Censorship and LGBTQ+ Family Animation
The FCC has opened comment on revising the American TV ratings system to provide warnings for, well, trans people. Likely the comment period is to justify a pre-determined conclusion after the Trump Administration's prior attempts to shortcut around procedure were rejected in court.
While not an outright ban, the ratings system would likely encourage the soft censorship that currently exists where attempts to produce LGBTQ+ family content meets with corporate interference for the sake of "branding." Nate Stevenson faced multiple conflicts over She-Ra. The last couple of seasons is currently not legally available. Later Nimona lost funding during the Disney-Fox merger before it was picked up by Netflix. Dana Terrance faced multiple problems with The Owl House including broadcast delays and a shortened final season because it didn't match the Disney brand. Star Trek: Prodigy was canceled before season 2 was released, then moved to Netflix.
Most of the trans-inclusive animation currently airing is already rated for adult audiences: Hazbin Hotel, Amazing Digital Circus, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.
While ratings systems are not a hard ban on content, they create a chilling effect across production and distribution systems. This was the case with both the Hayes Code and the Comics Code Authority. Content that included LGBTQ+ themes was forced into secondary distribution channels or wrapped in stereotypes and subtext for plausible deniability. Animators attempting to produce inclusive content for all ages already face production interference, restricted funding, and distribution issues. This would likely get worse under a new ratings system that explicitly targets LGBTQ+ content.