Nickeloon’s New Cartoon Featur a Gay Married Couple | Vany Fair

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• 12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
• NICKELOON’S NEW CARTOON FEATUR A GAY MARRIED COUPLEWAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SAME-SEX UPLE—A FIRST FOR THE CHILDREN'S WORK—ON THE ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD HOE.BY LRA BRADLEYJULY 19, 2016COURTY OF NICKELOON.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN FAI TUNE TO NICKELOON’S THE LOUD HOE ON WEDNDAY EVENG, THEY’RE GOG TO SEE SOMETHG THE CHILDREN’S WORK HAS NEVER DARED TO FEATURE BEFORE: A GAY MARRIED UPLE.THE LOUD HOE, WHICH PREMIERED MAY, IS AN ANIMATED SERI THAT FOLLOWS THE LIFE AND ADVENTUR OF LLN LOUD, THE MIDDLE CHILD A FAY OF 13—AND THE ONLY BOY AMONG 10 SISTERS.WAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SHOW’S TERRACIAL UPLE, HAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI—PARENTS OF CLY MCBRI, LLN’S NERDY BT IEND, VARIETY REPORTS.PART OF WEDNDAY’S EPISO, “OVERNIGHT SUCCS,” WAS POSTED ON TWTER. IN THE SCENE, CLY’S PARENTS DROP HIM OFF AT LLN’S HOE FOR A SLEEPOVER, ALONG WH A ILLY HUGE PILE OF PROVISNS, CLUDG A SLEEPG BAG, A HUMIDIFIER, A HUMIDIFIER, EARPLUGS, ALLERGY MEDITNS, AND SEVERAL PHONE NUMBERS.X NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.FROM WHAT WE N SEE, THE EPISO HANDL THE TOPIC EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY: BY TREATG CLY’S PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER UPLE, AND ALLOWG THEIR LOVG RE FOR CLY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT STEAD.NICKELOON HAS STRONGLY HTED AT SAME-SEX ROMANCE BEFORE—AT THE END OF LEGEND OF KORRA, WHEN KORRA AND ASAMI PRUMABLY BEME A UPLE. BUT AS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS AS WAS, THE ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI WASN’T MA EXPLICLY CLEAR, AND THE TWO WOMEN WERE FELY NOT MARRIED. ALSO, BY THE TIME THE SERI END, HAD BEEN PULLED OM AIR; S LAST EPISOS STEAD BUTED ONLE.THE LOUD HOE, HOWEVER, AIRS ON TV LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW—AND IS PRUMABLY TARGETG A YOUNGER CROWD THAN LEGEND OF KORRA.THIS KD OF SUAL REPRENTATN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMG IS A TONE, THOUGH 'S GROWG CREASGLY MON. THE DISNEY CHANNEL TRODUCED S FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE TWO YEARS AGO ON GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, A SCENE THAT BOTH REPRENTED THE LBIAN MOTHERS AS PLETELY NORMAL, AND LAMPOONED CHARLIE’S PARENTS FOR THEIR ASSUMPTN THAT THEIR DGHTER'S PLAYMATE HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS. IN THE SAME YEAR, CARTOON NETWORK AIRED S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS, BUT CENSORED THEIR KISS—CHANGG OM ON THE LIPS, TO ON THE CHEEK.ALL OF THE SCEN HAVE ONE THG MON: THEY’RE PLETELY SUAL ABOUT PRENTG GAY UPL. IN A FEW YEARS, PERHAPS SCEN LIKE THEM WON’T EVEN BE NEWS AT ALL.CAN THE JEM COSTUM CAPTURE THE CARTOON’S HIGH-FASHN SPIR?1 / 12CHEVRONCHEVRONJERRI TTS OUT SYNERGY’S HOLOGRAPHIC POWERS A PK AND ROB’S EGG BLUE STRIPED SMOCK DRS AND ORDATG BERET.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONLRA BRADLEY

12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

Howard and Harold, the adoptive parents of Cly, who is the bt iend of the ma character Lln Loud, are not only the first married gay uple a Nickeloon show but also make signifint wav reprentatn by simply beg stellar characters.

While there have been several headways to more diverse LGBTQ+ reprentatn, gay and bisexual men are still unrreprented, pecially all-ag media.

NICKELOON’S NEW CARTOON FEATUR A GAY MARRIED COUPLEWAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SAME-SEX UPLE—A FIRST FOR THE CHILDREN'S WORK—ON THE ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD HOE.BY LRA BRADLEYJULY 19, 2016COURTY OF NICKELOON.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN FAI TUNE TO NICKELOON’S THE LOUD HOE ON WEDNDAY EVENG, THEY’RE GOG TO SEE SOMETHG THE CHILDREN’S WORK HAS NEVER DARED TO FEATURE BEFORE: A GAY MARRIED UPLE.THE LOUD HOE, WHICH PREMIERED MAY, IS AN ANIMATED SERI THAT FOLLOWS THE LIFE AND ADVENTUR OF LLN LOUD, THE MIDDLE CHILD A FAY OF 13—AND THE ONLY BOY AMONG 10 SISTERS.WAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SHOW’S TERRACIAL UPLE, HAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI—PARENTS OF CLY MCBRI, LLN’S NERDY BT IEND, VARIETY REPORTS.PART OF WEDNDAY’S EPISO, “OVERNIGHT SUCCS,” WAS POSTED ON TWTER. IN THE SCENE, CLY’S PARENTS DROP HIM OFF AT LLN’S HOE FOR A SLEEPOVER, ALONG WH A ILLY HUGE PILE OF PROVISNS, CLUDG A SLEEPG BAG, A HUMIDIFIER, A HUMIDIFIER, EARPLUGS, ALLERGY MEDITNS, AND SEVERAL PHONE NUMBERS.X NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.FROM WHAT WE N SEE, THE EPISO HANDL THE TOPIC EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY: BY TREATG CLY’S PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER UPLE, AND ALLOWG THEIR LOVG RE FOR CLY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT STEAD.NICKELOON HAS STRONGLY HTED AT SAME-SEX ROMANCE BEFORE—AT THE END OF LEGEND OF KORRA, WHEN KORRA AND ASAMI PRUMABLY BEME A UPLE. BUT AS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS AS WAS, THE ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI WASN’T MA EXPLICLY CLEAR, AND THE TWO WOMEN WERE FELY NOT MARRIED. ALSO, BY THE TIME THE SERI END, HAD BEEN PULLED OM AIR; S LAST EPISOS STEAD BUTED ONLE.THE LOUD HOE, HOWEVER, AIRS ON TV LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW—AND IS PRUMABLY TARGETG A YOUNGER CROWD THAN LEGEND OF KORRA.THIS KD OF SUAL REPRENTATN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMG IS A TONE, THOUGH 'S GROWG CREASGLY MON. THE DISNEY CHANNEL TRODUCED S FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE TWO YEARS AGO ON GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, A SCENE THAT BOTH REPRENTED THE LBIAN MOTHERS AS PLETELY NORMAL, AND LAMPOONED CHARLIE’S PARENTS FOR THEIR ASSUMPTN THAT THEIR DGHTER'S PLAYMATE HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS. IN THE SAME YEAR, CARTOON NETWORK AIRED S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS, BUT CENSORED THEIR KISS—CHANGG OM ON THE LIPS, TO ON THE CHEEK.ALL OF THE SCEN HAVE ONE THG MON: THEY’RE PLETELY SUAL ABOUT PRENTG GAY UPL. IN A FEW YEARS, PERHAPS SCEN LIKE THEM WON’T EVEN BE NEWS AT ALL.CAN THE JEM COSTUM CAPTURE THE CARTOON’S HIGH-FASHN SPIR?1 / 12CHEVRONCHEVRONJERRI TTS OUT SYNERGY’S HOLOGRAPHIC POWERS A PK AND ROB’S EGG BLUE STRIPED SMOCK DRS AND ORDATG BERET.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONLRA BRADLEY

Benson (Coy Stewart) is one of the show's lead characters and is revealed to be gay early on after he rpectfully turns down Kipo (Karen Fuhara), who has a csh on him. 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?!?

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. 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.

We already knew She-Ra was queer AF, but seeg two lovg, openly gay parents on a popular animated show ma our hearts swell!