Comics wrer Mark Rsell on revivg a beloved rtoon character a strikg tale of pre-Stonewall gay life
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MORE GAY RTOON CHARACTERS REVEALED!
Recent events the world of animated children's shows have ed people to qutn whether the rtoon dtry is promotg a homosexual agenda. Allegatns have been directed at SpongeBob SquarePants for participatg a pro-gay vio, and at Bter the Bunny for his aternizatn wh a lbian uple and their children.
While some have dismissed the allegatns as the rantgs of ultranservative Christians, gay rtoon characters do fact exist, and some of them are even polilly active. "Even though we were rivals, Mickey was one of the few people who were nice to me after learng I was gay, " Popeye says. Reluctant to say more, Popeye tells me to check out the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Cartoon Alliance.
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He says the group helped him immensely when he fally cid to e out as gay after beg btally ritured on-screen by Rob Williams. "Two out and proud gays on one show, wouldn't that be fabulo?! They didn't re that I was gay, but this was 1959, and they didn't want any speculatn about me.
Snaggleps and Huckleberry soon beme nfidants of other proment rtoon characters stgglg wh their homosexualy. "Durg the mid-'70s, the public beme more aware of jt how many celebri were gay, " explas Snaggleps, turng ser.
"The ironic thg is, they were wrong about one of the first gay ins, " he adds. Though both adm to some progrs for gay rtoon characters, they're worried about the future.