In this occasion, I wanna talk about
sexual diversity, which nowadays being a hot news after the case of Why
Puberty? comic. So, what is sexual diversity? Here, I found some definitions
from the websites. First thing first, lemme clarify that sexual diversity come
from two words they are ‘sexual’ and ‘diversity’. Sexual or sexuality is about
sexual feelings (who we are emotionally and sexually attracted to[1].)
It’s clear enough that sexuality is about love and lust. Second, diversity encompasses
acceptance and respect, it means understanding that each individual is unique,
and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions
of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, ages,
physical abilities, religious beliefs, or other ideologies[2].
From both definitions, here I concluded that sexual diversity is about
acceptance and also respect to the differences of sexuality which is do exist
in our life.
Sexual diversity means that everyone
has different understandings about what sexuality means to them. Sexuality can
mean that you are attracted to someone of the opposite gender (straight), the
same gender (gay or lesbian) or both genders (bisexual)—there is no wrong,
right or ‘normal’ sexuality[3].
The term ‘sexual diversity’ includes
diversity of sexual orientation, diversity of sexual identity, and diversity of
sexual behavior[4].
To make clear the terms I mentioned before, here I give explanation of them;
sexual orientation is who a person is sexually attracted to. Sexual identity is
how a person identifies with their sexual orientation. Sexual behavior is how we
express our sexual feelings[5].
Well, in this case I focused on the
sexual diversity which reflected on TV series characters (teenage TV series)
and it will talk about the LGBT characters. I found two TV series that of
course I watched; they are Glee and Hormones the Series. I think it’s fair
enough because talked about the TV
series which came from the western country and eastern country.
In Glee, we can found some LGBT characters
such as Kurt Hummel, Blaine Andersen, Santana Lopez, Brittany S. Pierce, and Rachel
Berry’s gay dads. In Hormones the series we can found LGBT characters they are
Phu and Thee.
In Glee, Kurt and Blaine is a couple
or it also called Klaine to refer their relationship. Kurt is an open gay, he
was bullied at the school because he is gay. But, his friends in glee club give
acceptance and respect to both of them. This couple also has a long last
relationship.
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| Kurt and Blaine |
Santana and Brittany or called Brittana or Santittany for their
relationship. Both are bestfriend and they joined the cheerleader team at the
school. Ok, first when I watched this series I didn’t realize that Santana and Brittany
are lesbians, because both of them have sexual relationship with boys, or maybe
they are bisexual or just still in closet. Their relationship is not last for a
long time, they broke up.
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| Santana and Brittany |
Rachel Berry’s dads, yes Rachel has
two dads and they are gay. They were success in raising up Rachel.
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| Rachel and her dads |
In Hormones the series, Phu is Toei’s
ex, so he was in relationship with a girl.
But, he also has a relationship
with his bestfriend Thee. Phu has a doubt in his sexuality he is not sure if he
is a gay or a straight. Maybe he is bisexual.
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| Phu and Thee |
In conclusion, life is so colorful
and we have to respect the diversity. We also can learn from the TV series, how
we should react to the sexual diversity.
That's such a great review.
BalasHapus