The animated world proves to be just as difficult to navigate as the physical one, and secretly gay cartoon characters must traverse their own unsteady paths as well. But in the same way art imitates life, potentially closeted cartoon characters also face the scrutiny of being labeled 'other' or 'different' by the worlds they inhabit.
Gay cartoon characters have appeared in Gravity Falls and The Legend of Korra, to name a few. LGBTQ+ representation in animated media gets more and more visible each day.
