“Peppa Pig,” the hit cartoon aimed at preschoolers, featured the first same-sex parent family in its 18-year history.
The landmark moment came during an episode titled “Families,” which aired on Channel 5 in the UK on Tuesday (6).
In the short scene, Peppa’s classmate, Penny Polar Bear, talks about her two moms and what makes each of them special.
As she draws a picture of her family – two polar bears in dresses – Penny says, “I’m Penny Polar Bear. I live with my mother and my other mother. A mother is a doctor and a mother cooks spaghetti. I love spaghetti”.
The episode divided viewers. While many welcomed the inclusion, some did not support the introduction of the same-sex couple.
UK advocacy organization Safe Schools Alliance tweeted: “Really nice to see age-appropriate representation of same-sex couples in Peppa Pig with Penny and her two mothers.”
Another viewer tweeted: “This is the end of the Peppa Pig phenomenon. How embarrassing. Education, not indoctrination”.
Shown in 180 countries and translated into 40 languages, the cartoon has become a global phenomenon since it burst onto screens in 2004.
The franchise has toys, clothing lines and even a tourist attraction of its own: Peppa Pig World.
CNN reached out to Entertainment One, the Canadian production company behind the show, for further comment.
In 2019, activists launched a petition asking the writers of “Peppa Pig” to include a same-sex parent family, to make it more inclusive for all children.
The petition, which attracted more than 23,000 signatures, stated: “Children who watch Peppa Pig are of an impressionable age, and excluding same-sex families will teach them that only families with a single parent or two parents of a different sex are normal. .
“This means that children of same-sex parents may feel alienated by Peppa Pig, and that other children may be more likely to bully them, simply out of ignorance.
“Peppa Pig is not just for entertainment, kids are inevitably learning from it too.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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