Re: The Hate Directed at the LGBTQ+
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:40 pm
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Oh yeah, Trumpism is on the way out. Sure it is.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:40 pm hmmm...https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/us/misso ... index.html
Going to be a few openings in the educational profession in Ole Mizz.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:40 pm hmmm...https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/us/misso ... index.html
Yeah, pretty idiotic decision across the board. Instead of letting the doctors, patient and parents decide, now the government gets to decide. This will cause close to 100x more pain than it prevents.
I need some help with this. The NHS in Britain is making this decision. Is this Britain's publicly funded health care service? Who makes decisions for the NHS? Health experts and politicians or just one or the other?NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:39 pmYeah, pretty idiotic decision across the board. Instead of letting the doctors, patient and parents decide, now the government gets to decide. This will cause close to 100x more pain than it prevents.
Britain's made a lot of stupid decisions the past 8 years, so this isn't surprising.
It wasn't divisive until recently and only due to politics. Puberty blockers have been around for decades and are also used in instances unrelated to trans kids. And less than 100 kids in the entire UK are on puberty blockers, so this isn't some huge cost drain on the NHS.ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:42 amI need some help with this. The NHS in Britain is making this decision. Is this Britain's publicly funded health care service? Who makes decisions for the NHS? Health experts and politicians or just one or the other?NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:39 pmYeah, pretty idiotic decision across the board. Instead of letting the doctors, patient and parents decide, now the government gets to decide. This will cause close to 100x more pain than it prevents.
Britain's made a lot of stupid decisions the past 8 years, so this isn't surprising.
So, taxes were funding this health care for children that one side calls "life-saving" and the other side calls "experimental"? And now taxes won't fund this divisive health care for children. In private practices this is still allowed?
Thanks!NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:04 amIt wasn't divisive until recently and only due to politics. Puberty blockers have been around for decades and are also used in instances unrelated to trans kids. And less than 100 kids in the entire UK are on puberty blockers, so this isn't some huge cost drain on the NHS.ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:42 amI need some help with this. The NHS in Britain is making this decision. Is this Britain's publicly funded health care service? Who makes decisions for the NHS? Health experts and politicians or just one or the other?NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:39 pmYeah, pretty idiotic decision across the board. Instead of letting the doctors, patient and parents decide, now the government gets to decide. This will cause close to 100x more pain than it prevents.
Britain's made a lot of stupid decisions the past 8 years, so this isn't surprising.
So, taxes were funding this health care for children that one side calls "life-saving" and the other side calls "experimental"? And now taxes won't fund this divisive health care for children. In private practices this is still allowed?
From my understanding this would only affect NHS clinics for trans kids. Puberty blockers will still be available in some private clinics and for some research trials. Although there are bills going through parliament to ban these as well. Of course private clinis are gonna cost extra $$ on top of what people are paying in taxes.
I don't know the inner workings of the NHS, but from a quick search it looks similar to private health insurance decisions here. Generally a mix of bean counters, admins/marketing/politicians and doctors deciding what treatments you can get with your premiums (taxes in the NHS).
However, this decision seem to be more political in nature. The NHS’s proposed new treatment guidelines were altered after they were reviewed earlier this year by a Conservative government wary of medical interventions for transgender adolescents, Reuters found.
Death panels?NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:04 amIt wasn't divisive until recently and only due to politics. Puberty blockers have been around for decades and are also used in instances unrelated to trans kids. And less than 100 kids in the entire UK are on puberty blockers, so this isn't some huge cost drain on the NHS.ohmilax34 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:42 amI need some help with this. The NHS in Britain is making this decision. Is this Britain's publicly funded health care service? Who makes decisions for the NHS? Health experts and politicians or just one or the other?NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:39 pmYeah, pretty idiotic decision across the board. Instead of letting the doctors, patient and parents decide, now the government gets to decide. This will cause close to 100x more pain than it prevents.
Britain's made a lot of stupid decisions the past 8 years, so this isn't surprising.
So, taxes were funding this health care for children that one side calls "life-saving" and the other side calls "experimental"? And now taxes won't fund this divisive health care for children. In private practices this is still allowed?
From my understanding this would only affect NHS clinics for trans kids. Puberty blockers will still be available in some private clinics and for some research trials. Although there are bills going through parliament to ban these as well. Of course private clinis are gonna cost extra $$ on top of what people are paying in taxes.
I don't know the inner workings of the NHS, but from a quick search it looks similar to private health insurance decisions here. Generally a mix of bean counters, admins/marketing/politicians and doctors deciding what treatments you can get with your premiums (taxes in the NHS).
However, this decision seem to be more political in nature. The NHS’s proposed new treatment guidelines were altered after they were reviewed earlier this year by a Conservative government wary of medical interventions for transgender adolescents, Reuters found.
The death panels are inside the insurance companies‽
Where did Nex get the prozac, that Nex used to kill themselves?Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:26 am The hate directed at the LGBTQ+? How about enabling it? Real life consequences:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/educatio ... incidents/
"School hate crimes targeting LGBTQ+ people have sharply risen in recent years, climbing fastest in states that have passed laws restricting LGBTQ student rights and education, a Washington Post analysis of FBI data finds.
In states with restrictive laws, the number of hate crimes on K-12 campuses has more than quadrupled since the onset of a divisive culture war that has often centered on the rights of LGBTQ+ youth. Calling Bruce Jenner, Bruce Jenner, IS a hate crime
At the same time, calls to LGBTQ+ youth crisis hotlines have exploded, with some advocates drawing a connection between the spike in bullying and hate crimes, and the political climate. speaking of Kaitlin Jenner, we find it "odd" that more over 40 year olds are coming "out"
LGBTQ+ students have long dealt with bullying and harassment at school, but some students are feeling particularly vulnerable due to the wave of legislation. They are also on edge following the death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died after a fight in their Oklahoma public school bathroom. Washingballs Post is a joke. This is a factual LIE.
That’s the case for Carden, a transgender 17-year-old. He argues that politicians’ anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has shaped the views of adults in the conservative Virginia county where he lives.
“Kids parrot these ideas in their head, it’s like, ‘Oh, my parents think …,’” said Carden, whose parents asked that his last name be withheld for fear of further bullying. “Then it translates to being mean to other people their age.” hmmm, interesting. Kid's "parrot ideas". Ya don't say
Twice this fall, a group of freshmen boys at Carden’s school harassed him for his gender identity — once calling him “queer” in a nasty tone, he said. The second time, after telling him a Pride flag he had tucked into his backpack was “pitiful,” one of the boys suggested Carden should “just go die already.”
Since his election in 2021, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has encouraged schools to require that students use facilities matching their biological sex and has signed a law requiring schools to alert parents of “sexually explicit” lessons, alarming LGBTQ+ advocacy groups who predicted it would be used to limit education on sexual orientation and gender identity. Other GOP governors have advanced similar policies through executive action and legislation.
The Post analysis found that the number of anti-LGBTQ+ school hate crimes serious enough to be reported to local police more than doubled nationwide between 2015-2019 and 2021-2022. The rise is steeper in the 28 states that have passed laws curbing the rights of transgender students at school and restricting how teachers can talk about issues of gender and sexuality.
In more-liberal states that have not enacted restrictive school LGBTQ+ laws, The Post found that the rise in FBI hate crimes was lower — though the absolute number of crimes was higher. Analysts said that may be because people in those states are more likely to report incidents.
Advocacy groups have also seen a rising number of young people in distress.
Calls have spiked to the Trevor Project, which provides support to LGBTQ+ youth aimed at suicide prevention and crisis intervention. In the fiscal year ending in July 2022, the group fielded about 230,000 crisis contacts, including phone calls, texts and online chats. The following year, it was more than 500,000.
Similarly, the Rainbow Youth Project, a nonprofit that offers crisis response and counseling to at-risk LGBTQ+ youth, saw calls to its hotline rise from an average of about 1,000 per month in 2022 to just over 1,400 per month last year. The top reason cited by callers in 2023 was anti-LGBTQ+ “political rhetoric,” such as debate over laws and policies limiting rights at school.
Young people will say, “`My government hates me,’ ‘My school hates me,’ `They don’t want me to exist,'” said Lance Preston, the group’s founder and executive director. “That ... is absolutely unacceptable. That is shocking.”
In the weeks after Nex’s death, ( SUICIDE ) the Rainbow Youth Project saw a crush of calls from Oklahoma, rising from 321 in January to nearly 1,100 in February, though the surge may have been driven at least in part by news coverage of the group’s work.
Nex, who used they/them pronouns, died on Feb. 8, a day after a confrontation in the bathroom of their school in a Tulsa suburb. School officials sent the students home, but Nex’s grandmother took Nex to the hospital later that day and called police.
In a statement to an officer, Nex and their grandmother said three girls had been bullying Nex and a friend because of how they dress. In the bathroom that day, these girls were making comments Nex found offensive, and Nex poured water on them. Then “all three of them came at me,” Nex said. A fight ensued.
Nex was discharged from the hospital but rushed back the next day, when they died. A final autopsy report has not been released, and police are still investigating. But the case has drawn national attention as LGBTQ+ advocates argue that Nex was bullied and that their death is a hate crime related to their gender identity. The Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education this month opened an investigation into the school’s actions.
Since 2020, Oklahoma has adopted several laws restricting transgender rights. The state prohibits students from using bathrooms that do not align with the sex assigned at their birth and bars minors from receiving transition-related care. The legislature is considering additional measures this year, including a ban on changing one’s gender on birth certificates and requiring that schools teach that “a person’s sex is an immutable biological trait” that cannot be changed.
Many of these bills have been championed by the state’s schools superintendent, Ryan Walters, who said in an interview that Nex’s death was a heartbreaking tragedy, but that those who are connecting it to bullying or gender identity are pushing a “left-wing agenda” and “politicizing the death of a student.”
Va. killed bills aimed at trans youths. Here’s where the debate moves next.
Walters said he will continue to push for legislation to counter what he called “radical gender theory,” which he defines as the notion that one’s gender can differ from biological sex.
“There’s two genders. That’s the way God created us,” Walters said. Some young people are confused, he said, but, “your job as an adult is to help kids, not lie to them.”
He added that he opposes bullying but wholly rejects the idea that the political environment is encouraging it.
“Because you share a belief or an opinion does not mean it’s connected to violence,” he said.
Hate crimes on the rise
The insurance companies ARE the death panels.NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:34 pmThe death panels are inside the insurance companies‽
I said the very same thing a few months ago…..it could have been about trans athletes possibly…NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:53 pm I find it funny that the only time I hear about her is on here. What are you all searching for?
Tried, in vain, to explain that's how media feeds work....that if you click on "water is wet" stories onlline, you'll start seeing nonstop "water is wet" stories in your feed.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:30 amI said the very same thing a few months ago…..it could have been about trans athletes possibly…NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:53 pm I find it funny that the only time I hear about her is on here. What are you all searching for?