Blinken raises eyebrows with wording of condemnation of 'harmful conversion therapy practices': 'Who's gonna tell him?'



In the LGBT activist calendar, Wednesday was reportedly the "International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia," when celebrants reiterate their opposition to traditional views on sexuality.

Various elements of the Biden administration paid homage, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken. However, with his supportive statement, Blinken appears to have unwittingly prompted debate on whether sex-change mutilations and puberty blockers fall into the camp of the "harmful conversion therapies" leftists are otherwise keen to denounce.

Blinked shared an image of the LGBT activists' latest kaleidoscopic flag to Twitter with the message, "On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia we call for an end to harmful conversion therapy practices, including those that attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics."

\u201cOn International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia we call for an end to harmful conversion therapy practices, including those that attempt to change a person\u2019s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics. #IDAHOBIT\u201d
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@Secretary Antony Blinken) 1684354206

A version of this message appeared, albeit with additional context, on the State Department website, noting that "In keeping with the WHO’s determination, last year, President Biden directed the U.S. government to promote an end to so-called 'conversion therapy practices' around the world."

The statement stressed that "conversion therapy is a scientifically discredited practice that can cause significant physical and psychiatric harm, and in certain circumstances may amount to torture."

The State Department concluded, "We confirm that conversion therapy practices are inconsistent with U.S. nondiscrimination policies and ineligible for support through taxpayer-funded foreign assistance grants and contracts."

Critics highlighted the apparent inconsistency in the Biden administration's communications, noting that Blinken and other statist exponents of gender ideology saw fit to condemn efforts to transition individuals from one sexual orientation to another as well as efforts to change their "sex characteristics" and "gender identity" apparently only so long as the outcome of the therapies is more transsexuals, gays, or other rainbow-coalition constituents.

Mark Ousley, host of the "UnWokable Podcast" and gender ideology critic, highlighted Blinken's call for an "end to harmful conversion therapy practices, including those that attempt to change a person's ... sex characteristics," and wrote, "Who's gonna tell him?

Ousley said in a subsequent tweet that the level of "cognitive dissonance is actually impressive. Thanks for finally coming out against child mutilations and trans conversion therapy."

Rhyen Staley, who runs the Substack "The Reconnaissance," responded to Blinken's remarks with a question: "Does that mean the NIH will be ending its experimentation on children through chemical sterilization?"

Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes wrote, "Wait, so conversion therapy- which uses just words- is bad because it attempts to change sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics— but hormones and surgery are good? Make it make sense."

One Twitter user was similarly taken aback and wondering, "So, you're against 'gender transition'?"

Jay Richards, director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, wrote, "What about efforts to convert someone's body to match a made up thing called a gender identity? What about that? Or are bodies not real?"

Biden's transvestic assistant secretary of health R. Levine thanked Blinken for his post, sharing a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration document containing the claim at the center of the administration's illogic.

The document states that sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts "commonly referred to as 'conversion therapy' or 'reparative therapy,' are practices that aim to suppress or alter an individual's sexual orientation or gender to align with heterosexual orientation, cisgender identity, and/or stereotypical gender expression."

"SOGI change efforts do not include gender-affirming care. They do not include counseling that facilitates acceptance, social support, or open and affirming exploration and development of one's sexual or gender identity, including navigating sexual orientation and/or gender identity within the context of intersecting identities," adds the document, without providing a detailed justification the distinction.

In other words, it's only conversion therapy if normalcy is the aim.

Andrea Ens confirmed this understanding Monday in the Washington Post, noting that the unacceptable form of conversion therapy is that used as a "tool to eradicate LGBTQ activism."

Ostensibly without a sense of irony, in her brief history of unacceptable forms of conversion therapy, Ens wrote, "Medical practitioners thus recommended conversion therapies involving hormonal injections, surgery or intensive psychotherapy. Such interventions carried significant risks for patients."

This is the reasoning by which the Biden administration has come to simultaneously hold that detransitioning efforts (i.e., by transsexuals) amount to conversion therapy, but transitioning efforts do not.

Accordingly, the puberty blockers proven to have devastating, irreversible effects on children, sex-change genital mutilations, and other LGBT activist-supported conversion therapies, while harmful and, per Blinken's suggestion, a means to "change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics," are not among those the Biden administration intended to condemn Wednesday.

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Democrats support LGBT movement by marking 'International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia'



In a display of their dedication to the LGBT movement, leftists marked "International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia" on Wednesday. President Joe Biden and various other Democratic figures issued statements expressing their support for those who identify as LGBT.

"On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, we reaffirm our commitment to this ongoing work and stand with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people around the world," Biden declared in his statement.

Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania shared a photo of himself sporting multiple brightly-colored necklaces and a shirt with a rainbow pride flag sticking out of the pocket — a button on the shirt reads, "PHILLY PRIDE 2022."

\u201cToday is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. I'm proud to be an ally of the LGBTQ+ community in the fight to ensure they can live authentically without fear of discrimination. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\u201d
— Senator Bob Casey (@Senator Bob Casey) 1684328668

Many other Democrats also trumpeted their support for the LGBT movement.

"Democrats always proudly stand with LGBTQ+ Americans in their fight against injustice and discrimination," Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California tweeted. Pelosi, who previously served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, added, "This International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, let us speak out against discrimination, especially amid the escalating assault on our trans community."

"On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, #IDAHOBIT, we reject anti-LGBTQI+ bigotry surging across America and worldwide, a hallmark of authoritarian demagogues and movements. We can all play a role in rejecting hate and celebrating democratic pluralism," Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland tweeted.

"Discrimination against LGBTQ folks is rising at an alarming rate across the country, including in Texas. Today on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we condemn this bigotry and work to root out hate and discrimination wherever it exists," Rep. Colin Allred of Texas tweeted.

Debate continues to rage around the U.S. over issues such as whether biological men and boys who identify as women or girls should be permitted to play in female sports and use female restrooms — and many parents oppose the idea of schools exposing students to LGBT topics.

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