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There is a distinction between teaching tolerance, celebrating diversity, vocal promotion of special interests and recruitment.

• danaris 2mo ago
  "Recruitment"? Do you think that queer people are "recruited"? Do you think that queer people are a "special interest", like corn farmers? No; that type of attitude is just run-of-the-mill queerphobia. Young children need to be taught what gender identities are so that they will know if they are trans/nonbinary, so that they don't have to suffer for years or decades from gender dysphoria. Slightly-older children need to be taught what sexual orientation is (the whole spectrum, including straight, gay, bi, and ace), so that they don't have to fumble their way through it, confused and often abused, and don't end up feeling like they're broken. And intersex children desperately need to be taught about all of this and more, so that they don't have to suffer from all those problems plus not understanding why their body just doesn't fit any of the usual options.
  • zhdz 2mo ago
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  • throwaway89864 1mo ago
    I've personally been "recruited" (groomed) by an older gay person when I was in early twenties. I can completely see having fun or even having a family as either gay, or straight, and I'm very glad that I've not joined gay camp. Yes, there is "shopping" for partners, in both camps, and there is competition, and "recruitment", and attempts to protect the interests to do so, including in kinder. Start them early, you know...