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 ...
awww, did the nasty widdle Chinese Virus take away your safe space?
Death threats?
I don't believe it.
Stuck in a rural Kansas town. What a made up BS story.
“My parents say I have to clean the kitchen after I eat.”
“Homophobes!”
“They hate me! It’s a war zone!”
John needs some serious, honest psychiatric counseling he/she is living a lie and we all know where that leads.
“where he continuously gets death threats for his gender and sexual identity. “
I highly doubt this is true.
Sounds like the kid needs to see a shrink.
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Get a new therapist, since you still think you are someone that you are not.
Must be way more fun to be running the asylum instead of facing the harsh world out there....
What the hell is “John”? Pre? Post? 2nd gen? 3rd gen? L? G? Q?
What?
Well, move out. Don’t tolerate that.
Nope, not even a little bit. Giveadamn meter still at rest. Choices have consequences.
Have have worked with several of the “L” variety over the years and a small few were beaten. The only violence against them was from their girlfriends. Not once did the beating turn out to be from a family member or a stranger.
This article is pure schlock. It could have been written by Mike Barnicle or Mike Lupica, two of the most putrid “writers” out there.
So, what the hell ARE you, John?
He might be something we haven't even yet heard about.
LOL.
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.
More hoaxing.
Darwin observed that if you are not in a procreative mode, from an evolutionary perspective you are utilizing space and resources without any benefit to the survival of the species. He noted that nature has a cruel but efficient way of culling such members if the species is to survive and thrive. Despite all the “safe spaces”, laws, cultural accommodations, medical remidies and sympathy, the forces of nature are brutal. COVID-19 seems to have a huge impact on homosexuals and the elderly, culling those that don’t procreate.
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