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GAY COMIC STRIPS

Wh shows like Steven Universe leadg the charge and changg the game, no longer do we have to settle for “child-appropriate” (read: homophobic) censorship. Premierg on Nickeloon, The Loud Hoe ma history by troducg the work’s first married gay uple, Howard (Michael McDonald) and Harold McBri (Wayne Brady). In addn to s vibrant animatn and killer soundtrack, the show ma wav wh s troductn of Benson (Coy Stewart), an openly gay male character (who even the word gay onscreen, a rary kids’ animatn.

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.

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.

But Rebec said she faced years of phback om the stud, which was ncerned about distributn untri where beg gay or lbian was censored media and nsired a crime.