An ‘Arthur’ Character Had A Gay Wedding & Twitter Was Here For It

The 22nd season premiere of the PBS animated series “Arthur” was (finally!) inclusive and Twitter was here for it!

In the episode, “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone,” Arthur’s third grade teacher marries another male character and it totally gave us the feels.

At first, Arthur and his pals don’t know who Mr. Ratburn is engaged to. The mystery is finally revealed when the students attend the wedding and see their teacher walking down the aisle with his soon-to-be husband.

“Mr. Ratburn is married. I still can’t believe it,” Arthur says.

“Yep, it’s a brand-new world,” says Francine.

Welcome out and congratulations Mr. Ratburn! 🏳️‍🌈
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜#Arthur #LoveIsLovepic.twitter.com/2oL141PVmx

— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) May 13, 2019

Fans of the show took to Twitter to show their love for the touching moment.

And now a word from us kids:
GAY RIGHTS! https://t.co/38sjcyQ1oE

— 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚜’ 𝚃𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 (@salmattos) May 13, 2019

PSA: Mr. Ratburn from "Arthur" is gay. Do you know how amazing it is that someone who's been on the show from the start, someone who's a main character, is openly gay and getting married on a kids show? PBS Kids really is that bitch.
Plus, all his students are at his wedding! :') pic.twitter.com/aaxGwTE9is

— osmosis jones (@keeothrama) May 13, 2019

Ya'll still tweeting about GoT when Mr.Ratburn just got married on the season priemere of Arthur smh pic.twitter.com/jUokguYXcr

— Huda Jabbar (@hudaddyy) May 13, 2019

guys

mr. ratburn from arthur is gay

this is the absolute best thing you’ll see all day

we stan pic.twitter.com/vaLvkqBavL

— zach || desire and hope (@PhantomInari) May 13, 2019

The marriage definitely came as a shock, but many fans who grew up watching the show were surprised that the children’s series is still on the air!

A Twitter user summed it up perfectly in their post, “genuinely didn’t know Arthur still made new episodes but we stan Mr. Ratburn.”