THE YOUTH IN HOLLYWOOD ARE REVEALING THEIR SEXUALITY
IN A VERY NONCHALANT WAY.
THERE WERE TWO INSTANCES RECENTLY THAT I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT AND JUST DISCUSSED, AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS
IS A GOOD THING OR BAD THING.
DISNEY'S GIRL MEETS WORLD ACTRESS ROWAN BLANCHARD,
WHO WAS JUST FOURTEEN YEARS OLD, CAME OUT AS CLEAR ON
TWITTER ON SATURDAY.
JUST ONE WEEK BEFORE, SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD HUNTER GAMES
ACTRESS AMANDA CAME OUT AS
BISEXUAL ON SNAPCHAT.
I THINK THIS IS OVERALL A GOOD THING,
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WITH
ALTERNATIVE SEXUALITIES, I THINK NOW PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
DISCUSSING THEIR SEXUALITY IN A
PUBLIC FORUM.
AND OVERALL THAT IS A GOOD THING.
ROWAN BLANCHARD RESPONDED TO BISEXUAL RILEYMATTHEWS2K16 ñ
THAT IS HER CHARACTER ON THE SHOW, SO THEY ARE BASICALLY
SAYING THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BISEXUAL CHARACTER.
THERE IT IS, THOSE TWO WORDS RIGHT THERE, BEING QUEER.
THAT IS REPRESENTATION ON OURSELVES.
IT IS SUPER NONCHALANT, IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWEET.
BY THE WAY, PEOPLE WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HER, BUT SOME
PEOPLE WERE UNDERSTANDABLY ASKING WHAT IT MEANT.
IT WAS A TEACHABLE MOMENT WHERE SHE CAN FREELY SAY THAT
BEING QUEER JUST MEANS NOT PUTTING A LABEL ON
SEXUALITY, JUST EXISTING.
THERE WAS FURTHER CLARIFICATION TO SAY THAT SHE IS OPEN TO
MEN, WOMEN, ANYONE THAT SHE IS ATTRACTED TO, PERSONALITY WISE.
SHE BASICALLY SAID I'M NOT PUTTING MYSELF IN A
SEXUALITY BOX FOR THE FUTURE.
IT IS AN ONGOING THING.
PERSONALLY, I LOVE TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE REJECTING TRADITIONAL,
RESTRICTIVE LABELS, AND
EMBRACING THE SEXUALITY SPECTRUM.
I KNOW THAT IS MORE CONFUSING FOR EVERYONE, BUT I THINK
IT IS MORE LIBERATING.
PEOPLE WANT TO ALIGN EVERYONE IN THESE BLACK AND WHITE, VERY NEAT
SEXUAL PARADIGMS THAT WE ARE USED TO, AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS
THAT SEXUALITY IS VERY COMPLEX.
IT IS SO REFRESHING TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG
PEOPLE LIKE RESULT BATTLE PLATFORM, SPEAKING OPENLY
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE QUEER TO THEM.
ULTIMATELY IT MEANS SHE IS NOT HAPPY TO FIND HERSELF.
SHE IS SUCH A SMART, INTERESTING YOUNG WOMAN, AND EVERY STORY
COMES OUT ABOUT HER I REALLY
ENJOYED, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SHE IS PUTTING POSITIVE VIBES OUT
THERE.
THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FANFIC IDENTIFY WITH THAT SEXUALITY,
AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THEMSELVES BECAUSE YOU HAVE
SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY A PUBLIC FIGURE, BUT SOMEONE WHO IS
FEARLESSLY TALKING ABOUT THEIR SEXUALITY IN THIS WAY.
AND ASSOCIATED WITH DISNEY.
DISNEY IS KNOWN FOR BEING REALLY TRADITIONAL IN THEIR
VALUES, SQUEAKY CLEAN, KEEPING THEIR TALENT IN THESE
SQUEAKY CLEAN LITTLE BOXES.
YOU SAW HOW THAT TURNED OUT WITH MILEY CYRUS, YOU TRY TO HOLD
SOMEONE BACK AND YOU GET MILEY CYRUS.
SHE IS A MODERN-DAY CATHOLIC SCHOOLGIRL, IF YOU THINK
ABOUT IT.
YOU GET THIS WONDROUS EXPLOSION OF SEXUALITY THAT
IS MILEY CYRUS.
I THINK NOW THAT THERE ARE THESE WAYS THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE
AND BE OPEN, AND IT IS MORE ACCEPTED, IT IS JUST SO COOL.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING UP WITH SUCH A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE
THEN YOU AND I HAD, AND OF COURSE OUR PARENTS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
WHEN I READ STORIES LIKE THIS, OF COURSE IT MAKES YOU A
FIGHT ON WHEN YOU WERE THE SAME AGE OF THEM.
WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN, HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING
ATTRACTED TO THE OPPOSITE SEX WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED WITH MY
FAMILY.
SUPER CONSERVATIVE, YOU ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT
BOYS UNTIL YOU ARE EIGHTEEN, MAYBE 21.
THE NOTION OF ME GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ANNOUNCING TO THE
WORLD THAT I'M QUEER, WHEN I GREW UP, MY PARENTS HEAD
WOULD EXPLODE.
IF WE WERE TO GO UP NOW, MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE HAD TO
ADAPT TO SOCIETY.
THEY HAVE ADAPTED QUITE A BIT ALREADY.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS.
I THINK IT IS A BYPRODUCT OF NOT JUST THAT SHE IS ON
TELEVISION, SHE IS ON A SHOW ON DISNEY, BUT THERE IS THIS
REALLY RICH, WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OF INTERNET PERSONALITIES.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE MADE THEIR WAY ON YOUTUBE, AND THAT
INCLUDES TYLER OAKLEY, OR HANNAH HEART, AND THEY ARE PUTTING OUT
THESE MESSAGES OF DO YOU, BE WHO YOU ARE.
THERE IS THIS MULTIPLICITY OF SEXUALITY IS TOTALLY ACCEPTED IN
THIS TEEN INTERNET SPACE, AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT
IT HAS TAKEN HOLD WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO AND WATCHING PARTIES INTERNET
STARS, NOT THE TRADITIONAL MEDIA SOURCES.
IT IS PERCOLATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE THAT IS
WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEY INTERACT.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SEE SO MUCH OF THE AMERICAN
SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS CHANGED BECAUSE OF IT.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO MUCH OF IT CHANGE.
YEAH, REPUBLICANS OR ANYONE WHO REFUSE TO SEE THE TIDAL
WAVE COMING, WHICH IS ALREADY HAPPENING, THEY ARE SO OUT
OF TOUCH.
AND I LOVE THAT THEY ARE OUT OF TOUCH, BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTINUE LOSING AS THE COUNTRY PROGRESSES ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES.