Culture & Identity

LGBTQ+, LGBT, or LGB? The Loss of Gay Identity

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Matthew Vines, in a Substack follow-up to his controversial New York Times op-ed arguing against “Queer” as an identity designation, tries to make the case for an “LGBT” identity coalition, without the anti-normative “Q+” that simply seeks to be elevate transgressiveness.
What Vines doesn’t want to grapple with, however, is how transgenderism, or gender-identity ideology, itself undermines the concept of same-sex attraction as well as gay/lesbian and women’s rights.
Encouraging gender-nonconforming children to consider whether they were “born in the wrong body,” as many progressive school districts now do (with or without parental consent) followed by social transitioning that puts proto-gay or just gender-confused kids on the road to medicalization; allowing biological males who identify as female (often with limited or even without various medicalizations) to participate in girls’/women’s sports and have access to female-only spaces; and demanding that sexual attraction be defined by gender identity, not biological sex, are now all fundamental tenets of the “T” advocacy embedded in “LGBT.”
Which is why the growing LGB counter-movement goes its own way, without T and Q+.

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London Jewish Pride

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Incredibly sad — rank anti-Semitism at the London “Pride” parade. Outright Marxism and Jew-hatred now define the woke identitarian left, which dominates LGBTQ+ activism.

Brendan O’Neill writes in The Spectator:

Someone shouting “Fuck you, Jews”. Another telling the Jews they’re baby-killers. A man suggesting the Jews should “go back” to their homeland.
A bloke telling Jews they’re “the most hated people in the world”. Where did this verbal mauling of Jews occur? At a neo-Nazi parade, perhaps? Actually it was at Pride in London.
Yes, the Pride parade on Saturday was scarred by what the Metropolitan Police are calling “anti-Semitic verbal abuse”. The rainbow-coloured shindig that claims to be all about “tolerance” was shockingly intolerant of Jews.
Pride London will show that “love always triumphs over hate”, said London mayor Sadiq Khan. Tell that to the gay Jews who were subjected to gross outbursts of hateful invective.


In response, London Jewish Pride:

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Ship of Fools?

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Maybe they shouldn’t have wanted to spend gay tourist dollars in anti-gay Egypt and Turkey in the first place.













The left seems to be taking two lines of attack: (1) It’s Trump’s fault because he controls the world and is making nice Muslim countries be anti-LGBTQ+, and (2) The ship is full of rich gay Trumpers who deserves whatever they get and serves them right.





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The Shame of ‘Pride’

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Last month’s “Pride” events were increasingly dominated by the ugliest aspects of the LGBTQ+ left, including the world’s most ancient bigotry gussied up in woke language.

Take for instance, the rank anti-Semitism at the London “Pride” parade. Outright Marxism and Jew-hatred now define the identitarian “queer” left, which dominates LGBTQ+ activism.



And in NYC, a similar story:



And, of course, what should be obvious:

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DEI Preferences for LGBTQ+ Contractors Is a Terrible Idea

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DEI, so-called “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies, mandate preferential treatment in hiring and promotions (and other far-flung areas, from college admissions to government contracts) based on identity group membership. DEI preferences are justified as a means to rectify past group-based discrimination, but in effect they operate as a thumb on the scale the overrides individual merit in decision-making.
The height of DEI ideological insanity could be the California Public Utility Commission’s policy of preferencing the awarding of government contracts to LGBTQ-owned businesses.
Again, it’s as if LGBTQ+ activists and their political “allies” are trying to provoke a backlash against the great achievement of the gay rights movement—equal treatment under the law.





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Battle Lines

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Gay community and gay rights activism/politics were once intricately bound together. Now, what passes for gay community and LGBTQ+ activism/politics seem to be worlds apart, although many older gay men still heavily fund LGBTQ+ activist organizations, apparently unaware of the agenda these groups now support, such as transing gender-nonconforming gay and proto-gay kids and putting physically intact males who self-identify as female into girl’s and women’s locker rooms and sports.

From the Down Under, “Battle Lines Drawn as Gay, Trans Camps Square Off.”

But trans vs. gay may be the future generally. Via LGB Alliance Australia:

“Let’s be clear. ‘LGBTQIA+ no longer represents us. It now encompasses institutions that oppose the rights of lesbians, gay man and bisexual people, erasing our language, distorting our reality and mischaracterizing our rights as hate.”





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May the Truth Set Them Free

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A new Finnish report on the aftermath of medical transitioning of minors and young adults is making waves. Here, from Any Ngo:

A new academic study published in Acta Paediatrica followed over 2,000 trans teens and young people who received “gender-affirming” care.
After treatment, mental health problems became more common, not less, and these trans people remained several times more likely to need psychiatric care than their non-trans peers. Psychiatric morbidity surged especially among those who transitioned medically through surgeries and/or cross-sex hormones.
The study’s findings are part of a growing body of research showing no improvements or even worse outcomes for people who transition, contradicting the claims from the ACLU, GLAAD, and leftist trans activists.

Rich Guggenheim points out that:

Finland has some of the best national health records in the world. Every specialist psychiatric visit, diagnosis, medication purchase, and procedure is logged. There is no loss to follow up. Researchers followed these young people for an average of 5.5 years after their first clinic visit (up to 25 years for the earliest cases).

Guggenheim adds:

Major LGBTIQA+ organizations have abandoned their original mission. Groups like GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, and GLSEN once fought for basic rights for gays and lesbians: decriminalization, marriage equality, and protection from discrimination. Today they have shifted almost entirely to pragmatic outreach that targets children and pushes the radical trans queer agenda.


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And what the truth is up against:



And this:



Here’s my latest at Substack: May the Truth About Trans Treatments for Kids Set Them Free:

Call it “medical gender reassignment,” “sex-trait-altering procedures,” or “transgender medical interventions.” Just don’t call it “gender-affirming care.”

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The Ultimate Agenda

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But of course:

University of California, Riverside associate professor Brandon Robinson argued that a sexual identity label like “gay” or “lesbian” “harms trans people” and called for abolishing sexual identities altogether. …
Robinson, who uses they/them pronouns, explained the importance of moving beyond “gender essentialism” from sexual identities, which the professor claims can be built around gender “stereotypes.”
“If being ‘gay’ means being a man attracted to men, it assumes ‘man’ is a stable, inherent category, when history shows the definition of manhood is constantly changing,” Robinson said. “Gender essentialism also harms trans people, who often complicate those binary boundaries.”
Robinson included traditional labels like “gay” or “lesbian” as ones to abolish, wanting readers to question “why we privilege gender and genitals above all other attributes” in our desires.


For those who discount conservative-leaning news sources, here’s the UC Riverside press release.

Similarly:

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