
Michael "Mouse" Tolliver
Jon Fielding
Ben McKenna		 Gay [106][132]
Beauchamp Day
DeDe Halcyon Day
Mona Ramsey		 Bisexual While the original series featured gay and bisexual characters who "kissed on camera and had sex in bathhouses,"[132] in the Netflix adaption of this series, Shawna is "explicitly bisexual character."[131]
Pete Balkis The Throne of Saturn 1971 Allen Drury Gay Astronaut Pete harbors unrequited romantic feelings for his commander, Conrad Trasker.[20]
Bill Haydon Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1974 John Le Carre Bisexual Has a girlfriend, a male lover, seduces Ann, the wife of George Smiley, and rumoured to be the lover of Jim Prideaux.[133]
Kitty Butler Tipping the Velvet 1998 Sarah Waters Bisexual Has a sexual/romantic relationship with the main character and marries a man.[134]
Nancy "Nan" Astley
Florence Banner
Diana Leathaby		 Lesbian Nan has sexual/romantic relationships with Florence and Diana; all three have also been with other women.[134][135]
North McAllister
Amos Wilson and Joel		 University series 1990–1998 Allen Drury Gay North is a "tormented homosexual trying to keep his secret, but recklessly in love"; Amos is protagonist Willie Wilson's gay son, and Joel is Amos' lover.[136][137]
René Suratt Bisexual René is protagonist Willie Wilson's nemesis, "a bisexual seducer of students".[138]
 The Vampire Chronicles 1976–2014 Anne Rice Bisexual Lestat, Armand and most of Rice's male vampires have intense sexual and emotional attractions and relationships with both sexes.[139]
Nicolas de Lenfent The Vampire Lestat 1985 Anne Rice Gay While human, Nicolas shares a romantic sexual relationship with Lestat de Lioncourt.[139]
Clodagh Unwin
Alice Meadows		 A Village Affair 1989 Joanna Trollope Lesbian
Bisexual		 In this story, Alice Meadows questions her identity, having an affair with a lesbian woman named Clodagh Unwin, while she remains married, with her awakening depending on "a heart-wrenching choice between her lover and her family."[140]
Dirk McDonald
Duck		 Weetzie Bat
Baby Be-Bop		 1989
1995		 Francesca Lia Block Gay [141]
Jack Forster What Happened to Mr. Forster? 1989
1995		 Gary W. Bargar Gay [142]
Stephen Gordon
Valérie Seymour		 The Well of Loneliness 1928 Radclyffe Hall Lesbian This book, a candid novel about "coming to terms with a lesbian identity," was challenged as obscene, under the Obscene Publications Act of 1857, for its "frank portrayal of lesbianism."[143] Although the book has no language that is explicitly sexual, the lesbian themes were seen as a threat to the existing social order, seen as unpalatable, remained banned until 1959 when the Obscene Publications Act was amended, and was published in the U.S. in April 1929 when courts agreed that "lesbianism in and of itself was neither obscene nor illegal," meaning the book wasn't either.
Roberta Muldoon The World According to Garp 1978 John Irving Trans One of the story's main characters is Roberta, a trans woman and former player for the Philadelphia Eagles, and has a gender re-assignment surgery, becoming the bodyguard of Jenny and one of the best friends of Garp.[144]
The Narrator Written on the Body 1992 Jeanette Winterson Ambigious Narrator of unspecified gender who has sexual/romantic relationships with men and women. Some reviewers describe the narrator as a lesbian.[145][146]

2000s
Characters Work Year Author LGBTQ+ identities in story Notes
Tamaru 1Q84 2009–2010 Haruki Murakami Gay [147]
David/Daniela The Adventures of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy 2012 S. Bear Bergman and Suzy Malik Trans David is granted a wish by the story's protagonist, Tulip, to live as a girl named Daniela.[148][149]
Taako Taaco
Hurley
Sloane
The Adventure Zone graphic novel series 2018–present Carey Pietch Gay
Lesbian
Trans		 Taako is one of the three main characters, and canonically a gay man. In the books it has not yet been explicitly been stated, but in The Adventure Zone Podcast, he is confirmed to have a gay relationship.[150] The third graphic novel, Petals to the Metal, features two secondary female characters named Hurley and Sloane who have a relationship/feelings for each other.[151] The Hurley-Sloane lesbian couple survived to the end of the story, surviving a near-death experience, while Taako got a boyfriend (the Grim Reaper) and Lup, Taako's sister, is a trans woman.
Andrew Minyard
Neil Josten		 All for the Game series 2013–2016 Nora Sakavic Gay
Demisexual		 [152][153]
Sage Hendrix Almost Perfect 2009 Brian Katcher Trans This story follows the relationship between Sage, a trans girl in her teens, and Logan, a straight man, who becomes more accepting and supportive of them.[154][155]
Aristotle Mendoza
Dante Quintana		 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012 Benjamin Alire Sáenz Gay Early in the novel Dante reveals he's attracted to boys and as the novel progresses, falls in love with his best friend Aristotle. At the end, Aristotle accepts his own love for Dante and they begin a relationship.[156]
David/Kate, Leo The Art of Being Normal 2015 Lisa Williamson Trans David is a 14-year-old kid who struggles with their gender identity which most of his fellow students do not understand, and neither do his parents, becomes isolated until he meets Leo Denton, who becomes one of his fast friends.[157]
Aisling "Ash"
Kaisa		 Ash 2009 Malinda Lo Lesbian This story tells the classic Cinderella story, but Ash falls in love with a beautiful woman, rather than a prince, named Kaisa, who saves her "from her oppressive new existence."[158] The twist to this story is described by some as important, especially for "those looking for a girl romance."
Tommy, Ozzie, Calvin At the Edge of the Universe 2017 Shaun David Hutchinson Gay Ozzie had a long term relationship with Tommy before he vanished. Calvin is gay.[159][160]
Emras Banner of the Damned 2013 Sherwood Smith Asexual In this book, there are a variety of sexual orientations, with Emras choosing to be asexual.[161] Despite the problematic element that she can decide her own sexual orientation, she realizes that this "choice" is actually a "way of being."
Gabe (Elizabeth) Beautiful Music for Ugly Children 2012 Kirstin Cronn-Mills Trans A DJ and lover of music, they hide her true identity as a trans girl, and is forcibly outed, while having positive and negative experiences along the way of discovering their identity.[162]
Benji Ovich Beartown series 2017–2018 Fredrik Backman Gay [163]
Emily Christina Being Emily 2012 Rachel Gold Trans Never comfortable with being seen as a boy, they originally hide themselves as a girl, until they can no longer stand it anymore, with a psychologist later helping them in the coming-out process.[164]
Ambassador Dannyl
Tayend of Tremmelin		 The Black Magician trilogy 2001–2003 Trudi Canavan Gay Dannyl has relationship with his assistant, Tayend of Tremmelin, who is referred to in the novel as a "lad." [165]
Paul, Noah, Tony
Kyle
"Infinite Darlene"/Daryl Heisenberg		 Boy Meets Boy 2003 David Levithan Gay Paul and Noah are in love with each other and Tony is also gay; Paul's ex, Kyle, is bisexual and Daryl/Darlene is a cross-dresser.[4][166][167][168]
Emily The Butterfly and the Flame 2005 Dana De Young Trans This book focuses on Emily, a trans girl in her teens, who is in a relationship with a boy, the son of the person who owns the farm their family lives on.[169]
Jackson Call Me Home: A Novel 2015 Megan Kruse Gay [170]
  • Vincent Katherinessen
  • Michelangelo Kusanagi-Jones
  • Claude Singapore
  • Maiju Montevideo
 Carnival 2006 Elizabeth Bear Lesbian
Gay		 This story revolves around two spies sent to steal alien tech from Amazonia, a "planet ruled by man-enslaving lesbians" like Claude and Maiju.[171] Additionally, the two spies, Vincent and Michelangelo are homosexuals from a world with "regressive and repressive mores."[172]
Basilton Grimm-Pitch
Simon Snow		 Carry On 2015 Rainbow Rowell Gay
Bisexual		 [173]
Clariel Clariel 2014 Garth Nix Asexual, aromantic The protagonist "stands out for her assured asexuality" as she doesn't see the appeal of sex, wanting to live alone in the woods as a forest ranger.[174] But at her current age her parents try to push her to marry a man who is the son of "an unpleasant political ally."
Various The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard (anthology) 2012 Tom Léger and Riley MacLeod (editors) Trans This book brings together 28-eight stories which focus on the experiences of trans people.[154][175]
Denise Lambert The Corrections 2001 Jonathan Franzen Bisexual In this novel, Denise begins affairs with both her boss and his wife,[176] and though the restaurant is successful,[177] she is fired when this is discovered.
Ben The Darkest Part of the Forest 2015 Holly Black Gay [178]
Nancy
Kade		 Every Heart a Doorway 2016 Seanan McGuire Asexual
Trans		 Kade is a classmate of Nancy, who has an asexual crush on them.[179]
Emi Price, Ava Everything Leads to You 2015 Nina LaCour Lesbian In this novel, Emi Price finds a letter written to a recently-dead film icon, leading them to Ava, his granddaughter, who Emi is smitten with, and hopes for "new love with Ava."[180]
Fever Crumb Fever Crumb Series 2009–2011 Philip Reeve Bisexual Fever first falls in love with the male Arlo Thursday, and later with the female Cluny Morvish.[181]
Sue Trinder
Maud Lilly		 Fingersmith 2002 Sarah Waters Lesbian Sue and Maud have a sexual/romantic relationship with each other.[182]
Shori Fledgling 2005 Octavia Butler Bisexual The novel tells the story of Shori, a 53-year-old member of the Ina species, who appears to be a ten-year-old African-American girl, biting a construction worker named Wright because she finds his scent irresistible, and they begin their relationship.[183]
Brandon
Angel		 Freakboy 2013 Kristin Elizabeth Clark Trans The protagonist of the story, Angel is struggling to find their identity and where they fit in.[184]
Elizabeth Bennett
Caroline Bingley
Charlotte Lucas		 Gay Pride and Prejudice 2012 Kate Christie Lesbian In this story, which takes the original text of Pride and Prejudice, tweaking it and rewriting passages to "queer-up the story," Caroline Bingley has a crush on Elizabeth Bennett, while Charlotte Lucas never thinks “highly either of men or matrimony."[185]
Felicity Worthington Gemma Doyle Trilogy 2003–2007 Libba Bray Lesbian Felicity is am "alpha girl," who becomes friends with the protagonist, Gemma, and has an "obsession with power," and has a tortured lesbian relationship with Pippa [186] Felicity is revealed to be either bisexual or a lesbian (although most likely lesbian as she seemed to use men as a cover up) in the last book when she shares a passionate kiss with Pippa, before leaving the corrupt Pippa behind forever.
Henry "Monty" Montague, Felicity Montague, Percy The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 2017 Mackenzi Lee Bisexual
Asexual		 Henry Montague is bisexual and has romantic feelings towards Percy. His sister Felicity is asexual.[187]
Russel Middlebrook
Min Wei		 Geography Club 2003 Brent Hartinger Gay
Bisexual		 [77]
Joanna "Jo" Gordon
Mary Carlson		 Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit 2016 Jayde Robin Brown Lesbian In this sweet teen romance, Joanna, an "evangelical lesbian in a small Southern town," and Mary meet each other, as Joanna struggles to figure out her identity, but never considers it sinful.[188] Even though Joanna and Mary are White, "the rest of their friends display considerable diversity," with one reviewer hoping it will help people "bridge the gap between faith and sexuality."[189]
Melissa George 2015 Alex Gino Trans Melissa is a transgender girl whom the world sees as a boy named George.[190]
Chuck Bass Gossip Girl 2002–2011 Cecily von Ziegesar Bisexual In this series, Chuck was bisexual, although this was never explored in the Gossip Girl TV show, which creator Joshua Safran said he regretted.[191]
Nico di Angelo, Will Solace The House of Hades
(The Heroes of Olympus series)		 2013–2014 Rick Riordan Gay Nico is Gay, and Will is attracted to men. They become a couple in between the Heroes of Olympus and the Trials of Apollo (the sequel).[192][193]
Mia Corvere
Ashlinn Järnheim		 Godsgrave
(The Nevernight Chronicle series)		 2017 Jay Kristoff Bisexual
Lesbian		 Mia Corvere, is an infamous asssassin and fugitive slave, is fleeing from the Blades of the Red Church and Luminatii legion, with her family wanting her to die and her mentor in hands of her foes.[194] She works with many individuals, liker her lover, Ashlinn, to find out the "final answer to the riddle of her life."
Kevin Guardian of the Dead 2011 Karen Healey Asexual Although he isn't the protagonist, Kevin is a key part of the book, and he comes out as asexual to his friend, and the book's heroine, Ellie Spencer.[161] This conversation is handled delicately, with Ellie offering support to Kevin when remembering how her sister, a lesbian, has a tough time trying to tell her parents. Unfortunately, as one reviewer puts it, he doesn't explore his asexual identity much after this point.[161]
Josh Holding Still For As Long As Possible 2009 Zoe Whittall Trans Josh is a trans man and EMT who struggles with their identity.[195]
J I Am J 2011 Cris Beam Trans J, who lives with his parents in a Manhattan apartment, and struggles with his gender identity.[196]
Jackdaw I Am Princess X 2015 Cherie Priest Gay
Noah Sweetwine
Brian Connelly		 I’ll Give You the Sun 2014 Jandy Nelson Gay Noah is shown to be gay from the beginning, and later starts a relationship with Brian who is also gay.
Ella Just Girls 2014 Rachel Gold Trans Ella is a fully-transitioned, but closeted, trans woman, who deals with a lot of transphobia, while she explores their gender identity with a cisgender lesbian named Jess Tucker.[197]
Oshima Kafka on the Shore 2002 Haruki Murakami Trans
Gay		 Oshima is a 21-year-old intellectual gay trans man who is a librarian and owner of a cabin in the mountains near Komura Memorial Library.[198] He becomes the mentor of Kafka as he guides him to the answers that he's seeking on his journey.
Holland Jeager
Cece		 Keeping You a Secret 2003 Julie Anne Peters Lesbian In this coming out novel, Holland is intrigued by a student transferring to her school who wants to "wants to start a Lesbigay club at school."[199] In the process, Holland faces homophobia, and begins an relationship with Cece, adjusting to her new sexuality quickly.[200]
Phèdre nó Delaunay
Moirin		 Kushiel's Legacy series 2001–2011 Jacqueline Carey Bisexual [139]
Anne Damer Life Mask 2004 Emma Donoghue Lesbian This book is set in late 18th century London, telling the story of three women caught in a love triangle, one of whom is Anna, whose "lesbian side" is not realized until the end of the book.[201]
Nick Guest
Wani Ouradi
Leo Charles		 The Line of Beauty 2004 Alan Hollinghurst Gay [202]
Jude
Willem
JB
Caleb
Brother Luke
Dr. Traylor		 A Little Life 2015 Hanya Yanagihara Gay
Bisexual		 JB, and Caleb are gay. Brother Luke and Dr. Traylor are involved in sexually abusing Jude. Willem is bisexual and has had relationships with women prior to his relationship with Jude. Jude is implicitly stated to be asexual, given that he does not enjoy engaging in sexual activities and does not understand the appeal of sex, even when he is in a healthy relationship with Willem.[203]
Rosemary Harper, Sissix The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 2015 Becky Chambers Lesbian
Bisexual		 Rosemary Harper and Sissix are both either lesbian or bisexual as the two women enter a relationship with each other over the course of the novel.[204] In her review, Casey Stepaniuk describes the book as "like Star Trek but with lesbians and more aliens."
Cade
Dylan		 The Love Interest 2017 Cale Dietrich Gay Caden is gay while Dylan is either gay or bisexual.[205][206]
Luna (Liam) O'Neill Luna 2004 Julie Anne Peters Trans The story follows the life of Luna, who keeps their trans identity secret originally, pretending to be an average 16-year-old senior boy named Liam in the daytime.[207][208][209][210] Later she considers transitioning and fights for her right to be the person she feels that she was meant to be, helped by her sister, Regan, in the process.
Alex Fierro Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor 2016 Rick Riordan Genderfluid Alex is Magnus Chase's love interest who identifies herself as a 'she' most of the time until and unless she tells otherwise.[211]
Sal Mask of Shadows duology 2017–2018 Linsey Miller Genderfluid Sal is genderfluid and signals by that day's clothing whether they want to be called "he," "she," or "they."[212]
Maxine Maxine Wore Black 2014 Nora Olsen Trans Maxine is lesbian trans girl who is a high school dropout who is a babysitter, and cannot afford gender reassignment surgery, while in a romance with a cisgender woman.[213]
Lisbeth Salander Millennium series 2005–2007 Stieg Larsson Bisexual [214]
Corny Stone
Luis
Modern Faerie Tales trilogy (Tithe, Valiant, Ironside) 2002–2007 Holly Black Gay In this story, there are a number of LGBTQ+ characters. For one, Corny Stone is the gay brother of the story's protagonist, Kaye Fierch, who tries to straddle the Faerie and human worlds.[215] Luis is also gay, which the author confirmed, and has a relationship with Corny,[216][217] Reportedly, in Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, Ruth is Val's lesbian best friend.
Mordred
Lancelot		 Mordred, Bastard Son 2006 Douglas Clegg Gay Sympathetic Mordred and an exiled Lancelot fall into a romance.[218]
Seth Wearing
Gudmund		 More Than This 2013 Patrick Ness Gay
Bisexual		 Seth is gay and secretly dated Gudmund until they got outed. Gudmund appears to be bisexual or in denial of his homosexuality.[219][220]
Grady (Angela) Katz-McNair Parrotfish 2011 Ellen Wittlinger Trans Grady, a teenage trans girl, transitions from a man to a woman, deals with a bully who wants to humiliate them, and struggles with their new identity.[221]
Tori Beaugrand Quicksilver 2013 R. J. Anderson Asexual Tori, an engineer, hacker, and friend, is asexual, an important part of her life, as she mediates on an attempt to have a sexual relationship.[161]Her friend Milo wants their relationship to be sexual but he respects the sexual orientation of Tori. In a post on Livejournal, the author explained how Tori being asexual "adds a layer of complication and delicacy to her relationships with her parents and her best (male) friend," Milo, while explaining some of her choices.[222]
Jason Carrillo
Kyle Meeks
Nelson Glassman		 Rainbow Boys 2001 Alex Sánchez Gay [223]
Ronan Lynch
Adam Parrish
Kavinsky		 The Raven Cycle 2012–2016 Maggie Stiefvater Bisexual Adam shows a romantic interest in the female protagonist during the first two books, but then develops a relationship with Ronan Lynch.[224]
Jared
Nathan		 The Rest of Us Just Live Here 2015 Patrick Ness Gay
Bisexual		 Jared is gay, while Nathan is either bisexual or gay. They start seeing each other over the course of the novel.[225]
Click Roving Pack 2012 Sassafrass Lowrey Trans This is a story of "transgender gutterpunks" as one reviewer calls it, with Click, and the other young protagonists fighting for "the right to have a future, and, furthermore, the future they themselves choose."[226] This story focuses on youth near Portland, many of which are parentless, homeless, and "without mooring."
Various A Safe Girl to Love 2014 Casey Plett Trans The story's protagonists, and many others unnamed, are all trans woman, but this detail is not the main factor in their connections between each other, as they work to determine what paths are ahead for themselves in their lives.[227]
Rhy Maresh
Alucard Emery		 Shades of Magic trilogy 2015–2017 V.E. Schwab Gay
Bisexual		 Rhy is bisexual while Alucard is gay. They had a fling three years prior the events of the books. Victoria Schwab actually stated multiple times that in her eyes none of the characters are straight, but that is not mentioned in the series.[228][229]
Alec Lightwood
Jonathan "Jace" Herondale
Magnus Bane
Raphael Santiago
Anna Lightwood
Ariadne Bridgestock

Helen Blackthorn
Aline Penhallow
Kieran
Mark Blackthorn
Michael Wayland
Diana Wrayburn

 The Shadowhunter Chronicles 2007–present Cassandra Clare Gay
Bisexual
Asexual
Lesbian
Trans		 This novel series has a "major character who's revealed to be gay," Alec, and has a same-sex romance with Jace.[230] An immortal warlock named Magnus Bane is bisexual, with relationships with men and women, having a relationship with Alec,[231] while Cassandra Clare confirmed Raphael as asexual.[232] Additionall Anna is a genderqueer lesbian, as confirmed by the author,[233] who has had many lovers but has never truly gotten over her first love, Ariadne Bridgestock, a closeted lesbian[234] who entered a lavender engagement with Charles, becoming his fiance.[235] At the same time, Helen, Aline, have been confirmed as LGBTQ+ characters by the author,[236] with Helen and Aline marrying in "Bitter of Tongue"[237] while Mark and Kiren are seemingly gay,[238] Michael was confirmed to be bisexual,[239] and Diana is implied to be trans.[240]
Ryan Thomson The Sidekicks 2016–2017 Will Kostakis Gay [241]
Jesper Fahey
Wylan Van Eck
Nina Zenik		 Six of Crows duology 2015–2016 Leigh Bardugo Bisexual
Gay
Pansexual		 Jesper is bisexual, and Wylan is gay; they begin dating each other by the end of the duology. Nina has also been confirmed to be pansexual.[242]
  • Simon Spier
  • Bram Greenfeld
  • Cal Price
  • Peter
  • Carter Addison
  • Leah Burke
  • Abby Suso
  • Cassie Peskin-Suso
  • Mina Choi
  • Nadine Suso
  • Patty Peskin
  • Julian Perillo
 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015 Becky Albertalli Gay
Lesbian
Pansexual		 There are multiple LGBTQ+ characters in this story.[243] For instance, Simon is a closeted gay teenager in love with his pen pal 'Blue', a closeted gay teenage boy, while Cal is Simon's bisexual classmate, Peter flirts with Simon at a gay bar, and Carter is the gay older brother of Simon's classmate Martin Addison. Additionally, Leah and Abby come out as bisexual and begin dating each other in the sequel novel Leah on the Offbeat, Abby's cousin Cassie Peskin-Suso, is a lesbian and Mina is her pansexual girlfriend. At the same time, Cassie's two mothers Nadine and Patty are lesbian and bisexual respectfully while Cassie's twin sister Molly is gay and in a relationship with Carter Addison.
Richie The Slap 2008 Christos Tsiolkas Gay Male main character who has a sexual attraction to Hector.[244]
Patroclus
Achilles		 The Song of Achilles] 2011 Madeline Miller Gay
Bisexual		 Achilles is gay, showing no interest in girls. Patroclus is bisexual, saying he would fall in love with Briseis if not for Achilles.[245]
Sinjir Rath Velus
2015–2017 Chuck Wendig Gay [246][247]
Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series 2006–2008 Karen Traviss Gay Married couple from Star Wars Legends continuity, although it was subtle enough that some fans didn't pick up on this, misinterpreting it, because they not explicitly noted as gay.[248][249] Traviss, in a post on her website, described them as a gay coule in a same-sex marriage, saying it was important for Star Wars to have "its first gay characters," writing their gay characters as a detail rather than a major plot point, saying it is just a normal part of their lives.[250]
Moff Delian Mors Star Wars: Lords of the Sith 2015 Paul S. Kemp Lesbian Moff, the first LGBT character in the Star Wars canon, was introduced in this book,[251] is an Imperial officer who makes mistakes, is very capable, and happens to be a lesbian as well, with those who included it saying that Star Wars should be diverse, apart from stories about "straight, white males."[248] Reviewers for the New York Daily News stated that while her sexuality is not a major concern in the novel, suggesting that "homophobia isn't an issue in the Empire," and something that Imperial Army doesn't worry about, even as they fight rebels.[252][253]
Calixte
Tzara
Thyon Nero
Ruza		 Strange the Dreamer series 2017–2018 Laini Taylor Lesbian
Bisexual
Gay		 Calixte and Tzara enter a long-term lesbian relationship with each other at the start of the series, while Thyon Nero has never been romantically or sexually attracted to a woman, but finds himself drawn to Ruza, who seems to reciprocate his interest, making them both gay or in Ruza's case at least bisexual.[254]
Riley Cavanaugh Symptoms of Being Human 2016 Jeff Garvin Genderfluid [255]
Jerico Soberanis The Toll
(Arc of a Scythe trilogy)		 2019 Neal Shusterman Genderfluid [256]
Dana Stevens Trans-Sister Radio 2000 Chris Bohjalian Trans Dana, the protagonist of this book, is a Vermont professor who is prepared to have a gender reassignment surgery to transition from male to female, leading Allison Banks, a teacher who has been divorced, to be even more attracted to Dana.[257]
Jo
Lara		 Ukiah Oregon series 2001–2004 Wen Spencer Lesbian In this series of books, Jo and Lara are the mothers of Ukiah Oregon, the story's protagonist. In the first book, Alien Taste, it is revealed that Ukriah was raised first by wolves, then by Jo and Lara.[258] Jo and Lara also appear in the three other books in the series, Tainted Trail, Bitter Waters, and Dog Warrior, but only as minor characters.
Ijeoma
Amina		 Under the Udala Trees 2015 Chinelo Okparanta Lesbian Ijeoma and Amina fall in love with each other as children and keep loving each other way into adulthood.[259]
Mike Tate Whatever: or how junior year became totally f$@ked 2016 S.J. Goslee Bisexual [260][261]
Jeff O'Brien
Lloyd Griffith		 Where the Boys Are 2003 William J. Mann Gay [4]
Will Grayson[lower-alpha 3]
Tiny Cooper		 Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010 John Green
David Levithan		 Gay [262]
Daja Kisubo
Lark		 The Will of the Empress 2005 Tamora Pierce Lesbian. Daja is the main character who begins a relationship with a woman while Lark is in a long-term lesbian relationship.[263] In this story, the relationship between Daja and Lark ends sadly, making the point you should choose your chosen family over "a partner who’s not good enough for you."

See also

Notes
  1. Though Harkonnen is the biological father of Lady Jessica, it is noted in Dune that this is because he "once permitted himself to be seduced."
  2. Maurice was written in 1913–14 but not published until 1971, after Forster's death.
  3. The novel features two protagonists named Will Grayson, one written by Green and one by Levithan; it is Levithan's Will Grayson who is referred to here.

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