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• 2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
• 12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
• NICKELOON’S NEW CARTOON FEATUR A GAY MARRIED COUPLEWAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SAME-SEX UPLE—A FIRST FOR THE CHILDREN'S WORK—ON THE ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD HOE.BY LRA BRADLEYJULY 19, 2016COURTY OF NICKELOON.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN FAI TUNE TO NICKELOON’S THE LOUD HOE ON WEDNDAY EVENG, THEY’RE GOG TO SEE SOMETHG THE CHILDREN’S WORK HAS NEVER DARED TO FEATURE BEFORE: A GAY MARRIED UPLE.THE LOUD HOE, WHICH PREMIERED MAY, IS AN ANIMATED SERI THAT FOLLOWS THE LIFE AND ADVENTUR OF LLN LOUD, THE MIDDLE CHILD A FAY OF 13—AND THE ONLY BOY AMONG 10 SISTERS.WAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SHOW’S TERRACIAL UPLE, HAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI—PARENTS OF CLY MCBRI, LLN’S NERDY BT IEND, VARIETY REPORTS.PART OF WEDNDAY’S EPISO, “OVERNIGHT SUCCS,” WAS POSTED ON TWTER. IN THE SCENE, CLY’S PARENTS DROP HIM OFF AT LLN’S HOE FOR A SLEEPOVER, ALONG WH A ILLY HUGE PILE OF PROVISNS, CLUDG A SLEEPG BAG, A HUMIDIFIER, A HUMIDIFIER, EARPLUGS, ALLERGY MEDITNS, AND SEVERAL PHONE NUMBERS.TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.FROM WHAT WE N SEE, THE EPISO HANDL THE TOPIC EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY: BY TREATG CLY’S PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER UPLE, AND ALLOWG THEIR LOVG RE FOR CLY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT STEAD.NICKELOON HAS STRONGLY HTED AT SAME-SEX ROMANCE BEFORE—AT THE END OF LEGEND OF KORRA, WHEN KORRA AND ASAMI PRUMABLY BEME A UPLE. BUT AS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS AS WAS, THE ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI WASN’T MA EXPLICLY CLEAR, AND THE TWO WOMEN WERE FELY NOT MARRIED. ALSO, BY THE TIME THE SERI END, HAD BEEN PULLED OM AIR; S LAST EPISOS STEAD BUTED ONLE.THE LOUD HOE, HOWEVER, AIRS ON TV LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW—AND IS PRUMABLY TARGETG A YOUNGER CROWD THAN LEGEND OF KORRA.THIS KD OF SUAL REPRENTATN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMG IS A TONE, THOUGH 'S GROWG CREASGLY MON. THE DISNEY CHANNEL TRODUCED S FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE TWO YEARS AGO ON GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, A SCENE THAT BOTH REPRENTED THE LBIAN MOTHERS AS PLETELY NORMAL, AND LAMPOONED CHARLIE’S PARENTS FOR THEIR ASSUMPTN THAT THEIR DGHTER'S PLAYMATE HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS. IN THE SAME YEAR, CARTOON NETWORK AIRED S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS, BUT CENSORED THEIR KISS—CHANGG OM ON THE LIPS, TO ON THE CHEEK.ALL OF THE SCEN HAVE ONE THG MON: THEY’RE PLETELY SUAL ABOUT PRENTG GAY UPL. IN A FEW YEARS, PERHAPS SCEN LIKE THEM WON’T EVEN BE NEWS AT ALL.CAN THE JEM COSTUM CAPTURE THE CARTOON’S HIGH-FASHN SPIR?1 / 12CHEVRONCHEVRONJERRI TTS OUT SYNERGY’S HOLOGRAPHIC POWERS A PK AND ROB’S EGG BLUE STRIPED SMOCK DRS AND ORDATG BERET.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYIS THIS THE BEGNG OF THE END OF THE WRERS STRIKE?BY NATALIE JARVEYLRA BRADLEY
• NICKELOON CARTOON WILL FEATURE MARRIED, INTERRACIAL GAY COUPLE

2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR

Howard and Harold, the adoptive parents of Cly, who is the bt iend of the ma character Lln Loud, are not only the first married gay uple a Nickeloon show but also make signifint wav reprentatn by simply beg stellar characters.

12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

While there have been several headways to more diverse LGBTQ+ reprentatn, gay and bisexual men are still unrreprented, pecially all-ag media. Benson (Coy Stewart) is one of the show's lead characters and is revealed to be gay early on after he rpectfully turns down Kipo (Karen Fuhara), who has a csh on him. 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.

NICKELOON’S NEW CARTOON FEATUR A GAY MARRIED COUPLEWAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SAME-SEX UPLE—A FIRST FOR THE CHILDREN'S WORK—ON THE ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD HOE.BY LRA BRADLEYJULY 19, 2016COURTY OF NICKELOON.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN FAI TUNE TO NICKELOON’S THE LOUD HOE ON WEDNDAY EVENG, THEY’RE GOG TO SEE SOMETHG THE CHILDREN’S WORK HAS NEVER DARED TO FEATURE BEFORE: A GAY MARRIED UPLE.THE LOUD HOE, WHICH PREMIERED MAY, IS AN ANIMATED SERI THAT FOLLOWS THE LIFE AND ADVENTUR OF LLN LOUD, THE MIDDLE CHILD A FAY OF 13—AND THE ONLY BOY AMONG 10 SISTERS.WAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SHOW’S TERRACIAL UPLE, HAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI—PARENTS OF CLY MCBRI, LLN’S NERDY BT IEND, VARIETY REPORTS.PART OF WEDNDAY’S EPISO, “OVERNIGHT SUCCS,” WAS POSTED ON TWTER. IN THE SCENE, CLY’S PARENTS DROP HIM OFF AT LLN’S HOE FOR A SLEEPOVER, ALONG WH A ILLY HUGE PILE OF PROVISNS, CLUDG A SLEEPG BAG, A HUMIDIFIER, A HUMIDIFIER, EARPLUGS, ALLERGY MEDITNS, AND SEVERAL PHONE NUMBERS.TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.FROM WHAT WE N SEE, THE EPISO HANDL THE TOPIC EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY: BY TREATG CLY’S PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER UPLE, AND ALLOWG THEIR LOVG RE FOR CLY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT STEAD.NICKELOON HAS STRONGLY HTED AT SAME-SEX ROMANCE BEFORE—AT THE END OF LEGEND OF KORRA, WHEN KORRA AND ASAMI PRUMABLY BEME A UPLE. BUT AS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS AS WAS, THE ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI WASN’T MA EXPLICLY CLEAR, AND THE TWO WOMEN WERE FELY NOT MARRIED. ALSO, BY THE TIME THE SERI END, HAD BEEN PULLED OM AIR; S LAST EPISOS STEAD BUTED ONLE.THE LOUD HOE, HOWEVER, AIRS ON TV LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW—AND IS PRUMABLY TARGETG A YOUNGER CROWD THAN LEGEND OF KORRA.THIS KD OF SUAL REPRENTATN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMG IS A TONE, THOUGH 'S GROWG CREASGLY MON. THE DISNEY CHANNEL TRODUCED S FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE TWO YEARS AGO ON GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, A SCENE THAT BOTH REPRENTED THE LBIAN MOTHERS AS PLETELY NORMAL, AND LAMPOONED CHARLIE’S PARENTS FOR THEIR ASSUMPTN THAT THEIR DGHTER'S PLAYMATE HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS. IN THE SAME YEAR, CARTOON NETWORK AIRED S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS, BUT CENSORED THEIR KISS—CHANGG OM ON THE LIPS, TO ON THE CHEEK.ALL OF THE SCEN HAVE ONE THG MON: THEY’RE PLETELY SUAL ABOUT PRENTG GAY UPL. IN A FEW YEARS, PERHAPS SCEN LIKE THEM WON’T EVEN BE NEWS AT ALL.CAN THE JEM COSTUM CAPTURE THE CARTOON’S HIGH-FASHN SPIR?1 / 12CHEVRONCHEVRONJERRI TTS OUT SYNERGY’S HOLOGRAPHIC POWERS A PK AND ROB’S EGG BLUE STRIPED SMOCK DRS AND ORDATG BERET.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYIS THIS THE BEGNG OF THE END OF THE WRERS STRIKE?BY NATALIE JARVEYLRA BRADLEY

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.

NICKELOON CARTOON WILL FEATURE MARRIED, INTERRACIAL GAY COUPLE

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.

We already knew She-Ra was queer AF, but seeg two lovg, openly gay parents on a popular animated show ma our hearts swell! "As a gay man who grew up wh no visible role mols of gay relatnships my muny or entertament ntent, I am grateful that this reprentatn is happeng on Nickeloon, moved by the difference that is surely makg the mds and hearts of children, and grateful to have been a part of this slow but important change, " Dickie told PRIDE. This relatnship is unique bee of how different is om the "mp gay" stereotypg most shows fall victim to.