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Transgenders: Is it Genetic or Lifestyle?

With all the attention on the transgender community, there has been new studies on whether transgenders is a life style or genetic mutations. The sex of an embryo is determined at the moment of fertilization by X or Y chromosomes. The physical differentiation of male and female genitalia does not occur until later in fetal development, usually during the 16th to 20th week of pregnancy.

The sex of an embryo is determined at the moment of fertilization when the sperm carrying an X or Y chromosome fertilizes the egg. However, the physical differentiation of male and female genitalia occurs later in fetal development, typically during the 16th to 20th week of pregnancy.

Genetic defects, such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia and androgen insensitivity syndrome, can cause a female (XX) chromosome to develop male genitalia, or a male (XY) chromosome to develop female genitalia. These conditions are typically diagnosed through genetic testing and physical examination by a healthcare professional. Treatment may involve hormonal therapy or surgery, depending on the specific condition and individual circumstances.

With all the backlash with transgenders, people have failed to begin to understand the causes. Everybody thinks that transgender is a choice, like being gay was a choice. They were wrong about gays, and they could be wrong about transgender.

The current scientific consensus is that being transgender is not a choice but rather a complex interplay of biological, environmental, and cultural factors. While the exact causes of transgender identity are not completely understood, researchers believe that genetics, hormones, and brain structure may all play a role.

There is evidence to suggest that being transgender may have a genetic component. For example, studies have found that there are genetic variations associated with sex hormone receptors and other genes related to sex differentiation that may influence a person’s gender identity. Additionally, twin studies have shown that there is a higher likelihood of one twin being transgender if the other twin is also transgender, suggesting a genetic influence.

However, it’s important to note that the causes of transgender identity are likely complex and multifactorial, and there is still much to learn about this topic. While there may be an increase in the number of people identifying as transgender in recent years, it could be due to a better understanding and increased scientific research of biological and genetic breakthroughs in identifying transgender individuals.

Written by Dwayne Allen Jack

The Conservative American Crusades

After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, there was a sense that our fight for equality was nearing its end. A growing number of people began to support marriage rights, especially as they discovered that their own family members and friends, such as siblings, parents, aunts, teachers, and others, identified as gay. These personal connections demonstrated that the LGBTQ+ community posed no threat to society.

However, this acceptance was met with opposition from the religious right and conservatives who had spent over 50 years working towards overturning the right to abortion, using deceptive campaigns and misinformation. Despite the fact that a majority of people believe in a woman’s right to choose, the conservative movement’s success in overturning Roe v. Wade emboldened them to target other issues they disagreed with.

Under the leadership of Donald Trump and his divisive “leave-no-prisoner-behind” campaign, an atmosphere conducive to inciting violence was created. Trump portrayed those who disagreed with his beliefs as enemies, including immigrants, Muslims, the homeless, Black individuals, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other minorities.

The conservative movement sought to undermine the LGBTQ+ community by falsely portraying “Drag Queens” as individuals intent on grooming children. In reality, drag queens are performers who dress up as women for entertainment purposes, a practice that has existed in movies, television, and plays for years. Most of these performances are comedic or satirical in nature. However, conservative parents, influenced by right-wing propaganda against drag queens, falsely believed that all drag queens were attempting to influence their children’s sexual orientation. They also attacked teachers who offered support to children facing gender-related challenges or who simply lent a listening ear.

The early years of education, from kindergarten to fourth grade, should be a time for children to enjoy their childhood, but conservative parents injected sexuality into the conversation by indoctrinating their children to fear and hate these individuals they labeled as “perverts.” The children themselves were primarily concerned with playing on swings and experiencing the joys of childhood.

Subsequently, the conservative movement targeted transgender individuals. While the issue of transgender rights had not been a major problem prior to Roe v. Wade being overturned, there were local conservatives who opposed their children using the same bathrooms as transgender individuals. One potential solution would have been to create separate transgender bathrooms to address their concerns, but the real motivation behind their opposition was rooted in hatred and prejudice towards the LGBTQ+ community.

It was not about the children or the bathrooms themselves; it was solely aimed at turning public sentiment against the LGBTQ+ community. Moreover, the conservative movement attacked books under the false pretext of removing sexually explicit or pornographic content, but in reality, their goal was to eradicate any mention of homosexuality. They claimed to be protecting people from the devil and sought to erase gay history, culture, and achievements from the education system in favor of teaching their own version of Christian values. They aimed to suppress anything they disagreed with, including black history, to the extent that words like “gay,” “transgender,” and “black” would be effectively silenced. This manipulation and censorship of information is what grooming children truly looks like.

Furthermore, the conservative movement targeted teachers who dared to teach accurate American history, including its failures, in an effort to prevent their children from learning the truth. They banned books that contained real history and imposed their own distorted version on schools. While claiming to protect children, they expanded their restrictions to encompass all students from kindergarten to twelfth grade. They even denied healthcare to transgender teenagers, seeking to reverse their transitioning process and force them to conform to their own narrow definition of what a person should be. Initially, they justified these actions as measures to safeguard minors, but they eventually extended the denials to adults as well. This pattern of deception and discrimination repeats itself year after year.

When faced with significant public backlash or declining popularity, the conservative movement resorts to violence. They now target businesses that support the LGBTQ+ community and engage in physical violence on the streets. Although such incidents had occurred at a lower level in the past, the policies and rhetoric of the Trump administration, combined with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, emboldened them to escalate their actions to a more widespread and violent level across the nation.

They have compelled businesses to withdraw their support for the gay community and pressured cities to suppress gay pride festivals, all in an attempt to silence LGBTQ+ voices. In 2017, I wrote a report titled “Thirty Years Does a Man Make,” reflecting on my pride in witnessing a time when we were treated as equals. Yet, within just five years, we find ourselves losing so much ground. We must find a way to save this country, if it is still possible.

During the Christian Crusades throughout Europe in the twelfth century, Christians went to different countries killing those who don’t share their religion. We have an American form of the crusades here in America. Different time period, same hate.

Florida leads state with more laws restricting rights of the American people.

Of all the states that have passed laws restricting the rights of its people, Florida appears to be leading the pack with the following laws. Note that these are not all of the laws that have passed.

The Heartbeat Protection Act

A measure dubbed the Heartbeat Protection Act, signed by DeSantis in a closed-door ceremony last month, prohibits physicians from knowingly performing abortions after six weeks in most cases. Exception for rape, incest and human trafficking exist for up to 15 weeks into a pregnancy, but there is a caveat: Women “must provide a copy of a restraining order, police report, medical record, or other court order of documentation providing evidence.” Additional, after six weeks, two physicians can certify in writing that the abortion is necessary to save the woman’s life or to “avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.”

Concealed Carry without a permit Act

In April, DeSantis unceremoniously signed legislation authorizing concealed carry without a permit in Florida. Under the law, which will take effect July1, gun owners are allowed to carry a gun in public without a government-issued permit. “You don’t need a permission slip from the government to be able to exercise your constitutional rights,”: DeSantis said at a March event to promote his new book at a gun store in Georgia.

The law also0 ends an existing state requirement to undergo training before carrying a concealed weapon outside the home. The government-issued permit remains available for those who wish to obtain one. And it would remain illegal to carry a firearm in certain gun-free zones, including schools, courthouses and college campuses. Some gun rights advocates have said that the law doesn’t go far enough while Florida Democrats have criticized DeSantis for signing the public safety bill, arguing that it achieves the opposite.

Eliminating unanimous jury decisions for death penalty

DeSantis in April signed a bill that eliminated unanimous jury decisions for the death penalty, making Florida the state with the lowest threshold for administering capital punishment. Under the new law, “if at least eight jurors determine that the defendant should be sentenced to death, the jury’s recommendation to the court must be a sentence of death.” If fewer than eight jurors recommend the death penalty, the law requires the court to impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.”

In January, DeSantis vowed to rid Florida of unanimous 12-member jury decisions for the death penalty, citing the verdict in the Parkland school shooting as a miscarriage of justice. The shooter was sentenced to life in prison without parole rather than death, due to three jurors recommending against the death penalty. “Today’s change in Florida law will hopefully save other families from the injustices we have suffered,” said Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was killed in the Parkland shooting.

Defunding DEI programs at all state universities

DeSantis signed legislation to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs at all universities, calling those programs a “distraction from the core mission.” Under the law, Florida state universities are barred from spending state or federal funds promote, support or maintain any programs that “advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, or promote or engage in political, and economic activism.”

The law also says general education courses “my not distort significant historical events or include a curriculum that teaches identity politics” based on “theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege inequities.”

Capital sexual battery

On Monday, DeSantis signed a bill that makes child rapists eligible for the death penalty with the minimum sentence of life in prison without parole. According to the measure, “a person 18 years of age or older who commits sexual battery upon, or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injures the sexual organs of, a person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony.” “We’re putting pedophiles to death, hopefully,” DeSantis said, before sitting down to sign the bill in Titusville, Florida. The law runs afoul of a 2008 US Supreme Court decision prohibiting states from applying the death penalty for child rape if the victim did not die. “We think that in the worst of the worst cases, the only appropriate punishment is the ultimate punishment, and so this bill sets up a procedure to be able to challenge that precedent,” DeSantis said Monday.

Blocking Florida investments based on ESG factors

DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that expands upon measures to block Florida investments based on environmental, social and governance, or ESG, factors while threatening banks and other financial institutions with sanctions if they deny business to people due to moral or political objections. “ESG is officially DOA in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said as he signed the bill in Jacksonville.

The new law codifies a measure approved last year by the State Board of Administration, which oversees pensions, which prohibits state retirement fund managers from making investment decisions based on reasons other than maximizing the highest rate of return. “It takes what we did last year with Florida’s Pension Fund, and it codifies into law the idea that the fiduciary obligation is to produce the best returns possible for the beneficiaries, not to be diverted in that task by pursuing these ideological agendas,” DeSantis said. Under the law, financial institutions, including banks, credit unions and other lenders, face fines if they refuse to lend to people for reasons other than “an analysis of risk factors unique to each current or prospective customer.” Under the law, banks that operate in Florida could face punishment if they refuse to lend to gun manufacturers, fossil fuel companies or certain far-right groups.

Ron DeSantis government bans new advanced African American history course.

Florida officials have blocked the introduction of a new advanced-level high school course that teaches African American history. Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration said the proposed course “lacks educational value and it is contrary to Florida law”. The course is being rolled out in a pilot program by the US College Board to 60 high schools across the country. Officials did not specify what law the course breaks.

Restricting transgender Floridians’ access to treatments and bathrooms.

DeSantis signed into law new restrictions on gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors, drag shows, bathroom usage and which pronouns can be used in school. “We are going to maintain a refuge of sanity and a citadel of normalcy, and kids should have an upbringing that reflects that, DeSantis said at the time. LGBTQ+ advocates in the state criticized the legislation as a larger effort to erase them from Florida school and society.

He has geared up for a White House bid, and has seized on LGBTQ+ battles, which have included: one measure prohibits transgender children from receiving gender-affirming treatment, including prescriptions that block puberty hormones. Under the law, a court could intervene to temporarily remove a child from their home if they receive gender affirming treatments or procedures, and it treats such health care options, which are supported by the American Medical Association, the same as it would a case of child abuse.

He also signed a provision restricting teachers, faculty and students from using the pronouns of their choice in public schools. That bill declares that it must be the policy of all schools that “a person’s sex is an immutable biological trait” and “it is false” to use a pronoun other than the sex on the person’s birth certificate. It also affirmed that sexual orientation and gender identity cannot be taught in schools through eighth grade, codifying a state Board of Education decision to block such topics in all K-12 grades.

Separate legislation would give the DeSantis administration the power to take away licenses from establishments if they allow children into an “adult live performance,” widely interpreted as a crackdown on drag shows. Another prohibits transgender people from using a bathroom or changing room that matches their gender identity while in government buildings, including in places like public schools, prisons and state universities.

DeSantis signs bill that exempts records related to his travels from public disclosure

DeSantis signed a bill that exempts records related to his travel from the state’s robust public disclosure laws. Under the new law, law enforcement agencies would be barred from sharing any records related to the Governor’s security and travel, as well as “for persons for whom such services are requested by the governor.” The expansive language could allow the DeSantis administration to keep secret trips arranged by the governor’s office even when he wasn’t involved. The law applies retroactively and would cover his extensive use of state planes throughout his time as governor. It would also cover records related to visitors to the governor’s mansion, opponents said. Public access in Florida state records and meetings has been enshrined in the state constitution.

We Can Learn to Hate: Retribution is at Hand

I strive to maintain a comprehensive perspective on the events that have unfolded in my life. This approach allows me to think more clearly and consider different points of view, even when they directly oppose my own. Surprisingly, I have often found similarities amidst divergent opinions. I believe I possess a good heart, soul, and mind, characterized by a fascinating blend of qualities. However, even the most virtuous individuals have a breaking point where they must stand up and fight for their convictions.

Now is the time to confront reality. I once believed that no one could harbor as much hatred as you do. I held on to the hope that there was some underlying sense of understanding, acknowledgement, empathy, civility, and acceptance within you. Unfortunately, I was blinded by the notion that you were genuinely a good person and that your actions were mere political posturing. But do we truly pose such a significant threat to you that you resort to violence against those you fail to comprehend?

When you initially began shouting words, I attempted to help you, only to be met with deaf ears. I continued to offer assistance when you directed your shouts towards those who embrace acceptance. As you emerged onto the streets, employing intimidation tactics, I maintained hope. However, it was when you initiated campaigns of aggression against businesses and personally attacked me that I realized you would never change.

Your heart is consumed by hatred, and your sense of compassion has been clouded. The tipping point for me was the outbreak of physical violence. I decided enough was enough. I concluded that you are incapable of harboring any semblance of affection for others, and I pity you. Feeling unsafe as you unleashed physical violence upon us, I refuse to allow anyone to infringe upon my rights through threats, and I will not idly witness such transgressions.

I sincerely hope that one day the tables turn against you. I will find satisfaction in watching as you endure physical, mental, and financial torment, as well as discrimination that makes your life unbearable. It seems you deserve such consequences. I used to believe that everyone possessed at least one redeeming quality, but you have proven me and society wrong.

You are the one who should face the consequences, dangling from a tree, your body left to decompose, serving as a warning to all. You should be the one subjected to such severe beatings that your visage becomes unrecognizable, tied up on a desolate fence. You should be abandoned on the streets, forced to beg for mercy. I wish someone would come and pummel you senseless because it brings me joy. You should live a life in which your name is never spoken, as if you never existed.

And when you depart from this world, your name will fade into oblivion, erased from the collective memory. Life will move on without you, for your existence was devoid of meaning. You will be forgotten by history, not even worthy of a footnote.

While I may not initiate conflicts, I certainly know how to bring them to a decisive end.

Therefore, do not judge me based on your perceptions, but rather evaluate me for the content of my character and my actions.

FOR I AM A DEMOCRAT, I AM A MAN, I AM OLD, I AM WHITE, I AM GAY, AND YES, I AM AN AMERICAN."

Today’s History

As history unfolds, the perspectives of future generations may differ greatly from our own. Imagine a world where the absence of sorrow equates to a lack of understanding the significance of forging a free society. It would be akin to regarding the grand tales of our past—replete with kings, queens, knights, damsels in distress, and towering castles—as mere works of fiction. Will they perceive our present endeavors as fiction as well? Will they read about the destruction of our towering pyramids (symbolizing the World Trade Center) and contemplate how a mere vehicle brought them down, reminiscent of Joshua and the walls of Jericho?

They will encounter narratives of hatred, fear, and deception as they delve into the accounts of the Middle East and the attack on America. Our world is plagued by evil, and Americans have found themselves on the receiving end of this malevolence. Since September 11, 2001, we have lived in constant fear, grappling with a vulnerability unprecedented in our history. The lies perpetrated by our adversaries are akin to tales of a thief in the night, leaving us uncertain of when, where, why, or how they will strike.

Dictators across the globe embody a visionary blindness that remains hidden from the rest of the world. We only truly began to comprehend the inner workings of China in the 1970s. Its citizens yearn for freedom and a visionary existence, yet they remain blinded by the grip of communism. Even a blind man possesses a vision of what life could be, despite his lack of sight. Though the Chinese may be shrouded in darkness, they retain an innate understanding of life and the yearning for liberty. To the external world, the Chinese always maintain a composed facade. Their dominance stems from the fact that nobody else can fully experience, relish, or participate in the liberties of freedom that the rest of us often take for granted. Behind their seemingly expressionless faces lies a population crying out, bereft of someone to assuage their tears. Throughout the years, their countenances have become etched with the tears of oppression. The fear of the unknown is comparable to the sensation of being watched by an unseen observer, engendering a disconcerting feeling. Like a silent symphony, the music plays on, but we are deaf to its harmonies. We can merely perceive a faint whisper of the melody beneath the cacophony of screams that reverberate through the night.

In today’s world, the most perilous and widespread fear manifests as the refugee crisis. In Africa, the Hutus find themselves displaced due to the animosity of the Tutsis, wandering aimlessly without a place to call home. In the Middle East, the Palestinians have been uprooted from their land and confined to refugee camps, losing everything they once possessed. Bombs relentlessly rain down upon them as they struggle to survive on narrow strips of territory, and when the day concludes, they are left with nothing. Even if a peace agreement were to materialize, they would forever remain lost, bereft of a place to return to. The Israelis refuse to accept them on the land they have taken, while many Arab states are unwilling to offer them sanctuary, fearing for their own safety and stability.

We still have a final opportunity to sow the seeds of a life that will resonate in the distant future. Americans possess a unique chance to alter the world’s perception by showcasing our true character. We must demonstrate to the world that we will confront and eliminate the fears, animosity, and falsehoods that plague our global community, relinquishing any trace of arrogance.