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Coronavirus closed down colleges – now some LGBTQ students fear an abusive "war zone" at home
CBS "News" ^ | April 16, 2020 | BY LI COHEN

Posted on 04/17/2020 6:03:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Colleges across the US have kicked residential students out of their dorms in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But for 19-year-old John, who is transgender and gay, losing student housing has left him with a difficult choice: Go back into the closet or be forced to live on the streets.

John, who did not want his name used in fear for his safety, said he is now stuck in a rural Kansas town where he continuously gets death threats for his gender and sexual identity. His parents, who he said are aware of the threats, refuse to use the name and pronouns he goes by, and regularly threaten to kick him out if he doesn't hide his gender identity and sexual orientation.

When they suspected him of being transgender a few years prior, he said they forced him to go to church. They do not want his gender identity to be public because it puts their jobs at risk, he said.

John said he was able to come out and find support when he was away at college, but now that he has had to return to his hometown, the only support system he has is friends who are many miles away and a therapist he has to have whispered conversations with.

Hundreds of colleges have switched to remote learning and are limiting people on campus to reduce the spread of coronavirus, which has infected more than 653,800 people in the U.S. But for many of the thousands of LGBTQ college students in the U.S., "home is not a safe place," says Chinyere Ezie, a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.

"With all of the closures that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, you have fewer resources than ever for transgender and LGBT students."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; journalism; perverts; university
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh goodness. Another anecdotal story from fake news media who deplores any anecdotal story about how hydroxychloroquine saved someone’s life.


61 posted on 04/17/2020 6:57:15 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I do not care.


62 posted on 04/17/2020 7:09:44 AM PDT by gogeo (It isnÂ’t just time to open America up again: ItÂ’s time to be America again.)
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To: Old Yeller

“where he continuously gets death threats for his gender and sexual identity. “

BS. The only question is, does CBS know it’s a lie or not.


63 posted on 04/17/2020 7:21:01 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“John, who did not want his name used...”

...is CBS LeftistSpeak for “We’re gonna make chit up and you can’t do a thing about it.”.


64 posted on 04/17/2020 7:22:24 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gee, snowflake if you are living in their home, they are supporting you, feeding you, providing for you, probably covering your basic medical needs, maybe a car etc....

Shut the **** up, suck it up, be grateful for what they are doing for you, put yourself in their shoes....

65 posted on 04/17/2020 7:22:27 AM PDT by Popman
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To: fwdude

What was the plan after college finished coddling them?

It is a cold cruel world out there....especially when you are brainwashed to be a kook.


66 posted on 04/17/2020 7:22:53 AM PDT by cgbg (Pattern recognition is the first sign of intelligence.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"I don't know what unconditional love feels like. I thought that they love me, at least enough to help me through this," John told CBS News. "I didn't think [their] love was conditional, but it is. It's entirely based on whether or not I am who [they] want me to be."

First, unconditional love is a myth.

Second, this young person should consider that their parents are showing love in that they are concerned for his life. The incidence for suicide in post sex change patients is much higher.

Third, sex change operations do not change your sex, they mutilate your body. The hormonal therapy sickens your body

Perhaps your parents are displaying tough love.

67 posted on 04/17/2020 7:39:04 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s kind of neat. Career-driven parents who didn’t have time for their kids now get to see the results of their dollar-chase, up close and personal.


68 posted on 04/17/2020 7:51:16 AM PDT by BobL
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Bad news, a-hole -- life has it's ups and downs.

69 posted on 04/17/2020 7:59:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“I didn’t think [their] love was conditional, but it is.”

Failure of parenting to not communicate clearly.


70 posted on 04/17/2020 8:00:16 AM PDT by BobL
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To: elpadre

A girl by birth who thinks she’s a man but likes men. Wouldn’t it be easier to stick with being a female and date the opposite sex?


71 posted on 04/17/2020 8:02:09 AM PDT by Scarpetta (I)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

transgender and gay - a heterosexual woman who identifies as a man and is attracted to men


72 posted on 04/17/2020 8:04:35 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“He said he has no family he can turn to, and when push comes to shove, he is unsure if his friends will be willing to take him in.”

Says something about him if his ‘friends’ won’t take him in. Probably something CBS isn’t bothering to tell us.


73 posted on 04/17/2020 8:05:14 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Lizavetta

A mentally ill adult college student can choose to stay somewhere else.


74 posted on 04/17/2020 8:05:32 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ummm... exactly what do these permanent victims do after graduation? How are they suddenly safe, with a BA in Theater, after 4 years of Safe Spaces?


75 posted on 04/17/2020 8:06:13 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Liberals have institutional power. You cannot become a social worker, public school teacher or psychologist now unless you agree with social justice. It is built into the ethical code, the disposition training and qualifications for grad school.

This means the kid almost cannot find a psychologist who will do anything OTHER THAN endorse the delusion. And those who disagree will still go along in many states or risk losing their license.

I’m a Pediatrician. How Transgender Ideology Has Infiltrated My Field and Produced Large-Scale Child Abuse.
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/im-pediatrician-how-transgender-ideology-has-infiltrated-my-field-and-produced-large-scale

The big review paper on the lack of political diversity in social psychology
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/09/14/bbs-paper-on-lack-of-political-diversity/

Survey shocker: Liberal profs admit they’d discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/1/liberal-majority-on-campus-yes-were-biased/

One of the Most Liberal Groups in America
College administrators are off the scale in relation to the rest of the nation in terms of their ideological leanings, contends Samuel J. Abrams.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/11/08/college-administrators-are-more-liberal-other-groups-including-faculty-members


76 posted on 04/17/2020 8:09:07 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“John, who did not want his name used in fear for his safety, said he is now stuck in a small, rural Kansas town where he continuously gets death threats for his gender and sexual identity. His parents, who he said are aware of the threats and continuous harassment, refuse to use the name and pronouns he goes by, and regularly threaten to kick him out if he doesn’t hide his gender identity and sexual orientation.”

Interesting - he’s hiding his ‘secret’, yet still getting death threats. Are the threats from his parents, since they’re the only ones in town who know his ‘secret’?


77 posted on 04/17/2020 8:10:02 AM PDT by BobL
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To: clintonh8r

She denies being a she but remains sexually attracted to men.

I’ve observed this with transgender “women”. Three quarters or so of the “transgenders” are men, more than two thirds of whom keep the plumbing. AND most of them identify as lesbians ... because they’re attracted to women.

That’s why lesbian TERFs are so hated by the “transgender” movement. The biggest conflict is biologically intact dudes in dresses identifying as lesbians and bullying the women attracted to women into having sex/accepting/endorsing them.

This is just the opposite case - a woman who identifies as a man who wants to sleep with men.

And then she creates a hateful, stereotype-laden narrative. I’m from the backward small town where they hate me, they’ll lynch me, you have to give me what I want or I’ll literally die!


78 posted on 04/17/2020 8:11:57 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: BobL

She denies being a she but remains sexually attracted to men.

I’ve observed this with transgender “women”. Three quarters or so of the “transgenders” are men, more than two thirds of whom keep the plumbing. AND most of them identify as lesbians ... because they’re attracted to women.

That’s why lesbian TERFs are so hated by the “transgender” movement. The biggest conflict is biologically intact dudes in dresses identifying as lesbians and bullying the women attracted to women into having sex/accepting/endorsing them.

This is just the opposite case - a woman who identifies as a man who wants to sleep with men.

And then she creates a hateful, stereotype-laden narrative. I’m from the backward small town where they hate me, they’ll lynch me, you have to give me what I want or I’ll literally die!


79 posted on 04/17/2020 8:12:17 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Move out then you little bitches!


80 posted on 04/17/2020 8:12:34 AM PDT by Bommer (I am a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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