Supervising Animator
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Jan 7, 2012, 6:07 PM
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Show your colors!
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I've been getting some heat about the gay community...but they too were in cartoons!
Waylon Smithers from "The Simpsons", Herbert Garrison from "South Park", the newscasters from "American Dad", Brian's cousin Jasper from "Family Guy", and there's a show called "Queer Duck".
Are there any more characters that are gay...or episodes of cartoons that mention it?
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Jan 7, 2012, 6:35 PM
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In the "Captain Planet" episode, "A Formula For Hate," a student suspected Todd of having an affair with Jeff, which, of course, he denied.
There's also an implied gay relationship between Brainy and Clumsy Smurf. Not only are they the closest of friends, but at the end of "Smurfiest Of Friends," Clumsy actually says, "I love you, Brainy!"
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"Never walk alone in a danger zone."
(This post was edited by TammiToon on Jan 7, 2012, 7:55 PM)
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Supervising Animator
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Jan 7, 2012, 7:34 PM
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Lexington--from Gargoyles is gay--although I doubt it was established in the series--it was definately brought to light in the comic book series.
In the anime version of Sailor Moon--Zoisite and Kunzite--two of Queen Beryl's generals are lovers--although in the English dub, Zoisite was made a woman.
Also in Sailormoon, there was another character, Fisheye of the Amazon Trio who targeted attractive men and disguised himself as a woman to seduce them. There was even an episode where he appeared as himself (that is as a man)in order to model for a fashion designer named Yoshiku Usui who may have been gay himself. Of course, for the English dub--Fisheye was made female and the implied relationship between the designer and his assistant was transformed from a possibly romantic one to that of being brothers.
Also Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptue are lesbians--although the English dub tried to claim they were cousins--which really doesn't work well at all. 
There's a banned Cow and Chicken episode entitled "Buffalo Biker Gals" in which a bunch of butch looking female bikers burst into peoples' homes and munch on their carpets. (a very obvious sexual innuendo made literal) The leader of the Biker Gals, Munch Kelly falls in love with Cow and invites her into their club--did I mention that the Biker Gals hate Chicken and play softball? 
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?"
Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
(This post was edited by Glowworm on Jan 7, 2012, 7:37 PM)
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Jan 8, 2012, 1:05 AM
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The notorious "underground" 1928 porno cartoon Eveready Harton In Buried Treasure had a scene involving Eveready Harton and another man, said to be one of the first gay sex scenes put on film.
Logo Television Network, a channel for the gay community, produced and aired Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple In All the World. Based on an award-winning 1999 animated short, it ran for six half-hour episodes in 2007. The cast included lesbian characters as well.
In 1994, Japan's Seiyo and KSS studios co-produced Boku No Sexual Harassment (My Sexual Harassment), a direct-to-video series of four 35-minute episodes. It was based on Sakura Momo's series of gay erotic novels.
Also in Japan, Mushi Productions released a two-hour animated feature film, 1969's Senya Ichiya Monogatari (Arabian Knights), adapted from Osamu Tezuka's self-published manga adaptations. It had a scene involving a lesbian princess.
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Jan 8, 2012, 1:06 AM)
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Animator
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Jan 10, 2012, 9:29 PM
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In the "For Better or For Worse" episode Family Lies, in the "Later Years" segment "Parade Passing By", Elizabeth must fully examine her reasons for not participating in a passing Gay Pride parade.
The comic strip itself touched deeply on gays. Michael's friend, Lawrence Poirier, came out in 1993. The story arc ran for four weeks, and caused a major stir. Some newspapers refused to run the arc; some actually cancelled the strip altogether. Lynn Johnston received a lot of letters, congratulating her and supporting her for being bold.
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Zinc Saucier / Moderator
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Jan 13, 2012, 11:34 AM
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This isn't really germane to the thread, but didn't Johnston end her strip a couple of years back due to ongoing medical problems or something similar?
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