Do a wir variety of narrativ and protagonists mean unabashedly gay animated characters are beg embraced by the majory of mastream U.S. dienc?
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'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
At the end of season three, when said high school ex asks if he's gay, Todd is fairly certa he isn't... Benson's sexualy is ma explic the season one episo "Ratland, " which Benson, rponse to his (female) iend Kipo's csh on him, simply says, "I'm gay. And this is the first kids' animated character to directly intify themselv as gay.
Bee I'm gay. Queer characters were no longer jt a source of ridicule, but vlently attacked, fuelg a s-long "bury your gays" trope that persists today.
Many popular characters were still d om the '60s to the '80s, spe a sexual revolutn and the start of the gay-rights movement. " The creator nfirmed Skeleton's sexualy as gay 2014. They were created by Andreas Deja, an openly gay animator, and sang mic wrten by openly gay lyricist Howard Ashman.