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A look at same-sex weddings in cartoons

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A lot’s changed since I wrote a 2013 post about same-sex marriage depictions in cartoons. For starters, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in 2015 that legalized marriage nationwide.

Winter solstice references in cartoons

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The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, falling in December in the northern hemisphere and in June in the southern hemisphere. Wikipedia has an article on the winter solstice. Plenty

Same-sex weddings in cartoons

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An updated version of this post is available here. I thought it’d be worth looking at some memorable same-sex cartoon weddings. Unsurprisingly, there’s more examples from comics than in

Minorities in comics and animation: "Dykes to Watch Out For"

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This week’s minorities in comics/animation entry is the first LGBT-themed one. Thus, it seems fitting to select one of the best LGBT strips created, Alison Bechdel’s “Dykes