Umbhali we 'Sesame Street' uMark Salzman waya kwintsholongwane ngokuthetha ngesini sabo kunye neminye imiba kaMuppet.UMateyu Simmons / Getty Izithombe I-Intanethi iye yasendle izolo emva kwexesha langaphambili Isitalato iSesame Umbhali uMark Saltzman uxelele UQeqesho ukuba wayehlala ecinga uBert no-Ernie njengesibini esithandanayo, njengaye kunye neqabane lakhe elingasekhoyo. Indawo yokusebenzela yeSesame icacisiwe i-duo yayingabahlobo abasenyongweni, kunye nabanye oonodoli uvumile ukuba uBert no-Ernie babengenalo ulwalamano ngokwesondo.
Ngelixa oonodoli ababini benokuthi okanye bangakhange bakhawulwe njenge-gay, abantu abaninzi kwimidiya yoluntu uqaphele ukuba uBert no-Ernie babengumboniso wabo wokuqala wesibini esitshatileyo ukuba sasinjani ( lo msonto ngumtshutshisi we-transgender uCharlotte Clymer kufanelekile ukuba afundwe ngakumbi).
Kodwa onke amajelo osasazo ajika malunga nemibuzo yombuzo kaBert no-Ernie yokuba yayiyinxalenye encinci yodliwanondlebe olude apho uSaltzman wanika ukuqonda ngendlela iiMuppets ezazigubungela ngayo imicimbi emininzi ye-LGBTQ. Nanga amanye amagqabaza akhe abalulekileyo.
Kwakukho abanye ababhali kunye nabadlali Isitalato iSesame
Babandakanya uRichard Hunt, umqhubi woopopayi emva kweScooter noBeaker (abathi ekugqibeleni wabulawa nguGawulayo ) kunye nombhali uJudy Freudberg (ngubani usweleke ngenxa yethumba ebuchotsheni Ngo-2012).
U-Hunt udlale ngothando no-Saltzman, ngaphandle kwempumelelo encinci.
Ndibeka ityala kum, utshilo uSaltzman. Andiqondi ukuba bendisazi ukuba ndingaphendula njani xa ndithandana nabantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabo emsebenzini. Kwaye ndithetha ukuba ngudlalani osempilweni, hayi # MeToo ukubamba iesile.
Ukusweleka kukaHunt, uSaltzman wafumanisa ukuba baphantse balingana kwaye bazalwa kwindawo enye.
Bekufanele ukuba sisondele, utshilo.
Kodwa ubhubhane onguGawulayo watshintsha izinto
Bonke abahlobo bethu bebesifa, utshilo uSaltzman. Akukhange kubonakale ngathi kukho nantoni na esinokuyichukumisa emoyeni… ndiyathetha, ungamxelela ntoni umntu ofunda esikolweni malunga ne-AIDS? Ziqhelise ukwabelana ngesondo okukhuselekileyo?
USaltzman eneneni wafaka amacandelo e-LGBTQ kwisebe lezemfundo leSesame, kodwa wathi bamxuluba ngamatye kwaye bamenza ukuba acinge ukuba yinto engekhoyo.
Amanye amajelo eendaba agqibela ngokufaka Isitalato iSesame Kwincoko: ENew Yorker wabeka uBert noErnie kwiphepha elingaphandle yomcimbi malunga nomtshato wesini esifanayo.
I-Snuffy nayo yadalwa ngee-Undertones zoBungqingili
Umnumzana Snuffleupagus, umhlobo omkhulu wentaka omkhulu wentelekelelo, wayenobuntu oburhabaxa obuthandeka kubaphulaphuli besini.
Lo mntu udandathekileyo akukho mntu unokumbona, luhlobo lweKafka, utshilo uSaltzman. Luhlobo lwesitabane esivaliweyo naso.
Ngo-1985, Inyoni enkulu yaziswa Snuffy kuyo yonke indawo. USaltzman uthelekise oku nokuphuma kwikhabethe.
Umntu omnye wayenyusa imvulophu