Contents:
- SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
- NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
- NICKELOON SEEMGLY REVEALS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY LGBT PRI MONTH TWEET
- SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
Social media ers quickly exprsed their overwhelmg approval of Nickeloon's announcement, sparkg the hashtag "#SpongeBobIsGay" to trend on Twter.
"We stan spongebob the gay in, " wrote one Twter er. "All those homophobic rats are screamg si #SpongebobIsGay, " said another.
NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
In 2005, SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg told Rters that the loveable rtoon character was asexual, spe many fans assumg he and his starfish pal, Patrick Starr, were gay.
“We never tend them to be gay, " said Hillenburg, who died 2018.
NICKELOON SEEMGLY REVEALS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY LGBT PRI MONTH TWEET
Soon the phrase “Spongebob Gay” was trendg on the se as people eher cheered the cisn, bated , or offered supposed evince gathered over the years of the character’s sexual orientatn long theorized by fans. Others on the social media se poted out that back 2005, after some nservative groups said the sponge’s relatnship wh his starfish bt iend, Patrick, was promotg homosexualy, the show’s creator Stephen Hillenburg stated that Spongebob was, fact, asexual. “We never tend them to be gay, ” Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick 2005.
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. 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.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
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?
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.
” (FYI someone n be both gay and asexual, as such inti are not mutually exclive. 1592054553Naturally, took leral sends for the ter to fly to a enzy over the apparent reveal that SpongeBob is as gay for Patrick as we all always knew he was.