The year is 2020
The BBC has been flooded with more than ‘100 complaints’ after CBBC airedThousands of children tuned into CBBC last month to catch two teenage girls in love share their first kiss in Canadian drama The Next Step.
And while many viewers praised CBBC for airing the same-sex kiss, other viewers were not happy about it.Taking to its website, the BBC stated: ‘We have received complaints about a storyline involving a same-sex kiss.’ ‘This is an important part of our mission to make sure that every child feels like they belong, that they are safe, and that they can be who they want to be.’
‘CBBC regularly portrays heterosexual young people dating, falling in love, and kissing, and it is an important way of showing children what respectful, kind and loving relationships look like.’
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