Back in the early ’90s, when I was teaching freshman composition at a university, I’d see signs up around campus saying that one in ten people is gay. So, 10 percent? That seemed awfully high, and I believe they got their numbers from a disputed Kinsey study. I thought maybe two percent was more realistic.
A new poll by Gallup says in the U.S., 7.2 percent of adults identify as LGBT. And as we all know, there’s been a surge in children coming out as transgender. Abigail Shrier wrote a book about the spike in teen girls identifying as boys called, “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters” that suggested just that: It was a craze driven by social contagion. Wrongthink like that has journalists who specialize in “right-wing extremism,” like disgraced fact-checker and all-around horrible person Talia Lavin linking her to the mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo.
A closer look at this poll shows that nearly 20 percent of Gen Z identifies as LGBT:
Nearly 20% of Gen Z is LGBT.
That’s ~1 in 5 people pic.twitter.com/6UM2yFrYKM
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) April 25, 2023
Don't worry, it's all biology, not a social contagion of any sort. https://t.co/6H1H244Zmp
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 25, 2023
Elon Musk left a comment that would have gotten him banned from Twitter 1.0:
Over the past few decades, among western elites, LGBT shifted from ostracism (or worse) to being the cool kids club
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2023
Correct. It's also a very "social" contagion. When polled the sexual behavior of kids has not kept up with the sexual identity. It's a bit of a virtue signal. Biology is a hard thing to fight and change. pic.twitter.com/PzrkCQp8q3
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) April 25, 2023
It's definitely the in thing to do, with potentially disastrous consequences
— Brian Peek (@BrianDPeek) April 25, 2023
Everyone wants the feeling of belonging to something.
— Drew (@_Drew_2_U) April 25, 2023
It is the club for everyone who feels out of place.
In my school that was about 50% of kids.
But sanity and parents prevailed. Sadly that was 30 years ago
— Miss Jo (@therealmissjo) April 25, 2023
It's a trend.
— JD Sharp (@imjdsharp) April 25, 2023
It's attention… sometimes for both parent and child.
— Nicole Emery (@Nicoleblkwidow) April 25, 2023
They turned it into a social trend. They use it as a status symbol.
Which leads us to ask do these people actually feel LGBTQ, or are they just doing it to be “cool”?
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) April 25, 2023
It is definitely the latest "thing". Huge bandwagon effect.
— Thomas (@Tom_of_Vaernamo) April 25, 2023
Gen Z grew up with social media algorithms pumping videos and photos onto their screens that make them feel like they aren’t enough, like it’s trendy/unique to be trans or non-binary and it’s empowering to sexualize yourself… This is a socially engineered issue turned contagion.
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) April 25, 2023
LGBTQ…is a cultural contagion. I’ve seen it start from nothing myself when I was young in W. Hollywood and watched its spread amongst fellow high schoolers and young adults. Yes, it becomes the “cool kids’ club” but wrecks cultural stability as corporations codify it.
— Marie Jackson (@MariePatriot) April 25, 2023
Liberal parents are using their kids as the new Louis Vuitton baggage to their friends for social awe and acceptance.
— DumbOlDad (@dumboldad) April 25, 2023
Yep! If you ever walk into a public middle or high school in a large city—you might be shocked by just how much the LGBTQ thing is prompted and celebrated w/ posters and clubs and events. It’s almost like they’re the “special ones” and all the other kids are invisible. Sick!
— Ermias (@ErmiasAlem) April 25, 2023
Your teacher and school counselor will even take you under your wing to help develop this new sexual orientation.
And don’t forget KJP’s reminder that it’s Lesbian Visibility Week!
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