{"id":583304,"date":"2021-07-05T17:21:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583304"},"modified":"2021-07-05T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:21:12","slug":"new-report-details-activists-working-to-push-lgbtq-agendas-in-childrens-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-details-activists-working-to-push-lgbtq-agendas-in-childrens-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Details Activists Working to Push LGBTQ Agendas in Children\u2019s Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-report-details-activists-working-to-push-lgbtq-agendas-in-childrens-programming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583304&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sb.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new wide-ranging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/queer-women-transgender-nonbinary-kids-animation-cartoons-2021-6\">Entertainment Insider<\/a> report is shedding light on the increase in LGBTQ characters and themes in children\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n<p>As the Daily Wire has reported, there has been an explosion of gay content in entertainment for kids in recent years, including specialty transgender Pride parades and concerts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/childrens-show-blues-clues-features-pride-parade-cartoon-drag-queen-children-explaining-pride-flags\">Nick Jr<\/a>. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-partners-drag-queen-with-kermit-the-frog-to-host-lgbtq-pride-concert\">Disney Jr.<\/a>, as well as an increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/6-kids-shows-that-are-pushing-the-lgbtq-agenda-to-preschoolers\">number<\/a> of LGBTQ characters.<\/p>\n<p>The Insider piece, titled, \u201cAnimation\u2019s queer women, trans, and nonbinary creatives are pushing gender boundaries in kid\u2019s cartoons their counterparts couldn\u2019t \u2014 or wouldn\u2019t dare,\u201d illustrates how these changes aren\u2019t the result of organic story developments. Instead, it highlights how gay activists behind the scenes have been pushing for more LGBTQ messages in children\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rise of gender-diverse representation isn\u2019t a coincidence,\u201d the article notes. \u201cShows created and run by queer women, trans, and nonbinary showrunners are largely responsible for the influx of nonbinary and trans characters in kids\u2019 animation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the executives the story highlights is \u201cDoc McStuffins\u201d creator, Chris Nee, who Insider says is known as the \u201cRyan Murphy of children\u2019s television.\u201d Murphy made his mark on the television landscape introducing explicit gay material to primetime mainstream programming through shows like Fox\u2019s \u201cGlee\u201d and F\/X\u2019s \u201cAmerican Horror Story.\u201d Insider says Nee has done the same with her time at Disney Jr. McStuffins, in particular, broke ground when the show, which is designed for children between the ages of two and five, featured lesbian dolls.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the way the story says activists have accomplished this is by circumventing the usual meritocratic hiring process and looking outside standard entertainment industry circles for new staff. Taneka Stotts, a genderfluid writer on Cartoon Network\u2019s \u201cSteven Universe: Future,\u201d told Insider that to find other genderfluid, nonbinary, and bisexual staff, the series showrunner searched for talent on outlets like Twitter and Tumblr rather than via more traditional headhunting means.<\/p>\n<p>One transgender showrunner who spoke to Insider, \u201cDanger and Egg\u2019s\u201d Shadi Petosky, said activists aren\u2019t simply interested in working in entertainment but routinely fight to make sure pro-LGBTQ content makes it to air. Insider reports of \u201cDanger and Eggs\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p>Where the show was overt \u2014 and ahead many of its animated counterparts \u2014 was in its queer themes and elements of LGBTQ culture like chosen families and Pride, with stories driven by its queer cast and crew. But it didn\u2019t come easy, with Petosky sharing that \u201cthere were little arguments, and battles, and suspensions\u201d throughout the production process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to fight with the help of GLAAD to get the actual word \u2018Pride\u2019 in, instead of it being called \u2018Rainbow Parade\u2019 or something,\u201d Potesky [said].<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, actress Kirstie Alley voiced concern for this type of programming, arguing that it is paving the way pedophilia acceptance in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas watching TV,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kirstie-alley-warns-modern-entertainment-has-u-s-on-road-to-pedophilia-acceptance\">said<\/a> on Friday, \u201cwe\u2019ve gone too far in my opinion. I feel sorry for our children. Their exposure to everything perverse on every kind of screen is mind boggling. And even more tragic, it\u2019s being hyped as \u2018normal.\u2019\u201d She finished, \u201cPeople are becoming so \u2018open minded\u2019 that down the road they will support pedophilia as people \u2018just loving children.\u2019 You think I\u2019m kidding. I\u2019m not. It\u2019s the direction this insanity is headed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Insider story finished with a link to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database\">database<\/a> of 259 LGBTQ characters featured in kids\u2019 programming.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new wide-ranging Entertainment Insider report is shedding light on the increase in LGBTQ characters and themes in children\u2019s programming.As the Daily Wire has reported, there has been an explosion &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314037,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sb.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New Report Details Activists Working to Push LGBTQ Agendas in Children\u2019s Programming","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sb.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New Report Details Activists Working to Push LGBTQ Agendas in Children\u2019s Programming","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}