The Daily Beast

Inside Bert and Ernie’s All-Too-Brief Moment of Gay Liberation

A gay ‘Sesame Street’ writer revealed he distilled parts of his own relationship into Bert and Ernie. ‘Sesame Street’ and Frank Oz objected. But momentarily the pair was liberated. Senior Editor and ...
patheos

Bert And Ernie Need Not Be Officially Gay. But Someone On Sesame Street Should Be.

It’s about time Sesame Street, a children’s show with a reputation for teaching compassion and inclusion, added recurring gay characters to their long roster. Bert and Ernie just don’t cut it. This is ...
Glamour

Please, Just Let Bert and Ernie Be Gay

So when Mark Saltzman, a writer who worked on Bert and Ernie for years, told Queerty this week they're gay, no one was really surprised. If anything, people were elated the truth was finally confirmed ...
CNET

Bert and Ernie, gay or not? Either way, you're right

Commentary: A Sesame Street writer says the inseparable Muppets were a loving couple, while the show says they were just best buddies. Ultimately, it's up to you. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about ...
Yahoo

Sesame Street Should Have Let Bert and Ernie Be Gay, and Here’s Why

Why, Sesame Street? Why? After longtime staffer Mark Saltzman told Queerty that he’d always written Bert and Ernie as gay, the venerable educational show for kids didn’t respond, “Of course they’re a ...
Newsweek

‘Sesame Street’ Writer Says Bert and Ernie Gay Relationship Comments Were Taken Out of Context

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After the internet blew up over Sesame Workshop rejecting former Sesame ...
Yahoo

'Sesame Street' at 50: Why Bert and Ernie are central to the show's legacy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cast members of Sesame Street posing on the set with some of the puppet characters, 1969. Left to right: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, ...
New York Post

‘Sesame Street’ writer backtracks on claim that Bert and Ernie are gay

“Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman says his comments that he wrote Bert and Ernie as a gay couple based on his own same-sex relationship were misinterpreted. “As a writer, you just bring what you ...
Mashable

Roommate Therapy with 'Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Hannah Einbinder and Jane ...