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The BBC says that Bert and Ernie “have become icons in the gay community over the years”, since first appearing on the show’s pilot episode in 1969. Cartoons Saturday's political cartoons ...

Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe has the ... So when Sesame Street released a press statement alluding to Bert and Ernie’s sexuality, two questions arise. First: “Wait, Bert and Ernie ...

Titled “Bert and Ernie’s Moment of Joy,” the image comes ... was at the center of major controversy when an episode of the cartoon “Postcards From Buster” featured children with lesbian ...

then you’ll know there was a bit of excitement around the Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie. In an interview with Queerty, former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman said that while he was ...

Bert and Ernie are still just roommates. In a statement, Sesame Workshop was prompted to address the famous puppets’ relationship after a former writer for “Sesame Street” said his own ...

New life was breathed into a perennial debate this week, when a former Sesame Street writer revealed that not only did he consider beloved characters Bert and Ernie to be a gay couple, but he used ...

The show released a statement that says puppets don't have sexual orientations. Following an interview given by a former "Sesame Street" writer who said he wrote the beloved characters Bert and ...

It has long been whispered that Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie are gay. At various times the rumor has escalated into their actually getting married on the show, this event either being planned ...