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• Posted Wednesday 9/19/18 at 10:06PM EDT

  Sesame Street posts video titled “Bert and Ernie Sing the Ding Along Song!” after hubbub over whether they're gay

  As Slate points out, "Sesame Street’s latest move in a controversy over whether Bert and Ernie are gay was to...

• Posted Wednesday 9/19/18 at 2:34PM EDT

  Ex-Sesame Street writer says his comments about Bert and Ernie being gay were misinterpreted

  Mark Saltzman told Queerty he always saw Bert and Ernie as a "loving couple" inspired by his relationship with his...

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  Posted Tuesday 9/18/18 at 10:47PM EDT

  Sesame Street is wrong to say Bert and Ernie can't have a sexual orientation because they're puppets

  Sesame Workshop quickly refuted ex-Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman's apparent confirmation to Queerty that Bert and Ernie are gay, saying...

• Posted Tuesday 9/18/18 at 3:13PM EDT

  Sesame Street responds after ex-writer says Bert and Ernie are a gay couple: They "do not have a sexual orientation"

  Mark Saltzman, who began writing for Sesame Street in 1984, said in an interview with Queerty the duo are a...