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‘Steven Universe’ creator says she had to fight Cartoon Network to include queer characters
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this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
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Meanwhile, on Adult Swim...
"What can we do to pander exclusively to all the straight young men?"
I guess it's just not all that shocking that they have been incredibly hostile to LGBTQ+ representation.
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/invincible-fight-girl
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/lucy-the-daughter-of-the-devil
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/mother-may-i-dance-with-mary-janes-fist-a-lifetone-original-movie
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/unicorn-warriors-eternal
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/three-busy-debras
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/soft-focus-with-jena-friedman
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/oh-my-god-yes-a-series-of-extremely-relatable-circumstances
Okay, Invincible Fight Girl piqued my curiousity
It’s really good. It sounds dumb as heck but it’s really good.
A new one: https://www.adultswim.com/videos/women-wearing-shoulder-pads
And I’d personally like to think that Off The Air is gender neutral.
Oh for sure there are tons of gender neutral ones there too
Forgot to include Common Side Effects
It wasn't an adult swim show though.
It's the same company, the same network, the same executives...
But adult swim is specifically geared towards a mature audience and Steven Universe is just TV-PG. Any network will be more limited in the boundaries they will push with more mass market shows. Even the correct decision, I am sure, did negatively affect their bottom line in the short term.
The mature themes of “love, acceptance, and support?”