Statistics on Characters

Data specific to queer characters.

Sexual Orientation

7,319 characters

Over three quarters are lesbian or bisexual

Lesbian and bisexual characters make up the bulk of the characters.

  • Homosexual
    4,542 · 62.1%
  • Bisexual
    1,491 · 20.4%
  • Undefined
    421 · 5.8%
  • Heterosexual
    367 · 5%
  • Pansexual
    160 · 2.2%
  • Other
    338 · 4.6%
12

Distinct sexual orientations tracked.

17.6%

Percentage with an orientation other than lesbian or bisexual.

2015

How far back our rarest tracked orientation (Demisexual) goes.

Sexuality Mix by Decade

Before 1980s

63% Homosexual
  • Homosexual 40 · 62.5%
  • Bisexual 13 · 20.3%
  • Heterosexual 8 · 12.5%
  • Undefined 2 · 3.1%
  • Not Straight 1 · 1.6%

64 characters

1980s

60% Homosexual
  • Homosexual 44 · 60.3%
  • Heterosexual 15 · 20.5%
  • Bisexual 14 · 19.2%

73 characters

1990s

57% Homosexual
  • Homosexual 181 · 56.9%
  • Bisexual 78 · 24.5%
  • Heterosexual 35 · 11%
  • Pansexual 11 · 3.5%
  • Undefined 9 · 2.8%
  • Not Straight 3 · 0.9%
  • Queer 1 · 0.3%

318 characters

2000s

64% Homosexual
  • Homosexual 623 · 63.8%
  • Bisexual 243 · 24.9%
  • Heterosexual 73 · 7.5%
  • Undefined 25 · 2.6%
  • Pansexual 7 · 0.7%
  • Not Straight 2 · 0.2%
  • Queer 2 · 0.2%
  • Questioning 1 · 0.1%
  • Fluid 1 · 0.1%

977 characters

2010s

62% Homosexual
  • Homosexual 2,255 · 61.9%
  • Bisexual 819 · 22.5%
  • Heterosexual 186 · 5.1%
  • Undefined 134 · 3.7%
  • Pansexual 104 · 2.9%
  • Queer 65 · 1.8%
  • Asexual 39 · 1.1%
  • Not Straight 24 · 0.7%
  • Fluid 9 · 0.2%
  • Demisexual 5 · 0.1%
  • Non-Monosexual 2 · 0.1%
  • Questioning 2 · 0.1%

3,644 characters

2020s

62% Homosexual
  • Homosexual 1,398 · 62.4%
  • Bisexual 324 · 14.5%
  • Undefined 251 · 11.2%
  • Queer 76 · 3.4%
  • Not Straight 73 · 3.3%
  • Heterosexual 50 · 2.2%
  • Pansexual 38 · 1.7%
  • Asexual 13 · 0.6%
  • Fluid 10 · 0.4%
  • Questioning 5 · 0.2%
  • Non-Monosexual 4 · 0.2%

2,242 characters

Firsts

1961

Homosexual: Miss Brant

1967

Heterosexual: Princess Sapphire

1968

Undefined: Kollos

1977

Not Straight: Tracy Barlow

1991

Pansexual: Kareel Odan

1998

Queer: Gina Röderer

2004

Fluid: Jenny Schecter

2009

Questioning: Jackson Smith

2010

Asexual: Poppy

2015

Non-Monosexual: Philippa Gordon

2015

Demisexual: Frankie Laurence

Statistics are updated daily.