Here's Monday's Hero: Animator and Screenwriter Rebecca Sugar
They created the Cartoon Network show *Steven Universe* and much more.
I’d never watched *Steven Universe* before because there is a lot of stuff I don’t watch. A friend pointed out that Sugar was a serious contender for Gender Defiant hero status, and now I’m just starting to dig into Sugar’s world. Sugar uses she/they pronouns and identifies as bisexual, nonbinary and gender fluid.
Sugar has done a lot to represent queer and nonbinary folks in children’s entertainment. And this reminds me, once again, there is so much I don’t know!
Has JJ ever encountered Rebecca Sugar’s work? They are asleep right now, so I can’t get an immediate answer. But I bet it’ll be, “Of course.”
I know that one of the reasons JJ felt comfortable enough to come out was because they had seen themself represented in various media they found on the internet. I’m thankful to those who created that content.
And now I have to get back to watching all five seasons of *Stephen Universe.*