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The internet has been abuzz with headlines declaring, “ Almost Everything the Media Tell You About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Is Wrong ,” and “ Johns Hopkins Shrinks Warn Against Kids Going Transgender .” As reported by Ryan T. Anderson on Monday, “A major new report, published today in the journal The New Atlantis, challenges the leading narratives that the media has pushed regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.” How significant was this report ? “Co-authored by two of the nation’s leading scholars on mental health and sexuality, the 143-page report discusses over 200 peer-reviewed studies in the biological, psychological, and social sciences, painstakingly documenting what scientific research shows and does not show about sexuality and gender.” What were the conclusions of this study? “The major takeaway, as the editor of the journal explains, is that ‘some of the most frequently heard claims about sexuality and gender are not supported by scientific eviden

Texas and four other Republican-led states filed another lawsuit Tuesday seeking to roll back the Obama administration’s efforts to strengthen transgender rights, saying new federal nondiscrimination health rules could force doctors to act contrary to their medical judgment or religious beliefs. The lawsuit is the second in recent months in which conservative states have sued over federal efforts to defend transgender rights. Social conservatives claimed victory Sunday when a federal judge in Texas halted an Obama administration directive requiring public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. Now they’re asking that same court to block new regulations intended to ban discrimination by doctors, hospitals and insurers against transgender persons. The latest lawsuit contends that the rules, which were finalized in May, could force doctors to help with gender transition contrary to their religious beliefs or medical judgment. T

Penny Wong, Senator for South Australia, lesbian and promoter of Safer Schools Coalition and LGBT agenda. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Safer Schools by Paul Kelly The Australian  The Safe Schools Coalition agenda taken up by about 500 schools in this country to promote understanding of gender and sexual diversity is a brilliant insight into the ideological campaigns now transforming cultural values in Australia through capture of institutions. This is a highly political exercise. The progressive political class is aggressive in its promotion and defence of this agenda, moralistic about the program’s intrinsic value and, perhaps most remarkably, contemp­tuous in dismissing the critics of this program — parents and politicians — by branding them as homophobic and extremists. The Turnbull government’s   lightning-fast review of the program   was delivered to Education Minister Simon Birmingham ’s department yesterday. It will be assessed over the weekend. Depending on the exten