Yeah, I hate that someone who's male can't be the slightest bit feminine without people thinking they're gay, or they can't interact with another male character in certain ways. It's like when people freak out over SpongeBob kissing Squidward on the head in Dear Vikings. It's not like they were making out, SpongeBob just gave him a quick little kiss on top of his head as a sign of affection. Friendly affection, it didn't seem like romantic affection to me (though even if it was I really wouldn't give a crap).
One thing I really like about SpongeBob is that the male characters aren't very masculine in a traditional sense (SpongeBob's very flamboyant and girly, Squidward's very prissy and also rather girly), yet their sexuality is never questioned or is a problem, but apparently this goes over a lot of people's heads. @_@