12 Popular Children’s TV Shows that Have Gay Characters - Michael Fot

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

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.

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12 POPULAR CHILDREN’S TV SHOWS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS

Gay people exist the world.

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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.

20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY

\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.

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