Dear John,
For more than two years, CitizenGO families have signed petitions, made calls, shared campaigns, and demanded clear warnings when children’s programming includes LGBTQ and gender identity themes.
The industry ignored you.
But your pressure was not wasted.
Because of your action this afternoon, CitizenGO was invited to join a strategy call hosted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Administrative State Accountability Project, a conservative policy team working on federal agency accountability.
That means your signatures, calls, and action brought us to the table.
We are closer than ever to a major breakthrough.
The meeting focused on how parents and policy advocates should respond to the FCC’s review of the ratings system families have relied on for decades.
We learned FCC Chairman Brendan Carr confirmed the same concern parents have raised all along: controversial gender identity issues are being included or promoted in children’s programming without disclosure or transparency.
That is exactly what CitizenGO families have been saying.
They are finally listening.
But this is not the time to relax. This is the time to press harder.
As it stands, even shows rated for young children, including G, TV-Y, and TV-Y7 programs, can introduce transgender or gender non-binary themes without giving parents a clear warning.
Urge Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC to require clear LGBTQ and gender identity disclosures in children’s programming.
We demand informed parental choice.
The current ratings system already allows descriptors for sexually suggestive dialogue, fantasy violence, coarse language, bullying, slapstick humor, and flashing lights.
So why are LGBTQ and gender identity themes treated differently?
Parents should not have to preview every cartoon, episode, and streaming series to know what their children are about to watch.
The industry ignored parents. The ratings bodies refused equal transparency. Now the FCC must step in.
Tell Chairman Carr and the FCC: families deserve honest warnings before children press play.
Thanks for standing up,
Anna Derbyshire
P.S. Your signatures helped open this door. They are listening, but we must stay vigilant. Click here sign and share to keep the pressure growing!
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Dear John,
More than two years ago, my young grandson came inside after playing in the yard.
He had been slaying dragons all day, so I pulled up what looked like a harmless toddler show about dragons. He settled in, popsicle in hand, completely enthralled.
Then I realized the main plot involved two fathers raising a little girl.
The title did not warn me. The cover image did not warn me. The rating did not warn me. By the time I understood what was being introduced, he was already watching.
That was the moment I realized the system had failed.
Parents and grandparents should not have to investigate every cartoon frame by frame before a child presses play. The ratings system exists because families need clear information before content enters the living room.
But when it comes to LGBTQ and gender identity themes in children’s programming, the system keeps parents in the dark.
It is time for the FCC Chairman, Brendan Carr, and the Commission to require clear, consistent LGBTQ and gender identity disclosures in children’s programming.
CitizenGO families have asked for a clear LGBTQ and gender identity descriptor for years. We brought petitions, phone calls, letters, and documented concerns to the Classification and Rating Administration and the industry bodies responsible for guiding families.
The industry brushed parents aside.
Instead of fixing the gap, they defended the status quo, claiming the current system keeps parents informed while also “preventing censorship” and “protecting the First Amendment rights and creative freedoms of filmmakers.”
That argument is ludicrous.
A warning label does not censor a filmmaker. It does not rewrite a script, ban a show, punish a studio, or stop adults from watching what they choose.
Ratings already warn parents about violence, sexual content, language, smoking, slapstick humor, and even bullying as related to gender identity. No one claims those labels violate the First Amendment or threaten creative freedom.
So why is an LGBTQ and gender identity warning treated differently?
The industry is not protecting free speech. It is protecting an ideology.
Sign now telling Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC we need LGBTQ and gender identity alerts equal to language warnings.
This concern is no longer private. In a recent Senate hearing, Senator Josh Hawley pressed Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos about the company’s children’s programming, asking, “Why does almost half of your children’s programming feature this highly controversial, highly sexualized material?”
Hawley’s question cut straight to what parents have been saying for years: families do not know what their children will encounter unless they preview everything themselves.
Congress and the FCC have stepped in before to help parents identify and block programming they believe is unsuitable for their children. The V-chip and TV Parental Guidelines exist for that reason.
But the system is failing families today.
A meaningful fix is simple: apply the same clear labels to LGBTQ and gender identity themes that already cover language, sex, and violence. Equal rules. Honest notice. Informed parental choice.
Why should the FCC listen? Because parents have already tried the private route.
We brought over 20,000 signatures, emails, and documented concerns to the industry and the rating bodies, yet they still refused to fix the gap.
That record matters. It shows the system is not merely outdated. It shows the people responsible for guiding families know parents want clarity and still refuse to provide it.
That leaves parents to discover the truth too late.
Parents are asking the FCC to step in and provide informed parental choice.
Add your voice demanding that Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC require LGBTQ and gender identity labels, giving parents notice before children press play.
In solidarity,
Anna Derbyshire
P.S. Parents still receive incomplete warnings while the current system hides one of the categories that families most need to identify. Click here and sign the petition now!
More information:
- Senator Josh Hawley, “Hawley Grills Netflix CEO for Promoting Transgender Ideology, Secures Commitment to Protect American Jobs”
https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-grills-netflix-ceo-for-promoting-transgender-ideology-secures-commitment-to-protect-american-jobs/
The radical globalists and woke elites want to erase our values—but together, we stand strong. CitizenGO is a movement of millions around the world, fighting every day to defend life, family, and freedom against those who seek to undermine them. We are faithful, so we will never quit.
Will you start a monthly donation to sustain CitizenGO's work to protect our rights and freedoms from the radical left?
Yes, I'll chip in $7 a month.
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