Lawsuits have been filed in various U.S. jurisdictions challenging policies that seek to respect requests by transgender students to not “out” them to their parents.
conservatives who think that sexual orientation or gender identity are choices think that because they themselves have chosen to remain in the closet.
That’s possible for those conservatives that are closeted, but I think the majority of conservatives simply lack empathy on this point. They have no concept of it for themselves, so they assume everyone is like themselves.
Empathy is the exact reason. Until they have first-hand experience with something, they will consistently stand firm on their own beliefs. Until it’s someone they know, it only affects “the wrong people.”
That’s possible for those conservatives that are closeted, but I think the majority of conservatives simply lack empathy on this point. They have no concept of it for themselves, so they assume everyone is like themselves.
Empathy is the exact reason. Until they have first-hand experience with something, they will consistently stand firm on their own beliefs. Until it’s someone they know, it only affects “the wrong people.”