Note: This film contains sexual content.

In their first episode, "Cum & Quiche" Rick and Steve are hosting a get-together with their friends, but Dana and Kirsten have their own request in mind… let’s just say a turkey baster isn’t only useful for Thanksgiving.

This brickfilm and the other three episodes gained quite the controversy and attention from The Lego Company (including sending a cease and desist) due to its explicit themes. When the shorts were later turned into an animated, stop motion show on Logo, Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World the designs were significantly changed.

Additionally, it's a great short to watch while building an Everyone Is Awesome Lego pride set. ]]> Director: Q. Allan Brocka
Year: 1999
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Gay, gender creative, lesbian
Animation Style: Stop motion
Genre: Comedy
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-drgaH_E2ak

]]> In anticipation of The Matrix Resurrections (Wachowski, 2021), the filmmaker and animator, Cressa Maeve Áine, reflects on her trans identity in relation to the Matrix franchise.]]> Director: Cressa Maeve Áine
Year: 2021
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Transgender
Animation Style: Digital, stop motion, traditional
Genre: Comedy, documentary
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mZk9no85dI8

]]> From South Africa, this stop motion short follows an eager George as he heads to his date.
]]> Director: Anthony Silverston
Year: 2004
Country: South Africa
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Stop motion
Genre: Romance
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rEcXfSgCk0A

]]> 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

]]> 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

Can currently be watched on NFB or YouTube: https://youtu.be/QBxdLOu5oI8

]]> 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

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DwS1NkXmmeE

]]> 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 and The Girl Bunnies. ROCKETSHIP.).

]]> Director: Françoise Doherty
Year: 2011
Country: Canada
Gender and Sexuality: Gay, lesbian
Animation Style: Stop motion
Genre: Romance
Type: Explicit, short

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4YE-qqOdIEo

]]> A boy with psychic powers must help save his town from invading zombies.

Among the team that helps save the day is Mitch, who Norman's sister has a crush on. At the end of the film, when she tries to ask him out, he reveals he has a boyfriend. While other out, gay characters in feature films existed prior to Mitch, this is the first time a character explicitly identifies as gay in a mainstream, animated children’s film.



]]> Director: Chris Butler, Sam Fell
Year: 2012
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Gay
Animation Style: Digital, stop motion
Genre: Adventure, comedy, horror
Type: Explicit, feature

Can currently be watched on STARZ or YouTube: https://youtu.be/SK1m2b0WcQM

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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

Can currently be watched on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XCWshCu-K3I

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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

Can currently be watched on Vimeo or YouTube: https://youtu.be/284I9q-_l78

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