well guys it seems that your suspicions
were right because the former writer of
Sesame Street has just confirmed that
Bert and Ernie are a gay couple and
honestly it all makes sense now I can
just see the memes so many memes welcome
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below what your favorite children's show
is or was Sesame Street is an iconic
children's show that an entire
generation of people grew up loving and
it's still on the air today
Sesame Street first aired back in 1969
and Burton Ernie's dynamic quickly
became a favorite part of the show Bert
and Ernie are roommates who sleep in
separate beds
1 2 3 Sesame Street they would bicker in
a way that a married couple would and
people loved it their relationship
seemed mostly innocent like best friends
or frenemies but there was always this
bit of suspicion around their
relationship and whether or not there
was a little bit more to the story there
were always rumors among fans of the
show that Burton Ernie could be a gay
couple in fact Bert and Ernie had become
gay icons in the queer community name a
more iconic duo I'll wait well a former
writer for Sesame Street Marc Saltzman
has just revealed that the rumors are
true in an interview with QWERTY
Saltzman said that when he was brought
on board in 1984 he always wrote Bert
and Ernie as if they were lovers he said
he didn't have any other way to
contextualise them Saltzman also said
that Bert and Ernie's relationship was
based on his real-life relationship with
film editor Arnold Glassman after
same-sex marriage was legalized in New
York fans of Sesame Street even started
a petition to request a wedding episode
between Bert and Ernie but it seems that
the people behind Sesame Street are not
exactly down to jump on board with a gay
couple narrative in fact some have
called their response to the
announcement homophobic in response to
the petition Sesame Street released a
statement about Bert and Ernie where
they said they were best friends who
were created to teach preschoolers that
people can be good friends with those
who are very different from themselves
and in response to the announcement the
Sesame Workshop also said on Twitter
even though they are identified as male
characters and possess many human traits
and characteristics
they remain puppets and do not have a
sexual orientation I'm sorry what that
sounds like a cop-out to me what about
Miss Piggy and Kermit they clearly have
a sexual orientation Kermit and Piggy
are clearly heterosexual I'm triggered
like i'm so triggered right now yes I
know Miss Piggy is part of the Muppets
but it backs up the puppet argument
Sesame Street says that puppets can't
have a sexual orientation but clearly
puppets can have a sexual orientation
and there have been several puppets on
Sesame Street with a sexual orientation
and honestly I'm just hell I made my
Barbie's have a sexual orientation and
they loved it
at least I think they loved it they
didn't really have a choice not
important there are plenty of children's
shows in movies that are getting with
the times Disney's rumored to be making
Elsa and frozen to a lesbian
they also showcase their first openly
gay character Lefou with live-action
Beauty and the Beast
yeah Disney got backlash from parents
who didn't want their kids to see a gay
couple and the children's food gay
people are so scary but like it was
before they even saw the movie live
foods crashed on Gaston was honestly it
was like it wasn't even a big deal it
was like it was more funny than anything
else
definitely not offensive it was like a
cute little like little crush and it's
not like Bert and Ernie are gonna appear
on Sesame Street you know like in a bed
together doing the nasty it's still a
children show maybe I spoke too soon I
don't know so most of social media has
been pretty supportive of the
announcement about Bert and Ernie being
a gay couple obviously there are some
people against it even the creators of
the show or against the idea of Bert and
Ernie being gay but I mean like what can
you do some people just aren't ready to
accept homosexuality and you can't force
it upon them but creating characters
that are representative of real people
in society is very important children
from a young age need to know that there
are many types of people gay straight
black white and it's like totally normal
to be different the importance of
understanding equality and acceptance is
something that should be taught how to
young age then again there's also the
argument where is it up to a children
show to teach kids these things or is it
up to their parents to teach them at
home what I do find interesting just
well well tidbit here about all of this
is that recently Sesame Street debuted
its first autistic character Julia to
teach kids about autism and why it's
okay to be different it's important for
the creators of Sesame Street to talk
about autism obviously because it's
important
not as important as sexual orientation
mmm
seems a little hypocritical to me but
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