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Originally Posted by Glenn.

Imagine having to ‘try and exist and live their lives’

This is making life harder for them though. I don't like to "play the card" often but it's relevant here - my daughter (early teens) is gay, has gay friends, non-binary friends, etc. The school is very pro-LGBTQ+ and inclusive, hosts clubs, things like that which is all great.

Except here's the uncomfortable truth;

The gay kids don't use the LGBTQ+ clubs any more. Gay male kids have abandonned them entirely, lesbian kids have held out for longer but have given up. Because the clubs have been entirely taken over by, in the words of my daughter and her friends who are gay and have tried going along, "kids who are just looking for attention, changing their name and their pronouns every few days". They make their own groups and hang out elsewhere.

These are the messy kids from her primary school, who (and I'm not without sympathy here) come from very complex home backgrounds and have many complicated things going on. But when they were 7, they were telling people that their dad was secretly a millionare from Australia. When they were 10, they were telling everyone they had cancer. And now they're 13 and Polly is telling everyone she's now a he, and now Paul. Then people get used to them being Paul and are fine with it and the attention dies off - so they become "P", and genderless. And then everyone gets used to "P" and suddenly "P" has something else going on. This isn't one kid, this is a lot of kids... it's kids with issues.

I believe gender dysphoria is real. I believe transexuality is a real thing. I believe it's been hijacked by something completely different and in a panic to ensure we all stay "affirming and inclusive" that's being ignored... to the detriment of other LGBT kids, and ultimately to the detriment of those kids themselves, as their very real issues (that have NOTHING to do with their sexuality or gender identity) are buried and ignored under a torrent of performative nonsense. From teachers. Grown-ass adults. It's a ****ing disgrace.