They may only be on screen for about two minutes, but Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty’s appearance in this Saturday’s episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a big deal. Why? They’re the first lgbtq+ couple to appear on the animated program. Airing smack dab in the middle of Pride (though it aired earlier in Europe), “The Last Crusade” will make for the TV debut of the couple — and fans are already celebrating.
Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty have been canonically in a womxn loving womxn relationship since their appearance in the book My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries: Riddle of the Rusty Horseshoe, according to journalist Michael Vogel:
"Nicole and I thought this was a great opportunity to organically introduce an LGBTQ couple in the series, and we asked Hasbro and they approved it," Vogel told BuzzFeed.
Now, the pair (who sometimes care for the character Scootaloo while her parents are away) are heading to the small screen. While their romance onscreen doesn't pour out out as much PDA as the book does (in it, Holiday kisses Lofty on top of the top and calls her “dear”), their mere appearance on the show is a win for some fans.
Take a look at the excitement already bu
6 Cartoon Couples Allowed to be Queer at the Very End
So this is a thing. And it’s surprised me that I’ve been able to find six examples to make this list. But the series finale of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power provided the last piece of the puzzle and I finally finished this article. It’s a write of the times. There have been multiple instances where a cartoon show’s series finale finally allows certain characters to arrive out of the closet and be true to their gay, lesbian and/or bisexual selves.
I think it’s great! But it’s still weird that it’s only allowed to happen in the series finale, right?
Give us some series premiere action!
Some day, we are going to get a show where the main character and their adore interest are both openly queer. Or are both somewhere on the Diverse spectrum. It’s gonna come about. Some day we’re going to get a female homosexual Disney Princess. Some sunlight, a big fancy organization is going to purchase the rights to my own self-published queer comic, Gamer Girl & Vixen, and turn it into a popular, award-winning show! And no, that’s not the only reason I’m doing this list! I just wa
LGBTQ+ themes in My Short-lived Pony
This article is a topic. It is meant to illustrate a theme, motif or recurring element throughout the My Brief Pony franchise. As such, it's not truly an in-universe or out-of-universe article, but more of an essay of sorts.
"With Josh and Nicole running the final season together, it was something we all wanted to execute — bring this out couple into the last season and make them [LGBTQ+ people] ‘officially’ a part of the MLP world. My Little Pony has always been about friendship and accepting people (or ponies) that are different from you. So it just felt appreciate something important to do." — Michael Vogel[1]
As societal norms change and progress, LGBT representation in My Little Pony progressed greatly. In the tardy 2010s, numerous characters were confirmed to be Gay and a handful of new ones were introduced. In an out-of-universe perspective, My Little Pony was the target of numerous anti-LGBTQ+ controversies and strikes, due to its depiction of rainbows and other iconography attributed with Diverse culture in the earlier seasons, to outrage regarding same-sex couples in the later seasons.
LGBTQ+ histor
LGBT Representation in My Tiny Pony: Friendship is Magic
In hope we see some more in Generation 5.
While the representation was minimal, it’s also expected from a childrens network prefer Hasbro, sadly. Hopefully, times have changed, and it’ll be less ham-fisted in g5.
Below the cut is a record of everything I could find, with some images. (Not all, because that would be a very long post.). Includes couples and gender identity.
Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty - Scootaloo’s canon WLW Aunties, confirmed by previous boyfriend producer and writer (originally from the comics)
Sappho - Lesbian
I had my reservations about including her, but just in case… An OC in a comic by artist Jenn Blake, who drew art of her and Rarity as a couple on her DA on more than one occasion. She has a sapphic symbol as her cutiemark. I’m taking this one with a grain of salt, though.