'My Son Is Gay' - Awesome Mom Defends 5-Year Old's Drag Daphne Halloween Costume (The One)

One brave mom caused a huge online controversy earlier this week when she posted a picture of her 5-year-old son dressed as Daphne from "Scooby-Doo" for Halloween, along with a rant defending his costume choice against other parents who bullied her about it at the preschool Halloween party. In the post, titled "My Son Is Gay" (first line: "Or he's not. I don't care. He's my son), she wrote:

If you think that me allowing my son to be a female character for Halloween is somehow going to 'make' him gay then you are an idiot. Firstly, what a ridiculous concept. Secondly, if my son is gay, OK. I will love him no less. Thirdly, I am not worried that your son will grow up to be an actual ninja so back off.

The picture is cool. Her post was controversial, yet no one has addressed the issue of "why didn't he dress as Velma?"

Sox, re your gmail question - can I ask sister G?

hmm, possibly? I'd love the facts *especially due to time distortion and who I'm getting most of my info from* but not the scrutiny just yet... I know G can be sneaky in a good way though. Sure!

yet no one has addressed the issue of "why didn't he dress as Velma?"

That is the elephant in the room.

I love that article.

One of my brothers, when he was about six, wanted to be a princess for Halloween. My mom didn't see a problem with it at all, it's what he wanted to be. He was so happy. I don't remember anyone giving him a hard time about it at all. Turns out, he is gay, but I somehow doubt that his donning of a dress one Halloween as a child turned him that way.

Now I'm sure no one would blink an eye about a girl dressing up as a male character. So is it because:

a.) Woman wear pants all the time, while men only wear skirts if they are called kilts.

b.) Women don't have penises so they aren't that important.

c.) Two women kissing each other is hot, while two men kissing each other is icky.

d.) Volkswagen already sells enough cars, while Subaru and Volvo would benefit from greater market share.

e.) Cross dressing doesn't turn girls gay, hating men turns girls gay. Dressing like a man isn't the same as hating a man.

f.) All of the above.

I do love my liberal bubble sometimes - one of the boys in D's preschool was a fairy princess for Halloween and nobody said a word other than "what a beautiful costume!"

Also, I should not have read the original post because crying at work = NOT COOL. Frelling pregnancy hormones.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before. My sister wanted to be Vanessa Huxtable. Totally uncomfortable.

Those twins are amazing. I'm totes going to share that with my students today. Thanks, tommyrot.

The whole issue of fact-free discourse reminds me of that SNL skit with Chris Farley narrating the history of WWII as recalled by average citizens. Complete with alien space ships, of course.

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I know what you mean, Jessica. My son wore a skirt to preschool several times. As in not a costume, just what he wore that day. No one ever said boo about it.