Tag: Mr. Ratburn

Alabama’s public television network decided not to run an episode of Arthur because it featured a gay wedding. The season 22 premier of the kids’ animated series Arthur that aired this week showed the characters’ third-grade teacher, Mr. Ratburn, getting married to another man. The show normally airs on PBS-affiliate Alabama Public Television (APT), but this week they decided to show an old rerun. APT said that the audience was too young to know that gay people exist. “Parents have trusted Alabama...

Queer representation in children's animation has been getting better and better as the years go by, and while it's nice to see so many new, inclusive titles premiering on so many networks, we wish some of our old-school faves would also introduce queer characters as well. Well it looks like Arthur might have just heard our prayers... The long-running PBS Kids series (which has been airing since 1996) just confirmed that Mr. Nigel Ratburn, Arthur Read's cake-loving, third-grade, Lakewood Elementary...