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'Sesame Street' Wants to Clarify: Bert and Ernie Aren't Gay

NEW YORK — The producers of "Sesame Street" want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay. Sesame Workshop tweeted a statement Tuesday that the characters are best friends and have many human traits but "remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation." In a follow-up tweet,...

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