Curran Strachan
Dear editor:
This is a response to the “Scandalous” letter you published on April 27.
What I find “disheartening” about this letter is that still today in 2016, we have people who still have such narrow minds. It’s unfortunate that it is still frowned upon to dress your male child in pink due to the misconception of a gender stereotype.
To say “to wear pink is something boys would never do. Boys who are going to grow up to be heterosexuals,” is the same as saying “Girls shouldn’t wear blue because they’re not boys.”
Assuming that the colour of your clothing actually meant anything. Because how could someone let their daughter wear blue when it’s a boy colour?
Does this mean these girls won’t be heterosexuals when older? No. They might not be, but that wouldn’t change regardless of if they wore pink all their life.
Also, age has nothing to do with the “Day of Pink.” Education and tolerance does. The “Day of Pink” is to encourage children to treat other people as equals no matter what—a quality that their parents should be teaching them regardless.
I know many children who willingly wore pink this year. Children who wanted to celebrate and spread the word and actions of kindness.
So, Jerome, please keep in mind that it is a new time, a new generation, and an advanced world, and a simple colour shouldn’t (and doesn’t) matter.
Oh, and by the way, I wore plaid, graphic T-shirts, baggy shorts, and played hockey my whole childhood. I’m still gay.
Yours truly,
Curran Strachan
Fort Frances, Ont.
