Recently, Nickelodeon featured the very first bi-racial gay couple on its new cartoon "The Loud House. Not to suggest that this was the direction any of this was going, however it was only a matter of time.

To dive right into this, children’s television is a parent’s aide in simplifying and educating young children on the complicated world in which they live.

So, is this what the episode is about? Surprisingly, not at all.

The episode, called “Overnight Success,” is about the main character Lincoln Loud House attempting to have a successful sleepover after they have been banned by his parents due to his ten sisters’ previous mistakes. When his friend and only guest Clyde McBride begins to hang out with his sisters, Lincoln jealously goes through numerous guests before finally circling back to Clyde.

So, what’s the big deal? Right before Lincoln opens the door, he says “time to make history.” Upon opening the door, we see that Clyde’s parents are two men: one black and one white.

They both drop him off as if the parents were portrayed as the traditional mother and father. One of the fathers gives Lincoln the phone numbers to all the places they’ll be, suggesting date night for the couple.

For the parents that think this is a little too grown up for their child to be watching, fair enough. All those that grew up in a religious or conservative household know that there are some things that parents would rather wait until their child gets older to know about.

One of those things is homosexuality, to which many in a religious household are introduced to as a sin. However, something had to give, right?

Children’s television is already notorious for the integration of “too adult” content. In fact, there is one cartoon that has been known to push some limits every now and then.

Spongebob Squarepants has been the center of the “dark humor” conversation for a while now. There was an episode of the long- lasting cartoon that featured Spongebob and Patrick finding a baby clam and taking care of it as if one were the mom and one were the dad. At the end of the episode, the clam flies away and Patrick says to Spongebob “let’s have another.”

This goes to show that these boundaries have been pushed for a long time. The Loud House did a better job at normalizing it in the way that is being advocated for today.

Schools, whether it is obvious or not, have been pushing to incorporate LGBT education and rights however they can. In fact, elementary schools in California are taking it one step further by incorporating LGBT history into the curriculum.

This episode of the Loud House is not the beginning of a new chapter in LGBT history, but it will definitely not be the last.