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Contents:

• PBS REVEALED THAT A BELOVED ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER IS GAY
• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE
• OF URSE CHILDREN'S SHOWS SHOULD HAVE GAY CHARACTERS. 'ARTHUR' IS A GOOD REMR WHY.
• ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN ME OUT AS GAY AND GOT MARRIED THE SEASON PREMIERE AND TWTER LOVED
• 'ARTHUR' CREATOR REMEMBERS HIS FAVORE MOMENTS OM THE PBS RTOON, CLUDG A GAY WEDDG AND A VIS WH MISTER ROGERS
• 'ARTHUR'S MR. RATBURN HAS A GAY WEDDG ON PBS' CHILDREN'S SHOW

PBS REVEALED THAT A BELOVED ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER IS GAY

The long-nng show out of WGBH-TV Boston featured a gay weddg s 22nd season.

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

Ratburn, is gay. Ratburn, Arthur’s teacher, was homosexual and premiered an episo wh a gay weddg. “MR RATBURN IS GAY??

OF URSE CHILDREN'S SHOWS SHOULD HAVE GAY CHARACTERS. 'ARTHUR' IS A GOOD REMR WHY.

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‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN ME OUT AS GAY AND GOT MARRIED THE SEASON PREMIERE AND TWTER LOVED

“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty.

'ARTHUR' CREATOR REMEMBERS HIS FAVORE MOMENTS OM THE PBS RTOON, CLUDG A GAY WEDDG AND A VIS WH MISTER ROGERS

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'ARTHUR'S MR. RATBURN HAS A GAY WEDDG ON PBS' CHILDREN'S SHOW

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