(LifeSiteNews) The increase in LGBT identification is driven by social influence, according to credentialed experts studying the issue.
Self-identification as homosexual, transgender, and other apparent sexualities such as “gender fluid” are largely driven by social media, mainstream media, and peer influence, according to experts.
The first article focused on individual stories of “de-transitioners” and how transgender surgeries and drugs had harmed them. The second article focused on statements from American medical experts who studied this issue and concluded that the “transitioning” of kids amounted to “child abuse” and is creating a “public health issue.” The third article reviewed similar statements from European medical officials on the problems with pediatric transgender drugs and surgeries.
This series is meant to be a resource for confronting LGBT activists and helping gender-confused individuals realize the harms of “transitioning.”
Young girls likely to identify as transgender due to social pressure
Dr. Lisa Littman published a landmark study on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria in 2018 that interviewed 256 parents of gender-dysphoric teenagers. The survey included 90 questions and found that “(86.7%) of the parents reported that, along with the sudden or rapid onset of gender dysphoria, their child either had an increase in their social media/internet use, belonged to a friend group in which one or multiple friends became transgender-identified during a similar timeframe, or both.”
Littman’s research drew on other recognized studies on social and psychological disorders that had affirmed how peer groups can lead to others identifying with the same issues. “Peer contagion has been associated with depressive symptoms, disordered eating, aggression, bullying, and drug use,” she noted. However, by touching on such a politically sensitive topic, the former professor faced significant backlash.
A paid consultant to LGBT advocacy groups could not debunk her study – with an attempt by Dr. Jack Turban to discredit her work being described as a “disaster” and slated by both critics and supporters of the transgender ideology.
Social scientist finds mental illness, political ideology link to LGBT identification
There is a strong link between mental illness and liberal political beliefs and LGBT identification, Birbeck College political scientist Eric Kaufmann concluded in a 2022 study. Kaufmann, who has degrees in political science and economics, released a reportfor the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology [CSPI] that found bisexual sexual behavior did not rise at the same rate as identification as bisexual.
