Gay side-characters and Trans Stories

LGBTQ+, but mainly gay side characters stories.

(this list was made before any GL-BL-trans- main characters was really a thing YET in Japanese and Korean -dramas.)

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  • Romance Is a Bonus Book

    1. Romance Is a Bonus Book

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    8.5

    +side character; the main male lead's ex girlfriend's current partner is  another woman.

  • Your House Helper

    2. Your House Helper

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes

    7.5

    +side character;  a guy in the drama is gay.

  • Ho Goo's Love

    3. Ho Goo's Love

    Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes

    3.0

    The second male lead is in love with the main male lead. A onesidet love.

  • Ie Uru Onna no Gyakushu

    4. Ie Uru Onna no Gyakushu

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

    9.5

    Satoshi Adachi falls in love with Kenji Rusudo

  • Bungaku Shojo

    5. Bungaku Shojo

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 8 episodes

    7.0

    +side character; a guy in the same workplace  with the second male lead, is gay and has a crush on the second lead.

  • Hi Bye, Mama!

    6. Hi Bye, Mama!

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

    10

    +side character;  a famous baseball player comes out to his family as gay.

  • Clean with Passion for Now

    7. Clean with Passion for Now

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    8.5

    +side character; one of the guys from the cleaning group falls in love with the guy who saves him from dying??

  • Reply 1994

    8. Reply 1994

    Korean Drama - 2013, 21 episodes

    6.0

    A random kiss in ep 7 of Sseureki and Binggeure(who has a one sided-crush on him), also getting "teased" by Sseureki. 

  • Reply 1997

    9. Reply 1997

    Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes

    3.5

    +side/main characters; Joon hee and yoon jae

  • Coffee & Vanilla

    10. Coffee & Vanilla

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

    3.5

    +side character; the secretary of the ceo, main male lead.

  • The Master's Sun

    11. The Master's Sun

    Korean Drama - 2013, 17 episodes

    8.5

    +side character; features a trans woman.

  • Joshi-teki Seikatsu

    12. Joshi-teki Seikatsu

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 4 episodes

    9.5

    A very well made drama. The life of a trans-woman and how it is in Japan, with all those very heavy expectations.

  • Kuragehime

    13. Kuragehime

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes

    9.0

    A beautiful story about a lover of jellyfish and her friendships who ends up making the most beautiful jellyfish together and only makes them stronger as inviduel and as a team.

    There is also a beautiful crossdresser, who came into their life and made it possible for them to grow in person!
    Inspiring.

  • Close-Knit

    14. Close-Knit

    Japanese Movie - 2017

    10

    Beautiful story about a trans woman and her family

  • High Heel

    15. High Heel

    Korean Movie - 2014

    9.0

    Trans cop/assassin , who never gets to transition...

    sad but a good movie. 

  • Oshi no Oujisama

    16. Oshi no Oujisama

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 11 episodes

    10

    It left me with one question in the end “Was it also a one-sided gay love story on Micchi still to the very end? Or did they indeed end up dating each other??” 

  • Be Melodramatic

    17. Be Melodramatic

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    9.0

    The one guy that lives together with the girls in the same apartment is gay.

  • Sweet Munchies

    18. Sweet Munchies

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes

    7.5

    A one sided love story between the main male lead who pretends to be gay and the designer who is actual gay.

  • Shitsuren Meshi

    19. Shitsuren Meshi

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes

    8.5

    At some point she gets to hear of her school friend's heartbreak story, which was actually her having a crush on her- her girl friend.

    She also takes this very well, it is comforting to see a bit more of this in Japanese dramas. Thank you.

  • You Raise Me Up

    20. You Raise Me Up

    Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes

    7.5

    a trans woman called Jennifer 

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