'For the record since 'SPONGEBOB IS GAY' is trending off that Nickelodeon Tweet, this is a quote from Hillenberg himself: 'We never intended them to be gay. 'I don’t care if spongebob is asexual, bisexual or gay, I stan him,' tweeted pointed out that the late Stephen Hillenberg, who created the series, never intended SpongeBob to be gay. Nickelodeon turned off comments and replies to their tweet, but it didn't prevent Twitter from coming to conclusions. Cohen from 'Henry Danger.'Ĭohen shared that he transitioned from female to male about 20 years ago and Korra identifies as bisexual, leaving social media to speculate that SpongeBob is part of the LGBTQ+ community as well.
'Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month,' the network tweeted Saturday along with photos of SpongeBob, Avatar Korra from 'The Legend of Korra' and Michael D. Nickelodeon is celebrating Pride month with a tweet that has social media buzzing about SpongeBob Squarepants' sexual orientation – again. Rowling doubles down on comments considered transphobic