A gay icon on Sesame Street? Bert comes out of the closet after 31 years

I find this funny, because Bert is a fictional character

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A gay icon on Sesame Street? Bert comes out of the closet after 31 years



By Guy Adams

Tuesday October 26 2010

The clues were always there. Bert and Ernie have been living together for 31 years. They like to wear flamboyant "his & his" pyjamas. And (here's the clincher) they tuck themselves up together each night in the same bed.
It has, however, taken a careless status update on Twitter to convince America's gay community of what they suspected all along: that two of Sesame Street's best-known characters are preparing to venture out of the closet.
Bert recently used the social networking site to discuss an A-Team parody which will feature on the children's TV show next month. "Ever notice how similar my hair is to Mr. T's?" he asked. "The only difference is that mine is a little more 'mo', and a little less 'hawk'."
The comment understandably passed below the radar of many readers. But it sparked huge intrigue in certain gay circles, where "mo" has for years been a discreet slang term meaning "homosexual".
Writing on the influential gay blog AfterElton.com, Ed Kennedy swiftly noted that the tweet came during a week when many US cities were hosting their annual Gay Pride celebrations. "The people at Sesame Street are way too clever for their own good," he claimed.
At the weekend, the Los Angeles Times weighed in on the debate, offering a lengthy analysis of whether, in the paper's own words, America's most influential children's TV show is being "brought to you by the letters G-A-Y".
By way of evidence, the paper cited recent guest appearances by lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes, the gay actor Neil Patrick Harris, who played the "shoe fairy", and Will.i.am, the front-man of the Black Eyed Peas, who sang What I Am, a gay anthem.
The programme recently satirised True Blood, a TV show which has a huge gay following. Katy Perry, whose most famous song is I Kissed a Girl, was also recently given a guest spot, though it was not broadcast due to concerns about her revealing outfit. All of this convinced a spokesman for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to applaud Sesame Street for opening another chapter in its "long history of teaching children about diversity and acceptance".
With an eye, perhaps, on audiences in less cosmopolitan corners of America, a spokesman for the show meanwhile declined to comment on Bert's sexuality, saying ambiguously: "our programming has always appealed to adults as much as children".

http://www.independent.ie/entertainm...s-2395096.html

Well, we always knew he was gay. It's nice to see him finally out of the closet. Hopefully he'll enjoy a richer, fuller life now. I do hope it doesn't have a negative impact on his career.

He is not gay. They are puppets.

And I had a Bert Puppet during my early childhood who gave me comfort in difficult times, who I carried around everywhere and who was sitting next to my pillow every night, and he never came on to me.

Originally Posted by Inhuman One

He is not gay. They are puppets.

And I had a Bert Puppet during my early childhood who gave me comfort in difficult times, who I carried around everywhere and who was sitting next to my pillow every night, and he never came on to me.

You weren't his type. Sorry. :/

Originally Posted by Inhuman One

He is not gay. They are puppets.

And I had a Bert Puppet during my early childhood who gave me comfort in difficult times, who I carried around everywhere and who was sitting next to my pillow every night, and he never came on to me.

Not while you were awake anyway........

Originally Posted by Inhuman One

He is not gay. They are puppets.

And I had a Bert Puppet during my early childhood who gave me comfort in difficult times, who I carried around everywhere and who was sitting next to my pillow every night, and he never came on to me.

Gay doesn't = Pedophile

Originally Posted by Bandiera Rossa

Gay doesn't = Pedophile

Bert is mentally a child anyway. I guess that makes it doctor play, or whichever euphemism you have to create to give yourself the illusion that it is someting different for the people involved.

Originally Posted by Inhuman One

He is not gay. They are puppets.

And I had a Bert Puppet during my early childhood who gave me comfort in difficult times, who I carried around everywhere and who was sitting next to my pillow every night, and he never came on to me.

No. Youz lyin! Bert is real!

if they weren't written to be gay then they have no right to decide it now. If the creators thought they may or ought to be gay but it was inappropriate at the time due to bigotry in the intended audience, then I am okay with this.

He isn't gay, nor did Sesame Street say he came out of the closet. It was just a misunderstanding on his Twitter post and the media jumped on it.

How can a fictional character such as a muppet be gay? i thougth sesame street characters had no sexual preferance (especially with katy perry not allowed to show much boobs >: ( ), i mean affeminate, sure, but gay? as in he likes men gay? when has a muppet ever loved anything?

Originally Posted by saxdude

How can a fictional character such as a muppet be gay? i thougth sesame street characters had no sexual preferance (especially with katy perry not allowed to show much boobs >: ( ), i mean affeminate, sure, but gay? as in he likes men gay? when has a muppet ever loved anything?

Dumbledore was gay....

Other than a fresh-out-of-the-oven cookie, that is.

It's about ing time. I knew he was gay the first time I watched him.

Other than a fresh-out-of-the-oven cookie, that is.

The fine line between love and obsession.

sure explains a lot lol

People really shouldnt look so much into muppets. They don't have sex, they dont even have the parts for that so people need to stop worrying about their preferences. They cant even move their lips in a way to kiss.

Originally Posted by Inhuman One

People really shouldnt look so much into muppets. They don't have sex, they dont even have the parts for that so people need to stop worrying about their preferences. They cant even move their lips in a way to kiss.

But Bert and Ernie are clearly gay. It isn't that hard to see it.

As far as i can tell they cant even classify as male, so i dont think they are gay.

Originally Posted by saxdude

As far as i can tell they cant even classify as male, so i dont think they are gay.

Well they are defiantly sleeping together. I can tell you that much.