Thread by @UjuAnya

Heterosexual is a sexual orientation. If a child knows a “mommy and daddy,” “husband and wife,” or “boyfriend and girlfriend,” they know something about sexual orientation. The topic of sexual orientation is in your kid’s face everywhere every day, not just when we discuss gays.

When you say sexual orientation is too mature a topic for children, what you really mean is homosexuality. Cuz you talk to kids about heterosexuality from birth. You put “heartbreaker” and “ladies’ man” onesies on baby boys and ask about their “little girlfriend” in preschool.

So don’t say sexual orientation is private or an adult topic. You publicly announce daily you’re in heterosexual relationships with the assumption of your heterosexual orientation saying “my” boyfriend, wife, husband, posting pics, etc. And you do it around children.

The minute we mention any sexual orientation that isn’t the heterosexuality shoved in our faces every day, the talk immediately becomes inappropriate. Or “nobody cares you’re gay!” Well, nobody cares you’re fucking Bob either, Susan, but we still liked his picture on your desk.

So this thread is doing numbers, so let me add some more info. First, what we’re talking about here, how heterosexuality is actively forced down everybody’s throat, including children’s, is called “heteronormativity” or “compulsory heterosexuality.”

https://twitter.com/UjuAnya/status/1292107950069293058

Here’s a video example of how we impose heterosexuality on children in one of countless ways we do things that appear as innocent play or normal activities while teaching very clear and strong messages about the sexual orientation we find acceptable and desirable for them.

https://twitter.com/ujuanya/status/1391759291850317826

And finally, here’s a thread on why you think gays always talk about being gay and “always act so sexual all the time” but somehow you never notice heterosexuals are obsessed with sex, sexuality, and sexual orientation, and never ever shut up or stop telling you they’re straight.

https://twitter.com/ujuanya/status/1393941060217413634