Six months after launching a “Trans Youth Acting Challenge,” the children’s programming network Nickelodeon is set to feature a trans-identified teenager as a guest star on one of its live-action television shows.
Sasha A. Cohen will appear in a new episode of the series alongside his twin sister Natalie after he was selected by show star Michael D. Cohen (no relation).
For those of you who loved the 1990s Nickelodeon children’s show
Blue’s Clues, I have good news: In case you weren’t aware, it’s been rebooted.
And the new iteration is catching up quickly to the times.
As reported by Deadline, a recent
Blue’s Clues & You alphabet song featuring a word representing each letter made a contemporary choice where “P” was concerned.
The letter was displayed with multiple bright colors as doggy Blue noted, “‘P’ is full of Pride.”
Here’s Deadline:
To underline its point, the “P” is in rainbow colors, the same as the colors of the LGBTQ pride flag. The letter is also surrounded by multiple other flags representing specific communities. Those include flags for the Trans community, asexual community, pansexual community, intersex community, gender-fluid community, and more.”
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Kids have loved seeing actor Michael D. Cohen play Schwoz, a series regular, on Nickelodeon s
Henry Danger since 2014. But in 2019, fans learned more about the beloved actor s journey. I was misgendered at birth,” Cohen shared in a Time profile. I identify as male, and I am proud that I have had a transgender experience a transgender journey. The article quickly gave way to a flood of messages from parents and kids who shared with Cohen what his story meant to them.
Cohen says he heard from kids who said they identify like he does in that they do not use the label transgender to describe themselves. He heard from kids who were scared that if they transitioned and lived in their authentic gender, the label will follow them and limit their opportunities. It inspired Cohen to share that you can be whoever you want, and you can decide how you want to be in this world. And more