Young people are identifying as LGBTQ even when they’re not.

 The LGBTQ Conquest of America - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

"The mind boggles, reels, and whirs at the speed with which the LGBTQ agenda has swept across America.

"We saw it flex its muscles in the rapidity with which same-sex marriage became legalized. But Obergefell v. Hodges was only the start. Less than a decade since that historic ruling, society has flipped from where certain sexual behavior was stigmatized to where it is now celebrated and endorsed, even by the government.

"Did anyone really think the number of avowed homosexuals would not burgeon once gay and lesbian relationships became ubiquitous on television and in movies and were taught in public schools as just another equally valid family unit?

"Which is what is happening.

"Gays and lesbians have become so commonplace in movies, television shows, and commercials that we’re surprised to see a new release, series, or spot that does not contain them. LGBTQ has come light-years from Ellen DeGeneres’s eponymous character coming out on her show Ellen in 1997 and the normalizing of gay relationships in Will & Grace in 1998.

"Trans, as the new gay, is approaching the same ubiquity. There have been transgender superheroes since 2018. An article from 2020 features five cartoon shows in which transgender characters are prominent. Pronouns have become a flashpoint in the trans revolution, as “misgendering” is criminal enough to get one expelled from school.

"Religion has played a prominent role in the LGBTQ advance, as mainline Protestant denominations sanctify queerness with drag shows and other outrages that 50 years ago would have literally emptied the pews of their churches. An anti-Catholic group called Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence mocks the Christian faith right to its face with only minimal, and measured, rebuttal from the public.

"The corporate world has jumped with both feet into Pride Month, sometimes, albeit not often enough, to their own economic detriment. The Bud Light, Target, and Kohl’s boycotts were exceptions to what is generally a noncontroversial corporate capitulation to zeitgeist sexual otherness.

"Even sports, usually the great American retreat from the day’s troubles, offer no retreat from the LGBTQ World. The big pro leagues in America have almost all woven a pride flag into their logos for Pride Month, and teams themselves have almost universally succumbed to the pressure of holding Pride Nights. If you don’t want to see guys kissing guys, you might want to stay away from Major League Baseball parks this coming June — or become a fan of the Texas Rangers, the only franchise not to have a Pride Night in 2023 (they also won the World Series)." . . .  "It Gets Worse" . . .