Should trans-gender characters be on kids TV shows?

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Yes

No

Not sure

Other

[MrOracle]

No, absolutely not. There needs to be NO talk of sexuality in kids shows.

Transgender people represent far less than 1% of the population. If someone puts the occasional trans-gender person into a show made for and marketed to adults, fine. But that crap absolutely needs to be kept away from kids.

And make no mistake - 10 years from now, when all these "gender-affirming parents" are dealing with their kids ending themselves because they sterilized themselves and butchered their bodies and doctors shrug and say "nothing more we can do", there's going to be a BIG reckoning against all of the people pushing trans ideology onto kids. It will be akin to ardent pro-National Socialists from Germany in the early 40s - because these people will have destroyed (and often contributed greatly to the end of) the lives of so many children.

It's already starting, but like anything else, it's going to take a while before there's a critical mass of such victims who realize what a huge mistake they've made, usually with the rabid encouragement of their parents, who in most cases wanted to score "woke points" among their woke-believing social circles. Children have NO BUSINESS being involved in any of this stuff - AT BEST, it's a topic that should be strictly dealt with by adults.

[Flatmanlewis]

No. In fact kids TV shows should focus on escapism and fun - not indoctrination into an ideology. This is literally what Mao, Hitler, and Stalin did: program young minds with the propaganda of what’s best for impressionable young children. It’s absolute evil.

[CrabCakes11]

lol is having diversity indoctrination now? Is showing a black person on tv going to make the white kids black?

[Flatmanlewis]

How did you bring race into this? It’s not even a racial topic.

[bobby_bush_eater]

@CrabCakes11 trans is not diversity it's literally a mental disorder based on sexuality. Children are not thinking about sexuality they simply know boy and girl. They only think it's possible to change them when pedophiles try to tell them you can switch genders (based on no science only linguistic definitions) and that there's more than 2 genders. It's literally detrimental to society, it's a mental disorder and teaching children is degenerate

[blueonblack22]

@CrabCakes11 race is a immutable characteristic. You don’t have a choice which race you were came into this world as.

Being trans IS a choice. A permanent choice if you get surgery. And nobody under 18 should be doing this.

[CrabCakes11]

@bobby_bush_eater Nobody is trying to trans the children. Chill out

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 Being trans isn’t the same thing as getting surgery, most trans people don’t get surgery. No minors are getting surgery.

[Flatmanlewis]

Why do we have to spend so much effort to accommodate the questionable whims and wants of 2% of the population? You want to teach kids about your way of life then go start a trans-tutor after-school program and let parents pay for your time & message. If there truly is a need then the time proven supply and demand dynamic will support this.

[bobby_bush_eater]

@CrabCakes11 first of all the public school system absolutely is and certain states have passed legislation that if the parent refuses to affirm their gender the state can take the child and they can puberty blockers. It's disgustingly dystopian.

There are only 2 genders and you cannot change them. Sex and gender are the same things. Having personal pronouns make 0 sense.

[CrabCakes11]

@bobby_bush_eater Lol Ok bud

[bobby_bush_eater]

@CrabCakes11 I'd love to hear a rebuttal on how you can change genders. Or how is there more than one gender? Your argument shouldn't be in the semantics of the English definition of gender either...

[Flatmanlewis]

I like how your rational argument vanished so easily, CrabCakes.

[Flatmanlewis]

Don’t hold your breath Bobby_Bush_Eater. This type can only hide behind sarcasm and hyperbole. Logic is not an arrow in their quiver.

[wiltingrosepetal]

Coming from someone who grew up when LGBT representation was on TV, kids won't understand what they're watching. I saw an episode of American Dad multiple times called LGB-Steve, let me quote to you the dialogue:

"Having a penis doesn't make you a boy."
"It doesn't?"
"Are you positive?"
"Obviously, Stevie is a girl trapped in a boy's body."

What was my response? I thought it was science fiction and didn't read into it. Oh, and that's not the only time that happened. Off the top of my head I can remember 2 other shows I watched with trans themes.

And yet perplexingly I have not cut off my genitalia 😭 Can we stop overreacting, guys? This isn't going to turn your kids trans

[wiltingrosepetal]

It's the same with gay representation. If two boys held hands I would study the frame and ask aloud 'which one is the girl?'. I was raised conservative, so I was never told what that was and it didn't phase me.

Raise your kids right. If you don't want them to hear things, don't tell it to them. All they know from ages 0-8 is what their parents and teachers have told them 💀

[MrOracle]

Family Guy and Futurama are NOT "kids shows" - they are not marketed towards kids and they originally aired at night, not during the day when young kids are expected to be watching TV.

[wiltingrosepetal]

Never said they were, all I said was i watched them as a kid

[DextroShade]

The Futurama episode where Bender had a sex change to compete against the fembots was very prophetic.

[avery58]

You ever notice how they're trying to shove wokeness down our throats, yet this wasn't the case with older generations who didn't have half of the problems as a society that we do today (and it's only getting worse, just look at all the 12 year olds at Sephora)

[JacobJordan]

Also remember how they were all saying "oh we just want to live our lives we aren't going to target children"

[Inbox]

@avery58 Disney used to touch our hearts - now, they just touch us inappropriately LOL

[Lliam]

Abso-fucking-lutely NOT!
It's an attempt to romanticize transgenderism, make it seem cool, and brainwash kids into thinking it is normal. The idea is to confuse kids so that they can be steered into thinking that they might be transgender, as if there is any such thing.
Its a war on children and the agenda is to destroy society.

[DarkLegacy]

Of course not, we already have enough brainwashing going on without it happening on TV as well. They already have too much PC in kids TV shows. This is just what the woke brigade want, this is how they do it through kids.

Here in the UK we have kids as young as three changing their gender and teenagers who have become adults regretting such a decision.

[TheSpectre]

Here's my argue: Why not?

They mostly give out QUEER relationships in shows.
Dont believe me? The two cops in Gravity Falls? Applejack x Rainbow Dash in My Little Pony?

So why not they also start to give trans-genders and even non-binary characters as they already started with such relationships and violance scenes in the shows?

[AviatorTom]

This is one of those questions that doesn't have a black and white, yes or no, answer. The problem is one of scale. Trans people make up a very small percentage of society, yet movies, TV shows, and kid cartoons often portray them as main characters, and that IMHO is questionable.

[CrabCakes11]

What’s wrong with trans main characters?

[JacobJordan]

@CrabCakes11 for one humans can not biologically medically or scientifically be trans... we lack the genetic information to transition from male to female. Cutting off a dick or tearing out a uterus doesn't change sex or gender. To genuinely do that one would need to transition their entire body. Xx chromosomes to xy or vice versa. A vagina and corresponding reproductive organs to a penis and corresponding reproductive organs. And vica versa. Estrogen to testosterone or vice versa. Etc. Humans do not have that genetic information or ability. As such it is an impossibility to be trans. That doesn't mean at some point in the next million years we won't evolve to that but at least right now. It is purely psychological and in most cases it goes away on its own

[PBandJ_Nerd]

It depends on the target audience. If the aim is more of preteens & teens, then those characters will be there. If it's a little kids show they're less likely to be present or not at all. You won't see them in PJ Masks or Bluey, but you'll see them in Star VS the Forces of Evil & Dead End Paranormal Park.

[coachTanthony]

LOL at this point parents like never before need to monitor what kids watch and read online and on TV.

[blueonblack22]

True. But no parent can monitor a kid 100% of the time.

[Anonymous]

Transvestite & homosexual characters should never be on kids TV shows, nor any medium that kids might access.

[JacobJordan]

Nope. Woke should be classified as domestic terrorism it fits the description given their proclivity to threaten bombing and murder if they don't get their way

[DrPepper12]

Define woke

[JacobJordan]

@DrPepper12 as you wish. A liberal left leaning person attempting to force things like "pride month" down normal people's throats as it is a "social issue and they need respect blah blah"

[DrPepper12]

That's it? How do you define "liberal" or "left"? What other "things"? What constitutes "force"? Whats "normal"?
If asked for a definition, one needs to definitive... @jacobjordan

[JacobJordan]

@DrPepper12 that is quite definitive mate lol. Liberal and left are synonyms for democratic peoples. Force has several definitions all related to exertion of x regardless of what y (the thing being exerted on) does. Ie a locked door being forced open. Force is applied to the door to change it from closed to open. Normal again very standard definition. The majority of the populace that understands certain facts that have been facts for millenia and continue to be facts today. Ie men can not be women and should not be allowed in women's restrooms, lockerrooms, sports, etc. And women can not be men and should not be allowed in men's restrooms, lockerrooms, sports etc. Or that abortion is murder of a child. Or cheating is wrong, or abuse is wrong etc etc etc. Normal things. If you are incapable of understanding the definition that is not a me problem that is a you problem.

[DrPepper12]

Another absolutist cafeteria "conservative" narcissist who loves fun house mirrors and echo chambers instead of facts & reality. And I'm not your mate, I don't breed with you. See? Words matter!

[JacobJordan]

@DrPepper12 see perfect example. You don't know the meaning of the word mate. And you are a woke broke joke. Look how fast you through that woke bitch fit after getting called out. Sorry tranny supporter you aren't allowed near me children.

[DrPepper12]

Cool with me pale, stale, male! G'day mate! 😂🤷🏻‍♂️🙄

[JacobJordan]

@DrPepper12 I spend way to much time outside to be pale 🤣🤣🤣 stupid liberal

[DrPepper12]

It's a euphemism for white. Pay attention next time.

[JacobJordan]

@DrPepper12 that's racist wokey. Thought you libtards were against racism.

[abc3643]

No, because there's no need to introduce a complex topic at a young age. If the kid isn't old enough for the birds and bees talk, then they're not old enough to grasp what transgenderism really is.

[wiltingrosepetal]

If they're not old enough to cognitively understand what they are seeing it'll go in one ear and out the other. It's like showing algebra to a 5 year old, they quite literally will not understand it 😭 So what's the harm in it?

[abc3643]

@wiltingrosepetal I understand what you're saying but it's not that simple. The inquisitive child is going to be perplexed and that becomes either a setback or opens up the door questions that they are not going to know the answer to.
So, to use your example, just like you don't bother teaching you algebra to the little kids, you don't bother teaching about transgenders to little kids.

Eventually, a child is going to run into a transgender anyway in the real world and that should be the initiation towards that series of questioning.

[Sirius1]

I think it’s a bit funny, but adult content should be left in adult rated movies.

Kids shouldn’t be planning marriage or a beach house party. They should just be friends with other kids.

[Sirius1]

I said no

[exitseven]

no, that is bizarre. let kids be kids. just have senseless violence

[ApplePie409]

I want Hollywood to destroy itself. Throw a Frisbee for your puppy. Take your puppy on a canoe ride.

This is the only show I like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqFXw8iqorg

[Sirenboobzilla]

There's been Trans characters in kids media for decades. No one batted an eye.
I know no one's here trying to forget about all the times Bugs did it.

[MrOracle]

That's completely false. What you are looking at in these pictures you posted are DISGUISES, worn to fool the opponent and trick them. There was never any "gender identity" associated with these disguises - Bugs never "felt that he should have been born a female" or any of that crap. I'm sure you didn't originate this idea - I'm sure it really came from some trans activist - but it's categorically wrong, and taken completely out of its original context. I'm sure they did so because most of their audience isn't familiar enough with Bugs Bunny to know what the original context was, and assumed that the false framing of said activist was true. It wasn't - it was an obvious lie and manipulation - but that pretty much sums up the whole "trans rights movement."

[Amur8711]

These were done for comedy, not seriously. It was conical because it was so outrageous for people then to consider even being a thing.

[Anonymous]

Out of all of the drugs, sex, violence and crude humor kids see on TV, but yes, no trans characters. Fully ok for my kid to watch a cartoon about drugs or music about sex, but a trans character, that’s way too much.

[DextroShade]

No, these Hollyweird perverts need to stop pushing this disgusting insanity on children.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/oGtseVUw-_M

[Iron_Man]

No, that’s a bad idea. it’s sets a bad influence

[blueonblack22]

There is an agenda behind all this and it’s heinous. It’s not innocuos.

[SeriouslyNotSerious]

No. I mean, no offense to them.. but kids are easily influenced from what they watch.

[Rei13]

I don’t think there is a firm yes or no for this, it would depend on the age the show is geared for and how it is presented. If they person is just there and it isn’t be pushed on anyone probably a non-issue

[Anonymous]

No. Leave kids and their shows alone. Stop shoving this all in their faces.

[sheikalana]

No, I don't think these type of topics should be forced into kids.

[CrabCakes11]

It exposes kids to new kinds of people, which is a good thing. A trans character on TV isn’t going to make a child trans.

[blueonblack22]

You say that but why are 1 out of 4 HS say they identify as part of the alphabet crew now? No way that many young kids are gay, trans, etc. This is social contagion.

www.thetimes.co.uk/.../one-in-four-at-high-school-in-us-are-lgbtq-62ddv97j5

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 Honestly, why is that a big deal? Worse case scenario they aren’t gay

[blueonblack22]

And that’s the game the leftists play. The push out something insane and when people notice they cry “victim”.

No it is NOT normal to have LGTB + half the alphabet agenda on young children. There is an explicit agenda behind it.

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 There’s really not. How exactly would “they” benefit by kids going through a phase?

[blueonblack22]

Yes there is. It’s been done for three reasons:

1) It makes these people feel about their own “identities” if they can brainwash kids into being like them.

2) It’s part of the long term communist plan to turn people into interchangeable gender less “fluid” widgets.

3) China is very much behind social media and influencer media (tik tok is a perfect example) to divide and WEAKEN our country. They don’t tolerate it in their own culture and yet wealthy/powerful communist are pushing this on western cultures to weaken them.

www.npr.org/.../china-suppresses-feminist-lgbtq-groups-outside-china-they-seek-to-rebuild

apnews.com/.../china-tiktok-facebook-influencers-propaganda-81388bca676c560e02a1b493ea9d6760

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 communism? Oh man you’re off your rocker. Don’t forget to take your meds next time

[blueonblack22]

@crabcakes11 I was you were right. seriously I wish I was crazy but I’m not.

All these far leftist movements are really a guise for communism. I am seeing open communist walking around at LGBT events at my home town. Kid you not I am now seeing people wear hammer and sickle tshirts and insignia.

I have a source that I highly recommend to read about what China is doing to the USA. But I doubt you you will read it.

[blueonblack22]

*I wish you were right.

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 lol ok buddy

[blueonblack22]

@crabcakes11 yeah I wouldn’t expect different from a girl your age. But really you should read this book (or listen to the audiobook). www.amazon.com/.../0063061198

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 Sexism on top of homophobia. How classy. You talk a lot about indoctrination for somebody who’s actively trying to indoctrinate me

[blueonblack22]

You haven’t offered any cogent debate points. One of us has done more research and has based his argument beyond emotions and feelings.

If actually read the book (or listened to the audiobook) I would stand corrected with your “sexism” accusation. It’s not a politically partisan conservative book either. It’s just hard facts about what China is doing.

But again if you are going to convince me otherwise with your opinion then you need to do better then feelings. Reality isn’t based in feelings. They are based in facts.

[blueonblack22]

It would be nice if a young person could prove me factually wrong for once when it comes to politics and social issues. It would be even better if that was a young woman because they rarely have hard non-partisan facts to back up their opinions. And yes that is “sexist” for me to say that. But it’s what I noticed.

So please prove me wrong and read the book. It’s also not just about tik tok. It also provided hard facts about what china is doing with fentanyl (which killed a 100 thousand Americans late year). They are also manufacturing “Glock switches” which turn ordinary handguns into automatics which is extremely dangerous.

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 You seem pretty mentally unstable. I’m done talking to you. Please get help

[blueonblack22]

@crabcakes11 go ahead believe that. But I have actually done a lot of research about what’s happening. Seriously why is it so important to teach young children about trans people?

And I’ve observed my own state turn into a sh*t hole thanks to leftist policies (drugs including fentanyl, crime, etc). Everybody at my work is being forced to DEI training where I’m being told gender is “socially created” which is disgusting and insane.

That’s why I’m upset. Because this does impact me personally and my environment.

I’m not the crazy person. Rather I’m REACTING to crazy and being called crazy for it.

[CrabCakes11]

@blueonblack22 sure… the guy having a mental breakdown because of sociology isn’t the crazy one here….

[blueonblack22]

@crabcakes11 you have a nice day and I wish you the best.

[82lynx]

That disease is spreading fast enough already, so no.

[IceCreamSandwich]

There are trans kids, so why shouldn't there be some trans characters in kids' shows?

[DextroShade]

There are no trans kids, just groomed victims of the perverted adults who indoctrinate them with this disgusting insanity.

[IceCreamSandwich]

@DextroShade there are trans kids who don't even know what "trans" means because they've never heard of it. They just know the gender they were assigned doesn't fit them, without anyone in their life ever suggesting it and their parents even punishing them if they suggest it. Who groomed and indoctrinated those kids?

[DextroShade]

They were groomed by either their woke parents (there are cases where the parents "knew" their child was "trans" before they could talk), teachers, or pervert influencers on the internet. Someone ALWAYS suggests it. Transgenderism never even existed before that sick pedophile John Money invented it, and his first trans patient ended up killing himself.

[IceCreamSandwich]

@DextroShade can you read? You didn't address the (real) situation I presented at all. And to address your claim that "Transgenderism never even existed before that sick pedophile John Money invented it," you do know that Nazis were burning books about trans Healthcare way back in 1933, right? When John money would have been just 12 years old. Look it up.

[IceCreamSandwich]

(John money was a sick pedophile. That's obvious.)

[bobby_bush_eater]

Trans does not exist. They all have a mental disorder

[Anonymous]

They shouldn’t even be in real life. People need to accept and embrace the gender they’re born as.

[BeetleBro2000]

And what if they don't?

[Opinion Owner]

@BeetleBro2000 They’re in denial and need mental and emotional support.

[BeetleBro2000]

And what if that doesn't work?

[Opinion Owner]

@BeetleBro2000 With enough care it will. Just not overnight.

[Opinion Owner]

@BeetleBro2000 Also they could discuss the pain that comes with being trans. It certainly doesn’t sound worth it to me.

[BeetleBro2000]

Even if that did work, nothing will work 100% of the time. There will be outliers who will stay "in denial." What happens to them?

[Opinion Owner]

@BeetleBro2000 In my opinion it will still be better than giving in. That’s all I can say.

[BeetleBro2000]

*What* will still be better than giving in? You think they should just keep being given "support" forever, even if that doesn't work and they always refuse to change their mind or behavior?

[Opinion Owner]

@BeetleBro2000 I’m done talking about it. You’re clearly going to argue with literally anything I say.

[BeetleBro2000]

I'm not arguing. I assumed that your solution would work most of the time, and I'm just wanting to know what is your plan for the cases where it doesn't work. Do those trans people get allowed to exist in public life indefinitely, and you just hope eventually they will change their mind?

[HelpfulWoman]

sure. but you just don't treat them as anything different.

[Cubus]

No, children think everything is black and white. That would not be good for them

[AngryCarl]

Not for younger kids, no. You don't need to be showing kids sexual content at all.

[CrabCakes11]

Trans people aren’t sexual

[AngryCarl]

@CrabCakes11 Then how do we know they're trans?

[CrabCakes11]

What do you think trans means?

[A_Nihilist]

I think they're fine to be on shows and such. But I don't think it should be pushed in the face of the viewer.

They should just be portrayed as any other normal character. No more or no less important. No agenda being pushed.

[Anonymous]

No, kids would not even notice any "trans-gender characters", but if they did they would see them as something to made fun of.

[Opinion Owner]

I'll modify my last post, the only kids who would notice any "trans-gender characters" are those from 'homes' that have one or both parents who are 'trans-allies' and are actively pushing their own children down the route to transition.

[Anonymous]

Imagine a kid finding out that people like them are not not in TV shows just because they're "different," but because they've been actively banned. 💀

[desidoll]

No, worst idea.

[itsclearlynicholas]

Not sure, yet for me, that's today's people's decision making, not mine. No wife, no offspring here, so why am I affected by the new wave lol

[itsclearlynicholas]

If they wanna go down that route or broadening society, that's their choice as television content airings or as production companies anyways

[itsclearlynicholas]

I did vote Not Sure

[XXblack88]

No not when trans characters are in shows made for preschoolers like blue's clues.

[EmmaMary]

No, absolutely not.

[handsomelad70]

Yes, at a certain age, likely after eight or nine when kids may begin to get a rudimentary idea of sexual orientation.

[Anonymous]

I mean. What is the percentage? How common compared to none? Then you find how necessary it is.

[turnpost]

I would say, but not be the main focal point. Whatever the story calls for.

[electromagnetic]

Nope.
it’s getting outta hand.

[CaptainSmartass]

Hell no!!!

Simples...

[gorydetails]

Absolutely not. Not under any circumstance.

[Anonymous]

What's the next question: Black characters should be in children's shows.

[WhiteBoyChill]

I dont support that garbage

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[jahaims]

Nope

[laly520]

thats been going on for decades now
nth new

[DrPepper12]

If they exist then they should be represented

[Pterodon]

Fuck no

[KrakenAttackin]

No, never.

[Anonymous]

Mo absolutely not

[whistlingwh0res]

Why not? Just be yourself

[Gabriel-Chicanito]

Nae!! And is, ungodly.

[Anonymous]

Nope

[SoJust]

Yes, maybe

[Anonymous]

HELL NO!