Graphic Novels with Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Nonconforming Characters
Here is a short list of some graphic novels and manga featuring trans, non-binary, and gender nonconforming characters. The list features titles for both kids and teens. #IndyPLKids #IndyPLTeens #LGBTQ #Transgender #Nonbinary #GenderNonconforming
As the Crow Flies is about queer, Black thirteen-year-old Charlie and her summer vacation stuck at a Christian youth camp. Charlie's fellow camper Sydney is trans, and together the two begin poking holes in the feminist rhetoric of the camp…
Love theater? The Backstagers is a great comic for you. The story follows the ragtag stage crew at the all-boys high school St. Genesius and the many supernatural hijinks they find themselves caught up in. Many of the main cast are queer, including…
Ryo knows he's trans but doesn't have anyone he can comfortably talk to about it. The only time he feels truly at ease and himself is when he's wearing his favorite clothes. When Ryo discovers that the new transfer student who he thought was just a…
For sports lovers, The Breakaways is a great graphic novel following quiet and shy Faith as she joins her middle school's soccer team, the Bloodhounds. With no soccer experience, Faith is placed on the C team which features players who seem more…
Don't let the cute art style fool you, The Bride Was a Boy is an autobiography of author Chii's journey as a trans woman in Japan. Her manga fluctuates between telling her own personal coming out story as well as filling in readers about the various…
The Cardboard Kingdom is a delightful graphic novel about a group of neighborhood children using various cardboard boxes to create costumes, buildings, and other items for play. The narrative goes back and forth between seeing what the children are…
Bebe is the only trans girl in school and in the cheerleader squad. She's determined to keep her parents happy by maintaining her grades and keeping her social life in order so that they will support her transition. While initially having a falling…
After a terrible political upheaval, twins Hawke and Grayson must hide under the names Hanna and Grayce at the Communion of the Blue, a magical order of women who spin threads to bend reality to their will. While Hawke is eager to leave and fight…
Ash's mother mysteriously left home three years ago leaving behind strange notes and items regarding an all-girl fantasy world called Koretris she had created as a kid. When Ash's new friends try one of the spells left behind, the group finds…
Set in 1998, Heavy Vinyl is about Chris who scores her dream job of working at the local punk record store. She soon discovers that the store is a front for a teen vigilante quad who fight for justice in their small town. In the second volume of the…
Mogumo, a non-binary high schooler, is invited by their fellow student Tetsu Iwaoka to work for the maid café Question!. At first Mogumo is happy to join thinking they've found a job that will let them present as they want, but soon discovers that…
Lumberjanes is an award-winning comic series following the escapades of the campers at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. In issue seventeen, we learn Jo is trans. She comes out to fellow camper…
For those who love Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Steven Universe, you'll love Magical Boy by The Kao. Max is a trans boy descended from a long line of Magical Girls who have saved the world from the forces of darkness again and again. As just…
After being outed as gay by a fellow student, Tasuku Kaname finds himself contemplating suicide before a mysterious stranger saves him. Following the stranger, Tasuku discovers a drop-in clinic for LGBTQ+ locals of Onomichi, a city in the Hiroshima…
By day, Prince Sebastian deals with his parents' growing pressure to find a bride, but, by night, he dons some of the most fashionable dresses in Paris as the fabulous Lady Crystallia. His secret weapon is Frances, his best friend and royal…
Snap befriends her town's local witch who has a very strange profession: collecting roadkill off the side of the road in order to reassemble the bones. Snapdragon is a great book for those looking for misfit characters with a touch of magic. In the…
The Tea Dragon Festival is a prequel of sorts to The Tea Dragon Society. You get to see Hesekiel and Erik in their younger days and meet the new non-binary character Rinn who comes face to face with a real dragon! While Rinn is used to the tiny Tea…
Aster wants to learn magic, but in his family only women learn magic. Men grow up to be shapeshifters. But Aster hasn't shifted yet. Instead his fascination with witchcraft only grows. This is a great graphic novel about breaking gender norms and…
