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Contents:
- 2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
- 12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
- 20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
12 Popular Children’s TV Shows that Have Gay Characters by Michael Fot - Christian breakg news mentary. * cartoon network gay characters *
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In 2020, Kipo and The Age of Wonrbeasts was the first rtoon where a character actually said "I'm gay" out loud.
12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS
Loud Hoe this week will troduce Nickeloon’s first married gay uple, but kids’ shows such as Good Luck Charlie have already featured same-sex upl * cartoon network gay characters *
\u201cAnd 2020, Benson om "Kipo and the Age of Wonrbeasts" was the first kids' animated character to directly intify themselv as gay. Addnally, Rogel and Kyle, two characters who were said by Stevenson to be a polyamoro relatnship wh a female character, Lonnie, the same show, are both labeled as 'gay' stead of 'bisexual' or 'pansexual.
2020 was a bummer of a year, but when to all-ag animatn, was a culmatn of the many small steps buildg up to the current state of queer reprentatn: a glor gay celebratn that was unheard of jt five years ago. I thk that optimism, that expectatn where every time, ’s like, ‘Look, here’s this thg, this character, this relatnship, ’ ’s gay, they’re like ‘Cool, do more now, do better.
20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
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