Mr. Ratburn on "Arthur": "Arthur" character out as gay, gets married season 22 premiere - CBS News

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• ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY SEASON PREMIERE
• ARTHUR'S TEACHER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED ON THE PBS KIDS SHOW'S SEASON PREMIERE
• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED BELOVED CHILDREN'S CARTOON
• "ARTHUR" CHARACTER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE
• ARTHUR‘S MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON 22 PREMIERE
• 'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON PREMIERE
• ARTHUR'S TEACHER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED
• HOW A GAY CHARACTER ON ARTHUR REFLECTS CHANGG NORMS THE U.S.
• ‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN ME OUT AS GAY AND GOT MARRIED THE SEASON PREMIERE AND TWTER LOVED

‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY SEASON PREMIERE

PBS has jt nfirmed what those wh heightened gaydar have spected for years — Mr.

ARTHUR'S TEACHER OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED ON THE PBS KIDS SHOW'S SEASON PREMIERE

Ratburn, Arthur's no-nonsense-wh-a-heart-of-gold teacher, is gay. The ter was not shy their opns about a rtoon school teacher vg his stunts to his Ratburn beg gay is *my* Game of Thron fale— ??? ??????’ ???????? (@salmattos) May 13, 2019PSA: Mr. 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?

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

#Arthur — Daniel Mole (@DanielMole29) May 13, 2019On the one hand this gay weddg on Arthur is so cute but on the other hand image gog to a teacher’s weddg— Ira Madison III (@ira) May 13, 2019The episo do not overtly label Mr. Ratburn as "gay" much like another episo of an Arthur spoff show, Postrds From Bter, that featured gay characters.

Ratburn, Arthur’s teacher, was homosexual and premiered an episo wh a gay weddg. 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" CHARACTER OUT AS GAY AND 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.

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

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.

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

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’. 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'S TEACHER MR. RATBURN COM OUT AS GAY AND GETS MARRIED

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. “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.

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

” 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.

“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 very happy wh his new Ratburn beg revealed as both gay and happily married isn't the first time that a show wh the Arthur world has featured a gay character.

Wh this history md, 's a huge step for Arthur to have a signifint character portrayed as both gay and happily married, even though the world "gay" is never mentned the is jt the latt PBS-aired seri to highlight characters and them that help portray the real world to s young viewers. Ratburn beg gay, the general ncept of showg the experienc young viewers themselv may share or regnize wh their own muni is the same and 's somethg that Arthur creator Marc Brown noted back 2005 regardg the Bter ntroversy.

‘ARTHUR’ CHARACTER MR. RATBURN ME OUT AS GAY AND GOT MARRIED THE SEASON PREMIERE AND TWTER LOVED

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

Still, ’s possible to unt on your fgers the number of kids’ shows that have picted gay characters. Both that the teacher is gay and that the show – a cultural touchstone for many lennials – is still nng.