{"id":568070,"date":"2021-06-18T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568070"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:07:40","slug":"love-is-love-says-director-of-sesame-street-family-day-episode-which-stars-married-gay-couple-and-their-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/love-is-love-says-director-of-sesame-street-family-day-episode-which-stars-married-gay-couple-and-their-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Love Is Love,\u2019 Says Director Of Sesame Street \u2018Family Day\u2019 Episode Which Stars Married Gay Couple And Their Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flove-is-love-says-director-of-sesame-street-family-day-episode-which-stars-married-gay-couple-and-their-daughter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568070&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-827388844-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>In an apparent celebration of \u201cPride Month,\u201d the beloved children\u2019s series, \u201cSesame Street\u201d released an episode titled \u201cFamily Day,\u201d which featured a gay couple and their daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c\u2018Sesame Street\u2019 is celebrating Pride Month by going where it\u2019s never gone before,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/sesame-street-introduces-first-married-181539212.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMB98CEnjI_FkWuRa12A8XuDVJbT4k1Xr3wUP-x1CALJBmlNT7yWcNARuBaHpRg6pvYLmE1Om1yllv3KOn0QTHds387vP5-JOYrb3xY8WSu8SmW_MGP755LJjoH62ALhUusabUAP2dyPfb5IKhdEfAHpMes3VwuTWWXQyrP7C73H\"><span>Yahoo! News<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThis week, the iconic children\u2019s show dropped a very special episode called \u2018Family Day,\u2019 introducing two gay dads, Frank and Dave (the brother of Nina, who works as a bike store owner on the street), and their daughter, Mia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSesame Street has always been a welcoming place of diversity and inclusion,\u201d wrote Alan Muraoka, who plays \u201cAlan,\u201d on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100063502272524\/posts\/198014242325317\/?d=n\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cSo I\u2019m so excited to introduce Nina\u2019s Brother Dave, his husband Frank, and their daughter Mia to our sunny street.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am so honored and humbled to have co-directed this important and milestone episode,\u201d Muraoka added. \u201cLove is love, and we are so happy to add this special family to our Sesame family. Happy Pride to all!!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2021\/06\/sesame-street-introduces-married-gay-couple-daughter\/\"><span>LGBTQNation<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cMuraoka directed the episode that focuses on \u2018Family Day,\u2019\u201d and that \u201cThe story focuses on Big Bird, who thinks his Granny Bird can\u2019t make the big celebratory party before he\u2019s surprised by his neighborhood family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>LGBTQNation also added that \u201cIn 2002, Takalani Sesame, the South African version of Sesame Street, introduced Kami, the show\u2019s first-ever HIV-positive muppet. Kami is five years old, seroconverted by blood transfusion and mostly talks about HIV and the importance of staying in school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The outlet added that \u201cher creators quickly caved to Republican fears and promised that she\u2019d never appear in the U.S. where HIV disproportionately affects non-white, gay and bi men and trans people, her mere existence at least hinted at the show\u2019s desire to get into potentially touchy territory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>LGBTQNation concluded by saying that the long-running show has pushed back against supposed conservative efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNevertheless, Sesame Street has stood up to anti-LGBTQ advocates recently by featuring very out celebrities in their show including lesbian talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, comedian Billy Eichner, Pose actor and singer Billy Porter, and out rapper Lil\u2019 Nas X.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This certainly isn\u2019t the first time \u201cSesame Street\u201d has \u201cgone woke.\u201d In late May, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sesame-street-casts-black-muppets-to-teach-children-the-abcs-of-racial-literacy\"><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><\/a><span>reported that \u201cSesame Workshop, the creator of the children\u2019s show \u2018Sesame Street,\u2019 is introducing two new characters to its cast of muppets to teach children about \u2018racial literacy.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe nonprofit announced last week that a black father and son, Elijah and Wesley Walker, would be joining the show as part of a broader effort by Sesame Workshop to combat racism and advance \u2018racial justice,\u2019\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s Tim Pearce added. \u201cThe Walker muppets are one part of the organization\u2019s \u2018Coming Together\u2019 initiative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAt Sesame Workshop, we look at every issue through the lens of a child. Children are not colorblind \u2014 not only do they first notice differences in race in infancy, but they also start forming their own sense of identity at a very young age,\u201d said Dr. Jeanette Betancourt, Senior Vice President, Sesame Workshop, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesameworkshop.org\/press-room\/press-releases\/sesame-workshop-continues-major-commitment-racial-justice-new-abcs-racial\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201c\u2018The ABCs of Racial Literacy\u2019 is designed to foster open, age-appropriate conversations among families and support them in building racial literacy. By encouraging these much-needed conversations through Coming Together, we can help children build a positive sense of identity and value the identities of others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an apparent celebration of \u201cPride Month,\u201d the beloved children\u2019s series, \u201cSesame Street\u201d released an episode titled \u201cFamily Day,\u201d which featured a gay couple and their daughter.\u201c\u2018Sesame Street\u2019 is celebrating &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280711,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-827388844-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Love Is Love,\u2019 Says Director Of Sesame Street \u2018Family Day\u2019 Episode Which Stars Married Gay Couple And Their Daughter","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-827388844-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Love Is Love,\u2019 Says Director Of Sesame Street \u2018Family Day\u2019 Episode Which Stars Married Gay Couple And Their Daughter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}