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The Florida bill, if passed, would bar teacher-led discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The restriction is debatable but should be viewed in light of teachers instructing 6 and 7 year olds to reconsider their gender identities if their behavior doesn’t conform to stereotypes for boys and girls. So, is it really a “don’t say gay” bill, as the Human Rights Campaign charges (think fundraising), or a move that will protect lesbian and gay kids from being told they’re in the wrong bodies.

Today’s gender ideology is premised on the widespread assertion of gender identity drawn from gender stereotypes, and is far distant from anything to do with the small number of people who might actually be considered transsexual.

Wright backs up his argument:

Gender activists believe that being a man or a woman requires embracing stereotypes of masculinity or femininity, respectively … A recent New York Times piece refers to “men, women and gender nonconforming people,” as though gender nonconformity were incompatible with being a man or a woman. According to the Genderbread Person, a popular educational tool for teaching young children about gender identity, the properties of “man-ness” and “woman-ness” include certain stereotypical “personality traits, jobs, hobbies, likes, dislikes, roles, [and] expectations.”
The clear message of gender ideology is that, if you’re a female who doesn’t “identify with” the social roles and stereotypes of femininity, then you’re not a woman; if you’re a male who similarly rejects the social roles and stereotypes of masculinity, then you’re not a man.

It’s as if there is no longer a movement for gay and lesbian people. It’s all about critical gender theory and transgenderism, which is often directly at odds with the rights of women and homosexual people, and, especially, gay youth.

A biological male, fully equipped, who enjoys presenting as a woman while pursuing penetrative sex with women, is celebrated for being a lesbian.

This is where we are. The abolition of homosexuality as a core left tenet. https://t.co/UWeKB5T64D

— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) January 24, 2022

A rare bit of sanity on trans issues.

Here’s Corinna Cohn, a biological male who identifies as transsexual, testifying today in SUPPORT of a bill banning biological males from women’s sports. Cohn testifies that “it is unfair to expect girls to cede their hard-won rights.” pic.twitter.com/uOaRIznQHQ

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) January 24, 2022