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Blue's Clues says Queer Rights! (Official Video)
Thursday, February 11th, 2021 06:20 pmSo, for context, Blue's Clues got a reboot with a new host and new look and everything. I haven't seen any episodes yet, but I know they are just as good as Steve's and Joe's because Josh Dela Cruz is a fabulous host helped picked by Steve himself. Blue's voice actress also returned for the role, as well as a couple of others.
Well today, I log on to Twitter and I find Blue's Clues trending. And me, I LOVE Blue's Clues, ever since I was a kid, and even now as an adult. So, OF COURSE, I'm excited to see exactly why Blue's Clues is trending, I do have a special interest in it after all. So I click and then I see the below image:
Well today, I log on to Twitter and I find Blue's Clues trending. And me, I LOVE Blue's Clues, ever since I was a kid, and even now as an adult. So, OF COURSE, I'm excited to see exactly why Blue's Clues is trending, I do have a special interest in it after all. So I click and then I see the below image:
And of course, I at first think, "Awww, this is adorable fanart!" because I've seen a lot of "Blue says Trans Rights!" kinds of artwork. But I scroll a little more and I find out THIS ISN'T FANART, IT'S OFFICIAL, LIKE, FROM THE REAL BLUE'S CLUES. IT'S FROM THE ACTUAL PEOPLE THAT MAKE BLUE'S CLUES.
You have NO idea just how happy seeing this makes me. They put this scene on the official Blue’s Clues YouTube account in one of their Official Videos. The video is their own take on a song featuring the alphabet; here's the full video if you are interested, the "P is full of pride" happens at timestamp 1:35.
The flags featured are as follows (starting from 11 o'clock): asexual, trans, lesbian, bisexual, nonbinary, genderfluid, intersex, and pansexual.The letter "P" is also in the colors of the inclusive rainbow flag that has black and brown added as well as the trans flag. I really feel like they chose a good selection of flags to represent the queer/LGBT community, a nice mix of common and uncommon identities. I also think the screencaps at 0:35 and 1:17 are really cool too. At 0:35, we see a big variety of disabled people plus a fat person and at 1:17 we see a girl in a hijab and a girl with vitiligo. I can really tell they took great care in adding these scenes and my instinct says they are some actual queer/LGBT people working on the new Blue's Clues show.
It just means so much for there to be a childrens' show that is unabashedly being an open ally and progressive. From my experience of it, they always have been from the very first episode, with Steve signing ASL here and there and them keeping a stricter hold on the licensing rights for Blue's Clues merch unless company's could prove the toys would be helpful and educational to children, even at the expense of not elevating their budget.
Blue's Clues gives me so many fuzzy, happy feelings, and now I have an even more of a reason to feel that way about it, because they are accepting and supportive of my identities and identities of marginalized people.
