Sesame Street is (once again) showing support for inclusivity, and the homophobes are predictably losing their marbles in response.
The Twitter account for the long-running kids’ TV show shared a simple tweet almost halfway through June, writing, “On our Street, we celebrate inclusion, belonging, and freedom of authentic self-expression. Happy #PrideMonth to all the people in our neighborhoods!”
Included was a picture of the rainbow flag with the extra chevron representing the trans community and BIPOC, alongside some smiling flowers and a butterfly—overall a completely harmless celebration of inclusion, unless you are a person who is opposed to LGBTQ+ inclusivity on a fundamental level.
And of course, there are plenty of people who fit that bill. Namely, the unhinged folks who think “groomer” is an appropriate or meaningful response to anyone who dares be or support anything LGBTQ+ in the presence of children.
To the logical person, there’s no shortage of idiocy on display here. To start, toddlers aren’t reading Twitter, so they aren’t even remotely in “danger” of coming across this Pride month message.
Moreover, at this point we all know it’s ignorant, if not completely disingenuous, to suggest acknowledgement of LGBTQ+ people is about sexualization, let alone of children. Shows that offer diverse representation for young children do so because young children come from diverse backgrounds—which can certainly include families with two moms or two dads.
But again, this is merely a tweet. And it’s a tweet from a show that has always been more inclusive than many children’s shows for the decades it has existed; and yes, that includes showing support for and including the LGBTQ+ community in the past. Which begs the question: Have these people swearing off letting their children watch Sesame Street even seen Sesame Street before?
Fortunately, once you get beyond the responses from people who pay for Twitter Blue and major rightwing organizations whose entire business model relies on manufactured outrage against whomever they perceive the enemy to be in the moment, the reaction was much more pleasant.
It’s also worth noting that this is actually the fourth time so far this month that the Sesame Street Twitter has posted a positive Pride-related message, proving that they have no interest in bowing to the homophobes that are trying to rip this country apart for their own bigoted entertainment.
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