FROM Steven Appleby’s Guardian strips to Grant Morrison’s iconic run on DC’s Doom Patrol, to up-and-coming small press comic-makers, transgender people have always been here, in both the comic art scene and in British society as a whole.

At a time of rising prejudice across western societies, right now we should be listening to Trans+ people and their stories and ensuring there are public spaces for their voices to be heard.

The Cartoon Museum in Wells Street, Fitzrovia, has announced a celebration of transgender and nonbinary British comic creators.

It includes artworks from the museum’s collection along with new loans to showcase stories by six creators.

The display, in the museum’s main gallery, includes a trans pride banner by the artist Charlie Guy.

“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase these fantastic comic creators and do our bit to uplift trans people in the UK,” said Hannah Whyte, collections curator.

Artist Lewis Hancox said they were “absolutely buzzing” and “grateful for the museum providing a platform for trans cartoonists like me to share our work and stories”.

And artist Steven Appleby added they “loved that the Cartoon Museum is celebrating people simply being themselves”.

The Cartoon Museum, which first opened in 2006, has received 420,000 visitors.

Its collection boasts 4,300 cartoons, comics and caricatures, and a library of 18,000 items of intrigue.

It runs a well-attended school programme and sell-out school holiday workshops, and over 50k children and adults have attended cartooning, comics and animation workshops at the museum.

The special display by six creators, Trans+Pride 2025, is at the Cartoon Museum this month and next.