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'''Tinky Winky''' is one of the "Teletubbies", characters in a BBC children's television series that ran between 1997 and 2001. | [[File:Tinky Winky.jpg|thumb|Tinky Winky]]'''Tinky Winky''' is one of the "Teletubbies", characters in a BBC children's television series that ran between 1997 and 2001. | ||
In 1999 the American conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell warned parents that Tinky Winky could be a covert homosexual symbol, because "he is purple, the | In 1999 the American conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell warned parents that Tinky Winky could be a covert homosexual symbol, because "he is purple, the gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle: the gay pride symbol."<ref name="Falwell Sees 'Gay' In a Teletubby">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E4DD1F3BF932A25751C0A96F958260 "Falwell Sees 'Gay' In a Teletubby" ''New York Times'' 11 February 1999</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 10 July 2026
Tinky Winky is one of the "Teletubbies", characters in a BBC children's television series that ran between 1997 and 2001.
In 1999 the American conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell warned parents that Tinky Winky could be a covert homosexual symbol, because "he is purple, the gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle: the gay pride symbol."[1]
References
- ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E4DD1F3BF932A25751C0A96F958260 "Falwell Sees 'Gay' In a Teletubby" New York Times 11 February 1999