Kaijuu ni Natta Gay
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A list of disturbing mangas where the queerness of the protagonists holds a central place in the plot, because i am personally growing increasingly frustrated and/or bored with the innocuous queer representation in utterly sterilised mainstream medias.

These queer mangas are ambivalent, some of them might deal in harmful tropes, but they are interested in queerness, and won't treat it as fragile porcelain or unstable explosive.

TW everything you can think of, like this stack is not a most-hardcore-stuff-you-can-read marathon list, but honestly the only reason it's not classified +18 is because i didn't include any Gengoroh Tagame.

Manga I would consider LGBT rather than a specific genre like BL or GL. I also included lesser-known stories I enjoyed that had LGBT characters whose identities are not made to be major plot points.

I'll continue to update this as I find more!

Manga that feature transgender boys/men. Some are headcanons- those are indicated by question marks.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37834


Not on MAL yet:

Akarui
Maki Sanada (trans boy) (protagonist)

Oppai wo Totta Kareshi
Haruka Naruse (trans boy) (main)

Sakura-chan to Amane-kun
Amane (trans boy) (main)

Uchi no Danna ga Kawai sugiru ~tsu! Moto ♀ no Ikemen Nyuuseki Shimashita!!
Husband (trans man) (main)

Chiguhagu
Tooru/Tohru (trans man) (protagonist)

Seishun Minority
Sera (trans boy) (main)

Bokura no VR
Miharu Akina (trans boy) (main)

Ore no Karada wa Nande Onna Nanda?
Ryuutarou "Ryuu" Suzumiya (trans man) (protagonist)

Yaoi/Shounen-Ai/Boy's Love/BL manga with binary transgender, non-binary, and intersex characters. Some are headcanons- those are indicated by question marks. Also, some have a cis male/trans female relationship and shouldn't be labelled as BL.


Not on MAL (yet):

Ore ga Ryousei Nante Mitomenai!
Kiri (intersex boy) (protagonist)
Kiri's mother (intersex woman) (supporting)

Gentle Forest
Seowon Jung (intersex boy) (main)

Kuroe to Mesu no Sono
Sonogi (intersex boy) (protagonist)

Ryouseika Majiwaru Unmei no Tsugai
Aritoki (intersex man) (main)

Kalimeris Porno
Mimasaka (intersex man) (main)

Biting the Tiger
Naroo (non-binary) (supporting)

In a Heartbreak
Min Joo Lee (trans girl) (supporting)

Otogibanashi no Owarikata
Shizuku (trans woman) (supporting)


Not BL, but BL-adjacent:

30-sai de "Seibetsu ga, Nai!" to Hanmei shita Ore ga Around Fifty ni Natte Wakatta Koto.
Shou Arai (intersex man) (protagonist)
A (trans man and gay) (minor)
D (trans woman) (minor)
N (gender questioning) (minor)
T (trans man) (minor)

A-A'
Tacto (non-binary? and intersex) (main)

Hanshin (Suimu)
Lem Palmino (intersex man) (main)

Yuureitou
Taichi Amano (maybe genderfluid) (protagonist)
Tetsuo Sawamura (trans man) (main)

Simoun
Anubituf (trans man, gender-bending) (supporting)
Guragief (trans man, gender-bending) (supporting)

Devilman
Satan (intersex boy) (main)

Shimanami Tasogare
Dareka/Someone/Anonymous (agender) (supporting)
Natsuyoshi Utsumi (trans man) (supporting)
Misora (gender questioning) (supporting)

[ENG]
One volume mangas published in Poland by Waneko (in the "One volume manga" series).
All information comes from the publisher's website and their store.


[PL]
Jednotomówki wydawane przez wydawnictwo Waneko.
Wszelkie informacje pochodzą ze strony internetowej wydawnictwa oraz ich sklepu.

Queer manga published in English through Yen Press.


Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56008

Queer mangas by queer mangakas for a queer audience. I didn't include memoirs/biographies for this list (I did make another list for it already: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28845 )
Some of the characters listed are my LGBT headcanons- those are indicated by question marks.



Has queer characters and queer mangaka, but wouldn't call a queer manga:

Nabari no Ou
Yuhki Kamatani (x-gender, intersex, and asexual) (author and illustrator)
Yoite (intersex man) (main)

Hiraeth wa Tabiji no Hate
Yuhki Kamatani (x-gender, intersex, and asexual) (author and illustrator)
Hani (genderless and pan?) (main)

Shounen Note
Yuhki Kamatani (x-gender, intersex, and asexual) (author and illustrator)
Mariko "Mito" Ise (trans boy) (supporting)
Minoru Ise (genderfluid) (supporting)


Not on MAL (yet):

Akarui
Keito Gaku (trans man) (author and illustrator)
Maki Sanada (trans boy) (protagonist)

Majo ni Naritai Otoko no Ko
Chii (trans woman) (author and illustrator)
Koto (trans girl) (protagonist)

Mirai kara kita Jibun ni Onna ni naru you Settaku Sarersu Hanashi
Trans shojo-chan (trans woman) (author and illustrator)
Yuuka (trans woman) (protagonist)

Danshi Jidai no mtf no Manga/Koukousei Hen
Trans shojo-chan (trans woman) (author and illustrator)
Natsuki (trans girl) (protagonist)

Born This Way
Mieri Hiranishi (lesbian) (author and illustrator)
Nameless Protagonist (lesbian) (protagonist)
Kanade (lesbian) (main)


(I haven't read these ones yet- so I don't know which character is queer)
Sasada wa Tomodachi
Poppy Pesuyama/Stunning Sawamura (x-gender and bi) (author and illustrator)
? (trans) (main)

Azami on the Tail
Sumire Nekobungi (trans woman) (author and illustrator)
? (trans) (main)

Sashimi Forest
Sumire Nekobungi (trans woman) (author and illustrator)
? (trans) (main)

Doppel Debussy
Sumire Nekobungi (trans woman) (author and illustrator)
? (trans) (main)

non boyfriends dni (joke)
sorted most to least recommended (for my boyfriend)