"They're absolutely a gay uple and we're proud of that."
Contents:
- 2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
- 20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
- 2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
Prcs Bubblegum and Marcele have always had somethg gog on between them the show — wh fans speculatg that they were gay for years. There was some tentnal subtext left the show… * gay cartoon avatar *
2020 was a bummer of a year, but when to all-ag animatn, was a culmatn of the many small steps buildg up to the current state of queer reprentatn: a glor gay celebratn that was unheard of jt five years ago. I thk that optimism, that expectatn where every time, ’s like, ‘Look, here’s this thg, this character, this relatnship, ’ ’s gay, they’re like ‘Cool, do more now, do better.
) It’s a small moment, but a fundamental one an dtry that until recently only acknowledged gay characters wh the fatt shadg and dg. Only two years later, Benson, a central character the seri, got to e out on screen and utter the words “I’m gay.
20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
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But Terrace was always open about her tentn to have bi and gay characters her show — and that persistence paid off. It’s the perfect end to this big gay year animatn. ) Fally, gay upl animatn are gettg the same experienc as their straight peers, om world-savg love nfsns to small self-fg moments, wh the faiar pg, blhg, and so much more.
At the end of season three, when said high school ex asks if he's gay, Todd is fairly certa he isn't... Benson's sexualy is ma explic the season one episo "Ratland, " which Benson, rponse to his (female) iend Kipo's csh on him, simply says, "I'm gay.
Prcs Bubblegum and Marcele have always had somethg gog on between them the show — wh fans speculatg that they were gay for years. 3: Steven Universe (2013)Our fan favore lbian space rocks fally get marriedSteven Universe is hella queer, and undoubtedly laid the foundatn for much of this ’s later gay shows jt om how sually open was about gay characters and relatnships.
2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
From a lbian weddg between Ruby and Sapphire, the crystal gems beg nonbary, and havg numero gay leads such as Pearl, Gar, and more, Steven Universe was tly revolutnary on the LGBTQ+ rtoon ont. 4: The Loud Hoe (2016)Cly and his dadsThe Loud Hoe a’t bad went to gay reprentatn om Nickeloon. In season 2, was revealed that the ma character Adam is gay!
7: The Dragon Prce (2018)One of Netflix’s biggt animated hs, The Dragon PrceFrom the makers of Avatar the Last Airbenr, The Dragon Prce is another big turng pot for animatn — not only regards to gay reprentatn, but also for disabled and POC rep — hostg many black ma characters, a bld pirate, and badass af general and nt, Amaya. A bunch of teenagers stuck a crazy post apolyptic wasteland full of bizarre mutant animals — and ’s gay? There hontly really is a noticeable lack of black gay characters animatn, so was awome to see a character like Benson take center stage as one of the ma protagonists the show.
In addn, some of the background characters seen at Grom are noticeably gay as well.