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Cartoon Network has released the first trailer for the upcoming Steven Universe film. The trailer was unveiled at the San Diego Comic Con, where it was revealed to be a feature-length musical. The series has a long history of LGBTQ representation, and many of its characters are genderless, albeit female presenting. The series has also featured same-sex relationships, and a same-sex wedding, which saw it win praise from GLAAD and win a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids & Family...

Overly protective parents got their feathers in a ruffle after morning kids cartoon show Fireman Sam showed a ‘sexually suggestive’ scene involving two male characters Before we go any further; no it wasn’t an gay actual sex scene, it just happened to be that the way the animators and directors constructed the scene it appeared extremely x-rated. Those watching the Channel 5 kids show pointed out the unintentionally hilarious scene made it appear like fireman character Elvis Cringlinton was getting ‘rear-ended’...

Is this the cutest thing you’ll see all year? Quite possibly. The latest episode of Elders React, in which old people sit down and watch various pop culture videos, sees the adorable elders watch the Pixar-like animated short In A Heartbeat. With over 21 million views on YouTube, the 4-minute clip is a certified viral hit, and its success is made all the more sweet by the fact that it tells the story of a same-sex crush between two school kids. If...

Disney cartoon series Doc McStuffins featured an interracial lesbian couple, and One Million Moms are not happy. In a first for a Disney Junior show, the most recent episode of the cartoon series featured same-sex parents. The episode, titled The Emergency Plan, was centred around teaching kids what to do in an event of an earthquake. Rather than featuring a mother and father, however, it featured two parents – voiced by Wanda Sykes and Portia de Rossi – trying to re-unite their...

The project earned $14,000 on Kickstarter after asking for $3,000 Mondays can be hard. So here’s just the thing to cheer you up: In a Heartbeat, a new animated short film that will have your heart doing all sorts of somersaults. You can watch it below. A trailer for the film was initially released in May. Created by Beth David and Esteban Bravo, the four-minute film follows Sherwin as his heart chases his crush, Jason, around the school. By the end, I...

Filmmakers ask for $3,000 in Kickstarter campaign, fans donate over $14,000 An awkward boy secretly falls in love with the most popular boy in school, what could go wrong? Well, how about his heart literally beating so hard out of his chest that it starts to cause all sorts of trouble. In this completely wordless animation entitled In A Heartbeat, Sherwin’s heart is on a mission to get him the boy of his dreams. But how will heart-throb Jonathan react? And what will...

It is a tradition to run an April Fools’ day article, and this year we broke the “news” that Simba would be gay in upcoming live-action Lion King remake. In the story, we wrote that Simba realises that he is gay during his teenage years after chancing upon same-sex couple Timon and Pumbaa in the wilderness. In order to accommodate the new plot, Simba’s childhood friend and eventual girlfriend Nala has been replaced with the male lion Naji. The film was also...

Well, look at that. Disney channel cartoon Star vs. the Forces of Evil included a gay kiss in a sweet slow dance sequence. Cue the uproar and hand-wringing over "the children!" (But so far people appear to be cool with it!) Skip to 1:27 to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n5ACBivlcg Source

In its new Hanna-Barbera line of comics, DC is making official something fans have long believed: Snagglepuss, the beloved pink mountain lion that debuted in 1959, is gay. More specifically, he is being portrayed as a “gay southern gothic playwright.” Mark Russell, the writer for the new comics, says the move is “not much of a stretch,” and the Internet seems to mostly agree with him. https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/826574576998023168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/frankiesamba/status/826617084327124992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/LucindaLunacy/status/826480992911233024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Snagglepuss was a reoccurring character in the Yogi Bear show starting in 1960s. He often...

Ellen DeGeneres found out that President Donald Trump watched her film Finding Dory at The White House over the weekend and she wants to clarify a few things about it. ‘I don’t get political so I’m not going to talk about the travel ban,’ DeGeneres told her audience in a show airing today. ‘I’m just going to talk about the very nonpolitical, family-friendly, People’s Choice Award-winning Finding Dory. Of course, Finding Dory is about a fish named Dory, and Dory lives...

John Lewis, eat your heart out. As the battle begins the best Christmas advert of 2016, we think Sainsbury’s might be winning with their adorable and epic animated creation. Every year, the anticipation rises for the reveal of the best Christmas advert and whilst we love Buster from John Lewis, we also love Launched last night, (13 November), the Sainsbury’s advert takes us to the little fictional town of ‘Bisby’ and introduces us to its eclectic cast of residents, which includes a...

The Russian embassy in Britain tweeted a disturbing political cartoon on Sunday depicting the European Union member countries as ‘gay pigs’ rounded up in what appears to be Nazi-style concentration camps. https://twitter.com/RussianEmbassy/status/789903797803970560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The acronym PIIGS has been used by economists to refer to when EU members Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain began struggling to refinance government debt during the banking crisis that started in 2009, reports JMG. Blogger Joe Jervis notes: Not lost on Twitter users is the rainbow flag flying over...

News Corp newspaper The Australian has set the stage for a public debate on equal marriage by printing a cartoon likening gay people to Nazi stormtroopers. The Murdoch paper this week printed the shocking cartoon from controversial artist Bill Leak. It features a depiction of Nazi soldiers depicted as gay men, wearing rainbow outfits and carrying brutal weapons. The cartoon is captioned ‘Waffen-SSM’, a play on words linking ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ and the Nazi Party’s military Waffen-SS wing, which was responsible for numerous war crimes. The...

Get ready for your crush on Brian Sims to go from “hey he’s pretty great” to “take me now.” Your favorite bearded Pennsylvania representative just uploaded a video to Facebook of himself singing along to Jodi Benson as Ariel in The Little Mermaid. It is lovely and cute and perfect, and hopefully will inspire a series. What would you like to see him sing next? (Personally, we’re torn between “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas and “I’ll Make a Man out of You” from...