Good! Republicans need to get over their obsession with trans children’s genitals.

There’s a saying about that. Trans kids are like vegan cats. You know who’s making the decisions.

my parents angrily forbid me to do drugs or have sex and begged me not to drink to excess. Guess which activities I regularly engaged in.

I was threatened, beaten up, choked out and tortured in school for being “gay” (actually bi), and yet my (romantic) attraction to any and all genders even preceeded my understanding of any sexuality.

not my parents, not my fellow students, not exes, not internet strangers, not religion and not any form of media has managed to change my sexuality.

my parents angrily forbid me to do drugs or have sex and begged me not to drink to excess. Guess which activities I regularly engaged in

I too was vehemently forbidden, but I managed to understand how bad drugs and excessive drinking are and felt no need to rebel by “cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face”

Two people can go through the same environment and have completely different outcomes

What makes you think that drugs are bad?

They are addictive, damaging to the body and mind, destroy your life, and are used as unhealthy coping mechanisms.