heteronormative assumptions about children's media.

In March 2014, a 9-year-old boy was bullied and physically assaulted by classmates for wearing a Rainbow Dash backpack to school. The school initially asked the boy to leave the backpack at home, calling it a "trigger for bullying." The brony fandom, along with voice actors and celebrities, defended the boy's actions, and the school ultimately reversed its decision.

Critics have pointed out that Rainbow Dash's

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