35 New Wholesome Comics By Amee Wilson That Explain What It’s Like To Be Queer
Interview With ArtistAmee Wilson is a talented artist and a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community who understands the importance of celebrating diversity. Through her heartwarming and humorous "Queer Chameleon" comics, she challenges stereotypes and encourages us all to embrace our unique identities.
"We have a lot more understanding now about different identities but there's still a big gap in seeing them shown anywhere," Amee shared in a previous interview with Bored Panda. Scroll down to explore the world of "Queer Chameleon" comics.
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My Dad's brother was gay, was with his boyfriend over 50 years. I never saw anything wrong with it. It was just a normal to us. Each to his or her own. I also worked a girl that was gay ( lovely girl, bit butch, but with the kindest heart). Poor girl was beat up a few times. This lead to her having a stroke at 35 years old, in a wheelchair for the rest of her life now. So sad😭😥
So someone ruined an innocent woman's life because of her sexuality... something she had no choice in, nor control over. I am constantly appalled by some people's cruelty and ignorance.
Load More Replies...Welcome! Most users on this website are very LGBTQIA+ accepting which is amazing. However, BoredPanda sadly does not have a moderation team so you will also see a lot of hate filled trolls. We just ignore them.
Load More Replies...This is my friend 10000%. They’re in a polyamorous relationship with two women. Unfortunately one is long distance and the other is closeted.
Back in the '70s a friend was a dancer in a strip club - we met playing D&D, the friend ended up transitioning to male. I have difficulty knowing what pronouns to use when talking about someone pre-transition - 'they' did say that they felt like a female impersonator while dancing (Seattle still allowed topless dancing withing city limits at the time)
I love how queer people are getting more and more support, I am bisexual myself. Fun fact, there are actually 72 genders. To this day I still don't understand why someone needs that many.
Do you know what some of the less common ones are? (/genq)
Load More Replies...Bored Panda reached out to Amee once again to delve deeper into her world and creative process. In the vibrant world of comics, Amee's work stands out for beautifully portraying LGBTQ+ life. We were intrigued to learn more about how the artist decides which specific aspects or topics of LGBTQ+ life to bring to life in her artwork. "Lately it tends to be topical - what's going on in the news," Amee shared. "Then, I like to balance it with simple or joyful ideas inspired by my followers or my own experiences."
I wish everyone could be who they are without being told they’re a mental illness.
I'm so glad that they incuded asexuality. Sadly, many asexual people are told that they are mentally ill and forced to take hormones, participate in humiliating sexual role-play or hypnosis therapy, or even worse-- forced sexual encounters. To anyone in the LGBTQIA+ community that feels lost or scared-- you are loved and valid.
Starting a creative adventure often opens doors to new perspectives and insights. As we explore Amee's captivating comics, it makes us wonder: how has making these cartoons changed the way she thinks about the LGBTQ+ community and its many different stories? For the artist, it's a constant educational journey. "There are so many perspectives and experiences in the community, and so there is always more to learn. I try to push myself to share as much breadth as I can - and have learned a lot along the way, even about my own identity. Julia Shaw's book 'Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality' helped me a lot in that way. And then more recently 'Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History' by Hannah McElhinney was also a book that also opened my eyes a lot."
What some people think bisexuality is: not being able to keep a stable relationship because you "miss out on the other gender". Or being so oversexed that you'd shag anything with a pulse. Or just a quick addition to a threesome. Some couples scour dating sites and message everyone who mentioned being bisexual in their profile. Well, I stopped dating online and just started meeting people IRL.
I've always hated the word bisexual - think queer is a better word. Or that there should be a new way to define it - the bi part makes people think you have two identities so people try to measure how much of one or other of the sides a person has. I've been guilty of this too which is why I mention it.
The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. Chosen family has always been family but we've shortened the saying to adhere to patriarchal notions of family loyalty.
According to Amee, an improvement in LGBTQ+ representation across underrepresented parts of the community would be incredible. "But first and foremost, we need to tackle the way the media and government are attacking parts of our community. The way the trans+ are currently represented in mainstream media has deadly real-world consequences. We need to uplift voices from the community to tell their stories, counteracting the lies that are being told on a much larger scale."
I was scared this would happen when I came out, luckily it didn’t but it did to some of my friends.
oh my god! have they found stable and accepting homes?
Load More Replies...THINK OF THE CHILDREN! *Ignores the gay children, sitting in silence*
Amee revealed that she would like to continue broadening the topics in her art and work more with other creators to showcase their perspectives, using her platform to help uplift those voices.
Amee has released a vibrant and uplifting book titled "Queer Chameleon and Friends". This collection of comic illustrations portrays LGBTQ+ life, catering to both the community and a broader audience. So if you're interested, definitely check it out!
Personally I don't choose to wake up. It happens against my wishes.
Load More Replies...Explain then, how do gay people remain gay after all those straight kissing scenes
Load More Replies...If saying "I'm gay" means you're forcing your sexuality on others, then straight women shouldn't be allowed to mention their husbands either, because that lets people know they are sexually attracted to men, which means they're forcing their sexuality on others too.
Bruh that ain’t even what this comic is about. Maybe find one that’s actually about non binary’ or gender fluid people and be a tard in that comment section. ( to manualtrnny not Jaya)
Load More Replies...Yes manualtr..., gay people are still shunned A LOT. Also, if you think being trans is a mental health issue, why would you be so hateful? Wouldn't you feel compassion for them? Do you hate on other people with mental health issues too?
Load More Replies...We're the ones telling you what you should be - them, probably
Load More Replies...I'm so sorry. I truly hope that you find a dear friend, family member, or found family who truly loves you and accepts you for being you. Remember that you are valid and uniquely you.
Load More Replies...be yourself unless "yourself" falls outside of the narrow and frankly archaic "normal"
I thought they were upset that the green M&M was no longer a stripper, I didn't know they were upset with the purple M&M too.
true for every attraction :) (except cute little balls of fur)
They and Them have been singular pronouns in the english language since the 1300s. Anyone who thinks that either word is an exclusively plural pronoun failed basic english classes and doesn't understand the language they're speaking.
Congratulations, manualtranny. You’ve finally found a comic that focuses on pronouns to rant on! I’m so proud. 🥹 (But not really, you’re an a*****e)
Load More Replies...I think some people just genuinely don't realize that they themselves already use 'they' and 'them' for a single person all the time. We all do it: when we talk about unspecified fictional people, when we don't know someone's gender, or when someone's gender isn't relevant at all to our story ("someone bumped into me on the street, and they didn't even say sorry!"). So it really isn't that big a deal to use it in 1 more situation: when someone prefers those pronouns because of their gender identity. Yes, it does create confusion sometimes, when you don't know if someone is talking about 1 person or multiple people. That can be annoying, I totally agree. But I myself always think: what's more important to me, making sure that there can never be any confusion, or not making that nonbinary person feel uncomfortable?
My understanding of the grammer is that the singular "they/them" was used for a hypothetical or unidentified person. They/them wasn't used when the identity of the individual is known. It denies the subject their individual identity, and reduces them to a generic interchangable stereotype "the patient" "the child". Thirty-plus years ago, talking about an individual as "they/them" especially in their presence or in front of someone who knew them was depersonalising, dismissive and rude. It feels wrong not because "they/them is a plural" but because there's a subconciously internalised rule that "talking about a specific individual as a they/them is wrong and hurtful." The rules have flipped around, and now we're trying to be respectful of someones identity, by using grammar that, historically, would have been used to depersonalise them and erase their identity.
exactly what my parents try doing. I VERY often say they them for a lot of people, and one time I got in trouble for saying "them" in front of my dad. ( my younger sibling had recently came out as semi girl and my no queer parents were VERY upset0
It's actually vi/vir for makes (hence virile) he/him was invented as the gender neutral. Also viman/woman and man for person.
These are all back-inventions and do not respect the reality of language development.
Load More Replies...I know other queer people complain about it and I totally get why, but personally I would kinda like it if people would have tried to set me up with their other queer friends. Getting dates is hard.
I agree with the 'getting dates is hard' thing. It is.
Load More Replies...This happened to me and it’s one of the biggest reasons 7th grade was the worst year of my life
I act like this about straight people tbh. I leave the gays alone.
You choose if and when you want to come out. I would recommend finding a queer support group (in real life or online), or queer parties or making friends with some queer people. Being in the closet all by yourself can be hard and lonely, having a place where you don't have to hide yourself or have someone to talk to about being queer, can really really help. It also makes it much easier to come out at some point, if you already have some people who accept and support you.
Sometimes I truly wish I could come out, but I know that my mom and friends would say that asexuality is a mental illness and that I need to seek professional help. It makes me so incredibly sad, heartbroken, and lonely at times to feel like I have no one to turn to and that I'm living a lie. I fear getting told that I need "conversion therapy" like hormonal pills, hypnosis, or even forced sexual encounters to fix me. I've had therapist tell me that it's something that can be fixed like I'm some broken toy. It's so humiliating and terrifying and I'm a grown a*s adult. I can't even imagine how someone younger must feel. If anyone is struggling to come out or can't, please know that you are loved and valid.
Don't listen to the bigot, collect even more pronouns and keep increasing your power levels
Load More Replies...You also don't "have to" come out to everyone who presumes straight by default. It's okay to be fùckíng sick of coming out every damn time you meet someone. Go ahead and presume they're queer, it's exactly the same. Be yourself and let others adjust.
Safety is critical and coming out can put you in danger. The choice is almost always being yourself OR having family. When you’re a kid, family means literal survival. It’s rough out there.
Load More Replies...Sometimes that reaction is delayed. Many of us know the sting of our family members suddenly turning on us after being supportive potentially for years prior. The worst ones are when they blame you for "grooming" one of their children. Often solely because you were the one their kid came out to before them.
Yep. While my grandmother was never supportive of her trans son, she did blame him for “exposing” me to “gay things”. Which was silly (for obvious reasons) but mostly because u came out before him and she just didn’t know it 😂
Load More Replies...Part of the United States where hyper conservatives are more terrified of Drag Queens reading stories to children than they are of children getting brutally murdered by guns in school. Hmmm...
Sexuality has always been discussed in kindergarten. It was just always cis/het sexuality
Load More Replies...to quote a wise man “ A frogge bip a smal beaste wip foure leggys, whyche luep boop in watyre and on londe”
Yes. And in my mind there were backup singers singing "yeeaahhh", while waving jazz hands. 😂
Load More Replies...Also, DON'T BAN BOOKS!!!! DON'T BURN BOOKS!!!! Have a nice day! 🙂
Load More Replies...When you get to the point of banning books you can no longer say you are not a fascist. Christian fascism is religious fascism is the oldest type of fascism. I have zero respect for book burning Nazis. I hate the fact that I have so much hatred for Fascists. I try to see them as people separate from their actions because I fear being consumed by hatred. Evey Nazi or Christian nationalist I've met are sad pathetic people but they make it so hard to have sympathy for them. Here endeth the rant. .
Book banning and censorship is a vile practice that is sadly become more popular in certain states in the United States.
yep, again american story, and yet... this also - at least some of it - is connected with lgbtq+, which censored some books... if i remember correct, there was a trans which removed name of the author from harry potter books, because he/she disliked the author. how this is normal?...
I’m always having to fight for my right to exist and not be torn down. Additionally, there is a person who has the T slur in their name. Report them please. Update: he seems to have gone away, thank god.
TBH I didn't realise that tranny was a slur, but yeah, that poster is hateful.
Load More Replies...Oh I don’t use pronouns- well here’s what you can’t say: you, me, we, our, my, I, ours, he, him, she, her, they, them, theirs, myself, etc etc
It always baffles me when bigots go "I don't use pronouns!" Isn't the word 'pronoun' a very common word in English, how come there are so many people who don't know what the word 'pronoun' means, didn't everybody learn that in school?
Load More Replies...Idc about the pronouns but can we talk about how a chameleon has a pet dog
For people who don't wanna hate but just sincerely don't understand why pronouns are important, there's a nice experiment you can try: ask everyone around you to use the wrong pronouns for you for a week. So if you are a man, ask everyone to use 'she', 'her', 'woman', 'miss' when they talk to/about you. You will notice very fast how incredibly annoying it is, and how bad and uncomfortable it feels to be called something that you know you aren't. At some point you just wanna scream "I'm not a woman! Stop calling me that! It feels so uncomfortable!" Maybe that can help you understand a little bit better.
My dog is always "misgendered". it's a dog, he doesn't care. I don't get how people get offended for it. (not dismissing human misgendering, just noting)
"And historians will call them- close friends, besties, roommates, colleagues, anything but lovers" /lyr
Jinx! (we commented the lyrics at the same time lol)
Load More Replies...I wonder how many men see my wife and I about town with rings on our fingers and think we're just friends. Pretty sure any idea to that effect falls through the moment they see us kissing! (An older gentleman actually swore out loud when he saw us do that once, it was quite amusing.)
And that's okay, too. Giving your 100% to everything all the time is actually impossible.
Load More Replies...same vibe as me learning growing up that weird means "having good and cool vibes that I respect/relate to" and then calling people weird and subsequently learning that the rest of the world thinks weird means "ew stop that"
When someone calls me gay, I just strike a pose and say thank you, haha. I do, after, walk past them and tell them that tone is everything and to die. :D
Always feels so good to see Ace representation. I feel so invisible sometimes, but stuff like this reminds me I’m not alone
As another asexual who often struggles with feeling invisible and feels terrified to ever come out due to rejection from family and friends-- you are loved and valid. Asexuality is not a mental illness like so many people claim. We don't need all those damned hormonal pills, humiliating therapy sessions where they try to correct us, and even sadly forced sexual encounters to correct us. I often feel like I'm broken or a monster from all the hurtful things I've heard from people, but I want you to know that you are LOVED AND VALID. If an ace person loves you, they love you with their entire soul and are some of the most loyal friends, parents, and family members.
Load More Replies...Hello to all my fellow aces! Let us eat CAKE! Or garlic bread! Both are delicious. Love you.
I don't understand what most of those mean. Would someone please explain? :) To each their own of course!
Abrosexual is also known as sexual fluidity: attractions can fluctuate between straight, gay, bi, pan, etc. Aromantic: no interest in romantic relationships. Ace: asexual, no interest in sexual relationships. Aroace: aromantic asexual, no interest in either romantic or sexual relationships. Agender: no interest in gender identity, a form of nonbinary identity. Bi: bisexual, attracted to both men and women.
Load More Replies...Yeah, thank you for including some members of the queer community that are often overlooked.
to all my fellow non-bigot pandas: please not only downvote but also report this type of hate speech. We really do not need hateful trolls here making the page unsafe for the rest of us.
Load More Replies...Again, remind me of one of my irl friends. They’ve always described their gender identity as feeling “alien.” This is how I feel too and my gender identity is further influenced by my autism.
As a fellow autistic, is there a better way to describe it? I’m trying to understand xenogenders better.
Load More Replies...Every single person in the world should have the right to feel like this with another person. God bless people in love everywhere! Love makes the world a better place, and no one should be taxing it with their ridiculous rules.
And if they don’t want to, I hope they find a furry friend!
Load More Replies...Its Barugon from the Gamera franchise Barugon-65...46e91e.jpg
The Earth's circumference is only 40,000km. I'm going to need a less-literal panda to explain this one.
It might be a "European decimal". Sometimes the . is swapped to a , in some countries.
Load More Replies...Clinical psychologist here. "Trans" is definitely not a "mental health issue."
Thank you, Multa. This is so incredibly important. Gender identities are often still viewed as mental illnesses as is the sexual identity, asexuality, and it makes me so incredibly sad. Children and teens should never have to go through the humiliation and hurt of being told that they are broken and need to be corrected. Thank you for standing with the LGBTQIA+ community. I truly wish I had a psychologist like you growing up.
Load More Replies...Shout out to all who stood up against homophobia today!!! You are valid no matter your pronouns/identity!
Aww a good friend of mine is named Wren. It seems to be a popular name.
Load More Replies...Thank you DClass-8008, for your contributions to the comments on these. Made me laugh instead of feeling aggravation at a certain somebody.
Dw, it's just one very loud, attention-starved bigot :)
Load More Replies...I absolutely adores these comments! as a young queer teen with a not so supportive family, it actually almost made me cry so kind people were on these comments. ty everyone
Ah, I'm sorry to hear you aren't getting the support you need and deserve at home, dear. There really are some good folks here on BP who are either just like you, or who are supportive allies. Some day, you will find your tribe, your chosen family, who will love you just as you are. Stay strong until then.
Load More Replies...I had a MUCH easier time coming out as gay to my family than I did coming out as a vegetarian. They accepted the former but gave me grief about the latter.
🤣. I'm sorry, I just wasn't expecting that. Glad you at least found acceptance for the thing that was truly not in your power to change, though. They might come around about the vegetarianism in time, maybe. I was vegan for a long time, and the s**t I caught for that...geez.
Load More Replies...It is very interesting to me that every comment of maltranny was down voted, so I didn't get to read even one XD I'm only suspecting they were hateful - so thank you everyone 🙏☺️
Seem to all have been deleted now anyway, along with replies to them.
Load More Replies...I don’t want to come out to my parents any time soon. They aren’t homophobic I just don’t know how to tell them
I know that feeling. I'm sorry. Thats exactly how I felt with my mom. I had to text her to come out. Fortunately she accepts me. Please dont tell them unless you have somewhere/someone else to support you because you never know. You are beautiful and loved❤
Load More Replies...Shout out to all who stood up against homophobia today!!! You are valid no matter your pronouns/identity!
Aww a good friend of mine is named Wren. It seems to be a popular name.
Load More Replies...Thank you DClass-8008, for your contributions to the comments on these. Made me laugh instead of feeling aggravation at a certain somebody.
Dw, it's just one very loud, attention-starved bigot :)
Load More Replies...I absolutely adores these comments! as a young queer teen with a not so supportive family, it actually almost made me cry so kind people were on these comments. ty everyone
Ah, I'm sorry to hear you aren't getting the support you need and deserve at home, dear. There really are some good folks here on BP who are either just like you, or who are supportive allies. Some day, you will find your tribe, your chosen family, who will love you just as you are. Stay strong until then.
Load More Replies...I had a MUCH easier time coming out as gay to my family than I did coming out as a vegetarian. They accepted the former but gave me grief about the latter.
🤣. I'm sorry, I just wasn't expecting that. Glad you at least found acceptance for the thing that was truly not in your power to change, though. They might come around about the vegetarianism in time, maybe. I was vegan for a long time, and the s**t I caught for that...geez.
Load More Replies...It is very interesting to me that every comment of maltranny was down voted, so I didn't get to read even one XD I'm only suspecting they were hateful - so thank you everyone 🙏☺️
Seem to all have been deleted now anyway, along with replies to them.
Load More Replies...I don’t want to come out to my parents any time soon. They aren’t homophobic I just don’t know how to tell them
I know that feeling. I'm sorry. Thats exactly how I felt with my mom. I had to text her to come out. Fortunately she accepts me. Please dont tell them unless you have somewhere/someone else to support you because you never know. You are beautiful and loved❤
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