A carefree individual clashes with his friend over how one should live their life.

]]> Director: Yonatan Tal
Year: 2017
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Drama
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo or YouTube: https://youtu.be/5UKSrLzOokY

 ]]> Note: This film contains homophobia, suicidal imagery and violence.

Bisi Alimi reflects on the homophobia and violence he faced as a closeted gay man in Nigeria, and the severe consequences that followed after coming out on national television.]]> Director: Gui Boucault, André Tomonari
Year: 2018
Country: Brazil
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Documentary
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo or YouTube: https://youtu.be/IfzinFQHNvw

 ]]> A mermaid thinks of a way to let an angel know she has a crush on her. ]]> Director: Raven Law
Year: 2018
Country: Australia
Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Fantasy, romance
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wtza3t4zFu0

 ]]> Note: This film contains sexual content and violence.

B., in an unfulfilled relationship with K., envisions what her life would be like if she continues to date him.

]]> Director: Kai Stänicke
Year: 2015
Country: Germany
Gender and Sexuality: Gay, lesbian
Animation Style: Digital, stop motion
Genre: Drama
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0781QP1M8

 ]]> Note: This video contains sexual content and unintentional misgendering of the musician Arca, reflecting her public identity in 2016. The tags for this short shall include her identities after 2016.

Showcases an assortment of influential queer figures, including activist Angela Davis, director and animator Norman McLaren, musician Debbie Smith, and artist Keith Haring. In 2020, a sequel to this short, Modern Queer Heroes (Jessop, 2020) was released.

]]> Director: Kate Jessop
Year: 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Gay, lesbian, nonbinary, queer, transgender
Animation Style: Digital, stop motion, traditional
Genre: Documentary
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/185201333

 ]]> What starts as an unconventional day at a deteriorating bath house, quickly descends into chaos when a gang attempts to rob the establishment.

While not overly explicit, the short’s description identifies the two men visiting the bath house as a couple.

]]> Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Year: 2014
Country: Sweden
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Digital, stop motion
Genre: Drama
Type: Implicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/207466220

 ]]> Note: This film contains violence.

After Batman is nowhere to be found following a vicious fight, it’s up to members of the Bat-Family to take charge and stop the newest threat in Gotham City.

This is not the only film in the Queer Animation database that depicts Batwoman’s sexuality (see Catwoman: Hunted).

]]> Director: Jay Oliva
Year: 2016
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Action, adventure, science fiction
Type: Explicit, feature

Can currently be watched on Amazon Prime or YouTube: https://youtu.be/OnYUDlovs_U

 ]]> Despite working on a popular children’s show, a costume performer struggles to please those around her. This further strains her already fragile career, relationships, and mental health.

Goodbye Forever Party is a film within a larger series, “The Blindfold.”

Peppers is currently working on the concluding film related to this series, The Cone Layer, slated for a 2026 or 2027 release. You can support the upcoming feature by joining her Patreon or purchasing a bundle of the previously completed works on Gumroad, including the recently completed Take Off the Blindfold, Adjust Your Eyes, Look in the Mirror, See The Face Of Your Mother (2025) (see Barber Westchester and The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia). 

]]> Director: Jonni Peppers
Year: 2017
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian
Animation Style: Digital, stop motion, traditional
Genre: Comedy, drama
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Gumroad: https://jonnipeppers.gumroad.com/l/goodbyeforeverparty

 ]]> Vivek Shraya reflects on The Roost, a gay bar in Edmonton she used to visit, and how it provided her with a sense of community, despite how complicated navigating a queer space can be when you do not fit into a community's expectations.

Shraya had already came out as trans when Reviving The Roost was released. Though the story is set during a time before she transitioned, the short discusses ways she presented more feminine when she visited The Roost. Since Shraya was heavily involved with the work, serving as the writer, director, and narrator of the piece, I feel categorizing it as transgender, albeit implicitly, is applicable.]]> Director: Vivek Shraya
Year: 2019
Country: Canada
Gender and Sexuality: Drag, gay, gender creative, lesbian, queer, transgender
Animation Style: Digital
Genre: Documentary
Type: Explicit, implicit, short

Can currently be watched on NFB or YouTube: https://youtu.be/LkHarOCw4s8

]]> Interviews with trans individuals about their identities, and how they have been treated by society.]]> Director: Tomas Cali
Year: 2017
Country: Brazil
Gender and Sexuality: Nonbinary, transgender
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending
Genre: Documentary
Type: Explicit, implicit, short

Can currently be watched on Facebook, Vimeo, or YouTube: https://youtu.be/WdfjPWG1-AM

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