Shortly after Obergefell was decided, it became clear that transgender rights was simply the next stop on the train. But the pairing of LGB and T never made sense to me. Gays and lesbians urged society to accept them as they are. Transgender people compelled society to accept they as they are not. More pressingly, transgender rights advocates focused nearly all of their efforts on children: bathrooms in school; teachers telling students to lie to their parents about secret transitions; medical procedures for minors; biologically male athletes in sports; and so on. For generation, gay men were targeted for grooming young children. Growing up in New York City in the 1990s, I heard nonstop jokes about gay priests and Boy Scout troop leaders abusing kids. Yet the T in LGBT focused on the kids.
The issues for gays and lesbians always seemed quite different. I wondered whether gay rights groups were quietly concerned about this merger of LGB and T, but didn't speak up for fear of being labeled transphobic. I think the other shoe has finally dropped.
The Log Cabin Republicans will no longer advocate on transgender issues. Ross Hemminger, the President of LCR, published an essay in Townhall discussing the issues.
