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Classic movies resonate because they reflect what we understand in our guts to be true. Silence of the Lambs featured Buffalo Bill, a transgender serial killer who skinned women so he could wear their skin. Driven by the liberal establishment’s promotion of LGBTism, the rapidly expanding Transsexual Violence Hall of Horrors has confirmed the movie’s underlying insight. Yet now Hollyweird apologizes for it. Via Hollywood Reporter: Silence of the Lambs surprised the industry as an Oscar-winning, generation-defining smash. But over the years, the characterization of Buffalo Bill (whose sexual orientation is not explicitly stated) has been viewed as gender nonconforming...

The aggressive push for socialism in America is not just a policy debate. It is a direct assault on the American founding and the prosperity it created. Under the guise of “progress,” bloated liberals are imposing a compulsory, state-led ideology and economy that mirrors failed socialist experiments of the past. In 1988, I escaped the crushing weight of communism in Romania, trading a life of state-mandated silence for the promise of American liberty. As a political refugee, America gave me the soil to rebuild my life from nothing. But today, America’s foundation is shaking. I look at the country that...

A California Teacher of the Year finalist has been arrested for trying to pay for sexual acts with an undercover cop posing as a 13-year-old boy. Ruben Guzman, an assistant principal and math teacher at Sunrise Middle School in San Jose, was snared when he organized for them to meet up last week. The 31-year-old, who was also recognized by the San Francisco 49ers for his work in the classroom, was cuffed by San Jose police and the FBI on the scene. It came as part of a wider bust that saw 10 others across the region caught over alleged...

A group of Redwood High School’s ASB students in Visalia are under investigation for a “homophobic slur” photo incident on Thursday on school campus. LGBTQ advocates condemn those actions. “Let’s be clear: this is not a harmless joke,” said The Source LGBT+ Center in Visalia in a statement Friday afternoon in response to the incident. “Incidents like this reinforce stigma, normalize hate and send a painful message to LGBTW+ students.”

[Catholic Caucus] Lepanto Institute calls for Pope Leo to laicize New Mexico priest over homosexual ‘domestic partnership’Lepanto pointed out that parents of grade school age children are concerned for the welfare and safety of their children, with an openly pro-homosexual priest serving as pastor of a Catholic schoolThe Lepanto Institute has formally requested that Pope Leo laicize and suspend from ministry a New Mexico priest who entered into a homosexual “domestic partnership” for 10 years during a 28-year leave of absence from the priesthood.Lepanto sent a copy of its August 2025 report on Fr. Steve Rosera, of the Archdiocese of...

New York City officials plan to reraise a pride flag at the federal monument at Stonewall in Manhattan, setting up a potential fight with the White House at the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement nearly 60 years ago. Federal officials quietly took the flag down after the Trump administration in January issued guidance drastically limiting the types of flags that could be displayed at sites managed by the National Park Service. But Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said in an interview Tuesday that he and other New York City-area politicians would reraise the flag at the federal monument...

Amber Glenn, a figure skater with Team USA in the Winter Olympics, claimed that it had been a “hard time” for the LGBTQ community under the Trump administration. While speaking to reporters, Glenn claimed that the Trump administration’s policies weren’t “just affecting the queer community, but many other communities,” according to The Blast. “It’s been a hard time for the community overall and this administration. It isn’t the first time that we’ve had to come together as a community and try and fight for our human rights,” Glenn told reporters. “And now, especially, it’s not just affecting the queer community,...

Amber Glenn, a figure skater with Team USA in the Winter Olympics, claimed that it had been a “hard time” for the LGBTQ community under the Trump administration. While speaking to reporters, Glenn claimed that the Trump administration’s policies weren’t “just affecting the queer community, but many other communities,” according to The Blast. “It’s been a hard time for the community overall and this administration. It isn’t the first time that we’ve had to come together as a community and try and fight for our human rights,” Glenn told reporters. “And now, especially, it’s not just affecting the queer community,...

With the National Education Association being thrust into the spotlight after increasing its public opposition against the Trump administration and having been accused of financially backing far-left agenda items, two Republicans are taking steps to revoke its federal charter. The National Education Association holds a rare distinction in Washington, D.C., as the only labor union granted a federal charter, a status it received from Congress in 1906, and critics have argued that the functions of the NEA then and now are much different. Republican Reps. Buddy Carter and Mary Miller have been vocal critics of the NEA in recent years...

BREAKING: Chloe Day School in New York held an anti-ICE protest at school where kindergartners held anti-ICE and anti-Trump signs Little kids were encouraged to say they’re angry at ICE and the Trump admin for arresting criminal illegals Crazy as hell

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, alleging that the hospital violated the terms of its merger agreement with Children's Hospital of Orange County by discontinuing gender-affirming care for minors. Rady Children's Hospital stated that the issue began when the Trump administration threatened to shut down the hospital for offering gender-affirming care to individuals under 18. In response to the threat, the hospital announced the closure of its gender-affirming care center, which led to the lawsuit from the state.

Detransitioners have struggled to bring malpractice cases to trial. By the time regret emerges, it often comes after the statute of limitations has passed for civil actions. In White Plains, New York, a 22-year-old victim of medical maiming managed to get her case in front of a jury in time, in what appears to be the first detransitioner lawsuit to proceed to a verdict and judgment. Fox Varian got a $2 million judgment, a story that nearly no one except Benjamin Ryan and Stacy Robinson at the Epoch Times covered in any depth: BREAKING: 1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice...

On Friday, a young woman who had her healthy breasts removed at age 16 for supposed transgender “medical care” was awarded $2 million, marking the first successful detransitioner malpractice lawsuit in the nation. Fox Varian’s psychologist and surgeon were held liable by a jury in Westchester, New York, according to independent reporter Benjamin Ryan, who attended the three-week trial.

BREAKING: Bexar County, TX Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez ARRESTED for allegedly unlawfully having an attorney HANDCUFFED and locking him in a jury box Rosie was celebrated as the first openly gay judge to be elected in Bexar County

An Idaho state Republican lawmaker proposed a bill that would fine cities for flying LGBTQ+ flags after the city of Boise declared the flag an official flag as a way to circumvent an existing state law. State Rep. Ted Hill (R) introduced legislation that would levy fines for government entities that violate a recent state law that banned state and local governments from flying any flags other than domestic government and military flags. Hill blamed Boise Mayor Lauren McLean for pushing to make the LGBQT+ pride flag an official flag. Reports suggest that the city council voted to add the...

<p>The moment Amber Glenn stepped onto the ice at figure skating’s world championships, fans began to wave American flags, from the lowest rows inside TD Garden to the highest rafters, where the jerseys of Boston’s sporting greats hang in honor.</p>

California has taken steps the past few years to protect transgender young people on the playing field, in the classroom and in the doctor’s office. But a handful of federal court cases and new policies could threaten those protections.

Across the country, adult LGBT groups collaborate with school GSA clubs to lure students to their unsupervised events, with activist adults. Note the "youth" age range on the poster: 13-24. his MassResistance mother from Cape Cod testified in 2016 before the Massachusetts Legislature, detailing how her son’s high school steered him to an outside LGBT group without her knowledge. Homosexual adults there persuaded him that he was really “gay.” He continues to lead a homosexual lifestyle. She will be telling her full story in our next MassResistance article.As we’ve outlined earlier, school GSA clubs recruit and attract students who...

Joe Thorn is the founding and Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, IL, which is a part of the Southern Baptist Convention. The author of the books Note to Self: The Disciple of Preaching to Yourself and Experiencing the Trinity, he has contributed articles to the ESV Men’s Devotion Bible, The ESV Story Bible, and The Mission of God Study Bible. Along with writing at Joethorn.org, he’s been a regular contributor to For The Church and Ligonier, and has been featured on Founders Ministries and The Gospel Coalition. This past summer, Thorn’s daughter, Katherine, ‘married’ her lesbian partner...

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Christian father seeking to have his kindergarten-aged child removed from classroom lessons teaching LGBT ideology, as litigation continues. In a Dec. 30 opinion authored by Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, the United States Court for the District of Massachusetts sided with the father, identified as “Alan L.,” in his litigation against Lexington Public Schools over its inclusion of LGBT-related material in the kindergarten curriculum. The plaintiff, a father of a kindergarten student, alleges that the school district violated his “sincere and deeply held” religious beliefs as a “committed, practicing Christian” by...