We’ve written plenty about the “woke mind virus” that has gripped large parts of the United States, especially during the Biden years. The movement prioritizes self-hate and anti-American rhetoric, an all-consuming obsession with race, and extreme gender and sexual policies.
I spoke with RedState Deputy Managing Editor Susie Moore Friday on RedState Radio (be sure to tune in on Sundays at 5 p.m ET), and I opined that the movement seems to be on the decline with the second term of Trump and Americans’ increasing weariness with the endless divisive, aggressive in-your-face demands that you accept each and every one of their wild-eyed proclamations as Gospel. (“That man is a woman! Bend the knee and SAY IT!")
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For instance, Pride displays, which originated to stand up for a minority group in the United States, morphed into a month-long celebration where we’re all supposed to watch drag shows and celebrate minors changing their genders. In a major about-face, many corporations are toning them down this year. A number of the festivities have turned into outright pornography on our streets (I’m looking at you, West Hollywood), and we were told that we should not only accept it, but love it, and make sure our kids did too.
Although the woke movement has slowed, it certainly hasn’t died, and like a roach infestation, even if you think you’ve won, it can come back with a bang. The proof in the pudding: the obnoxious new bill passed by both chambers of the New York state legislature that changes the words “mom” and “dad” to “gestating person” and “non-gestating person.”
What fresh hell is this?
New York Democrats just advanced Democrat State Sen Luis R. Sepúlveda’s bill which would replace the words mother and father with terms like “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent”
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 2, 2026
This is real pic.twitter.com/uxUc3OXPlR
This assault on basic logic and common sense is now headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk, and knowing her, she’ll probably sign it.
Sexual reproduction between a male and female comprises the dominant mode across all known Earth species, and only a tiny few can procreate without two things recognized throughout recorded history: a mother and a father. Humans are not among that minuscule group that can do without. In their obsessive quest for “woke,” however, leftists have long ago abandoned any measure of logic or reliance on science.
None of the facts seem to matter to progressive Empire State lawmakers — take a look at this abject idiocy:
Under the new bill, targeting state child custody and parental laws, "mother" becomes "gestating parent," "father" becomes "non-gestating parent," and "paternity" becomes "parentage."
It passed in the state Senate this week after progressing through the Assembly in March.
Democrats who drafted the legislation claimed the wording shift would promote "inclusivity," while critics claim the change is unnecessary, with the legislative session having ended for the year on Thursday, FOX 5 New York reported.
🚨 This is peak woke ridiculousness.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 4, 2026
New York Democrats just passed a bill replacing the word “Mother” with “gestating parent” — and “Father” with “non-gestating parent” — in state family court, child custody, and domestic laws.
Yes, really.
Because apparently “Mom” and “Dad”… pic.twitter.com/NsOFb4z7c3
🚨This is peak woke ridiculousness.
New York Democrats just passed a bill replacing the word “Mother” with “gestating parent” — and “Father” with “non-gestating parent” — in state family court, child custody, and domestic laws.
Yes, really.
Because apparently “Mom” and “Dad” are too triggering in 2026.
Congratulations, New York — you’ve officially made having a baby sound like a sterile medical procedure. Biology erased. Common sense deleted.
This isn’t progress. It’s total insanity.
Who’s next, Kathy Hochul?
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Later this June, I wish you all non-gestating people with kids a Happy Father's Day — er, I mean, a Happy Donor Day? I don't even know anymore.
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In my estimation, the woke scourge has been divisive, counterproductive, and toxic, and has not, in fact, helped many of the “marginalized communities” it was supposedly intended to raise up. Instead, it’s now prompting a long-overdue backlash, and that’s because of moronic policies like this one, which attacks the sacred notions of mom, dad, and family. Take a hike, New York wackos — I will always be a father, and you can’t take that away from me with your pathetic attempts to bastardize the English language.
We’ll see if Hochul continues to be a laughingstock of a leader, or if — in the inestimable words of Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy, she "goes to Amazon [to] buy a spine online” — and displays some actual character. If I'm being real, though, were someone to force me to go to Polymarket or some other political betting platform, I’d sadly be putting my bucks down on the former.
New York has just gotten that crazy.
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