https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32859996/nickelodeon-spongebob-squarepants-lgbtq-pride-celebration/

Per this link, the latest Celebrity to Come Out as Gay is Spongebob Squarepants, the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon character.

Good for him.

I love SpongeBob ! Gay or straight doesn't matter to me ! :) He's hilarious!!:D

i hate SpongeBob ! i thought it was kind of stupid!! but my brother would watch some of it!! i hated SpongeBob voice & theme song!! they play it to death on Nickelodeon!!

They are not referring to him as gay per say- but that he stands with the LGBTQ community.