Christian conspiracist Lauren Boebert said LGBTQ people, unlike her, should wait before making “life-altering decisions.”
IIn a statement as bigoted as it is ignorant, conspiracist congresswoman Lauren Boebert suggested that LGBTQ people should be at least 21 before they make any “decisions” about their sexual orientation or gender identity.
We require people to be 21 to purchase alcohol beverages, and 21 to purchase tobacco products.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 1, 2022
Why is it so unreasonable to require people to reach a certain level of maturity before making life-altering decisions about their sexuality and identity?
To state the obvious: Alcohol harms you. Tobacco harms you. Being gay, bi, or trans harms nobody… except, I suppose, those who wish they didn’t exist.
Boebert’s bigotry—a belief that’s shared by a large swath of white evangelicals and the Republican Party itself—implies that sexual orientation and gender identity are things you can just suddenly switch on one day.
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/rep-lauren-boebert-you-should-be-21-before-coming-out-as-lgbtq/