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Contents:
- THE TELETUBBI EMBRACE PRI, MORE THAN TWO S AFTER 'GAY' TKY WKY SNDAL
- LA VERDAD TRáS TKY WKY, EL ‘TELETUBBY GAY’
- LA VERDARA HISTORIA L TELETUBBIE GAY QUE NO NOCíAS
- NATNAL NEWS BRIEFS; FALWELL SE 'GAY' IN A TELETUBBY
- TKY WKY ERA GAY? NOS 20 ANOS "TELETUBBI" LEMBRE POLêMIS
- THE WHOLLY UNSURPRISG STORY BEHD TKY WKY’S ELEVATN AS A GAY IN
- REV. FALWELL SUGGTS TKY WKY IS GAY ON THIS DATE IN 1999
- YEP, THE PURPLE TELETUBBY WAS GAY
- IS TKY A GAY ROLE MOL FOR BOYS, OR A PURPLE TODDLER FULL PLAY?
- FORMER TELETUBBY: TKY WKY WAS NOT GAY
THE TELETUBBI EMBRACE PRI, MORE THAN TWO S AFTER 'GAY' TKY WKY SNDAL
Te ntamos la cursa historia cómo Tky Wky, los teletubbi, se ganó el título l 'teletubby gay'. ¿Lo en realidad? * tinky winky e gay *
When to pearl-clutchg gay sndals volvg children's TV characters, the story of the Teletubbi — particularly of the handbag-holdg Tky Wky — is right up there wh that of Bert and now looks like the seri is embracg the 22-year-old ntroversy a most rabow-hued way: by lnchg the official Teletubbi Pri Collectn, jt ahead of June.
Om 1998 to 2008 and had a reboot 2015 — all started 22 years ago, when Baptist televangelist and noted homophobe Jerry Falwell penned "Parents Alert: Tky Wky Com Out of the Closet, " the Natnal Liberty Journal, a promotnal publitn for his evangelil Liberty Universy, notg, "He is purple — the gay pri lor, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle — the gay pri symbol. (GIF: YouTube/Teletubbi)A ltle ntext: This was jt two years after Ellen DeGener me out as gay and three years after Print Bill Clton signed the Defense of Marriage Act to law, effectively banng same-sex marriage. Anti-sodomy laws are unnstutnal, and five years before Massachetts would bee the first state to legalize gay marriage (while feral legalizatn would not e until 2015) so, for those who haven’t been followg along om the begng — or anyone need of a reher — here's a brief timele of the Teletubbi' journey om nial to acceptance to full-on pri.
LA VERDAD TRáS TKY WKY, EL ‘TELETUBBY GAY’
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1999Jerry Falwell panics, cg "evince" about Tky Wky's gay role mol stat.
LA VERDARA HISTORIA L TELETUBBIE GAY QUE NO NOCíAS
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"The character, whose voice is obvly that of a boy, has been found rryg a red purse, and has bee a favore character among gay groups worldwi, " Falwell (who would die 2007) famoly wr his magaze, along wh tails about character's hue and triangle antenna.
He adds, "As a Christian, I feel that role-molg the gay liftyle is damagg the moral liv of children. (Photo: REUTERS/Trevor Samson)Falwell giv some cred for the tip-off to Washgton Post wrer Michael Colton, who had recently (and jokgly) clared, his annual "In/Out" lumn, that Tky Wky would be replacg the jt-out Ellen Degener as the new gay ambassador (somethg Colton amgly apologiz for after the Falwell fallout) others had beaten him to the punch, wh Tky Wky already proudly claimed by the gay prs — cludg the Advote, Out magaze and the Village Voice, which lumnist Michael Mto clared that Tky Wky is "out and proud" and sends "a great msage to kids — not only that 's OK to be gay, but the importance of beg well-accsorized.
" Lookg back years later, Mto would rell, "As I land the middle of this hilar ntretemps, I had to chuckle over the fact that Falwell and I actually agreed on somethg—that Tky was gay. "After penng his divisive piece, Falwell doubl down on the Today show, tellg then-host Katie Couric that to have "ltle boys nng around wh purs and actg effemate and leavg the ia that the mascule male, the feme female is out, and gay is OK" is somethg "Christians do not agree wh. " Teletubbi spokperson Kenn Viselman, meanwhile, holds a prs Falwell rilg folks up wh homophobic rhetoric was nothg new, as evinced by this photo of gay prottors at the 1992 Republin Natnal Conventn, outsi of Falwell luncheon, Hoton, Tex.
NATNAL NEWS BRIEFS; FALWELL SE 'GAY' IN A TELETUBBY
Internatnal stardom has not been easy for Tky Wky, the Teletubby recently “outed” by the Rev. Jerry Falwell as a gay role-mol for children. First there was a big flap England, shortly after the show’s 1997 but, over the dismissal of the actor playg Tky Wky. Producers said he had been too rambunct on […] * tinky winky e gay *
" He adds, "If gay people thk Tky Wky is gay, ’s bee there aren’t enough gay role mols on TV.
TKY WKY ERA GAY? NOS 20 ANOS "TELETUBBI" LEMBRE POLêMIS
Later I learned that this may have a homosexual unrtone.
"Whether Tky Wky is gay or not is still the most equently asked qutn that we get. Obuari note that Barn, who replaced origal Tky Wky Dave Thompson, had at one pot addrsed the ntroversy, sayg, "People always ask me if Tky Wky is gay, but the character is supposed to be a 3-year-old, so the qutn is really que silly.
THE WHOLLY UNSURPRISG STORY BEHD TKY WKY’S ELEVATN AS A GAY IN
Aquí te ntamos por qué el mundo entero cree que Tky Wky, el teletubby morado, gay. Existe la creencia que Tky Wky, el personaje morado Teletubbi, gay. La historia Tky Wky, el ‘teletubby gay’.
REV. FALWELL SUGGTS TKY WKY IS GAY ON THIS DATE IN 1999
1999 se nvirtió en el año en el que surgió una nueva —y homofóbi— teoría nspiración: el teletubby morado gay. Tky Wky siendo cute y, según Jerry, gay / Foto: Junkee. En la beza Jerry Falwell, el hecho que Tky Wky fuera lor morado era una señal clarísima que era gay.
YEP, THE PURPLE TELETUBBY WAS GAY
Sí, el lor morado uno los muchos lor la lucha LGBT+, pero no reprenta únimente a la homosexualidad.
IS TKY A GAY ROLE MOL FOR BOYS, OR A PURPLE TODDLER FULL PLAY?
Todo to suce en la beza homofóbi Jerry, ¿eh? «Es morado, el lor la homosexualidad, y la antena la beza dibuja un triángulo, otro símbolo homosexual».
Por suputo que el buen Jerry tenía una peba todavía más ntunnte la homosexualidad Tky Wky: el personaje a una bolsa roja.
Tky Wky n su bolsa roja… y ‘gay’ / Foto: Newsweek. Por lo tanto, el que ara un bolso y falda eran señal IRREFUTABLES homosexualidad. Hagamos que Tky Wky sea gay, alv.
FORMER TELETUBBY: TKY WKY WAS NOT GAY
El tema l ‘teletubby gay’ no se termó n las teorías homofóbis l lír ultrarecha. Ella también aseguró que Tky Wky era gay, pero o era perarse su claración no fue bien recibida y tiempo spués se echó para atrás n la vtigación.