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What is the logic behind forbidding LGBT conversion therapies?
Homosexual "conversion" therapies are a psychiatric medical treatment. Like all medical treatments they are subject to regulation. Details vary, but as a rule a medical drug or procedure is only ...
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Is there a push, in the United States, to use gender-neutral language and gender pronouns (when they are given)?
Pronouns are a thing, but they aren’t the thing for the most part. They’re about simple interpersonal communication and respect (it’s no big deal to make a mistake, it’s pretty insulting to adamantly ...
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Is there a push, in the United States, to use gender-neutral language and gender pronouns (when they are given)?
Yes, but as a small part of the larger US culture wars
The push to use gender neutral pronouns, or to insist that people must use the pronouns that they are explicitly told to use or face ostracism ...
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What medical costs burden the military enough to warrant banning all transgender people?
Medical
If your question is:
Would the military be obliged to pay for the transition?
Then the answer is yes. Prior to Donald Trump's tweets, the US Military had promulgated guidance on how ...
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Do European politicians typically put their pronouns on their social media pages?
Do European politicians typically do this too
(Emphasis mine)
Politicians who sport a pronoun in their profile are not typical in the US. I'm struggling to imagine how they might be more common in ...
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Why was homosexuality unacceptable in USSR?
I think it is like asking why drinking too much vodka was so widely accepted in the SU, if nothing in "Das Kapital" promoted it.
First, you are right that there is nothing in the Communist ideology ...
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Why has SPD voted against the gender self-determination law in 2021?
May 2021 – when this vote was held – was before the most recent general election which took place in September 2021. At this time, the SPD formed a coalition government with the CDU/CSU. You can ...
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Can California really ban their residents from traveling to states without LGBT protections?
From your CNN link:
The law bans state-funded or state-sponsored travel by employees of state agencies and departments as well as members of boards, authorities, and commissions.
Note the ...
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Do European politicians typically put their pronouns on their social media pages?
Interesting question. I compiled a partial answer for Sweden. Swedish is rather similar to English with regards to pronouns and genders.
I assumed that if there where any pronouns on twitter pages ...
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What medical costs burden the military enough to warrant banning all transgender people?
Costs
Yes the military provides health care for soldiers, which covers necessary medical treatment, including treatment for gender dysphoria (also including SRS if necessary).
The costs to the ...
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What has Trump done to oppress the LGBT+ Community?
I suppose there are two questions here:
Do Donald Trump's actions indicate an anti-LGBT stance, and have they had adverse effects on the LGBT community?
Did Charlotte Pride reject the Deplorable ...
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Is there a push, in the United States, to use gender-neutral language and gender pronouns (when they are given)?
Those are two separate issues, so my answer will try to address them in two parts.
Gender neutral language
Gender neutral language is less of an issue in English, as it's not a very gendered language ...
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What is the logic behind forbidding LGBT conversion therapies?
Most of the laws in this area are billed as "consumer protection", under the theory that LGBT conversion therapies are seldom successful, and thus fraudulent.
Assemblyman Evan Low (D) said ...
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Is anyone advocating the promotion of homosexuality in UK schools?
The verb "promote" is something of a complicated word. To quote the OED, one meaning is
To publicize or advertise (a product, organization, venture, etc.) so as to increase sales or public ...
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What is the logic behind forbidding LGBT conversion therapies?
The notion that a person can "convert" their sexuality is mostly rejected by medical science and the LGBTQ community. People can of course be helped to understand their sexuality and gender, but that'...
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Is anyone advocating the promotion of homosexuality in UK schools?
It depends on definition of promotion.
For example: a few weeks ago on internet went viral a quarrel between a UK student and teacher concerning number of genders. First the student got expelled ...
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Do European politicians typically put their pronouns on their social media pages?
Warning - Polish-centric answer:
TLDR: No one tried this in Poland, it would be politically a bad move and linguistically total horror
In Polish language we indeed have genders: "kubek" (mug) is "...
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Why was homosexuality unacceptable in USSR?
There were two unrelated forces that ultimately pulled in the same direction:
In a move that seems entirely unfamiliar to hard-left-wing homosexuality rights advocates in the West, USSR (and, ...
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Are clergy required to perform interracial and/or same-sex marriages in the United States?
As stated by the US Supreme Court in MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP, LTD., ET AL. v.
COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ET AL. (emphasis added):
When it comes to weddings, it can be assumed that a member of ...
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Why did the UK Conservative government push through gay marriage?
Mr Cameron was PM of a coalition of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs at the time of The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, though neither the Conservative 2010 manifesto nor the Coalition ...
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Is anyone advocating the promotion of homosexuality in UK schools?
A trans-gender Canadian children's book author named S. Bear Bergman wrote a huffpost article titled I Have Come to Indoctrinate Your Children Into My LGBTQ Agenda (And I’m Not a Bit Sorry), in which ...
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What steps has President Trump's "global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality in the 69 nations where it is illegal" taken?
From the looks of it, not many.
They have appointed a lead person for it (Richard Grenell) and have announced it (which in itself is already a step).
Additionally, Trump announced the intent to stop ...
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Are clergy required to perform interracial and/or same-sex marriages in the United States?
No, a pastor in the US cannot be forced to perform interracial or same-sex weddings against his or her religious convictions.
We need to carefully distinguish between similar sounding scenarios, ...
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Is there a push, in the United States, to use gender-neutral language and gender pronouns (when they are given)?
In addition to what was already said, there were also some locality based anti-discriminatory laws being passed to the effect, which is something that would not happen without some political traction.
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Why does China officially oppose LGBT rights?
Ancient China
Historically, homosexuality was widely accepted in China. With a lack of any strongly moralistic religion, the general atmosphere was incomparable to the persecution of much of the rest ...
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Why did the UK Conservative government push through gay marriage?
They didn't really push it through, there was very little opposition. The tide of opinion has swung far enough that any political party was going to take more heat for opposing gay marriage than ...
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