Days of Lot: Sesame Street celebrates LGBT during Gay Pride Month
In a surprise "Pride Month" move, the iconic children’s show, Sesame Street, announced its support for the LGBT movement.
The show’s official Twitter account displays an image of
Sesame Street’s biggest celebrity character, Elmo, next to his
multi-colored Muppet friends – a clear tribute to the "Gay Pride"
rainbow flag.
In a kind of one-two punch, the combined illustration and
message abandon any notion of childhood innocence while simultaneously
promoting the politicization and sexualization of kids.
Do preschoolers really need to have the words gay,
lesbian and transgender and the types of ‘families’ they might form
injected into their vocabulary and psyches at such a tender age? Do they
also need to take sides in a political war in which they have no chance
of understanding until they are much, much older?
“We
are creating a generation of super-sexualized children,” said Fred
Kaeser, the health director for the New York City Department of
Education in his Psychology Today blog.
“A significant number of children are actually demonstrating sexual
interest and/or sexual behavior at earlier ages than ever before in our
society. Kids are being exposed to sexual matters that were previously
only in the purview of adults and the greater the exposure the greater
the consequences can be.”
As a political matter, Sesame Street is no longer neutral
in the LGBT culture wars. This tweet reveals that Sesame Street is
overtly pro-gay, declaring its solidarity with organizations like the
Human Rights Campaign (HRC). At the same time, the children’s show is
clearly untethering itself from whatever connection it might have
enjoyed with the world of orthodox Christianity.
Sesame Street is part of a larger trend
Sesame Street is not the only child-oriented business to use “Gay Pride” month as a marketing opportunity.
Lego,
Mattel, and Hasbro have begun approaching the creation and marketing of
their toys to appeal to both genders, according to Fortune Magazine.
And likewise the companies have stopped dividing toy space into pink
and blue aisles and ceased using boys or girls categories in reporting
revenues.
The report said industry executives call it a sign of the
times, with millennial parents in particular wanting to avoid having
their children learn “stereotypical” gender behaviors.
As it turns out, Ken was anatomically correct all along
Last week, Mattel unveiled 15 new Ken dolls for the Barbie
and Ken franchise, including several versions of a “Man-Bun Ken” as well
as “Fashionista” Ken.
Sexually ambiguous “Ken” is going against the pop-culture
tide as he moves away from what was formerly his prefered “gender
identity” – a male – to an identity that conforms to his nonexistent
doll genitalia.
Muppets don’t exist from the waist down
It used to be that the Muppets were sexually
non-ideological because, let’s face it, Muppets don’t exist from the
waist down. They were nothing more than child-friendly characters.
But in the current climate where what exists below the
waist is no longer indicative of sexual identity, where sexual identity
can be a figment of one’s imagination having nothing to do with either
nature or natural law, Sesame Street is able to emerge as a natural
promoter for LGBT ideology.
The seven sets of eyes belonging to those cute, cuddly,
vibrant rainbow-colored characters in the Sesame Street tweet weren’t
staring at you; they are looking straight into your children’s and
grandchildren’s eyes.
At the time of this writing, the Sesame Street "Pride" tweet has garnered more than 175,000 retweets and likes.
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