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Sesame Street: Out Bert and Ernie as Gay
  1. Signatures
    1,545 out of 2,000
    Petitioning
    1. Sesame Street PR (+ 8 others)
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      • Sesame Street PR (Alicia Durand)
      • Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Sesame Workshop (Sherrie Rollins Westin)
      • Out Bert and Ernie (PBS/Sesame Street)
      • Sesame Street PR (Philip Toscano)
      • CEO of Sesame Workshop (Gary E. Knell)
      • FerenComm for Sesame Street (Stephanie Baumoel)
      • Television show and broadcasting network. (Sesame Street & PBS Kids)
      • FerenComm for Sesame Street (Cynthia Arntzen)
      • Sesame Street PR (Ellen Lewis)
  2. Created By
    Lair Scott
    Oak Park, IL
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Peace and Pride,

Lair Scott

Why People Are Signing
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Bring Bert and Ernie out of the closet and add other LGBTQ characters .

Peace and Pride, Lair Scott - Administrator

I just signed the following petition addressed to: PBS/Sesame Street.

Please bring Bert and Ernie out of the closet and add other LGBTQ characters to Sesame Street for educational purposes.

Tens of thousands of kids grow up in households with two moms and two dads. It is time Sesame Street shows these kids families like theirs.

It is also important for our children to be educated that it's okay to be gay. For over 40 years, our beloved Sesame St. characters, Bert and Ernie, have been living as "roomates" and we would like PBS and Sesame Street to allow them to live as a gay couple and maybe eventually, marry. It would show children and their parents that not only is it acceptable but also teach children that homophobia is wrong, bullying is wrong and that Sesame street should recognize that there are LGBT relationships, families, and include them in their show.



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