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

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Your move Marvel…, ” wrote Rachel Gie, the director of edorial at is not the first time the “Arthur” seri has featured a gay character. ” The anizatn c “Steven Universe, ” “Adventure Time” and “Loud Hoe” as some recent exampl of programmg that featur nuanced LGBTQ, featurg a gay marriage on a children’s televisn show remas revolutnary, acrdg to year, the s-old discsn over Bert and Ernie’s relatnship and sexual orientatn “Same Street” me to a standstill after Frank Oz, the creator of Bert, nied the character was gay.

HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.

I know what and who he is, " Oz wrote on Mark Saltzman, a former wrer for “Same Street, ” mataed that the puppets were gay. “I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty.

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

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Still, ’s possible to unt on your fgers the number of kids’ shows that have picted gay characters.

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Both that the teacher is gay and that the show – a cultural touchstone for many lennials – is still nng. "But gay activists are not satisfied wh jt changg the law — people mt change their beliefs, too. Children are not askg for their rtoon characters to be gay — activists the entertament dtry are forcg on them.

It is offensive to me and my fay that the work would glorify the homosexual liftyle.

PBS 'TAKG ADVANTAGE' OF PARENT'S TST BY CLUDG GAY WEDDG 'ARTHUR': CONSERVATIVE GROUP

”“Arthur, ” which premiered 1996, has prevly featured a gay character. The Forc of Evil" on the Disney Channel picted gay upl kissg among others durg a boy band ncert, sparkg outrage among pro-fay groups. The same year, the Disney kids seri "Andi Mack" featured a 13-year-old character who realiz he is gay and out to his iends.

Addnally, Disney's remake of "Bety and The Beast” clud an openly "gay moment" exprsed by LeFou, the sikick to the movie's antagonist, Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post.

GLAAD (Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), however, argued that "[w]h LGBTQ visibily at an all-time high on televisn, cludg the Kids and Fay Programmg genre, this attack to censor ntent is not only mean-spired, 's a losg battle. Ratburn is homosexual, although the terms "gay" or "homosexual" are never ed. The terms "lbian" and "homosexual" were also never said that episo, but "Sugartime!

'ARTHUR' CREATOR DEFENDS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO FOLLOWG BACKLASH

"I'm sure I'm not any different than lns of other fai around the world that have people that we love who are gay, who are young fai raisg children, and mak me very sad that the young fai are not really well-reprented or hardly reprented at all our media.

Ratburn, is gay.

We all know people who are gay, who are trans, and ’s somethg that is socially acceptable, ” Brown said.

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Ratburn’s sexualy until now, though the word “gay” wasn’t ed the episo, acrdg to TVLe. Ratburn isn’t the first openly gay character the “Arthur” a 2005 “Postrds om Bter” episo, the rtoon rabb and iend of Arthur’s met children Vermont whose mothers were lbians, though the word “lbian” was never said that episo eher, TVLe the newt episo aired on Monday, people on social media were lighted by the news of Mr.

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