Disney to feature 'first openly gay teen romance' in new film Strange World

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[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You know what? I don’t mind if there is a gay couple on a TV show or a movie. But if that show or movie is intended for children, then it should be rated in a way where the parents can decide whether or not to let their children see it. Because like it or not, it’s not easy to explain homosexuality to children without talking about sex. And it’s also not a good idea to expose a child of homophobic parents to same sex couples. Because if that child is gay, he could be lulled into a false sense of security, come out to his parents, and then either get kicked out of the house or live a few years of misery until he’s allowed to move out at 18.

Furthermore, what is most important is how this storyline will be dealt with. Will the gay teenagers be stereotypical? Will they be obnoxious and demanding? Will those characters be used as a mouthpiece for the writers' activism? Will the homosexuality be shoved down the viewers' throats, and be the only interesting thing about those teenagers? Finally, why should gay people give a crap about this movie anyway? Most gay people do not want to be paraded around and used to spread messages on morality.

I am a gay man. And if I had nieces or nephews, I would be reluctant to let them watch Disney at all if I were babysitting them.

[–]INeedSomeTime 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why is homosexuality somehow harder explain to a kid than heterosexuality they see displayed everywhere? Only in forms of two characters kissing or calling themselves a pair. What makes homosexuality so different?

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Heterosexuality is just so common. Homosexuality occurs in 5% of the population, which admittedly is a big number, but it is still out of the ordinary. So a lot of people don't understand it. If an adult doesn't understand it, he cannot properly explain it to a child. Additionally, when a child sees that two men own a house together and they have the same bedroom, he might wonder why that is the case when it's normal to this child that men marry women.

Sexual orientation is who you are sexually attracted to. Yes, people form relationships for many different reasons, be they financial, a desire to have children, interdependency or just doing what other people are doing. Romance wasn't always a factor in who married whom. But you wouldn't necessarily make a life long commitment to someone if you didn't want to have sex with that person. So yes, heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality all come down to sex. You cannot talk about sex to a child. You can tell the child that his two uncles live together because they love each other the same way his dad and mam love each other. But it is very complex for a lot of people and this requires a lot of thought and patience.