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> Being lgbt isn’t a mental illness.

No one in this thread was claiming that. With the possible exception of aspects of trans, but don’t conflate that with the larger LGB community. Separate issues, and not being discussed here.



Divide and conquer is the latest tactic of anti-LGBT folks. They realized it’s futile to attack the gays (for now) so they are focused on separating the T from LGBT, because trans issues are currently less understood by the broader public (who remains largely ignorant of the issue beyond culture war flashpoints). I’ve seen a lot of people making claims about gender in this thread, imagining themselves to be in opposition to trans “ideology,” while actually being perfectly aligned with it (such as that gender-non-conformity doesn’t make a person trans).


No, it’s the other way around, certain groups have been aligning themselves with other interests through which they attempt to broaden their base of support.




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