LGBT/Gallery

Cannon & Saber were the first explicit same-sex couple in superhero comics (1984)

Extraño was the first openly gay superhero in comics (1988)

Hal Carter and Robert (1990)

The Brain and Monsieur Mallah express their love (1990)

The Pied Piper reveals his sexuality to Wally West (1991)

Enigma pioneered same-sex kissing and sex scenes (1993)

Masquerade was the first transgender superhero in comics (1993)

Kate Godwin was the first transgender superhero in DC's main continuity (1993)

Terry Berg's brutal hate crime shocked the country (2002)

Creote reveals unrequited affection for Savant (2003)

Scandal Savage cuddling Knockout, one of her eventual two lovers (2005)

Allison Mann and Agent 355 (2005)

Todd Rice and Damon Matthews' first on-panel kiss fully confirmed Obsidian's sexuality (2006)

Apollo and Midnighter (2007)

Achilles reunited with his beloved Patroclus, reborn (2010)

Alan Scott greeting his fiancé Sam Zhao (2012)

Kate Kane proposes to Maggie Sawyer (2013)

Kane and Sawyer reaffirm their love (2013)

Alysia Yeoh, DC's first major transgender character, beaming on her wedding day (2015)

DC Bombshells featured many sapphic couples, such as Kate and Maggie... (2015)

Raphael and Lorin Hammon's first Kiss (2016)

... and Harleen and Pamela (2017)

Jackson Hyde musters the courage to act on a crush (2020)

Justice League Queer (2021)

Jess Chambers, the Flash of Future State is non-binary (2021)

Jon Kent and Jay Nakamura's first kiss (2021)

Tim Drake and Bernard Dowd, the first male same-sex kiss on a superhero comic book cover (2023)

Carlos Quinones and Mike (2023)

Lovers-to-enemies Alan Scott and Vlad Sokov (2024)

Achilles mourning Patroclus (2024)

Gear was the first confirmed gay superhero on television (2000)

Selma Reesedale was the first transgender character in the DC Animated Universe (2002)

Sara Lance and Nyssa al Ghul (2016)

Alex Danvers and Maggie Sawyer (2016)

Anissa Pierce and Grace Choi (2018)

John Constantine and Desmond's kiss saves the world (2018)

Bunker and Pied Piper (2018)

Curtis Holt and Nick Anastas from Earth-2 (2019)

Larry Trainor and John Bowers (2019)

Larry Trainor says goodbye to an old John Bowers (2019)

Ian Thurso and Samuel Shay (2019)

Aleister Crowley and Jason Ripper (2019)

Blue Beetle and Booster Gold (2021)

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series features the romance between Harley and Poison Ivy (2021)

Ryan Wilder and Angelique Martin (2021)

Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe (2021)

Tim Drake and Bernard Fitzmartin (2023)

DC Pride #1 cover