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Contents:
- 20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
- WARNG TO PARENTS: PRO-GAY RTOONS ARE ON THE RISE
- CARTOON NETWORK BLATANTLY PROMOT GAY LIFTYLE TO KIDS
20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
At the end of season three, when said high school ex asks if he's gay, Todd is fairly certa he isn't... Benson's sexualy is ma explic the season one episo "Ratland, " which Benson, rponse to his (female) iend Kipo's csh on him, simply says, "I'm gay. We already knew She-Ra was queer AF, but seeg two lovg, openly gay parents on a popular animated show ma our hearts swell!
"As a gay man who grew up wh no visible role mols of gay relatnships my muny or entertament ntent, I am grateful that this reprentatn is happeng on Nickeloon, moved by the difference that is surely makg the mds and hearts of children, and grateful to have been a part of this slow but important change, " Dickie told PRIDE.
WARNG TO PARENTS: PRO-GAY RTOONS ARE ON THE RISE
Gay Characters. On the other si of thgs, creasgly vol homophobic and transphobic hate movements have attacked Disney for cludg any LGBTQ+ reprentatn at all (per CNN). Long before announcements about "Disney's first gay character" beme somethg of a meme, the first direct reference to a gay person a Disney movie om a somewhat surprisg source: "The Prcs Diari 2: Royal Engagement" 2004.
" Rpons to the episo at the time were posive among the LGBTQ+ muny, wh GLAAD and queer former Disney star Miley Cys celebratg, while the far-right anti-gay group One Milln Moms protted the episo. The 2017 live-actn remake of "Bety and the Beast" arrived wh signifint prs verage about featurg an "exclively gay" moment volvg Gaston's sikick LeFou, played by Josh Gad.
CARTOON NETWORK BLATANTLY PROMOT GAY LIFTYLE TO KIDS
Even this fairly mor gay reprentatn, however, was enough for the blockbter remake to be pulled om theaters Alabama and temporarily banned Malaysia. Disney Channel had briefly featured gay romanc before, but wasn't until 2019 when Cys Goodman (played by bisexual actor Joshua Rh) on "Andi Mack" beme the first Disney Channel character to say the words "I'm gay. Cys first out to his iends Buffy and Andi the show's send season, while the history-makg "I'm gay" le occurs the episo "One a Myan" om the seri' third and fal season.