An LGBTQ+ icon! 🏳️🌈
This might be something you never saw coming, or something you knew all along. Whatever the case, Nickelodeon has officially announced that Spongebob is a member of the LGBTQIA community.
On Saturday, Nickelodeon's official social media accounts posted photos of their queer characters to celebrate Pride Month. The roster included Korra from, and Spongebob Squarepants. The caption reads,"Celebrating Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month."This news, of course, resulted in an overwhelming amount of tweets and made"Spongebob" trend on Twitter.
Back in 2005, Spongebob's creator Stephen Hillenberg actually revealed that everyone's favorite absorbent yellow cartoon character is asexual. He said this when the show was being attacked by some conservative religious groups for promoting"a homosexual lifestyle,"
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