12 Popular Children’s TV Shows that Have Gay Characters - Michael Fot

Contents:

• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE
• 12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
• PBS 'TAKG ADVANTAGE' OF PARENT'S TST BY CLUDG GAY WEDDG 'ARTHUR': CONSERVATIVE GROUP
• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED BELOVED CHILDREN'S CARTOON
• ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN REF TO AIR 'ARTHUR' EPISO WH GAY WEDDG
• ARTHUR'S TEACHER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED ON THE PBS KIDS SHOW'S SEASON PREMIERE
• OF URSE CHILDREN'S SHOWS SHOULD HAVE GAY CHARACTERS. 'ARTHUR' IS A GOOD REMR WHY.
• "ARTHUR" CHARACTER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE
• ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE
• HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.
• ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN ME OUT AS GAY AND GOT MARRIED THE SEASON PREMIERE AND TWTER LOVED
• MR. RATBURN, CHARACTER ON PBS'S ANIMATED 'ARTHUR,' OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED
• PBS RTOON ‘ARTHUR’ TRODUCG GAY CHARACTER SHOWS A SER ‘WAR FOR OUR CULTURE,’ SAYS SEB GORKA FIERY RANT
• WATCH: PBS’ CARTOON ‘ARTHUR’ HAS CHARACTER COME OUT AS GAY, MARRY A MAN

'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE

“MR RATBURN IS GAY??

Your move Marvel…, ” wrote Rachel Gie, the director of edorial at is not the first time the “Arthur” seri has featured a gay character. ” The anizatn c “Steven Universe, ” “Adventure Time” and “Loud Hoe” as some recent exampl of programmg that featur nuanced LGBTQ, featurg a gay marriage on a children’s televisn show remas revolutnary, acrdg to year, the s-old discsn over Bert and Ernie’s relatnship and sexual orientatn “Same Street” me to a standstill after Frank Oz, the creator of Bert, nied the character was gay. I know what and who he is, " Oz wrote on Mark Saltzman, a former wrer for “Same Street, ” mataed that the puppets were gay.

“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty. In fact, three of the leadg mastream children’s ble channels — cludg Disney, Nickeloon and Cartoon Network — have shows wh gay or lbian are twelve popular children’s shows wh gay characters:Photo urty: Getty Imag/LtleBee80. This popular live-actn tween-centric seri 2017 showsed a primary character, 13-year-old Cys Goodman, revealg he is gay.

12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

” The storyle ntued to this year, wh Cys sayg for the first time, “I’m gay” The seri was nceled after three seasons. GLAAD is a proment gay rights media watchdog.

Ratburn, Arthur’s teacher, was homosexual and premiered an episo wh a gay weddg. "But gay activists are not satisfied wh jt changg the law — people mt change their beliefs, too.

Children are not askg for their rtoon characters to be gay — activists the entertament dtry are forcg on them. It is offensive to me and my fay that the work would glorify the homosexual liftyle. ”“Arthur, ” which premiered 1996, has prevly featured a gay character.

PBS 'TAKG ADVANTAGE' OF PARENT'S TST BY CLUDG GAY WEDDG 'ARTHUR': CONSERVATIVE GROUP

The Forc of Evil" on the Disney Channel picted gay upl kissg among others durg a boy band ncert, sparkg outrage among pro-fay groups. The same year, the Disney kids seri "Andi Mack" featured a 13-year-old character who realiz he is gay and out to his iends. Addnally, Disney's remake of "Bety and The Beast” clud an openly "gay moment" exprsed by LeFou, the sikick to the movie's antagonist, Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post.

Ratburn, was gay and gettg married. Shortly after s premiere, the ter epted over the cln of a gay character and storyle such a proment children’s program. Ratburn om ‘Arthur’ is gay.

'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED BELOVED CHILDREN'S CARTOON

Do you know how amazg is that someone who’s been on the show om the start, someone who’s a ma character, is openly gay and gettg married on a kids show? Ratburn om arthur is gay this is the absolute bt thg you’ll see all day, ” noted one person, while another joyfully said, “Mr. Ratburn is gay, im cryg.

Ratburn is gay by him havg a same sex marriage. And then there were some who weren’t necsarily agast the choice, but were nfed as to why a gay character was “need” on a children’s show. Ratburn om Arthur is gay….

It’s a kids show, don’t exactly ‘need’ an openly gay character, ” wrote one er.

ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN REF TO AIR 'ARTHUR' EPISO WH GAY WEDDG

I jt don’t unrstand why so many TV characters are gay the days. RELATED VIDEO: Josh Gad on Controversial ‘Gay Moment’ In ‘Bety & the Beast:’ ‘This Film Is One of Inclivens’. Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD.

Now nearly every TV seri, animated or live-actn, has add gay characters. Activists have repeatedly assumed that the sensible-shoe-wearg character is eher gay or bi-sexual. She’s gay.

Last April, Disney revealed a gay character DuckTal named Vlet, who is prented as a child wh two gay dads. MR RATBURN IS GAY?!?

ARTHUR'S TEACHER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED ON THE PBS KIDS SHOW'S SEASON PREMIERE

In May 2019, PBS children’s show Arthur featured a gay weddg scene s season premiere.

Ultimately, the storyle end wh the character Cys Goodman (Joshua Rh) announcg that he is gay. In April 2016, gay activist webse Pri labeled Steven Universe one of the queert kid’s shows on TV bee most of the characters are prented as gay. Episos have also featured lsons on homophobia, anxiety, and domtic vlence.

OF URSE CHILDREN'S SHOWS SHOULD HAVE GAY CHARACTERS. 'ARTHUR' IS A GOOD REMR WHY.

In October 2016, the show’s two police characters were prented as participatg a gay relatnship wh one another. Popular kid’s show Blue’s Clu has teamed up wh drag queen “Na Wt” a vio aimed at celebratg Gay Pri Month. PBS has jt nfirmed what those wh heightened gaydar have spected for years — Mr.

"ARTHUR" CHARACTER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE

Ratburn, Arthur's no-nonsense-wh-a-heart-of-gold teacher, is gay.

‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE

The ter was not shy their opns about a rtoon school teacher vg his stunts to his Ratburn beg gay is *my* Game of Thron fale— ??? ??????’ ???????? (@salmattos) May 13, 2019PSA: Mr. Ratburn om "Arthur" is gay.

Do you know how amazg is that someone who's been on the show om the start, someone who's a ma character, is openly gay and gettg married on a kids show? #Arthur — Daniel Mole (@DanielMole29) May 13, 2019On the one hand this gay weddg on Arthur is so cute but on the other hand image gog to a teacher’s weddg— Ira Madison III (@ira) May 13, 2019The episo do not overtly label Mr. Ratburn as "gay" much like another episo of an Arthur spoff show, Postrds From Bter, that featured gay characters.

Ratburn is gay when he marri his longtime partner, Patrick. Ratburn om ‘Arthur’ beg gay is that I’m jt now fdg out that ‘Arthur’ is still g out wh new episos, ” voice actrs Erika Menz tweeted.

HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.

)Televisn wasn’t void of openly gay characters or hosts 2005 — “The Ellen DeGener Show” was 2 years old by then and “Will and Grace” was gog strong — but a gay uple on a children’s show, apparently, still seemed a bridge too far. I’m glad we’ve crossed that urse children’s shows should clu gay urse weddgs on children’s shows should, on ocsn, be between members of the same urse parents on children’s shows should, on ocsn, be members of the same sex. Tickets are $42 at @heidistevens13[ Why do matter if Bert and Ernie are gay?

‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN ME OUT AS GAY AND GOT MARRIED THE SEASON PREMIERE AND TWTER LOVED

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MR. RATBURN, CHARACTER ON PBS'S ANIMATED 'ARTHUR,' OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED

The word "lbian" was not ed the episo, nor was the word "gay" ed the episo about Mr.

PBS RTOON ‘ARTHUR’ TRODUCG GAY CHARACTER SHOWS A SER ‘WAR FOR OUR CULTURE,’ SAYS SEB GORKA FIERY RANT

Ratburn om Arthur beg gay is that I'm jt now fdg out that Arthur is still g out wh new episos.

The Public Broadstg System — the one Amerin taxpayers fund, whether they like or not — aired a new episo of the long-nng kids' rtoon Arthur which an elementary school teacher reveals himself as a homosexual by walkg down the aisle wh another male. I wonr how many parents thrill at the thought of a homosexual "wkg knowgly" at their kids as he prepar to go to bed wh another guy. PBS prentg a male rat pretendg to marry a male aardvark propagandiz children eper ways than jt the attempt to normalize homosexualy.

I saw a Facebook post jokg that everyone had long figured Ratburn is gay anyway, so no big surprise. We've shifted over the past generatn om "assumptn of hetero" to "assumptn of homo. " Kids wh close same-sex iends are prumed homosexuals and have to fend their rightly orred sexual orientatn.

WATCH: PBS’ CARTOON ‘ARTHUR’ HAS CHARACTER COME OUT AS GAY, MARRY A MAN

Ratburn beg gay is *my* Game of Thron fale. animatn twter is losg over the fact that arthur ma mr ratburn gay but no one is talkg about his clearly queer sister. How a Gay Character on Arthur Reflects Changg Norms the U.

Still, ’s possible to unt on your fgers the number of kids’ shows that have picted gay characters. Both that the teacher is gay and that the show – a cultural touchstone for many lennials – is still nng. The PBS Kids show surprised fans 2019 after revealg s character Mr Ratburn is gay as he got married to another male character named Patrick.

A proment character on the long-nng PBS children's program "Arthur" surprised viewers by revealg he's gay an episo that aired show kicked off s 22nd season wh Mr. Ratburn, Arthur's teacher, gettg married to another man, acrdg to CBS were quick to appld producers for the cln of an LGBT Ratburn beg gay is *my* Game of Thron fale(@salmattos)May 13, 2019But some felt the move was appropriate.