When the “Won’t You Think About The Children” crowd thinks about the children.
Conservatives thinking about children seems to always lead to abuse of some kind
In high school, I had friends that were beaten by their parents for coming out as gay. It seems like that’s gotten extremely rare in the past decade outside of creepy religious folks - I hope that eventually trans folk can come out as openly trans without facing retribution but we’re just not fucking there yet and it should be an individual’s choice as to when to do it anyways…
So uh, fuck conservatives. I guess that’s the point of my ramble. Fuck Conservatives.
Interestingly enough the highest “conversion” rate I’ve seen among conservatives (i.e. ones that suddenly realize they’re the baddies) is among those that have kids that come out as LGBT.
Conservatives just lack imagination at the end of the day. They think being gay happens to other people. They think being poor happens to other people. They think medical emergencies that bankrupt your family happen to other people. But when LGBTQ issues suddenly emerge in their own household, I find that more than any other issue gets them to reassess.
Make no mistake, many just reject the family member in question. But when they do “convert,” it’s almost always over LGBTQ right suddenly becoming very, very relevant to them.
**this is all anecdotal
IDK why they still haven’t made a LGBTQ+ amendment to the constitution so that attempts like this are shot down immediately.
That would mean staking a firm position, rather than blowing wherever the current wind takes them.
