Soon enough “Spongebob Gay” started trending on Twitter. The tweet received over 100,000 retweets and 300,000 likes.Ĭelebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month 🌈 Accompanying the post with photos of Kora, the bisexual protagonist from The Legend of Korro, Canadian trans actor Michael D Cohen, portrays the character Schwoz Schwartz in Henry Danger and Spongebob. “Celebrating pride month with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month,” tweeted the US-based company. It all started on June 13, when Nickelodeon posted a tweet to celebrate Pride Month. Social media was rife with speculation over the weekend about the sexual orientation of a beloved character from one of the longest-running animated series – Spongebob!