Mr. Ratburn on "Arthur": "Arthur" character out as gay, gets married season 22 premiere - CBS News

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'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE

“MR RATBURN IS GAY?? Your move Marvel…, ” wrote Rachel Gie, the director of edorial at is not the first time the “Arthur” seri has featured a gay character.

” The anizatn c “Steven Universe, ” “Adventure Time” and “Loud Hoe” as some recent exampl of programmg that featur nuanced LGBTQ, featurg a gay marriage on a children’s televisn show remas revolutnary, acrdg to year, the s-old discsn over Bert and Ernie’s relatnship and sexual orientatn “Same Street” me to a standstill after Frank Oz, the creator of Bert, nied the character was gay. I know what and who he is, " Oz wrote on Mark Saltzman, a former wrer for “Same Street, ” mataed that the puppets were gay.

'ARTHUR' CREATOR DEFENDS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO FOLLOWG BACKLASH

“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty.

‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE

Ratburn, is gay.

We all know people who are gay, who are trans, and ’s somethg that is socially acceptable, ” Brown said.

"ARTHUR" CHARACTER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE

This isn’t the first time that the Arthur universe has broached the subject of gay upl, fact. After all, this is a world where an aardvark looks like that and has a rabb for a bt iend; why would be so remarkable that people are gay? Fourteen years later, ’s still unmon for children’s shows to feature gay characters — enough that often be headle-makg news when someone out, or when a show adds a nonheterosexual relatnship.

ARTHUR: ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN BANS GAY WEDDG EPISO

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ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN REF TO AIR 'ARTHUR' EPISO WH GAY WEDDG

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"I never thought I'd be gog to battle for a gay rat weddg, but here we are, " she said. Ratburn, was gay and gettg married.

'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED BELOVED CHILDREN'S CARTOON

Shortly after s premiere, the ter epted over the cln of a gay character and storyle such a proment children’s program.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* ARTHUR EPISODE GAY MARRIAGE

Kids’ TV rarely shows gay marriage, but PBS’s Arthur did wh Mr. Ratburn’s weddg - Vox .

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