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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 *
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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.
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