Posted on 06/21/2021 5:01:02 PM PDT by Ennis85
"Sesame Street" introduced two gay dads and their daughter for a recent "Family Day" episode — and it was the first time the iconic children's TV program has shown a married gay couple, according to Yahoo Entertainment, which called it "a bold statement for LGBTQ visibility."
What are the details?
The outlet said in a separate story that the episode's two gay dads are Frank (Alex Weisman) and Dave (Chris Costa), the brother of bike-store owner Nina (Chris Costa), and their daughter is Mia (Olivia Perez).
In the clip of the episode, the couple arrives onscreen at about the 2-minute mark, announcing in unison, "We're here!"
After some hugs, Nina excitedly says, "OK, everybody, everybody! I want you to meet my brother Dave, his husband Frank, and my sobrina [niece] Mia!"
From there it's your garden-variety "Sesame Street" stuff, but toward the end of the episode, Frank tells the group that "there's all kinds of different families, but what makes us a family is that we love each other."
'Love is love'
"Sesame Street has always been a welcoming place of diversity and inclusion," cast member Alan Muraoka wrote on Facebook. "So I'm so excited to introduce Nina's Brother Dave, his husband Frank, and their daughter Mia to our sunny street. Our Family Day episode drops today on HBOMax and on YouTube ... I am so honored and humbled to have co-directed this important and milestone episode. Love is love, and we are so happy to add this special family to our Sesame family. Happy Pride to all!!!!"
'Undeniable trend of inclusion'
"The 'Family Day' episode of Sesame Street sends the simple and important message that families come in all forms and that love and acceptance are always the most important ingredients in a family," GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told Yahoo Entertainment. "Frank and Dave, as Mia's dads, are the latest characters in an undeniable trend of inclusion across kids & family programming, one that allows millions of proud LGBTQ parents, and our children, to finally get to see families like ours reflected on TV."
Here's the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iph6Sj44Zpo
Anything else?
While the "Family Day" episode may have been historic for "Sesame Street," it was far from the first time it's touched on LGBTQ issues.
Last year, Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) blasted the program for a Pride Month tweet:
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1273299674141790208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1273299674141790208%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fsesame-street-gay-dads-family-day
"Sesame Street" posted a similar tweet this month:
https://twitter.com/sesamestreet/status/1404510907158437908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404510907158437908%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fsesame-street-gay-dads-family-day
Yahoo Entertainment also noted that the narrator for an "Elmo's World" segment in the show's 2017 Father's Day episode acknowledged same-sex couples by saying, "You might have a stepdad, or even two dads." The outlet added that a "Sesame Street" episode in August 2017 ("Hello Rudy") had a child saying "I love my moms" just before getting kissed by both of her moms.
In addition, Yahoo Entertainment noted that "Sesame Street" has also "stood up for equality by welcoming several out celebrities on the show — including Ellen DeGeneres, Billy Eichner, Billy Porter and recently Lil Nas X."
More history being made!
Perverts
Well, let’s see what happens to their numbers. I will be watching
Soon, just having children inside the US system/culture will be child abuse.
Total isolation from the rot & filth is nearly impossible.
There's other things, too
What did Statler and Waldorf have to say ‘bout Dat?
First married couple because Elmo and the hand weren’t married.
Leslie Van Houten (on the right) wasn’t bad looking, 50 years ago.
“Teacher! Leave those kids alone!”
I am so sick of this new “make everyone gay” agenda. No matter how much they try to normalize it, it will never be normal. Leave the kids alone and just let them be kids without all the damned politics and grooming.
Charles Manson
I studied Helter Skelter for a criminology class in college......
Perversion is not love.
Why do 2% or less of the world’s human population, the LBGTQ folks expect the other 98% of us who are heterosexual to change our life standards and accept what is clearly an abomination of nature and of God’s human creation? Our children need to be protected from this evil and it’s time to put a stop to LGBTQ and our public schools from indoctrinating our children with this crap. Don’t fire them, arrest them for child abuse!
Why not a son? Are they afraid of the inferences with two gay dads and a son?
Soon they’ll have a hide the salami character.
just having children inside the US system/culture will be child abuse.
..................
True, “male toxicity” etc it’s so baffling that this crao is being pushed so hard. I’ll never understand why people can’t just engage in their passions and live their lives. Instead they’re working overtime on turning everything upside down.
Two homosexuals cannot both be the dad
“Can you tell me how to get to Sodomy Street?”
It ceased being “iconic” a long, long time ago.
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