User blog comment:Don25/LGTB in TD./@comment-25220122-20180111020639

Been a while since I've been here, huh.

Yeah, I just had to jump in on this once I saw this blog.

I agree with this entirely, not just for Total Drama, but for any show/movie/form of media. The fact that being a part of the LGBT Community is considered a "problem" that "the kiddies won't/shouldn't understand" is absolutely ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with being gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, and so on. Love is love, people can lover whoever they want to. It's all apart of this thing called "equality". If for some reason you don't know what this "equality" thing is, it's basically just everyone being treated the same, everyone being treated equally. This is a valuable lesson for both the kiddos and, well, anyone really. If racism and sexism can be taught to the youths, then so can the LGBT community.

It's not just for the kiddos, too. As several people have stated below, there are many, many individuals still in the closet need that representation of them in the media somehow. Other cartoons, movies, and anime have done so (ie Steven Universe, Paranorman, and Mrs. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid) and more are doing so already. Total Drama becoming one of those shows to feature an official LGBT character will be absolutely great. As Gogo said below, "It would also be great for children and teens in the closet to have their own role model and watch them go through their struggles and have accomplishments to show that they're just like everyone else and that they're not alone." I support this.

However, one thing I will say though, it has to be done right for a full effect. Like many others said below, it should be done secondary and not the main focus. It shouldn't be forced down the audience's throats, that'll just come off as obnoxiously preachy and possibly turn the viewer away from the show. For example, make a character "The Jock", but just have them be sexually attracted to their same gender, or another character for the opposite gender or both genders and so on. If it's done this way, the kiddos and everyone else will get it and hopefully will take this lesson to accept those who are LGBT or, heck, even have enough courage to come out themselves if they are indeed a part of the LGBT community.

Of course, there are sadly still those homophobes out there who will shun these people no matter what, whether it be because "boys should not like boys!!!!1" or "girls should not like girls!!!!111" or "The gays will all burn in hell because *insert religious text here* told me so!!!!" The fact that there are people still like this is just sad, it shouldn't be that hard to accept another like that. Hopefully, there will be less and less homophobes out there thanks to these kid-friendly cartoons/movies/anime teaching kids, teens, and so on to either come out or learn to accept those who are like that, it's a very valuable lesson as I stated somewhere above.

So all in all, if you actually chose to read all of that, I agree with this fully, LGBT being represented in Total Drama or any cartoon/movie/anime/form of media is a wonderful idea and I am so happy it's becoming more common as time goes on.