My knowledge is by no means complete, but here’s what I have right now (I’m sure I’ll think of more, and regularly update this)
Note: The DC Database on Fandom is like bi erasure on mirakuru, so because this is a Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf scenario, I won’t be explicitly labeling characters as gay unless I can find a specific source that says so, though I’m sure many are.
KEY
Undefined male-male sexual/romantic orientation
Gay male ⚣
Non-binary
Undefined female-female sexual/romantic orientation
Lesbian ⚢
Any form of multisexual/romantic ⚤
Trans
Alien/deity/AI/other w/o the binary genders we recognize
Unlabeled
🂡 Asexual/romantic including demisexual/romantic
Any of this may contain SPOILERS - I’ve blurred everything I know to be less than a year ago, but some things I came across online and I don’t know when they’re from.
The following characters are canonically LGBTQ+ (and/or have a footnote explaining their inclusion) in at least one of the following continuities (all of which matter, because they all happened):
Antimatter Universe (classic)
Apokolips (pre-Flashpoint)
Batman/Catwoman
Batman: Digital Justice
Batman: I, Joker
Batman: Reign of Terror
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman: Thrillkiller
Batman: Year 100
Camelot 3000
Dakotaverse
Dark Knight Dynasty
DC Comics: Bombshells
Doctor Who World
Dream
Earth 1
Earth 11
Earth 13
Earth 2
Earth 32
Earth-1 (Arrowverse)
Earth-120703
Earth-16 (52)
Earth-19 (Arrowverse)
Earth-21 (Arrowverse; post-Crisis)
Earth-38 (Arrowverse)
Earth-462
Earth-40
Earth-50 (52)
Earth-666
Earth-8 (52)
Earth-Prime (Arrowverse)
Our world (Earth-Prime/Qwewq/Earth-1218/Earth 33)
Earth-X (Arrowverse)
Echo’s homeworld
Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
Faerie
Gotham
Gotham High
Harley Quinn TV series
Harry Potter World
Heaven
Hell (The Sphere of the Gods)
I am Not Starfire
Just Imagine
Justice League Universe
Kelvin Timeline
Krypton
Legends of the Dead Earth
New Earth (including DC One Million)
Naomi TV series
Ninjago
Poison Ivy: Thorns
Preacher
Prez (2015)
Prime Earth (including DC: Future State)
Robin 3000
Saban’s Power Rangers
Some Years Later
Superman & Batman: Generations
Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy
Tangent Comics
Teen Titans: Raven
The Batman movie
The Narrow Path
The Simpsons
The Timeless Child’s reality
Tiny Titans
Watchmen comics
Y: The Last Man comics
You Brought Me the Ocean
Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend
Acero (Spoiler: Suicide Squad Seven)
Achilles Warkiller ⚣
Adam Strange
Aerie
Agent 355
Agent Danvers ⚢
Albert Caldecott ⚤
Alex Burgess
Alfred Pennyworth
Alice Oh ⚢ (Spoiler: Poison Ivy: Thorns)
Alkyone ⚢
Alysia Yeoh ⚤
Anaya
Annataz (Spoiler: Suicide Squad: Dark)
Annika Kosolov ⚤¹ (Spoiler: The Batman)
Aphrodite ⚤²
Apollo
Apollo (God of Olympus) ⚤²
Apollo (God of Rome) ⚤²
Aqualad (Kaldur’ahm) ⚤
-
Aqualad (Prime Kaldur’ahm) ⚣
Ares ⚤²
Artemis (goddess) ⚤²
Artemis of Bana-Mighdall ⚤
Aruna
Atë ⚤²
Athena ⚤²
Atlantiades
Ava Sharpe
Barbara Kean ⚤
Batman (Bruce Wayne) ⚤³
Batman (Bruce Wayne, Jr.) ⚤³
Batman (Helena Wayne)
Batman (Lex Luthor)⁴
Batwoman (Carrie Kelley) ⚤³
Batwoman (Kate Kane) ⚢
Batwoman (Ryan Wilder) ⚢
Bellona ⚤²
Benedict (The Dreaming: Waking Hours)
Berenice Yoon Milonas⁵
Bernard Dowd (Spoiler: Batman: Urban Legends)
Bia⁶ (Spoiler: Nubia & the Amazons)
Bizarro Robin ⚤³
Blitzen
Blue Snowman
Bluebird ⚤
Brainiac 5 ⚤
Bueno Excellente
Bunker ⚣
Burden
Captain Harkness ⚤⁷
Captain Metropolis
Carlos (Catwoman)
Carver Colman
Catman ⚤
Catwoman (Eiko Hasigawa)
Catwoman (Holly Robinson) ⚢
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) ⚤
Chantal
Cheetah (Barbara Minerva)
Chris Ward ⚤³
Chupacabra (Spoiler: Teen Titans Academy)
Citizen Cold
Claire ⚢ (Spoiler: I am Not Starfire)
Clara Oswald ⚤⁸
Clayface (Harley Quinn)
Clock King ⚣ (Spoiler: Harley Quinn Season 3)
Clotho ⚤⁹
Cluracan
Coagula
Comet (Andrea Martinez/Andy Jones)
Concordia ⚤²
Corinthian ⚣¹⁰
Creote
Crone ⚤⁹
Crush ⚢
Culebra ⚤ (Spoiler: Suicide Squad)
Cullen Row ⚣
Damon Matthews
Danny the Street
Daria Hernandez
David (Green Lantern)
David Singh
DaxAtax ⚤³
Dawnstar ⚤
Death¹¹
Deadpool ⚤⁷
Deimos ⚤²
Demeter ⚤²
Desire
Dionysus (god) ⚤²
Djinn ⚤
Donna Troy ⚤¹²
Donner
Dorothy Spinner¹³ (Spoiler: DC Pride 2022)
Dr. Ikon
Dr. Mann
Dr. Mid-Nite 11 (Spoiler: DC Pride 2022)
Dr. October
Dr. Wells
Dre-B-Robbin ⚤³
Dream Girl
Dreamer
Droso ⚤ (Spoiler: DC Pride 2022)
? Drummer Boy (Spoiler: DC Pride)
Echo (The Dreaming)
Element Lad ⚤
Elle (Spoiler: Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour)
Enyo ⚤²
Eris/Strife ⚤²
Eros ⚤²
Etta Candy
Exoristos
Extraño ⚣
Eve ⚤
Fade ⚣
Fadeaway¹⁴
Firebrand (Janet Fals) ⚢
Fog
Foxglove ⚢
Gardener (Bella Garten) ⚢ (Spoiler: Batman Secret Files: Gardener)
Gary Green ⚤
Ghost-Maker ⚤
Glacier (Spoiler: Tis the Season to be Freezin’)
Golden Ninja¹⁵
Grace Choi ⚤
🂡 Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) (Spoiler: DC Pride 2022)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott) ⚣
Green Lantern (Jo Mullein) ⚤
Greg Berlanti ⚣¹⁶
Guardian (Kelly Olsen)
Ha’Wea
Hades ⚤²
Hal (The Sandman)
Halo
Harley Quinn ⚤
Harley Sinn
Harmonia ⚤²
Harvey Quinn
Hazel McNamara ⚤
Heather After ⚤
Hecate ⚤²
Hephaestus ⚤²
Hera ⚤²
Hercules ⚤²
Hermaphroditus
Hermes ⚤²
Hero Cruz ⚣
Hikaru Sulu⁷
Hooded Justice ⚣
Huckleberry Hound
Io
Iphthime
Jarro
Jay Nakamura (Spoiler: Superman: Son of Kal-El)
Jeanette ⚤
Jenny Sparks ⚤
Jericho ⚤
Jim (The Sandman)
Jimmy Henton
Jinny Hex
Jo Muñoz
Jo (Lumberjanes)⁷
John Constantine ⚤
John Pennyworth
Joker ⚤
🂡 Jophiel¹⁷
Josephine (Watchmen) ⚢
Josiah Power ⚣
Judy (The Sandman) ⚢
Julia Pennyworth
Julie Madison ⚤³
Jupiter ⚤²
Karon (Catwoman)
Kat Silverberg ⚢ (Spoiler: Galaxy: The Prettiest Star)
Katie (Spoiler: Crush & Lobo)
Kenia (Spoiler: Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend)
Kenny Liu ⚣ (Spoiler: You Brought Me the Ocean)
Kid Flash (Bart Allen)
Kid Quick
Kiss of Death ⚢
Knight-Wing ⚤³
Knightfall (Spoiler: Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour)
Knockout
Lagoon Boy ⚤ (Spoiler: Young Justice)
Larvox
Lena Luthor¹⁸
Leota Adebayo (Spoiler: Peacemaker)
Liana Kerzner
Lightning Lad ⚣
Lightning Lass ⚤
Lily (Teen Titans: Raven)
Lisa Simpson ⚤⁷
Livewire (Spoiler: Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour)
Loki¹⁹
Lola (Teen Titans: Raven)
Lord %@%%!
Lourdes (Spoiler: Naomi)
Lucifer Morningstar ⚤
Lynari Lili’Alo
Madame Vastra⁷
Madame Xanadu ⚤
Maggie Sawyer ⚢
Maiden ⚤⁹
Manchester Black ⚤ (Spoiler: Superman and the Authority)
Mandy Anders ⚢ (Spoiler: I am Not Starfire)
Manhunter (Ramsey Spencer)
Marisol (Madame Xanadu)
Mark Radley (Spoiler: Teen Titans Academy)
Marya ⚤³
Masquerade
Maxima ⚢
Mazikeen ⚤
Mephitic (Spoiler: Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour)
Mera
Mercury ⚤²
Midnight Rider
Midnighter
Miguel Montez
Minerva ⚤²
Missy⁷
Moish
Monsieur Mallah
Mother ⚤⁹
Mother Panic ⚤
Mr. Terrific
Ms. Knight (Spoiler: Nubia & the Amazons)
Naomi McDuffie ⚤ (Spoiler: Naomi)
Neon the Unknown ⚤
Nick Necro ⚤
Nightmare Nurse ⚤
Nightwing ⚤³
Nocturna ⚤
Nyssa al Guhl
Nyx ⚤²
Obsidian
Off-Ramp
Olivia Reynolds ⚤
OMAC 9 (Spoiler: Superman and the Authority)
Oracle (Lana Lang) ⚤
Otto Haddon
Ozymandias ⚤
Pablo (Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles)
Pan ⚤²
Paul (The Sandman)
Peacemaker ⚤ (Spoiler: Peacemaker)
Penguin
Persephone ⚤²
Phobos ⚤²
Pied Piper ⚣
Poison Ivy ⚤
Porcelain
Poseidon ⚤²
Prince Jason ⚤
Professor Dumbledore ⚣⁷
Q&&7 (Spoiler: Crush & Lobo)
Queen Desira
Queen Hippolyta
Queen Nubia (Spoiler: Nubia & the Amazons)
Queen Phillippus
Question (Renee Montoya) ⚢
Quick Draw McGraw
R-Iko ⚤³
Rachel Moodie (Spoiler: The Sandman)
Rag Doll (Peter Merkel, Jr.)
Raven 13 (Spoiler: Suicide Squad: Dark)
-
Raven 11 (Spoiler: Multiversity: Teen Justice)
Ray (Raymond Terrill)
Rebis
-
Negative Man ⚣
Red Hood ⚤³
Red Robin (Tim Drake) ⚤²⁰
Riddler ⚤
Robin (Barbara Gordon) ⚤³
Robin (Baruch Wayne’s girlfriend) ⚤³
Robin (Batman: Year 100) ⚤³
Robin (Damian Wayne) ⚤³
Robin (Dinesh Babar) ⚤³
Robin (Francisco Ramirez) ⚤³
Robin (John Grayson) ⚤³
Robin (Lance Heart) ⚤³
Robin (Maps Mizoguchi) ⚤³
Robin (Matt McGinnis) ⚤³
Robin (Ricky) ⚤³
Robin (Robert Chang) ⚤³
Robin (Rochelle Wayne) ⚤³
Robin (Rodney) ⚤³
Robin (Tengu) ⚤³
Robin (Thomas Wayne) ⚤³
Robin (Tris Plover) ⚤³
Robin Olsen ⚤³
Robin the robin ⚤³
Robin the Toy Wonder ⚤³
Robin/Hawk Man/Atom ⚤³
Robin-462 ⚤³
Robina ⚤³
Rodunn ⚤ (Spoiler: Young Justice)
Ruin
Sam (Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love)
Sam Zhao
Sandman (Morpheus) ⚤²
Sarah Cushing ⚤ (Spoiler: Superman & Lois)
Savant
Scandal Savage
Seafarer
Sean Erin
Seneferu
Shazam! (Billy Batson) ⚤³
Shazam! (Pedro Peña)²¹
Shining Knight
Shrinking Violet ⚤
Signal ⚤³
Silhouette ⚢
Sir Tristan
Skuld ⚤⁹
Snagglepuss ⚣
Sophie Moore
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)/Bug²²
Spoiler ⚤²³
🂡 Spooner
Starfire ⚤²⁴
Starman (Mikaal Tomas) ⚣
Starro
Steel (Natasha Irons)
Stitch (Spoiler: Teen Titans Academy)
Super-Martian
Superboy (Conner Kent) ⚤²⁵
Supergirl (Kara Danvers) ⚤¹⁸
Superman (Jon Kent) ⚤ (Spoiler: Superman: Son of Kal-El)
Suzie Su
Swift ⚤
? Syl (Spoiler: DC Pride)
Syszn of the Cliffs
T.C. ⚤
Taelyr Ilextrix-spiir Biarxiiai (Spoiler: Galaxy: The Prettiest Star)
Tasmanian Devil
Tefé Holland ⚤
Terry Berg ⚣
Thalia ⚤²
The Brain
The Doctor ⚤⁷
The first Robin ⚤³ (Spoiler: Robins)
The Robin ⚤³
TheTroyWonder ⚤³
Thunder (Anissa Pierce)
Tigress (Tabitha Galavan) ⚤
Toby Raynes
Traci 13
🂡 Tremor
Triton ⚤²
Triumph ⚣
Urd ⚤⁹
Valeria Johnson (Spoiler: DC Pride)
Veil (Future State: Dark Detective)
Verdandi ⚤⁹
Vishnu
Vixen (Mari) (Spoiler: Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour)
Vulcan ⚤²
Wanda Mann
War Beast/Tina
Weaponeer 666
White Canary (Sara Lance) ⚤
William (Arrow) ⚣
? Wink (Spoiler: DC Pride)
Wolf Spider
Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) ⚤²
Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) ⚤
Wonder Woman (Lois Lane) ⚤
Wonder Woman (Mala)
Wonder Woman (Nubia)
Writer²⁶
Xenos
XS
Ya’Wara ⚤
? Yellow Ranger (Trini Kwan)²⁷
Zelda (The Sandman)
Zeus ⚤²
¹Zoë Kravitz said there’s a female character in the film she thinks was Selina’s girlfriend… And it’s not like there’s really anyone else she could be talking about. (Spoiler: The Batman)
²I don’t think it’s been referenced in DC, but it’s generally understood that all the Gods of Olympus are pansexual and genderfluid. Some of the female deities may be asexual (most famously Artemis, who wished on her twelfth birthday that she could stay a virgin for her whole eternal life), but it’s important not to confuse asexuality and celibacy; In any case, virgin goddesses Athena and Artemis have expressed romantic attraction.
³ VOTING CLOSED! Your Complete Guide to DC's 2021 Round Robin Brackets - #76 by HubCityQuestion And unless he says it himself, I refuse to believe he meant anything other than EVERY Robin.
⁴ Jason Latour on Twitter: “Yep.”
⁵Sarah Vaugh on ‘Deadman: Dark Mansion’ and why Queer Ghost Stories Matter
⁶Stephanie Williams on Twitter: “One of the newest Amazons is a Black trans woman” (Spoiler: Nubia & the Amazons)
⁷No DC publication ever referenced this character being LGBTQIA+, but in material from the original publisher, they and/or an alternate version(s) are shown/said to be LGBTQIA+.
⁸Well, footnote 7 in any case, and oh boy, this is a Moffat-level brain-teaser. Oswin is definitely straight, and dialogue in “Deep Breath” and “Last Christmas” implies that the original Clara is also exclusively interested in men (although, of course, neither Strax nor the Doctor are famed for their understanding of gender), but dialogue in “The Caretaker” suggests otherwise, and an article on the Doctor Who website discussing inclusivity milestones mentions Clara’s dialogue in “The Caretaker” without labeling her sexuality. Scientists are still working on the cause(s) of sexual/romantic orientation, but we don’t know if all versions of the Impossible Girl have the exact same genetic/hormonal makeup, and it doesn’t make it any easier that Oswin is from so far in the future (obviously, biological evolution takes hundreds of thousands of years, while this is in less than 3500, but I’ve looked at the numbers, and statistically speaking, I’ll be disappointed if we still have gender in the 24th century. Like, at all). My current theory is, “Deep Breath” and “Last Christmas” notwithstanding, Clara is abrosexual (Google it, squiggly red line!), and she was straight when jumped into the crack… But, of course, those other episodes are still standing, and so are my responses to why they might not be binding. Let’s just say we reversed the polarity of the neutron flow and call it a night.
⁹According to various sources, the Norse Fates - Skuld, Urd and Verdandi - and the Greek Fates - Clotho and… The other two… Are both incarnations of the Three-in-One, who take various forms, always within the archetypes of the Mother, the Maiden, and the Crone. Clotho - whichever one she is - is the only one of these to be confirmed as pansexual within DC continuity, but the other two - whoever they are - are too, since they are Greek deities (see footnote 2).
¹⁰In The Sandman Companion, Neil Gaiman said that the Corinithian is gay, but there are two Corinthians, so we didn’t know which one until the TV series revealed that the original Corinthian is bi, meaning the new one must be the gay one.
¹¹To my knowledge, it’s never happened in the same issue, but Death has taken on both male and female forms in post-Flashpoint continuity. Additionally, since Death of the Endless has appeared both on New Earth and in the pre-2011 Vertigo timeline, which Dan Didio confirmed is not part of the 52 realities of the 2007-2011 multiverse, the Endless have domain over at least the entire Infinite Frontier, therefore, it’s likely that every Death ever, male and female, has been the same, for lack of a better word, “person”.
¹²It’s probably safe to assume that clones of queer characters will be the same kind of queer as the original character (unless they’re Bizarros?). Also, the Earth 11 version of Donald is queer. (Spoiler: DC Pride 2022)
¹³Jude Deluca confirmed that characters at the Pride parade in DC Pride 2022 can be considered canonically queer. (Spoiler: DC Pride 2022)
¹⁴The new Fadeaway was revealed in the one-page preview of Blue Beetle: Graduation Day, which lost, so we will (possibly) never know their true identity.
¹⁵I generally assume male characters played by cis female actors (and vice versa) are trans. And in “Episode 75: The Mask of Deception”, Kai said in response to Lloyd’s new voice, “Looks like our little ninja is growing up.” But importantly, Lloyd’s voice isn’t just deeper, it’s more masculine. And given his age, some weird part of me thinks that in the year between Hands of Time and Sons of Garmadon, he became old enough to start taking hormones (although I don’t know what the laws are for someone who’s drunk tomorrow’s tea). So basically, I made it up and now it’s canon. I have spoken. And also see footnote 7.
¹⁶Not really a “character”, but Berlanti appears as himself in the end credits of many of his productions, including some in the Arrowverse.
¹⁷In The Dreaming: Waking Hours, Jophiel did not enter the trance that Ruin and Heather did, which may have been due to being asexual, or due to some sort of general immunity to spells.
¹⁸'Supercorp' Fans Were Heartbroken by the 'Supergirl' Series Finale And as for my opinion as to whether the alternate ending is out there (and not just in Ghost Castle, on a secret roll of microfiche hidden under a pile of Green Arrow and the Canaries Blu-Rays), at first I thought it was bullshit, but The CW declined to comment, so IT’S TOTALLY REAL. And… Am I saying that Tom Taylor felt he could make Zala Jor-El queer because he was so certain that by the time the issue came out, it would already have been canon for almost a month? I’m not saying that. But I’m definitely not not saying that. #ReleaseTheSuperCorpCut! (Spoiler: Supergirl, Dark Knights of Steel)
¹⁹Based on the original Norse mythological basis for the character.
²⁰Tim has had many footnotes attached to the question of his sexuality: See footnotes 3 and 25, and in addition, none of that matters anymore because it’s finally happening and I am so thrilled that I spent a full 5 seconds not thinking about What If… ? coming out in less than 6 hours. (Spoiler: Batman: Urban Legends)
²¹I definitely did not notice this, and I want to thank whoever it was at Wikipedia that pointed it out, but in the Shazam! movie, Pedro’s reaction to… You know, the thing… Definitely suggested he was gay and/or ace.
²²Non-canon developmental stage for something that isn’t even DC; I’m really stretching the “at DC” to an absurd degree.
²³Well, see footnote 3 and also, it turns out one of the other characters on this list has been Steph all along… Or is it the other way around? (Spoiler: Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour
²⁴ Pride Profile: Starfire
²⁵ https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/news/robin-superboy-greatest-teen-romance-never-was/
²⁶In the comics, we only ever hear the Writer be referred to by male pronouns, and in this article: The Ten Strangest Members of the Suicide Squad | DC, they are referred to by non-binary pronouns, reflecting Grant Morrison-Prime coming out.
²⁷Well, it’s hard to say anything for sure. But in Saban’s Power Rangers, Zach asked Trini “Boyfriend trouble?” When she did not answer, he added “Girlfriend trouble?” Trini evasively answered “[My family] just like[s] me to be normal and I’m not.” Additionally, it was discussed that a potential sequel might have introduced a female version of Tommy Oliver, who in the original continuity is Trini’s love interest. In any case, it’s only applicable under footnote 7.
Alright, that took, like, half an hour. And I’m sure I’m not done.
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