According to a January report from the Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ youth suicide-prevention organization, 71% of LGBTQ youth said debates over bills affecting how they live negatively impact their mental health — and 86% of transgender youth reported negative mental health repercussions from such legislation.” In my own words, anti-LGBTQ+ bills endanger the health, lives, and human dignity of LGBTQ+ people, particularly LGBTQ+ youth. Although most LGBTQ+ people I personally know are either white or Latino, I think white supremacy and White Christian Nationalism (white, far-right conservative Republican, straight, etc….) I think white Christians bear a special responsibility to speak and stand against this ideology, particularly in the United States. White Christian Nationalism is historically-rooted in our nation’s history and seeks superiority over all other Christians and people through political force and power. This is also evidence that American White Christian Nationalism does not represent most American Christians and certainly not most Christians globally.

Source: ABC News November 28, 2023 15:11 UTC