Homosexuality in children's media?

[Saw11_2000]

^?

I'm not going to ask anymore. Nice point Chris.

 

[scitsofreaky]

I think that you can use tv as a tool to teach kids about things that can be hard to teach them otherwise. So, with homosexuality, kids can have a hard time understanding what it is, and you can use tv to give them a visual (kids are generally visual learners) to help teach them whatever you think is right. (sorry if we are beyond this, but I am new here)
I don't think sheltering kids is a good thing to do, especially with something like homosexuality. Eventually they are going to deal with it some time in their life.

 

[Godless Dave]

i do not think it should be censored, but if i had children i would not let them watch it. it is not something i would want my children doing, so i would not show it to them.

To clarify, they didn't actually show the lesbians having sex.

 

[Green Gaia]

Posts about Gay Gene are here. Please stay on topic.

 

[greyskull]

I believe in freedom and information is vital to obtaining it. If only some people would get off there crystal spyre and see the whole world is greater than thier own narrow viewpoint, there would be less bigotry and anxiety for us all. I am not a man of great words but often many. My intention is to simply agree that the episode in question is as appropriate for viewing by children in a proper setting as any other entertainment/ education program available to them today.

 

[turk179]

I believe that the only reason that anyone would not want that on t.v. is that they are either not educated enough on the issue or that it goes against their religion. But like someone else said, just because you see gay people doesn't mean you will turn gay. They are out there people and our children are going to see them eventually and there is nothing any of us can do about it. How we go about educating our children is the key, not keeping homosexual material off the airwaves.

 

[Bastet]

Well, here is the latest reaction to the children's book that I was referring to earlier: http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/03/032405ozBooks.htm

 

[Bastet]

And here's the reaction of a bunch of kiddies the book was read to. http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=4113

 

[ayani]

i really don't care either way. there's this hilarious cartoon that ran a few weeks ago (Opus) where Opus wakes up and goes about his morning routine lathering himself with lavender, waxing his bottom, and whistling "gonna wash that man right out of my hair" as he skips down the hall. Steve Dallas looks anoid and shouts "hey, if they can nail Sponge Bob, they can get you!" and Opus replies by blowing a raspberry and saying "Dare ya!" :big grin for Opus:

 

[Mercy Not Sacrifice]

I don't know if anyone has seen or heard of "Postcards From Buster." It is a spinoff childrens show off the Arthur series. There was an episode entitled "Sugartime" in which the family operating the sugar farm had a lesbian couple as parents of the children in the episode. This was a backdrop for the question of what Buster should get for his mother on Mother's Day and he was asking the children in this family for ideas and how to make sweets. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings had said that this episode "did not fulfill the intent Congress had in mind for programming and that many parents would not want their children exposed to such lifestyles."

Just wondering how people here felt about this. Please give responses to your poll answers. Would be helpful in project at school.

I'm with the majority; it can do nothing but help children to be exposed to different lifestyles in their formative years, before they have to unlearn prejudices.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

i really don't care either way. there's this hilarious cartoon that ran a few weeks ago (Opus) where Opus wakes up and goes about his morning routine lathering himself with lavender, waxing his bottom, and whistling "gonna wash that man right out of my hair" as he skips down the hall. Steve Dallas looks anoid and shouts "hey, if they can nail Sponge Bob, they can get you!" and Opus replies by blowing a raspberry and saying "Dare ya!" :big grin for Opus:

Steve Dallas is back? I love that guy! (Well, only 'cus I think he has a kind heart, hidden really, really, really deeply.)

I also loved your link, Bastet! My favorite quote from the article was the reaction of one of the girls to the book.

“One night she said to me, ‘Mummy, I wish I had two mummies,’” Plibersek said.

“Another time she said to my husband, ‘Daddy, I wish I had two daddies.’

“She sees these families where there are extra mums or more parents as extra love. She doesn’t see anything unusual about it.

That almost made me cry. How come kids can see things so easily when some adults choose to be blind to it?

 

[BUDDY]

I don't know if anyone has seen or heard of "Postcards From Buster." It is a spinoff childrens show off the Arthur series. There was an episode entitled "Sugartime" in which the family operating the sugar farm had a lesbian couple as parents of the children in the episode. This was a backdrop for the question of what Buster should get for his mother on Mother's Day and he was asking the children in this family for ideas and how to make sweets. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings had said that this episode "did not fulfill the intent Congress had in mind for programming and that many parents would not want their children exposed to such lifestyles."

Just wondering how people here felt about this. Please give responses to your poll answers. Would be helpful in project at school.

I am going to have to disagree with most everyone on this thread because the program referenced was on the public broadcasting station, and therefore was created using federal money. If it was on any other station and used private funding, I would have no problem with it. I think many of you would have a similar thought if PBS decided to show the Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston, and have live coverage of the NRA conference. Their are just some things that the government needs to keep its nose out of. I think this is what Margaret Spellings meant by her statment. Plus, if she was talking about a film that was created totally by the private sector, she would be violating the First Ammendment.

 

[ayani]

Steve Dallas is back? I love that guy!

yep, he's back! he's aged some, but he's still got that surly demeanor and that cigarette.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

I am going to have to disagree with most everyone on this thread because the program referenced was on the public broadcasting station, and therefore was created using federal money.

Very true, thank you for the reminder! However, I'm not sure how much funding they're getting from the government nowadays. I also wouldn't be offended if they showed "The Ten Commandments" or the NRA, as long as they had the warning beforehand that the broadcasts might not be suitable for all viewers.

It's good to hear about Steve, Gracie, thank you! It's odd how I would probably intensely dislike a person like that in real life, but love him in the comics.