LGBT Activism on the Ropes: 'No One Wants to Join That Team'

They’re edging closer to understanding the problem — but remain far off the mark.

In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive Election Day victory — a strong rebuke of far-left ideologies — transgender activism appears to be undergoing a transformation.

The New York Post reports that transgender activists are “reassessing their confrontational strategies as public support declines.”

Drawing from a New York Times article titled “Transgender Activists Question the Movement’s Confrontational Approach,” some within the LGBT community are voicing frustration with the more extreme elements of the “trans” movement.

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of Advocates for Transgender Equality, acknowledged to the Times that trying to shame people into accepting transgender ideologies has proven counterproductive.

“We have to make it OK for someone to change their minds,” Heng-Lehtinen said. “We cannot vilify them for not being on our side.

“No one wants to join that team.”

The director added, “No one wants to feel stupid or condescended to.”

Here’s where I must pause. Heng-Lehtinen insists that “no one wants to feel stupid,” while demanding the Times refer to them as “they”? This fixation on pronouns is precisely one of the movement’s core issues.

Mara Keisling, another activist, also urged for a softer image. “We looked unreasonable,” Keisling admitted to the Times. “We should be focusing on the 7-year-old who just wants to play soccer with her friends.”

However, this argument misses the mark entirely. Attempting to repackage transgenderism in a friendlier manner doesn’t address the deeper issue: the ideology’s foundation is fundamentally flawed.

Any worldview that disregards biblical truths — or even basic common sense — by suggesting that God makes mistakes in creating male and female is inherently problematic.

For non-believers, consider this from a purely logical standpoint: how is it ethical to perform irreversible surgery on a healthy young girl just because she identifies as a tomboy during a phase?

This is the crux of the matter.

Transgenderism, no matter how it’s rebranded — whether through gentler rhetoric or more accommodating outreach — cannot mask its foundational premise: that boys can become girls, and vice versa, through drastic medical interventions like surgery and lifelong hormone treatments.

Even if transgender activism promised economic incentives, medical breakthroughs, or comfort innovations, it wouldn’t change the public’s perception. At its core, the movement’s claim clashes with the beliefs and values held by most Americans, as evidenced by the Gallup poll highlighted by the Post and the Times.

The majority of Americans aren’t preoccupied with “Xe/Xim” pronouns when faced with tangible challenges like providing for their families or maintaining their homes.

While it’s encouraging that some activists are reconsidering their aggressive tactics, the movement’s true challenge isn’t its approach but the fundamental ideology itself. Until that realization dawns, the left will remain out of touch.