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After Decades In The Background, Queer Characters Step To The Front In Kids' Media

For decades, children's cartoons have had queer-coded characters in the margins. Now, a new database shows that more animators are pushing for nuanced and overtly queer stories.
<em></em>The wedding of Ruby and Sapphire, from <em>Steven Universe.</em>

As a kid, Rebecca Sugar felt like they only liked the wrong things.

"I remember I was really interested in shows for boys," she says, "and I knew at a very young age that was incorrect. I have found little diary entries from my five-year-old self guiltily admitting that I loved , and I had no interest in shows for little

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