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
• NICKELOON’S ‘LOUD HOE’ TO FEATURE MARRIED GAY COUPLE
• NICKELOON'S 'LOUD HOE' WILL FEATURE A MARRIED, GAY COUPLE – AND THE TWTERSPHERE CAN'T WA
• GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*
• NICKELOON'S "THE LOUD HOE" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADSHAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI MIGHT JT BE THE MOST OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016/10:15 PMBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016 / 10:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NICKELOON'S \"THE LOUD HOE\" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICKELOON IS FG AHEAD WH MORE LGBT REPRENTATNS ON S KID'S RTOONS: A GAY MARRIED UPLE APPEARS ON THIS WEEK'S EPISO OF THE POPULAR ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE SHOW, 11-YEAR-OLD LLN LOUD TRI TO PE WH FAY CHAOS AS THE ONLY BOY WH TEN SISTERS. IN THE JULY 20 EPISO, "OVERNIGHT SUCCS," HIS BT IEND, CLY MCBRI, BY FOR A SLEEPOVER AFTER MUCH PLEADG WH PARENTS ON BOTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE VIEWER LEARNS, CLY HAS TWO DADS—'S MA CRYSTAL CLEAR THE EPISO, BUT 'S FELY NOT TREATED LIKE A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE MCBRIS' FG FACTOR SEEMS TO BE HOW OVERPROTECTIVE THEY ARE: HOWARD (MADTV'S MICHAEL MCDONALD) AND HAROLD (WAYNE BRADY, CURRENTLY KKY BOOTS) UNDATE LLN WH SENTIALS—SLEEPG BAG, FOOTIE PAJAMAS, WHE-NOISE MACHE, HUMIDIFIER, HUMIDIFIER, ETC—AND A LNDRY LIST OF EMERGENCY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"REMEMBER, CLY, NO NUTS, NO GLUTEN, NO SUGAR AND BE REFUL WH ORANGE JUICE," WARNS HAROLD. "YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET WH PULP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE IS A NICE HUG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME NICKELOON SHOWS HAVE CLUD QUEER REPRENATNS: RUPL APPEARED AN EPISO OF BUBBLE GUPPI LAST YEAR, AND LEGEND OF KORRA END WH THE PROTAGONIST KISSG HER FEMALE BT IEND AS THEY HEAD OFF TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DON'T LOOK LIKE THE MISTERS MCBRI FEATURE THE RT OF THE EPISO BUT THEIR SUAL AND HUMORO TRODUCTN IS A BREATH OF H AIR. WE HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THEM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GROUP LIVID OVER GAY COUPLE ON 'LOUD HOE' VOICED BY WAYNE BRADY, MICHAEL MCDONALD

12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

In fact, three of the leadg mastream children’s ble channels — cludg Disney, Nickeloon and Cartoon Network — have shows wh gay or lbian are twelve popular children’s shows wh gay characters:Photo urty: Getty Imag/LtleBee80. This popular live-actn tween-centric seri 2017 showsed a primary character, 13-year-old Cys Goodman, revealg he is gay.

NICKELOON’S ‘LOUD HOE’ TO FEATURE MARRIED GAY COUPLE

” The storyle ntued to this year, wh Cys sayg for the first time, “I’m gay” The seri was nceled after three seasons.

NICKELOON'S 'LOUD HOE' WILL FEATURE A MARRIED, GAY COUPLE – AND THE TWTERSPHERE CAN'T WA

GLAAD is a proment gay rights watchdog.

The children’s TV work will troduce a bi-racial gay uple on the animated show “The Loud Hoe. As evint the clip, the seri mak no hoopla over the appearance of the married gay uple.

Super proud of @NickeloonTV and @TheLoudWrers "The Loud Hoe" Introduc Two Perfectly Imperfect Gay Dads — Chris Nee ?️‍? (@chrisdoee) July 18, 2016. Nickeloon's 'Loud Hoe' Will Feature a Married, Gay Couple – and the Twtersphere Can't Wa. An terracial gay uple?

GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*

He opens the ont door to meet his bt iend’s parents – an terracial gay McBri and Mr McBri, as Loud lls them, will make their but on Wednday as the work’s first married gay uple on the show. “The Loud Hoe has an unambiguo gay married uple that isn’t an exce for a punchle, God bls Nickeloon, ” one er wrote.

NICKELOON'S "THE LOUD HOE" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADSHAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI MIGHT JT BE THE MOST OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016/10:15 PMBY DAN AVERYJULY 17, 2016 / 10:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NICKELOON'S \"THE LOUD HOE\" INTRODUC TWO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT GAY DADS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-18T02:15:08.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICKELOON IS FG AHEAD WH MORE LGBT REPRENTATNS ON S KID'S RTOONS: A GAY MARRIED UPLE APPEARS ON THIS WEEK'S EPISO OF THE POPULAR ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE SHOW, 11-YEAR-OLD LLN LOUD TRI TO PE WH FAY CHAOS AS THE ONLY BOY WH TEN SISTERS. IN THE JULY 20 EPISO, "OVERNIGHT SUCCS," HIS BT IEND, CLY MCBRI, BY FOR A SLEEPOVER AFTER MUCH PLEADG WH PARENTS ON BOTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE VIEWER LEARNS, CLY HAS TWO DADS—'S MA CRYSTAL CLEAR THE EPISO, BUT 'S FELY NOT TREATED LIKE A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE MCBRIS' FG FACTOR SEEMS TO BE HOW OVERPROTECTIVE THEY ARE: HOWARD (MADTV'S MICHAEL MCDONALD) AND HAROLD (WAYNE BRADY, CURRENTLY KKY BOOTS) UNDATE LLN WH SENTIALS—SLEEPG BAG, FOOTIE PAJAMAS, WHE-NOISE MACHE, HUMIDIFIER, HUMIDIFIER, ETC—AND A LNDRY LIST OF EMERGENCY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"REMEMBER, CLY, NO NUTS, NO GLUTEN, NO SUGAR AND BE REFUL WH ORANGE JUICE," WARNS HAROLD. "YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET WH PULP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE IS A NICE HUG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME NICKELOON SHOWS HAVE CLUD QUEER REPRENATNS: RUPL APPEARED AN EPISO OF BUBBLE GUPPI LAST YEAR, AND LEGEND OF KORRA END WH THE PROTAGONIST KISSG HER FEMALE BT IEND AS THEY HEAD OFF TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DON'T LOOK LIKE THE MISTERS MCBRI FEATURE THE RT OF THE EPISO BUT THEIR SUAL AND HUMORO TRODUCTN IS A BREATH OF H AIR. WE HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THEM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“Thank you Loud Hoe, for the wonrful gay dads, ” tweeted another.

GROUP LIVID OVER GAY COUPLE ON 'LOUD HOE' VOICED BY WAYNE BRADY, MICHAEL MCDONALD

8 ln viewers before was renewed for a send season on 25 shows have shown LGBT characters and parents the 2005, the PBS show Postrds om Bter, which showed the rabb om the rtoon Arthur teractg wh real kids, pulled an episo which picted gay parents, acrdg to the Associated Prs. Cartoon Network’s current animated seri Clarence, which buted April 2014, featured a gay uple kissg on the cheek – though reports state that the kiss was censored and origally tend to be on the lips. A 2013 Canadian study (Allen 2013), which analyzed data om a very large populatn-based sample, revealed that the children of gay and lbian upl are only about 65 percent as likely to have graduated om high school as are the children of married, oppose-sex upl.

Three key fdgs stood out this study: children of married, oppose-sex parents have a high graduatn rate pared to the others; children of lbian fai have a very low graduatn rate pared to the others; and children the other four typ of livg arrangements (mon law marriage, gay uple, sgle mother, and sgle father) are siar to each other and fall between the extrem of married heterosexual parents and lbian upl. A study of 174 primary school children Atralia (Sarantakos 1996) pared the social and tnal velopment of 58 children livg married fai, 58 livg wh habg heterosexuals, and 58 livg homosexual unns. The thors found that married upl offer the bt environment for a child's social and tnal velopment, followed by habg heterosexual upl and lastly by homosexual upl.

In a study (Goldberg 2007) of 36 adults raised by lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) parents, 15 of them (42%) scribed challeng relatg to their abily to tst other people.