‘Paw Patrol’ Welcomes Its First Non-Binary Character
metroweekly.comRubble & Crew, earlier this year. Now, as the show continues its first season, a non-binary character has been introduced, though you have to really want to see the person as non-binary.In a recent episode, a character named River was welcomed into the Rubble & Crew gang, which is actually largely made up of animals.
The new addition to the show is a skateboarder with a passion for photography who moves to the town, which just happens to be next door to where Paw Patrol is based.
In their first episode, River helps the team photograph an upcoming shooting star, even going so far as to build an observatory.
So, how is River non-binary? Visually, it’s difficult to tell that they identify as such, which is similar to real people. The episode doesn’t contain any actual mentions of River’s identity or pronouns, but it became clear that River is non-binary once the episode’s writer posted about it on social media.A post shared by Lindz Amer | Queer Mister Rogers (@lindzamer)The character of River was crafted by non-binary author and activist Lindz Amer.
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