Nickeloon revealed SpongeBob SquarePants is an LGBTQ+ ally, but do that mean he's gay? Here's every time the show has suggted he is.
Contents:
- NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
- SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
- SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
- IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS
- IS SPONGEBOB GAY?
- NICKELOON REVEALS THAT SPONGEBOB IS GAY
- CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
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The cln of the rtoon sponge igned a social media nversatn surroundg SpongeBob’s sexual inty, wh some folks clarg him “a gay in.
“We never tend them to be gay, ” Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick 2005, per People.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
The tweet had many claimg that Nickeloon "nfirmed" SpongeBob was gay. * spongebob and gay community *
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Given the fandom’s long-held belief that SpongeBob intified as gay, ’s the least Nickeloon uld do for this beloved kids show, and social media reactns did not disappot.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
Y, apparently SpongeBob is gay after all. * spongebob and gay community *
Fans quickly reacted sharg stills om the show and celebratg SpongeBob’s om SheKnowsGrey's Anatomy Fan-Favore Chyler Leigh Com Out Heartfelt LetterCoolhs Founr Natasha Case Spills Her Kid-Snack Hack & It Involv Eel, Not Ice CreamThe Trans Moms Hate Mother's Day -- Here's WhyNot surprised about #SpongebobIsGay sce has always kda jt been the way I have seen SB, but that do not stop me om beg DELIRIOUSLY happy about SB reprentg lgbtq+ culture ❤️?️?— ℍ???? ???? (@EmmaHso) June 14, 2020Other fans of the show have taken issue wh this, however, potg out that SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg had intified the character as asexual years ago.
Further, sce SpongeBob is not explicly lled gay, fans are left wonrg whether the tweet was fact a misguid alln to his asexualy, which is not referenced the LGBTQ Nickeloon would undoubtedly have ma a stronger statement by, well, makg an actual statement, this is still a big step forward for reprentatn kids’ TV, which has long led LGBTQ characters and relatnships too “adult” for s ntent, spe their fort cludg adult heterosexual relatnships.
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IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS
Is SpongeBob gay? Maybe not, but the Nickeloon rtoon character draws gay fans for his flamboyant liftyle and tolerant attu * spongebob and gay community *
“We never tend them to be gay. Quickly, "Spongebob is gay" beme a trendg topic on while some fans thought Nickeloon was nfirmg that SpongeBob is gay—although they didn't specific what our favore yellow sponge intifi as—the work uld possibly be referrg to the "A" "LGBTQIA.
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IS SPONGEBOB GAY?
Another Twter er said, "y'all are shocked spongebob gay?
1592054553Naturally, took leral sends for the ter to fly to a enzy over the apparent reveal that SpongeBob is as gay for Patrick as we all always knew he was.
NICKELOON REVEALS THAT SPONGEBOB IS GAY
\u201cGAY SPONGEBOB STANS RISEEEEEEE\u201d — brtany (@brtany).
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
1592096177Of urse, Nickeloon didn’t explicly say SpongeBob is the gay in we’re all so eager to claim he is, but the tweet DOES suggt he’s part of the LGBTQ+ “SpongeBob is gay!! ” paras swept across the ter, other diehard fans of the crter who liv a peapple unr the sea began potg out that we’ve actually known SpongeBob has his place unr the LGBTQ+ umbrella for a long time 2005, creator Stephen Hillenburg said that he “never tend [SpongeBob and Patrick] to be gay.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
1592072825Wh so ltle asexual reprentatn media, ’s important not to erase SpongeBob’s ace inty, though some have poted out that there’s still room for him to be homo- or bi-romantic and asexual. \u201c\u201cspongebob is gay\u201d \u201o, spongebob is asexual! He\u2019s homoromantic asexual; you n have both.