The producers of "Sesame Street" want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay.

Former "Sesame Street" writer Mark Saltzman caused an internet stir this week when he revealed to the LGBTQ website Queerty that he imagined Bert and Ernie as a "loving couple" when writing ...

Why, Sesame Street? Why? After longtime staffer Mark Saltzman told Queerty that he’d always written Bert and Ernie as gay, the venerable educational show for kids didn’t respond, “Of course ...

Former 'Sesame Street' writer Mark Saltzman suggested his comments on Bert and Ernie's relationship were taken out of context. Here, Bert (L) and Ernie are pictured in a still from a clip from ...

The debate of Bert and Ernie's sexual orientation has sparked up recently, and Sesame Street puppeteer Frank Oz recently weighed in on the topic.

Sesame Workshop and the puppeteer who created Ernie spoke out after a "Sesame Street" writer said he based Bert and Ernie on a gay couple.

After much back and forth, Sesame Street fans finally have an answer: Bert and Ernie are gay… if you want them to be. In The Hollywood Reporter’s in-depth piece on Sesame Street‘s 50th ...

New York – The producers of “Sesame Street” want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay. Sesame Workshop tweeted Tuesday the characters have many human traits but “remain ...

The Sesame Street Workshop is denying claims from a former writer that the iconic muppet roommates and buddies "Bert and Ernie" are gay.