Please help!

[call_me_stan]

Please read! I need help from anime fans!I need to make a list of Queer anime characters for a class project. Queer includes: gay (out, not speculated including lesbian and bi), very flamboyant but "straight," and any form of cross-dressing

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[lauracee]

Not sure if I'm totally on the right track:

--Levin from Tekkaman Blade (he cross dresses).
--Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club (Haruhi's cross dressing father).
--Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus?

[call_me_stan]

AHA thanks, that's pretty much exactly the stuff I'm looking for! Thanks!

If you can think of any others, let me know <3

[lauracee]

--Jun Watarase from Happiness (he's very effeminate)
--Bobbi from Macross F is gay I think
--a dude that runs the automail shop where Winry works in FMA
--Leeron from Gurren Lagann is very flamboyant
-- Nuriko from Fushigi Yuugi (crossdressing)

[lauracee]

--Ky Kiske -- from Guilty Gear X2
--Subaru from Tokyo Babylon/X
--Yukito and Touya from CCS

[elber_chan]

Off the top of my head:

*Utena (though her preferences are questionable in the manga)
*Haruka/Michiru
*Zoicite/Kunzite
*Kamatari (Rurouni Kenshin- male who dresses like a woman and loves Shishio, his master)
*Nina Einstein (Code Geass- I've only watched the 1st season but...it would seem that she's gay >>)

Ummmmm, that's all I can think of, at the moment. Hope this helps.

Good luck with crunch time at school! You can do it!!!

[call_me_stan]

Thanks! You wouldn't happen to know when Katamari and Nina appear episode wise, would you? I haven't seen those series in a long time and would need to re-watch it for research.

*goes to look for an episode guide*

[elber_chan]

Errr, let's see. Well, I'm not a fan of the anime version of Rurouni Kenshin, so I'm not sure where Kamatari appears, but it would be in the Kyoto arc.

Nina appears in episode 1 of Code Geass.

Ooh, and I've thought of another character. There's Ashura from RG Veda. I'm unfamiliar with the anime, though, so you'd have to look up episodes. ^^

[elber_chan]

Oh, although- Nina is pretty closeted in the 1st season. Perhaps she comes out in R2- I dunno. But it's an idea, anyway!

[cure_marine]

Anna - He Is My Master

[call_me_stan]

OH GAWD THANKYA. I had completely forgotten all about CCS. Hell, I should just write a paper about Gay people in CLAMP series... There's a crossdresser in Clamp School Defenders too if I recall... And Legal Drug has definite shonen ai undertones... OH and XXXHolic's Maru and Moro are always all over eachother...

Annnnddd you've just given me reason to watch He Is My Master.... THANX =/ Just kidding, but really I've been meaning to watch it for a while. Same with Maria-sama, and I'll be writing a whole section on real shojo-ai stories (like Aoi Hana too) since they aren't comedic in expression and they're the one case where homosexuality is the driving force behind plot while not being pornographic (Shonen Ai is waaaaay more suggestive as a genre on the whole, it seems, and is mostly for fan service... Ergo, it can't be taken seriously)

Sorry to ramble like that! This is actually really helping me get my ideas solidified while I research.

[cure_marine]

He is My Master is a campy fanservice fun. Nothing to be taken too seriously, just enjoy the ride. I think you might like it. Despite what the title suggests, the three main girls are likeable and are strong female characters. I also like the fact that it's a satire on common themes found in hentai. LOL! XD

That's why I've always preferred shoujo-ai over shounen-ai. Yes, the girls are pretty, but they have depth and you have justified reasons to love or hate the character. Shoujo-ai, imo, just tends to be much more well written and insightful. A few titles I can rec - Brother Dear Brother, Maria-sama, Utena, etc.

CLAMP has all sorts of gay. One of my friends claims that Ashura likes girls (RG Veda). I never could get int othe series, so I can't confirm. Then again, this is the same girl who thinks Dante (DMC) is gay for Virgil.

Glad I could be of help!

[call_me_stan]

Hahaha. yeah... the problem with Ashura is that he's a he/she... Very gender ambiguous and sexually ambiguous. I'm probably not gonna include RGVeda.

[songee]

There is more, but this is what I can think of for now..

Nadeshiko Fujisaki from Shugo Chara! : He lives life as a girl, crossdresses

Grell Sutcliffe from Kuroshitsuji: Flamboyantly gay in a creepy shinigami way

Hakuyo from Mugen Spiral

Subaru and Seishiro - Tokyo Babylon (They kind of have this funny relationship?)

Maora and Maguri from Gentlemen's Alliance Cross - Maguri cross dresses, usually wears girls clothing/school uniform. Maguri was in love with Shizumasa/Takanari before, and in the end Maora and Maguri are canon (?) guy/guy couple.

[call_me_stan]

AH! I had forgotten Gentlemen's Alliance!! Thanks! (I've got all the manga, PERFECT references <3)

I guess I gotta finish Shugo Chara and Kuroshitsuji now... Hahaha...

[songee]

:x I feel bad...I've just completely spoiler-ed you then

[call_me_stan]

Thanks. And no spoiler-apologies needed. I never intended to finish either up until now. :P

[detachless]

The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Isabella from Paradise Kiss. If I think more, I'll tell ya. :D

[call_me_stan]

OH and George says he's Bi too! I can't believe I forgot that DX

[detachless]

He does say that!

Himeko and Chinkane from Kannazuki no Miko are lesbians. Kouya and Yamato are also lesbians, but if you look into Loveless, like all of them are gay. Characters from Gravitation are also gay. All the girls from Strawberry Panic. Sorry, I'm really forgetting names right now!

[call_me_stan]

LOL... no this is all helpful since I've never seen any of those.

See, I'm writing this as a research paper... So the ones I don't know about need to be looked up on from a reputable site or I need to go straight to the source and read/watch to get the info I need, mainly the tropes that show up pertaining to mannerisms, looks and usage of these characters in anime.