Peppa Pig is the heroine of the most favorite series for preschoolers in Great Britain, the United States, Australia and Latin America. Not surprisingly, the decision to introduce the first same-sex couple caused a stir.

Same-sex parents in the famous children’s series “Peppa Pig”Photo: C5 / Planet / Profimedia

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among those who praised the popular series, telling the Confederation of British Industry conference last year: “Who would have thought that a pig that looks like a hairdryer… would be exported to 180 countries and has it. have theme parks in America and China like the UK? I think she’s a real genius, don’t you, Peppa Pig?”

In the episode that aired on Tuesday in the UK, where the show, which debuted in 2004, is filmed, the main character was introduced to Penny the Polar Bear’s two mothers. Penny told him, “I live with my mum and another mummy. Mom is a doctor, and mom cooks spaghetti.” One scene shows the three sipping spaghetti. Dr. Polar Bear also wears a stethoscope at home, and Polar Bear’s mom has glasses, as does her daughter Penny.

It comes two years after a US website created a petition calling for a “same-sex family in Pippi Pig”. She collected almost 24,000 signatures.

This is not the first children’s series devoted to the topic of LGBTQ. Other examples are Mr. Rathburn and his husband in Arthur and the lesbian couples in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Doc McStuffins. Also from the US “Adventure Time” and “Steven’s Universe”, but aimed at an audience over 10 years old.

Discussions erupted on Twitter. “Lesbians in ‘Peppy Pig’…can’t kids’ shows just be for kids?” – wrote one man, accusing the manufacturers of a “note”.

But the other denied him, saying, “Do you want to know something? My kids saw their first pair of same-sex parents in Peppa Pig, and the world didn’t end.”

Sources: BBC News, The Washington Post