Controversy Brewing Over Pregnant Boy Ads - 1126 - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News - Windy City Times
Quijada’s organization turned the CDPH image on its head, releasing a play on that campaign that reads, “Trans men have babies too. All families, whether born of chosen, thrive on love, not shame.”
Transgender men are able to give birth, a fact well-publicized in the U.S. by the 2007 pregnancy of Thomas Beatie, a transgender man.
Elizabeth Schroeder, executive director of Answer, a national organization that pushes for comprehensive sex education for youth, also has concerns about the CDPH ads. She laid out her thoughts in a post on RH Reality Check, a website with information and news on sexual and reproductive health issues.
But Schroeder also points out that there are redeeming factors in the campaign, most notably that it puts young men at the center of the discussion, something rarely done when it comes to sexual health and young people.
“How often do we hear boys and men mentioned, let alone visually represented, in materials relating to sexual and reproductive health?” Schroeder writes. “It has been great to see an increase in so-called male involvement programs and organizations working with boys and young men, so we are certainly making some progress here. But the vast majority of sexuality education curricula available to the general public, media stories about sexuality, and other interventions continue to focus first and foremost on girls and women.”
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I like these ads, for the record. Young men need to see it’s their issue as well. Any media campaign with the color pink in it isn’t going to get their attention.