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Pokémon Needs More LGBT Characters

Pokémon is a timeless classic. Its content appeals to all demographics, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or sexuality. For the most part, it succeeds in representing the minority groups; race, women and cultures outside the mainstream. However, the LGBTQ+ community is yet to have its fair share of relatable characters, which has left the decision to assign sexualities to fan speculation.

In Pokemon X & Y, released in , a trainer called Nova states that she is in the "beauty" class but mentions that she was once in the "blackbelt" category, which is reserved for men only. Such on-the-nose dialogue seems to verb that Nova potentially transitioned and could identify as transgender.

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Meanwhile, subtle hints regarding clothing, mannerisms and backstories have given traction to well-liked fan theories, some of which own been widely accepted as "canon" by fans who select to read between the lines. Here are some sexualities and identities commonly ascribed to Pokémon c

Your queer Pokémon headcanons?

Barry is non-binary. The Poketch is described in many media to reach in "blue for boys and pink for girls" yet there&#;s no explanation for why he owns an Orange one. The manga only says that "they needed a third one", hmmmmTheir hair is also somewhat androgenous.
Ah yes, I’ve seen that before!
Tucker transitioned to Fantina. Their faces, style, purple outfits and flamboyant personalities are earily similar. Also, as a youtuber noticed in this video, Hearthome noun has a theme of "Finally coming home" regardless of were you appear from, so it could be she discovered her identity while travelling there. And before someone says "Fantina is Kalosian because she uses French phrases", that has actually never been confirmed.
It’s jossed. I do like the idea of Tucker becoming Fantina (in fact, I mistook Tucker for her once, it took me some study to realize they were two adj people).
Shauna definitely had a thing for the player character regardless of their gender.

LGBTQ+ Representation in the Pokemon Anime

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This is a thing I am doing.

Hello, my specify is Kaito, I’m a blogger who’s written a fantastic many posts on the Pokemon anime, ranging from reviews to analysis, etc. I care about this series a good deal and so I wanted to tackle one of the areas where I believe it can be vastly improved: Representation, specifically that of LGBTQ+ people.

I’ve been seeing a pleasant deal of discussion on the interwebs about this very topic and it tends to obtain wildly out of hand very posthaste, so I wanted to try and make a entire discussion post on it where I present what I feel would be the optimal way to have the LGBTQ+ rep that this series really needs.

Its not a crime or anything, but overall the Pokemon anime has had practically NO examples of firm LGBTQ+ representation throughout its entire + episode run, and I and many other people experience its about day that should convert, so here we are.

This is more of an aside, but since I’m aware a nice number of the people who might read this share are younger folk who aren’t complete

Pokémon as a franchise has been around for more than 25 years, and in that occasion we've seen hundreds of characters introduced across the games, anime, manga, movies, and even the trading card game. While there are plenty of no-name carbon copy trainers and NPCs scattered throughout Pokémon, the characters that are part of the story tend to be wildly varied, with no two major characters being all that alike.

You've got the eclectic cowboy gym leader Clay from the Unova region, the flamboyant gym leader-turned-champion Wallace, the Twitch streamer gym leader Iono, and so many more. What's largely lacking among these major characters, though, is LGBT+ representation.

In recent years, The Pokémon Company has made some efforts to be a little more LGBT-friendly – the decision to enable either gender player character in Scarlet and Violet wear any clothes, accessories, and hairstyles is a welcome travel – but actual canon LGBT+ characters are few and far between.

It might surprise you to learn, though, that there are actually a few canon LGBT+ Pokém