Should LGBTQ+ Pride Month be marketed towards children?

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Graci_e · Accepted Answer

Definitely not. I don’t see anything wrong with being gay but it shouldn’t be put on children.

Do we teach and educate young children about straight relationships and sexualities? No. We save that for their older teenage years where they start to explore it for themselves.

With young children, you’re just laying the bases. You’re teaching them in an appropriate and child friendly way what’s appropriate and what’s not; such as telling them that their privates are a private part of themselves and such things as that. That’s about it.

Any sexuality should not be taught to children. It’s incredibly inappropriate. Of course they can be exposed to those relationships, as in be around them. That’s a given and that’ll be the norm for them. But it should not be explained.

Snsl153 · Accepted Answer

People need to STOP SEXUALISING CHILDREN! I don't care if you're "straight", "queer" or whatever, this crap isn't right.
Besides, whichever of the two genders you happen to prefer in bed isn't something to actually be proud of; a personal achievement is what we usually associate pride with, not some silly personal preference like this.

Anonymous · Answer

Part of children’s innocence is not having to worry about this stuff. Sure, they can see what’s going on but even then it can confuse them.

It also should not be marketed to anyone at all, it’s not a product, it’s a life choice. You don’t need to advertise “become gay today!”. It needs to be truly felt and not questioned because they see other people do it. It has become a fad.

Kids need to be left out from this. Even if they ask “what is pride month?”, “what is the flag for?”, or whatever, it can confuse them. Imagine as a little kid when you ask a question and your family member explains it to you - you easily got confused and would question a lot of what they said in your head.

Like when I recently heard the story of a teacher near where I live that taught 4th grade and a percentage of the 5th grade class would spend most of their day in her class - just because they thought they were gay and transgender and the teacher was too, so they felt “safe”. Safe from what? The school did the right thing and let her go because it was holding back their education, and, applying it to this situation, felt that her over acceptance of these little gay and transgender kids was making kids start to question themselves - basically marketing it to them from the way the story sounds.

The way things are going it seems as if half of people will be gay, the other half transgender. It’s completely accepted by anyone that is white at my school, but it’s just too much. I mean literally, out of 19 students: One is transgender, 8 are gay, and one is neutral on what gender she is attracted to. That is over half!

And you know how open they are about it because I know whether or not anyone is gay or whatever else, even if I have never spoken to them before

Even just the other day one gay person handed out rainbow flag stickers to everyone in class and put them all over the walls.

Anonymous · Answer

Physics,
I'm one of your best fans. But I'm disappointed that one of your polling options wasn't: Fuck no! Yesterday a guy on here posted a video of
Bill Maher. You know something is fucked up when an ultra-liberal is calling this shit out. Bill is sick and tired of how his party got hijacked by the insane.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/mMBzfUj5zsg

And yesterday, I got a Tweet from
Mollie Hemingway. I don't understand how Twitter works, and I don't follow anyone, but you still get Tweets.
She said that the mighty United State Marine Corps was celebrating June, as their LGBTQ month for Marines of that sort. The title of her Tweet was:
"We're Doomed"
I will post the Tweet if you ask for it, but I just cropped the pic that Mollie posted, because when I visit my brother and his son for dinner tonight, I want to show them the pic. There's so much bad shit going on in the world, but this pic will comfort you.

Should LGBTQ+ Pride Month be marketed towards children?

Puppystarfish23 · Answer

Definitely not. I feel like children should be aware but there is such things as same sex couples for the sake of other children with same sex parents and so if they are gay they don't feel like they have to hide it from the world once they are old enough to realise their sexuality.

But I don't feel like pride is something that should be targeted towards children. It's a highly sexual event and I don't think it be safe for children to be involved with. I do think children should be educated on LGBT and there struggles just like they are educated in different religions and races and there struggles. It's important so history doesn't repeat itself.

Basically Im all for education on this stuff but not pushing it into there faces

KitsuneFoxSpirit · Answer

No. Because at that age children should not be thinking of their sexuality. In any way.

And it always surprises me how people try to normalize early sexuality. Back 10-15 years ago social workers, doctors, police & everyone else would think a young child considering any aspect of their sexuality had been... sexually molested. And why not?

As a child you should be concerned about playing on the monkey bars & climbing trees. Not wondering if you are a male, female or someone who doesn't know what they are.

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

That's called first degree corruption of minors, and should result in chain gangs and pink pants. Dangerous mandatory rail work.

I'm for reversing Lawrence, a war on Kinseyism, and outlawing the demonic rainbow movement, considering all of the activists to be spies and traitors, and for those caught to automatically have their hard drives audited. Wherever there's a rainbow flag, check for kiddie porn. Most are probably smart enough not to hoard an entire basement full of drives of it, but regardless.

josephinelcajon · Answer

They are sponges everything that is said, done or expressed anywhere near them they will accept as fact. Even a simple shrug of the shoulder will not be missed by them. All that said if they wish to express their desire to be with someone of the same sex then I would support them 100% AGAIN all that said (And I am gay) Your sexual preference has no place outside your bedroom! Gay pride events go way too far with nearly naked people acting very erotic in public with children in attendance needs to be stopped! Our schools need to stop teaching sex! Our society desperately need to go back to GOD fearing family values! (And I am an atheist!)

Toast792 · Answer

It isn't inherently about sexuality and transitioning. Literally just teach them the same things you would with straight relationships. There is a lot of queer media for kids, it's just childhood crush type stuff. People outside the community are the ones who make everything about us sexual. When kids learn about this stuff it's literally just 'sometimes guys marry guys' or 'sometimes people are born in the wrong body'. There is nothing wrong with that. If you teach it to them yourself, at least you're the one choosing what to say about it and what not to say. And no, kids are almost never allowed to transition. You typically have to be at least 16 before surgeries and hrt. Younger people can start hormone blockers, but they really don't do much.

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

Marketed no, however inclusive yes.

imagine a girls mum is going but tells her son or daughter they cannot get dressed up as they are kids.

Not sure about the US, however the UK prides are very much community affairs, this means friends and families get involved.

the entire idea of it is to show it’s accepted and nothing wrong with being gay, lesbian etc

the other side you have are those families where they are in the ‘Gays should be shot’ camp and they have a son or daughter questioning their own sexuality and it’s a very toxic unsafe house to think those thoughts.

cth96190 · Answer

Hell no!
Sexual perversion and deviant behaviour in general should be kept away from children.
Be very clear, the alphabet community are paedophiles who want to groom and convert children.
When my grandchildren reach school age I will be watching very, very closely.
It is likely that my daughter, who has degrees in primary and middle school education, will home school her children.
If the children are sent to a government paedophile and Communist indoctrination facility (aka school) I can foresee teachers being helped to exit buildings through closed windows.

Keyboardkat · Answer

Absolutely not! I am totally, 100% opposed to the sexualization of children. Children of elementary school age do not need to know about all this gender stuff. It's not something little kids are even aware of or concerned about! Further, parents DO NOT send their children to school for political indoctrination! My kids are grown now, but I would definitely NOT have wanted them subjected to anyone's political agenda! Let kids be kids! And let's return common sense to our national discourse.

annoyingpidgon · Answer

No it shouldn't.
I support the LGBTQ community and all,
But children are far too young to explore there identity or whatever.
Imagine you were a boy and you wanted to be a girl when are were say, seven.
You went along with the surgery and you looked basically like a girl.
What if you weren't happy with it when you were 20? Children should wait till they are adults to decide this stuff.

Sour-rose · Answer

Now, hold on now...

They just kids. I don't think we need to have kids being having something that should be held for... older audiences. Maybe because the fear of karen screaming at her kids that they are not ________, they're gerald and heather.

kitty71 · Answer

No no and no and there is no excuse of getting a innocent children involved in that thing. That is between mature adults please do not involve kids they have still innocent mind and do not understand this kind of issues. Stay out of kids please. Kids should not be sexualized, let them grow up and decide for themselves when they are older and adults.

Frank_Woods · Answer

There is nothing wrong with being gay, but I do not like that society emphasizes it. Everyone deserves equal opportunity, but all these "diverse" groups just want special treatment. I have gay friends who hate stuff like this where society virtue signals like they actually care about gay people. Most of this crap is designed by people who just want to virtue signal. On top of all that, this is just indoctrination of children to believe in the same woke garbage as these virtue signaling bastards.

globetrotter22 · Answer

It’s ALREADY being marketed towards children. It’s all over the place.

The original premise of “gay rights” was about not having society and the government interfere with two consenting adults do in the bedroom (or to their bodies). Alright I can stand with that.

But now it’s obviously not about that. It’s about money, ideological brainwashing and power. It’s about attacking Christianity which is something communists want to abolish.

These people just want more and more and more and more. But the backlash is starting to come and it needs to come. There is a reason why Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais are so popular. They have the balls to say what most people are truly thinking but are afraid to say.

JustinTheGreat · Answer

Yes. Lgbt pride is something that is important to kids. I wish pride was something that was something that was more openly talked about when I was a kid. it would of helped me feel more accepted when I knew I was gay and different from other kids.
However not every pride event is kid friendly. There are some events that get pretty sexualized so I would definitely do research before bringing your child to certain places.

When I went to Dragcon last month (technically isn’t a ‘pride’ event but it’s about drag queens so of course it was an LGBT aimed event) they had a kids section. And the queens were really respectful and sweet to the children that were there.

Anonymous · Answer

In my opinion no. I dunno about y’all but the last thing I was thinking about as a child was if I was gay or not. I was to busy worrying about getting my hands on the next Pokémon game for my game boy color. Sexual preferences have no place in the world of children. Unless you’re a pedo.

ZackBan · Answer

It shouldn't even be marketed towards adults.
I'll never understand why being gay has to lead to a yearly month long celebration.

So you have unconventional sexual orientations, big deal.

It's become all about selling merch and tickets for parades and all kinds of hustles on the side and gay people will defend it religiously as the money makers sit in the shadows laughing and licking their lips at the thought of the fat pile of cash

KirbyFan246 · Answer

LGBTQ+ should be an adult only community. Children don't need to be questioning these things while they're too busy dealing with puberty and growing up. As soon as they're 18(legal adults), then they can question it, and that makes all the difference in regards to maturity.

PastorJohn69 · Answer

That's a hell no. Short answer... let them be children as long as possible. They grow up too fast anyway. To make them consider gender, makes them have to contemplate sex. Why would someone do that unless they are a molester.
I'd knock a mother out

Anonymous · Answer

What kid even cares about "girls" boys" they just want to be friends. They can both run around naked and no one even cares ( humm at least in my day, or has the world gotten that bad) All that stuff has to do with sex and its just not time for them to learn or understand it yet.

BUT talk to them about boundaries. Things people can and cannot do. Things people cannot touch. How to stay away from strangers. And give them a safe word that when some one says "your mom sent me" they can say "What is the password"

SixFootSexy · Answer

Step one: desensitize a society to homosexuality by putting it in every part of entertainment
Step two: convert as many straights as you can to your side
Step three: make sure to label everyone who is against "drag story hour" and teaching deviant sexual behavior to kids is wrong and a bigot
Step four: ?

SomeGuyCalledTom · Answer

Hell no, children are hardly old enough to even understand heterosexuality, let alone all the new made up sexualities and everything in-between. Let kids be kids, then talk to them about sexuality when they're actually old enough to have it affect their lives (ie: puberty).

Blackcosmo · Answer

Children are easily influenced so they shouldn't be involved. They need to be able to grow up and explore for themselves.

Johnnyroyyall · Answer

I don't think any ideas should be forced on anybody under legal age of consent. I've read about these I've read about LGBTQ couples taking their children ages lgbtq children camps teaching in the lifestyle of that I think everybody should be allowed to live their own life and make their choices and till that they're watched over by their parents... And if their parents believe and brainwashing them with that then I would consider that child abuse

I'm ready come on haters

BeMuse · Answer

Nope, gay groomers trying to sexualize children just exposes their pedophilia.

DarkWinterNights · Answer

Talking about sexually explicit topics to children used to be considered pedophilia, I don’t care if it’s straight or lgbt. Leave kids alone. We’re absolutely decimating the next generation beyond all hope.

Dazed0N0Confused · Answer

If you have family who are members of the LGBTQI+ community, there is nothing wrong with telling & teaching your kids about it. Inclusion is the best way to make it less stigmatized.
Love is love & everyone should be free to find it & express it. If a heterosexual couple can kiss & hold hands in public, so should LGBTQIA+ couples. If we can teach about heterosexuals, we can teach about LGBTQIA+.

Anonymous · Answer

Nobody is marketing sex to children at Pride and anyone who thinks that hasn't ever actually been to a pride event.

PRIDE isn't about saying anyone has to be anything, it's about AFFIRMATION, not just saying "it's okay to be who you are" but "be PROUD of who you are" instead of what heteronormative and "Christian" messages which are generally "hate who you are" "be ashamed of who you're attracted to" and, my favorite "you're evil from birth and don't deserve love".

There aren't any sex acts at PRIDE, nobody explaining how penises go into booties or the intricacies of how to use a strap-on and on whom. Unlike heteronormative Christian society there's nobody telling anyone to be any sort of way, that's your thing, not ours. We say "be you".

Love is love

notwoke · Answer

yes, we need to recruit them early if we want to have enough LGBTIA's. Ruining their lives is no concern. We need men to be "celebrating" that they lick other men's hairy assholes and "celebrating" pulling their shit covered penis coming out of another mans hairy dirthole. Makes perfect sense, I am so proud of them for doing this. Very inspiring

XXblack88 · Answer

No Kids shouldn't be learning about sexual preference. I didn't start learning about the LGBT untell I was 15 and it went over my head back then I couldn't imagine taking in that type of information are the age of six or seven years old.

SimpleGuy95 · Answer

If a person is born gender fluid, why do you need it marketed then?
My answer is no because sexuality is something that kids won´t understand because this topic is too complex plus it´s rather an adults topic than something that should be discussed before puberty.

Smoke-n-Growls · Answer

Kids should be allowed to participate at Pride. It's lovely they can experience it as a fun parade and not a life-or-death protest. It's a celebration of progress.

That said, Pride shouldn't be marketed to anyone. Its origins are in the riots and protests than were illegal 50 years ago, and it still serves as a protest in many nations around the world.

It should be taught about, but not marketed.

HatiVargrrr · Answer

I support the pride month but I think they should leave the kids out of it and let them grow up more and decide who they wanna be over time on their own.

tbradley · Answer

for starters no it shouldn't but and all the LGBTQ crap these days is freaking dumb as hell went in target first thing i seen was a shirt that said queer really big on it like damn could you all try pushing it any harder there is other things in the world to worry about as in kids getting to eat but i won't get into all that and won't get into all the LGBTQ garbage

bolverk · Answer

If a parent says their child is Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, it is like a vegan cat, we all know who’s making the lifestyle decisions.”
At the age of the photos above they do not know what they are/want to be, it will change every day/hour/minute.

genericname85 · Answer

hell fucking no. children shouldn't be sexualized. these fucking pedos should piss off and leave the children allone. let them have their childhood outside of adult sexual bullshit.

jasco · Answer

Would it not be better to teach a child what respect and acceptance is. Respect those who are different from you even if you don't like them. Accept someone's point of view even if you don't agree with it. Love and care for all and be kind to everyone. Wouldn't teaching a child how to act around others be better than teaching them about what the LGBTQ + is? Wouldn't it be better to let that child grow and find out for him/herself when he/she feels its time understand more about this.

Anonymous · Answer

NOOOOO!!! NOOOO! PLEASE NO! This is the reason I don’t want to have kids. I don’t want them exposed to that depravity!

DermalPunch · Answer

Of course it shouldn't but they are the target market actually. Fresh anus and all. They are targeted relentlessly.

OldSchool_Metalhead · Answer

Children need to explore identity on their own as they grow. It shouldn't be forced on them. It's fine for them to see the whole pride thing and ask questions about it though

MCheetah · Answer

God no. No sexuality should be marketed to children. This is why we needed that Florida bill, to begin with.

BayTiger · Answer

No, they market lgbp to children because they want access to children. That’s why the lgbp movement hijacked the rainbow symbol that used to be associated with children.

Anonymous · Answer

The same could be asked about guns, eh?

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Hell, no!

Belgie · Answer

Why? What have they got to be proud about? Didn't poop their pants today?

Exterminatore · Answer

No, and it shouldn’t take an entire month to celebrate being gay, as if that’s anything to celebrate at all.

Juxtapose · Answer

Frankly the community as it is a bunch of societal poison and garbage.

sp33d · Answer

It should be thought that such a thing exists and that there are people who are.. different. No praising, no condescending. Let the kids make their own conclusions.

miyaviizm · Answer

No, it is necessary to exclude children from this. If he's curious, he should be told. Even if he asks you and you do not answer, he may hear wrong information from others.

Smashingdoozy · Answer

It's marketed towards anyone and everyone. Literally doesn't matter.

HazyDaze63 · Answer

I don't think "marketed" is the way to look at any pride event. You make it sound like a recruitment. It is about awareness and acceptance. Not an attempt to convince anyone to be gay.

Texaskid1 · Answer

So no.

Andres77 · Answer

If you have to sell it then you have an agenda. Just like NAMBLA. "Get em by 8, before it's too late."

Guanfei · Answer

No. Leave the kids out of that degenerate bullshit, especially since many are linking it to kinks, sexual behavior and try to convince kids to transition.

IsoUser · Answer

Children should be allowed to make up their own minds instead of having supposed well intended Adults force it down there throats in any event just my humble opinion.

Unfortunateguy27 · Answer

Well it’s a Nazi tactic to use children to push an agenda as they are being conditioned to have a set of beliefs in their adulthood aswell as them not being able to be debated with so they can further the agenda without discourse

Alexis1313 · Answer

Since when was it "Marketed" towards anyone?

It should be for anyone who wants to go and celebrate their sexuality and show they aren't ashamed of who they are, damn.

Does everything gotta be corrupted with money?

worldscolide · Answer

It shouldn't be marketed at all, especially not to children. Fucking gross.

EyeKnowMeNahYou · Answer

No! There's no viable reason for it to be, in my opinion.

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