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• SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
• NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
• NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• IS SPONGEBOB GAY? OR ASEXUAL? 7 REASONS WHY… (2023)
• THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)
• HERE'S WHY FANS OF SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THK HE IS GAY AFTER NICKELOON'S PRI MONTH POST
• NICKELOON ANNOUNC SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? TWEET CREAT RABOW OF SPECULATN
• IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? HERE'S WHAT CHARACTER CREATOR STEPHEN HILLENBURG HAD TO SAY
• IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? HERE'S WHAT THE SERI CREATOR HAD TO SAY.
• IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS
• THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY

#SpongeBobIsGay started trendg as many cid the tweet was nfirmatn of the character’s sexualy. Due part to his close relatnship wh bt iend Patrick Star, the ter had long ago cid that SpongeBob was ed gay. “We never tend them to be gay.

) Patrick both wh limp wrists, forhadowg this revelatn by reprentatn children's media remas srce, largely due to phback om studs and parents who equate visible gay, lbian, bisexual or trans characters wh the "sexualizatn" of children.

NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

Jt last month, Pixar released a short film on Disney+ featurg a gay protagonist; Out followed his journey to e out to his parents and troduce them to his boyiend.

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI

And later this year, Marvel Studs will but the first openly gay superhero the MCU — and his hband. Given the fandom’s long-held belief that SpongeBob intified as gay, ’s the least Nickeloon uld do for this beloved kids show, and social media reactns did not disappot.

NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

Fans quickly reacted sharg stills om the show and celebratg SpongeBob’s om SheKnowsGrey's Anatomy Fan-Favore Chyler Leigh Com Out Heartfelt LetterCoolhs Founr Natasha Case Spills Her Kid-Snack Hack & It Involv Eel, Not Ice CreamThe Trans Moms Hate Mother's Day -- Here's WhyNot surprised about #SpongebobIsGay sce has always kda jt been the way I have seen SB, but that do not stop me om beg DELIRIOUSLY happy about SB reprentg lgbtq+ culture ❤️?️‍?— ℍ???? ???? (@EmmaHso) June 14, 2020Other fans of the show have taken issue wh this, however, potg out that SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg had intified the character as asexual years ago. Further, sce SpongeBob is not explicly lled gay, fans are left wonrg whether the tweet was fact a misguid alln to his asexualy, which is not referenced the LGBTQ Nickeloon would undoubtedly have ma a stronger statement by, well, makg an actual statement, this is still a big step forward for reprentatn kids’ TV, which has long led LGBTQ characters and relatnships too “adult” for s ntent, spe their fort cludg adult heterosexual relatnships. 5% feel unsafe at kids had jt as many beloved gay rtoon characters as those they assume to be straight, how many LGBTQ kids might feel better accepted and unrstood?

Absorbent and yellow and poro is he… and gay?

Fans of the ntil rtoon, which began airg 1999, have long-spected Spongebob to be gay.

IS SPONGEBOB GAY? OR ASEXUAL? 7 REASONS WHY… (2023)

“Announcg Spongebob beg gay then turng ments off e a’t no bate, ” tweeted @Drebae_, notg how the work turned off the abily to reply to their tweet. “Spongebob gay?

However, creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died om ALS 2018, had mataed that SpongeBob was a member of the LGBTQ+ muny by beg asexual, not gay.

The cln of the rtoon sponge igned a social media nversatn surroundg SpongeBob’s sexual inty, wh some folks clarg him “a gay in. “We never tend them to be gay, ” Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick 2005, per People.

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)

” (FYI someone n be both gay and asexual, as such inti are not mutually exclive. 7 reasons why people thk that SpongeBob is gay. Table of ntentsIs SpongeBob gay?

Why SpongeBob’s asexualy is so important7 reasons why people thk that SpongeBob is gay#1: The Twter post#2: Always flirtat wh Squidward#3: Beg Patrick’s wife#4: Lov rabows so much#5: Jt look at the speci#6: David Hasselhoff#7: Drag queen outfsPeople also ask:Is SpongeBob part of the LGBTQ muny? SpongeBob is not gay.

So are the tails enough to jtify their possible gay relatnship?

HERE'S WHY FANS OF SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THK HE IS GAY AFTER NICKELOON'S PRI MONTH POST

Is there any evince at all that prov SpongeBob is gay?

NICKELOON ANNOUNC SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

Of urse, knowg about makp don’t stantly make you gay. As a rult, ’s no surprise why everyone assumed SpongeBob was gay.

But the fire quickly spread, and everyone jt assumed he was gay.

SpongeBob beg flirty wh Squidward is one of the reasons why people thk he’s gay. However, unrneath the cutens is a clear sign that SpongeBob might be gay.

IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? TWEET CREAT RABOW OF SPECULATN

As a rult, ’s no wonr people thk SpongeBob is gay. Jt lookg at the speci is a reason for people to believe he’s gay.

It’s a lot easier to nsir him gay bee of the tras…. It’s fely one of the funnit reasons why people thk the table sponge is gay. But most of them are gay.

IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? HERE'S WHAT CHARACTER CREATOR STEPHEN HILLENBURG HAD TO SAY

SpongeBob SquarePants has had s dose of ntroversy, the biggt one beg about SpongeBob promotg homosexualy.

SpongeBob SquarePants hasn’t been safe om ntroversy, and the biggt one is that about SpongeBob beg gay and “tryg to turn children gay”. The character has been acced of promotg homosexualy, wh var groups exprsg their disfort and even mandg that Nickeloon stops airg the show. The SpongeBob SquarePants Is Gay Controversy Explaed.

IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? HERE'S WHAT THE SERI CREATOR HAD TO SAY.

The “SpongeBob is gay” ntroversy n be tracked all the way back to 2002, when the episo “Rock-a-Bye Bivalve” first aired.

The show was acced of promotg gay marriage, but as sea spong aren’t eher female or male, SpongeBob beg the mother is actually normal for him – even more when rememberg that Hillenburg was a mare science tor, and he add as many real life characteristics to the characters as possible.

IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS

Hillenburg even clarified that he nsired the character to be “somewhat asexual”, and all claims that SpongeBob is gay are false.

A few years later, 2005, a vio wh clips of children’s shows, cludg SpongeBob SquarePants, promotg diversy and tolerance was cricized by an evangelil group, statg the show was “advotg homosexualy”.

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)

Others have poted out SpongeBob’s relatnship wh his bt iend, Patrick, sayg they are a uple and th, once aga, promotg homosexualy. Meanwhile, some others have simply cid that SpongeBob is gay bee of how he acts. Is SpongeBob gay?

In 2002, seri creator Stephen Hillenburg untered mors that SpongeBob SquarePants is gay, sayg the character is "somewhat asexual. "You do the math, folks, " says the Gay Fancial Network. If not, he may still "make you gay" A 2005 mic vio that ed SpongeBob and other popular children's characters to promote diversy and tolerance was attacked by Jam Dobson, founr of the right-wg Christian group Foc on the Fay, for beg a vehicle for pro-gay propaganda.