Show creators of popular rtoon Legend of Korra nfirm that two of the seri' ma characters Korra and Asami are gay
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- ‘LEGEND OF KORRA’ CREATORS NFIRM GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI
- 2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
- LEGEND OF KORRA CHARACTERS ARE GAY, SHOW'S CREATORS NFIRM
‘LEGEND OF KORRA’ CREATORS NFIRM GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI
This led to a backlash om homophobic mpaigng group One Milln Moms, which the group said that Disney was "unr prsure om the gay muny" and had, "cid to be polilly rrect vers providg fay-iendly entertament. "The cricisms are exactly the same on leveled at The Legend of Korra three years earlier, down to mentng the existence of a (fict) gay bal who is supposedly forcg rtoons to feature gay kiss, or g trouble for any rtoon whout same-sex viewer wrg on the show's Fandom fom, for example, wrote: "i found myself skippg over [the romantic] parts. "Homophobic fans wishg LGBTQ+ moments were not "shoved our fac" has been so often ed that has bee a cliche regularly mocked mem:Every.
2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
*June 1st*The Gays: Yay! Why are you TRyING to turn GAY?! Gay kiss rtoons have remaed rare—an episo of PBS show Arthur, for example, showed teacher Mr.
Most same-sex pairgs are between characters who are explicly gay or bisexual om the start (Kurt Glee) or who are given queer-themed storyl. As a rult, anti-gay Korra fans assumed that Korrasami shippers were lud, while some Korrasami fans were simply psimistic about the ambiguo nature of those fal scen. In addn to revealg that she too is gay, Aya tells the uple about the attus of each of the four natns towards LGBTQ the four natns, the Earth Kgdom is the most tradnal and ristant to the ia of non-straight relatnships.
Among kids’ shows, homophobia has long manifted the pervasive ia that posive portrayals of LGBTQ+ characters are somethg that kids are “too young” for. Mystery Inrporated was nfirmed gay by a creator years after the show got nceled. Or even why Prcs Bubblegum and Marcele’s relatnship on Adventure Time took so long to nfirm: Olivia Olson, the voice actrs behd Marcele, nfirmed they held off bee the seri aired plac where homosexual relatnships are illegal.
LEGEND OF KORRA CHARACTERS ARE GAY, SHOW'S CREATORS NFIRM
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. 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.