After the characters’ debut, lead color designer Andy Garner-Flexner stated that Ally's color palette was based on the pansexual pride flag. The pair describe themselves in the text of their video descriptions as 'just two girlfriends', qualified with an LGBT pride flag emoji. In later episodes, Ali begins dating a quiet female student named Samira and later Jessi Glaser.Īlly is in a same-sex relationship with Jess, running an internet video channel named 'IT Gals' with her. She is openly pansexual, although her explanation of her pansexuality, as compared to bisexuality, was criticized by various LGBTQ people on social media.
