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 ...

"Sesame Street's" iconic characters Bert and Ernie have been friends for decades, but the longtime debate over their relationship just took a new turn. A former writer on the show said in comments ...

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, ...

(WCMH) – After years of speculation, a writer who spent 15 years working on Sesame Street has confirmed that Bert and Ernie are indeed a couple. Writer Mark Saltzman told Queerty the two Muppets are a ...

In this op-ed, writer Kelly Gonsalves explains why it's not the "Sesame Street" puppets' sexuality that matters — it's the haste to clarify what they're not. Why do we care so much about the love ...