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TWO OF THE MOST BELOVED CHARACTERS ‘STEVEN UNIVERSE’ ARE HAVG A BIG GAY WEDDG
It hasn't always been easy to air LGBTQ characters shows geared towards children, a genre often policed by anti-gay nservativ and relig groups. I mean, when we were workg on "Jail Break, " gay marriage was not yet legal the US. (Cartoon Network) “When when I was 22, I was the target of a racist, homophobic asslt, ” said Sugar, tailg a night out walkg wh Jon-Quartey.
" They say what mak shows durg this so special is that 's not jt a handful of tokenized, possibly gay characters livg a straight world. "It's ls 'This character might be gay, ' gay people exist.
Gay people exist the world. ”‘WHIPLASH’Cartoons aimed at teenagers and adults, such as “The Simpsons” and “Fay Guy”, have had LGBT+ characters sce the mid-2000s, but took longer for children’s “Steven Universe” began 2013 other shows wh a young dience to have clud LGBT+ them clu “Arthur”, which has featured a gay weddg, and “Adventure Time”, which Sugar prevly worked on and which has shown a lbian relled the tratn of not beg able to be open about her personal experienc the early years of her reer before she ma her sexualy public.