And no, queer elements are not new to cartoons.

Why do so many episodes pit Beej against his own body? Hmm...

What if the queerness wasn’t the subtext?

It’s not subtext: Kunzite and Zoisite are an actual, out gay couple.

Real heroes get hard together.

Stormer and Kimber make beautiful music together.

“Are you the guy I've been dreaming of?”

“I have the power! And also a preponderance of homoerotic subtext!”

The connection between Velma Dinkey and the California legislature’s first openly gay member, Sheila Kuehl.

Dungeons & Dragons & gently coded same-sex love.

This conversation begins with He-Man and ends with somewhere moderately deep.

Our first bonus episode looks at our first non-sitcom: a Batman episode exploring panstless female supervillain roommates.