Posted on 11/09/2024 2:54:51 PM PST by Libloather
A Yale-affiliated psychiatrist encouraged LGBTQ+ people whose family members voted for Donald Trump to cut ties and shun their relatives over the upcoming holidays — as fallout from the election reached hysteria on left-leaning MSNBC.
Yale University child psychiatry fellow Dr. Amanda Calhoun dug into the issue of the post-election crises in the LGBTQ+ community with MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Friday night.
“There is a societal push that, if somebody is your family, they are entitled to your time. And I think the answer is absolutely not,” Calhoun said in a clip shared online.
“So, if you are going through a situation where you have family members or you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you, that are against your livelihood, then it’s completely fine to not be around those people, and to tell them why,” she continued.
“To say, ‘I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood, and I’m not going to be around you this holiday, I need to take some space for me.’”
Calhoun appeared on liberal network’s “The ReidOut” in response to reports of a massive increase in crisis calls from LGBTQ+ youth in the wake of Trump’s staggering win this week.
Under Trump’s presidency, many rights and protections for trans people and other members of the LGBTQ+ community are likely to be under serious threat, advocates say.
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“Open-minded, tolerant and diverse.”
Wow, if this happens it really will put thanks in Thanksgiving.
These fools are dangerous; telling vulnerable young people to shun their families is just unconscionable, should have her professional license revoked
Shrinks do more damage to people and families than serial killers.
It’s a real problem.
I sort of see what he is saying. And it is true that if you make no effort to spend time with your extended family that pretty soon you will no longer be an active member of that family.
It will take a while but at some point they will stop asking you if you are going to show up and just assume that you will not. Parents are the last to let go but even they will given enough time.
Of course that also means that you have given up the people who are most likely to have your back when the chips are down, and the chips always go down at some point, but if that is what you want to do, your life your choice. But it is really sad when you have just done something great and you have no one to be happy with you.
“Now is the winter of our discontent;
made glorious by the son of Trump.’’
I haven’t spoken to my younger sister in five years.
She’s a liberal. I’ve tried mending fences but...
Now I know how they felt in 1861.
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