“The Bravest Knight,” the first children’s television series on a mainstream network to star a family with same-sex parents, has returned to Hulu for a second season after more than five years. Watch a trailer here (and get a peek at actor and drag queen Nina West’s guest role).
The Velma Awards, created this year by entertainment industry veterans to honor LGBTQ+ representation in children’s media, have just been given to the first-ever set of winners. They’re awards like no others, and showcase range, quality, creativity, and queer joy.
Beloved animated children’s show Bluey has just dropped an episode revealing that one of the minor recurring characters has two moms. We never see the moms, however, and the rest of the episode actually dwells on a different-sex wedding. Here’s my look at the episode and how the show handles things.
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, the tale of a girl worried that her favorite uncle will no longer have time for her after he marries his boyfriend, is becoming an animated television special. This has long been one of my favorite picture books, and I’m thrilled by the news.
The new Netflix animated kids’ show CoComelon Lane includes a boy with two dads in its ensemble cast. In one episode, he dances briefly in a tutu as he explores what he likes to do. It’s a joyous scene—but unsurprisingly, some conservatives are upset.
Rubble & Crew, a spin-off of Nickelodeon’s smash-hit kids’ show Paw Patrol, has dropped an episode with the franchise’s first nonbinary character (and first confirmed LGBTQ character overall), written by Lindz Amer of Queer Kid Stuff.
This roundup is heavy on entertainment news—including the queer creators who are among the most powerful people in children’s media—as well as a few other stories I haven’t covered elsewhere.
Two characters in today’s new episode of Cartoon Network kids’ show We Baby Bears are shown to use they/them pronouns. Watch a trailer here!
A new episode of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix preschool series Ada Twist, Scientist guest stars George Takei and Guillermo Diaz as a couple at their wedding. And a brand-new book from the series behind the show includes even more queer representation—with a timely message about censorship and the power of stories!
GLAAD’s latest “Where We Are on TV” report has found a “wealth of positive LGBTQ representation for younger ages” on television, even as anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has spread. But where are there still gaps, and where can we look for new ideas?
