Why the fight about gays now. Why the fight over Autism and vaccines a few years ago.

[LiberalArkie]

Autistic and LGBTQ: The Facts

Being LGBTQ is incredibly common among autistic people. If you’re involved in the autistic community, this is easily observed, but there is also factual evidence – and we all know how much us autistics love factual evidence! Pride is a great month to spend some time learning about the way being LGBTQ and being autistic intersects, so we wanted to share some of the facts with you. Here are some studies and articles detailing the science behind the intersection of autism and queerness.

In a 2017 study by the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), 69.7% of autistic participants reported being non-heterosexual. Researchers surveyed both neurotypicals and autistics. Only 30.3% of the neurotypical participants reported being non-heterosexual.

In this study by the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, they discovered that compared to neurotypical participants, autistic participants where 7.59x more likely to express gender variance; participants with ADHD where 6.64x more likely to express gender variance.

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https://www.autisticempire.com/2019/06/09/autistic-and-lgbtq-the-facts/


In the group with ASD, 69.7% of the sample reported being non-heterosexual, while in the TD group, 30.3% reported being non-heterosexual. The group with ASD reported higher rates of homosexuality, bisexuality and asexuality, but lower rates of heterosexuality.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29159906/

[Mysterian]

1. Because television tells gullible people what to be outraged about

Propaganda works and there are a lot of stupid people in the USA. The Supreme Court allowing dark money in political campaigns has placed this nation at great risk. Those who wish to destroy our democracy spend their money on TV propaganda.

[hlthe2b]

2. RW television & RW-associated hate-mongers-- including fundy preachers, podcasters, radio hosts and

the hate-exploiting politicians they promote. Hate enriches, hate motivates, hate wins--if we let it.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Because they can't say "black" or Brown" so they say "gay."

They keep the hate going and it doesn't really matter all that much who the target is.

[DBoon]

6. ... and because they can't say "Jew"

at least not publicly

[Tikki]

4. Anything to keep them from having to do the actual work of solving..

real World issues like Health Care, infrastructure, the environmental erosion and so much more.
They can get their 33% all riled up with non-problems by stoking fears.

They know we see them as sad bunch of losers and they think this way they’re winning something, anything.

Tikki

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Fear mongering, scapegoating, create an ememy, create the "good fight",

they get to be "heroes" in the righteous struggle. Modern day fascism and blood libel.