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• NICKELOON’S NEW CARTOON FEATUR A GAY MARRIED COUPLEWAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SAME-SEX UPLE—A FIRST FOR THE CHILDREN'S WORK—ON THE ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD HOE.BY LRA BRADLEYJULY 19, 2016COURTY OF NICKELOON.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN FAI TUNE TO NICKELOON’S THE LOUD HOE ON WEDNDAY EVENG, THEY’RE GOG TO SEE SOMETHG THE CHILDREN’S WORK HAS NEVER DARED TO FEATURE BEFORE: A GAY MARRIED UPLE.THE LOUD HOE, WHICH PREMIERED MAY, IS AN ANIMATED SERI THAT FOLLOWS THE LIFE AND ADVENTUR OF LLN LOUD, THE MIDDLE CHILD A FAY OF 13—AND THE ONLY BOY AMONG 10 SISTERS.WAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SHOW’S TERRACIAL UPLE, HAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI—PARENTS OF CLY MCBRI, LLN’S NERDY BT IEND, VARIETY REPORTS.PART OF WEDNDAY’S EPISO, “OVERNIGHT SUCCS,” WAS POSTED ON TWTER. IN THE SCENE, CLY’S PARENTS DROP HIM OFF AT LLN’S HOE FOR A SLEEPOVER, ALONG WH A ILLY HUGE PILE OF PROVISNS, CLUDG A SLEEPG BAG, A HUMIDIFIER, A HUMIDIFIER, EARPLUGS, ALLERGY MEDITNS, AND SEVERAL PHONE NUMBERS.TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.FROM WHAT WE N SEE, THE EPISO HANDL THE TOPIC EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY: BY TREATG CLY’S PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER UPLE, AND ALLOWG THEIR LOVG RE FOR CLY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT STEAD.NICKELOON HAS STRONGLY HTED AT SAME-SEX ROMANCE BEFORE—AT THE END OF LEGEND OF KORRA, WHEN KORRA AND ASAMI PRUMABLY BEME A UPLE. BUT AS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS AS WAS, THE ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI WASN’T MA EXPLICLY CLEAR, AND THE TWO WOMEN WERE FELY NOT MARRIED. ALSO, BY THE TIME THE SERI END, HAD BEEN PULLED OM AIR; S LAST EPISOS STEAD BUTED ONLE.THE LOUD HOE, HOWEVER, AIRS ON TV LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW—AND IS PRUMABLY TARGETG A YOUNGER CROWD THAN LEGEND OF KORRA.THIS KD OF SUAL REPRENTATN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMG IS A TONE, THOUGH 'S GROWG CREASGLY MON. THE DISNEY CHANNEL TRODUCED S FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE TWO YEARS AGO ON GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, A SCENE THAT BOTH REPRENTED THE LBIAN MOTHERS AS PLETELY NORMAL, AND LAMPOONED CHARLIE’S PARENTS FOR THEIR ASSUMPTN THAT THEIR DGHTER'S PLAYMATE HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS. IN THE SAME YEAR, CARTOON NETWORK AIRED S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS, BUT CENSORED THEIR KISS—CHANGG OM ON THE LIPS, TO ON THE CHEEK.ALL OF THE SCEN HAVE ONE THG MON: THEY’RE PLETELY SUAL ABOUT PRENTG GAY UPL. IN A FEW YEARS, PERHAPS SCEN LIKE THEM WON’T EVEN BE NEWS AT ALL.CAN THE JEM COSTUM CAPTURE THE CARTOON’S HIGH-FASHN SPIR?1 / 12CHEVRONCHEVRONJERRI TTS OUT SYNERGY’S HOLOGRAPHIC POWERS A PK AND ROB’S EGG BLUE STRIPED SMOCK DRS AND ORDATG BERET.MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYLRA BRADLEY
• SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI
• NICKELOON'S 'LOUD HOE' WILL FEATURE A MARRIED, GAY COUPLE – AND THE TWTERSPHERE CAN'T WA
• NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• NICKELOON MAK HISTORY BY FEATURG S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPLE A RTOON
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE

NICKELOON’S NEW CARTOON FEATUR A GAY MARRIED COUPLEWAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SAME-SEX UPLE—A FIRST FOR THE CHILDREN'S WORK—ON THE ANIMATED SERI THE LOUD HOE.BY LRA BRADLEYJULY 19, 2016COURTY OF NICKELOON.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN FAI TUNE TO NICKELOON’S THE LOUD HOE ON WEDNDAY EVENG, THEY’RE GOG TO SEE SOMETHG THE CHILDREN’S WORK HAS NEVER DARED TO FEATURE BEFORE: A GAY MARRIED UPLE.THE LOUD HOE, WHICH PREMIERED MAY, IS AN ANIMATED SERI THAT FOLLOWS THE LIFE AND ADVENTUR OF LLN LOUD, THE MIDDLE CHILD A FAY OF 13—AND THE ONLY BOY AMONG 10 SISTERS.WAYNE BRADY AND MICHAEL MCDONALD WILL VOICE THE SHOW’S TERRACIAL UPLE, HAROLD AND HOWARD MCBRI—PARENTS OF CLY MCBRI, LLN’S NERDY BT IEND, VARIETY REPORTS.PART OF WEDNDAY’S EPISO, “OVERNIGHT SUCCS,” WAS POSTED ON TWTER. IN THE SCENE, CLY’S PARENTS DROP HIM OFF AT LLN’S HOE FOR A SLEEPOVER, ALONG WH A ILLY HUGE PILE OF PROVISNS, CLUDG A SLEEPG BAG, A HUMIDIFIER, A HUMIDIFIER, EARPLUGS, ALLERGY MEDITNS, AND SEVERAL PHONE NUMBERS.TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.FROM WHAT WE N SEE, THE EPISO HANDL THE TOPIC EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY: BY TREATG CLY’S PARENTS JT LIKE ANY OTHER UPLE, AND ALLOWG THEIR LOVG RE FOR CLY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT STEAD.NICKELOON HAS STRONGLY HTED AT SAME-SEX ROMANCE BEFORE—AT THE END OF LEGEND OF KORRA, WHEN KORRA AND ASAMI PRUMABLY BEME A UPLE. BUT AS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS AS WAS, THE ROMANCE BETWEEN KORRA AND ASAMI WASN’T MA EXPLICLY CLEAR, AND THE TWO WOMEN WERE FELY NOT MARRIED. ALSO, BY THE TIME THE SERI END, HAD BEEN PULLED OM AIR; S LAST EPISOS STEAD BUTED ONLE.THE LOUD HOE, HOWEVER, AIRS ON TV LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW—AND IS PRUMABLY TARGETG A YOUNGER CROWD THAN LEGEND OF KORRA.THIS KD OF SUAL REPRENTATN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMG IS A TONE, THOUGH 'S GROWG CREASGLY MON. THE DISNEY CHANNEL TRODUCED S FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE TWO YEARS AGO ON GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, A SCENE THAT BOTH REPRENTED THE LBIAN MOTHERS AS PLETELY NORMAL, AND LAMPOONED CHARLIE’S PARENTS FOR THEIR ASSUMPTN THAT THEIR DGHTER'S PLAYMATE HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS. IN THE SAME YEAR, CARTOON NETWORK AIRED S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS, BUT CENSORED THEIR KISS—CHANGG OM ON THE LIPS, TO ON THE CHEEK.ALL OF THE SCEN HAVE ONE THG MON: THEY’RE PLETELY SUAL ABOUT PRENTG GAY UPL. IN A FEW YEARS, PERHAPS SCEN LIKE THEM WON’T EVEN BE NEWS AT ALL.CAN THE JEM COSTUM CAPTURE THE CARTOON’S HIGH-FASHN SPIR?1 / 12CHEVRONCHEVRONJERRI TTS OUT SYNERGY’S HOLOGRAPHIC POWERS A PK AND ROB’S EGG BLUE STRIPED SMOCK DRS AND ORDATG BERET.MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYLRA BRADLEY

He opens the ont door to meet his bt iend’s parents – an terracial gay McBri and Mr McBri, as Loud lls them, will make their but on Wednday as the work’s first married gay uple on the show. “The Loud Hoe has an unambiguo gay married uple that isn’t an exce for a punchle, God bls Nickeloon, ” one er wrote. “Thank you Loud Hoe, for the wonrful gay dads, ” tweeted another.

8 ln viewers before was renewed for a send season on 25 shows have shown LGBT characters and parents the 2005, the PBS show Postrds om Bter, which showed the rabb om the rtoon Arthur teractg wh real kids, pulled an episo which picted gay parents, acrdg to the Associated Prs. Cartoon Network’s current animated seri Clarence, which buted April 2014, featured a gay uple kissg on the cheek – though reports state that the kiss was censored and origally tend to be on the lips.

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY! NICKELOON (FALLY) CONFIRMS HIS LGBTQ STAT FOR PRI

When fai tune to Nickeloon’s The Loud Hoe on Wednday eveng, they’re gog to see somethg the children’s work has never dared to feature before: a gay married Loud Hoe, which premiered May, is an animated seri that follows the life and adventur of Lln Loud, the middle child a fay of 13—and the only boy among 10 Brady and Michael McDonald will voice the show’s terracial uple, Harold and Howard McBri—parents of Cly McBri, Lln’s nerdy bt iend, Variety of Wednday’s episo, “Overnight Succs, ” was posted on Twter. In the same year, Cartoon Network aired s first gay characters, but censored their kiss—changg om on the lips, to on the of the scen have one thg mon: they’re pletely sual about prentg gay upl.

Given the fandom’s long-held belief that SpongeBob intified as gay, ’s the least Nickeloon uld do for this beloved kids show, and social media reactns did not disappot. Fans quickly reacted sharg stills om the show and celebratg SpongeBob’s om SheKnowsGrey's Anatomy Fan-Favore Chyler Leigh Com Out Heartfelt LetterCoolhs Founr Natasha Case Spills Her Kid-Snack Hack & It Involv Eel, Not Ice CreamThe Trans Moms Hate Mother's Day -- Here's WhyNot surprised about #SpongebobIsGay sce has always kda jt been the way I have seen SB, but that do not stop me om beg DELIRIOUSLY happy about SB reprentg lgbtq+ culture ❤️?️‍?— ℍ???? ???? (@EmmaHso) June 14, 2020Other fans of the show have taken issue wh this, however, potg out that SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg had intified the character as asexual years ago.

Further, sce SpongeBob is not explicly lled gay, fans are left wonrg whether the tweet was fact a misguid alln to his asexualy, which is not referenced the LGBTQ Nickeloon would undoubtedly have ma a stronger statement by, well, makg an actual statement, this is still a big step forward for reprentatn kids’ TV, which has long led LGBTQ characters and relatnships too “adult” for s ntent, spe their fort cludg adult heterosexual relatnships.

NICKELOON'S 'LOUD HOE' WILL FEATURE A MARRIED, GAY COUPLE – AND THE TWTERSPHERE CAN'T WA

5% feel unsafe at kids had jt as many beloved gay rtoon characters as those they assume to be straight, how many LGBTQ kids might feel better accepted and unrstood? Nickeloon's 'Loud Hoe' Will Feature a Married, Gay Couple – and the Twtersphere Can't Wa. An terracial gay uple?

) 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.

NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

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. And later this year, Marvel Studs will but the first openly gay superhero the MCU — and his hband. "Twter ers were quick to wele the McBris:Nickeloon has a show wh a whole terracial gay uple and is so cute and pure— wig (@guiltyband) July 16, 2016.

NICKELOON MAK HISTORY BY FEATURG S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPLE A RTOON

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.

In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group. He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.

LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE

A lbian uple who lnched a legal battle over equali IVF treatment between heterosexual and same-sex upl have dropped their fight after their lol re board pledged to make treatment sts media fluencers Megan and Whney Ban-Evans lnched a landmark “gay tax” discrimatn se after NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) said same-sex upl, sgle women and upl unable to have vagal terurse would have to pay for 12 rounds of IVF before qualifyg for NHS assistance.