'ParaNorman’s' Mch: The First Fay-Friendly Gay Animated Character | Animatn World Network

Contents:

• ARTHUR MCHELL GAY
• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE
• 'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER

ARTHUR MCHELL GAY

For our terview, Harper suggted g as a way to acknowledge Arthur Mchell, the first openly gay Ain Amerin prcipal lead dancer.

My school was like the Eutopia of Gay. The summer between my hman and sophomore years, I me out and was terrified of returng to my school Mae. Arthur Mchell was the first Ain Amerin openly gay prcipal dancer.

I feel like ’s too gay to say ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’. The gay man who helped break down the barriers of ballet. The public rerd is silent about Mchell's sexualy - don't appear to be somethg that he ever discsed - however 's generally accepted that he intified as a gay Gareth Johnson on Twter.

'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE

“MR RATBURN IS GAY?? Your move Marvel…, ” wrote Rachel Gie, the director of edorial at is not the first time the “Arthur” seri has featured a gay character. ” The anizatn c “Steven Universe, ” “Adventure Time” and “Loud Hoe” as some recent exampl of programmg that featur nuanced LGBTQ, featurg a gay marriage on a children’s televisn show remas revolutnary, acrdg to year, the s-old discsn over Bert and Ernie’s relatnship and sexual orientatn “Same Street” me to a standstill after Frank Oz, the creator of Bert, nied the character was gay.

I know what and who he is, " Oz wrote on Mark Saltzman, a former wrer for “Same Street, ” mataed that the puppets were gay. “I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty. In 2012, ParaNorman featured the first out gay character an Amerin, fay-targeted, animated theatril release.

'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER

This has lead to an crease of gay-tged humor and ambiguo characters. The fact that an unabashedly gay character like Mch ma on the big screen speaks to a shift Amerin culture that is reflected s animatn.

In South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, the characters Satan and Saddam Hse are gay lovers; and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, the character Frylock clar himself a transsexual lbian trapped a man's body, and the end cred scene shows Frylock as a woman. This clus a greater potential for gay-tged humor or gay-d characters. Gay-tged humor tends to be a short punch le or reference that has a gay-readg, but don’t affect the world or fe the sexualy of any of the characters.