We’re just trying to be funny and this has got nothing to do with the show.”īut even with Hillenburg’s assertion that SpongeBob is asexual, the characters sexuality has long been debated in the 15 years since. In response, Hillenburg denied these claims and said: “We never intended to be gay. While Nickelodeon did not explicitly say whether SpongeBob was gay, people online assumed his inclusion with other iconic queer icons meant that he was part of the LGBTQ+ community too.īack in 2005, Stephen Hillenburg, the late creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, shared that SpongeBob was neither straight nor gay when conservative Christian activist groups criticised the character for “promoting homosexuality” in the diversity and tolerance-focused music video remake of Sister Sledge’s ‘We Are Family’.
