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StJohn  ·  4265 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why are there no gay Disney characters?

I don't have kids. My point about the sexuality, though, was that parents already have to have that conversation with kids about straight couples. Broadening the talk to say that anyone can fall in love with anyone else doesn't make the conversation more difficult.

And, as you rightly pointed out, Disney movies should not be gay-themed. They shouldn't have sexual themes at all, but that doesn't mean you can't have gay characters just being there. They already have straight characters falling in love, but they're not movies about heterosexuality.





cliffelam  ·  4265 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dude, parents don't have that conversation before they have to.

And, yes, actually, adding edge conditions to any conversation with a child makes it much longer to explain and much more likely that they'll do/say something hideously embarrassing in public.

-XC

PS - Three kids, I have some experience at this sort of stuff.

StJohn  ·  4265 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You've got experience on me for sure. But does seeing a gay couple on screen really pre-empt that discussion? You're already seeing straight couples on screen. By showing a gay couple kissing you're not showing any level of adulthood that wasn't already there.

Also, I suspect kids are going to embarrass their parents no matter how hard you try to stop it!

cliffelam  ·  4265 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, they will. Do amazing bizarre stuff.

Go ask someone you know who has kids about this. I'd be interested to hear their take.

My experience as a parent was that most of what I thought I knew, tactically, about raising kids was wrong.

-XC