[lostalex]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

all the figures I have ever seen is 5%

all of the figures you have seen are inaccurate. if you include anyone who has any kind of same sex attraction or experience, the numbers go up significantly. the true number of people who are not 100% straight is much much higher.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Ah but not all children would say 'oh right ok'.Some are much more inquisitive.
Some need a reason for everything.'why do some boys love boys and some girls love girls and which should i love?'.Confusing for kids.

everything is confusing to kids. and if they ask, you should tell them that it's okay for them to want to kiss boys or girls, and that some people like boys, and some like girls, and some like both. and that there is no difference between it.

It's actually an excellent teaching opportunity. it's the perfect opportunity to tell them that they shouldn't feel like they have to like girls just because most people do, and that they should be open to any feelings they have, and not feel ashamed of feelings they have for other boys or girls.

[armand.kay]

so my brother was watching CN before school and..

Spoiler:

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Well mine ask questions......Alot.For as many kids there are like yours there will be just as many like mine and many different to that.This is why i voted no.Maybe some 3 year olds would understand it but not all would.I think gay dudes on TV should be for older kids not 3 year olds and 4 year olds but that's jmo.

I guess this is only an issue if you don't have any gay friends... my (5 year old) daughter knows about homosexual relationships because one of my oldest and best friends is gay. She was dancing the night away with them at a wedding last month .

I guess that's why I find the censorship of homosexuality on TV not only unfair, but pointless. It's a thing. You can't censor the real world, so your best bet is just to do your best to explain it.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I guess this is only an issue if you don't have any gay friends... my (5 year old) daughter knows about homosexual relationships because one of my oldest and best friends is gay. She was dancing the night away with them at a wedding last month .

I guess that's why I find the censorship of homosexuality on TV not only unfair, but pointless. It's a thing. You can't censor the real world, so your best bet is just to do your best to explain it.

Exactly

[Kizzy]

How you going to explain this NM?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I guess this is only an issue if you don't have any gay friends... my (5 year old) daughter knows about homosexual relationships because one of my oldest and best friends is gay. She was dancing the night away with them at a wedding last month .

I guess that's why I find the censorship of homosexuality on TV not only unfair, but pointless. It's a thing. You can't censor the real world, so your best bet is just to do your best to explain it.

Indeed. My parents have been (were) involved in light opera all my life and various choirs and singing groups so I grew up amid theatres watching like 7 Oklahomas in a row when they could not get babysitters and having rehearsals at home like 24fecking7 and subsequently there were lots of gay men who were pals of my parents and still are so my mum being a blunt woman just told me the truth about Ken and Michael from an early age and i never thought too much about it

Not that I am saying gay men and light opera go hand and hand

But they seem to


Funnily enough I cant think of a musical with a gay character

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Funnily enough I cant think of a musical with a gay character

I'm disgusted by the straightwashing tbh

[user104658]

There's not much to say! Just

"Well, you know how men and women can be in love and want to be together?"
"Yeah... "
"Well a man and a man can want to be together too, or a woman and a woman."
"Oh. Can they have babies?"
"Not together, only a man and a woman can have a baby, but they could adopt a baby. "
"Ooooh."

Any follow up questions are really just solved with honesty... Kids will understand pretty much anything if you explain it well!

Although the adoption thing opened a can of worms. She was quite upset by the idea of people having babies and then not wanting them... But that is pretty upsetting I suppose. We had already had that conversation, because she watched the start of "Elf" and declared it instantly "the worst and saddest film ever" because baby Will Farrell was in an orphanage...

[mizzy25]

Great question I would say yes there should be gay people in kids films. Personally I would say for older kids as young kids wouldn't really know what it was all about.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by mizzy25

Great question I would say yes there should be gay people in kids films. Personally I would say for older kids as young kids wouldn't really know what it was all about.

Thing is, if there was a gay couple in a very young kids film they probably wouldn't even notice that they were a couple but that's the whole point I think, they would still be exposed to seeing it whether they understood it or not and it would be seen as just normal stuff they'll come across in everyday life. Instead of saying all of a sudden when they hit 8 we'll start putting these characters into their movies that they will notice, that makes it seem odd and not true to real life, if you know what I mean? I mean new babies feature in kids movies, that doesn't mean that kids will suddenly start asking where the baby came from and how it was made etc, it's something they'll start wondering about later and asking about later, sure some kids may start to wonder earlier than others, that doesn't mean we start cutting new babies from childrens films

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Indeed. My parents have been (were) involved in light opera all my life and various choirs and singing groups so I grew up amid theatres watching like 7 Oklahomas in a row when they could not get babysitters and having rehearsals at home like 24fecking7 and subsequently there were lots of gay men who were pals of my parents and still are so my mum being a blunt woman just told me the truth about Ken and Michael from an early age and i never thought too much about it

Not that I am saying gay men and light opera go hand and hand

But they seem to


Funnily enough I cant think of a musical with a gay character

Rent?

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Thing is, if there was a gay couple in a very young kids film they probably wouldn't even notice that they were a couple but that's the whole point I think, they would still be exposed to seeing it whether they understood it or not and it would be seen as just normal stuff they'll come across in everyday life. Instead of saying all of a sudden when they hit 8 we'll start putting these characters into their movies that they will notice, that makes it seem odd and not true to real life, if you know what I mean? I mean new babies feature in kids movies, that doesn't mean that kids will suddenly start asking where the baby came from and how it was made etc, it's something they'll start wondering about later and asking about later, sure some kids may start to wonder earlier than others, that doesn't mean we start cutting new babies from childrens films

It can be as simple as having a kid with two moms also kids are not as stupid as people in hear are making out simply explaining to them that sometimes girls and girls or boys and boys marry each other would do the trick.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

It can be as simple as having a kid with two moms also kids are not as stupid as people in hear are making out simply explaining to them that sometimes girls and girls or boys and boys marry each other would do the trick.

Absolutely and kids are a whole lot more accepting than adults are in general