I just passed this today and thought “huh, wierdly religious for bad quality graffiti”
Now I know the context.
It’s on a wall where faneromeni school is (where the old mosque is). Not really sure if there’s a kindergarten there though.
Edit: passed by again, and there’s like a tiny kindergarten opposite (like the size of a small shop, maybe 3m frontage)
Will they delete all their socials and throw all their internet devices if they learn learn about shotacon/Lolilcon ?
And we’re asking for opinions about this and not the 15 thousand swastika and hammer&sickle graffitis because…?
Well it’s not necessary to be in front of nursery school tbh.
Don’t you see some idiotical things in America, we should not go in that extreme.
First of all they’re not kissing, they’re hugging each other. Something similar with a boy/girl and no one would have batted an eyelid. They’re just afraid that their kid will ‘turn gay’ by looking at something like this. Completely ridiculous.
Rich coming from essentially the cypriot branch of the NRA.
I’m divided tbh. On the one side I am totally for the acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community in Cyprus but on the other hand children are not the right target for this message imo.
I might regret this but fck it
So fkced up honestly, from both sides,
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2 boys kissing does not mean its sexual
the Byzantium cross is associated with sexuality -.- lets leave it at tht
leave jesus out of it, hes been through enough, these are our issues, not his
If it offends the kindergarten, they could just argue it and remove the graffiti instead of over publicizing it
Yes some street art is amazing and artists are getting paid to it, other grafiti is illegal and people contantly remove them, big whoop, so many grafiti sais Γαμω την μανα σου and everybody turns a blind eye, thats not offensive? You do not get to cherry pick to lecture only shit that fits ur agendas
i just don’t understand why people go straight to seeing two boys kissing, how sick can they be to think that instead of seeing two children hugging in front of like a rainbow.
Why should it be children kissing though?
Remove that shit 💀
The image is not clear, you cant tell if they are kissing or hugging. Kissing crosses every boundary, hugging is cool. Since the msg is not clear i am against it. Good shit removing it. You cant expect people to be “ ah sexualizing kids OR hugging hmmm one of those” and expect them to be whatever its cool. Either way, am with the trend on this one, leave the kids out of it.
Personally, I think some parents might find this inappropriate because of what it seems to portray – sexual orientation of two little kids as opposed to friendship.The rainbow flag in the background makes it easier to assume this. I suppose this might be what the artist was going for? If it was of adults I don’t think there would have been such an issue.
Well, I liked it. When I saw it my first thought was that the children love all the other children( no race, sexuality, religion)except when the parents teach them how to hate them.
I guess it is on each person on how to interpret the specific graffitti.
I asked my 3 year old what she sees in this picture and she told me, 2 kids hugging in frond of a rainbow. I believe, we grownups are overthinking it.
When the time comes, we will discuss how everyone has the right to love and that the rainbow became associated with the LGBTQ community
Don’t get me wrong though, no one has the right to impose their sexual views or agendas on children.
two little boys kissing is unnecessary and gross. If you want to be accepted as gay in cyprus I can get behind that 100%, but such graffiti is degenerate and should be removed. The only thing needed to change is to make them two adult men or women. That’s all. The child angle just perpetuates the stereotype of the child molesting gay.
In my opinion it is very wrong to confuse children with this lgbtq ideologies from the moment children don’t even know how to write their own names.
I think we need to learn to simply not give a shit
It was a cute piece of art that no one would care about if it was a boy and girl or maybe even if it was two boys but no rainbow. There is nothing explicit in the image, someone even said here that their kid sees two hugging children, not even kissing. At this point it feels like the religious people are feeling challenged that younger people are more exposed and choosing different paths outside of the church’s power and so they want to restrict exposure to anything outside the traditional religious norm to ensure their power.
I am begging people here to stop conflating sexual orientation with sexual attraction.
Orientation is about which of the sexes one prefers, which includes romantically & not just sexually. Asexuals have a sexual orientation too, people.
Sexual *attraction* is the one that’s about sexual feelings.
People are here acting like telling a child about sexual orientation is the same as giving a kindergardener sex-ed on the spot. No. It’s a simple “Tiffy there might prefer to be with Alex & not Andrew, and you shouldn’t bother her about it”. et voilà, it is done. You just told a child about sexual orientation. No mention of sex, of fucking, of kissing, or of even hand-holding for the really puritan ones among you.
If jesus really did win the world wouldn’t be in such a shitty state.
Ironic.. I guess whoever sprayed this didnt think about the thousands upon thousands of kids who have been abused by the clergy.
Man fuck them homophobes
Im perfectly happy with the LGBTQ movement in cyprus. Might create a more forward thinking country which would hopefully lead to improvements elsewhere, thst being said, why does it have to depict kids? Id feel uncomfortable with the graffiti regardless of the genders shown.
Once again the Orthodox homophobic trash come to show their colours. Figures.
The parents have the right to decide what is good and what is bad for their children.
This was a direct provocation by a community that is obsessed with children even if it cannot have any of its own, which makes these constant attacks on children even more unacceptable.
And let’s not forget that child molesters are very real, child groomers are very real and I encourage anyone to be familiar with the pedophile world before trying to score points by trying to be ‘open minded’. There is nothing open minded about the exploitation of children by sexual perverts.
My opinion is that if this was a graffiti in any other European country then it wouldn’t be an issue.
I’m not sure why I was surprised by some of the comments here. I shouldn’t be right? Cyprus is still learning and growing and the people in it (hopefully not most) are bringing their thoughts and opinions from how they were raised and what society depicts at the time to be “normal”. But what was learnt and passed down doesn’t mean that it’s gospel. Nor should it be taken as fact.
Has it occurred to anyone that perhaps this image is helping de-stigmatise this group. And perhaps it’s like a beacon for others to know that they aren’t alone in a country that has taken a while to catch up. I don’t know if their purpose and placement in front of a kindergarten was deliberate. Maybe it was. Maybe a kid will see that and start asking questions and maybe those parents that are protesting it don’t want to answer those questions. Or maybe one will see it and feel a bit happier not knowing the reasoning behind it. Or maybe they will take comfort from it. I don’t know. What I do know is this, there needs to be more healthier discussions and awareness, not just about the LGBTQIA+ community, but in general. There is a lot of work to do on many topics in this country.
I think if everyone can come together and learn from each other we might be able to progress. Maybe that’s too naive/optimistic of a view? Probably.
The two kids are from a children’s book in which they are just hugging… no rainbow in the book, but still – it’s only kids hugging. Fearful, uneducated, and with too much time in their hands people will always see an enemy in something
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I just passed this today and thought “huh, wierdly religious for bad quality graffiti”
Now I know the context.
It’s on a wall where faneromeni school is (where the old mosque is). Not really sure if there’s a kindergarten there though.
Edit: passed by again, and there’s like a tiny kindergarten opposite (like the size of a small shop, maybe 3m frontage)
Will they delete all their socials and throw all their internet devices if they learn learn about shotacon/Lolilcon ?
And we’re asking for opinions about this and not the 15 thousand swastika and hammer&sickle graffitis because…?
Well it’s not necessary to be in front of nursery school tbh.
Don’t you see some idiotical things in America, we should not go in that extreme.
First of all they’re not kissing, they’re hugging each other. Something similar with a boy/girl and no one would have batted an eyelid. They’re just afraid that their kid will ‘turn gay’ by looking at something like this. Completely ridiculous.
Rich coming from essentially the cypriot branch of the NRA.
I’m divided tbh. On the one side I am totally for the acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community in Cyprus but on the other hand children are not the right target for this message imo.
I might regret this but fck it
So fkced up honestly, from both sides,
​
2 boys kissing does not mean its sexual
the Byzantium cross is associated with sexuality -.- lets leave it at tht
leave jesus out of it, hes been through enough, these are our issues, not his
If it offends the kindergarten, they could just argue it and remove the graffiti instead of over publicizing it
Yes some street art is amazing and artists are getting paid to it, other grafiti is illegal and people contantly remove them, big whoop, so many grafiti sais Γαμω την μανα σου and everybody turns a blind eye, thats not offensive? You do not get to cherry pick to lecture only shit that fits ur agendas
i just don’t understand why people go straight to seeing two boys kissing, how sick can they be to think that instead of seeing two children hugging in front of like a rainbow.
Why should it be children kissing though?
Remove that shit 💀
The image is not clear, you cant tell if they are kissing or hugging. Kissing crosses every boundary, hugging is cool. Since the msg is not clear i am against it. Good shit removing it. You cant expect people to be “ ah sexualizing kids OR hugging hmmm one of those” and expect them to be whatever its cool. Either way, am with the trend on this one, leave the kids out of it.
Personally, I think some parents might find this inappropriate because of what it seems to portray – sexual orientation of two little kids as opposed to friendship.The rainbow flag in the background makes it easier to assume this. I suppose this might be what the artist was going for? If it was of adults I don’t think there would have been such an issue.
Well, I liked it. When I saw it my first thought was that the children love all the other children( no race, sexuality, religion)except when the parents teach them how to hate them.
I guess it is on each person on how to interpret the specific graffitti.
I asked my 3 year old what she sees in this picture and she told me, 2 kids hugging in frond of a rainbow. I believe, we grownups are overthinking it.
When the time comes, we will discuss how everyone has the right to love and that the rainbow became associated with the LGBTQ community
Don’t get me wrong though, no one has the right to impose their sexual views or agendas on children.
two little boys kissing is unnecessary and gross. If you want to be accepted as gay in cyprus I can get behind that 100%, but such graffiti is degenerate and should be removed. The only thing needed to change is to make them two adult men or women. That’s all. The child angle just perpetuates the stereotype of the child molesting gay.
In my opinion it is very wrong to confuse children with this lgbtq ideologies from the moment children don’t even know how to write their own names.
I think we need to learn to simply not give a shit
It was a cute piece of art that no one would care about if it was a boy and girl or maybe even if it was two boys but no rainbow. There is nothing explicit in the image, someone even said here that their kid sees two hugging children, not even kissing. At this point it feels like the religious people are feeling challenged that younger people are more exposed and choosing different paths outside of the church’s power and so they want to restrict exposure to anything outside the traditional religious norm to ensure their power.
I am begging people here to stop conflating sexual orientation with sexual attraction.
Orientation is about which of the sexes one prefers, which includes romantically & not just sexually. Asexuals have a sexual orientation too, people.
Sexual *attraction* is the one that’s about sexual feelings.
People are here acting like telling a child about sexual orientation is the same as giving a kindergardener sex-ed on the spot. No. It’s a simple “Tiffy there might prefer to be with Alex & not Andrew, and you shouldn’t bother her about it”. et voilà, it is done. You just told a child about sexual orientation. No mention of sex, of fucking, of kissing, or of even hand-holding for the really puritan ones among you.
If jesus really did win the world wouldn’t be in such a shitty state.
Ironic.. I guess whoever sprayed this didnt think about the thousands upon thousands of kids who have been abused by the clergy.
Man fuck them homophobes
Im perfectly happy with the LGBTQ movement in cyprus. Might create a more forward thinking country which would hopefully lead to improvements elsewhere, thst being said, why does it have to depict kids? Id feel uncomfortable with the graffiti regardless of the genders shown.
Once again the Orthodox homophobic trash come to show their colours. Figures.
The parents have the right to decide what is good and what is bad for their children.
This was a direct provocation by a community that is obsessed with children even if it cannot have any of its own, which makes these constant attacks on children even more unacceptable.
And let’s not forget that child molesters are very real, child groomers are very real and I encourage anyone to be familiar with the pedophile world before trying to score points by trying to be ‘open minded’. There is nothing open minded about the exploitation of children by sexual perverts.
My opinion is that if this was a graffiti in any other European country then it wouldn’t be an issue.
I’m not sure why I was surprised by some of the comments here. I shouldn’t be right? Cyprus is still learning and growing and the people in it (hopefully not most) are bringing their thoughts and opinions from how they were raised and what society depicts at the time to be “normal”. But what was learnt and passed down doesn’t mean that it’s gospel. Nor should it be taken as fact.
Has it occurred to anyone that perhaps this image is helping de-stigmatise this group. And perhaps it’s like a beacon for others to know that they aren’t alone in a country that has taken a while to catch up. I don’t know if their purpose and placement in front of a kindergarten was deliberate. Maybe it was. Maybe a kid will see that and start asking questions and maybe those parents that are protesting it don’t want to answer those questions. Or maybe one will see it and feel a bit happier not knowing the reasoning behind it. Or maybe they will take comfort from it. I don’t know. What I do know is this, there needs to be more healthier discussions and awareness, not just about the LGBTQIA+ community, but in general. There is a lot of work to do on many topics in this country.
I think if everyone can come together and learn from each other we might be able to progress. Maybe that’s too naive/optimistic of a view? Probably.
The two kids are from a children’s book in which they are just hugging… no rainbow in the book, but still – it’s only kids hugging. Fearful, uneducated, and with too much time in their hands people will always see an enemy in something