Nickelodeon with its first ‘gay married’ couple in kids cartoon
Nickelodeon, the American cable and satellite TV network aimed at kids and teens, has introduced its first animated “immoral homosexual married” couple. Debuting in The Loud House — a cartoon about Lincoln Loud, an 11-year-old boy with 10 sisters — the scene features a friend coming for a stayover with Lincoln. Lincoln and his chum, Clyde McBride, have been counting down the time to the sleepover, so perhaps that’s why Lincoln announces: “Time to make history!” — before he opens the door to reveal Clyde and his two dads. A review in PinkNews praises the episode for depicting the two men as fussy and overprotective, coming with a humidifier, white-noise machine and myriad emergency numbers — thus masterfully deflecting attention from their homosexual relationship. Owned by Viacom Media Network, Nickelodeon targets children ages 2 to 17. It has already introduced a lesbian couple in the 2014 online finale of The Legend of Korra. But Nickelodeon’s allegedly historic immoral moment is ...