Who are the 2 gay peop0le in seasime street

Okay, I get that. We all want to see a little bit of ourselves in the media. Both roles were deliberate and overt. But Bert and Ernie, on a television show whose target audience is pre-schoolers, were, to the best of my knowledge, never overtly or even covertly identified as gay.

Are Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie gay? A dialogue.

The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie and I as 'Bert and Ernie. However, Sesame Workshop, which produces the show, denies the pair are together, saying they have no sexual orientation but are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves.

Do Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie Absolutely Have to be Gay? No, and Here’s Why

It's what the writer thought. Doesn't mean the producers back then saw it that way, and obviously they don't do so now. The tweet about "puppets do not have a sexual orientation" is gone now, but that at least was patently incorrect: Grundgetta was Oscar's girlfriend.

Bert and Ernie are indeed a gay couple, 'Sesame Street' writer claims

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