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WARNG TO PARENTS: PRO-GAY RTOONS ARE ON THE RISE
We have gays the ary, homosexuals gettg married, and famo celebri g out of the closet to both supportive and volatile dienc. Gay movi, gay books, gay televisn shows, gay mic. The reason for this is bee parents fd gay, bisexual, and transgenr them to be “too nfg” for children to unrstand, and that Is solely an “adult issue” that should not be puzzlg or ighteng the children.
Dpe all of this ntroversy, there are several surprisg LGBT characters and them media oriented to children, many of which are nsired “inic” gay culture.
Some of the earlit exampl of gay characters or them existg a work geared towards children origate classic works of animatn ridn wh “adult humor” such as Looney Tun and Tom and Jerry. Frequent exampl of gay humor ed the rtoons are male characters cross-drsg due to a certa edic suatn, and unable or unallowed to break character, they are forced to kiss another male character, and are the nstant object of sire for a humoroly butch male. Although ially “played for lghs” and actually somewhat offensive by today’s standards, the equent gay jok Looney Tun and Tom and Jerry helped pave the way for more LGBT them media geared towards a young dience.