{"id":2751,"date":"2021-09-24T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2021-09-24T17:38:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:38:11","slug":"toddlers-drawing-gay-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/2751\/toddlers-drawing-gay-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddlers drawing gay propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"[aesop_quote  type=&#8221;block&#8221; background=&#8221;#282828&#8243; text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; size=&#8221;1&#8243; quote=&#8221;The effects of the LGBTQI-content ban for children in Hungary&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; direction=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><strong>A box of crayons and an untouched sheet of paper. For the average toddler, who by now can actually hold the crayons themselves, stand on the threshold of tremendous fun. Using every tool in the box they can now create a natural phenomenon: a rainbow. A seemingly harmless drawing that is currently viewed as gay propaganda, and thus prohibited, ever since Hungary passed a new law last June, banning LGBTQI-content for minors. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the start of the new school year, the ban on LGBTQI-content \u2013 which is seen as gay or transgender propaganda \u2013 has come into effect. This means that no form of LGBTQI-content can be shown to minors. According to dr. Pauline Slot, whose research specializes in early children education and care, this is a problematic development for youngsters in Hungary. \u201cGenerally speaking, it\u2019s good for the development of a child to grow up in a diverse society \u2013 and I mean diverse in all ways. Equally important is that diversity is shown in a positive light, and governments do play a key role in this,\u201d says Slot. \u201cBut banning children from drawing rainbows, especially for younger children, will cause more problems than the ban on LGBTQI-content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banning LGBTQI-content from minors doesn\u2019t only stop children from getting acquainted to a diverse society, it actively projects the idea that some people \u2018who are different\u2019 are bad \u2013 which harms the development of young children. \u201cBut actually creating such a stigma around rainbows, that for children is just a happy drawing or picture, can really upset the natural development of toddlers and children in Hungary,\u201d Slot explains. \u201cRainbows, apart from what they represent for the LGBTQI-community, are magic things for children and we see that almost every child goes through a phase of drawing them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nineteen year old Enik\u0151 Budai, first year business student in Budapest and part of the LGBTQI-community, says that there was never much LGBTQI-content in schools to begin with. \u201cIn every possible school subject, there was never any mention of same sex couples or transgender people,\u201d she says, securing her rainbow tote bag on her shoulder. It\u2019s a bag that gets a lot of looks nowadays, though she says nobody has actually commented on it \u2013 yet. \u201cRainbow flags either aren\u2019t allowed to be put up, or they get taken down quite aggressively. This is my private form of rebellion, though technically I can\u2019t use it around children.\u201d<\/p>\n[aesop_image  img=&#8221;https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2021\/09\/IMG_0029-2-scaled.jpg&#8221; panorama=&#8221;off&#8221; imgwidth=&#8221;40%&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; captionsrc=&#8221;custom&#8221; caption=&#8221;Budai walks around with her rainbow tote bag with pride.&#8221; captionposition=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p>This technicality, as Budai puts it, accurately describes the control on the ban. There is no government authority figure patrolling the streets and schools, searching for \u201cgay propaganda\u201d. Luca Dudits, spokesperson of LGBTQI-organisation H\u00e1tt\u00e9r Society, on the ban: \u201cWe\u2019ve heard from a lot of members of our society that especially in the elementary schools and kindergartens principles and parents are following this new ban and are actively trying erase anything that could be viewed as LGBTQI-content \u2013 so educators can\u2019t paint rainbows on their walls or put them on brochures anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That a rainbow is such negative symbol in Hungary, will affect the children, Slot predicts. \u201cIt\u2019s such a normal thing for children to do that we usually don\u2019t even think anything of it. But this stigma on rainbows will, probably, give young children the feeling that they\u2019re doing something wrong, without understanding why.\u201d And that feeling of doing something wrong, can effect children later on in life too. Mainly not understanding why can lead to a lot of uncertainty and self-doubt. \u201cChildren of this age are also learning how to identify danger at the hand of certain symbols or signs. A rainbow, a symbol that usually means something beautiful or fun, now has a negative meaning to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the exact effects aren\u2019t clear yet. \u201cThere hasn\u2019t been a lot of research done about this sort of ban for young children. In my experience, the more you try to forbid something, the more people try to find a way around it.\u201d Slot thinks it unlikely that there will be a generation of conservatives, now still in primary school, but that this ban will lead to more polarisation. \u201cThere will be people who grow up conversative and share those thoughts with others, but there will also be people who will resist this law and they too, will find each other and share their thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[aesop_quote type=&#8221;block&#8221; background=&#8221;#282828&#8243; text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; size=&#8221;1&#8243; quote=&#8221;The effects of the LGBTQI-content ban for children in Hungary&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; direction=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;] A box of crayons and an untouched sheet of paper. 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