'Gay' Tinky Winky

Ewa Sowinska, Poland's government-appointed children rights watchdog, said she was concerned the popular BBC children's show, Tinky Winky (purple) and the other Teletubbies promoted homosexuality and she would ask psychologists to advise if this was the case.
"I noticed (Tinky Winky) has a lady's purse, but I didn't realise he's a boy. At first I thought the purse would be a burden for this Teletubby ... Later I learned that this may have a homosexual undertone."

The 10-year-old Teletubbies, which features four rotund, brightly coloured characters loved by children around the world, became a target of religious conservatives after Jerry Falwell, the American evangelical who died recently suggested Tinky Winky could be homosexual. It's just ridiculous...

ABC reaction

The ABC will not be removing Teletubbies from their roster, regardless of the findings of a Polish Government probe into whether the show is homosexual propaganda.
"We've been showing it for ten years. It's basically a non-issue for us. Australian kids love the Teletubbies,'' Catherine Bocking, publicist for ABC Kids, said. [Source]