I watched this video by OTG Ministry: End of the World - The LGBT Lie - Amazing Testimony and wrote a comment in their discussion section. When finishing the comment, I figured that it might be a good steemit post as well. So here goes nothing!
As the comments was disabled, I thought it was a good idea to post it here and on the channels discussion section instead.
First of all, I'd like to point out that OTG didn't link to the studies they got their results from.
They bring up 4 results from some scientific studies which concludes with the following 4 points.
- Sexual orientation is not fixed.
- Gender identity is not fixed.
- Only a minority of children who experience gender atypical thoughts live to adulthood or adolesence having the same atypical thoughts.
- LGBT people has higher rate of mental health problems, substance abuse and intimate partner violence than the general public.
I will explore these 4 points from a pro LGBT point of view.
- Saying that sexual orientation is not fixed does not mean people can choose what sexual orientation they want to have. Which is what it seems like OTG are insinuating. This would depend on the scientific article OTG is referencing to.
- As #1, just because gender identity is not fixed does not mean LGBT people can choose gender identity they want to have. Which is what it seems like OTG are insinuating.
- If this is true, then it is a very good point OTG is making. We should not treat children as if they are the gender they say they identify as.
- I believe this. However, it seems like OTG believe that LGBT people experience these issues because they chose to be LGBT. However, you can not choose what sexual orientation you have or what gender identity you have, which is something OTG did not address in the video.
I encourage you steemians to leave a comment.
