Why the gay weddg Arthur is a big al

Contents:

• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE
• ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE
• HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.
• ARTHUR’S GAY WEDDG: WHY N’T A RTOON UPLE TIE THE KNOT ALABAMA?
• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED BELOVED CHILDREN'S CARTOON
• OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCH'GMA' DEALS & STEALS ON WHEELS: BOSTONCULTURELGBTQMAY 14, 2019'ARTHUR'S' MR. RATBURN SPIR VIEWERS AFTER G OUT AS GAY AND GETTG MARRIED
• ARTHUR‘S MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE
• WHY THE GAY WEDDG ARTHUR IS A BIG AL
• 'ARTHUR' CREATOR DEFENDS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO FOLLOWG BACKLASH
• 12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
• HOW ARTHUR BEME THE LATT PAWN OUR POLIL HELLSPEALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN REFED TO AIR A GROUNDBREAKG EPISO OF THE PBS CHILDREN’S SHOW, LEAVG THE SHOW’S CREATOR “VERY DISAPPOTED.”BY LRA BRADLEYMAY 21, 2019COURTY OF PBS.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE ANNALS OF CHILDREN’S TV HISTORY ARE CHOCK-FULL OF SERI THAT BEGAT ABSURD POLIL ARGUMENTS—AND IF THERE WERE A MM DITED TO PRERVG THIS HISTORY, THERE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO BE AN ENTIRE WG DITED SOLELY TO HOMOPHOBIA. CONSERVATIV CLUTCHED THEIR PEARLS OVER TKY WKY, THE PURPLE TELETUBBY; BERT AND ERNIE HAVE LONG BEEN AT THE CENTER OF SIARLY HEATED ARGUMENTS AS WELL. AND NOW, HERE’S ANOTHER ONE FOR THE SPECIAL LLECTN: ARTHUR HAS BEEN CENSORED ALABAMA, THANKS TO AN EPISO THAT FEATURED A GAY WEDDG.IN APRIL, ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN REACHED THE CISN NOT TO AIR THE ARTHUR EPISO, WHICH ARTHUR’S TEACHER, MR. RATBURN, MARRIED A CHOLATIER NAMED PATRICK, ACRDG TO DEADLE. ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN’S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMG, MIKE MCKENZIE, REPORTEDLY SAID THAT PBS ALERTED TV STATNS ABOUT THE NTENT OF THE EPISO LAST MONTH; AFTER VIEWG THE EPISO, THE ANIZATN CHOSE TO AIR A REN STEAD, WHEN THE EPISO BUTED ON MAY 13.“PARENTS HAVE TSTED ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS TO PROVI CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS THAT ENTERTA, TE, AND SPIRE,” MCKENZIE TOLD . “MORE IMPORTANTLY—ALTHOUGH WE STRONGLY ENURAGE PARENTS TO WATCH TELEVISN WH THEIR CHILDREN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AFTERWARDS—PARENTS TST THAT THEIR CHILDREN N WATCH APT WHOUT THEIR SUPERVISN. WE ALSO KNOW THAT CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER THAN THE ‘TARGET’ DIENCE FOR ARTHUR ALSO WATCH THE PROGRAM.” IN A STATEMENT TO DEADLE, GLAAD NMNED THE CISN AS BOTH “MEAN-SPIRED” AND “A LOSG BATTLE.”THE NTROVERSY SURROUNDG THE EPISO HAS BEEN PECIALLY TOUGH FOR MARC BROWN, ARTHUR’S CREATOR. ARTHUR LNCHED 1996; MORE THAN A AGO, S SP-OFF, POSTRDS OM BTER, WAS THE OBJECT OF BACKLASH AFTER S TULAR RABB MET A LIVE-ACTN FAY WH LBIAN PARENTS. BROWN IS STILL UPSET WHEN HE THKS ABOUT THE CINT; WHEN AIRED 2005, THEN-SECRETARY OF EDUTN MARGARET SPELLGS NMNED THE SHOW, WHICH LED BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUTN AND PBS TO WHDRAW FUNDG OM , ACRDG TO PEOPLE. BROWN HAD HOPED THAT THIS TIME, THGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT. ALAS, EVINTLY THEY ARE NOT—WHICH LEAV BROWN “VERY DISAPPOTED.”“I’M REALLY PROUD OF THAT EPISO,” BROWN TOLD PEOPLE ON TUDAY OF THE ARTHUR EPISO QUTN. “AND I WILL FEND TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT .”“I DON’T WANT CHILDREN OR PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT TO FEEL EXCLUD,” BROWN ADD. “THAT’S NOT THE KD OF WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE . AND WE WANT CHILDREN TO BE TED, SO THEY N SEE THERE’S NOT JT ONE TYPE OF FAY. EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL REPRENTED.”MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— VIS OUR BRAND-NEW, SEARCHABLE DIGAL ARCHIVE NOW!— THE 18 MOST TRIGUG FILMS AT THIS YEAR’S CANN FILM FTIVAL— HOW THIS GAME OF THRON MASTERMD MIGHT CREATE THE NEXT OBSSN-WORTHY SHOW— EXPLORE THE GOSPEL OF GENTLENS WH BRENé BROWN— HOW VEEP AND GAME OF THRON HANDLED THEIR RPECTIVE “MAD QUEENS”— FROM THE ARCHIV: WHO SAYS WOMEN AREN’T FUNNY?LOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONLRA BRADLEY

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

“MR RATBURN IS GAY??

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

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.

HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.

“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert & Ernie, they were [gay], ” Saltzman said an terview wh Queerty. 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. This isn’t the first time that the Arthur universe has broached the subject of gay upl, fact.

ARTHUR’S GAY WEDDG: WHY N’T A RTOON UPLE TIE THE KNOT ALABAMA?

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. How a Gay Character on Arthur Reflects Changg Norms the U.

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

Still, ’s possible to unt on your fgers the number of kids’ shows that have picted gay characters.

Name: The Arthur gay It happened on 13 May. Although the rtoon seri started 1996, Arthur will for ever be eight years who is havg the gay weddg? Arthur’s third-gra teacher, Mr Ratburn is gay?

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Get to the part where he says rats n’t be gay. 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. Ratburn om ‘Arthur’ is gay.

ARTHUR‘S MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE

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.

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.

WHY THE GAY WEDDG ARTHUR IS A BIG AL

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’.

1:12Copyright 2019 WGBH/PBS KidsThe fight for gay rights Ameri"Arthur" broke down barriers Monday as the show buted season 22 on PBS Kids and celebrated the. me out as gay, tyg the knot wh his new episo was tled "Mr.

Ratburn is the gay in I never knew I need. As gay person who grew up on Arthur this means the world to me, " another fan tweeted.

'ARTHUR' CREATOR DEFENDS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO FOLLOWG BACKLASH

Thank you pbs kids, " yet another er add, while another gave the show snaps for "supportg gay marriage! Ratburn Com Out as Gay, Gets Married Season 22 Premiere. Ratburn — is gay.

Of urse, this isn’t the first time the Arthur-verse has featured a gay character. Ratburn don’t e the word “gay” Monday’s Arthur premiere.

12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

Ratburn, Arthur’s teacher, was homosexual and premiered an episo wh a gay weddg.

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

Gay Marriage ‘Arthur' Cross Le Publicly-Fund Kids’ TV | Natnal Review. In fact, three of the leadg mastream children’s ble channels — cludg Disney, Nickeloon and Cartoon Network — have shows wh gay or lbian are twelve popular children’s shows wh gay characters:Photo urty: Getty Imag/LtleBee80. This popular live-actn tween-centric seri 2017 showsed a primary character, 13-year-old Cys Goodman, revealg he is gay.

HOW ARTHUR BEME THE LATT PAWN OUR POLIL HELLSPEALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN REFED TO AIR A GROUNDBREAKG EPISO OF THE PBS CHILDREN’S SHOW, LEAVG THE SHOW’S CREATOR “VERY DISAPPOTED.”BY LRA BRADLEYMAY 21, 2019COURTY OF PBS.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE ANNALS OF CHILDREN’S TV HISTORY ARE CHOCK-FULL OF SERI THAT BEGAT ABSURD POLIL ARGUMENTS—AND IF THERE WERE A MM DITED TO PRERVG THIS HISTORY, THERE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO BE AN ENTIRE WG DITED SOLELY TO HOMOPHOBIA. CONSERVATIV CLUTCHED THEIR PEARLS OVER TKY WKY, THE PURPLE TELETUBBY; BERT AND ERNIE HAVE LONG BEEN AT THE CENTER OF SIARLY HEATED ARGUMENTS AS WELL. AND NOW, HERE’S ANOTHER ONE FOR THE SPECIAL LLECTN: ARTHUR HAS BEEN CENSORED ALABAMA, THANKS TO AN EPISO THAT FEATURED A GAY WEDDG.IN APRIL, ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN REACHED THE CISN NOT TO AIR THE ARTHUR EPISO, WHICH ARTHUR’S TEACHER, MR. RATBURN, MARRIED A CHOLATIER NAMED PATRICK, ACRDG TO DEADLE. ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN’S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMG, MIKE MCKENZIE, REPORTEDLY SAID THAT PBS ALERTED TV STATNS ABOUT THE NTENT OF THE EPISO LAST MONTH; AFTER VIEWG THE EPISO, THE ANIZATN CHOSE TO AIR A REN STEAD, WHEN THE EPISO BUTED ON MAY 13.“PARENTS HAVE TSTED ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISN FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS TO PROVI CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS THAT ENTERTA, TE, AND SPIRE,” MCKENZIE TOLD . “MORE IMPORTANTLY—ALTHOUGH WE STRONGLY ENURAGE PARENTS TO WATCH TELEVISN WH THEIR CHILDREN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AFTERWARDS—PARENTS TST THAT THEIR CHILDREN N WATCH APT WHOUT THEIR SUPERVISN. WE ALSO KNOW THAT CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER THAN THE ‘TARGET’ DIENCE FOR ARTHUR ALSO WATCH THE PROGRAM.” IN A STATEMENT TO DEADLE, GLAAD NMNED THE CISN AS BOTH “MEAN-SPIRED” AND “A LOSG BATTLE.”THE NTROVERSY SURROUNDG THE EPISO HAS BEEN PECIALLY TOUGH FOR MARC BROWN, ARTHUR’S CREATOR. ARTHUR LNCHED 1996; MORE THAN A AGO, S SP-OFF, POSTRDS OM BTER, WAS THE OBJECT OF BACKLASH AFTER S TULAR RABB MET A LIVE-ACTN FAY WH LBIAN PARENTS. BROWN IS STILL UPSET WHEN HE THKS ABOUT THE CINT; WHEN AIRED 2005, THEN-SECRETARY OF EDUTN MARGARET SPELLGS NMNED THE SHOW, WHICH LED BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUTN AND PBS TO WHDRAW FUNDG OM , ACRDG TO PEOPLE. BROWN HAD HOPED THAT THIS TIME, THGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT. ALAS, EVINTLY THEY ARE NOT—WHICH LEAV BROWN “VERY DISAPPOTED.”“I’M REALLY PROUD OF THAT EPISO,” BROWN TOLD PEOPLE ON TUDAY OF THE ARTHUR EPISO QUTN. “AND I WILL FEND TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT .”“I DON’T WANT CHILDREN OR PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT TO FEEL EXCLUD,” BROWN ADD. “THAT’S NOT THE KD OF WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE . AND WE WANT CHILDREN TO BE TED, SO THEY N SEE THERE’S NOT JT ONE TYPE OF FAY. EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL REPRENTED.”MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— VIS OUR BRAND-NEW, SEARCHABLE DIGAL ARCHIVE NOW!— THE 18 MOST TRIGUG FILMS AT THIS YEAR’S CANN FILM FTIVAL— HOW THIS GAME OF THRON MASTERMD MIGHT CREATE THE NEXT OBSSN-WORTHY SHOW— EXPLORE THE GOSPEL OF GENTLENS WH BRENé BROWN— HOW VEEP AND GAME OF THRON HANDLED THEIR RPECTIVE “MAD QUEENS”— FROM THE ARCHIV: WHO SAYS WOMEN AREN’T FUNNY?LOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONLRA BRADLEY

” The storyle ntued to this year, wh Cys sayg for the first time, “I’m gay” The seri was nceled after three seasons.

GLAAD is a proment gay rights media watchdog. The annals of children’s TV history are chock-full of seri that begat absurd polil arguments—and if there were a mm dited to prervg this history, there would likely need to be an entire wg dited solely to homophobia. And now, here’s another one for the special llectn: Arthur has been censored Alabama, thanks to an episo that featured a gay April, Alabama Public Televisn reached the cisn not to air the Arthur episo, which Arthur’s teacher, Mr.