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Originally Posted by Vanilla
This can go off topic to general transgender tolerance discussions but I read on a Facebook forum that people were saying Disney movies should have transgendered themes/characters. Others were arguing kids were to young to be watching such adult themes. The retort was that most transgender children know they are not the right gender by 'grade 5' apparently. Should we be encouraging themes like this in family movies to encourage tolerance in children (to reduce bullying amongst their peers) or is it not age appropriate?
Personally I wouldn't want my children watching movies with these kind of themes, I'd rather retain their innocence and teach them about tolerance myself. If I so happened to have a child that was transgendered I would wait until their older to make sure they know what they really want and make sure they get lots of education about it.
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Eh, there are a lot of factors to the 'awakening' that you're transgendered. I was a very masculine person in high school to cover up what I felt all through my life. I'd never even heard of the word "transgendered" until just more than a year ago. It's not as black and white as "knowing" you're trans*. Gender is a spectrum, and is as fluid as sexuality. If you do so happen to have a transgendered child in the future, go along with their feelings, even if you feel it's just a 'phase'. It's so much easier to go through a life like this with support. How you raise your kids is your business, but I never had support from my parents on this issue so... Yeah.
I don't really know how having a transgendered character in a Disney film steals a child's innocence. I watched Mulan a few times as a child and that never corrupted me.