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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.
Many popular characters were still d om the '60s to the '80s, spe a sexual revolutn and the start of the gay-rights movement. " The creator nfirmed Skeleton's sexualy as gay 2014. They were created by Andreas Deja, an openly gay animator, and sang mic wrten by openly gay lyricist Howard Ashman.