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WARNG TO PARENTS: PRO-GAY RTOONS ARE ON THE RISE
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. The gay ghost dads Summer Camp Island. In the same ve as the outlandish show Rick & Morty, Solar Oppos is givg galactic and gay at the same time.
Wh several queer characters prent, our ey are glued to our dynamic duo Barney and Norma, wh Barney beg a gay trans teenage boy and Norma beg a bisexual tistic teenage girl. One of Andi's bt iends, Cys, happens to be gog through a tough journey of his own, as he to terms wh the fact that he is gay. Cys's g out was a groundbreakg moment for Disney Channel sce, as reported by Digal Spy, was the first time a character said the words "I'm gay, " on the work.