[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Cal.

There’s a lot of talk and hope that Disney begins bringing out Disney princesses that are gay, promiscuous, transgender etc to move times along. A lot of people oppose this with the argument that this sort of thing should be kept out of children’s films and be tackled once they get older. I’m just looking for everybody on here’s opinions on it really, are you open to it or do you not think it should happen? And I’m not just talking about Disney princesses here if you want to bring other children’s films and TV into it, it’s just Disney princesses are the most obvious example.

Let children be children , they grow up soon enough,with enough pressures on them today,I don't see why the Disney films need to change at all,they are fairy stories and fantasy in the main , childhood has an innocence with it,it would be nice to keep that for as long as possible,there is plenty of time and other movie genrer's that can bring out that sort of thing. No need to bring sexuality into everything.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Let children be children , they grow up soon enough,with enough pressures on them today,I don't see why the Disney films need to change at all,they are fairy stories and fantasy in the main , childhood has an innocence with it,it would be nice to keep that for as long as possible,there is plenty of time and other movie genrer's that can bring out that sort of thing. No need to bring sexuality into everything.

The bolded points are problematic.

If you don't have a problem with the prince and princess living happily ever after then you can't take issue with two princes or two princessses having that same ending. Sexuality is an issue that affects kids, some kids are gay, why can't they have representation? Why is any sexuality that isn't heterosexuality seen as not appropriate for kids? It's the idea again that being gay is seen as being this overtly sexual thing that's only suitable for older audiences and it's a terrible attitude to have.

Like I said in my first post, you can portray a chaste homosexual relationship just as well as a chaste hetero relationship.

There is no real excuse against it really, the representation can go a long way in helping children feel accepted instead of feeling like they are inherently wrong.