And worth repeating:
Children and Families
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It’s the Ideology, Stupid
Two orthodoxies embraced by the LGBTQ+ progressive left:
Intersectionality:
“Gender-affirming” care:
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Coming to Terms with Reality
Worth repeating: The religious right wanted to “pray away the gay.” Now, the progressive left wants to “trans away the gay,” and gay man and lesbians who defend gender nonconforming gay kids from the new medical-conversion therapy are labeled “transphobes” and “TERFS”—or worse.
It is so weird to write online that I don’t think gender-nonconforming kids, who will likely grow up to be gay, should have their natural development compromised by experimental drugs, only to be called a Nazi.
— Ben Appel (@benappel) September 9, 2023
Added:
Very true: “‘Trans conversion therapy’ … is essentially an endorsement of gay conversion therapy.”
The discourse around “conversion therapy” is mired in confusion, and it is largely the government’s fault.
— Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) September 20, 2023
“Gay conversion therapy” is the attempt to change an individual’s sexual orientation, often by coercive or abusive means.
“Trans conversion therapy” is a phrase used to…
No, you definitely will, once your donors realize that many of these kids are gay, and most are troubled teens who need proper mental health support.
— Leor Sapir (@LeorSapir) September 29, 2023
The real question is what accountability will look like for you. https://t.co/91Px0tZWDQ
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Transing Kids Is Big Business
Sadly, much of this involves attempts to “trans away the gay” among gender-nonconforming kids. Tragic.
And worth repeating:
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) August 24, 2023
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Bad Strategy
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More on Gay Kids and Medical Transition
Coming to America as well?
Under the new rules, parents who refuse to use the alternative pronouns for their children or refuse to pay for their transitioning could be criminally prosecuted. https://t.co/Zgw1rK7DoV
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 9, 2023
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Defending Gay Kids
More gays and lesbians are catching on:
The New Neo writes: “The message is of body integrity, goodness, and wholeness, about which today’s children probably need a ton of reassurance. Unfortunately, they’re not watching Mr. Rogers anymore.”
Sage advice from James Kirchick:
And Deroy Murdock says “It’s Time For A Big, Fat Gay Divorce From The Alphabet People”:
GLAAD is endangering gay kids:
Censorship is alive and well, @glaad trying to censor opposing opinions about a subject MANY transsexuals disagree with. Medical transition of minors. Censorship usually means you do not have the facts to back up your claims so you try to silence your opposition. Remember @glaad… pic.twitter.com/6VwFSFIvCp
— Buck Angel® Transsexual (@BuckAngel) June 28, 2023
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LGB Rights vs. Gender Identity Activism
And worth repeating:
And then there’s this:
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The Blowback to TQ+ Extremism Undermines Gay Rights and Accpeptance
Gallup: The share of Americans who say that same-sex relations are morally acceptable has fallen during the past year from 71% to 61%. Even among Democrats the falloff was 6 percentage points, from 85% to 79%.
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Where Things Stand
Continuing on from prior posts about the new anti-LGBTQ+ backlash and how trans-extremism, especially when directed at encouraging gender-nonconforming minors to transition, is undermining the hard-fought gains that gays and lesbians have made: