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Pride Month 2025 is here, and today we've highlighted some LGBTQ+ comics and manga made by creators that have done work to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ people with their work. Whether it's activism in the streets or within pages, there are all sorts of ways to support each other and be an ally.
Gengoroh Tagame
Notable works: The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame, My Brother’s Husband
A pioneer of gay manga, Tagame's earlier explicit work was groundbreaking in representing queer desire from a Japanese gay male perspective in a country where standing out has been something typically discouraged. He rose to prominence in the 1980s and ’90s with gei-komi...