For Too Many Straight, Cisgender Parents, Queer Is Their Worst Fear
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George Johnson or sings a choral piece from the musical Considering Matthew Shepard commemorating a queer hate crime?
History tells us that they aren’t concerned about more arguments around the dinner table or decreased church attendance. They are scared their child will turn gay.
Several decades ago, people were not so embarrassed to say this. “As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot reproduce. Therefore, they must recruit others.” This was a quote from Anita Bryant, a well-known singer who started the Save Our Children Campaign to overturn a 1977 non-discrimination ordinance in Florida.
Not long before that in the 1960s, Florida created the Johns Committee which worked to rid queer college professors and public-school teachers from their posts due to fear of influencing children.
