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| | Queertoons |
 | | However, animated sitcoms tend to present gay and lesbian identities as acceptable, and same-sex desire as ludicrous, repellent, or simply non-existent, while animated programs in the "funny animal" genre, featuring anthropomorphized beings and surreal situations, tend to exclude gay and lesbian identities altogether while presenting same-sex desire as ordinary, even valid and worthwhile. |
 | | The animated cartoon, however, has always carried the potential for subversion: animated beings move between, merge, and ultimately deconstruct the divisions of human / animal, naked / clothed, child / adult, and male / female, playing both and neither as the situation warrants. |
 | | In cartoons, Goofy was mostly absent; Mickey Mouse was a suburban bachelor, saddled with two nephews and a steady girlfriend, Minnie Mouse. |
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