Good evening, everybody. How are you all doing? Got a great show plan for you. We'll be joined later by

Ian Jenkins, the author of a book about a Thruple. That's right, three guys that are all in a

committed, long-term loving relationship who both have adopted children and also are all on

the birth certificate. I love hearing things about that. So we'll sit down and be talking to him,

learning more about that.

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Some interesting things going on from the American Psychological Association.

Those are one of the governing bodies.

Interesting stuff happening, though, in the LGBTQIA world. Never, ever, ever, dull. God bless because, yes, we still live in a time where people think that human rights

are up for a debate, which is quite sad, but the American Psychological Association opposes,

they say, transgender conversion therapy. Yeah, you're late to the party, APA, but you always kind of are.

Uh, but basically they say transgender or non-binary gender identities are normal variations

in human expression of gender. That's right. Attempts to force people to conform with rigid

gender identities can be both harmful to their mental health and their well-being.

Yeah, it's powerful that they came out and said that because what they say, as the American Psychological Association holds a lot of power, and there are still people that think that it's a mental illness and that treatment should be applied and can work.

Now, we know from people trying to create

conversion therapy on those that are gay that not only does it not work, it leads to a lot of

mental health issues. It creates and leads to and also creates a high rate of suicidality because

basically you're telling someone who you are is bad or wrong. And none of these pieces even matter.

Someone's sexual orientation or gender identity should never be up for discussion. It's a small part of who they are,

although culturally we've made it a large part of who someone is because of the way we oppose and

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