Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland's largest school district, approved over 20 works of LGBT propaganda for inclusion as instructional materials in its curriculum in late 2022.

The woke district was initially willing to let parents opt their kids out of lessons incorporating the non-straight agitprop and to provide notice when radical works celebrating sex changes, Pride parades, and reality-defying pronouns such as "Pride Puppy," "Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope," and "My Rainbow" were read.

However, the district determined that the opt-outs required by state law for sex education units of health classes did not apply, as the LGBT propaganda was introduced as part of the English curriculum.

'These books impose upon children a set of values and beliefs that are "hostile" to their parents' religious beliefs.'

Unwilling to surrender their children to cultural imperialists and confident that the district's policy violated their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religion, Christian and Muslim parents represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty took the MCPS to court — not seeking to ban the books but to reclaim the right to control their kids' exposure to them.

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the parents are entitled to a preliminary injunction that would permit them to have their kids excused from instruction related to the LGBT propaganda while their lawsuit proceeds.

The high court reversed a lesser court's judgment and noted that the parents "are likely to succeed on their claim that the Board’s policies unconstitutionally burden their religious exercise."

"We hold that the Board’s introduction of the 'LGBTQ+-inclusive' storybooks — combined with its decision to withhold notice to parents and to forbid opt outs — substantially interferes with the religious development of their children and imposes the kind of burden on religious exercise that Yoder found unacceptable," Justice Samuel Alito noted in the opinion for the high court.

Alito emphasized in the majority opinion that storybooks targeting young children are "unmistakably normative" and "clearly designed to present certain values and beliefs as things to be celebrated and certain contrary values and beliefs as things to be rejected."

The conservative justice highlighted, for example, that one of the works of LGBT propaganda pushed in the district "does not simply refer to same-sex marriage as an existing practice. Instead, it presents acceptance of same-sex marriage as a perspective that should be celebrated."

"These books carry with them 'a very real threat of undermining' the religious beliefs that the parents wish to instill in their children," continued Alito. "Like the compulsory high school education considered in Yoder, these books impose upon children a set of values and beliefs that are 'hostile' to their parents' religious beliefs."

Alito suggested further that the three dissenting liberal justices' "blinkered view" that the LGBT propaganda was merely aimed at exposing students to the message that non-straight people exist and teaching them kindness "ignores the messages that the authors plainly intended to convey" as well as the school board's stated reasons for inserting the books into the curriculum.

Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, was among the many parental rights activists who celebrated the ruling.

"We owe immense gratitude to the courageous parents, like Tamer Mahmoud and Rosalind Hanson, who bravely stepped forward as plaintiffs in this landmark case," said Justice. "This decision protects family values and religious freedom from ideological overreach, sending a clear warning to every public school in America: Respect the sacred, fundamental rights of parents, or face the consequences."

Anticipating that the court would side with the parents, Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Culture Project and a visiting fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, told Blaze News previously that "a ruling in favor of families would be a landmark victory for parental rights in education" — one that would "reaffirm the Supreme Court precedent and the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children."

The Supreme Court made abundantly clear a century ago in Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary that "the child is not the mere creature of the state; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations."

'It's all about indoctrination.'

According to a poll of 1,000 American adults conducted in fall 2024 by the research company Heart+Mind Strategies, 69% of Americans agree that parents are the primary educators of their children and 77% agree that parents should be able to opt out their children from curriculum on "gender" and sexuality if they believe it is not age-appropriate or if it conflicts with their religious beliefs.

"A victory would put wind at the sails of the movement to secure parental rights in education. A win would embolden parents to raise the alarm when school districts trample on their rights and try to lay claim to their children's upbringing in the future," continued DeAngelis. "A win would put school districts on notice and send a nationwide signal that kids do not belong to the government."

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Alvin Lui, president of the parental rights advocacy group Courage Is a Habit, told Blaze News, "Schools have over the last 20 years, especially in the last 10, been very aggressive in cutting parents out and not allowing them to opt out."

"Parents have had enough," added Lui.

The parental rights advocate stressed that the content at issue "has nothing to do with academics. Obviously. It has nothing to do with reading proficiency. It has nothing to do with what schools are supposed to be or what parents think schools are supposed to be. It's all about indoctrination."

The high court's ruling is a major upset for non-straight activists and their fellow travelers, including PEN America, which claimed in an amicus brief that if the petitioners prevailed, LGBT propagandists might suffer losses in sales and Montgomery County teachers might ultimately "steer clear of any lessons that include LGBTQ individuals and content rather than risk violating a court order."

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Lui noted that this case serves as a "reminder of how important it is for parents to stick on offense" and to make good use of tools like opt-outs to keep ideologues in the education system on the back foot.

While evidently happy about the outcome, DeAngelis indicated there is another form of opt-out that parents should seek.

"Families should be able to opt their children out of content that conflicts with their values regardless of whether the reason has anything to do with religion. And we shouldn't stop there," said DeAngelis. "Families shouldn't only be able to opt out of specific content — they should have the power to opt out of any government school that is in fundamental misalignment with their values."

"And when they opt out, parents should be able to take their children's education tax dollars to the school that best meets their needs," added DeAngelis.

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Gay marriage has a hidden cost — and children are paying the price

Ten years ago, a great injustice was done to children.

In Obergefell vs. Hodges, the Supreme Court equated two things that for children will never be equal: Same-sex and opposite-sex marriages. One pairing unites children with two people to whom they have a natural right. The other separates children from one — or both.

Gay marriage hasn’t led to greater love for LGBTQ adults but rather harm to children.

As many of us predicted, gay marriage eroded children’s right to their mother and father. It turns out, when you make husbands and wives legally optional in marriage, mothers and fathers become legally optional in parenthood.

Family redefined, kids sidelined

Since 2015, activists have been arguing state by state that equality requires making parenthood gender-neutral and elevating “social parents” (unrelated adults in the home who have not undergone background checks). Fathers have been legally erased from birth certificates to accommodate “two moms” and vice versa. Activists have insisted on requiring insurance or the government to fund the creation of fatherless and motherless children. Biology and adoption are bypassed in favor of “intent-based” parenthood. Giving same-sex couples equal access to the marital “constellation of benefits” denied children equal access to their own mother and father.

Politicians have followed suit.

When was the last time you heard a lawmaker say that children need a mom and dad? Odds are, it's been about 10 years. In 2013-14, the phrase “every child deserves a mother and father” appeared in over 30 congressional speeches. By 2023-24, it surfaced fewer than five times.

The message is clear: Redefining marriage redefined the family. Dissent is now discrimination.

Culture followed the court

But it isn't just law and politics. The Supreme Court's decision had a massive impact on culture, especially on kids.

The education establishment went all in on the Court-appointed family makeover. Before 2015, the National Education Association still referred to “mothers” and “fathers” in lesson plans and holiday activities. But after the ruling, it began purging traditional language.

Its 2020 “Checklist to Support LGBTQ Students” advised teachers to replace “mom and dad” with “family” or “caring adult.” GLSEN’s 2016 re-release of Ready, Set, Respect! toolkit conditioned kindergartners and first- and second-graders to believe that a mom and dad, two moms, two dads, or no mom or dad, all are perfectly normal.

What the Court de-gendered in law, teachers now de-gender in the classroom.

Publishers followed the court’s lead — and the money.

In 2021, Americans bought nearly five million LGBTQ-themed fiction books. By 2023, that figure had topped six million, a 173% increase since 2019. Many aimed to normalize motherless and fatherless families to children such as "Heather Has Two Mommies" and "My Two Dads and Me."

We lied to children, using school curriculum and sweet librarians, about the one thing every child longs for instinctually — to be loved by their mother and father.

The culture shift and the legal restructuring contributed to a booming fertility market. Surrogate pregnancies more than doubled from 2.2% in 2011 to 4.7% in 2020. Fertility clinics often direct gay couples to surrogacy grants in the name of “equitable access to parenthood.”

These children did not lose their mothers to tragedy. They lost their mothers to adult “equality.”

Enough is enough

Many good-hearted Americans, even conservatives, supported gay marriage because they felt it was a way to love their LGBTQ neighbors. Some stammered for a response to the question: “How will my gay marriage harm anyone else?!” Others were bullied into silence by accusations that they were “on the wrong side of history.”

After 10 years, we have seen the results. Gay marriage hasn’t led to greater love for LGBTQ adults but rather harm to children.

The truth is, their “marriage” redefined all families, and children across the nation are paying the price. That so-called “right side of history” has turned out to be the side of child victimization.

About 50 years ago, the Supreme Court made a devastating decision that victimized children. It denied the biological reality that children in the womb are fully human and worthy of life. It took nearly 50 years to overturn the child-victimizing Roe v. Wade.

Ten years ago, the Supreme Court made another devastating decision that victimized children. It denied the biological reality that children come from a man and woman and have a right to that man and woman. It redefined the institution that every society throughout history has employed to unite children to that man and woman.

We can't wait another 50 years to undo this injustice.

A coalition of child defenders is rising — Christians, conservatives, parents, pro-family leaders, ordinary moms and dads, and the children of LGBT parents themselves. We are committed to reclaiming the institution of marriage on behalf of the most vulnerable in the country: children.

Baby wars: Trump voter birth rate outpacing Democrat voters in record numbers

Republicans are having more babies than Democrats, and the difference has only increased in the Donald Trump era.

Several reports, along with data from the National Center for Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show a clear relationship between red and blue counties and their fertility rates.

Not only do fertility rates get higher the more a county votes for Republicans, but the contrast with Democrat counties is growing stronger over time.

'We need a culture that values our children intrinsically.'

According to a data analysis by the Institute for Family Studies, Trump support equals more families. For every 10% increase in Trump votes in 2024, there is an expected fertility rate increase of 0.09 in a woman's lifetime.

The IFS also noted that in counties that had less than 25% of their votes going to Trump, like D.C., the median fertility rate was 1.31. In counties with a more than 75% vote share for Trump, the median fertility rate was 1.84. Of course, 2.1 or above is the ideal replacement rate, but the contrast is still large.

Moreover, the gap in fertility rates has grown by 85% in the last 12 years.

In the Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney era of 2012, there was an 8% fertility difference between red and blue counties. According to the IFS, that difference has more than tripled to a 26% difference in 2024.

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In counties with more than 100,000 people, the "most Democratic" voter turnout correlates with a drastically lower fertility rate than the rest of the country, with a 1.37 birth rate. While moderate Democrat numbers are closer to the American average, the swing is big toward the "most Republican" counties, which average a 1.76 birth rate.

The Republican fertility advantage can be directly attributed to marriage, says Grant Bailey, research associate at IFS.

"Republicans (and conservatives) marry at higher rates, and married adults have much higher fertility rates than do singles," Bailey told Blaze News. "With that said, even within marriage, conservatives have more children than their liberal peers."

Bailey explained that even many married liberals never have children, and that drives an even bigger divide between the fertility rates across party lines.

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"It’s no secret that birth rates have been in free fall worldwide for decades and that continuing on our current course will spell economic and social disaster for many," Erika Ahern told Blaze News.

Ahern, an author at CatholicVote and a mother of seven, said that increasing a family’s demand for children requires "a shift in how we as a society value children and family altogether."

Ahern added, "Instead of emphasizing the cost and inconvenience of children, we need a culture that values our children intrinsically."

According to CDC data, the top 10 states with the highest birth rates in 2023 were Republican, and the bottom 10 were Democrat.

South Dakota is the only state with a birth rate above 2, at 2.01. Nebraska, North Dakota, Alaska, and Louisiana round out the top five.

On the bottom end, Vermont has just a 1.3 birth rate, the worst in the nation. Other than Oregon, which ranks 48th on the birth rate list, the Northeast dominates the bottom of the rankings. Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island are all near the bottom, with birth rates of 1.4 or below.

In 2022, Vermont, Wyoming, and Delaware had the fewest births by state in the country, with five states having fewer than 10,000. This can be attributed to population size for all but Vermont, which came in last on the CDC's fertility rate rankings for 2022.

California had by far the most births of any state in 2022, approximately 420,000, but nowhere near the highest fertility rate; it was 11th worst.

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God’s justice doesn’t sleep — and the Supreme Court just proved it

In a landmark 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on so-called gender-affirming care for minors. Wednesday’s ruling in United States v. Skrmetti affirms the state’s authority to protect children from irreversible medical interventions, declaring that such laws do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1 prohibits medical providers from prescribing puberty blockers, administering cross-sex hormones, or performing surgeries on minors for the purpose of treating gender dysphoria. With this ruling, the court established a powerful precedent, strengthening similar laws in more than two dozen states and shielding them from federal interference.

The Supreme Court now affirms what parents, pastors, and pediatricians have known for years: Children deserve protection — not ideological exploitation.

This is more than a legal or political victory. It’s a profoundly spiritual one.

Judgment in Pride Month

The timing of the court’s decision — handed down in the middle of Pride Month — is impossible to ignore. For years, the month of June has been co-opted to celebrate sexual perversion and radical gender ideology. Parades, corporate campaigns, and cultural rituals now elevate confusion and self-expression above truth and morality.

But God’s timing often intersects with the idols of a wayward culture.

Just as He once shattered the authority of Egypt’s gods through plagues and humiliated the pagan deities of Canaan through Israel’s victories, He now confronts the false gods of modern America. The gods of Pride Month have names: self-worship, mutilation, and moral relativism.

This ruling, like Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization before it, arrived in a season when the world celebrates rebellion. But God never abdicates. He acts — often decisively.

The right to protect children

Justice Clarence Thomas, writing in concurrence, emphasized the state’s legitimate interest in protecting children from unproven and dangerous procedures. “States could reasonably conclude,” he wrote, “that the level of young children's cognitive and emotional development inhibits their ability to consent to sex-transition treatments.”

Thomas reminded the nation that legislatures — not courts — are charged with protecting the vulnerable. The Constitution allows states to say no to radical experiments on children. That’s common sense. That’s moral responsibility.

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The court’s ruling also reinforces policies advanced by the Trump administration, which has taken steps to push back against transgender mandates. The court now affirms what parents, pastors, and pediatricians have known for years: Children deserve protection — not ideological exploitation.

‘The least of these’

At its core, this decision defends “the least of these" (Matthew 25:40). In Matthew 10:42, Jesus declares, “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones ... truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

Advocates of transgender medicine call their approach “compassionate.” But compassion doesn’t mutilate. It doesn’t sterilize. It doesn’t tell children they were born in the wrong body.

Real compassion tells children the truth: They are fearfully and wonderfully made. God knit them together in their mother’s wombs (Psalm 139:13-14). He doesn’t make mistakes.

The lie that “God got your body wrong” devastates young minds. Puberty blockers, double mastectomies, and genital surgeries don’t bring peace. They usher in trauma, regret, and permanent damage.

By upholding these bans, the Supreme Court gives children the gift of time — time to grow, to mature, and to embrace their God-given identities without the pressure of irreversible decisions.

Tear down the idols

Now comes the charge to the church. This moment demands courage.

American culture has erected new high places. Gender ideology sits at the top. It demands worship, conformity, and silence. But like King Josiah, who tore down the altars of Baal, or Gideon, who smashed the Asherah poles, Christians must act.

Now is not the time for retreat. Now is not the time for timidity. The culture may roar, but the God of heaven still rules.

The Supreme Court’s ruling reminds believers that God still moves. He has not abandoned America. He still defends the innocent. He still topples idols.

Faithfulness bears fruit

Galatians 6:9 tells us not to grow weary in doing good. This ruling is the harvest of those who prayed, labored, and stood firm when the world called them hateful. Their perseverance bore fruit — in law, in policy, and in culture.

Let this be a turning point.

Let this be the moment when the nation remembers who created it. Let this be the moment when the church reclaims its voice. Let this be the moment when truth reasserts itself — and children are protected from those who would harm them in the name of progress.

America is not forsaken. God is still at work, and His purposes will prevail.

When the soul flatlines, call a ‘Code Grace’

Gracie, her mobility tech, and I moved slowly through the hospital hallway — our usual recovery route. She had just had her 92nd operation — yes, 92 — and she’s had six more since.

She walked on prosthetic legs with semi-quiet grit and more than a little sweat. An IV tree clanked beside her — wound vacs, oxygen, pain meds — a parade of endurance wrapped in machinery.

When the soul flatlines, don’t step back. Step in. Call the code. Be the grace.

Then came the yelling. Two doors down — profanity, chaos, pain.

We couldn’t move fast — not with all the gear and lines. The screaming was piercing. And no, nurses don’t get paid nearly enough.

“Code Gray,” someone said, the hospital code for a combative patient. Within seconds, nurses and security swarmed the room. As best we could, we steered Gracie and her gear down another hallway away from the noise. But the echoes followed — the anger, the struggle, the desperation.

Outside the chaos stood a woman — mid-50s, hollow-eyed, worn to the threads.

I knew the look. I’ve worn it. So will every caregiver sooner or later.

While her loved one raged, she stood helpless, desperate, hoping someone — anyone — might bring peace.

She was also in crisis. But hospitals have no code for her.

Hospitals have codes for medical emergencies:

Code Blue: A patient stops breathing. I’ve lived through that. Years ago, Gracie flatlined. I watched the team rush in and bring her back.
Code Red: Fire.
Code Pink: Infant abduction.
Code Gray: Aggression.

All are designed to alert, mobilize, and respond.

But what code do you call for when the soul collapses?

‘Code Grace’

We need a “Code Grace” — recognized by caregivers, hospital staff, churches, funeral homes, rehab centers, law enforcement, maybe even a nation — a code that triggers presence instead of procedures, compassion over containment, tenderness before triage.

Because sometimes the real damage isn’t limited to the patient’s bed. It’s standing just outside the door, trying not to fall apart.

The morning after that Code Gray, I walked into the lobby of the extended-stay hotel across from the hospital. Most guests there were tethered to the same world we were: the renowned children’s and teaching hospital nearby.

Then, I saw them again.

A mother, two children, and a woman I assumed was the grandmother. Weeks earlier, I’d seen the boy — screaming, flailing in a stroller — his mother and grandmother scrambling to contain the storm. Sensory overload. Fear. Pain in public. They rushed out before I could speak.

But now they were back and calm.

The mother looked tired — because she was. But steady. Present. Her mother stood beside her. Her son was quiet. Her daughter bounced nearby, unaware of the weight her mom carried.

I walked over and said, “I remember you from a couple weeks ago.”

That’s all it took. A door opened. Not pity. Not awkwardness. Just respect.

She shared her story: single mom, two kids — one with autism. Studying for a special education certification. The father? Gone. Domestic violence. But she didn’t quit. She just kept going.

She asked about me. I gave her the short version — my wife’s journey, my four decades as a caregiver. Then I looked her in the eye and said: “From one caregiver to another — you’re amazing.”

Tears welled up. Not from weakness. From being seen. Heard. Understood. For one moment, grace was louder than exhaustion.

Before I left, I shook her hand. “I’m proud to know you.” I also shared a quote I’d once heard — origin debated, but worth repeating:

You’ll never be criticized by someone doing more than you. Only by someone doing less. Remember that.

She nodded. She already knew.

What our nation needs now

But Code Grace isn’t just for hospitals and their periphery. We see soul flatlines everywhere — newsfeeds, comment sections, family dinners.

I’ve watched people unravel over political figures, convinced one man will either save or doom the nation. For some, it’s full allegiance to Trump (or Elon). For others, it’s Trump derangement syndrome — the belief that he’s the Antichrist with a social media account. But press in closer, and you’ll see: It’s not really about policy. It’s about meaning.

When faith erodes and identity frays, people grasp for something — anything — to hold on to. They hitch it to a personality, a movement, or a fight. That’s not politics; that’s a spiritual crisis. And yes, they need a Code Grace, too. Not to validate hysteria but to look behind it.

As many therapists say, “If it’s hysterical, it’s historical.” Beneath the rage is often someone terrified of being forgotten or irrelevant.

Jesus didn’t flinch at that kind of mess. He didn’t come to preserve an empire. He came to raise the dead. He didn’t wait for calm. He walked straight into the noise — and told it to be still.

He saw the bleeding woman, the man in the tree, the leper, the blind, the demon-possessed, the grieving sisters. He saw what others missed — or avoided. And he moved toward them with healing, with power, with grace.

Move toward the pain

The theologian Henri Nouwen once wrote, “Compassion asks us to go where it hurts … to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. ... Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.”

That’s the Code Grace response — and it’s not optional. It’s the calling of anyone who wears His name.

If we listen closely, we can hear the silent code.

Not in the ER but in the eyes of a caregiver who hasn’t slept; the tremble of a mother navigating autism in public; the woman in the hallway, trying not to scream; the colleagues gripped by headlines — because they’ve pinned their peace to politics instead of promises that don’t change.

When the soul flatlines, don’t step back.

Step in. Call the code. Be the grace.

Trump claims another scalp in war on gender ideology: Children's Hospital LA to shutter child sex-change center

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is shuttering its child sex-change center, which reportedly mutilated the genitals of multitudes of minors and provided confused children with sterilizing puberty blockers.

The hospital claimed in a statement that despite its "deeply held commitment to supporting L.A.'s gender-diverse community," it has been "left with no viable path forward except to close the Center for Transyouth Health and Development, effective July 22, 2025."

Breen was allegedly 'fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging puberty blockers (age 12), cross-sex hormones (age 13), and "gender-affirming" surgery (age 14).'

According to the Stop the Harm Database, which was launched last year by the medical advocacy group Do No Harm, the center boasted patients as old as 25 and as young as 3.

Claims data showed that the center billed millions of dollars for hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and sex-change mutilations for minors. The Los Angeles Times indicated that the center currently has over 3,000 patients.

The center's medical director is Johanna Olson-Kennedy, a gender ideologue who:

publicly argued against the need for psychological assessments for sex-change mutilations;
compared teen girls cutting off their healthy breasts to taking the SATs;
allegedly provided sex-change hormones to kids as young as 12 and referred little girls as young as 13 for double mastectomies; and
admitted last year to hiding the results of a years-long study concerning the efficacy of puberty blockers for fear they would be "weaponized" by critics. The results, which were finally released last month, found that kids' depression symptoms and emotional health “did not change significantly over 24 months” of being on puberty blockers.

One of the center's former patients, Clementine Breen, filed a medical negligence lawsuit in December against the hospital, Olson-Kennedy, and others involved with her "gender-affirming" mutilation, noting that their actions have left her with deep physical and emotional wounds, severe regrets, and distrust of the medical system.

The lawsuit claimed that Olson-Kennedy and her team — who allegedly separated Breen from her parents at the first opportunity — "immediately and unquestioningly 'affirmed' Clementine as transgender, and at her very first visit, after mere minutes, Dr. Olson-Kennedy diagnosed Clementine with gender dysphoria and recommended surgical implantation of puberty blockers."

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According to the complaint, Olson-Kennedy made the gender-dysphoria diagnosis without a mental health assessment, without asking Breen relevant questions about her mental health struggles or diagnoses, and without involving other health care professionals.

Breen was allegedly "fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging puberty blockers (age 12), cross-sex hormones (age 13), and 'gender-affirming' surgery (age 14)."

The decision to close the mutilation center apparently "followed a thorough legal and financial assessment of the increasingly severe impacts of recent administrative actions and proposed policies," said the CHLA, referencing actions taken by the Trump administration.

'These threats are no longer theoretical.'

President Donald Trump went to war with gender ideology upon retaking office, seeking not only to protect women's sports and sex-segregated spaces but to shield minors from the kind of unnecessary medicalization that Breen was subjected to at the hands of gender ideologues.

Trump issued an executive order titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" on Jan. 28, directing federal agencies to rescind or amend all policies that rely on guidance from the radical World Professional Association for Transgender Health and to ensure that medical institutions receiving federal funding "end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children."

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The president also directed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take all appropriate and lawful action to bring about an end to the child sex-change regime.

Hospital executives noted in a Thursday letter to staff obtained by the Los Angeles Times, "There is no doubt that this is a painful and significant change to our organization and a challenge to CHLA’s mission, vision, and values."

The executives also suggested that the Trump administration means business regarding clamping down on child sex-change mutilations.

"These threats are no longer theoretical," said the letter. "Taken together, the Attorney General memo, HHS review, and the recent solicitation of tips from the FBI to report hospitals and providers of GAC strongly signal this administration's intent to take swift and decisive action, both criminal and civil, against any entity it views as being in violation of the executive order."

Blaze News reached out to the White House and the HHS for comment but did not immediately receive responses.

Jeff Younger, a Texas father who spent years trying to stop his ex-wife from subjecting his son to sex-change procedures, noted in February that his boy was "currently on chemical castration drugs at LA Children's Hospital."

Younger responded to news of the center's closure, noting, "The California judge that allowed my ex-wife to chemically castrate my son is Mark Juhas. [When] I told him in court that I would shut down the LA Children's Hospital gender clinic, he laughed. So did opposing counsel and my ex-wife. Who's laughing now, b***h?"

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Christian YMCA center to host 'LGBTQ+ youth' camp for kids as young as 7

The Stephens Family YMCA in Champaign, Illinois, will host a disturbing program centered around the sexuality of young children.

To make matters worse, the supposed Christian nonprofit has partnered with an activist organization that is willing to provide "gender affirming" clothing to "any age."

The Stephens Family YMCA proudly boasts a diversity, equity, and inclusion policy on its website and says it is "prioritizing equity" in all that it does.

'Stephens Family YMCA is a nonprofit association committed to a mission of putting Christian principles into practice ...'

With a commitment to implementing DEI programs, the organization seems to be working in line with its mission statement with its 2025 summer camp called "Camp Kaleidoscope."

The summer camp is for "LGBTQ+ youth or youth who are part of LGBTQ+ families" and promises to provide children with a "safe space," where they can "experience character growth and development."

There are two four-day camps: June 23 to 27 for 2nd to 5th graders and July 14 to 18 for 6th to 9th graders. Both cost $250.

The goal of the camp, the guide states, is to let youth "who are part of the LGBTQ+ community to be authentically themselves."

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The gay camp will run in collaboration with Uniting Pride of Champaign County, an activist group that provides sex- and gender-based literature aimed at children and cross-dressing clothing to "any age."

As reported by the Daily Wire, Uniting Pride openly says it will provide free chest binders, waist cinchers, or "tucking underwear" to "anyone of any age."

Chest binders are meant to flatten women's breasts to make them appear more masculine, while waist cinchers are to narrow a man's waist. Tucking underwear is meant to conceal a man's genitals.

The organization welcomes donations of used undergarments but requests they are in "generally good condition and be free of stains and scents of any kind."

Additionally, the organization offers "free sizing consultations" for the garments.

Uniting Pride also loans out gender ideology literature aimed at children. Titles include: "A Kids Book About Being Transgender," "Drag Teen," and "You Be You! The Kid’s Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family."

The pro-transgender organization is certainly a peculiar one for the Stephens Family YMCA to partner with given its mission statement that positions itself as a Christian nonprofit.

"Stephens Family YMCA is a nonprofit association committed to a mission of putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all," the website reads.

The location allegedly has a chapel, too. In late 2024, a local reporter from WCIA News reminisced about how she often spent time in the YMCA's chapel when she had two young children, bringing her kids there as she completed school work.

The nonprofit's mission statement is doubly confusing when taking some of the location's policies into consideration.

In the Stephens Family YMCA membership handbook, locker room policies state that all members will have access to "restroom and locker room facilities that correspond to their self-identified, self-reported gender identity to the extent permitted by applicable law."

Yet at the same time, parents with children of the opposite gender are to use the family locker room.

"The YMCA's prioritization of gender ideology over child safety ought to gravely concern any parent considering sending their child to summer camps or activities," Alleigh Marré, executive director of American Parents Coalition, said in a statement to Blaze News.

She added, "Children deserve activist- and agenda-free summer fun, and parents deserve transparency from the organizations they entrust to care for their children."

Stephens Family YMCA did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

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'Sesame Street' targets children for Pride Month ... again: 'This should not be promoted to kids'

PBS' "Sesame Street" garnered a heap of negative reactions online after celebrating gay Pride Month for yet another year.

Viewers immediately responded to a post from the show that read, "On our street, everyone is welcome. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who they are. Happy #PrideMonth!"

'Wait till they can make up their own minds. It's the reasonable thing to do.'

The post showed a series of puppets holding hands, with the colorful array of characters' arms mashed together to create a rainbow flag, representing gay pride.

Readers who may even have been fans of the show when they were young were quick to point out some of PBS' injections of political and sexual content over the years.

For example, in May 2020 the show promoted Jonathan Van Ness, a man who claims to be nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Van Ness has been a vocal proponent of allowing men to compete in women's sports and even cried on a podcast when he was confronted with the idea that it could be considered unfair.

In 2022, "Sesame Street" promoted gay and lesbian parents to children through song — and bizarrely included disabled people and interracial families in the video, also.

Others pointed to the show promoting COVID-19 vaccines to children in 2021 as evidence of blatant propaganda.

An episode titled "Sesame Street: The ABCs of COVID Vaccines" starred CNN's infamous Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN host Erica Hill, and other guests like Kizzmekia Corbett, who was the scientific lead for coronavirus vaccines at the NIH at the time.

In reaction to another year of Pride, comedian Thai Rivera told Blaze News that this June has already shown evidence that the "slippery slope" is in full effect and that conservatives have a right to feel bothered.

"I'm sure some conservatives feel like, 'We gave them a chance, and they tried to turn the entire country either deviant or deviant-friendly.'"

The top comments on the "Sesame Steet" post were filled with backlash as well; one reader let PBS know, "Kids don't care about sexual preferences."

"Why do kids need to know about sex let alone gay sex?" another user wrote.

Mark Kern, a video game developer, further took the network to task and said, "This should not be promoted to kids, [especially] when there are so many 'instant' diagnoses for gender dysphoria that are driven more by profit and Munchausen by proxy than actual science."

Kern continued, "You're helping to ruin a lot of kids lives, who can never reverse the course that drugs put them on. Wait till they can make up their own minds. It's the reasonable thing to do."

This should not be promoted to kids, esp when there are so many "instant" diagnoses for gender dysphoria that are driven more by profit and Munchausen by proxy than actual science.

You're helping to ruin a lot of kids lives, who can never reverse the course that drugs put them…
— Grummz (@Grummz) June 1, 2025

Also in 2021, "Sesame Street" made headlines over an episode that introduced gay fathers into the children's show.

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