Children’s drawing shows ‘non-binary transformer’

2023-05-16 23:05:00

children’s drawing Transformer: EarthSpark, famous in the United Kingdom, generated controversy on social networks, after the character Nightshade, a robot, identified himself as “non-binary”. “It’s a wonderful experience,” he said, during an episode. The attraction is aimed at children up to 10 years old.

Nightshade advises others to call him by “gender neutral pronouns” which, in “neutral language”, would be equivalent to “elu/delu”. The character Sam apologizes for having treated Nightshade as “he” and starts to address the transformer non-binary the way the robot taught it. Sam herself begins to identify herself by these pronouns. “I know I’m safe when I’m with my friends or other non-binary people,” says Sam, next.

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The episode aired a few months ago. The part where the robot identifies itself as non-binary, however, went viral last week and shocked parents. The design is based on a toy from the company Hasbro, a fever among children.

It is not the first time that a drawing draws attention, due to its content. the animation Ridley Jones — The Keeper of the Museumtransmitted by Netflix, tells the story of a 6-year-old girl who lives with her grandmother in a national museum, where exhibits come to life every night. Ridley, with the help of a magical compass, must ensure everyone’s safety. Among the characters, there is the mummy Ismat, who has homosexual parents, in addition to the buffalo Fred, who calls himself a “non-binary” being.

Fred, on the left, talks with his grandmother, on the right, in a Netflix cartoon | Photo: Playback/Twitter

Read also: “The revolutions of transactivism”, article by Flávio Gordon published in Issue 164 of Revista Oeste