This debate came up in a video about a cartoon character's ambiguous sexuality (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXlZNvNBHY). I thought I'd share.
Other commenter:
I think some kid shows should include homosexuality, because of the stereotype Girl+Boy. This makes kids have intolerance to gay relationships, and that's just sad. And just imagine their faces when they find out boy+boy is actaully possible. Just my thinking.Me:
I'm heterosexual (I don't like 'straight', sounds kinda offensive as implies
that anything else is wrong) and I found that I kinda learned about other
sexualities in a too stereotypical fashion (through representation in TV
shows) which gives makes it hard to be equality-focused. Childrens' TV
shows tend to be along the lines of 'this is the perfect family structure:
mum, dad, boy and girl (or same gender children).'
There is barely representation of other heterosexual family structures such as extended or single parent never mind homosexual. If people learned about these through the non-stereotyped fashion* in the same way it would possibly make it easier for statistically less common sexualities and family stuctures to be accepted. I imagine this is particularly difficult if you are within LGBT and find every representation is of seemingly 'perfect' heterosexual couples or boyfriends/girlfriends and the few representations that meet yours are stereotypes.
*the gender roles tend to be very traditional in these programmes but that's going off topic
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