The Openly Gay Community Has Doubled In the US Since 2012 --But Why?

November 25th 2022

Twice as many American are openly affiliated with the LGBTQI+ community today compared to 2012.

*A Statista.com statistic concerning the staggering rise in LGBTQ+ affiliated Americans since 2012.

But why?

And as a grass roots American I can only speculate in terms of the recent rise in America’s homosexual and transgender community. Whereby, this article contains no scientific results or biological case studies regarding homosexuality, however, I do have a few thoughts on this situation regarding the rising popularity of LGBTQ affiliation within America from my own grass-roots perspective.

First and foremost, I think that American culture has become more accepting of; transient, abstract and immoral ideology over the past 3 decades leading to more people simply, “coming out,” as gay. Whereby, perhaps many of these individuals who have recently chosen to affiliate themselves with the LGBTQ+ community have long been self aware of their own homosexuality and perhaps were more afraid of the back-lash concerning, “coming out,” in decades past. However, I also think that; the film industry, the music industry, the pornography industry and the tech industry have in some ways begun to encourage homosexuality within America today and now sometimes openly reward it in terms of hiring practices. Furthermore, I think that in many ways, “LGBTQ+ rights,” are now being used as a political tool in order to shield, “old money,” “nepotism,” and quite frankly a growing tech sector fueled by tech employee’s who consistently have sexual deviancies (*IE Steve Jobs and other tech executives). Whereby, I find that many top executives like Bill Gates and others are now using LGBTQ culture as political leverage in order to retaliate regarding financial grievances brought on by Civil Rights movements such as that of; African Americans, women and Native Americans. Or to put that more simply, I think that some of America’s top leaders, whom I describe as, “old money,” are now using gay rights as a tool to shield themselves over criticism regarding other groups of previously mistreated minority's.

However, in my opinion I see this rise in LGBTQ+ Americans as perhaps NOT A CAUSE FOR CONCERN but an indication that America is;

• More accepting of abstract lifestyles today than ever before.
• A symptom of bitter leadership that is sick of countless Civil Rights movements despite political reconciliations that have occurred dozens and dozens of times (exceeding trillions of dollars given to minority's in welfare alone) over the past 10 decades.
• Glamorization of the gay community by both the film industry and musicians such as; Lady Gaga, Madonna, Freddy Mercury, George Michael and Boy George.
• A lopsided economy which not only promotes nepotism but also promotes wealthy heterosexual males to get married SEVERAL TIMES over and to have several female partners often leaving more men/boys without the means to take care of a women in today’s society.
• The, “club mentality,” of giving young men and women, “something to belong to,” and I find that this is particularly prevalent within the confines of social media and politics, today.

And actually what also inspired me to write this article was a college roommate of mine who after college came out as, “homosexual,” and who I now feel betrayed by as a friend. Though, I don't feel betrayed because this individual came out as gay but I simply find it troubling because of the timing. Why did he come out as, “gay,” in his mid twenties and not during childhood? And if he was, "gay all along," than why didn’t he leave Darlene for me to have sex with on Spring Break back in 2004? If he was gay? Which quite frankly led me to question the motives behind some members of the gay community, today.

And that individual, who I won’t name, is now married to a man who is 48 years old (*12 years his senior) named Mike Mcfall, a man who just won a seat in the 8th District House of Representatives in my home state of Michigan using the campaign slogan, “I’m with Mike.” Whereby, that occurrence really rattled my cage and all but forced me to delve into this topic, today. Because quite frankly knowing this individual personally since childhood and now seeing HIM and NOT ME in Congressional politics, all for marrying a state Representative of his own sex, kind of bothered me. Furthermore, this individual who again came out as gay in his late 20's but never before that, is now also on a first name basis with, "Shelly," as he calls her but you might know her as, "Michelle Obama." And this whole situation really made me question the ethics of, “gay marriage,” today. Whereby, to reiterate this was someone who I played little league sports with, this was someone who I shared an apartment with in college, this was someone who I KNEW WELL... who just suddenly became, "gay," one day in his late 20's... after previously engaging in heterosexual sex for most of his life.

Gay Adoption

Regardless of sexual orientation there is another issue behind this which has also bothered me over the years which is, "gay adoption." Whereby, this article is no way meant as a form of hatred or malice towards the gay community so much as a referendum on the motivations and circumstances surrounding the grass roots happen-stance of the rising popularity of the LGBTQ+ community and it’s acceptance in national politics. Whereby, if Representative Mike Mcfall, this individual’s husband, would like to comment on this article then I would encourage him to do so. Nevertheless, several study's show that gay parents who adopt children often tend to raise children successfull despite sexual deviance. But how would you feel being the child of 2 gay men? Isn't life already hard enough with 1 or 2 hetereosexual parents? And perhaps more than a parent's sexual orientation... isn't money the biggest factor in a child's upbringing? Whereby, I'm actually torn on gay adoption because study's frequently site gay parents as sometimes/often better than that of a foster program. Nevertheless, I myself would NOT want gay parents, I would prefer a foster program... despite several study's indicating that children are actually better off with gay adopted family's than in a group home. Whereby, I'm completely torn on this subject and I suppose that it has to do primarily with the specific circumstances of the gay adoption itself on a, "case by case," basis.

Nevertheless, the individual who inspired today’s article, the boy who married Michigan State Representative Mike Mcfall, actually explained homo-sexualty to me himself (*my old college roommate) as a circumstance of ACCEPTING his own feminine side which he described as something that, “everyone is born with to a varying extent.” And I didn’t entirely disagree with him on that. Whereby, this individual, Mike Mcfall’s husband, actually explained to me himself that his coming out was a circumstance where he believed that everyone was born with a varying degree of homosexuality on a spectrum of 1-100 which he simply chose to accept, and I didn't entirely disagree with him on that.

But let me take a moment to re-iterate my motivations for writing today’s article and to reiterate that this article was not constructed due to hatred or malice but instead due to concern and introspection regarding this staggering rise in the LGBTQ+ community within America, today. And this is something that most Americans and pundits alike are often scared to even discuss openly out of fear of criticism in America today. Whereby, that reluctance to even discuss this topic I view as, “the problem itself,” which is that Americans are growing more and more, “feminine,” in terms of a reluctance to even discuss uncomfortable subject matters openly and publicly, today.

But let’s take this conversation 1 step further and I’d like to simply point out that while America has become more and more accepting of LGBTQ+ affiliation, regardless of the exact science behind it, that simultaneously micro-economics and grassroots working conditions have also veered towards a more feminine mindset in the modern day work-environment. Which I believe coupled with an increasingly callus economy and technologically driven isolation, is responsible for this rise in the LGBTQ+ community within America, today. Or to put that last sentence more bluntly, as a grassroots citizen in the United States I believe that feminine behavior is being rewarded financially more than ever before and in turn creating an upswell in the LGBTQ community. Whereby, I’ll also point out that the rising fanaticism of America's young men regarding the National Football League... might even be partially to blame.

But to be even more transparent regarding my own personal beliefs regarding this situation I find that this circumstance is often a bi-product of an increasingly isolated American youth, which in my opinion has become a shortfall of the technological revolution combined with the ascension of female leaders within America’s mainstream media. Or rather, women are being rewarded more than ever before financially both in America and abroad and I find that a lot of men are simply resorting to feminine behavior seemingly in order to rise above an increasingly callus US economy. And I suppose that my conclusion to today’s article is that I believe that a combination of; increased acceptance, increased feminine behaviour in the workplace, increased desire for masculinity in the media and rewarding the LGBTQ community, sometimes simply as backlash towards other minority groups/movements, has all contributed to this rise in the LGBTQ community today. But again look no further than sport’s journalism in America and you'll see the outcome of an increasingly feminine mainstream media affecting America’s youth. Whereby, pundits like Stephan A. Smith now make a very lucrative career out of simply criticizing more masculine males like a little girl and then that feminine behavior is becoming a trend… nationwide. "That Linebacker sure is a stud." -ESPN

Whereas, a more masculine writer might even be forced to turn down a 7 figure salary in order to openly discuss his political beliefs… and that writer might even have to find an alternative career in; hip hop, acting, Ai or journalism, partially due that stance.

-William Larsen, Founder, CiviliansNews.com

PS: If, "the unnamed husband of Mike Mcfall," was gay his whole life then why'd he have sex with Darlene on Spring Break? And by the way, he was kind of adopted... by the State Representative... as a gay husband.