Category: Sexual Orientation

In a historic victory for pro-family nations and the Trump administration, the General Assembly voted to remove “sexual orientation and gender identity” from a UN resolution for the first time on Wednesday this week. The amendment to remove the offending language was sponsored by Egypt on behalf of the 57 states that make up the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and enjoyed wide support from Asia and Africa. Argentina, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Paraguay also supported the amendment.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 216-211 Wednesday to criminalize performing gender transition procedures on minors, although its prospects of making it through the Senate are doubtful. Introduced by outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the Protect Children’s Innocence Act would impose fines and/or up to 10 years in prison on anyone who “knowingly performs, or attempts to perform, genital or bodily mutilation on another person who is a minor”; “knowingly chemically castrates a minor”; or knowingly “facilitates or consents to female genital mutilation of a minor” or “transports a minor for the purpose of the performance of female genital mutilation on such minor.”

A new initiative launched by the Texas Office of the Attorney General is aimed at helping citizens stop “mentally ill men” from entering women’s restrooms in public spaces. Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, which took effect on Dec. 4, requires state agencies, political subdivisions, public schools, charter schools, and higher education institutions to designate multiple-occupancy restrooms, locker rooms and similar private spaces for use by one sex only, based on biological sex.

Republicans’ commitment to ending the mutilation of children is being tested this week with the upcoming House vote on the Protect Children’s Innocence Act.

A staggering surge in applications for Gender Recognition Certificates (GRCs) in the UK has reached record highs, with 1,987 requests submitted in the year ending September—the most in any 12-month period since tracking began in 2009.

Strong research data, coming forth over the last few months, has demonstrated that “trans” identity among young people is not the natural thing gender activists wanted us to believe it is.

An NFL star running back who has been outspoken about his Christian faith is facing criticism for uttering what some call a gay slur while live on television. Bijan Robinson of the Atlanta Falcons was celebrating the team’s upset victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Thursday when he joked about playing “smear the queer,” a common kids’ game.