The tweet had many claimg that Nickeloon "nfirmed" SpongeBob was gay.
Contents:
- NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
- SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
- SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
- DID SPONGEBOB FALLY COME OUT AS GAY?
- NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
- NICKELOON'S 21-YEAR OLD CHARACTER, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, ME OUT AS GAY — OR SO MANY FANS SPECULATE
NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
Spongebob, gay? Fally? Nickeloon published a tweet on Saturday that many are takg as Spongebob's g out. * spongebob came out as gay *
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SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
Y, apparently SpongeBob is gay after all. * spongebob came out as gay *
Jt last month, Pixar released a short film on Disney+ featurg a gay protagonist; Out followed his journey to e out to his parents and troduce them to his boyiend. And later this year, Marvel Studs will but the first openly gay superhero the MCU — and his hband.
Given the fandom’s long-held belief that SpongeBob intified as gay, ’s the least Nickeloon uld do for this beloved kids show, and social media reactns did not disappot.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
Fans quickly reacted sharg stills om the show and celebratg SpongeBob’s om SheKnowsGrey's Anatomy Fan-Favore Chyler Leigh Com Out Heartfelt LetterCoolhs Founr Natasha Case Spills Her Kid-Snack Hack & It Involv Eel, Not Ice CreamThe Trans Moms Hate Mother's Day -- Here's WhyNot surprised about #SpongebobIsGay sce has always kda jt been the way I have seen SB, but that do not stop me om beg DELIRIOUSLY happy about SB reprentg lgbtq+ culture ❤️?️?— ℍ???? ???? (@EmmaHso) June 14, 2020Other fans of the show have taken issue wh this, however, potg out that SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg had intified the character as asexual years ago. Further, sce SpongeBob is not explicly lled gay, fans are left wonrg whether the tweet was fact a misguid alln to his asexualy, which is not referenced the LGBTQ Nickeloon would undoubtedly have ma a stronger statement by, well, makg an actual statement, this is still a big step forward for reprentatn kids’ TV, which has long led LGBTQ characters and relatnships too “adult” for s ntent, spe their fort cludg adult heterosexual relatnships.
DID SPONGEBOB FALLY COME OUT AS GAY?
5% feel unsafe at kids had jt as many beloved gay rtoon characters as those they assume to be straight, how many LGBTQ kids might feel better accepted and unrstood?
NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
#SpongeBobIsGay started trendg as many cid the tweet was nfirmatn of the character’s sexualy. Due part to his close relatnship wh bt iend Patrick Star, the ter had long ago cid that SpongeBob was ed gay. “We never tend them to be gay.
The cln of the rtoon sponge igned a social media nversatn surroundg SpongeBob’s sexual inty, wh some folks clarg him “a gay in. “We never tend them to be gay, ” Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick 2005, per People. ” (FYI someone n be both gay and asexual, as such inti are not mutually exclive.
NICKELOON'S 21-YEAR OLD CHARACTER, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, ME OUT AS GAY — OR SO MANY FANS SPECULATE
One follower asked: “Did they jt nfirm spongebob as gay? He said of Spongebob’s character creatn 2005: “We never tend them to be gay. If you ask the girls on Twter, SpongeBob SquarePants is gay.
"We never tend them to be gay, " Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick 2005. Spongebob, gay? “We never tend them to be gay, ” said Hillenburg 2005.
SpongeBob SquarePants' sexualy has entered the chat -- and lo and behold, the Biki Bottom dweller might be, as many spected for years, gay. Fans have known for a while Korra was gay/bisexual -- as was revealed the show self.