After years of progrs on gay rights, how did the US bee so anti-LGBTQ+? | US news | The Guardian

Contents:

• I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
• CAN PEOPLE STOP BEG GAY?
• SUPREME COURT JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS GAY RIGHTS, NTRACEPTN LGS SHOULD BE RENSIRED AFTER ROE IS OVERTURNED
• DONALD TMP SIGNS BILL REVERSG GAY MARRIAGE, MASTREAM MEDIA COMPLETELY SILENT
• WAS THE REVERSE FLASH GAY?
• AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
• IT’S NOT JT ROE—NSERVATIV ARE LOOKG TO OVERTURN GAY MARRIAGE AND MORE

I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?

I like guys but I don’t want to be gay. How do I stop beg gay?

You don’t need to be certa you are gay before talkg to someone or attendg an LGBTQ+ meetg. I am a gay male.

I have been out nearly 7 years now (age 16, sophomore year of HS).

CAN PEOPLE STOP BEG GAY?

That week I told my iends and fay I was gay. It is very homogeneo/ hetero-normative and beg a tholic stutn is not the easit environment for queer stunts. Relig fundamentalists who believe homosexualy is a matter of choice nsir obv that gay people n reverse their cisns.

The oppose mp argu that gays are "born that way, " and th that sexual reorientatn therapy is effective, as well as cel and the latter perspective hs closer to the mark, the science of sexualy supports a more measured stance.

SUPREME COURT JTICE CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS GAY RIGHTS, NTRACEPTN LGS SHOULD BE RENSIRED AFTER ROE IS OVERTURNED

There are no verified s of formerly gay people pletely riddg themselv of same-sex attractn, but do appear possible for some people who are predisposed to same-sex attractn to expand their sexual repertoire — velop attractns for oppose-sex partners as well, and even opt for the oppose sex exclively.

As Diamond noted January the Archiv of Sexual Behavr, femal' sexual fluidy may emerge om the fdg that, across the board, they are sexually aroed by imag of both men and women (whereas men are typilly aroed only by members of their preferred sex) erotic plasticy may expla why women wh same-sex predisposns report better succs adjtg to heterosexual liftyl than gay men do. "Lastly, gay people aren't really "born that way" the sense of havg same-sex attractns om the moment of birth.

Sexual orientatn cements around puberty, and acrdg to Gelf Rieger, a sexual orientatn rearcher at Cornell Universy, " is que possible that there are several fluenc on formg a homosexual orientatn. [Why Are There Gay Men? But nsirg that very few scientists view homosexualy as a problem needg fixg, will the clil reorientatn therapi ever be veloped?

DONALD TMP SIGNS BILL REVERSG GAY MARRIAGE, MASTREAM MEDIA COMPLETELY SILENT

A majory of Amerins (70%) favor allowg gay and lbian upl to marry legally. The latt natnal poll found a majory of Amerins (70%) favor allowg gay and lbian upl to marry legally, pared to only 28% of Amerins who oppose .

Further, the poll found, 83% of Amerins favor laws that would protect gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people agast discrimatn jobs, public acmodatns and hog, pared to only 16% of Amerins who oppose such laws. 83% of Amerins favor laws that would protect gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people agast discrimatn.

Add to this bate, Pope Francis last week announced he supports legalizg civil unns for gay upl. Supreme Court legaliz gay marriage all 50 stat. Associate Jtice Clarence Thomas pos durg a group photo of the Jtic at the Supreme Court Washgton, April 23, Schaff | Pool | RtersSupreme Court Jtice Clarence Thomas on Friday said landmark high urt lgs that tablished gay rights and ntraceptn rights should be rensired now that the feral right to abortn has been wrote that those lgs "were monstrably erroneo cisns.

WAS THE REVERSE FLASH GAY?

Kennedy, then the center of the High Court, rejected the optns before him, cidg agast sidg wh a same-sex uple who had been nied a ke for their Colorado weddg receptn and agast sidg wh the baker who said his oven was off-lims to gay upl. Jt a few weeks ago, when Transportatn Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the natn’s hight-rankg Senate-nfirmed gay member of the Bin Admistratn, joed TIME’s Washgton Bure for a wi-rangg nversatn, he was blunt: “I mean, Roe fell and that was the law of the land for longer than I’ve been alive.

In an unplanned and quietly announced ssn at the Whe Hoe on Friday, Print Tmp signed a bill reversg the gay marriage laws, and revokg the right for homosexuals to get married.

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

“As a Christian, and as someone who wants Ameri to be great aga – as great as possible – I nnot, good nscience, allow for gays to get married this untry, ” said Print Tmp. The cisn to reverse the law, which of urse was created unr Obama, as no surprise to Tmp supporters, even the gay on. ” Said Marc Cmb, a gay man New York Cy.

Of urse, ic Hartley, the New 52 reboot om 2011ish, was tied to a relatnship wh Capta David Sgh, who is nfirmed Gay, and eventually married to Rob, the seri. “Christians before the 90’s shunned gays e the bible says s wrong to be gay. This day and age Christians accept gays.

Christians before the 90’s shunned gays e the bible says s wrong to be gay. Others are followg Florida’s lead – which passed a bill crics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” – and are eyeg rtrictns on teachg LGBTQ topics schools. When the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage unr the Obergefell v.

IT’S NOT JT ROE—NSERVATIV ARE LOOKG TO OVERTURN GAY MARRIAGE AND MORE

They were stunned at how quickly the culture had shifted support of gay marriage and were left to regroup. “I feel like the whole gay marriage bate was a sham, ” Terry Schillg, print of the right-wg Amerin Prcipl Project, said an terview wh CNN.

“When we were batg gay marriage as a untry, the opponents of gay marriage were sentially sayg this is gog to lead to the sexualizatn of children. “Essentially we went om Obergefell and gay marriage to now sex chang for gay mors, hormone treatments, puberty blockers. ” Siarly, Florida is facg a lawsu over s law – lled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by crics – that rtricts stctn related to certa LGBTQ topics.

Hardg noted that he is a lennial who grew up wh gay iends and attend llege Miami, addg, “It’s not like I’m this narrow-md right-wger. Still, he add: “The gay muny hontly has done a disservice by beg lumped wh this trans and genr movement bee ’s not their fight.