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Sesame Street's Big Bird Comes Out As Transgender | National Report

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Sesame Street's Big Bird Comes Out As Transgender | National Report

Quoted from the story:

New York – The last few years has seen more than a few eye-catching character reinventions on the long-time award-winning children’s show, Sesame Street. The changes are not surprising given that it’s on PBS, a network committed to advancing progressive values while instilling a strong sense of community among its viewers.

Take, for instance, Cookie Monster’s recent substitution of an all-cookie diet to a balanced one with vegetables as a main focus. For those of you who may not be familiar with the strangely endearing shaggy blue puppet, Cookie Monster, as his name illustrates, has always been quite the lover of all things ‘cookie’. But in 2005, writers decided that it was time for the character to promote healthier eating habits in a country ravaged by the hungry jowls of obesity.

In a similar vein, the Sesame Street franchise has introduced us to Kami, an HIV-positive character...

Just to make it clear, EVERYTHING IN THE ARTICLE after the words "Kami, an HIV-positive character" is a joke! (It's true that the South African version of Sesame Street really does have an HIV+ "Muppet" named Kami*; and it's also true that in recent years Cookie Monster has been eating fruits and vegetables, instead of cookies only. But the rest is just satire.

* This is not simply "political correctness". Africa has a much higher rate of childhood HIV than the rest of the world, and the "Kami" character is meant to be a 6-year-old schoolgirl, in order to teach African children that they can't catch HIV/AIDS by normal childhood activities such as holding hands, play-wrestling, or sharing a glass of juice.



"Kami" is the furry yellow one!