"The magazine wrote that the cover artist, named Jack Hunter, originally submitted the image, unsolicited, to a Tumblr. "It's amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime," he told the New Yorker's Culture Desk. "This is great for our kids, a moment we can all celebrate.""  -- story from HuffPost



Nothing yet from Henson.  "Sesame Street has long denied that Bert and Ernie are anything more than friends, saying in a 2011 statement that the two "do not have a sexual orientation."