and writers in kids animation told Insider they often felt pressure from studios or networks to be less overt with LGBTQ characters or avoid depicting elements of LGBTQ culture altogether.

Since anime encompasses all of Japanese animation, there's a large span of genres and thousands of different character types.

Narrator: You're looking at the first LGBTQ wedding in a kids' animated show. And this is the first kids' animated character to directly identify themselves as gay. Benson: Yes! Because I'm gay.

Disney pulled a transgender storyline from “Win or Lose,” an eight-episode Pixar streaming series that debuts in February, the company said Tuesday. “When it comes to animated content for a ...