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Sesame Workshop says Bert and Ernie are 'best friends' and not gay

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The organisation behind Sesame Highway has denied co-habiting duo, Bert and Ernie, are gay, following comments by one of the show's writers.

Mark Saltzman said his writing about the room-mating couple was based on his relationship with movie editor Arnold Glassman.

Sesame Workshop then issued a expression saying the pair "do not have a sexual orientation".

Bert and Ernie may look human, but the pair "remain puppets", it said.

"They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves."

It broadly repeats past statements the non-profit organisation has made about the stripy-clothed duo when questions arose about their relationship.

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Mr Saltzman made his assertion about the two in an interview with LGBTQ news site Queerty.

"I always felt that, without a huge agenda, when I was w

Sesame Workshop Trying To Have It Both Ways(Bert/Ernie issue)

beaker said:
The thing though tooth, Bert/Ernie=gay is not some drunken frat boy/family guy meme. It's an important and inspiring wishful thinking sort of thing for many people. I don't think the Bert and Ernie rainbow shirts are all all a spoof on the meme. I believe they are entity marketed to same-sex attracted and lesbian teens and college kids, and I am more than joyful about that.
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The drunken frat boys are how these things start... then some of these drunken frat boys grow writers, and then they shove jokes about it into shows. Then they become mainstream. Favor, the Scooby-Doo production was FULL of all the things people said in the early 90's about the characters... Shaggy and Scooby are stoners, Velma's a lesbian, Fred and Daphne sprint off in the middle of the episode and boink... even Johnny Bravo had a nod to that one (and referenced the fact that Shaggy is clearly stolen off of Jughead).

The Ernie and Bert meme is an example of something that became incredibly mainstream. On the one hand, there's the positive aspect that the queer community can accept these characters as their own, and celebrate th

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In an exclusive interview with with blog "Queerty," Tag Saltzman said he felt that when he was writing Bert and Ernie, he was writing them as a couple and basing their interactions on his own experiences.

"I always felt that without a colossal agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were," Saltzman told Queerty. "I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them. The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie and I as 'Bert and Ernie.'"

However, Sesame Workshop, which produces the demonstrate , denies the pair are together, saying they have no sexual orientation but are best friends.

“As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are foremost friends. They were created to instruct preschoolers that people can be nice friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets™ do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation,” the workshop said in a statem

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The Sesame Street Workshop also released a statement in 2011 that stated: "Bert and Ernie are foremost friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets™ do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation."

A 2013 New Yorker cover, drawn by Jack Tracker, disagreed. Featuring Ernie and Bert snuggling in front of the TV, the art was intended to celebrate the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act that had been a bar to the rights of same-sex couples since 1996. Some were more thrilled than others. Slate at the day declared the cover "a terrible way to commemorate a major civil rights victory."

Regardless, Bert and Ernie have been used as shorthand for same-sex marriage before same-sex marriage was even legal. In 2011, Family Guy blended Sesame Street with a police procedural, and the gritty result finally depicted Bert and Ernie sharing one bed. A year after time