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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12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
"They're absolutely a gay uple and we're proud of that." * gay characters in children's tv shows *
And this is the first kids' animated character to directly intify themselv as gay.
Bee I'm gay. Queer characters were no longer jt a source of ridicule, but vlently attacked, fuelg a s-long "bury your gays" trope that persists today. Many popular characters were still d om the '60s to the '80s, spe a sexual revolutn and the start of the gay-rights movement.
* gay characters in children's tv shows *
" The creator nfirmed Skeleton's sexualy as gay 2014.
They were created by Andreas Deja, an openly gay animator, and sang mic wrten by openly gay lyricist Howard Ashman. But Rebec said she faced years of phback om the stud, which was ncerned about distributn untri where beg gay or lbian was censored media and nsired a crime. Narrator: The first gay proposal and weddg episo aired the summer of 2018 and ma kids' animatn history.
Velma om the origal 1969 "Soby-Doo" rtoon was long read as gay before beg officially wrten as lbian a 2010 update, "Mystery Inrporated. " Benson, a leadg character om "Kipo and the Age of Wonrbeasts, " ma history as the first kids' animated character to directly intify as gay dialogue. Shiro, the lear of the Palads "Voltron: Legendary Defenr, " was revealed to be gay at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, but his partner was killed off the same episo he was troduced , a ntroversial moment that played to negative trop and didn't s well wh fans.