Do You See LGBT as an Adult Only Topic?

by ZeldaFan13 Posted 2012/07/14 21:01:18

Related Topics: Music, Gay, Bisexual, Movie, Transgender, Child, Lesbian, LGBT, Movies, Media, Teens, Kissing

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Why is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender themes in shows, movies,
music, books, etc... Considered to be "Adult-Only" Topics? There are
LGBT Kids and Teens. Some children may be or have an LGBT Brother or
Sister... o.O

Now, I do understand the actual SEXUAL parts ARE
adult themes. But Kissing (Small Pecks on the lips or cheeks, NOT Make
out Sessions) and Hugging? Those should NOT be "Adult Only"... There are
many Child Friendly Media that show a Girl and Guy kissing. So why
can't it be the same for 2 guys or 2 girls?

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Jester M.S. 2012/07/14 21:03:28 (edited)

Yes

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Parents have enough difficulty raising children these days, without throwing in a complication about homosexuality. Let kids be kids.
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Bureauc 0webama 2012/08/21 03:43:31

Other

Why are Gays so obsessed with their sexuality? That obsession is what turns the rest of us off. If you would just go about your life and not be so 'in our face' with your gayness, you wold be more accepted.

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ZeldaFan13 to Bureauc... 2012/08/21 03:53:30

We're not "Obsessed" with our sexuality... o.O How are we?

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Bureauc... to ZeldaFan13 2012/08/21 05:12:14

Of YOUR 19 ''Questions asked'' on your page, 17 are related to gays and lesbians.
CASE CLOSED

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ZeldaFan13 to Bureauc... 2012/08/21 05:32:43

That doesn't make me obsessed. This is simply an Internet Account... o.O I have an actual life you know. -_- I just do alot of Activism...

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KeriLynn 2012/08/08 15:53:04

No

I think it's a topic for anyone.it depends on the age of the person.

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CatyaSho 2012/08/04 13:00:59

No

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Everyone should be educated about LBGT. That way LBGT children can learn to accept themselves and crimes against LBGT will lessen, since they usually come from people perceiving LBGTas "alien".
If people understand how LBGT aren't any different from them except that they like the same sex, it will help them to accept them.

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Sarahbelle 2012/07/27 16:52:28

No

+1
It's really not that hard to explain to kids...

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ZeldaFan13 to Sarahbelle 2012/07/27 17:10:13

THANKYOU!

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serethiel 2012/07/17 02:51:51 (edited)

No

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it isn't even just physical - sex, kissing, hugging, etc., it's emotional. children have emotions - and they need to know how to deal with them, and whether it's okay to have the emotions they're experiencing. they need to know they're not alone. as for the people who say it's too complex to explain: what part of it is complex? aside from the fact that not everyone accepts people for who they are, what makes homosexuality any more complicated than heterosexuality? love is love. LGBT children who grow up without the love and support heterosexual children receive are proven more likely to commit suicide, and i wonder why that is? ugh this makes me so angry! LOVE IS LOVE.

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Jacob Torres 2012/07/17 01:58:15

No

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Long before any sexual themes enter a kid's media, there's kissing, couples, and flirting between characters. If that's "adult" between two gay characters, then it's adult between two heterosexual ones.
On top of that, "let kids be kids" doesn't solve everything neatly. Kids start getting romantic and even sexual feelings very early on, much earlier than people are comfortable discussing. Hell, plenty of kids are pretty obviously gay pretty early on as well.
Homosexuality ought to be a non-issue. If a little girl has a puppydog crush on another little girl, that's as innocent as if she had one on a little boy.Who would honestly makes that out to be "adult" in their mind?

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Sinister Ken Doll™ 2012/07/16 22:17:34 (edited)

Other

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i'm not saying that there should be gay puppets on sesame street or anything, but maybe once kids get to be about 12 or when their sexual curiosities begin rising, it would be good to expose them to it in case they're feeling anything in their hearts that they're not sure of.

and of course, it's impractical to shield them from it since gay people are everywhere, but it's not something that needs to be explicitly described to little kids until they're older.

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Hooblie 2012/07/16 19:12:54

No

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If LGBT is an adult only subject, why isn't heterosexuality? I can understand being cautious of LGBT people with a very young child because obviously, they aren't like mommy and daddy (should that be the case) and the child will start asking questions that could be difficult to answer. However, following this same line of logic, parents should also be cautious of "straight" couples. I have honestly seen more male/female couples essentially having sex in public places than i have homosexual couples. Should small children see such actions, this can influence them more than homosexual couples; though they may want to mimic one or both couples, they will either grow out of it, or learn when and where it is appropriate to participate in such relations. And, in the majority of television shows that children watch, there are heterosexual couples and they hug or kiss which can influence kids just as much if not more than real life couples. Kids will eventually see couples of both sexuality, so why wait until they are already prejuduced towards one of the sexualities?

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padfoot 2012/07/16 09:04:43

No

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You need to be aware of the outside world (including how others view your sexual orientation) before adulthood, or else the world will swallow you up.
Besides, does anyone think Teens don't deal with this in school? Get bullied? Teased?
High school is sort of for discovering who you are.

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American Girl 2012/07/16 02:28:11

Yes

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I think as parents we need to teach our children morals. I don't see homosexuality as an allowable choice. Some children may have those tendencies but in a proper environment can learn more traditional gender specific tendencies. When homosexuality is portrayed as "normal and natural" and as a "viable choice" then more children feel free to choose and SEEK out that option where otherwise they may not have. No matter how much tolerance you protest for, homosexuality is a gender identity DISORDER. You may have your rights and tolerance, but I don't believe it should be flaunted as "normal" an acceptable.

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ZeldaFan13 to America... 2012/07/16 02:40:56

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Sexual Orientation is NOT a choice. And it can NOT be influenced! There is nothing wrong with being Gay. It's natural and it's okay to be that way. And it certainly is NOT a disorder. Homosexual people can function just as well as Heterosexual.

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Jenni to America... 2012/07/16 03:46:47

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I'm not saying I agree with what you said, but I do commend you for saying it. I know that you will probably get a bunch of hate comments. Thing is, I support gay rights, but I don't like how people are always trying to shove it in our faces (this is a 14 year old girl talking here). Five of my friends are bi, and although I support them and I know they didn't choose it, I really wish they weren't. It makes everything awkward....I can't have sleepovers anymore because I feel like they might do something awkward....and lots of them are very touchy-feely with platonic friends. Also it makes me feel awkward that two of my bi friends would do weird things in public when they were a couple, such as blow into each others faces.

And for those who say that it is "normal", it may be, but it isn't the norm. The majority of people are not LGBT. LGBT is a controversial, confusing topic and I can understand why it wouldn't be shown in books, movies, and TV shows. I know that sometime in the future it will be introduced in kid shows, but not for a while. Many parents just don't want to have to explain to their kids at a young age.

And also, it can be influenced. I know lots of people who thought they were gay or bi because of other influences, but then realized they probably weren't. And I re...

I'm not saying I agree with what you said, but I do commend you for saying it. I know that you will probably get a bunch of hate comments. Thing is, I support gay rights, but I don't like how people are always trying to shove it in our faces (this is a 14 year old girl talking here). Five of my friends are bi, and although I support them and I know they didn't choose it, I really wish they weren't. It makes everything awkward....I can't have sleepovers anymore because I feel like they might do something awkward....and lots of them are very touchy-feely with platonic friends. Also it makes me feel awkward that two of my bi friends would do weird things in public when they were a couple, such as blow into each others faces.

And for those who say that it is "normal", it may be, but it isn't the norm. The majority of people are not LGBT. LGBT is a controversial, confusing topic and I can understand why it wouldn't be shown in books, movies, and TV shows. I know that sometime in the future it will be introduced in kid shows, but not for a while. Many parents just don't want to have to explain to their kids at a young age.

And also, it can be influenced. I know lots of people who thought they were gay or bi because of other influences, but then realized they probably weren't. And I really hate to say it, and I know I will get a TON of hate comments, but being straight/having straight friends is just SO much easier.

Another thing is, TV will probably only present the stereotypes. I mean take Glee for example. Kurt is like a total gay stereotype. He's a great character but he's a stereotype. Then again all Glee characters are stereotypes. I also have some friends that fit gay stereotypes but aren't gay. If kids are introduced to these stereotypes early, they will be more likely to falsely label other kids as gay, which is already going on too much.

Just my opinion. Again, I know most others will disagree with me, but hey, it's Sodahead.
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America... to Jenni 2012/07/16 03:53:20

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You are very wise if you are truly only 14 years old. Keep up the good work! You captured my thought exactly. There a preteens, confused enough about their identity who will likely experience same sex attraction feelings. It is the beginning of self identity. Those teens needs strong role models in the normal way of life. When kids have role models like Kurt and Lady Gaga, they want to imitate them just because they're stars....and before you know it, they have fallen down a rabbit hole from which they don't know how to return. I commend your ability to articulate your feelings so clearly as well.

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ZeldaFan13 to Jenni 2012/07/16 04:00:14
Jenni to ZeldaFan13 2012/07/26 02:57:04

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Yay for hate comment no. 1... ok should I defend myself or let you have your opinion? How about both....

1) I'm not saying that all gay or bi people are going to "do something weird", but my friends do. It's probably just their personalities. But it's true in my case. I was using my personal experience to give an example, but as with all examples it doesn't represent everyone. And is it my fault if I feel that sleepovers are awkward now? I can't help the way I feel.

2) And I mentioned the weird things they do in public (blow into each others faces). If straight people did that I would be just as weirded out.

3) You can't say that there is nothing confusing about being gay. To a young preteen or teenager, homosexuality is a confusing topic. There is no denying. What isn't confusing about it? If it weren't confusing, then there wouldn't be so many questions about it.

Thanks for replying to my comment and giving your opinion. I hope that we can either discuss this calmly or not discuss this at all because I really don't want to pick a fight here.

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ZeldaFan13 to Jenni 2012/07/26 03:14:46

What do you find so confusing about it!? It doesn't and shouldn't even have to be! >.> Love is Love regardless of gender! How hard is it to get THAT through your head!? Homosexuals think the same way Heterosexuals do! It's not like we're different creatures! The ONLY difference is Homosexuals are attracted to the same sex and Heterosexuals the opposite. It's not really that hard.

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CatyaSho to Jenni 2012/08/04 13:16:30

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I don't thing being itself gay is confusing at all.
But if you find out that you are, you might feel confused because you haven't been educated about it. You know how straight sex works, because you were taught about it.
You know what your straight rights are, because that's "normal" and you were brought up to it.

Education, to me, is always the key.
People need to lose their prejudices about gay people by being educated about being gay. They'll find that gay people aren't any different than straight people.

Gay people don't fall for every person of their own sex, just like straight people don't like every member of the opposite sex they meet!

Also, how are gay people "shoving their being gay into your face"? Kissing, holding hands?? It's horrible that there are still people out there thinking that.

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Jenni to CatyaSho 2012/08/28 07:36:17

I agree with your comment up until the end. When I said "homosexuality is being shoved in our faces" I don't mean that gay people are showing too much PDA. I mean that homosexuality, the topic, is suddenly showing up on tv shows, movies, etc. that's not a bad thing, but the fact that sometimes its overplayed or stereotyped, or presented in the wrong way, that is what's wrong.

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CatyaSho to Jenni 2012/08/28 08:01:56

I can agree with you on that. The stereotyped gays on tv are getting on my nerves too, because that's simply NOT reality.
But I do believe it's important everyone's aware of LBGT being around. I know the existance of LBGT is a topic some conservatives would rather not talk about at all but like I've mentioned before education is key here.
Homosexuality should be on tv orin movies because it's natural (well in my opinion it is) and happening to actual people, too.

But it needs to be presented realistically for people to accept homosexuality and stop thinking of it as something abnormal or exotic.

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Jenni to CatyaSho 2012/08/28 08:27:42

Im still waiting for a character to be gay without there being a huge deal about it. This character has brown hair. This character has blue eyes. This character is gay. Im not saying that homosexuality should be hidden, but there are characters who are gay and that's it (no other distinguishing personality traits), and instead of seeming natural, it makes it seem way bigger than it is.

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CatyaSho to Jenni 2012/08/28 10:44:01

I agree.
I mean being gay is not all that a person is.
I'm gay but I'm also artistic, a big reader, a loyal friend... etc.
That should be shown on tv. Being gay should be treated like being heterosexual, as normal.

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Jenni to CatyaSho 2012/08/28 16:38:11

So we're on the same page then :)

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CatyaSho to Jenni 2012/08/31 14:47:02

I'd say so :)

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padfoot to America... 2012/07/16 09:07:45

What's not acceptable is blatant hatred and fear of something unknown. That is NOT anyone's choice. Who would choose something they know full well will make people like you discriminate them for their whole lives?

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Hooblie to America... 2012/07/16 18:48:47 (edited)

I accept your opinion, and I mean no offence, but homosexuality is NOT a GID, or a disorder of any sort. Homosexuality is just a "normal" as the AIDS virus, the common cold and sunburns. These things are accepted as part of life, AIDS being the lesser of the accepted but none-the-less accepted, just as homosexuality should be. There is nothing wrong with two men or two women loving each other.

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ZeldaFan13 to Hooblie 2012/07/17 03:11:04

Don't Compare Homosexuality with Aids and other illnesses! >.>

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Hooblie to ZeldaFan13 2012/07/17 16:22:34

Was I comparing them? No. I was saying is if such an illness, one that kills thousands of people each year can be accepted, why can't something that comes totally natual in life, that doesn't harm anyone, and has nothing to do with anyone other than those involved in the relationship, be accepted?

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hayley 2012/07/15 21:41:53

No

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kids are exposed to heterosexual relationships everyday so why not gay ones also a lot of people within the community get confused in their early teens and not being exposed or even discussing the topic in a positive way makes it very difficult to come out and there for makes these kids depressed. there would also be less homophobia if children were exposed to it.

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ZeldaFan13 to hayley 2012/07/16 00:19:22

Exactly!

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XQNP 2012/07/15 09:36:31

No

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No more than conventional shows of affection. Ideally, of course, our fear of sex would be so small that it wouldn't be an adult only topic either.

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Jenni to XQNP 2012/07/16 03:48:26

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Huh? Sex is the epitome of adult-only topics.

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XQNP to Jenni 2012/07/16 06:10:32

While, it is now, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. It's not like sex talk actually hurts children, it just weirds them out, and that's because of the stigma we attach to it.

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Jenni to XQNP 2012/07/26 02:59:47

Well the sex talk itself (the medical and anatomical explanations) isn't really "adult-only", but certain associated topics are. You know what I mean. Lol.

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XQNP to Jenni 2012/07/26 05:48:48

What part of sex doesn't have a medical and anatomical explanation?

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Jenni to XQNP 2012/08/01 07:21:23

Well, for example, most parents don't want to be discussing bdsm, anal, different types of porn, pedophilia, all the taboo topics associated with sex...with a five year old.

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ZeldaFan13 to Jenni 2012/08/01 08:32:18

Yea but there's ways to describe Gay People in a child-friendly manner...

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