The episode of the Secret Lives series, where two characters in the series presented a same -sex couple, aroused hostile reactions to viewers. Seta’s Secretary-General estimates that attitudes towards sexual minorities have become more intense in the 2020s.
Actor Axel Milliam plays Kristian Harju in secret lives. Archive picture. Henri Kärkkäinen
- The Secret Lives episode, where the male characters performed a couple in the descriptions, scandalized some of the viewers.
- The series has had characters in the sexual minority for 25 years.
- Kerttu Tarjamo, Secretary General of Seta, says that the sexual minorities of attitudes towards the 2020s in the 2020s.
Hidden lives The series saw a scene on Monday that sparked sparkling in viewers.
In an uproar Mikko Parika36, character Jiri Viitamäki and Axel Milliam31, Kristian Harju, presented by Jardin’s representative, will have to present the couple without a shirt for the new ad campaign. The end result is a sensual photo that begins to spread among the inhabitants of Pihlajakatu.
In the comment box on Iltalehti’s Facebook publication, some of the comments have been out of the episode.
-Yeah, equality in the ring! For the next episode, women overlapping, when not half of the series audience, girls, otherwise know how they should be!
– Let me be, this filth is shown on television during children’s viewing time.
– It was a truly nasty episode. A real one -age forced supply.
Hateful comments are eye -catching because sexual minorities have been featured in the series since its early stages.
In 2000, 25 years ago, one of the main characters in the series, Kalle Laitela, told his father Ismo Laitela for his homosexuality. At that time, the homosexuality of Kalle Laitela also caused an uproar.
Hidden lives Later seasons have also had characters in sexual minorities and same -sex couples.
– It, of course, tells how deep prejudices, even for same -sex couples or gays, are in society, Seta Secretary -General Kerttu Tarjamo Comment on the comments received by the episode.
The story goes on after the pictures.
In the episode, the sensual image of Jirin (left) and Kristian (right) begins to spread on Pihlajakatu. Mtv
Mikko Parikka performs Jiri Viitamäki in the series. Archive picture. Inka Soveri
According to Tarjamo, it is noteworthy that even in the light of research information, attitudes towards sexual minorities have become more intense in Finland and worldwide in the 2020s.
– There has clearly been a hardening of the atmosphere in Finland. For example, the experience of harassment of rainbow people has increased compared to the earlier in the 2020s, Tarjamo says.
According to Tarjamo, commenting on the episode also indicates that more space is currently being given more space for sexual minorities.
– Perhaps we had a moment of time when a similar comment was considered more unauthorized and prevailed to a more looking and more appreciative atmosphere. But now it feels like it is more permissible to bring out prejudice and be hostile.
Kalle Laitela, played by Pete Latu, was the first protagonist of the series in the series. Archive picture. Inka Soveri
As a result of becoming more hostile, Tarjamo sees, for example, the fact that politics has emerged in politics that openly oppose the rights of rainbow people. According to Tarjamo, the change is visible worldwide.
– For example, in the US administration, where anger towards trans people has been taken to the highest levels of the administration.
Some of the comments concerns that the episode in the series is not appropriate to watch for children. According to Tarjamo, appealing to children is a normal justification for “their own prejudices”.
– It is children who have the right to be informed about the rainbow themes and the diversity of sexual orientation. And the efforts to deny them are discriminatory because it promotes and maintains prejudice.
Although Tarjamo says that in Finland, legislation protects sexual minorities better than many other countries, intensification of attitudes is worrying. According to Tarjamo, the proliferation of hate speech and its justification can lead to more dangerous consequences.
-Of course, we see from countries where such hate speech is becoming more common and confirmed that they have actually repealed laws that protect the rights of rainbow people.
– It is a trend that needs to be worried, Tarjamo says.