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This is a list of bisexual characters in fiction, i.e. characters that either self-identify as bisexual or have been identified by outside parties to be bisexual. Bisexuality is a sexual orientation that refers to the romantic and/or sexual attraction towards people of more than one gender. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters. This page does not include bisexual characters in films, television, anime, or Western animation.

Similar lists include trans, lesbian, gay, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters for information about fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community.

The names are in alphabetical order by surname, or by single name if the character does not have a surname. If more than two characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used.

Graphic novels[edit]

See also: List of graphic art works with LGBT characters and LGBT themes in comics
Characters Title Years Notes Country
Ramona Flowers Scott Pilgrim 2004–2010 Ramona has seven evil exes: six ex-boyfriends and her ex-girlfriend Roxie. Scott Pilgrim, Ramona's current boyfriend in the series, often makes the mistake of referring to them as seven "ex-boyfriends" before learning that Ramona used to date a girl. Ramona repeatedly corrects him by pointing out that "exes" is correct, not "ex-boyfriends", but she does not actually tell him about her ex-girlfriend until Scott meets Roxie in person.[1] Ramona says that dating a girl was just a phase.[2] However, Ramona later spends the night at Roxie's house and they make out offscreen.[3] Canada
Korra The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars & The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire 2017–2018 & 2018-2020 In the animated series The Legend of Korra, Korra and Asami date Mako at different points. At the end of the series, Korra and Asami are holding hands and looking into each other's eyes while traveling through a portal right before the ending credits.[4] The creators later confirmed the intention of the ending scene was to show Asami and Korra becoming a romantic couple.[5][6][7] In the graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, which is the sequel to the animated series, Korra and Asami are in a relationship. United States
Asami Sato
Toya Kinomoto Cardcaptor Sakura & Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 1996–present The creators have confirmed Yukito and Toya are a couple.[8] They are stated to be in love within the series itself.[9] Before meeting Yukito, Toya dated Kaho Mizuki when she was his junior high school teacher, and she broke up with him when she left to study in England. Syoaran Li has a crush on Yukito in the beginning of the Cardcaptor Sakura series, but soon develops romantic feelings for the titular lead character Sakura. Japan
Syaoran Li
Dee Laytner Fake & Fake 2 & Fake 3 1994-2000 & 2007 & 2010-2011 Dee, a police detective, repeatedly tells Randy "Ryo" Maclean, a New York City rookie cop, he is bisexual, while Ryo and Dee enter a relationship throughout the course of this manga.[10][11]
Ash Lynx Banana Fish 1985–1994 Ash has slept with men and women during his time as a prostitute. He mainly has relationships with men such as Eiji,[12] while dealing with childhood trauma from molestation.[13] While has a close relationship with Eiji, he admitted that he had a relationship with a girl who was killed "under suspicion of being his girlfriend." Japan
Noh-Varr Young Avengers 2005–2014 Noh-Varr has stated he had experiences with Kree of the same sex at the end of Young Avengers (2013), to which Kate Bishop replied "Am I the only one on the team who is straight?"[14] United States
Nuriko Fushigi Yûgi 1992–1996 Nuriko is one of the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku. She is introduced as "Kang-Lin", a woman in Emperor Hotohori's harem who has the power of superhuman strength.[15] Nuriko is in love with Hotohori and at first considers Miaka her rival for his love,[16] but Nuriko and Miaka soon become friends.[17] Japan
Illyana Rasputin New Mutants 1975– present Illyana asks a group of gender diverse space pirates to make out with her before fighting them.[18]
Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon) Sailor Moon 1991–1997 She has shown to be attracted to boys and girls alike. In the beginning of the manga she has a crush on Motoki, a guy who works at the Game Center Crown. Over the course of the first couple of acts, she starts having feelings for Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask). When Haruka kisses her on the lips, she really loved it and even showed romantic attraction towards both Rei and Makoto.[19] In a novelization of the manga, Usagi thinks to herself "I love beautiful people, whether they're men or women." Japan
Wonder Woman DC Comics Bombshells & Bombshells United 2015–2017 & 2017-2018 Wonder Woman was in a relationship with Mera and later Steve Trevor.[20] Harley and Poison Ivy are in a relationship in the series.[20][21] United States
Harley Quinn
Poison Ivy

Literature[edit]

See also: Bisexual literature, List of LGBT-themed speculative fiction, List of LGBT characters in modern written fiction, and Bisexual Book Awards
Character Work Author Years Description
Akhenaten A God Against the Gods & Return to Thebes Allen Drury 1976

1977

Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten is married to Nefertiti, but his romance with his brother Smenkhkara contributes to his downfall.[22]
Smenkhkara
Alexander the Great Fire from Heaven & The Persian Boy Mary Renault 1969

1972

Alexander is involved in a romantic sexual relationship with Hephaistion, and then the Persian slave Bagoas, but is also married three times and fathers a son. Both men are involved in romantic sexual relationships with Alexander the Great.[23]
Bagoas
Hephaistion
Brigham Anderson Advise and Consent Allen Drury 1959 Married US senator Anderson is blackmailed over a secret wartime homosexual affair for which he is unapologetic.[24][25]
Magnus Bane The Shadowhunter Chronicles Cassandra Clare 2007– Magnus is openly bisexual, having several relationships with both men and women, his most notable partners being his current boyfriend Alec Lightwood and his ex-girlfriend Camille Belcourt.[26][27]
Chuck Bass Gossip Girl Cecily von Ziegesar 2002–2011 In this series, Chuck was bisexual, although this was never explored in the Gossip Girl TV show, which creator Joshua Safran said he regretted.[28]
Leah Burke Leah on the Offbeat Becky Albertalli 2018 Leah is bisexual and loves her friend Abby. She has been seen with men and women.[29]
Kitty Butler Tipping the Velvet Sarah Waters 1998 Has a sexual/romantic relationship with the main character and marries a man.[30]
Camille Desmoulins A Place of Greater Safety Hilary Mantel 1992 Attracted to people of multiple genders. Camille is described in the publisher’s copy as “bisexual and beautiful" [31]
Bill Haydon Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John le Carré 1974 Has a girlfriend, a male lover, seduces Ann, the wife of George Smiley, and rumoured to be the lover of Jim Prideaux.[32]
Claudine Claudine at School Colette 1902 Claudine is unfaithful to her husband, Renaud, having an affair with her friend Rézi, who herself has a secrete liaison with Renaud.[33]
Rézi
Calixte Strange the Dreamer series Laini Taylor 2017-2018 Calixte and Tzara enter a long-term relationship with each other at the start of the series. Thyon Nero has never been romantically or sexually attracted to a woman but finds himself drawn to Ruza, who seems to reciprocate his interest, making them both gay or in Ruza's case at least bisexual.[34]
Thyon Nero
Tzara
Ruza
Clayton "Clay" Less than Zero Bret Easton Ellis 1985 This is coming-of-age story narrated by Clay, "a sexually ambiguous eighteen-year-old student", who tries to resume a relationship with the woman he loved in high school but "leaves a party with a young man."[35][36]
Imperial Bedrooms 2010
Fever Crumb Fever Crumb Series Philip Reeve 2009–11 Fever first falls in love with the male Arlo Thursday, and later with the female Cluny Morvish.[37]
Beauchamp Day Tales of the City series Armistead Maupin 1978–2014 While the original series featured gay and bisexual characters who "kissed on camera and had sex in bathhouses,"[38] in the Netflix adaption of this series, Shawna is an "explicitly bisexual character."[39]
DeDe Halcyon Day
Mona Ramsey
Paul Denton The Rules of Attraction Bret Easton Ellis 1987 In this book, set in Camden, Paul lusted for another character, Sean Bateman, saying he slept with him, while Bateman "never admits as much."[35] This book ended up fortifying Ellis's reputation as a "nihilistic authorial presence who reports action but seldom comments on it."
Jesper Fahey Six of Crows duology Leigh Bardugo 2015–2016 Jesper is a skilled sharpshooter. He begins dating Wylan by the end of the duology.
Courtney Farrell Chocolates for Breakfast Pamela Moore 1956 Courtney develops a crush on her female boarding school teacher, and later has a sexual relationship with Barry Cabot, her mother's bisexual friend who is in a relationship with a man.[40][41]
Barry Cabot
Darvish Shayrif Hakem The Fire's Stone Tanya Huff 1990 Darvish is willing to have sex with anyone, whether men or women.[42]
Rosemary Harper The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers 2015 Rosemary Harper and Sissix are both either lesbians or bisexual as the two women enter a relationship with each other over the course of the novel.[43]
Sissix
Herewiss The Tale of the Five series Diane Duane 1979–1992 This book is a fantasy with a "bisexual male protagonist whose main love interest is male," and is set in a world with normalized polyamory,[44] with bisexuality and polyamory seeming to "be the default."[45]
Freelorn
The Goddess
Ruth Jamison Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Fannie Flagg 1987 This novel weaves together the past and the present through the blossoming friendship between Evelyn Couch, a middle-aged housewife, and Ninny Threadgoode, an elderly woman who lives in a nursing home, while her sister-in-law, Idgie, and her friend, Ruth, ran a café. Ruth is married to a man and bears his child but subsequently has a long-term romantic relationship with another woman.[46] Although it is not explicitly labeled as a lesbian relationship, every resident both knows about and accepts Idgie and Ruth's relationship, making lesbianism a theme in the novel[47] while in the film adaptation, a story of Southern female friendship and love, Ruth had been in love with Buddy Threadgoode, Idgie's brother.[48][49]
Seregil i Korit The Nightrunner series Lynn Flewelling 1996–2014 Seregil and Alec are committed lovers but both have had experiences with women in the past; Ilar is one of Seregil's former lovers.[50]
Alec i Amasa
Ilar i Sontir
Denise Lambert The Corrections Jonathan Franzen 2001 In this novel, Denise begins affairs with both her boss and his wife,[51] and though the restaurant is successful,[52] she is fired when this is discovered.
Lestat de Lioncourt The Vampire Chronicles Anne Rice 1976–2014 Lestat, Armand, and most of Rice's male vampires have intense sexual and emotional attractions and relationships with both sexes.[53]
Louis de Pointe du Lac
Armand
Marius de Romanus
David Talbot
Rhy Maresh Shades of Magic trilogy V. E. Schwab 2015–2017 Rhy is bisexual while Alucard is gay. They had a fling three years prior to the events of the books. Victoria Schwab actually stated multiple times in her eyes none of the characters are straight, but that is not mentioned in the series.[54][55]
Alucard Emery
April May An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Hank Green 2018 May's bisexuality plays a key role throughout the series–she has an on-and-off relationship with Maya throughout the series, as well as a crush on Robin and a one-night stand with Miranda in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.[56][57] Her bisexuality is used against her in a televised debate with rival Peter Petrawicki, because May had publicized the idea that she was lesbian.[58]
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Alice Meadows A Village Affair Joanna Trollope 1989 In this story, Alice Meadows questions her identity, having an affair with a lesbian woman named Clodagh Unwin, while she remains married, with her awakening depending on "a heart-wrenching choice between her lover and her family."[59]
Henry "Monty" Montague The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 Henry Montague is bisexual and has romantic feelings towards Percy, while his sister Felicity is asexual.[60]
Felicity Montague
Percy
Hélène Noris The Illusionist (Le rempart des Béguines) Françoise Mallet-Joris 1951 Tamara has a romantic relationship with both Hélène and her father; Hélène prefers men after the fair ends.[61]
Tamara Soulerr
Adam Parrish The Raven Cycle Maggie Stiefvater 2012–2016 Adam shows romantic interest in Blue during the first two books, but then develops a relationship with Ronan Lynch.[62]
The Dreamer Trilogy 2019-
Patroclus The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller 2011 Patroclus is bisexual, saying he would fall in love with Briseis if not for Achilles.[63]
Patty Suso Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli 2015 Abby's cousin Cassie Peskin-Suso, a principal character in the sequel novel The Upside of Unrequited, is a lesbian and Mina is her pansexual girlfriend while Cassie also has two mothers Nadine, who is a lesbian, and Patty, who is bisexual.[64]
Shori Fledgling Octavia Butler 2005 The novel tells the story of Shori, a 53-year-old member of the Ina species, who appears to be a ten-year-old African-American girl, biting a construction worker named Wright because she finds his scent irresistible, and they begin their relationship.[65]
René Suratt University series Allen Drury 1990–1998 René is protagonist Willie Wilson's nemesis, "a bisexual seducer of students."[66]
Jack Twist "Brokeback Mountain" (short story) Annie Proulx 1997 Jack and Ennis have a long term sexual and romantic relationship despite both being married to women and fathering children. Jack also has sexual relationships with other men and a woman, while Ennis does not. Critics have described both men as gay or variably Jack as bisexual and Ennis as heterosexual.[67][68]
Ennis Del Mar
Raymond Tyler, Jr. & Basil Invisible Life & Just As I Am & Abide With Me & Any Way the Wind Blows E. Lynn Harris 1991 & 1995 & 1999 & 2001 Raymond is torn between his girlfriend Nicole and his married male lover. Basil leaves his fiancée Yancey at the altar and pursues a gay lifestyle.[23][69][70]
Basil Henderson
Villanelle The Passion Jeanette Winterson 1987 In this book, Villanelle is an androgynous and bisexual daughter of a boatman from Venice who crosses paths with Henri, who also has an "ambivalent sexuality."[71]
Aral Vorkosigan Vorkosigan Saga Lois McMaster Bujold 1986– Aral Vorkosigan has relationships with both men and women: with his first wife and Ges Vorrutyer pre-canon, and his second wife Cordelia and Oliver Jole during the books. In the book Mirror Dance, Cordelia says that she "judge[s] him to be bisexual, but subconsciously more attracted to men than to women."[72][73]

Theatre[edit]

Character Title Notes
King Bolloxinion & most other characters Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery (1684) An obscene Restoration closet drama thought to be by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Bolloxinion, King of Sodom, commands universal same-sex sodomy.[74]
Claude, Berger, Woof, various Hair Various characters in this musical are bisexual.[75]
John Cock John identifies as a gay man until he has sex with a woman, who he then pursues a relationship with.[76]
Rich Goranski Be More Chill Rich says "Oh my god, I'm totally bi!" as he is talking to Jeremy Heere in the final scene of the musical. It has also been mentioned on the official Be More Chill Twitter.[77]

Video games[edit]

Main article: List of video games with LGBT characters
Characters Series or Title Years Notes Developer
707 Mystic Messenger 2016 In the Orientation Guide Book for VIPs that comes inside the RFA VIP Package, 707 is confirmed to be interested in both women and men as a potential significant other.[78] Cheritz
Morrigan Aensland Darkstalkers & Marvel vs. Capcom & Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors 1994 Morrigan is bisexual.[79] She is a recurring character in the Darkstalkers and Marvel vs. Capcom fighting game series. Capcom
Alexios and Kassandra Assassin's Creed & Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2018 The player may choose to play as either Alexios or Kassandra, a pair of siblings. The game presents both opposite-sex and same-sex relationship options for the player character.[80] They are potentially lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Ubisoft Montreal
Ares Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei 2015 In this Japanese tactical role-playing game, Ares is the player character. He can confess his feelings to the guys, along with the girls, to unlock different perks.[81] Masaya Games
Avatar & Sex workers Ultima VII: The Black Gate & Ultima 1992 In the House of Baths at Buccaneer's Den, the player (the "Avatar") can pay for the services of male and female sex workers, regardless of the player's gender.[82] Origin Systems
Axton Borderlands & Borderlands 2 2012 In the DLC Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (2013), it is revealed Axton, one of the playable characters, is bisexual. While his flirtatious lines with male characters were originally a coding error, Gearbox Studios decided to confirm his bisexuality with overt references in the DLC.[83] Gearbox Software
Byleth, Edelgard, Dorothea, Mercedes, Linhardt, Jeritza, Rhea, Sothis, Yuri Fire Emblem: Three Houses & Fire Emblem 2019 Edelgard, Jeritza, Dorothea, Yuri, Rhea, Sothis, Linhardt, and Mercedes can be romanced by the player character regardless of gender during certain routes.[84][85] Intelligent Systems, Koei Tecmo
Nicky Case Coming Out Simulator 2014 2014 This is a Canadian autobiographical game, and interactive fiction, about a teenage Nicky Case coming out as bisexual to his mother. Jack is his boyfriend.[86] Nicky Case
Maxine "Max" Caulfield & Rachel Amber Life Is Strange 2015 Life Is Strange (2015) is experienced from Max's perspective. The prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm (2017) is experienced from Chloe's perspective. The development of Max and Chloe's relationship is the main plot of Life Is Strange, and they can end up romantically. At different points in the game, Max may have the choice to kiss Warren (her male friend) or Chloe.[87]

In Life Is Strange, Chloe admits she had romantic feelings towards Rachel. In the prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, depending on the player's actions, Rachel may open up and reveal that she has romantic feelings towards Chloe too. At some point, Chloe may have the choice to kiss Rachel. Rachel also had a relationship with Frank before the plot of Life Is Strange.

Dontnod Entertainment
Corrin (player character), Niles and Rhajat Fire Emblem Fates This game is the first in the Fire Emblem franchise to feature a same-sex marriage option for both the 'Birthright' and 'Conquest' versions of the game (Niles and Rhajat in the American version).[88] The same-sex options, however, are restricted to one character per game, where the Conquest edition contains a man who may be romanced by male or female main characters, while the Birthright edition has a woman who may be romanced by male and female protagonists. In the DLC, Revelations, both Rhajat and Niles are available to be romanced by the female and male main characters. However, they can still marry characters of the other gender, so it is implied they are bisexual. If the player marries a character of the same sex, they will not be able to unlock Kana (the player's child) or Nina, Niles' daughter.[89] Nintendo SPD / Intelligent Systems
Curtis Craig Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh 1996 In this interactive movie, point-and-click adventure, Curtis is the protagonist. He is a close friend with his co-worker, Trevor, who is gay. Curtis admits to his psychiatrist he has feelings for Trevor and might be bisexual, and the two almost kiss later in the game and is also shown as having relations with his girlfriend and a S&M domme.[90][91] Sierra On-Line
Daisuke True Love 1995 At the end of the Japanese visual novel game, the player character—default name is Daisuke—may attempt to start a relationship with any of the ten available girls, or with his best friend Kazuhiko as the only gay option. Depending on the choices taken and interactions experienced throughout the game, each girl and Kazuhiko may or may not be available for a relationship.[92] Software House Parsley
Kerry Eurodyne Cyberpunk 2077 2020 R. Talsorian Games, the creators of the tabletop the game is based on, have confirmed the character is bisexual via Twitter.[93] CD Projekt RED
Jacob Frye Assassin's Creed & Assassin's Creed Syndicate 2015 The lead writer of this game indicated the team explicitly avoided giving Jacob Frye, one of the game's two protagonists, a female love interest during the main storyline. He also hinted at the idea Jacob needed to "figure himself out to some degree" after his brief partnership with Maxwell Roth.[94] This led to speculation regarding Jacob's sexuality, with the official Assassin's Creed Tumblr later confirming the character is canonically bisexual.[95][96] Ubisoft Quebec
Deirdre Hallam Moonmist 1986 This interactive fiction was the first game to feature a queer character, with one of the plotlines being that an artist named Vivian was in a relationship with Diedre, still married to a man.[97] However, over the course of the game, the appearances by Dierde decreased. Infocom
James "Jimmy" Hopkins Bully 2006 In this Canadian action-adventure game, Jimmy is able to kiss both boys and girls.[98] In the Xbox 360 version, the player can unlock an achievement by kissing a boy twenty times.[99] Rockstar Vancouver
Tatsuya Suou Persona 2: Innocent Sin & Persona 2: Eternal Punishment 1999 - 2000 Tatsuya Suou is a bisexual male in the Persona 2 duology, it is optional to have him confess his love to his friend, Jun Kurosu, a gay character in-game.[citation needed] Atlus
Claude C. Kenny & Rena Lanford & Ashton Anchors & Precis F. Neumann Star Ocean: The Second Story 1998 In this Japanese action role-playing game, the player can choose to play as either Claude or Rena. They can have a friendship and romance level with each party member acquired. Ashton (a male party member) and Precis (a female party member) can go on a date with them, regardless of their gender.[100] tri-Ace & Tose (PSP)
Korra The Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins & The Legend of Korra (video game) 2014 These video games are based on the animated television series The Legend of Korra. Though her sexuality is not referenced in the games, the protagonist, Korra, is bisexual.[101] PlatinumGames & Webfoot Technologies
A Mage Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle & Ultima 1993 A mage sexually proposes the player's character regardless of the character's gender.[100] The player is given the choice to accept or decline. Origin Systems
Monika Doki Doki Literature Club! 2017 Monika.chr is a fictional artificially intelligent computer program and main antagonist of the visual novel metafictional psychological horror video game, serving as a character in the game within a game Doki-Doki Literature Club, initially serving as the titular club's president and the designated nice girl preparing for an upcoming festival.[102] When she is alone with the protagonist, she reveals she is not in love with him, but with the player themselves, regardless of their gender, drawing them into the game in the character's place. She continues to endlessly talk with the player about various topics as love, vegetarianism and her Twitter account, unless the player completely deletes her from the game by going into the game files. Team Salvato
Last Spirit Monk & Sky & Silk Fox & Dawn Star Jade Empire 2005 In this Canadian action-adventure game, the Last Spirit Monk is the player character. The player can choose to play as either male or female. The player, regardless of their gender, can romance Sky (a male character) and Silk Fox (a female character). Only a male player can romance the female Dawn Star, but she can end up in a relationship with Silk Fox.[100] BioWare
Trevor Philips Grand Theft Auto V 2013 Trevor Philips is a playable character in Grand Theft Auto V, unlocked after the mission Mr. Philips. In a conversation during an outing with Michael and Franklin, he admits he's bisexual after Franklin asked him whether he's gay or not.[citation needed] Trevor also makes numerous sexual advances and sexual comments towards both men and women throughout the course of the game. Rockstar North
Player character & Jeanette Voerman Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2004 In this action role-playing game, the player can have sex with female prostitutes or Jeanette as either a man or a woman.[103] The female player character is able to have implied offscreen sexual relations with Jeanette, another female character.[103] Troika Games
Sole Survivor Fallout 4 & Fallout 2015 The player character, "Sole Survivor", can romance their companions, regardless of their sex.[104] Bethesda Game Studios
Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington Borderlands & Borderlands 2 2012 It has alluded to in the DLC Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep that Mr. Torgue is bisexual. This was confirmed via an interview.[105] Gearbox Software
Hana Tsu-Vachel Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix 2001 The player character Hana Tsu-Vachel, in this action-adventure game, is bisexual and in a relationship with her hacker, Rain Qin, a lesbian character. The game's advertising heavily emphasized their relationship.[106] Kronos Digital Entertainment
Cassus Vicus Clive Barker's Jericho 2007 In this Spanish first-person shooter and survival horror game, the Ancient Roman Governor Cassus Vicus claims it had been a while since "tasting" both genders after becoming aroused while confronting the Jericho Squad. Vicus is portrayed as overly perverted and morbidly obese and is said to practice cannibalism, sadomasochism, and "blood orgies".[107] MercurySteam, Alchemic Productions
Violet Violet 2008 In this interactive fiction, the player is either a man or woman and Violet is their girlfriend.[108] The player is freely able to change their gender and sex mid-game, which mostly only results in a few cosmetic changes in the dialogue. Violet serves as the game's narrator, but in fact, the player character is only imagining how she would narrate. Upon gender-changing, Violet may react by saying, "I adore you either way." Jeremy Freese
Zagreus Hades 2020 In this Roguelike and dungeon crawler game, Zagreus, the son of Hades, is confirmed by the game's writer and designer Greg Kasavin to be "either bisexual or pansexual".[109] Supergiant Games

Webcomics[edit]

Main article: List of webcomics with LGBT characters
Characters Name of comic Years Notes
Bruno Bruno 1996–2007 In this comic by Christopher Baldwin, the titular character, Bruno, is a "bisexual, philosophical, free-spirited woman"[110] and becomes involved with Sophia, who "has male and female lovers within the bounds of a polyamorous relationship."[111] The webcomic also features a trans woman named Judi, with Baldwin offering "brief flashes inside Judi's private sexual life," even though most of the main characters don't know she is trans.[112] Apart from this, in one comic, Bruno admits her bisexuality,[113] and in others, she goes on a date with Frank, has a one-night-stand with Patricia, and sleeps with her friend Donna. In the latter case, Bruno and Donna have a passionate relationship, but due to Bruno's alcoholism and somewhat turbulent personality, they break up.[114] After the breakup, Bruno expresses interest in a boy[115] but is also seen to still be attracted to Donna.[116]
Dorothy Jane's World 1998–2018 In this Paige Braddock comic, Dorothy, Jane's best friend, is bisexual. She had crushes on both genders, although she doesn't like to admit it.[117]
Jake English & Dave Strider & Most Trolls Homestuck 2009–2016 This comic by Andrew Hussie includes multiple bisexual characters. The trolls, a prominent race in the comic, are shown to be mainly bisexual and reproduce bisexually.[118] The human characters Dave Strider and Jake English are also shown to be attracted to both male and female characters. The story has been praised for creating "a wide range of relatable narratives for LGBTQ+ readers."[119]
Suzi "Zii" Nielsen & Désirée "Didi" Chastel & Matt Ménage à 3 2008-2019 Suzi "Zii" Nielsen and Désirée "Didi" Chastel are bisexual.[120][121][122] In addition, Matt, Dillon's partner, is technically bisexual.[123]
Various characters Kate or Die 2012–present This comic by Kate Leth covers issues including bisexuality and feminism.[124] The latter is manifested in "short, witty dissertations on issues such as youth, feminism, tattoo etiquette and bisexuality."

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Citations[edit]

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