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The Transgender Movement Is on Life Support at This Point

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The transgender movement arrived on the scene in 2015 with a bang. It was a blitzkrieg that consumed media, social media, and politics in the span of a single magazine cover. It was pretty clear that this was an orchestrated event meant to change the cultural and political landscapes, and it largely succeeded in doing so. Over the course of years, transgenderism infected our society so thoroughly that the corporate and entertainment worlds became consumed with it. 

Meanwhile, we were told repeatedly that we had to allow this to happen because transgender people were under a very real threat of violence, and that transgender children were particularly under threat, not just from their peers, but from themselves. Parents were told that if they don't embrace their child's transgender attitudes, then the child would run the risk of depression and even suicide. 

All of this created a societal trend where transgenderism became a sacred cow that you couldn't actually say anything bad about. If you did, you could be a social pariah, lose your job, and more. 

But underneath the mainstream obedience and fear was a simmering frustration and anger toward the movement. Then, in 2019, comedian Dave Chappelle released a comedy special where he dared to make fun of transgender people, and it was so successful that the mainstream public actually began to find itself less afraid of the transgender movement. 

As the activists attempted to push their way into schools to infect children, parents began pushing back in a big way. Groups were formed with the sole purpose of pushing back against the intrusion of the transgender movement into children's lives, such as "Gays Against Groomers" and "Moms for Liberty." Meanwhile, on the internet, people began pushing back hard. Once Elon Musk bought Twitter and transformed it into X, the transgender movement began losing a lot of steam as mockery and exposure of what the movement actually was continued. 

Of course, the transgender movement wasn't helping its own case. It was unable to make a solid case for itself, and most of the excuses it used to justify its existence were quickly proven to be complete fabrications. 

(READ: Transgender People Are Not Under Threat and Their Movement Is the Height of Narcissism)

Other horrendous things became clear as more information came out about the transgender movement. We learned it empowered husbands to learn how to be women from their wives, divorcing them, and walking away as doppelgängers of their former wives

We also learned that medical data had been ignored and suppressed. One of the pioneers of "gender-affirming care" began sounding the alarm early on, but her data was largely shoved into the shadows when it should have been presented to the public from day one. It was also clear that transgenderism preyed on the youth with cult-like tactics, namely young people with mental illnesses and high levels of depression and anxiety. 

Then there was the unignorable connection the transgender movement had with pedophilia, with many transgender people and advocates openly supporting the idea of children watching, or taking part in, sexual displays with adults. Even in legislative circles, Democrats were making it easier for transgender pedophiles to operate around children. 

All of this amounted to the transgender movement losing ground every time it pushed for more. Now, it's scrambling for relevance in a time where luxury beliefs are taking a backseat. The economy has become the number one issue in the 2024 election, shoving transgenderism even further back into the shadows. 

This hasn't stopped the movement from continuing to find relevance in our society. Will Ferrell is coming out with a Netflix special where he takes a road trip with a transgender comedy writer. I noted in my article about it that despite it trying to bring charm and laughter to the subject, it still comes off as preachy, which is a large issue with the movement in the first place. 

Its entire existence centers around the idea that you're an aggressor against the movement, and you must sit, listen, and accept the fact that you bear the original sin of not catering to the movement in every way it demands. 

And it always demands too much. As I said earlier, it demands entry into everything. You must always be looking at it. You must always be learning about it. This especially goes for children. 

Their latest attempt to get at your kids comes through, of course, Star Wars, as they've introduced their first transgender clone trooper. According to the Daily Mail, the character is named "Sister," and the armor worn is blue and pink like the transgender flag. The background for the character doesn't do much to stop the "forced acceptance" feeling it gives off: 

A description of her in the book, given by Rex, says: 'When one of our kind expressed her gender identity differently than her fellow troopers, she featured she'd have to hide who she truly was inside. Fortunately, her brothers in the 7th Sky Corps gave her the name 'Sister' as a constant reminder that she belonged.'

As Gays Against Groomers pointed out, this character is aimed at children: 

While this does show that transgenderism is still infecting a lot of parts of our society, this really exposes its desperation. This isn't a display of its power; these are attempts to normalize itself in a society that is increasingly not having it. 

All in all, I give the transgender movement a few more years before it's relegated back to the niche kink it once was in the past. One can already see that popular culture is, for the most part, moving on as movies and television focus less and less on "diversity" and "inclusion" and more on storytelling. There will be holdouts, of course. Disney is still a ways off from ridding itself of its woke infection, so you'll probably see a bit more "Sisters" out of it. 

But the transgender movement seems like a shadow of its former self. It doesn't nearly hold the same power it did. 

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