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Steven Universe

TV: Steven Universe back With Anti-Racism Message

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Steven Universe may have left our screens but Garnet’s still on hand to remind kids about flexibility, love and trust. Cartoon Network enlisted Rebecca Sugar’s most authoritative Crystal Gem for a series of children’s anti-racism PSAs broadcast online and on TV. The first short, titled “Don’t Deny It, Defy It,” debuted Tuesday on the new website Crystal Gems Speak Up, which also offers links to social justice organisations and additional resources. The video shows two boys playing happily in a playground. In a casual nod to LGBT+ representation, one says to the other: “Hey, when we’re older let’s get married!” … Read more

TV: Steven Universe Creator Was Told Non-Binary Romance Could Have Ended Show

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Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar has revealed that Cartoon Network bosses tried to meddle in the show’s famously-queer dynamic. Queerness is at the absolute core of the acclaimed cartoon series, which has won fans young and old alike for its pitch-perfect depiction of love between non-binary crystal gems Ruby and Sapphire, who together fuse to form Garnet. Steven Universe, which ran from 2013 to 2019, has set the standard for LGBT+ representation in kids’ entertainment, with many subsequent shows finding a newfound freedom to depict queer relationships and gender diversity on screen. But in an interview with Paper Magazine, Sugar … Read more

Pose’s Indya Moore to Play NB Character in Steven Universe

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Indya Moore, the transgender actress who plays sex worker Angel Evangelista in Ryan Murphy‘s ballroom drama Pose, has been revealed as the voice of Shep, a non-binary character introduced in Steven Universe: Future, the newly premiered continuation of Cartoon Network’s queer-inclusive sci-fi cartoon series Steven Universe. Steven Universe: Future takes place a few years after the original series during Steven the titular character’s teenage years. Steven lives amongst his human and alien friends as they navigate friendships and intergalactic conflicts on earth and in the cosmos. Steven Universe has introduced lesbian, transgender, intersex and non-binary characters in its six-year run. … Read more

Steven Universe Character is Intersex, Non-Binary

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Fans of the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe already know that it’s one of the queerest kids’ cartoon series ever. But it’s getting even queerer now that its creators have revealed that a major character, Stevonnie, is both intersex and non-binary. In a recent public service announcement (PSA) on Cartoon Network’s Instagram, Stevonnie flips through their own Instagram while discussing positivity and negativity on social media. Near the beginning of the PSA, Stevonnie’s Instagram profile says, “I am an experience. Intersex, non-binary, they/them.” The text is on the screen so briefly that if you blink, you’ll miss it. But this … Read more