Is SpongeBob SquarePants gay? Here's what character creator Stephen Hillenburg had to say | MEAWW

Contents:

• SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
• NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)
• IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS
•  STEPHEN HILLENBURG SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANT GAY AXSEXUAL SEXUALY PRI MONTH NICKELOON TWEET RABOW
• NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• NICKELOON MAY HAVE JT CONFIRMED WHAT WE KNEW ALL ALONG: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY

#SpongeBobIsGay started trendg as many cid the tweet was nfirmatn of the character’s sexualy. Due part to his close relatnship wh bt iend Patrick Star, the ter had long ago cid that SpongeBob was ed gay. “We never tend them to be gay.

The cln of the rtoon sponge igned a social media nversatn surroundg SpongeBob’s sexual inty, wh some folks clarg him “a gay in. “We never tend them to be gay, ” Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick 2005, per People.

” (FYI someone n be both gay and asexual, as such inti are not mutually exclive. ) Patrick both wh limp wrists, forhadowg this revelatn by reprentatn children's media remas srce, largely due to phback om studs and parents who equate visible gay, lbian, bisexual or trans characters wh the "sexualizatn" of children. Jt last month, Pixar released a short film on Disney+ featurg a gay protagonist; Out followed his journey to e out to his parents and troduce them to his boyiend.

NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

And later this year, Marvel Studs will but the first openly gay superhero the MCU — and his hband. SpongeBob SquarePants has had s dose of ntroversy, the biggt one beg about SpongeBob promotg homosexualy.

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)

SpongeBob SquarePants hasn’t been safe om ntroversy, and the biggt one is that about SpongeBob beg gay and “tryg to turn children gay”.

IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS

The character has been acced of promotg homosexualy, wh var groups exprsg their disfort and even mandg that Nickeloon stops airg the show. The SpongeBob SquarePants Is Gay Controversy Explaed.

The “SpongeBob is gay” ntroversy n be tracked all the way back to 2002, when the episo “Rock-a-Bye Bivalve” first aired. The show was acced of promotg gay marriage, but as sea spong aren’t eher female or male, SpongeBob beg the mother is actually normal for him – even more when rememberg that Hillenburg was a mare science tor, and he add as many real life characteristics to the characters as possible.

 STEPHEN HILLENBURG SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANT GAY AXSEXUAL SEXUALY PRI MONTH NICKELOON TWEET RABOW

Hillenburg even clarified that he nsired the character to be “somewhat asexual”, and all claims that SpongeBob is gay are false. A few years later, 2005, a vio wh clips of children’s shows, cludg SpongeBob SquarePants, promotg diversy and tolerance was cricized by an evangelil group, statg the show was “advotg homosexualy”.

Others have poted out SpongeBob’s relatnship wh his bt iend, Patrick, sayg they are a uple and th, once aga, promotg homosexualy. Meanwhile, some others have simply cid that SpongeBob is gay bee of how he acts.

1592054553Naturally, took leral sends for the ter to fly to a enzy over the apparent reveal that SpongeBob is as gay for Patrick as we all always knew he was.

NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

\u201cGAY SPONGEBOB STANS RISEEEEEEE\u201d — brtany (@brtany). 1592096177Of urse, Nickeloon didn’t explicly say SpongeBob is the gay in we’re all so eager to claim he is, but the tweet DOES suggt he’s part of the LGBTQ+ “SpongeBob is gay!!

” paras swept across the ter, other diehard fans of the crter who liv a peapple unr the sea began potg out that we’ve actually known SpongeBob has his place unr the LGBTQ+ umbrella for a long time 2005, creator Stephen Hillenburg said that he “never tend [SpongeBob and Patrick] to be gay. 1592072825Wh so ltle asexual reprentatn media, ’s important not to erase SpongeBob’s ace inty, though some have poted out that there’s still room for him to be homo- or bi-romantic and asexual. \u201c\u201cspongebob is gay\u201d \u201o, spongebob is asexual!

NICKELOON MAY HAVE JT CONFIRMED WHAT WE KNEW ALL ALONG: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

He\u2019s homoromantic asexual; you n have both. Nickeloon revealed SpongeBob SquarePants is an LGBTQ+ ally, but do that mean he's gay? Qutns about whether SpongeBob is gay or not have been floatg around for years as the show has dropped some hts about , even though seri’ creator Stephen Hillenburg spoke about years ago.

The biggt one is that of SpongeBob’s sexualy, wh many groups accg the show of promotg homosexualy and gay marriage. People sisted the episo promoted gay marriage, but as sea spong aren’t eher female or male (and Hillenburg was a mare science tor), playg the role of mother was normal for SpongeBob.

Of urse, the ntroversy didn’t end there, and many groups began to over-analyze the show to fd clu that proved that SpongeBob was gay and the show was a bad example for children.