Gay Couple Appears on Cartoon Network For The First Time

Gay cartoon characters are all over the place, but most of them are just hiding in plain sight. I mean, I'm pretty sure that some of those Disney princes and robot pilots prefer to be with other guys. There are also a lot of cartoon guys who are too vain and too "cultured" to be straight. We will probably never know for sure, but I for one will hold on to that idea.


This week, Cartoon Network aired an episode of "Clarence" featuring a short appearance of two gay characters. If memory serves me right, this would be the first time something like this happened on the network. While the characters are not relevant to the plot, it strengthens how lonely (and embarrassed?) the woman waiting for a blind date must have felt.

The fact that the gay couple appeared is significant though. It's a small way of showing kids that gay people are "normal." They aren’t shown as characters to laugh at, but just as regular people.

But guess what? That smooch barely made it to air. One of the voice actors/writers Spencer Rothbell sent out a tweet suggesting the network was not exactly comfortable broadcasting the same-sex affection. And as it turns out, the original concept was that of the two guys kissing on the lips.

Hmmm... Do they think it's too much for kids? Are they avoiding complaints and issues from homophobic parents?


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