Mouse Utopia No. 25

From the Daily Mail: "Number of Gen Z who say they are gay or bisexual doubles to 22% - with women twice as likely as men to be LGBTQ+." From the lede:

    More than one in five Gen Z adults identified as LGBTQ+ in 2023, having more than doubled over less than a decade.

    Of the 22.3 percent of Gen Zers identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer, more than 15 percent identified as bisexual, according to polling results from Gallup.

According to the article, the number of people identifying as LGBTQ+ has been increasing since the "Silent Generation", to-wit: Silent Generation, 1.1%; Baby Boomers, 2.3%; Gen X, 4.5%; Millennials, 9.8%; and Gen Z, 22.3%. "Women were nearly twice as likely as men to report being either lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or queer, at 8.5 percent compared to 4.7 percent," the article reports.

Psychologists have debated whether this [trend] is a reflection of rising exposure to social media [i.e., leftist propaganda], where teens may be swayed by influencers to shun relationship and social norms, or simply a reflection of greater acceptance of sexual minorities.

Later, concerning the first explanation, the article adds:

    One possibility is that Covid lockdowns drove up teens’ usage of social media sites like TikTok where thousands of influencers have empowered youth to eschew conventional views on relationships and which ones are socially acceptable.

    Mr Brown said: 'I don’t think we can pretend that this isn’t being driven by social media and influencing.

    'Clearly, there’s a social element to this where you hear about high schools and colleges as well, where social status could be seen as outside the mainstream in some way, declaring yourself part of the LGBTQ+ community, a way of fashioning yourself to get sort of intersectionality points.' 

We can't say it is just social media, however, as we are being constantly being bombarded by the propaganda in advertisements, television programs, and movies. From television shows like Barnie Miller and Cheers that portrayed homosexuals as sympathetic characters, to shows like Friends and Frasier that taught that it was bad-think to thing homosexuality was wrong, to shows like Spin City featuring a regular character that was gay and arguing for gay marriage, to modern shows that place gay characters front and center as the heroes and to be looked up to as examples.