To all the people who adore original, imaginative, weird, unapologetically queer shows and cartoons but can't find enough TV shows like this: read comics. Read graphic novels, webcomics, indie comics, maybe even some mainstream comics; you will find what you're looking for. The world of webcomics and graphic novels has so many of the elements I've seen people praise recent cartoons for but dialed up to 11 (story-driven, great art styles, interesting characters, accurate queer portrayals, etc).
Almost all of the best written, best illustrated, and most relatable queer stories I've ever seen have been from graphic novels or webcomics. Some of the most interesting worldbuilding, art styles and narrative structure I've ever seen has been in comics. It's not the same as animation, but a ton of comic creators work in the industry, so a lot of the art and writing styles are similar. You can also usually feel the creator's passion for the story a lot stronger than in animation where there's layers and layers of executives separating you, the art and the artist. Webcomics are so often heartfelt and personal stories that are just so much harder to find in mainstream cartoons.
Also I guarantee you, if you go into your local library or look at webcomic sites (other than Webtoon, Webtoon is weird) there'll be a higher density of well-written queer stories than in most other art forms I've seen. I could probably pick a graphic novel at random from its section at the library and it would have at least one cannonically queer main character. Please, please, please, if you're starving for well-written queer stories that aren't killed off by Big Company for being Too Gay or Too Creative, read comics. You've got queer romances, queer angst, queer people whose queerness is just another part of themself while they go to high school or fight dragons or whatever, queer magical girls, queer superheroes, queer fantasy adventurers - whatever genre, tone, age range, etc, there will be at least one webcomic about it.
Basically I am pushing my pro-webcomics agenda. Comics are cool. Comics are fun. If you want original stories, read comics. If you're sick of the lack of relatable queer characters, read comics. Or if you just already like cartoons and want something similar, read comics.
(By the way, some of my favorite graphic novels and webcomics are The Glass Scientists, Hunter's Bite, Tiger Tiger, Aurora, M is for Monster, Sleepless Domain, Beetle and the Hollowbones, Nimona, Project Nought and Broccoli Soup, to name a few. All of them contain canonically queer characters, and most of them have their queerness be a central part of their character in some way. They are also all excellent, beautiful, well-written, interesting, and 100% their own things.)
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