Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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In the 5 months that I've been gone, the world has become a much scarier place. What was happening? In this video essay, I examine the culture surrounding the rise of Anti-LGBT Rhetoric, and go into a deep dive on LGBT related Books that are being banned nationwide.

0:00 The Rise of Transphobic Violence (An Introduction)
3:35 Should Trans People Own Guns?
5:24 Manipulative Framing: We Should've Seen This Coming (Guns cont.)
8:48 Radical Hatred from Radical Feminists
11:50 Lavlune & The TERF Pipeline
15:09 Is Engaging with Transphobes Even Worth it?
17:13 An Introduction to LGBT Books for Children
19:05 Flamer & The Disturbing Page about a Bottle
21:43 It's Not Just One Page
24:32 It Gets Even Worse...WAY Worse
26:58 The True Context of the Bottle (And the Page After That's Even WORSE)
29:47 Are These Books Essential for LGBT Youth?
31:40 The Resurgence of Book Burning & Do Parents Have Valid Concerns?
34:12 This Book is Gay: Shockingly Sexually Explicit?? (It's Not Just Flamer)
36:28 Is It Sex Ed...Or is it Just an Excuse?
39:13 All Boys Aren't Blue & Explicit Deceptions of Relationship Abuse...Educational or Inappropriate?
40:54 The Groomer Narrative...Are We To Blame?
43:14 Final Conclusions & The Future of This Channel
46:19 Outro

Full Playlist of every video featured in this video:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-RGav1DYgixfdupKqZ-Fx83bNhBCuC2y

All Uncensored Pages of Flamer and All Boys Aren't Blue mentioned in this video: imgur.com/a/cM7BmvA

Note: It's possible that I might be missing a page of a book, or a full video of a clip that I read/played in the video, if there's a page/clip you're looking for, but it isn't here, please let me know, and I'll add it below.

All Boys Aren't Blue Explicit Pages: pavementeducationproject.com/about-4-7