Well, if you watched the above, its kind of silly, and a little bit adorable/heartwarming at the end. But it does reveal a link here between gender norms and sexuality. A lot of people in the LGBT community experience pressure from their parents to follow the gender norms apparent in society - a source of much of the tension between parents and their LGBT children when they come out. But what does sexuality say of your child? Just because your child identifies with a specific LGBT group does not mean they have to have a certain personality. Like this video kind of jokes about, just because your boy is gay does not mean he cannot be your next major league ball player. In improving society's strict and detrimental gender norms, we should also consider removing the stigmas parents associate with their child's developing sexuality.
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