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  1. waltdisneyconfessions: “I think the people hoping for a lesbian princess need to be reminded that Disney movies are aimed at kids. I don’t think there is anything wrong with being gay, but to push the idea at kids before they understand what that means will only confuse them. Also as a parent, I would be pissed at Disney for addressing such controversial topics in a movie intended for children”. But here’s what you’re forgetting/not understanding:  Being gay isn’t controversial  It isn’t. The fact that a person is gay is not controversial. The only thing controversial is how people feel we should treat gay people.  There a millions of kids growing up right now that have gay parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. There are many kids in this country who are growing up and are gay themselves. All of those kids don’t get a chance to see their reality in media.  We “push” the idea of heterosexuality everyday and in every Disney movie. If we had a gay prince or princess we wouldn’t be “pushing” anything, we would just be displaying a different reality that many people have.  I hate it when people say that “being gay” is controversial. No, it’s not. How we, as a society, want to treat gay people is what is controversial.   

    waltdisneyconfessions:

    “I think the people hoping for a lesbian princess need to be reminded that Disney movies are aimed at kids. I don’t think there is anything wrong with being gay, but to push the idea at kids before they understand what that means will only confuse them. Also as a parent, I would be pissed at Disney for addressing such controversial topics in a movie intended for children”.

    But here’s what you’re forgetting/not understanding: 

    Being gay isn’t controversial 

    It isn’t. The fact that a person is gay is not controversial. The only thing controversial is how people feel we should treat gay people. 

    There a millions of kids growing up right now that have gay parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. There are many kids in this country who are growing up and are gay themselves. All of those kids don’t get a chance to see their reality in media. 

    We “push” the idea of heterosexuality everyday and in every Disney movie. If we had a gay prince or princess we wouldn’t be “pushing” anything, we would just be displaying a different reality that many people have. 

    I hate it when people say that “being gay” is controversial. No, it’s not. How we, as a society, want to treat gay people is what is controversial.   

  2. knowhomo: LGBTQ* Allies You Should Know (and probably never heard of) ZELDA RUBINSTEIN (following text from ADVOCATE) The fearless contributions of one tough “mother. Back in 1984, when the mere mention of aids induced panic, Poltergeistactress Zelda Rubinstein did something truly brave by lending her face to one of the first state-funded safe-sex campaigns directed at gay men. Posters depicting Rubinstein as a caring mom urging her “sons” to play safe were plastered all over Los Angeles’s buses and buildings before going national and then international-they were spotted on phone booths as far away as Madrid. “I paid a very big price careerwise,” Rubinstein says of the attention, which predated Elizabeth Taylor’s and Madonna’s AIDS involvement by at least a year. A quarter century after their debut, Rubinstein’s posters have found a second life — no séances required. Physician Irene Adams, an AIDS specialist in Brazil, is bringing Mother’s lessons to her nation as part of a new youth outreach initiative. The 76-year-old Rubinstein is ready to help once again: “I would do a fund-raiser for this cause anywhere in the world. (Rubinstein passed in 2010) Very cool, and cute!

    knowhomo:

    LGBTQ* Allies You Should Know

    (and probably never heard of)

    ZELDA RUBINSTEIN

    (following text from ADVOCATE)

    The fearless contributions of one tough “mother.

    Back in 1984, when the mere mention of aids induced panic, Poltergeistactress Zelda Rubinstein did something truly brave by lending her face to one of the first state-funded safe-sex campaigns directed at gay men.

    Posters depicting Rubinstein as a caring mom urging her “sons” to play safe were plastered all over Los Angeles’s buses and buildings before going national and then international-they were spotted on phone booths as far away as Madrid.

    “I paid a very big price careerwise,” Rubinstein says of the attention, which predated Elizabeth Taylor’s and Madonna’s AIDS involvement by at least a year.

    A quarter century after their debut, Rubinstein’s posters have found a second life — no séances required. Physician Irene Adams, an AIDS specialist in Brazil, is bringing Mother’s lessons to her nation as part of a new youth outreach initiative.

    The 76-year-old Rubinstein is ready to help once again: “I would do a fund-raiser for this cause anywhere in the world.

    (Rubinstein passed in 2010)

    Very cool, and cute!

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