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Sexual Orientation
The magazine cover resurrected controversy over Bert and Ernie’s sexual orientation leading to a social media frenzy. In 2011, the “Let Bert & Ernie Get Married On Sesame Street” petition by Chicago resident Lair Scott seized 10,957 out of the 15,000 signatures in hopes to push the Sesame Street producers to marry Bert and Ernie on public television. The same year the petition was rejected with Sesame Street’s official response that, “….[Bert & Ernie] remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.”