My Little Pony to debut same-sex couple as it’s revealed Scootaloo’s aunts are NOT sisters

My Little Pony unveils the show’s first same-sex couple as the writers reveal Scootaloo’s aunts are NOT sisters

  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic reveals it’s first lesbian characters Saturday
  • Aunt Holiday hints they’re not sisters as she says ‘Lofty! Don’t tease my brother’
  • Writer-and-producer Michael Vogel celebrated the moment in a Monday tweet 
  • He said showrunners are ‘doin what we can to bring more EQuality to EQuestria!’
  • October Vogel said characters are a ‘cute couple’ and told fan ‘they aren’t sisters’
  • But he didn’t explicitly refer to them as a romantic couple
  • Vogel: ‘My Little Pony has always been about friendship and accepting people (or ponies) that are different from you. It just felt like something important to do’ 

My Little Pony will feature a lesbian couple when it airs in the US this Saturday, just in time for Pride Month.

Episode 12 of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 9 – the final season – sees Aunt Holiday (Jackie Blackmore) and Auntie Lofty (Saffron Henderson) become the official guardians of Scootaloo (Madeleine Peters) in absence of the character’s parents who are often away for work.

Seemingly confirming that they are not aunts who are sisters, Aunt Holiday nudges her partner at one point and snaps back: ‘Lofty! Don’t tease my brother.’

Writer-and-producer Michael Vogel who is a former vice president of development for Hasbro – the company behind the original My Little Pony – celebrated the moment in a Monday tweet.

 

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will feature a lesbian couple – Aunt Holiday (left) and Auntie Lofty (right) – when it airs in the US this Saturday

Seemingly confirming that they are not aunts who are sisters, Aunt Holiday nudges her partner at one point and snaps back: 'Lofty! Don't tease my brother'

Seemingly confirming that they are not aunts who are sisters, Aunt Holiday nudges her partner at one point and snaps back: ‘Lofty! Don’t tease my brother’

‘Hey hey!!! @NicoleDubuc , @joshhaber and I doin what we can to bring more EQuality to EQuestria!! #PrideMonth,’ Vogel posted on Twitter, mentioning showrunners.

Vogel had confirmed the characters’ relationship last October after questions flowed in following his declaration that they were a ‘cute couple’. But he didn’t explicitly refer to them as a romantic couple.

He responded to a follower who asked whether they were lesbians in the book: ‘Well they aren’t sisters so….’

After further probing he added: ‘When I say “cute couple” I’m saying that Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty are a cute couple. Yes.’  

Writer-and-producer Michael Vogel who is a former vice president of development for Hasbro – the company behind the original My Little Pony – confirmed they were a couple last year

Writer-and-producer Michael Vogel who is a former vice president of development for Hasbro – the company behind the original My Little Pony – confirmed they were a couple last year

In October, Vogel responded to a follower who asked whether they were lesbians in the book

In October, Vogel responded to a follower who asked whether they were lesbians in the book

Vogel and colleagues first had to approve the relationship from Hasbro and get it in the book

Vogel and colleagues first had to approve the relationship from Hasbro and get it in the book

The people behind the reboot of the show had to first get the tale told in the book to reflect the program.

‘Nicole and I thought this was a great opportunity to organically introduce an LGBTQ couple in the series, and we asked Hasbro and they approved it,’ Vogel told Buzzfeed News. ‘Diversity and representation are important for kids for so many reasons, and it’s my first priority on everything I work on.

‘My Little Pony has always been about friendship and accepting people (or ponies) that are different from you. So it just felt like something important to do.’

Vogel - who is gay – said that it's great to offer young people something he didn't get when he was a child

Vogel – who is gay – said that it’s great to offer young people something he didn’t get when he was a child

Michael Vogel

Showrunner Nicole Dubuc (pictured) teamed up with Vogel and Josh Haber to make it happen

Showrunner Nicole Dubuc (pictured) teamed up with Vogel (left) and Josh Haber on the story

Vogel – who is gay – added that it’s great to offer young people something he didn’t get when he was a child.

‘As someone who grew up watching every animated show there was, I like that LGBTQ kids growing up today can see themselves reflected in the shows they are watching,’ Vogel continued.

Dubuc added: ‘I think it’s fantastic that we can show that what truly defines a family is love — that, to me, is the core of My Little Pony.’

Jackie Blackmore voices Aunt Holiday

Saffron Henderson voices Aunt Lofty in the story line for Scootaloo

Jackie Blackmore (left) voices Holiday and Saffron Henderson (right) voices Lofty in the story line for Scootaloo

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