Maisie
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kenny|1338748250|3208402 said:Good.
Gays exist! Get over it! (Not directed at you Maisie. )
Every step counts.
When I was a kid in the 50s and 60s there seemed to be NO place for me in the world.
I was made to feel sick, dirty, sinful, and evil, and if I knew what was good for me I'd grow up to be as invisible as possible.
This is not healthy.
It is normal for a gay kid to be gay.
Perhaps increasing visibility of gays in media that some children see will result in less bullying and suicides by gay teens.
I worry about the parents or those "community leaders" thinking this will "make" kids gay.
Not so.
They are already gay and can grow up to have miserable lives of low self-esteem, or grow up to be as happy and healthy as possible.
Don't forget, straight parents give birth to gay babies.
Please love and accept your kids.
Dreamer_D|1338757071|3208480 said:If one of my sons is gay, I will not care if his genes caused it or he independently chose to live a life loving men. Either way, I will love and support him.
ForteKitty|1338757972|3208487 said:Dreamer_D|1338757071|3208480 said:If one of my sons is gay, I will not care if his genes caused it or he independently chose to live a life loving men. Either way, I will love and support him.
p.s. I think Thor should be Green Lantern's love interest.
justginger|1338789258|3208714 said:I love the idea of a superhero being gay, but I'm not sure this was the right way to do it. It erases 70 years of history of this character, having been married to women and having a child. That child now...doesn't exist? Or are they going to write a storyline that explains how he was adopted or born from a surrogate? I don't know, it makes the story line very messy and strange. I would have much preferred they choose either a character with less history of being straight, or created a whole new superhero. I think this looks like nothing other than a publicity stunt, which is a shame. Having positive gay role models for young children is very important, but not when done in a manner that doesn't 'make sense' and is thus completely unbelievable.
justginger|1338789258|3208714 said:I love the idea of a superhero being gay, but I'm not sure this was the right way to do it. It erases 70 years of history of this character, having been married to women and having a child. That child now...doesn't exist? Or are they going to write a storyline that explains how he was adopted or born from a surrogate? I don't know, it makes the story line very messy and strange. I would have much preferred they choose either a character with less history of being straight, or created a whole new superhero. I think this looks like nothing other than a publicity stunt, which is a shame. Having positive gay role models for young children is very important, but not when done in a manner that doesn't 'make sense' and is thus completely unbelievable.
. . . Instead, he’s a parallel earth Green Lantern. James Robinson, who writes the new series, said Alan Scott is the retooled version of the classic Lantern whose first appearance came in the pages of ‘‘All-American Comics’’ No. 16 in July 1940.
And his being gay is not part of some wider story line meant to be exploited or undone down the road, either.
DC has been a leader in incorporating gay characters into its comics. It had one of the first male gay kisses back in 1988.
‘‘This was my idea,’’ Robinson explained, noting that before DC relaunched all its titles last summer, Alan Scott had a son who was gay.
But given that ‘‘Earth 2’’ features retooled and rebooted characters, Scott is not old enough to have a grown son.
‘‘By making him younger, that son was not going to exist anymore,’’ Robinson said.
‘‘He doesn’t come out. He’s gay when we see him in issue two,’’ which is due out Wednesday. ‘‘He’s fearless and he’s honest to the point where he realized he was gay and he said, ‘I’m gay.’ ’’
davi_el_mejor|1338814365|3208790 said:justginger|1338789258|3208714 said:I love the idea of a superhero being gay, but I'm not sure this was the right way to do it. It erases 70 years of history of this character, having been married to women and having a child. That child now...doesn't exist? Or are they going to write a storyline that explains how he was adopted or born from a surrogate? I don't know, it makes the story line very messy and strange. I would have much preferred they choose either a character with less history of being straight, or created a whole new superhero. I think this looks like nothing other than a publicity stunt, which is a shame. Having positive gay role models for young children is very important, but not when done in a manner that doesn't 'make sense' and is thus completely unbelievable.
. . . Instead, he’s a parallel earth Green Lantern. James Robinson, who writes the new series, said Alan Scott is the retooled version of the classic Lantern whose first appearance came in the pages of ‘‘All-American Comics’’ No. 16 in July 1940.
And his being gay is not part of some wider story line meant to be exploited or undone down the road, either.
DC has been a leader in incorporating gay characters into its comics. It had one of the first male gay kisses back in 1988.
‘‘This was my idea,’’ Robinson explained, noting that before DC relaunched all its titles last summer, Alan Scott had a son who was gay.
But given that ‘‘Earth 2’’ features retooled and rebooted characters, Scott is not old enough to have a grown son.
‘‘By making him younger, that son was not going to exist anymore,’’ Robinson said.
‘‘He doesn’t come out. He’s gay when we see him in issue two,’’ which is due out Wednesday. ‘‘He’s fearless and he’s honest to the point where he realized he was gay and he said, ‘I’m gay.’ ’’
http://bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/06...hty-and-gay/e3LgGOkODgoM1j8kAtGmaM/story.html
justginger|1338789258|3208714 said:I love the idea of a superhero being gay, but I'm not sure this was the right way to do it. It erases 70 years of history of this character, having been married to women and having a child.