Top LBGT Comic Book Characters: #7 Wanda
Transgender characters aren’t always the easiest people to find in comics. Most of the time, the characters who change gender are shapeshifters and, let’s be real, that doesn’t count. This is why Wanda from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series comes as a breath of fresh air against all of the stale half-choices that could be...
Top LBGT Comic Book Characters: #8 Northstar
Back Story: One of the most recognizable names when it comes to gay characters in comics, Northstar’s long history over a number of Marvel titles offers readers a chance to follow his dramatic and compelling story throughout his major life shifts. Born Jean-Paul Beaubier, he was separated from his twin sister Jeanne-Marie when his parents...
Top LBGT Comic Book Characters: #10 Satsu
Perhaps the best thing about the Buffy “Season 8” comic series was the fact that the story could go places that never would have been allowed on TV. That is what brought us Satsu, one of the most dynamic editions to ever grace the Buffy storyline. Born into a traditional Japanese family, Satsu’s life changed...
Battle Royale Returns to Gay Nerds!
Forum games are one of the many little treasures that can be found on the Gay Nerds message board, although it’s not every day that a special game rolls around which commands your attention the way that Battle Royale does! The second tournament of Battle Royale is now launching and if you act quickly, you’ll...
Ask Dr. Gay Nerd: I’m Living a Lie!
Dear Dr. Gay Nerd, I messed up. Bad. See, a friend of mine came out a while back and was really eager to start meeting people, but she didn’t know what to do. We tried going to some campus groups and stuff so she could meet people, but it didn’t really work out. Then another...
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Right Under Our Noses: Anne Lister
When you get right down to it, it’s often harder to find notable lesbians throughout history because up until the Women’s Liberation movement of the early 20th Century, women simply weren’t afforded much of a place throughout society. That’s why this edition of Right Under Our Noses is particularly remarkable. Not only is she a...
Top 10 LGBT Anime Characters: #10 – Ryoji “Ranka” Fujioka
10. Ryoji “Ranka” Fujioka Lighthearted and ridiculous, Ouran High School Host Club has offered anime fans a chance to enjoy the antics of a group of elite members of a private academy and the crazy situations they get themselves into through the “Host Club” they run. When an androgynous girl, Haruhi, gets incorporated into the...
Right Under Our Noses: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
I personally had no idea that the famous composer Tchaikovsky was homosexual and I have a feeling that the majority of people who haven’t studied a music history class probably don’t know this either. His music is widespread and considered by many to be some of the best, making him a household name. What we’ve...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters Recap
What goes into making a Top 10 List of the best LGBT book characters? Plenty of you are probably surprised that we didn’t include Dumbledore (as well as plenty of other notable LGBT characters like Dorian Grey, Lisbeth Salander, Stephen Gordon, or Tom Ripley) on our list. There’s a very fundamental reason behind our choices. ...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #1 – Liir Thropp
1. Liir Thropp – Son of a Witch Perhaps one of the most interesting re-imaginings of a beloved story, the Wicked series takes a fresh look at the social and political climate of the Land of Oz that led up to the birth of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba Thropp, and the wake...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #3 – Lestat de Lioncourt
3. Lestat de Lioncourt – The Vampire Chronicles Forget the sparkle. When you want a real vampire, you turn to Lestat. Long considered one of the sexiest characters in fiction, Lestat is memorable for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the partners with whom he shares his… ahem, bed. Although his charm...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #4 – Lady Orlando
4. Lady Orlando – Orlando, A Biography Being a little mad certainly has its perks. It’s probably how, in the year of 1928, Virginia Woolf managed to publish Orlando, A Biography, which is a fictional work telling the life of one young man who decides to live forever. Determined to break boundaries set forth in...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #5 – Thom Creed
5. Thom Creed – Hero The amount of LGBT fiction which is targeted toward young adults always seems surprising at first, although when you stop to think, it actually makes a lot of sense. The teenage years are some of the most volatile for young gay people and they really need something to reach out...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #6 – Liza Winthrop
6. Liza Winthrop – Annie on my Mind Coming to terms with your sexuality is typically not an easy thing to do, especially when you’re a bit different from the rest of the crowd. Going through it alone is absolutely terrifying, which is why having someone to go through it with you can help such...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #7 – Idgie Threadgoode
7. Idgie Threadgoode – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café It’s a commonly held belief that books are typically better than the movies made out of them. While Fried Green Tomatoes was actually a pretty good movie, this belief holds true regarding the original source material as well. The original source material, Fried...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #8 – Alec Scudder
8. Alec Scudder – Maurice. E.M. Forster’s novel: Maurice Great Britain, in the period leading to the First World War, wasn’t an especially inviting place for homosexuals. Even though E.M. Forster wrote and set his novel Maurice during this era, it wasn’t published until after his death in 1971, due to the controversy this novel...
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #10 – Sam Clay
10. Sam Clay – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon’s novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay pretty much has it all. You’ll find love, sex, death, comic books, harrowing escapes, comedy, and much, much more within this historically rich tale. On top of being a great read, it’s gotten quite...