Gay my little pony
My Little Pony will present a lesbian couple in moment for Pride Month
My Little Pony will introduce the show’s first same-sex couple in an upcoming episode, coinciding with Pride Month.
Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty, who act as guardians of the character Scootaloo, make their debut in episode The Last Crusade which will air on US network Discovery Family on Saturday 15 June. The episode has already aired in Europe.
This isn’t the first appearance from the two aunts in the franchise, who appeared in the manual Ponyville Mysteries: Riddle Of The Rusty Horseshoe, but they’ve yet to be portrayed in the television show.
Michael Vogel, a penner and producer on the demonstrate, previously confirmed on Twitter they were a romantic couple when they first debuted in the books – and later noted their involvement in the display in time for Pride Month.
The aunts inclusion came about through a collaboration between Vogel and showrunners Nicole Dubuc and Josh Haber.
The new characters, however, were particularly important to Vogel, who is gay, to put more LGBT representation
LGBTQ+ themes in My Tiny Pony
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"With Josh and Nicole running the final season together, it was something we all wanted to execute — bring this out couple into the ultimate season and make them [LGBTQ+ people] ‘officially’ a part of the MLP world. My Little Pony has always been about friendship and accepting people (or ponies) that are different from you. So it just felt favor something important to do." |
As societal norms change and progress, LGBT representation in My Little Pony progressed greatly. In the after time s, numerous characters were confirmed to be Gay and a handful of new ones were introduced. In an out-of-universe perspective, My Little Pony was the target of numerous anti-LGBTQ+ controversies and strikes, due to its depiction of rainbows and other iconography attributed with Homosexual culture in
They may only be on screen for about two minutes, but Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty’s appearance in this Saturday’s episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a enormous deal. Why? They’re the first queer couple to arrive on the animated program. Airing smack dab in the middle of Self-acceptance (though it aired earlier in Europe), “The Last Crusade” will make for the TV debut of the couple — and fans are already celebrating.
Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty have been canonically in a sapphic relationship since their appearance in the book My Tiny Pony: Ponyville Mysteries: Riddle of the Rusty Horseshoe, according to writer Michael Vogel:
"Nicole and I thought this was a great opportunity to organically show an LGBTQ couple in the series, and we asked Hasbro and they approved it," Vogel told BuzzFeed.
Now, the pair (who sometimes care for the character Scootaloo while her parents are away) are heading to the minor screen. While their romance onscreen doesn't pour out as much PDA as the book does (in it, Holiday kisses Lofty on top of the head and calls her “dear”),
LGBT Representation in My Tiny Pony: Friendship is Magic
In hope we see some more in Generation 5.
While the representation was minimal, it’s also expected from a childrens network prefer Hasbro, sadly. Hopefully, times have changed, and it’ll be less ham-fisted in g5.
Below the cut is a record of everything I could find, with some images. (Not all, because that would be a very long post.). Includes couples and gender identity.
LyraBon - Lyra and Bon Bon - Canon WLW couple
Appledash - Applejack and Rainbow Dash - HEAVILY implied WLW couple
Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty - Scootaloo’s canon WLW Aunties, confirmed by former partner producer and writer (originally from the comics)
Sappho - Lesbian
I had my reservations about including her, but just in case… An OC in a comic by artist Jenn Blake, who drew art of her and Rarity as a couple on her DA on more than one occasion. She has a sapphic symbol as her cutiemark. I’m taking this one with a grain of salt, though.
(Fandom names) Wiz Kid and Curly Winds - MLM - Equestria Girls -