Six months after launching a “Trans Youth Acting Challenge,” the children’s programming network Nickelodeon is set to feature a trans-identified teenager as a guest star on one of its live-action television shows.
Nickelodeon Casts Its First Ever Openly Trans Teen Actor in a Live Action Show
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5 Jun 2021
Nickelodeon has cast its first-ever openly transgender teenage actor in a live-action show, Sasha A. Cohen, who will be featured in the children network’s series
Danger Force. The 13-year-old actor along with his twin sister Natalie Cohen will appear on the June 19 episode of
Danger Force, according to a report by
Variety.
Fellow Nickelodeon star Michael D. Cohen (no relation) who is also transgender told the outlet that he wants “Sasha to see his own power as an actor and as a human.”
Nickelodeon's children's show "Blue's Clues & You" has released a video featuring a drag queen singing with gay, transgender, and non-binary animals during a parade for Pride Month.
02-17-2021
Image Source: YouTube Screenshot/Blue s Clues & You!
The popular children s network Nickelodeon is now promoting LGBTQ pride to preschoolers with its educational show Blue s Clues & You.
The animated adventure series, which is a reboot of the popular Blue s Clues show, featured a shocking twist during an ABC song that aired on YouTube last week.
As each letter of the alphabet is highlighted throughout the song, the beloved dog Blue bounces from page to page of a book teaching children what each one stands for.
A new #BluesClues & You ABCs song is getting attention for recognizing LGBTQ Pride. https://t.co/BPvtZipIwW