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A viral cartoon depicting Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as Homobadual lovers have been condemned as "homophobic", with mental health charities warning that he sent a negative message to vulnerable LGBT youth.
]] A viral cartoon portraying Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as homobadual lovers was sentenced as "homophobic", with mental health charities warning that she sent a negative message to vulnerable young LGBT people.
Activists said that satirical animation in the New York Times implied that homobadual relationships were shameful or laughable, echoing homophobic bullies and increasing pressure on young people struggling with their gender or baduality.
The New York Times said that the video, viewed more than 1.3 million times on Twitter, was "not supposed to be homophobic".
However, activists have expressed fears about its impact on bad, gay, bibadual and transgender (LGBT) youth, whose research shows a higher risk of depression and suicide. "There does not seem to be any greater insult than comparing someone to a queer person," said American transgender actor and activist Jeffrey Marsh – who does not identify as a man or a woman – at the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"For a young LGBTQ, it's not a background noise, but when it appears in its stream, it's like a direct personal attack, and having a group as well established as the New York Times attack is horrible. "
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Marsh's comments were echoed by Chief Amit Paley of The LGBT Charity Anti-LGBT Charity The Trevor Project.
"Using badual orientation or gender identity as an insult or joke can send a message to young people that being LGBTQ is inherently negative," Paley said.
"Now more than ever, LGBTQ youth need to see positive and affirmative representations of themselves in the media, an important step to let them know that they are appreciated and never alone. "
A spokesman for the New York Times defended the animation in an email, claiming that the artist Bill Plympton was "known for his irreverent, disturbing and sometimes disturbing cartoons".
Kim Sanders, head of media engagement at the UK charity Stonewall, said that these images "reinforce a dangerous story that being LGBT is inferior or ridiculed."
"Representing public figures like gay or bi to try to make fun of them is a damaging trend that must stop," said Sanders.
"This is not political satire, it's just old-fashioned homophobia."
According to The Trevor Project, bad, gay and bibadual youth are more than four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterobadual peers, while nearly half of transgender people have attempted suicide.
A study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in June, found that one-third of bad, gay, and bibadual youth are bullied at school. .
