In all seriousness, is this ok with you?

My feelings are as follows; I really don't (didn't) care what they do or who they do it with. I don't care how they dress or how they act, away from our kids.

I know they're there, it didn't bother me. But when they target our children, thats a hard no.

Is this ok for YOUR children?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy7Oj4fSzuI

Or how about drag queen recruitment videos?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnI9GVJqoNk

Liberalism is a mental disorder, plain and simple.

They are either too afraid to condemn it for fear of losing their libturd badge or support it.

I dunno about everybody else but I am absolutely scared to death. Can't sleep at night.

Are the children safe?

Fucking morons.

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:
In all seriousness, is this ok with you?

My feelings are as follows; I really don't (didn't) care what they do or who they do it with. I don't care how they dress or how they act, away from our kids.

I know they're there, it didn't bother me. But when they target our children, thats a hard no.

It is an utterly SICK agenda, and no normal person likes it!

I totally agree with you, in that any adult is free to behave as he or she fits in their sexual lives.

But keep it to your!

Not sure if any of you paid much attention to the FIFA Soccer World Cup in Qatar last year.

The stupid queers blew it all out of proportion.

They were demanding Qatar change their laws, against their religion, against their culture, just to please those sick freaks!

Germany, England and Australia were at the head of the list demanding change.

In Europe they have tick boxes for job applicants.

If you straight, white, male, you don't tick enough of the boxes to qualify!

I can't tell for obvious reasons whether or not the media on this issue is hype or fact.

Here in Timbuktu we mostly dont deal with any of the topics hysterically headlined.

I have heard that one of our old alcoholics that .ay not be among the living anymore used to dress up in ladies clothing while intoxicated.
I have been told we have a local kid in the middle school questioning their gender. I think we have the usual assortment of gay and other folks, there's a nice senior lesbian couple across town from me I like to talk to occasionally.

As for kids, I believe parents should retain responsibility in most circumstances. Our school ends in late May and I have no interest in Gay Pride anything, in school or other. No offense meant, just no interest. It seems to me that a "Drag Queen Story Hour" or classroom instructions in Tranny Details would take away from the basics lime reading, writing and arithmetic. I expect my child to be safe, educated and properly disciplined while under the schools supervision.

A taxpaying parent shouldn't think they have to put up with anything in their kids school outside the normal, and there actually is well established normal. Those goofballs, ( if there are actually any out there,) that think porn books and tranny's and ebonics and Critical Race Theory belong in their kids education, they should have it,....in their kids education, not mine.

Let us discuss a real danger to children.

KY Department of Community Based Services not having enough placement for child victims of dependency, neglect abuse, or at risk of crime with R super majorities who refuse to address the issue.

I doubt KY is the exception.

Or the real, confirmed abuse of children by Chaotic Priest.

https://apple.news/Ayq7Q6aT_SpWP39JN8ySBRQ

Trans people are 4 times more likely to experience violent victimization than cis/conforming people.

https://williamsinstitute.law....trans-press-release/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8344346/

I will believe real professionals over YouTube.

Your hypothesis is just wrong.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8008535/

In fact, trans teens having access to gender affirming care is a net positive.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/...nsgender-people.html

However, I am sure you know better.

Finally, a child is 82 times more likely to be abused sexually by a heterosexual family member.

82% of the suspected perpetrators of child sexual abuse in a study sample were at the time of the offense or had been at some time involved in a heterosexual relationship with a close relative of the child they victimized. In their study sample, researchers found that a child’s risk of being molested by his or her relative’s heterosexual partner was over 100 times greater than their being molested by someone who identifies as being homosexual, lesbian or bisexual (0.7% of the cases).1
 According to a study

https://www.barcc.org/assets/p..._Download_-_LGBT.pdf

.7 percent abused by a gay, trans person compared to 82 percent heterosexual family member.

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Let us discuss a real danger to children.

KY Department of Community Based Services not having enough placement for child victims of dependency, neglect abuse, or at risk of crime with R super majorities who refuse to address the issue.

I doubt KY is the exception.

Or the real, confirmed abuse of children by Chaotic Priest.

https://apple.news/Ayq7Q6aT_SpWP39JN8ySBRQ

Trans people are 4 times more likely to experience violent victimization than cis/conforming people.

https://williamsinstitute.law....trans-press-release/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8344346/

I will believe real professionals over YouTube.

Your hypothesis is just wrong.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8008535/

In fact, trans teens having access to gender affirming care is a net positive.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/...nsgender-people.html

However, I am sure you know better.

ANNNNNND you believed all the super duper scary Covid flu numbers too!!!!

Yes I do. I do not believe you.

In the economy thread you started, you never politicized a source to contradict mine.

Like all these things, there are aspects new to society that we have to navigate. I suspect some such have gone too far.

Drag queen story time- Theres no need to be introducing kids to any form of overt sexuality. Dress style included.

Likewise puberty blocker etc. They do permanent damage and a pre pubescent child is not able to make an informed decision on thier use. If as an adult they want to go through a sex change then all power too them. but again a child does not have the understanding to make such a decision.

If you’re worried about the contamination of children, better start with the priests, the preachers, and the Boy Scout leaders.

I don’t see any trannies getting charged, but there sure do seem to be a lot of Bible thumpers who can’t keep their hands to themselves.

Yeah I have no problem with that, Although I think its a little different. You are talking about abjectly illegal actions that will be punished if found out about. Im talking about ideas that children are not ready for.

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Originally posted by shankspony:
Yeah I have no problem with that, Although I think its a little different. You are talking about abjectly illegal actions that will be punished if found out about. Im talking about ideas that children are not ready for.

Have you watched any prime time TV lately? There’s rarely a program that doesn’t have a full on sex scene within the first three minutes; “fuck” is the third most common word, it seems, and producers seem to be competing to see who can offer the most gory forms of violence and depict shooting the most people they can in 22 minutes.

There’s a helluva lot of ideas kids should not be exposed to that are more prevalent than the odd tranny. I wouldn’t be taking my grandchildren to any ‘pride’ parades, but other than that even I have never seen a real live tranny in the flesh. I really don’t think they’re all that common.

I think the bibles and the korans do a lot more harm than the odd weirdo in a dress and lipstick. Even 99% of kids would just snicker at that; those are not learned tendencies. You’re either wired that way, or you’re not.

Yes i agree. But again I say, those prime time tv shows are not being viewed in school where they are given some importance.
Its a different subject, to discuss re levels of parenting skill and the care taken to introduce suitable material to them at home.

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Yes I do. I do not believe you.

In the economy thread you started, you never politicized a source to contradict mine.

Anyone who believed all the bullshit of the CHINK VIRUS is an IDIOT!

quote:

Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:
In all seriousness, is this ok with you?

My feelings are as follows; I really don't (didn't) care what they do or who they do it with. I don't care how they dress or how they act, away from our kids.

I know they're there, it didn't bother me. But when they target our children, thats a hard no.

How many kids were killed by trans people?

In 2021 2590 kids died as a result of shootings, 65% of those were accident or homicide. 184 were 5 or under.

Seems to me if you are outraged about them tranies passing on their mental illness to your kids you should be really steaming about them getting shot. But you won’t be, most of them were probably coloured anyways.

https://www.pewresearch.org/sh...ercent-in-two-years/

I dont see it as an either or issue. You can be upset by kids dying from shootings.But you can also be concerned at some of the ideas and the ages those ideas are being introduced.

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Originally posted by shankspony:
Like all these things, there are aspects new to society that we have to navigate. I suspect some such have gone too far.

Drag queen story time- Theres no need to be introducing kids to any form of overt sexuality. Dress style included.

Likewise puberty blocker etc. They do permanent damage and a pre pubescent child is not able to make an informed decision on thier use. If as an adult they want to go through a sex change then all power too them. but again a child does not have the understanding to make such a decision.

Good post!

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Originally posted by shankspony:
I dont see it as an either or issue. You can be upset by kids dying from shootings.But you can also be concerned at some of the ideas and the ages those ideas are being introduced.

I’m not saying it’s an either or thing, just amazed by the number and vehemence of posts concerning trans issues. You’d think there were drag queens on every corner handing out nuclear waste to kids. Yet almost 200 age 1-5 kids get shot and killed and no one appears to view that issue as anything like as serious, certainly never see any posts addressing it from the “ won’t someone think of the children, our society is imploding because of trans” crowd.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
I dunno about everybody else but I am absolutely scared to death. Can't sleep at night.

Are the children safe?

Fucking morons.

If it doesn’t concern you at all. Look in the mirror and you will find your “fucking moron.”

quote:

Originally posted by shankspony:
Like all these things, there are aspects new to society that we have to navigate. I suspect some such have gone too far.

Drag queen story time- Theres no need to be introducing kids to any form of overt sexuality. Dress style included.

Likewise puberty blocker etc. They do permanent damage and a pre pubescent child is not able to make an informed decision on thier use. If as an adult they want to go through a sex change then all power too them. but again a child does not have the understanding to make such a decision.

The voice of reason.

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Originally posted by nute:

quote:

Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:
In all seriousness, is this ok with you?

My feelings are as follows; I really don't (didn't) care what they do or who they do it with. I don't care how they dress or how they act, away from our kids.

I know they're there, it didn't bother me. But when they target our children, thats a hard no.

How many kids were killed by trans people?

In 2021 2590 kids died as a result of shootings, 65% of those were accident or homicide. 184 were 5 or under.

Seems to me if you are outraged about them tranies passing on their mental illness to your kids you should be really steaming about them getting shot. But you won’t be, most of them were probably coloured anyways.

https://www.pewresearch.org/sh...ercent-in-two-years/

Of course everyone is concerned about any type of unnatural cause of death in children. Homicide happens to be against the law. If anything, it has been the liberalization of law enforcement pushed by progressives that has weakened prosecution in this aspect of danger towards children — a topic for another discussion and nothing to do with the OP.

Children deserve the right to grow up in a normal environment. The “TV topic” brought up by TW is correct and when we as society chose to evolve in that direction…we erred. However, parents can control that to some extent.

Tolerance is the virtue children need help with…simple tolerance.

If transgenders want tolerance…the way to seek it is by blending not by flagrance.

All of this said…as Scott stated: Parents should demand a good education in Reading, writing, mathematics, science, civics, and history.

Social issues should be devoid in schools. If schools get the above mentioned^^^taught well…they have their work cut out for them and have no time for other.

Think Trans/lgbtqrs oppose or favor hunting? Think liberals in general oppose or favor hunting?

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Trans people are 4 times more likely to experience violent victimization than cis/conforming people.

https://williamsinstitute.law....trans-press-release/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8344346/

I will believe real professionals over YouTube.

Your hypothesis is just wrong.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8008535/

Heym, you're too smart to take the bait on the "trans victimization" studies!

I've suggested before to drill down into the data from which findings such as this are derived.
Crime statistics show that in the majority of reported crimes against trans gender were perpetrated by their partners or another close relation - people known to the victim.

Much of the argument, here in the ARPF and largely in the general media, is that children are "safer" around homosexuals and trans people than heterosexuals.
The results of the third citation above suggest that there is no difference either way - that the incidence of abuse mirrors the sexual alignment of society at large.

This means, however, that the normalization of homosexuality and transgenderism in society will only increase the likelihood of one being an abuser simply through the mathematical odds.
It could also mean, if one wants to really look at the behavioral etiology, that human beings prefer heterosexuality as a natural matter in their own sexual relations as well as their abuser/victim relationships. That gender dysphoria (including homosexuality) genuinely is an abnormality whether one likes that or not.

Back to the OP, at issue is that in education the casual introduction of sexual material to students in the classroom will only lead to more abuse, certainly not less.
It seems as though today's educators and school boards have decided to embrace what decades (perhaps centuries) of proven understanding have shown - that kids parrot behaviors they see in adults.

Just because a portion of the population believes that this is all normal, does that mean our children should be exposed to it at an ever younger age, and by teachers rather than their own parents?

The LGBTQ+ community knows (as do the honest folks here on the ARPF) that we will have more of what young students are exposed to whether it be art, literature, advanced mathematics or boys dressing in drag.
This is where the notion of "grooming" has validity.
It's normal for any individual to want to fit in.
If you feel that your appearance, interests, personal economy or, in this case, sexual identity, are preventing you from fitting in you have two choices - change yourself or change those around you.
This is where the LGBTQ+ folks have been so successful.
Normalization of an aberrant behavior should be seen as quite a victory but that's not enough - they don't just want acceptance, they want participation and what more fertile ground to germinate this than a primary age schoolroom?

"The Educator Discipline Act defines Sexual Misconduct as:

"Sexual misconduct" shall mean any act, including, but not limited to, any verbal, nonverbal, written or electronic communication or physical activity, directed toward or with a child or a student regardless of the age of the child or student that is designed to establish a romantic or sexual relationship with the child or student. Such prohibited acts include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) sexual or romantic invitations;

(2) dating or soliciting dates;

(3) engaging in sexualized or romantic dialogue;

(4) making sexually suggestive comments;

(5) self-disclosure or physical exposure of a sexual, romantic or erotic nature; or

(6) any sexual, indecent, romantic or erotic contact with the child or student.

As is apparent in the definition, sexual misconduct is a broad term encompassing any behavior designed to establish an inappropriate relationship with a child or student"

All they have to say is that these programs aren't designed to establish a romantic or sexual relationship with the child or student so it's all A-OK!

Let's call it what it is...another excuse for the republicans to have a group they can demonize, be afraid of and hate. They condemn undocumented immigrants, gays, and now it's the transgenders' turn, I guess. I never cease to be amazed at how literally the entire conservative agenda is based on intolerance and hatred. Gives you a cause, I guess.

How many of you here know a trans-gender person?

Anybody? I don't. I can't even recall ever meeting a transgender person. I must have over the course of my lifetime but not that I can recall.

How can a group of people that are so small in number be occupying such a huge space in so many conservative brains?

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
I never cease to be amazed at how literally the entire conservative agenda is based on intolerance and hatred.

May just be a distinction without a difference, but I think the agenda is based more on a notion that we believe that our way of life is superior to that of others so we want everyone to be like us, we want them to look like us, think like us, share our view of sexuality, share our religious views, etc. The world would be a better place if everyone was just more like us. Of course, it ignores the fact that everyone is not like them, nor does everyone believe that their way of life is superior and that they would like to be like them.

Mike Mitchell, I bet you don't know any drug dealers, murderers or sex traffickers either.
Does that mean they don't exist?
They don't concern you at all?

It's not at all about an agenda "based on intolerance and hatred".
It is about observing a situation and asking honest questions about why that situation exists. Whether that situation is appropriate for particular people and what outcomes (good and bad) are the likely results.

For instance, if the incidence of suicide and thoughts of self harm are so much more prevalent in the trans community, why would we want to encourage more kids to join in?

Ones likelihood to be an alcoholic is recognized to have a genetic link. Perhaps something one could be born with, right?
That doesn't mean we should have 4th Grade mixology lessons though does it.


The trans movement has all but ruined women's sports.
Let me rephrase that, the broad acceptance of trans men competing as women has all but ruined women's sports.

Should we, as a society, be encouraging this?
What's wrong with competing in a transgender class of their own?
The truth is, THEY won't accept that solution. They are men whom demand to compete against women so they have a chance to win.
Again, the choice is to change yourself or change everyone else no matter how illogical that is.

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Originally posted by Huvius:
Mike, I bet you don't know any drug dealers, murderers or sex traffickers either.
Does that mean they don't exist?
They don't concern you at all?

It's not at all about an agenda "based on intolerance and hatred".
It is about observing a situation and asking honest questions about why that situation exists. Whether that situation is appropriate for particular people and what outcomes (good and bad) are the likely results.

For instance, if the incidence of suicide and thoughts of self harm are so much more prevalent in the trans community, why would we want to encourage more kids to join in?

Ones likelihood to be an alcoholic is recognized to have a genetic link. Perhaps something one could be born with, right?
That doesn't mean we should have 4th Grade mixology lessons though does it.

The analogy is bizarre and has no application that I can understand.

Statistically speaking, there aren't that many drug dealers, murderers or sex traffickers either. And, it is incredibly telling that you pick those types and use them in a way that you think is analagous to trans people. Unbelievable.

Nor do I deny the existence of transgenders. Don't know why you would post that up.

Nor do I see anybody anywhere encouraging kids to become transgender. Point me to something that supports the assertion that anybody, anywhere on the face of the planet is doing that.

This is a perfect example of what I just posted. A bunch of misinformation or outright lies that are touted as a reason to discriminate against a group of people who are different than you.

quote:

Originally posted by Saeed:

quote:

Originally posted by LHeym500:
Yes I do. I do not believe you.

In the economy thread you started, you never politicized a source to contradict mine.

Anyone who believed all the bullshit of the CHINK VIRUS is an IDIOT!

That would include almost everyone here.

quote:

Nor do I see anybody anywhere encouraging kids to become transgender. Point me to something that supports the assertion that anybody, anywhere on the face of the planet is doing that.

Do your own homework.

Ignorance is bliss indeed...

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by Huvius:
Mike, I bet you don't know any drug dealers, murderers or sex traffickers either.
Does that mean they don't exist?
They don't concern you at all?

It's not at all about an agenda "based on intolerance and hatred".
It is about observing a situation and asking honest questions about why that situation exists. Whether that situation is appropriate for particular people and what outcomes (good and bad) are the likely results.

For instance, if the incidence of suicide and thoughts of self harm are so much more prevalent in the trans community, why would we want to encourage more kids to join in?

Ones likelihood to be an alcoholic is recognized to have a genetic link. Perhaps something one could be born with, right?
That doesn't mean we should have 4th Grade mixology lessons though does it.

The analogy is bizarre and has no application that I can understand.

Statistically speaking, there aren't that many drug dealers, murderers or sex traffickers either. And, it is incredibly telling that you pick those types and use them in a way that you think is analagous to trans people. Unbelievable.

Nor do I deny the existence of transgenders. Don't know why you would post that up.

Nor do I see anybody anywhere encouraging kids to become transgender. Point me to something that supports the assertion that anybody, anywhere on the face of the planet is doing that.

This is a perfect example of what I just posted. A bunch of misinformation or outright lies that are touted as a reason to discriminate against a group of people who are different than you.

I'm not saying they're analogous Mike.
I'm saying that the current discussion has grown to the point that it deserves honest examination even if that examination reveals it to be problematic.
Where is my misinformation and outright lies?

quote:

Originally posted by Saeed:

quote:

Originally posted by LHeym500:
Yes I do. I do not believe you.

In the economy thread you started, you never politicized a source to contradict mine.

Anyone who believed all the bullshit of the CHINK VIRUS is an IDIOT!

quote:

Originally posted by Huvius:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by Huvius:
Mike, I bet you don't know any drug dealers, murderers or sex traffickers either.
Does that mean they don't exist?
They don't concern you at all?

It's not at all about an agenda "based on intolerance and hatred".
It is about observing a situation and asking honest questions about why that situation exists. Whether that situation is appropriate for particular people and what outcomes (good and bad) are the likely results.

For instance, if the incidence of suicide and thoughts of self harm are so much more prevalent in the trans community, why would we want to encourage more kids to join in?

Ones likelihood to be an alcoholic is recognized to have a genetic link. Perhaps something one could be born with, right?
That doesn't mean we should have 4th Grade mixology lessons though does it.

The analogy is bizarre and has no application that I can understand.

Statistically speaking, there aren't that many drug dealers, murderers or sex traffickers either. And, it is incredibly telling that you pick those types and use them in a way that you think is analagous to trans people. Unbelievable.

Nor do I deny the existence of transgenders. Don't know why you would post that up.

Nor do I see anybody anywhere encouraging kids to become transgender. Point me to something that supports the assertion that anybody, anywhere on the face of the planet is doing that.

This is a perfect example of what I just posted. A bunch of misinformation or outright lies that are touted as a reason to discriminate against a group of people who are different than you.

I'm not saying they're analogous Mike.
I'm saying that the current discussion has grown to the point that it deserves honest examination even if that examination reveals it to be problematic.
Where is my misinformation and outright lies?

I just pointed it out. You compare trans people to murderers, drug dealers and sex traffickers. The OP implies and you apparently accept the idea that trans people are out there regularly schooling kids to be trans.

Both of those assertions are misinformation and/or outright lies.

Admiral and US Asst. Secretary of Health

You sure seem to collect quit a few pictures of trannies. Everybody needs a hobby I guess......

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Originally posted by tomahawker:
Admiral and US Asst. Secretary of Health

Pretty impressive career.

Rachel Leland Levine (/ləˈviːn/ lə-VEEN; born October 28, 1957)[1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021.[2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Levine is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine, and previously served as the Pennsylvania physician general from 2015 to 2017 and as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health from 2017 to 2021.[3] Levine is one of only a few openly transgender government officials in the United States,[4] and is the first to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation.[5][6] On October 19, 2021, Levine became the first openly transgender four-star officer in the nation's eight uniformed services.[7]

Levine was named as one of USA Today's women of the year in 2022, which recognizes women who have made a significant impact on society.[8]

Early life and education
Born on October 28, 1957, Levine is originally from Wakefield, Massachusetts.[1][9] Her parents, Melvin and Lillian Levine, were both lawyers.[10] Her sister, Bonnie Levine, is four years older.[10] Levine is Jewish and grew up attending Hebrew school.[11] Levine earned a high school diploma from Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts.[12]

Levine graduated from Harvard College and the Tulane University School of Medicine, completing a residency in pediatrics and a postdoctoral fellowship in adolescent medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, New York.[13]

Career
After completing her training in pediatrics and psychiatry at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital, Levine moved from Manhattan to central Pennsylvania in 1993 where she joined the faculty of the Penn State College of Medicine and the staff at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.[14] During her tenure, she created Penn State Hershey Medical Center's Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Penn State Hershey Eating Disorders Program. She was in charge of the latter when she was nominated for the position of Pennsylvania physician general in 2015.[14]

Pennsylvania Department of Health
In 2015, Levine was nominated by Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Wolf to serve as Pennsylvania's physician general. In one of her most lauded actions as physician general, Levine signed an order allowing law enforcement officers to carry naloxone.[15]

In July 2017, Governor Wolf appointed Levine as Secretary of Health, and she was unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate.

COVID-19 response

Levine briefing COVID-19 measures with Gov. Tom Wolf at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in June 2020
During 2020 and until January 23, 2021, Levine led the public health response on COVID-19 in Pennsylvania as the state secretary of health. She worked closely on a daily basis with the FEMA director and led a daily press briefing. Along with Gov. Tom Wolf, Levine faced criticism from a few Republican leaders over her handling of the pandemic, particularly with regard to nursing home patients.[16]

On March 18, 2020, Levine directed Pennsylvania nursing homes to admit new patients, including stable patients recovering from the COVID-19 virus who were released from the hospital.[17] Despite warnings from nursing home trade groups that such policies could unnecessarily cost more lives, there is no evidence that Levine placed COVID-positive patients in nursing home facilities or that her decision resulted in excess death among the elderly.[16] Levine was also criticized for mishandling COVID data reporting[18] and insufficiently addressing the long-standing oversight problems in Pennsylvania nursing homes that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] Levine faced further scrutiny in May 2020, when she moved her own mother out of a nursing home. In defending the move, Levine said, "My mother requested, and my sister and I, as her children, complied," describing her mother as "more than competent to make her own decisions."[20] These issues were momentarily highlighted by Republican lawmakers after President Biden nominated Levine for Assistant Secretary for Health. However, Levine's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely praised as calm and steadfast by many Pennsylvanians and local media outlets.[21]

Biden administration

Levine with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra after being sworn in as assistant secretary for health, March 27, 2021
On February 13, 2021, President Joe Biden formally nominated Levine to serve as Assistant Secretary for Health.[22] Her confirmation hearing with the Senate HELP Committee took place on February 25. On March 17, the committee voted 13–9 to advance her nomination for a full Senate vote.[23] On March 24, the Senate voted 52–48, with all Democrats and two Republicans — Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska — joining all members of the Senate Democratic Caucus to confirm her nomination.[24] Levine is the first openly transgender person to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation.[25]

On October 19, 2021, Levine was commissioned as a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer in any of the United States uniformed services as well as the first female four-star admiral in the Commissioned Corps.[26]

LGBTQ health disparities
Shortly after her confirmation, Levine told NBC News that LGBTQ youth are topmost in her mind when it comes to addressing health disparities in the United States.[27] She cited bullying, suicide, discriminatory policies, and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic as pressing issues among LGBTQ youth. Levine has also expressed concerns about vaccine hesitancy among LGBTQ youth who are more likely to experience medical distrust and less likely to seek medical care.[28]

During an April 2022 speech at Texas Christian University, Levine criticized "disturbing - and frankly discriminatory - laws and actions" that many states have implemented that affect the lives of LGBTQ youth.[29] In an interview with NPR, she cited a range of policies, including Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill and Texas' push to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children.[30] Arguing that such policies are based on politics rather than public health, Levine encouraged people to contact the Office for Civil Rights when they feel discriminated against and vowed to provide support to those who contact her office.[29]

Personal life

Levine and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre hold a Pride flag in 2022
Levine has two children.[31] She transitioned from male to female in 2011.[32] Levine married Martha Peaslee Levine in 1988[33][31] during Levine's last year of medical school[10][4] and divorced in 2013.[34][4] She has served as a board member of Equality Pennsylvania, an LGBT rights organization.[4]

Honors
Levine was named as one of USA Today's Women of the Year in 2022.[8]

You forgot to mention he had his dick chopped off and made into a pussy and had fake boobs inserted in his chest. The Picture of Health. This is who is helping to shape and direct the health policy of the USA.

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Originally posted by tomahawker:
You forgot to mention he had his dick chopped off and made into a pussy and had fake boobs inserted in his chest. The Picture of Health. This is who is helping to shape and direct the health policy of the USA.

Homophobe Homophobe...