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

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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.

'ARTHUR' CREATOR DEFENDS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO FOLLOWG BACKLASH

I know what and who he is, " Oz wrote on Mark Saltzman, a former wrer for “Same Street, ” mataed that the puppets were gay. “I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty. Ratburn, is gay.

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

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

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.

MR RATBURN IS GAY?!? Ratburn beg gay is *my* Game of Thron fale. animatn twter is losg over the fact that arthur ma mr ratburn gay but no one is talkg about his clearly queer sister.

The word "lbian" was not ed the episo, nor was the word "gay" ed the episo about Mr. Ratburn om Arthur beg gay is that I'm jt now fdg out that Arthur is still g out wh new episos.

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

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

ARTHUR: ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN BANS GAY WEDDG EPISO

Ratburn om ‘Arthur’ is gay. Do you know how amazg is that someone who’s been on the show om the start, someone who’s a ma character, is openly gay and gettg married on a kids show? Ratburn om arthur is gay this is the absolute bt thg you’ll see all day, ” noted one person, while another joyfully said, “Mr.

Ratburn is gay, im cryg. Ratburn is gay by him havg a same sex marriage.

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

And then there were some who weren’t necsarily agast the choice, but were nfed as to why a gay character was “need” on a children’s show. Ratburn om Arthur is gay…. It’s a kids show, don’t exactly ‘need’ an openly gay character, ” wrote one er.

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

I jt don’t unrstand why so many TV characters are gay the days. RELATED VIDEO: Josh Gad on Controversial ‘Gay Moment’ In ‘Bety & the Beast:’ ‘This Film Is One of Inclivens’.

“In an effort to ay s tattered image light of s horrific and blatantly unnstutnal new abortn law, Alabama has cid to rectify the suatn by also banng the new gay marriage episo of Arthur on public televisn.

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