Queer Characters and TV Shows/Movies

“So today, I’m marching for that part of me that was once too afraid to march. And for all the people who can’t march, the people living lives like I did…

Today I march to remember that I’m not just a me, but I’m also a we. And we march with pride.”

Glen & Glenda

Glen and Glenda are characters on the TV series Chucky. They are nonbinary/genderfluid siblings. They are played by Lachlan Watson, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.

Mabel Mora

Mabel Mora is one of the main characters on Only Murders in the Building. She is bisexual. Mabel is played by Selena Gomez.

Billy Kaplan / Billy Maximoff

Billy Kaplan / Maximoff is a main character on Marvel’s Agatha All Along. He is gay and has a boyfriend named Eddie. Billy is played by Joe Locke, who is gay. Eddie is played by Miles Gutierrez-Riley, who is queer.

Paul Strickland

Paul Strickland is a main character on 9-1-1: Lone Star. He is a transgender man. Paul is played by Brian Michael Smith, who is also a trans man.

Mindy Meeks-Martin

Mindy Meeks-Martin is a main character in Scream 5, Scream VI, and Scream 7. She is a lesbian. Mindy is played by Jasmin Savoy Brown, who is queer and uses she/they pronouns.

TK Strand & Carlos Reyes

TK and Carlos are main characters on 9-1-1: Lone Star. They are gay, their relationship is one of the show’s central romances, and they get married during the series. TK is played by Ronen Rubinstein, who is bisexual, and Carlos is played by Rafael L. Silva, who is gay.

Viktor Hargreeves

Viktor is one of the protagonists of the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy. He is a transgender man and queer. He is played by Elliot Page, who is also trans and queer.

Fear Street Trilogy (2021)

⚠️ Content warning: standard horror violence/gore, hanging/execution, suicide/self-harm imagery, religious persecution, possession, homophobia

🔪Type of horror: Slasher

🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: The trilogy centers the sapphic relationship between Deena Johnson and Sam Fraser.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018 - 2020)

⚠️ Content warning: death, ritual violence, body horror, religious/satanic imagery, abuse, standard horror violence/gore

👻🕯️Type of Horror: Gothic / Supernatural

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: Theo Putnam, played by Lachlan Watson, is a trans gay boy. Robin Goodfellow, played by Jonathan Whitesell, is his boyfriend. Ambrose Spellman, played by Chance Perdomo, is pansexual.

Hannibal (2013 - 2015, canceled)

⚠️ Content warning: graphic violence/gore, cannibalism, murder, body horror, psychological manipulation, abuse

🧠🕯️Type of Horror: Psychological / Gothic

🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: Alana Bloom and Margot Verger have an explicit queer relationship, get married, and have a son together.

Nope (2022)

⚠️ Content warning: standard horror violence/gore, animal death/peril, child endangerment

🧪Type of horror: Sci-fi

🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: Emerald Haywood, played by Keke Palmer, is a lesbian.

Freaky (2020)

⚠️ Content warning: standard horror violence/gore

🔪🎭 Type of horror: Slasher / comedy

🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: Josh Detmer, played by Misha Osherovich, is gay.

They/Them (2022)

⚠️ Content warning: conversion therapy, homophobia/transphobia, institutional abuse, misgendering/deadnaming, standard horror violence/gore

🔪🧠Type of horror: Slasher / psychological

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: They/Them centers a group of LGBTQ+ teens at a conversion camp, including Jordan Lewis, who is trans and nonbinary; Alexandra Traven, who is a trans girl; Toby O’Neal, who is gay; Veronica Lim, who is bisexual; and Kim Hartman, who is a lesbian.

It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)

⚠️ Content warning: standard horror violence/gore, drug use, grief

🔪🎭 Type of horror: Slasher / comedy

🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: Winnie Carruthers, played by Jane Widdop, and Bernie Simon, played by Jess McLeod, have a sapphic romantic storyline. The movie also includes Winnie’s queer brother Jimmy Carruthers and her queer aunt Gale Prescott.

Wreck (2022 - 2024, canceled)

⚠️ Content warning: standard horror violence/gore, drugs, workplace abuse/exploitation, sexual harassment

🔪🎭 Type of horror: Slasher / comedy

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: Wreck centers gay protagonist Jamie Walsh and his friendship with Vivian Lim, who is a lesbian, and also includes Jamie’s love interest Oliver Reyes, and trans character Rosie Preston.

Dead Boy Detectives — Netflix Series (2024, canceled)

⚠️ Content warning: abuse, homophobia, death, Hell/afterlife imagery, standard horror violence

👻🧩 Type of horror: Supernatural / mystery

🏳️‍🌈Queer rep: Edwin Payne, played by George Rexstrew, is canonically gay in the Netflix series.