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Sesame Street posts video titled “Bert and Ernie Sing the Ding Along Song!” after hubbub over whether they're gay
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As Slate points out, "Sesame Street’s latest move in a controversy over whether Bert and Ernie are gay was to passive-aggressively post a music video containing the two characters titled, 'Bert and Ernie Sing the Ding Along Song!' on their YouTube channel." ALSO: Ex-Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman's Queerty interview included insights into how the Muppets covered a myriad of LGBTQ issues.
TOPICS: Mark Saltzman, HBO, PBS, YouTube, Sesame Street, LGBTQ
More Mark Saltzman on Primetimer:- Ex-Sesame Street writer says his comments about Bert and Ernie being gay were misinterpreted
- Sesame Street is wrong to say Bert and Ernie can't have a sexual orientation because they're puppets
- Sesame Street responds after ex-writer says Bert and Ernie are a gay couple: They "do not have a sexual orientation"
