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Jerry Falwell warns Tky Wky, one of characters on children's televisn show Teletubbi, is gay and therefore moral menace to Amerin youth, article Natnal Liberty Journal; Itsy Bsy Entertament Co has nied character was nceived as gay role mol (S)

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YEP, THE PURPLE TELETUBBY WAS GAY

Once h by gay mors, the popular children's TV characters have embraced their role as queer ins. * the gay teletubby *

Jerry Falwell ma his livg fdg gay people where they didn’t belong.

THE GUY WHO PLAYED TKY WKY, THE ‘GAY’ PURPLE TELETUBBY, HAS DIED

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“Remember … homosexuals do not reproduce, ” the televangelist and activist warned his followers 1981. ” He claimed to have nonted Print Carter about why he employed “practicg homosexuals” the Whe Hoe 1980.

So when Falwell claimed 1999 to have disvered that one of the Teletubbi was gay, seemed like yet another example of his proprietary blend of vicns and absurdy.

THE TELETUBBI EMBRACE PRI, MORE THAN TWO S AFTER 'GAY' TKY WKY SNDAL

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“He is purple—the gay pri lor, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle—the gay pri symbol, ” Falwell wrote an issue of his own magaze.

To have “ltle boys nng around wh purs and actg effemate and leavg the ia that the mascule male, the feme female is out, and gay is OK” is somethg “Christians do not agree wh, ” he told Katie Couric.

How uld they be gay? In the years precedg his supposed exposé, many publitns had wrten about the gay muny’s adoptn of Tky Wky as one of their own. When the show buted England 1997, s hypnotic, wkg weirdns had almost immediately bee popular wh club kids and the gay muny.

THE WHOLLY UNSURPRISG STORY BEHD TKY WKY’S ELEVATN AS A GAY IN

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The Inpennt referred to his “mp, handbag-rryg antics, ” and the Guardian lled him a “gay in” who “pranc around. Proment gay gossip lumnist Michael Mto told Entertament Weekly (“only half tongue--cheek”) that the character offered a great msage: “not only that ’s okay to be gay, but the importance of beg well-accsorized.

NATNAL NEWS BRIEFS; FALWELL SE 'GAY' IN A TELETUBBY

More than 20 years ago, Teletubbi were at the center of a so-lled gay ntroversy surroundg [...] * the gay teletubby *

At the time, many enlightened mastream crics took the attu that Falwell and the gay prs were equally perverse for foistg sexual preferenc on bunch of preverbal stuffed animals. For one thg, to ll Tky Wky “gay” do not mean that Tky Wky has sex, and the mere prence of queer characters is not self “sexual nuendo. In the years sce then, subtext has bee text, and children’s televisn producers have gone om wkg at their characters’ private liv to creatg openly gay adult and kid characters.

THE TELETUBBI ARE ‘GAY MONS’ BEE THEY WANT TO WORK WH LIL NAS X. Y, REALLY

Four days ago, Simon Barn, the 52-year-old actor bt known for playg Tky Wky, the purple creature the BBC prchool children’s seri Teletubbi, passed away, givg pse to remember Wky’s legacy as the “the gay Teletubby. In a 1999 article by homophobic televangelist Jerry Falwell published his magaze Natnal Liberty Journal, Falwell clared that Tky Wky was gay. “He is purple, the gay pri lor, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle, the gay pri symbol.

First off, purple isn’t the gay pri lor — ’s lavenr or rabow.

TELETUBBY IS SECRET GAY, SAYS EVANGELIST

Outspoken gay gossip lumnist Michael Mt clared, “Tky Wky is … a great msage to kids: not only that ’s okay to be gay, but the importance of beg well-accsorized. ” But even before Falwell’s article, The Advote had lled Tky Wky, a “big, fabulo fag, ” a Brish media rearcher lled him, “the first queer role mol for toddlers” and The Inpennt labeled him “a gay in.

ARE TELETUBBI A GAY IN??

In an emergency prs nference about Falwell’s claim, Teletubbi spokman Kenn Viselman said, “If gay people thk Tky Wky is gay, ’s bee there aren’t enough gay role mols on TV.

Barn, who had taken over the role of “the gay Teletubby” 1997 om Dave Thompson who was unexpectedly fired om the show. “People always ask me if Tky Wky is gay, ” Barn said.

GAY_TELETUBBY

Des after gay mors rocked Tky Wky -- the purple one wh the triangle antenna -- the beloved kids' TV characters have released their first le of Pri merchandise. (Photo urty Teletubbi Pri Collectn)When to pearl-clutchg gay sndals volvg children's TV characters, the story of the Teletubbi — particularly of the handbag-holdg Tky Wky — is right up there wh that of Bert and now looks like the seri is embracg the 22-year-old ntroversy a most rabow-hued way: by lnchg the official Teletubbi Pri Collectn, jt ahead of June.

THE GAY TELETUBBY; TELEVISN: THE REV. JERRY FALWELL SISTS THE PURPLE BABY-SHOW CHARACTER TKY WKY IS HOMOSEXUAL.

Om 1998 to 2008 and had a reboot 2015 — all started 22 years ago, when Baptist televangelist and noted homophobe Jerry Falwell penned "Parents Alert: Tky Wky Com Out of the Closet, " the Natnal Liberty Journal, a promotnal publitn for his evangelil Liberty Universy, notg, "He is purple — the gay pri lor, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle — the gay pri symbol. (GIF: YouTube/Teletubbi)A ltle ntext: This was jt two years after Ellen DeGener me out as gay and three years after Print Bill Clton signed the Defense of Marriage Act to law, effectively banng same-sex marriage.

Anti-sodomy laws are unnstutnal, and five years before Massachetts would bee the first state to legalize gay marriage (while feral legalizatn would not e until 2015) so, for those who haven’t been followg along om the begng — or anyone need of a reher — here's a brief timele of the Teletubbi' journey om nial to acceptance to full-on pri. 1999Jerry Falwell panics, cg "evince" about Tky Wky's gay role mol stat. "The character, whose voice is obvly that of a boy, has been found rryg a red purse, and has bee a favore character among gay groups worldwi, " Falwell (who would die 2007) famoly wr his magaze, along wh tails about character's hue and triangle antenna.

SIMON SHELTON, ‘TELETUBBI’ TKY WKY ACTOR, DI; FALWELL CALLED HIM THE GAY TELETUBBY

He adds, "As a Christian, I feel that role-molg the gay liftyle is damagg the moral liv of children. (Photo: REUTERS/Trevor Samson)Falwell giv some cred for the tip-off to Washgton Post wrer Michael Colton, who had recently (and jokgly) clared, his annual "In/Out" lumn, that Tky Wky would be replacg the jt-out Ellen Degener as the new gay ambassador (somethg Colton amgly apologiz for after the Falwell fallout) others had beaten him to the punch, wh Tky Wky already proudly claimed by the gay prs — cludg the Advote, Out magaze and the Village Voice, which lumnist Michael Mto clared that Tky Wky is "out and proud" and sends "a great msage to kids — not only that 's OK to be gay, but the importance of beg well-accsorized.

" Lookg back years later, Mto would rell, "As I land the middle of this hilar ntretemps, I had to chuckle over the fact that Falwell and I actually agreed on somethg—that Tky was gay.

"After penng his divisive piece, Falwell doubl down on the Today show, tellg then-host Katie Couric that to have "ltle boys nng around wh purs and actg effemate and leavg the ia that the mascule male, the feme female is out, and gay is OK" is somethg "Christians do not agree wh.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* THE GAY TELETUBBY

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