Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11079105)

…just to add to what you’ve said, Remy….it isn’t just about the children themselves and their sexuality…it’s also important to discuss ‘rainbow families’ with children because they might be part of one themselves in having ‘two dads’ or ‘two mums’ etc and it’s important that they feel an equal part of society in their family and not that they’re in some way ‘wrong’ ….

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11079107)

but teach them that in 99% of times they wont.

Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 11079112)

Books like Heather Has Two Mommies and Molly's Family are a better approach than vomiting rainbows everywhere tbh

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11079135)

Because they're fun.

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 11079019)

Just be sure never to go to a pantomine, Parm, we don't want you going all Helen Lovejoy over Widow Twankey.

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11079102)

The problem here is that why would any parent want their children to not become open-minded individuals living in an inclusive and diverse world.

School is the perfect place for it because that's where you're supposed to meet people from different walks of life, skin color, sexual orientations etc
This suicide rate for LGBT+ people is higher than for their straight counterparts and that's telling a lot. They're more at risk of having depressive moods also.
Drag isn't the issue here, but not talking about LGBT+ people, relationships, how to handle what these kids are and feel is the issue.

We need to show these young people that it's OK to be who they are, what they feel and that anything is possible to them through discussions, TV shows, books etc. It also helps with the people bullying them because had they knew about this, they possibly would not have bullied these young people for who they are.

See, in the local shelter for LGBT+ people I work at every Thursday, I have hosted some workshops between queer people and their past high school bullies. Most of these homophobic bullies were told by their parents AT HOME that God hates gay people, that what their classmates are is wrong or didn't talk about them at all. These previous bullies now completely regret their lack of awareness on the topic and their horrible actions towards their victims at school. It was heartbreaking because it tells a lot about visibility and education. (and turns out, a lot of these people are now gay like a lot of homophobics are)

I'm glad if you are open to talking to your kids about LGBT+ people and not make them feel like it's wrong. But it's not the case for everybody and that calls for higher representation and visibility to not see kids thrown out of their homes, trying to kill themselves, ending up homeless or have mental issues growing up. Or even see full grown-adults frustrasted that they can't live their true selves due to their upbringing.

And to be fair, Vikor Orban can try to ban LGBT+ visibility from younger people in fear that they "become gay", but in reality if your kid wants to suck dick or lick pussy then it's not a nice Drag Queen that will read a book every one in a while that will stop them.

Funny thing is (or tragic) is that nobody ever said promoting straight relationships to younger people is a problem. So what goes for one should go for the other. :shrug:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 11079136)

For grown ups, perhaps.

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11079144)

As stated in previous posts, it's very popular amongst children and teenagers. And some of them only do stuff for children. It's not just nasty humor.

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11079145)

I think the most important thing is that anyone working with or being involved with children should be properly vetted regardless of who they are. It seems to have all gotten a bit lax around child safe guarding for fear of causing offense

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 11079141)

The facts are, Hungary does not teach sex education becaus it doesnt want to sexualise their children to early..the LGBTQ thing is just an extension of that.

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11079123)

Sure, both books that are probably already banned by Orban as he doesn't want any kind of "propaganda" to kids. Great idea.

He already banned hundreds of books that differ from the "Straight" point of view. Talk about erasure. So at this point we'll talk the rainbows since this is all there is left.

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11079146)

And nobody said otherwise. Not sure why the debate was centered around Drag Queens as if they were paedophiles or whatever. They're entertainers.

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11079146)

And nobody said otherwise. Not sure why the debate was centered around Drag Queens as if they were paedophiles or whatever. They're entertainers.
And again, the parents bringing their children to Drag shows or watching Drag Race know what they're bringing them to. And as we said before, doing stuff for children is a specific field in the Drag industry.

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11079159)

…Hungary also blocked the domestic violence treaty which is aimed at helping to prevent against violence toward their females…including marital rape and female genital mutilation….now it’s basically looking to not protect their LGBT children as well as their females….it’s just so sad to see the progression that’s been striven for, for so long and celebrated to now be in a regression stage….