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'ARTHUR' CHARACTER MR. RATBURN OUT AS GAY, GETS MARRIED SEASON 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. How a Gay Character on Arthur Reflects Changg Norms the U.

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

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 MR. RATBURN HAS A GAY WEDDG ON PBS' CHILDREN'S SHOW

Arthur’s third-gra teacher, Mr Ratburn is gay? Get to the part where he says rats n’t be gay. Ratburn and Patrick strollg arm--arm down the aisle to cello word "gay" is never spoken.

Ratburn is the gay in I never knew I need.

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

'ARTHUR' CREATOR DEFENDS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO FOLLOWG BACKLASH

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY WEDDING ON ARTHUR

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