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2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
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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.
20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
Only two years later, Benson, a central character the seri, got to e out on screen and utter the words “I’m gay. 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. When live-actn televisn began makg roads for gay reprentatn durg the turn of the century, animatn remaed a tratgly straight (if equently queer-d) affair. The reasons behd the medium’s slowns were obv and, predictably, homophobic.
So, pearl-clutchg TV crics would argue, children shouldn’t be exposed to “adult” (read: gay) characters through rnchy rtoons.