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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.
LA VERDAD TRáS TKY WKY, EL ‘TELETUBBY GAY’
Aunque no lo creas, hubo quien aseguraron que Tky Wky era gay y nutra fancia aba revivir solo por o * tinky winky e gay *
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. 1999Jerry Falwell panics, cg "evince" about Tky Wky's gay role mol stat. "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.
LA VERDARA HISTORIA L TELETUBBIE GAY QUE NO NOCíAS
Jerry Falwell warns Tky Wky, one of characters on children's televisn show Teletubbi, is gay and therefore moral menace to Amerin youth, article Natnal Liberty Journal; Itsy Bsy Entertament Co has nied character was nceived as gay role mol (S) * tinky winky e gay *
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. 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.
TKY WKY ERA GAY? NOS 20 ANOS "TELETUBBI" LEMBRE POLêMIS
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. 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’. 1999 se nvirtió en el año en el que surgió una nueva —y homofóbi— teoría nspiración: el teletubby morado gay.
THE WHOLLY UNSURPRISG STORY BEHD TKY WKY’S ELEVATN AS A GAY IN
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.
Sí, el lor morado uno los muchos lor la lucha LGBT+, pero no reprenta únimente a la homosexualidad. 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.
REV. FALWELL SUGGTS TKY WKY IS GAY ON THIS DATE IN 1999
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.
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. ¡Que viva Tky Wky, el ‘teletubby gay’!
¡Arriba el morado los teletubbi… porque gay! Sabemos que el título tan creíble que parece engañoso, pero la realidad que ant l ic nuevo siglo enzó a rrer el mor que aseguraba que Tky Wky era gay y to tomó por sorpra clo a s props creador.
YEP, THE PURPLE TELETUBBY WAS GAY
Por qué se dice que Tky Wky era gay.
S embargo la ntroversia no se hizo famosa en los grans meds unición hasta febrero 1999, cuando el pastor evangelista Jerry Falwell advirtió a los padr que Tky Wky podía ser un símbolo la homosexualidad:. “Es morado, el lor la homosexualidad, y la antena la beza dibuja un triángulo, otro símbolo homosexual”. Si bien to tiene algo verdad, pu tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial la unidad se reapropió el triángulo vertido que los nazis utilizaron para intifir a los homosexual y las prendas vletas se volvieron una señal para intifirse ntro la misma unidad, s suposicn que Tky Wky era gay no tenían ngún sentido.
Pero bueno, qué se podía perar alguien que lucraba n señalar una “agenda homosexual” en todos lados, asegurando que n ella se tentaba “reclutar” a niños y jóven, una ia que sigue permeando en unidas antirechos.
IS TKY A GAY ROLE MOL FOR BOYS, OR A PURPLE TODDLER FULL PLAY?
Por su parte, la sa productora l programa claró sobre si Tky Wky era gay:. “El hecho que lleve una bolsa mági no lo hace homosexual. La teoría un teletubbie gay no quedó ahí.
Así, la claración l lír religso ultrarecha, ó ntroversia al programa un año spués sobrevivir otra pletamente oputa, pu aseguraban que uno los personaj se llamaba o una palabra que era un sulto para los homosexual. Aunque todo pudo quedar en las nspiracn un nservador que bba enntrar polémi don fuera, hasta que en 2007 la fensora l pueblo pola y la fancia Ewa Sowińska cidió realizar una vtigación en torno al programa, pu también aseguró que Tky Wky era gay.
S embargo, algunos tegrant la unidad, tomaron o un hecho que Tky Wky era gay y abrazaron al teletubbie o un miembro la unidad y un símbolo la misma. |Natnal News Briefs; Falwell Se 'Gay' In a Teletubby ADVERTISEMENTFeb. 11, 1999See the article s origal ntext om Febary 11, 1999, Sectn A, Page 26Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal Wky, one of four characters on the children's TV show ''Teletubbi, '' is gay and therefore a moral menace to Amerin youth, the former Moral Majory lear Jerry Falwell warns.
FORMER TELETUBBY: TKY WKY WAS NOT GAY
Falwell said the creators of the program tend for Tky Wky to be a gay role mol. ''He is purple -- the gay-pri lor; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pri symbol, '' he wrote.