Why is it important to teach LGTBIQ + diversity to children
Educating your children to understand the existence of LGTBIQ + diversity helps fight homophobia and prevents them from feeling rejected in the future.
We live in a world where diversity is finally beginning to be accepted . A world in which the LGTBIQ + collective has less and less problems when it comes to having a normative life, without being attacked for who they are. Although, unfortunately, there are also places where this regulation does not exist, where the LGTBIQ + group still has to suffer great discrimination simply for being who they are.
To prevent this from happening, the most important thing is education . And, above all, the education of children, since they will be the next representatives of our society. Children, in some years, will be the adults who manage our society, and that is why it is necessary to emphasize that they are the ones who value LGTBIQ + diversity as something positive , which is what is important.
Without this education in diversity, it is impossible for the situation to change , and it is impossible for there to really be equality within the LGTBIQ + collective. As much as it is said that sexuality and sexual diversity is not for children, you could not be more wrong; precisely, it is especially important to educate the youngest in diversity, so that they acquire these values from an early age.
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EDUCATION: A BASIC TOOL
Without proper education, children would be totally unable to develop in society. Because education is precisely what makes them transform into people with certain values, which really fit the society that they are trying to achieve.
If what we are looking for is a society where the LGTBIQ + collective is not only accepted , but is also understood as such. Accepting that there are diverse sexual identities, as well as diverse sexual tastes, makes children much freer. Because not only does it imply accepting others openly, but it also implies that they accept themselves. If a child knows that transsexuality is something completely normal, and that it is not something that only happens to him, he will surely be able to talk about it much sooner. You can pass it on to your parents, and they will understand you; In addition, you will not feel rejected by society, which will make you happy with yourself.
Diversity consists of precisely that , in accepting that all people have traits that make them unique. And that these traits are nothing negative, but are all our wealth. The LGTBIQ + collective has been rejected and harassed for a long time solely for being in a certain way; Homosexuality is now accepted somewhat more, but little is still said about bisexuality, transsexuality and intersexuality, among others. To get everything back to normal, the basis is education.
There are those who think ( wrongly ) that through education, children will “become” part of the LGTBIQ + collective, as if this were a way of imposing a sexual identity or something like that. But far from it. Children who are heterosexual will continue to be heterosexual despite the fact that the LGTBIQ + collective gives them awareness talks; The only thing that will change is that they will begin to accept the members of this group with total ease. And in the case of children who are either gay , bisexual or transgender, for example, they will feel much more understood and accepted. They will be happier. They will know that they are not “sick” far from it.
That is why education is important, because it only brings positive things to the little ones . Equality will only be achieved when all members of society understand that diversity is positive, and this can only be learned through education. So do not separate your children from this type of knowledge, because they will live much happier knowing everything!
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.