A spin-off to the children’s show “Paw Patrol” included its first gender non-binary character.
Behind the character is Lindz Amer, author of “Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!: What Are Your Pronouns Today?” and “Rainbow Parenting: Your Guide to Raising Queer Kids and Their Allies.”
“I got to write an episode of Rubble & Crew (the construction spin off series from the Paw Patrol franchise),” Amer wrote on Instagram.
“They brought me on to consult on the first nonbinary character—meet River!!—for the PP universe and write their episode, talk about a bucket list item.”
Amer explained she wanted to “write a nonbinary character that was aspirational and incredibly cool, someone for the pups (and kids at home) to look up to. They found an awesome non-binary actor to voice River and I’m so so happy about how it turned out.”
The episode featuring the character is called “The Crew Builds an Observatory.”
Other children’s shows have also incorporated LGBTQ ideology.
British show “Peppa Pig” wished viewers a “Happy Pride Month” in June and the show “We Baby Bears” featured an episode with non-binary characters using they/them pronouns.
Reporting from Not The Bee:
If I had told you just five years ago that a non-binary person was writing a non-binary character into one of the most popular kids shows on television you'd have first asked, "what the heck is a non-binary person," and then you'd have laughed at me.
