In this ode to westerns, Yuka, the moth girl is on the hunt for a wanted man terrorizing a town. Along the way she must come to terms that the two are more connected than she’d like to admit.
]]> Director: GJ Pelczar
Year: 2021
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Transgender
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending, stop motion
Genre: Drama, western
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo or YouTube: https://vimeo.com/534665353

]]> When the Mayor becomes suspicious that Barber will figure out his corrupt plans, he sends Barber away to work at NASA, their dream internship. Barber’s elation quickly becomes shattered when they learn the world they have been living in has been a lie. Now, unsure about their future, they must cope with new insights and previous traumas.

Barber Westchester 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 Goodbye Forever Party and The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia).

]]> Director: Jonni Peppers
Year: 2021
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Gay, lesbian, nonbinary
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending, stop motion, traditional
Genre: Comedy, drama, science fiction
Type: Explicit, feature

Can currently be watched on Gumroad: https://jonnipeppers.gumroad.com/l/barberwestchester?layout=profile

]]> The difficulties of trying to live life as an open cartoon character in a human world; the animated form serves as an allegory for being queer.]]> Director: Emilio Martí López
Year: 2011
Country: Spain
Gender and Sexuality: Gay, queer
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending
Genre: Comedy
Type: Implicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/33915153

]]> Director: Elka Kerkhofs
Year: 2006
Country: Australia
Gender and Sexuality: Lesbian
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending, stop motion
Genre: Drama, romance
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo or YouTube: https://vimeo.com/2175384

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

While playing a pinball game, a New York City cartoonist fantasizes about his life.

This film includes the character Snowflake. Online, there is conflicting information about Snowflake's gender due to the broad terminology from the period and conflicting film reviews. However, in Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi (Gibson and McDonnell, 2008), she is described as a transvestite (while an umbrella term at that time, did include trans individuals) and addressed only with she/her pronouns (p.96). Given this context and her scenes in the film, she shall be classified as a trans woman.
]]> Director: Ralph Bakshi
Year: 1973
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Queer coded, queer, transgender
Animation Style: Live-action blending, traditional
Genre: Comedy, drama
Type: Explicit, feature

Can currently be watched on iTunes: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/heavy-traffic/umc.cmc.1tfmzqj1bobpisq5fr14mnz3s

]]> Note: This film contains sexual content

Follows two ducks’ relationship until alcohol and infidelity complicate the situation.
]]> Director: Andrej Kolenčík
Year: 2007
Country: Slovakia
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending
Genre: Drama
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/15497534

]]> When a lonely girl meets a rogue space alien, the two form an unexpected bond.

Pleaky's penchant for dressing and presenting as a woman is not unique to this film and continues in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003-2006) TV spin-off.]]> Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Year: 2002
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Gender creative, queer coded
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending, traditional
Genre: Adventure, comedy, drama, science fiction
Type: Feature, implicit

Can currently be watched on Amazon Prime, Disney+, or YouTube: https://youtu.be/QO8OKPzb-E4

]]> The Looney Tunes are back and zanier than ever. This time, they embark on a spy adventure, causing chaos in places like Hollywood, France, and even space.]]> Director: Joe Dante
Animation Director: Eric Goldberg
Year: 2003
Country: Germany, United States
Gender and Sexuality: Gender creative, queer coded
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending, traditional
Genre: Adventure, comedy
Type: Feature, implicit

Can currently be watched on Amazon Prime, Vudu, or YouTube: https://youtu.be/e65LWt5BZl4

]]> Note: This video contains unintentional misgendering for Judith Butler and Rahim Claude Redcar (Chris), reflecting their public identities in 2020. The tags for this short shall include their identities after 2020.

This sequel to Queer Heros (Jessop, 2016) showcases a new assortment of influential queer figures, including musician Janelle Monáe, YouTube essayist Natalie Wynn (also known as ContraPoints), queer theorist Judith Butler, and director Gregg Araki.]]> Director: Kate Jessop
Year: 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Gender and Sexuality: Drag, bisexual, gay, lesbian, nonbinary, queer, transgender
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending, stop motion, traditional
Genre: Documentary
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/467051605

]]> After a ghost is struck by lightning, a man does everything he can to help them remember who they were and complete their journey into the unknown.]]> Director: Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac, Grégoire De Bernouis, Hélène Ledevin
Year: 2020
Country: France
Gender and Sexuality: Androgyny, nonbinary
Animation Style: Digital, live-action blending
Genre: Comedy, fantasy
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on Vimeo or YouTube: https://vimeo.com/472944991

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