12 Popular Children’s TV Shows that Have Gay Characters - Michael Fot

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• 12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
• 'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN

12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

" Durg his early teenage years, he was stgglg wh ternalized homophobia. "I mean, I saw as a way out of my homosexualy, if that mak any sense.

’ You know, I don't have to be a gay guy.

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'RETURN THE KEY': THE PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR GAY CHILDREN

” The storyle ntued to this year, wh Cys sayg for the first time, “I’m gay” The seri was nceled after three seasons. GLAAD is a proment gay rights media watchdog. A person n be transgenr and intify as gay, straight, lbian, bisexual, pansexual or any other inty.

Love how the gay dad characters are jt as “standard” as any typil, heterosexual married parent characters that we always see on TV shows. You might regnize the tle Heartstopper om the viral queer graphic novel that explod 2019; featur two Brish school boys, Charlie (who is openly gay) and Nick (who is not) fallg love. This is an excellent show that sts queer characters the hero role and shows kids that beg gay don’t mean you n’t also save the day.

The show brgs LGBTQ+ clivens by addg the characters Roy and Razzle, two gay zebra dads who move to town wh their tws, Ron and Rub. But providg support isn't always easy — pecially if you are the parent of a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or qutng (LGBTQ) child.