Tweeting the images, Nickelodeon wrote, “Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month. SpongeBob SquarePants is gay, Nickelodeon reveals for Pride Month 13 Jun, 2020 08:10 PM 2 minutes to read Nickelodeon made the announcement to celebrate Pride month. The other two images that have been shared by the channel are that of Korra from The Legend of Korra, who is said to be a bisexual, and transgender actor Michael D. 'We never intended them to be gay,' Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick in 2005. However, the report also reveals an interesting fact which is that creator of Spongebob Stephen Hillenburg had always maintained that the character is an asexual and is not gay. If you ask the girls on Twitter, SpongeBob SquarePants is gay. The kid's television network tweeted out an image of the iconic sea. Apparently in an episode aired in the year 2002 titled “Rock-a-Bye Bivalve,” he and his best friend Patrick adopt an abandoned scallop like a married couple. Nickelodeon has suggested beloved children's character SpongeBob Squarepants is gay in a post celebrating Pride month in the US. In the image, Spongebob, who is usually yellow coloured and wears brown shorts is shown in Pride colours.Īccording to a report published in The New York Post, fans of the show had suspected that Spongebob was gay. One of the three images is of the much-loved cartoon Spongebob. It is during this month a variety of events and parades are held across the globe to create and raise awareness about the kind of impact that the people belonging to LGBTQ+ community have in the world.Īs a part of marking the month popular cartoon channel, Nickelodeon took to Twitter to share the images of LGBTQ+ characters that are famous.
June was chosen as the pride month to commemorate the Stonewall riots that took place in June 1969. Maybe they could have changed their minds and made SpongeBob some other letter underneath the massive umbrella but it's important to realize that those who are asexual are queer as well and are just as welcome to dawn rainbows and celebrate Pride this month.The month of June is observed as the Pride month. That would definitely go within the + part of LGBTQ+. "We never intended them to be gay," Hillenburg said of SpongeBob and Patrick in 2005. ppl acting like like spongebob can’t be gay AND asexual. But what about SpongeBob?Īs TMZ points out, in the early 2000s show creator Stephen Hillenburg said that Spongebob was asexual. I dont care if Spongebob is gay/asexual the only thing that matters is Spongebob made my. So the inclusion of those two is pretty easily explained. Cohen, the actor who plays Schwoz, is a man of trans experience. Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette upset that Spongebob might be gay The Las Vegas Raiders rookie was bothered by the idea that a cartoon sponge might be gay. Korra is canonically queer as per their script. They are all presented wearing some version of rainbow colors. The post also included photos of SpongeBob, Schwoz Schwartz from Henry Danger and Korra from The Legend of Korra. "Celebrating Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month," the network wrote in a post.
Nickelodeon turned off comments and replies to their tweet, but fans of the show did not appear to be surprised by the news.
Not just because of like how he is depicted on his hit series, but because of a new tweet from the Nickelodeon account celebrating Pride month. Nickelodeon is celebrating Pride month and hinting that SpongeBob is gay. The Tweet actually included photos of three of Nickelodeon famous characters who are known to be gay: Schwoz Schwartz from Henry Danger, and Korra from Avatar: The Legend of Korra, and of course SpongeBob. Back in 2005, creator of Spongebob Squarepants Stephen Hillenburg firmly said that Spongebob. If you ask the girls on Twitter, SpongeBob SquarePants is gay. BLACK LIVES MATTER (anselsthirdleg) JI hate to be that person, but Spongebob isnt gay.