The show's creator, the late Stephen Hillenburg, spoke about the sponge’s sexuality in relation to his friend Patrick Star in a 2005 People Magazine article: The LGBTQIA+ umbrella encompasses a wide spectrum of queer identities, one of which is asexual. Many assume that this tweet confirms a long-held theory that SpongeBob is gay, but this may not necessarily be the case. Why make a character who is totally not interested in sex (he’s an effing square dish sponge, not a soft and puffy sexual natural sponge) into a political mascot He’s a Yellow Sponge Adult Child in an absurd simulacrum of adult absurdity. The photos were followed by the words, “Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month.” While it was a pivotal move for the network to announce during Pride Month that SpongeBob is part of the LGBTQ.
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Cohen of Henry Danger, who are both LGBTQIA+. In 2002, after both Christian advocacy groups and gay men claimed that Spongebob SquarePants was a queer television show, series creator Stephen Hillenburg. Starfish can reproduce both sexually and asexually.
Celebrating Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and. The network recently tweeted a colorful collage featuring SpongeBob along with Korra from The Legend of Korra, and actor Michael D. A Pride Month tweet from the official Nickelodeon Twitter account has the internet believing SpongeBob SquarePants is not just a happy guy. Just in time for Pride Month, Nickelodeon has revealed that everyone’s favorite yellow sea sponge, SpongeBob Squarepants, is part of the LGBTQIA+ family.