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My Pride: The Series, also known as My Pride, is an American animated dark fantasy web series created by Madeline "Maddie" Patton, a Egyptian-Canadian bisexual woman, director, writer, and self-taught animator. The show focuses on Nothing, a young lionness, as she tries to find self-acceptance in a homophobic, sexist, and ableist culture that does not value her, but values toxic masculinity, and her romantic attachment to another lionness, using this to show why, and how, cultures become sick, and how this hurts everyone, not just a few. The first episode premiered on February 16, 2020 on Patton's YouTube channel.

mentioned on LGBT representation in animated web series and List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2020–present.

Plot
The series follows the story of a lionness who is disabled, and queer, trying to "heal her broken world."

Characters

 * Nothing (voiced by Mo Mo O'Brienxxx) - The story's protagonist. Patton said her name allows her to "have adventures and accomplishments sends a really powerful message to girls who feel like she does." Kyoga was reincarnated as Nothing.
 * Heather
 * Hover (voiced by Morgan Ganahlxxx) -
 * Fire
 * Karabi (voiced by Emily Goemanxxx) -
 * Kyoga (voiced by Hillary Taylorxxx) -
 * Moonstrike (voiced by Zee Andrews ) -

Production and release
At age 14, Patton wrote the story of what became My Pride, coming to learn about her bisexual identity, starting in a book form. She later described this as very "unfiltered" and a deep expression of her feelings, noting she tried to portray LGBTQ romance as central to the story, while focusing on queer erasure.

In February 2019, Patton created the first trailer for the series, with the music opening the trailer composed by Alex Martini and the song in the rest of the trailer is a song named The Oil Slick by a band named Frightened Rabbit.

By August 2019, Patton had received funding from the Independent Production Fund and the Interactive Digital Media Fund. The show was also funded from YouTube ad revenue, a Patreon, and Redbubble merchandise.

In fall 2019, Patton began writing scripts for the episodes, and then hired a crew of various composers, voice actors, animators, and others, along with voice actors. From 2020 to 2021, Patton worked 12-hour days with the show's cast and crew, even animating at specific times when needed, and writing the story for each episode. Those on the crew included Caitlin D. Fryers as a story editor, and Madison Aeling as working on episode scripts. The show was created in Toronto, Canada, with the crew based in Ontario, Canada, with Davin Lengel as the executive producer, Noah Siegel and Blag Ahilov as sound mixers. Mo Mo O’Brien was chosen as a voice actor, and the band In the City preformed the score of the series and end credit song. Other voice actors included Zee Andrews, Morgan Ganahl, Emily Goeman, and Hillary Taylor.

In February 16, 2020, the first episode was released. Patton and those working on the show learned that women and girls ages 18–24 were drawn to the show, and noted that making a LGBTQ+ show has been a "learning process." She said that the show focuses on lions, along with "ableism, queerness, feminism, [and] womanhood" and commented that she was glad to see the series "resonate so well, especially with women." By March 2021, the pilot has received over 2 milion views.

In September 2020, Patton shared with Animation World Network how she gathered a team of 30 people to produce the original web series, how she gained funding, and what is like about "producing and animating your own show".

In November 2020, episodes of the series surpassed two million views on YouTube. It was also reported that at that time, the channel's viewership reached over 33 million people, and there were over 243,000 subscribers.

In December 2020, Patton said that due to the fact the show relies heavily on "funding...from provincial sources," they submit financial reports to those funding the show, and the better they are able to prove it is profitable and popular, the more likely funders "will agree to greenlight...a season 2," adding that donations are important, but "views & engagement are just as important."

As of June 2021, the series had 20 million views and 310,000 subscribers on Patton's YouTube channel, where it has been uploaded, and has been described has her "passion project." It was also said, at that time, that the series had been translated into "over 16 languages."

On January 18, 2022, the official Twitter account for the series said, in response to a fan, that the series is currently on hiatus and is "not yet seeking any funding" but that they would post if that changed in the future. This echoed a similar statement made in March 2021 that those working on the show are "going on an indefinite hiatus" until news about season 2 had been released.

Reception
The series has been, generally, positively received. Summer Brotman described the show examining the "necessity of inclusivity, particularly in regards to gender and sexuality," helping audiences reflect on the problems with heteronormativity and intolerance. Burkely Hermann of Pop Culture Maniacs highlighted the show for its LGBTQ representation.