The A.V. Club , Natalia - who is openly gay herself - said: "Anyone who watched the original show may have had an inkling Betty was a member of the alphabet mafia [a term used to refer to the LGBTQ+ community]. "Betty is a single mom with her own business who has twins and still has time to hang out with her friends and her community, and I think it's just so great because examples of living your life happily and healthily as an out queer person is just such a beacon for young queer people who may not have examples of that. "And yeah, Betty is a fictional cartoon, but even cartoons were hugely influential for me as a kid and if I'd been watching Rugrats and seen Betty casually talking about her ex-girlfriend, I think at least a part of me.