Beloved Children's Characters Celebrate Pride Month with Colorful Messages and Drag Performances on Twitter

Sesame Street's recent Twitter posts celebrating Pride Month with its beloved puppet characters have generated both support and backlash from users. While some praised the show for promoting diversity and acceptance, others accused it of promoting inappropriate sexual themes to young children. Sesame Street has been a friend to the LGBTQ movement for years, having featured queer characters in its show broadcasts and publishing pro-Pride posts. Recent Pride and LGBTQ initiatives aimed at kids have been met with anger from some Americans and have cost the brands promoting them billions of dollars in market value.