Secretary Blinken noted this, yet his tweet about the event has raised some eyebrows among those who are curious to know why he was jumping into a controversy. While Secretary Blinken might have decided to throw in his support, it is how he did it that has some questioning of what the Secretary of State is thinking.
Blinken shared an image of the LGBTQ+ support flag and tweeted:
“On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia, we call for an end to harmful conversion therapy practices, including those that attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.”
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A similar message appeared on the Secretary of State’s website. The message on that website noted, “In keeping with the WHO’s determination, last year, President Biden directed the U.S. government to promote an end to so-called 'conversion therapy practices’ around the world.”
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The statement said, “Conversion therapy is a scientifically discredited practice that can cause significant physical and psychiatric harm, and in certain circumstances may amount to torture.”
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The State Department message wrapped up: “We confirm that conversion therapy practices are inconsistent with U.S. nondiscrimination policies and ineligible for support through taxpayer-funded foreign assistance grants and contracts.”
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Critics of the Biden Administration noted that there seem to be contradictions between what the State Department is saying here and the official policies of the Biden Administration.
Mark Ousley, host of the “UnWokable Podcast,” noted Blinken’s call for an “end to harmful conversion therapy practices, including those that attempt to change a person's ... sex characteristics,” and said, “Who's gonna tell him?”
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In a follow-up tweet, Ousley wrote that the level of: “cognitive dissonance is actually impressive. Thanks for finally coming out against child mutilations and trans conversion therapy.”
Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes was also critical of these statements by Blinken and wrote: “Wait, so conversion therapy- which uses just words- is bad because it attempts to change sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics— but hormones and surgery are good? Make it make sense.”
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Jay Richards, director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, also chimed in and wrote: “What about efforts to convert someone’s body to match a made up thing called a gender identity? What about that? Or are bodies not real?”
It seems that Blinken sparked far more controversy than he probably intended to with his messages of support. He is simply out of line with what the Biden Administration has pushed forward.
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