Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-98.247.168.42-20181122042639/@comment-32987979-20190526201638

Also, "LGBTQ+ shouldn't be included because they're kids!" Is wrong. If we expose kids to LGBTQ+ from an early age, it wouldn't be seen as wrong at all. If I have kids, I plan to teach them that being gay is just as normal as being straight, because I believe it is. And if a certain religion is against reading books with LGBTQ+ characters, then they could just not read it. Doesn't mean that every book has to not include these characters.

There was one parent who commented on something a while back (not on this wiki, obviously) asking if Bohemian Rhapsody was appropriate for their kids, who were Queen fans, to watch. What they were asking about was explicit scenes, a lot of swearing, etc, but so many people said "no, it's not appropriate because the main character is gay and kisses another man!" You wouldn't forbid your child from watching a movie with a man kissing a woman, right? So what's so "inapproprate" about a same sex kiss? Sorry, these things get me pretty riled up, because kissing is not seen as inappropriate, but gay kissing is? No, it's not inappropriate. There's no reason a child shouldn't be able to handle LGBTQ+ characters in their books. What's the worst that could happen? They ask questions to their parents? God forbid parents have to explain things to their children that they probably would have to explain later anyways. There is absolutely nothing wrong with exposure to these topics from a young age. It doesn't hurt them, only benefits them.