Sesame Street’s producers have long rebuffed suggestions that Bert and Ernie are a couple. After New York legalized gay marriage in 2011, the show’s producers responded to an online petition ...

New Yorker magazine is celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark marriage equality decisions by unveiling a cover featuring a long-rumored gay couple, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street." ...

“Sesame Street’s” Bert and Ernie have always been the best of friends ... while the court also cleared the path for same-sex marriage in California. Both decisions were seen as major ...

Bert and Ernie's relationship status also notably cropped ... presumably watching the Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage. It was called: Bert and Ernie's "Moment of Joy." ...

"Sesame Street" icons Bert and Ernie are at the center of a gay rights ... famous Muppet duo underneath the words, “Support Gay Marriage.” In the spring, a gay rights activist placed the ...

The cover of next week’s New Yorker, drawn by Jack Hunter and titled “Moment of Joy,” celebrates the fall of DOMA by showing Sesame Street favorites Bert and Ernie snuggled on the sofa of ...

One of their oft-faxed prepared statements (this one from 1993) reads: The Autumn 1993 tour of Sesame Street Live provoked yet another twist to the marriage rumor: Bert and Ernie's wedding would ...

The marriage could legitimately happen ... Or you could just tweet about it. On Thursday, "Bert & Ernie" was a trending Twitter topic. One tweet wondered why so much attention was being showered ...

But the Sesame Workshop responded: "Bert and Ernie are best friends ... boyfriend he meets at the end of the play, when same sex marriage became legal in New York State in 2011.

One online petition, launched this week, had gathered more than 5,400 signatures supporting a Bert and Ernie marriage. But some commenters said the campaign was bad idea. "I'm 100% committed to ...

A Northern Ireland bakery run by devout Christians could face legal action after it refused to make a gay-themed cake depicting the Sesame Street couple Bert and Ernie. Ashers Baking Company ...

The cover is titled “Bert and Ernie’s Moment of Joy.” Sesame Workshop , which has control over the characters, has in the past issued denials that the characters have a sexual orientation ...