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2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
And this is the first kids' animated character to directly intify themselv as gay. Bee I'm gay. Queer characters were no longer jt a source of ridicule, but vlently attacked, fuelg a s-long "bury your gays" trope that persists today.
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