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“This past week, in an update to its style guide, the Associated Press decided to declare the transgender debate settled, despite a growing body of scientific research showing it really is a mental issue. The AP will now reject such phrases as ‘gender transitioning’ and go with ‘gender conforming.’ So Bruce Jenner was always Caitlyn and he, over time, conformed instead of transitioned.” – Erick Erickson, “A cultural cold war gets warmer” – Real Clear Politics, Oct. 13th, 2017.

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“The issue I have with modern feminist theory is the idea that culture, not biology, plays by far the most important role in shaping behavior. Not only do feminists assail the idea of ‘traditional’ gender roles, they are working towards making it illegal to even notice fundamental biological realities… The theory that gender is completely voluntary and has nothing to do with hormones or body parts is having effects in the real world.” – R. Houck, “Gender bender: Feminist ideology goes off the deep end” – The Occidental Observer, August 30th, 2017.

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“A bill to restrict transgender people’s use of bathrooms in Texas has collapsed after a grand coalition of rights activists and big business united against the controversial legislation… The bill, which would have required transgender people to use bathrooms matching their birth gender, roiled the ruling Republican Party for months in the country’s second most populous state and was seen as reflecting a wider national cultural divide… The bill’s collapse came after the speaker of the house – a moderate Republican who opposed the legislation – failed to allot any time for lawmakers to discuss it.” (Emphasis added -JG) – msn.com, “Transgender ‘bathroom bill’ collapses in Texas” – August 16th, 2017.

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“(Lesbian) Premier Kathleen Wynne and Minister Liz Sandals have promised that the teaching of ‘enthusiastic sexual consent’ will be weaved throughout the sex-ed curriculum, beginning in grade 1… By age 12, students will be given instruction on ‘understanding of your own body, including what gives you pleasure’… In grade 8, the teacher is to help students make a ‘sexual plan for themselves’… The curriculum will teach the disputed theory of ‘gender identity’ as if it were fact… [even though we know that] gender identity theory is not science-based teaching, but rather a dangerous socio-political philosophy that seeks to normalize a mental disorder… The curriculum will also normalize homosexual family structures and homosexual ‘marriage’ in the minds of 8-year-olds, without regard for the religious/moral beliefs of families.” – Liberty Institute of Canada, “The clear and present danger of Ontario’s depraved sex-ed curriculum” – June 6th, 2017.

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“A raucous and aggressive group of gays and lesbians voted at the Pride AGM Tuesday night to capitulate to Black Lives Matter (BLM) Toronto and ban police from marching or participating in future parades… But asked after the vote whether Pride Toronto still welcomes the free police security offered to the yearly parade and other events, board co-chair Alica Hall told me ‘of course’.” – Sue-Ann Levy, “Vote bans cops from taking part in Pride parade” – Toronto Sun, Jan. 17th, 2017.

Chisholm said she was particularly incensed with the Toronto police for recently targeting gay men having sex in Etobicoke’s Marie Curtis park…. She said gay men are ‘families too’ and their use of the public space is as legitimate as anyone else’s.” – Same as above.

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“As a queer person who left the American South four years ago to escape the kind of bigotry that laid the foundation for Trump to ascend to the presidency, I am utterly terrified… I’m terrified for my fellow LGBTQ brothers, sisters and siblings, who now face the prospect of the most anti-LGBTQ platform in the Republican party’s history. What does it mean that conversion therapy is literally a part of the platform? What does it mean that the vehemently anti-queer Mike Pence now holds the vice presidency? Will the Supreme Court overturn marriage equality? What’s going to happen to us?” – James Michael Nicholls, “If You’re A Minority In America, The Terror Of This Moment Is Overwhelming” – Huffington Post, Nov. 9th, 2016.

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