Given
BL anime · 2019
A quiet guitarist, a grieving boy and a band, with a tender romance at the heart of a music story.
Art via Crunchyroll · Watch the trailer · On this site
Our stories, in pictures
Official art from the anime, cartoons, films and series where queer characters get to be in love, be brave and just be people, each one credited and linked to its trailer. The pride flags, in HD, with what they mean. And room for fan art, with the artist's name on it.
Arrow keys move through the pictures, space pauses, F goes full screen. On a phone, swipe.
On screen
Stories worth watching
Each picture is the preview image of the work's own official trailer, kept as a small copy here and shown to identify the work. The art belongs to the people who made it. Tap one to see it large, then watch the real thing.
Yuri!!! on Ice
Anime · 2016
A skater's comeback, coached by his idol, becomes a love story told without fuss.
Art via Crunchyroll · Watch the trailer · On this site
Sasaki and Miyano
BL anime · 2022
A high-schooler who loves boys' love manga lends a few to a cool classmate, and a friendship slowly becomes more.
Art via Crunchyroll · Watch the trailer · On this site
Adachi and Shimamura
Anime · 2020
Two girls who skip class on the gym's upper floor slowly become close.
Art via Crunchyroll Dubs · Watch the trailer · On this site
Bloom Into You
Anime · 2018
Yuu has never felt what love stories describe, until a senior confesses to her.
Art via HIDIVE · Watch the trailer · On this site
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Anime · 1997, film 1999
A fairy tale of duels and growing up, with a cult-classic love story at its centre.
Art via GKIDS Films · Watch the trailer · On this site
Sailor Moon Crystal
Anime · 2014
The magical-girl classic, whose cast includes Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune.
Art via VIZ Media · Watch the trailer · On this site
Heaven Official's Blessing
BL donghua · 2020
A fallen god and a ghost king, in a story that is half comedy, half epic romance.
Art via Bilibili · Watch the trailer · On this site
Steven Universe
Cartoon · 2013
A gentle space-fantasy where love between the Gems, Ruby and Sapphire most of all, is a plain fact of the world.
Art via Cartoon Network · Watch the trailer · On this site
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Cartoon · 2018
A reboot whose heroes, rivals and friends include several queer characters, and a love story at the heart of it.
Art via Masters of the Universe: He-Man & She-Ra · Watch the trailer · On this site
The Owl House
Cartoon · 2020
A human girl in a magical world, with a bisexual lead and one of television's loveliest slow-burn romances.
Art via Disney Channel Animation · Watch the trailer · On this site
Nimona
Animated film · 2023
A shapeshifter and a disgraced knight, in a film about being told you are a monster for being yourself.
Art via Netflix · Watch the trailer · On this site
Call Me by Your Name
Film · 2017
One summer in Italy, a first love told with great tenderness. Based on André Aciman's novel.
Art via Sony Pictures Classics · Watch the trailer · On this site
Heartstopper
Series · 2022
Two schoolboys fall for each other in a series so warm it has become a comfort watch for a generation.
Art via Netflix · Watch the trailer · On this site
Young Royals
Series · 2021
A prince at a Swedish boarding school falls in love with a classmate.
Art via Netflix · Watch the trailer · On this site
Love, Simon
Film · 2018
A teenager's first love and his coming out, told as a feel-good studio romcom.
Art via 20th Century Studios · Watch the trailer · On this site
Moonlight
Film · 2016
Three chapters in the life of a young Black man in Miami, and a Best Picture winner.
Art via A24 · Watch the trailer · On this site
Carol
Film · 2015
Two women in 1950s New York, one chance meeting and a love that cannot be hidden.
Art via StudiocanalUK · Watch the trailer · On this site
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Film · 2019
A painter and her subject on a remote island in 18th-century France.
Art via NEON · Watch the trailer · On this site
Red, White & Royal Blue
Film · 2023
The President's son and a British prince, a rivalry that turns into a romance.
Art via Prime Video · Watch the trailer · On this site
Our Flag Means Death
Series · 2022
Pirates, but make it romantic: a gentle comedy about a posh would-be pirate and the notorious Blackbeard.
Art via HBO Max · Watch the trailer · On this site
Love, Victor
Series · 2020
A teenager works out who he is in a new town, in the series that follows on from Love, Simon.
Art via Rotten Tomatoes TV · Watch the trailer · On this site
The Half of It
Film · 2020
A shy student writes love letters for a classmate and finds she is falling for the girl they are for.
Art via Netflix · Watch the trailer · On this site
Weekend
Film · 2011
Two men meet on a Friday night and spend the weekend talking.
Art via Independent Film Company · Watch the trailer · On this site
If you made one of these and would like it credited differently or taken down, write to us on the Connect page and we will do it straight away. The full list of sources is on the credits page.
The flags
Pride flags, and what they say
17 flags, each drawn from its published colours as a clean vector, so it stays sharp at any size. These ones are ours: free to use for anything. Tap one to see it large and save it. A flag does not make anyone more or less queer; these are just the ones people ask about.
Rainbow flag
Designed by Gilbert Baker, 1978
Made in San Francisco in 1978. Six bands, red to violet, one for every colour of the people it stands for. The best known pride flag in the world.
The first rainbow flag
Designed by Gilbert Baker, 1978
Baker's first design had eight bands. Hot pink stood for sex and turquoise for art. Hot pink fabric was hard to get, so the flag soon lost it, and then a band of indigo.
Progress Pride flag
Designed by Daniel Quasar, 2018
The rainbow with an arrow added: black and brown for queer people of colour, and the light blue, pink and white of the trans flag. It points forward, and asks us to keep going.
Philadelphia flag
Designed by City of Philadelphia, 2017
The rainbow with a black and a brown band on top, added to say plainly that queer people of colour belong at the front of the picture.
Transgender flag
Designed by Monica Helms, 1999
Light blue and pink, with white for people who are non-binary, in transition or who feel neither. Helms drew it so that it reads the right way round whichever way it is flown.
Bisexual flag
Designed by Michael Page, 1998
Pink for attraction to the same gender, blue for another gender, and the purple where they blend, which is how bisexual people often describe themselves.
Pansexual flag
Designed by an online community, around 2010
Pink, yellow and blue: attraction to people whatever their gender, shown as three equal bands.
Lesbian flag
Designed by Emily Gwen, 2018
Warm oranges for independence and community, soft pinks for love and femininity, and a white band for the many ways women relate to womanhood.
Asexual flag
Designed by the AVEN community, 2010
Black for asexuality, grey for the space between asexual and sexual, white for partners and allies, and purple for community.
Demisexual flag
Designed by the asexual community, 2010s
For people who feel attraction only after a strong emotional bond. The black triangle echoes the asexual flag it belongs beside.
Aromantic flag
Designed by the aromantic community, 2014
Greens for aromantic people, white for friendship and other close bonds, and grey and black for the whole range of attraction.
Non-binary flag
Designed by Kye Rowan, 2014
Yellow for gender that sits outside the binary, white for people with many genders, purple for a mix of male and female, black for people with no gender.
Genderqueer flag
Designed by Marilyn Roxie, 2010
Lavender for a blend of masculine and feminine, white for having no gender, and green, lavender's opposite, for gender outside the binary.
Genderfluid flag
Designed by JJ Poole, 2012
Pink and blue for feminine and masculine, purple for both, white for no gender, and black for all genders: a flag for a gender that moves.
Agender flag
Designed by Salem X, 2014
Black and white for the absence of gender, with green at the centre for people who are outside gender altogether.
Intersex flag
Designed by Morgan Carpenter, 2013
Yellow and purple, with an unbroken circle that stands for wholeness and the right of every intersex person to decide their own life.
Polysexual flag
Designed by an online community, around 2012
Pink for attraction to women, blue for men, and green for people outside the binary: attraction to more than one gender, but not all.
Colours, years and designers follow how each flag's own community and its designer describe it. If you spot a mistake, please tell us on the Connect page and we will fix it.
Manga, anime and fan art
Read them, watch them, draw them
Manga pages and fan art belong to the people who draw them, so we show only official trailer art and fan art that its artist has said yes to.
Meet the characters properly
Every trailer, where to read the manga in ways that pay the artists, and what each story is about are on the anime and manga page, with more films and series on the Watch page.
Share your fan art
Drew something? Post it in the Community art corner. A person reads every picture before anyone sees it, and your name stays on it. Want it in this gallery? Write to us on the Connect page with the picture, your name and a link you would like shown. We only show fan art with the artist's clear yes.
There is no fan art here yet, so the first slot is yours.