Why do you think 5 year olds need to learn about transgender, LGBQ and other sex related issues?
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Bob Chapek's response to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill
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CaptainAmerica
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I don't, but the law is a poor way to address those concerns. It is overly broad in some ways, and overly narrow in others.
Excellent. Teachers should stick to teaching academics until American kids have reached a much higher standard in education than we have now.
Communicora
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Another Disney employee has written a piece about Disney's reaction to the law. This one wrote it without a pseudonym. I wonder if there will be repercussions for him.
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I Am a Gay Employee at Walt Disney World. Disney Does Not Speak For Me.
A few years ago as I was strolling through Fantasyland during “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party”, a young boy around age eight or nine complimented me on my Fix-It Felix costume.
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Communicora
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ImperfectPixie
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You do realize that young children don't make a connection between pregnancy and sex until they're taught to, correct? (And such education is prohibited outside of approved sex-ed classes, which parents are free to opt their children out of.) They don't see a pregnant person and automatically know how the baby got into their belly.
The LGBTQ+ community has just as much right to expect representation in media as everyone else. Ostracization? You mean feeling threatened because they aren't the only voices being heard anymore? The LGBTQ+ community has spent years being shunned, ignored, abused, and worse...is it any surprise that when they finally get someone to listen, they're very loud?
CaptainAmerica
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"Any gay adult man who felt a kinship with that little boy dressed as Tinker Bell should be made aware of this: It is a very different world from the time you grew up—even from the world ten years ago. In today’s culture, that little boy would not be told it is OK to be gay; he would be led to believe he is ‘really a girl’. Across the nation and the world, gender non-conforming boys and girls are being pushed into believing they are trans. THIS is what is at the core of teaching ‘gender identity’, and it is a form of CONVERSION, just as contemptible as those religious groups that attempt to ‘pray the gay away’."Another Disney employee has written a piece about Disney's reaction to the law. This one wrote it without a pseudonym. I wonder if there will be repercussions for him.
I Am a Gay Employee at Walt Disney World. Disney Does Not Speak For Me.
A few years ago as I was strolling through Fantasyland during “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party”, a young boy around age eight or nine complimented me on my Fix-It Felix costume.
ImperfectPixie
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That book was in the libraries of HIGH SCHOOLS and was NOT part of the curriculum. It is also not marketed towards young adults.
Let's please at least be clear in our facts before we start further discussion.
Why is the book 'Gender Queer' being removed from public school libraries, and is it 'obscene?'
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster last week asked the state superintendent to conduct an investigation into how the book "Gender Queer: A Memoir" ended up in public school libraries, calling it "obscene." But legal experts have a different opinion on whether it meets that definition.
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Virginia school district to remove controversial gender book
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — A school district in Virginia plans to pull copies of the controversial book, “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” from its library shelves.
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Personally, because the book is a graphic novel and I've read about some of the pictures in it, I would prefer to limit it to public libraries that aren't inside public k-12 schools, and college campuses. I wouldn't label it as obscenity, because I'm sure (as stated in the AP article) that the book has it's merits, I just think not all high school students are old enough or mature enough to handle the material.
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