Youth: Sexual and Gender Awareness and Self-Awareness

News Boys Art and Entertainment LGBT+ RSOL Politics Science, Technology, Health Current events Deaths Youth: Sexual and gender Awareness and Self-Awareness by Staff Writer - March 7, 2022 Can the cat be put back into the bag or is it already to late?. Heteronormativity describes the ways in which heterosexuality is normalized through myriad practices, so that it becomes naturalized as the only legitimate form of sexuality. Over the past 10 years, we have seen a a veritable explosion of new sexual and gender identity labels that people, especially young people, are using to describe themselves. Many young people for a verity of reasons including better sex education and access to the internet are finding that they don't neatly fit into the old categories of straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or even what it means to be boy or girl. This is the great chasm that separates the beliefs and behaviors belonging to members of many of today's youth from the political, religious, and educational institutions and belief systems of the older generations. Politicians, religious leaders and parents have begun to accuse educators of trying to "sexualize or groom children" or that teachers are trying to turn children and adolescents into gays, or even worse trying to convince them that they are transgender. There is very little truth to be found in any these accusations and it is more an attempt to "shift blame" i.e. "my kid doesn't really feel that way and the teachers have brainwashed him to say that etc..." The truth is closer to the fact that young people are learning a plethora of information from many sources not only their school, but also from their peers, and from the internet and then applying what fits to themselves and in some places receiving acceptance from their peer group for their non majoritive identities. The question that still remains is whether this sexual and gender awareness revolution is going to be able to flourish or will it wilt and die in the toxic soil of a reinvigorated heteronormative resurgence? Over the past year in the United States, there has been significant push-back against allowing the sexual awareness of young people. A number of new state laws have have been purposed and have been passed that target sexual and gender minority youth, and in some cases their parents. As of the beginning of July 2022, ten new laws aimed at sexual minority youth went into effect, all of them related to education. Most of these laws are similar to Florida’s "Parental Rights in Education act" which has been dubbed "The don't say gay law" banning classroom discussions of gender and sexuality, supposedly for grades K-3, but has already been used to prevent seniors from discussing their sexual orientation during their commencement ceremony speech. A number of states have enacted laws preventing transgender girls from playing sports, as well as outlawing gender affirming care and criminalizing both their parents and their doctors. None of these laws are intended to help the kids. They are intended to score votes for the politician, appease parents and the various religious institutions and promote heteronormativity. I.attack on sexual minority kids, disinformation and social problems II.Heteronormativity describes the ways in which heterosexuality is normalized through myriad practices, so that it becomes naturalized as the only legitimate form of sexuality. a. The adoption of heteronormative ideals and constructs into the BL community b. BL don't consider themselves gay. III.Awareness: Sexual and gender cohorts https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/enby/ https://gender.fandom.com/wiki/Enby https://www.healthline.com/health/different-types-of-sexuality IV. sex ed V. Sexual dichotomy, confusion and violence. Conclusion