Gender, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation
Some of the ways you noticed that homophobia and heterosexism permeate the world of young children including books, movies, toys, stores, culture of early childhood centers, and schools . The materials I viewed for this assignment did not feature gay or lesbian families. Books movies, cartoons, educational programs all featured families that consist of a heterosexual mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles. While some were diverse in race, age, ableism, there were not any lesbian or gay characters depicted. The one book that did have same sex parents was Everywhere Babies , by Susan Myers and Marla Frazee. There are babies of different races, sown with older people, male caregivers, female caregivers, alone and together, babies being cared for by those who love them. It is important that children are able to see their family system represented in the various forms of media they are exposed to. Children enrolled in early education programs are entitled to respect for th...