Wait, The Purple Teletubby Was Gay?
How conservative Christian censorship backfires
I was today years old when I found out that the purple Teletubby — his name is Tinky Winky for those of you who are uncultured — is gay. It came up in a conversation with my mom and I thought she was joking, but I looked it up and it turns out that in the 1990s Pastor Jerry Falwell was quite obsessed with the sexuality of cartoon characters.
Falwell, a Conservative Christian activist, claimed that Tinky Winky, who is purple — the gay pride color! — and who had a triangle shaped antenna on his head — the gay pride symbol! — and spoke with a boy’s voice while carrying a “purse” — was gay.
This is the same guy that blamed the 9/11 attacks on “pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians…”, which tells you all you need to know about his credibility.
Teletubbies was a children’s TV show that ran on PBS in the United States from the late 90s to the late 2000s.
I spent quite a bit of time watching the Teletubbies as a child and never noticed anything different about Tinky Winky. Falwell did though, and thank God, because this purple costumed creature was harming innocent children with his gayness! It’s a good thing Falwell was on the case. He must have spent a lot more time…
