A supernatural tale of a lady who can communicate with spirits. Ostracized by her town for her peculiar behaviors, she forms a connection with a ghostly spirit.]]>Director: Vincent Marcone Year: 2011 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian Animation Style: Digital Genre: Fantasy, horror Type: Explicit, short
]]>Inspired by the director's experience when working at a summer camp for adults with developmental disabilities, Avni created a story focusing on two men with Down syndrome who loved each other. When John unexpectedly dies, the short then focuses on how Michael processes and copes with his loss.
This short is narrated by Brian Davis, who also has this condition. ]]>Director: Shira Avni Year: 2004 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Gay Animation Style: Stop motion Genre: Drama, romance Type:Explicit, short
]]>The first episode from The Girl Bunnies. While in a long distance relationship, two bunnies pine for each other (see The Girl Bunnies. BIG TREE. and The Girl Bunnies. ROCKETSHIP.).]]>Director: Françoise Doherty Year: 2008 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian Animation Style: Stop motion Genre:Romance Type:Explicit, short
]]>The Girl Bunnies, this time Mimi receives a chainsaw as a gift. When she decides to test it out she soon meets Delilah, a nature-loving bunny, in a tree. The two get to know each other better until Mimi slices off a branch which greatly upsets Delilah. Guilty, Mimi tries to figure out a way to fix the situation and have Delilah like her again (see The Girl Bunnies andThe Girl Bunnies. ROCKETSHIP.). ]]>Director: Françoise Doherty Year: 2011 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Gay, lesbian Animation Style: Stop motion Genre:Romance Type:Explicit, short
]]> As with other shorts in this project, multiple queer identities are included. In this one, while the bunnies are building the rocketship, one of the characters reveals he is transgender (see The Girl Bunnies and The Girl Bunnies. BIG TREE.). ]]>Director: Françoise Doherty Year: 2015 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian, transgender Animation Style: Stop motion Genre: Romance, science fiction Type:Explicit, short
A mother must unexpectedly deal with an accident while cooking. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to her, her son is spending some intimate time with his boyfriend.]]>Director: Daniel Sterlin-Altman Year: 2016 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Gay Animation Style: Stop motion Genre: Comedy Type:Explicit, short
In this documentary, four women recall their stories of falling in love with other women for the first time. The documentary is available in both French and English. ]]>Director: Diane Obomsawin Year: 2016 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality:Lesbian Animation Style: Digital Genre: Documentary, romance Type:Explicit, short
]]>A vampire is on a date with a human. When she notices a monster hunter is trailing close behind, she does her best to keep the date running smoothly.]]>Director: Rhael McGregor Year: 2021 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Bisexual, gender creative, lesbian, transgender Animation Style: Digital Genre: Fantasy, romance Type:Explicit, short
After a transgender individual starts presenting the way they want, they experience a violent altercation when they try to use a public bathroom. ]]>Director: Charlie Ngo Year: 2015 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Transgender Animation Style: Digital Genre: Drama Type:Explicit, implicit, short
The first in the Pussy Boy trilogy, this short follows Alick as he retells his time in the early 70s when he was in school, his crush on K (or written as Kay in the last short) and his hopes of being with her.
While not all the queer identities are explicitly mentioned in this trilogy, they are detailed on Butler’s website (see The Misadventures of Pussy Boy: Sick and The Misadventures of Pussy Boy: First Period).]]>Director: Terri Roberton Year: 2000 Country: Canada Gender and Sexuality: Intersex, lesbian, queer, transgender, two-spirit Animation Style: Stop motion Genre: Romance Type:Explicit, implicit, short