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"Steven Universe" creator Rebecca Sugar comes out as bisexual at Comic-Con
When asked why focuses so much on LGBTQ issues on her show, Sugar answered "I want to feel like I exist and I want everyone else who wants to feel that way to feel that way too."
At San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, Rebecca Sugar, creator of the incredibly queer-affirming Steven Universe series, came out as bisexual during a panel.
A person takes the microphone at a Steven Universe panel and enthusiastically asks Rebecca what inspired the idea to focus so much on women’s empowerment and LGBTQ themes in her show. Rebecca, being tender as ever, looks a little nervous before saying, “Well, in large part it’s based on my experience as a bisexual woman,” which receives applause and cheers from the audience and her fellow panel members.
[She continued]:
These things have so much to do with who you are, and there’s this idea that these are themes that should not be shared with kids, but everyone shares stories about love and attraction with kids. So many stories for kids are about love, and it really makes a difference to hear stories about how someone like you can be loved and if you don’t hear those stories it will change who you are. It’s very important to me that we speak to kids about consent and we speak to kids about identity and that we speak to kids about so much. I want to feel like I exist and I want everyone else who wants to feel that way to feel that way too.
Amazing. Wonderful. And so important.
(via gaywrites)













