List of fictional intersex characters

This is a list of fictional characters that either self-identify as intersex or have been identified by outside parties to be intersex. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters.

See also: List of intersex people and Intersex characters in fiction

For more information about fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, see the lists of lesbian (with sub-pages for characters in anime and animation), bisexual (with sub-sections for characters in anime and animation), gay, non-binary, trans, and asexual characters.

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), 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.

Animation and anime

See also: List of animated series with LGBTQ characters, Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 1990s, Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2000s, and Animated series with LGBTQ characters: 2010s

Characters	Title	Character debut date	Notes	Country
Ryo Asuka	Devilman Crybaby	January 5, 2018	Ryo Asuka is a genderless (and gay) angel who is Akira Fudo's best friend, while Akira is the protagonist. Akira was the first person to show him kindness, causing him to become deeply attached.[1] Near the end, Ryo remembers he is Satan, an intersex fallen angel who fell out of favor with God when he challenged God's authority for killing the demons and replacing them with humans.[2] Satan set out to start a war between humans and demons and was reborn as a male. He fell in love with Akira and subconsciously had him turned into a devilman (a demon human hybrid) to ensure he would survive the war and be by his side. By the end of the series, Satan realizes he loves Akira despite having previously believed love did not exist and cries and mourns Akira's death.[3]	Japan
Crimvael "Crim"	Interspecies Reviewers	January 11, 2020	A well-endowed intersex angel with a broken halo, that has male and female genitalia, as noted throughout the series.[4] Despite his feminine appearance, he chooses to identify as male upon meeting Stunk & Zel in the first episode, to avoid them trying anything perverted on him. He is hinted to be bisexual in Episode 3 and in the 9th episode the narrator uses the pronoun "they" to refer to Crim.
Luca Esposito	Astra Lost in Space	July 3, 2019	Luca, in the anime and manga Astra Lost in Space, is an artist and talented engineer on board the Astra. He was raised as and mostly identifies as a boy, and comes out as intersex halfway through the story, in the episode "Secret," not considering himself a man or a woman.[5] His characteristics imply he most likely has Klinefelter's or a milder type of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, and was described by Michele Liu of Anime News Network as "unique" since Luca is a main character which is born intersex rather than "altered by sci-fi space diseases or external influence," with Liu also describing Luca as bisexual.[6]
Iena Madaraba	Seton Academy: Join the Pack!	February 18, 2020	Iena Madaraba, also known as Yena, is a spotted hyena with male genitalia and is confused about her true gender & sexuality. Although she later finds out that she is biologically female, she still allows others to refer her with either gender pronoun in episodes such as "The Wild Habits of a Troubled Animal."[7]
Ruby Moon	Cardcaptor Sakura	September 7, 1999	Ruby Moon has no biological sex.[8] They are always seen presenting as female, even though Spinel Sun often asks her why don't they present as male for a change as shown in episodes like "Sakura and the Mysterious Transfer Student." At some points, Ruby Moon states that their gender does not matter because they are not actually human and also that girls have cuter clothes.
Stevonnie	Steven Universe	January 15, 2015	Stevonnie is a fusion of both Steven and Connie. Steven and Connie identify as male and female respectively, but the gender of Stevonnie is difficult to describe,[9] with series creator Rebecca Sugar describing it as the "living relationship between Steven and Connie."[10] Stevonnie is commonly referred to with gender neutral pronouns (such as the singular they), while male and female characters seem to be physically attracted to Stevonnie.[11]	United States
Izana Shinatose	Knights of Sidonia	April 10, 2014	Izana belongs to a new, nonbinary third gender that originated during the hundreds of years of human emigration into space, as first shown in the episode "Commencement."[12] Izana later turns into a girl after falling in love with Nagate Tanasake.	Japan

Comics and manga

See also: List of webcomics with LGBT characters and List of graphic art works with LGBT characters

Characters	Name of comic	Years	Notes
Comet (DC Comics)	Adventure Comics/Action Comics/Supergirl	1989-1991	Comet is an intersex character, who changed their form from female to male,[13] and Comet later began relationship with Blithe, since she loved both their forms (revealing that Blithe is bisexual).[13][14]
Desire	The Sandman	1989-Present	Desire, one of the Endless, from Neil Gaiman The Sandman (DC Comics).[15]
Rebis	Doom Patrol	1963-1968	Rebis is a character in the comic series Doom Patrol.[16]
Richard Plantagenet, later Richard III of England	Requiem of the Rose King	2013-Present	In this manga adaptation of Richard III, Richard is portrayed as intersex instead of hunchbacked as the character is normally depicted in the original play.[17]
Ystina, the Shining Knight	Demon Knights	2011-2013	Ystina is revealed as DC Comics's first intersex character in Demon Knights #14.[18]

Film

Characters	Title / Franchise	Actors	Years	Notes	Country
Rebeca Duarte	Both	Jackie Parker	2005	Rebeca Duarte in the movie Both.[19] The movie is unusual for being a film about an intersex issue directed by an intersex person.[20]	United States
Alex Kraken	XXY	Inés Efron	2007	Alex Kraken, lead character in the Argentinian movie XXY, is intersex.[21]	Argentina
Spork	Spork	Savannah Stehlin	2011	Spork is the lead character in the eponymous movie which is a musical comedy.[22]	United States

Literature

Main article: List of LGBT characters in modern written fiction

Characters	Work	Author	Years	Description
Anjum	The Ministry of Utmost Happiness	Arundhati Roy	2017	A major character in this book who is intersex, Muslim and a hijra.
Katybird Hearn	Cattywampus	Ash Van Otterloo	2020	One of the protagonists in this middle grade fiction story set in Appalachia about two young witches who accidentally awaken a graveyard full of their feuding zombie ancestors.
Cornelius Brunner	The Final Programme	Michael Moorcock	1965	Cornelius Brunner, the result of a physical merging of the protagonist Jerry Cornelius and Miss Brunner in this novel.[23]
Therem Harth rem ir Estraven	The Left Hand of Darkness	Ursula K. Le Guin	1969	Therem is a character in this science fiction novel.[24]
Fawn Singleton Farrell	No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again	Edgardo Vega Yunqué	2003	Fawn Singleton Farrell is the half-sister of main character Vidamía Farrell, in this novel.[25]
Swan Er Hong	2312	Kim Stanley Robinson	2012	Swan Er Hong is the lead character in this science fiction novel.[26]
Ilario	Ilario, A Story of the First History	Mary Gentle	2006-2007	Ilario is the lead character in this set of alternate history novels.[27]
Keral	The World Wreckers	Marion Zimmer Bradley	1971	Keral is a member of an alien species in this science fiction novel.[28]
Kirsten Lattimer	None of the Above	I. W. Gregorio	2015	Kirsten, homecoming queen and champion hurdler, finds her life turned upside-down after a diagnosis with androgen insensitivity syndrome in this novel.[29]
Callie Stephanides	Middlesex	Jeffrey Eugenides	2002	Callie "Cal" Stephanides is an intersex character in this novel.[30]
Bel Thorne	Vorkosigan Saga	Lois McMaster Bujold	1986-Present	Bel Thorne is an intersex ship captain in this series of science fiction novels.[31]
Fitz Wahram	2312	Kim Stanley Robinson	2013	Fitz Wahram is an intersex character in this science fiction novel.[26]
Max Walker	Golden Boy	Abigail Tarttelin	2013	Max is a lead character in this award-winning novel.[32]
Annabel/Wayne	The Ministry of Utmost Happiness	Kathleen Winter	2010	Annabel/Wayne is an intersex character in this novel who was born intersex but is raised as a man.[33]
Wraeththu	Wraeththu	Storm Constantine	1987-1993	Wraeththu is a member of a post-apocalyptic species in this set of novels.[34]
Sadako Yamamura	Ring	Koji Suzuki	1991-2013	Sadako Yamamura is an antagonist in this novel series, later made into a film.[35]

Live-action television

Main article: List of LGBT characters in television and radio

Characters	Actor	Show	Years	Notes
Amy	Jessica Campbell	Freaks and Geeks	1999-2000	Amy, girlfriend of Ken Miller in teen comedy/drama TV series, was said to be a groundbreaking intersex character on television.[36][37]
Vincent Clarkson	Daphnée Duplaix (2004-2008), Phillip Jeanmarie (2006-2008), Siena Goines (2007)	Passions	1999-2008	An intersex character in this NBC/DirecTV soap opera who becomes pregant with his father's son.[38]
Lauren Cooper	Bailey De Young	Faking It	2014-2018	Lauren is a character in MTV scripted comedy and said to be the first intersex series regular on television.[39]
Rachel Green	Jennifer Aniston	Friends	1994-2004	Rachel, in this TV sitcom, was rumored to be intersex in episode The One with the Rumor.[40]
Jake	Not Known	Emily Owens, M.D.	2012-2013	Jake, in the 2012 Emily Owens, M.D. episode "Emily and... the Question of Faith" that featured an intersex baby.[41]
Peta	Leeanna Walsman	Janet King	2014-2017	Peta is character revealed as intersex in the final episode of the second Janet King series.[42]
Raven	Amanda Saenz	Faking It	2014-2018	Raven was notable for being the first intersex character played by an intersex person.[43]

See also

• Films about intersex
• Literature about intersex
• Television works about intersex
• List of intersex people
• List of fictional polyamorous characters
• List of animated series with LGBT characters
• Lists of LGBT figures in fiction and myth
• List of animated series with crossdressing characters

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