Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD.
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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.X 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 POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSON2023 FALL PREVIEW: 46 FILMS TO WATCH OUT FORBY REBEC FORDLRA BRADLEY
2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
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Wh shows like Steven Universe leadg the charge and changg the game, no longer do we have to settle for “child-appropriate” (read: homophobic) censorship.
Premierg on Nickeloon, The Loud Hoe ma history by troducg the work’s first married gay uple, Howard (Michael McDonald) and Harold McBri (Wayne Brady). In addn to s vibrant animatn and killer soundtrack, the show ma wav wh s troductn of Benson (Coy Stewart), an openly gay male character (who even the word gay onscreen, a rary kids’ animatn. Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD.
Now nearly every TV seri, animated or live-actn, has add gay characters. Activists have repeatedly assumed that the sensible-shoe-wearg character is eher gay or bi-sexual. She’s gay.
12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
Last April, Disney revealed a gay character DuckTal named Vlet, who is prented as a child wh two gay dads. MR RATBURN IS GAY?!? In May 2019, PBS children’s show Arthur featured a gay weddg scene s season premiere.
Ultimately, the storyle end wh the character Cys Goodman (Joshua Rh) announcg that he is gay. In April 2016, gay activist webse Pri labeled Steven Universe one of the queert kid’s shows on TV bee most of the characters are prented as gay.
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.X 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 POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSON2023 FALL PREVIEW: 46 FILMS TO WATCH OUT FORBY REBEC FORDLRA BRADLEY
Episos have also featured lsons on homophobia, anxiety, and domtic vlence.
In October 2016, the show’s two police characters were prented as participatg a gay relatnship wh one another.
Popular kid’s show Blue’s Clu has teamed up wh drag queen “Na Wt” a vio aimed at celebratg Gay Pri Month.