I think HuffPo may have officially hit rock bottom.

Quote: A pair of 2-year-olds — a little boy in a blue cap and matching shorts, a girl beside him in a lace-lined pink frock — toddles by holding hands. She’s cradling a doll under her free arm, and he’s gripping a plastic dump truck in his.

They look like tiny, portly adults. It’s so adorable it hurts.

And some schmo looks up and says sweetly, “Aw, look at her little boyfriend! Isn’t it precious?”

Ye… no.

Precious? Yeah; they’re 2. Everything they do is beautiful to observe. But “boyfriend”? They’re 2. She doesn’t even know he has a ***** yet, let alone what it’s capable of.

And what if, when she finds out, she wants nothing to do with it?

In a world where we’re finally making some progress on understanding non-straight identities as deserving of recognition, respect, and equal rights, forcing heteronormative assumptions on yet another generation is a huge step away from an inclusive and tolerant society. [...]

If we keep talking to that little girl for the next 10 years as if it’s her destiny to fall in love with a man (put a pin in the implied sexism and other layers of bigotry for another conversation), how will she react to herself and others if she finds herself attracted to the girls around her, not the boys? Or to both?

How will she respond when every Sunday at brunch, someone in the family asks, “Do you like any of the boys at school?”

How will she treat herself when she realizes she wants to kiss the girl down the street, not the boy next door?

What kind of relationships and sex will she have if she suspects that she can’t talk to you about them?

Your little girl might grow up and fall in love with a woman.

She might realize she’s more comfortable being a man.

She might want to have several husbands, wives, boyfriends, or girlfriends at once.

She might not ever be interested in sex or romance at all.

She might want to marry a man of a different race.

(Wait, does that last one seem ridiculous to mention? Why aren’t the others equally so?)

You may be OK with whoever she is, but she might not know that.

Not being a bigot is a huge first step, and I thank you for it.

But it’s not enough to quietly believe in equality. We have to actively practice tolerance and become aware of the presumptions we project. We have to let our kids see a world where their identities are all treated as normal and acceptable, regardless of the odds.

It’s easier than you think. You don’t even have to say things that make you feel weird.

I’m not advocating the opposite extreme: treating your kids as if they’re all supposed to be gay. Instead, just use language that speaks to a range of identities.

Instead of asking, “Do you have a boyfriend?” ask, “Are you seeing anyone?”

Instead of treating same-sex activity like it’s rated XXX, include it in your PG-13 talk about the birds and the bees.

Instead of saying he looks handsome even in pink, just say he looks handsome.

And instead of calling that toddler her boyfriend — well, just stop that. They’re 2. She can’t even pronounce all the letters in his gender-neutral name yet.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-sitar...74296.html

Lol.
But Must-read reading for our lefty prog friends. hahha.

Gay toddlers...

We've finally, officially, lost our minds. Jumped the shark. Rock effing bottom. Wow.

More idiocy from the white liberals.

Im glad these sick demented people are starting to show their true colors..

"She might want to have several husbands, wives, boyfriends, or girlfriends at once."

ok so you get that people.... Now saying Marriage is supposed to be between *TWO PEOPLE* regardless of gender is part of the evil hetronomative propaganda that has to be destroyed. When us evil backward conservatives said that the gender wall was a load bearing member of the family structure we were called ignorant.

Now, before every state has yet even approved gay marriage the seeds for polygamy are being sewed.

Thank goodness, this subject has kept me up at night.

Degenerates

My son isn't gay, does that make him a second class citizen?

(06-13-2014 07:27 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  My son isn't gay, does that make him a second class citizen?

He sure can't claim to be a victim. Hell, he's already as good as a racist rapist being a white male.

The author of this drivel and the people that think like 'it' need to be put down.

(06-13-2014 07:27 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  My son isn't gay, does that make him a second class citizen?

Yes! Although, according to JD, there's ZERO chance of that happening.

(06-13-2014 07:32 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 07:27 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  My son isn't gay, does that make him a second class citizen?

He sure can't claim to be a victim. Hell, he's already as good as a racist rapist being a white male.

The author of this drivel and the people that think like 'it' need to be put down.

Meet the sick white liberal author
https://www.facebook.com/danasitar

Have you ever been rendered speechless?

Walking the line on gender-neutral/sexuality-neutral eggshells regarding my own children (have none) is stupid. This is some Portlandia stuff.

I don't think I could treat homosexuality as "normal", only a very small percentage of people live that way.

Parents, correct your children.

Who in heck have we not offended?
Now we are offending two year olds,
by asking them if they have a girlfriend.
How dare we act normal.