Teletubbies gay

The year was'The Teletubbies' was only two years old as a program, and the time was ripe for a Tinky Winky conspiracy. That antenna stuck on its head was shaped in a triangle — a gay pride symbol. As the world got ready to heave six billion souls into the next millennium, mad prophets coated the airwaves with spittle and spleen, enraptured by their various manifestos of doom.

At this point, The Teletubbies was only two years old as a program, so about the same age as its intended audience. The Teletubby was purple, for one. Superstitions festered, paranoias spawned. Oh, how the land of David Bowie covertly extends its dominion of sin!

With an irony that now looks as inevitable as it does sweet, progressives took his condemnation as a cue and embraced TW as a gay icon. Beamed straight into the minds of American babes! Falwell felt bilious. But Falwell saw something off about Tinky Winky, the largest pal in Teletubbyland.

Everyone knew he was behind it. A debauched munchkin! The christofascist took one look at Tinky Winky on morning TV and saw the face of Sodom: swaddled in a felted purple fat suit. Falwell stewed. On our American screens!

Want more Junkee in your life? Fearful of change, the crank barons of old morality gritted their teeth, locked their knees, and refused to jump forward into the 21st century. But really kicked the season off. Sign up to our newsletterand follow us on Instagram and Facebook so you always know where to find us.

Not so much. When it comes to pearl-clutching gay scandals involving children's TV characters, the story of the Teletubbies — particularly of the handbag-holding Tinky Winky — is right up there with that. Newer, less cutie-pie ones like The Babadook seem to have taken his place.

So, he decided to yank Tinky Winky from his alleged closet and out him in the National Liberty Journal — a promotional rag for the university he founded. Today, is Tinky Winky still a gay icon? In Berkley, the purple dumpling was invited to lead a parade.

The First Ever Teletubbies : The Teletubbies, a beloved children’s television show from the s, have sparked numerous debates and discussions among fans and critics alike

The evidence for sexual perversion was indisputable. His followers made the sign of the cross and dreamed about burning all Teletubbies at the stake. And, as if any more proof needed to be mounted, there was the red purse Tinky Winky was constantly clutching.

Oh, foul British import! Side note: Liberty University is today one of the largest Christian universities in the world. “He is purple—the gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle—the gay pride symbol.