Popular children’s cartoon Peppa Pig has introduced its first same-sex parent family.
An episode titled “Families,” which aired on Monday, saw the character Penny Polar Bear drawing two female polar bears in dresses alongside her friends.
Explaining her sketch to pals Suzi Sheep and Danny Dog, Penny said: “I’m Penny Polar Bear. I live with my mummy and my other mummy. One mummy is a doctor, and one mummy cooks spaghetti. I love spaghetti.”
This decision comes two years after a petition was created on a US-based website demanding a “same-sex parent family on Peppa Pig” to make it more inclusive for all children. It has garnered almost 24,000 signatures.
The programme, created by British animators Mark Baker and Neville Astley, has been running since 2004. This is the first time in the show’s 18-year history that a same-sex couple was featured.
