Cast members of Sesame Street posing on the set with some of the puppet characters, 1969. Left to right: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long with (left to right) Big Bird, Cookie ...

Are Bert and Ernie gay? For years, people have wondered if Sesame Street’s best buds, created in 1969, are more than friends. As The New York Times points out, they “live together, share a bedroom and ...

In a September 16 interview “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman put years of speculation to rest, letting the world know that Ernie and Bert are a gay couple — at least, he wrote them that way.