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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."

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

Two words: Grow up!


21 posted on 04/17/2020 6:16:05 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Transgender and gay?

So she identifies herself as a guy who is into men?

It’s only been 17 years since Lawrence v Texas, people ... only 17 years....


22 posted on 04/17/2020 6:16:22 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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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 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.

"And my parents regularly chain me to the wall of the basement and whip me with a bicycle chain! Just last week they threatened to pour molten lead down my throat if I didn't find a girlfriend that they approve of. And they left my bag of Doritos open so they got soggy! Oh, woe is me!!"

23 posted on 04/17/2020 6:16:37 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Lesbians hit hardest


24 posted on 04/17/2020 6:17:14 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Also a therapist is supposed to help you escape the crazy, not reinforce it.


25 posted on 04/17/2020 6:17:25 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
Sounds like the kid needs to see a shrink.

Wrong. That’s usually where these problems really get fuel.

26 posted on 04/17/2020 6:17:31 AM PDT by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash)
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To: elpadre

...politics....


27 posted on 04/17/2020 6:18:58 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If “John” is in college, I presume he/she/it is an adult, at least in human years. Therefore, his/her/its parents are under no obligation to humor your silly delusions.


28 posted on 04/17/2020 6:19:29 AM PDT by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am trying to figure what a Transgender who is gay is


29 posted on 04/17/2020 6:22:14 AM PDT by RWGinger (Does anyone else really)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“John wants to leave home but can’t afford it. He said he applied to dozens of jobs while in college but never got past two job interviews, during which he was upfront about being transgender.”

Sounds like his college environment isn’t an more amenable to his “identity” than his hometown.


30 posted on 04/17/2020 6:24:24 AM PDT by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"With all of the closures that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, you have fewer resources than ever for transgender and LGBT students."

You have EXACTLY the same fewer choices as the rest of us do, sissy boy.

Now, STFU and enjoy your suck.

31 posted on 04/17/2020 6:24:24 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These LGBTQ snowflakes should just go out and form their own colony, a “free university”, so to speak. The hippies of the 70’s had their own communes.

Which spawned the Manson Family.


32 posted on 04/17/2020 6:26:02 AM PDT by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“....John, who is transgender and gay.....”

My brain has a cramp......


33 posted on 04/17/2020 6:26:32 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m waiting for social distancing to end so we can watch all the heterosexual pride parades again.


34 posted on 04/17/2020 6:26:46 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

so do what millions of people have done from the beginning of time when they disagreed with their families:

DON’t GO HOME!


35 posted on 04/17/2020 6:28:34 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Rurudyne

actually that is not an uncommon thing

females who identify as gay men

They tend to drop the gay man thing eventually


36 posted on 04/17/2020 6:30:42 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Buck up sissy-pants.


37 posted on 04/17/2020 6:33:22 AM PDT by Pendergast (I'm new and I don't have one!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Play with the devil and reap the devil’s rewards.


38 posted on 04/17/2020 6:34:22 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (A deep and terrible ignorance born of abject corruption is required to hate our president.)
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To: FES0844

So “John” from Agra, KS (pop 255) just punches the contacts list on his phone and sobs to LI COHEN at SeeBS news? Fake news.


39 posted on 04/17/2020 6:36:06 AM PDT by calico_thompson (Vanity sarcasm)
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To: Chickensoup

John will have to leave school eventually. What is John’s major? Is it useful to a point where he/she/whatever can find a job immediately after graduation?


40 posted on 04/17/2020 6:36:21 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Operation Chaos is in play. Repeat, Operation Chaos is in play)
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