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This week on LGBTQ Twitter: KJP shares heart-warming video, Pence confesses & is Francine a lesbian?
Karine Jean-Pierre, Mike Pence’s awkward words, and a drag dog got attention on the social media platform this week.
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How “Rocko’s Modern Life” worked coming out of the closet into a kid’s cartoon in the mid-90s
In the mid-90s, they could only hint at homosexuality. Now things are different and our own modern lives make it possible for the existence of queer people to be acknowledged, rather than censored.
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‘VeggieTales’ creator blasts children’s television shows for including LGBTQ characters
He said that “Arthur” should have portrayed the “negative” of same-sex marriage.
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A Republican in Congress wants to end funding for PBS over a children’s cartoon
He says the funding is unconstitutional because it offends conservative Christians.
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Alabama Public TV bans ‘Arthur’ episode because kids are too young to know that gay people exist
“Parents trust that their children can watch APT without their supervision,” the station’s management said.
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The religious right has flipped its lid over a cartoon rat
And their followers are calling PBS employees to make gay slurs while spouting Bible verses and insults.
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Christian activists are ‘outraged’ by the gay wedding on ‘Arthur’
Their petition says: “It is offensive to me and my family that [PBS] would glorify the homosexual lifestyle.”
