Start Seeing Diversity: Gender, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation
For this blog, I will discuss some of the ways I have noticed that homophobia and heterosexism permeate the world of young children including books, movies, toys, stores, culture of early childhood centers, and schools. I will also discuss thoughts, concerns, questions, and/or areas of discomfort you would like to share related to children, gender, and sexual orientation. When I look at the TV shows my son watches on the Disney channel and Nickelodeon channels, I do see different families represented but these families represented could represent a more diverse population of families. The families represented in these families are blended, single parent, biracial, divorced and traditional. They do represent a large variety of families but none of the families represented on these shows are families with homosexual parents or transgender parents. I am certain that these networks are afraid to show programs like these to young children and ...