ANALYSIS – To be more precise, is being gay, transgender or gender fluid, or anything but your biological sex and its associated sexual orientation, socially contagious among our youth?
Increasingly, the answer seems to be yes.
And censorship of any critical or questioning views are big parts of the reason it's spreading like wildfire.
Currently, the LGBT Pride movement has made being LGBT, especially T for transgender, a growing social contagion. It is pushed by academics, teachers, school officials, counselors, and doctors.
It's also being pushed by big corporations such as Target and Budweiser (or it was). It is also pushed by one entire political party. (RELATED: Supreme Court Discrimination Ruling Undermines Corporate Wokeness)
And if you voice any doubts or concerns or ask any questions, you are quickly silenced by your peers, publishers, and social media companies.
No wonder the percentage of students identifying as other sexual orientations within the LGBTQ+ community has increased by almost 800%.
A recent survey found that the percentage of students identifying as ‘not straight' at Brown University has increased by a staggering 232% since the fall of 2010 when 86% of students identified as straight.
That is more than five times the national rate for adults.
A 2022 Gallup poll found that 7% of all adults identified as LGBTQ+, double the number from 2012, but also showed that the rate jumps to 20% for those between the ages of 18 and 25.
As part of that 7% number, 58% of those identifying as LGBTQ+ call themselves bisexual, which provides a lot more flexibility than either saying you are gay or trans.
But the self-described LGBT rates have exploded along with the Pride movement in recent years.
According to Fox News, studies show that the rate of LGBTQ+ identification increases by generation, with the Silent Generation at 1.7%, Baby Boomers at 2.7%, Generation X at 3.3%, millennials at 11.2%, and Generation Z at a whopping 19.7%.
This also means coming out as ‘trans' or ‘gender fluid' is now becoming a fad among some American youth, especially girls and teenagers. Tragically following this fad can have life-altering consequences. (RELATED: California Targets Conservatives Who Question Official Narrative)
A recent article in the prestigious academic journal ‘Archives of Sexual Behavior' (retracted in June by the publisher for political reasons) showed that young people who did not demonstrate any signs of gender dysphoria in early youth were suddenly deciding at puberty or early teens that they were actually members of the opposite sex.
This is called rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) in the medical community. And it shows how much the social environment affects young people's decisions.
The co-author, J. Michael Bailey, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University, notes that in left-leaning communities, “multiple girls from the same peer group are announcing they are trans almost simultaneously.”
The reports don't show how many of these poor teenagers go on to perform sex change surgeries and other life altering gender treatments, but it is more than ever.
That is simply bizarre. Unhealthy. And certainly not normal by any scientific standard.
However, notes Bailey, “there have been virtually no scientific data or studies on the subject. In part … because researchers who have touched this topic have been punished for their curiosity.”
This is why censorship goes hand in hand with indoctrination.
As all totalitarian dictators know, if you control the narrative and suppress any opposing views, you can influence and control society very easily.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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