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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. 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.
Wh shows like Steven Universe leadg the charge and changg the game, no longer do we have to settle for “child-appropriate” (read: homophobic) censorship. Premierg on Nickeloon, The Loud Hoe ma history by troducg the work’s first married gay uple, Howard (Michael McDonald) and Harold McBri (Wayne Brady). In addn to s vibrant animatn and killer soundtrack, the show ma wav wh s troductn of Benson (Coy Stewart), an openly gay male character (who even the word gay onscreen, a rary kids’ animatn.
"I had to fight wh the help of GLAAD to get the actual word 'Pri' , stead of beg lled 'Rabow Para' or somethg, " Potky told creators at the foreont of reprentatn have had to endure 'homophobic backlash and threats'. "Outsi of the homophobic backlash and threats, and the fear that my sexual inty and the LGBTQIA+ ntent the show uld shut down if I spoke about publicly, the support for what we were dog was often very qualified and hurtful, too.