One in Four US Adolescents Now Identifies as Non-Heterosexual
A new comparative analysis of survey results reveals that 1 in 4 US adolescents in grades 9 through 12 self-identify as non-heterosexual. These findings are published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
From 2019 to 2021, the researchers noted a significant decrease in youth who self-identified as heterosexual (84.5% vs. 74.7%). There was an increase in those who self-identified as gay or lesbian (2.5% vs. 3%) and an increase in those who self-identified as bisexual (8.6% vs. 12%). More youths in 2021 than in 2019 also selected “not sure” for their sexual identity (5.1% vs. 4.4%).
In 2019, 5.6% of females and 3.3% of males stated that they were “not sure” of their sexual identity, against 8% of females and 2.3% of males in 2021.
The survey included 12,847 respondents (51% female and 49% male) in 2019, and 16,357 respondents (48% female and 52% male) in 2021.
The trans movement has more than doubled the percentage of the US population identifying as non-heterosexual, going up from 3.5% in 2012 to 7.2% in 2022.
Most of these numbers are from Gen Z, about 20% of which identify as non-hetero. pic.twitter.com/s13LRSqxtJ— Marina Medvin ?? (@MarinaMedvin) March 1, 2023
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is a set of surveys that are conducted every other year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The System was established in 1991 to measure behaviour and experiences that can affect the health of US high-school students.
Questions about sexual identity were first added to the System in 2015. Initially, the responses were “heterosexual,” “gay or lesbian” or “note sure.” In 2021, the responses under the category of “not sure” were expanded to include: “I describe my sexual identity some other way”; “I am not sure about my sexual identity (questioning)”; and “I do not know what this question is asking.”
In the new comparative analysis, researchers considered whether the number of individuals who responded with “not sure” about their sexual identity changed between 2019 and 2021.
The academics behind the new study believe that the figures reflect genuine changes in the number of people who identify as non-heterosexual, but they also caution that the results reflect the fact that the System’s questions have become more nuanced and incorporate a wider variety of positions on the respondents’ sexuality.
“It suggests that there are other additional response options that might be really salient to this age range of people that aren’t being captured right now,” said the senior author behind the study.
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US Military Pits Man against Machine in World’s First Human vs. AI Dogfight, Refuses To Say Who Won
The US military has confirmed that it staged the world’s first ever human versus AI dogfight in the skies above California. The battle took place over Edwards Air Force base in September of last year, when a piloted F-16 went up against an unmanned X-62A VISTA (Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft), as part of DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program.
On Wednesday, DARPA released a video about the encounter on YouTube, and hailed the world first on its Twitter account.
The military is currently refusing to disclose which combatant won. In 2020, during a totally simulated dogfight between a human and an AI pilot, the AI pilot won.
“Asking the question of who won [the dogfights] doesn’t necessarily capture the nuance of the testing that we accomplished,” said DARPA ACE Program Manager Lt. Col. Ryan Hefron.
According to the commandant of the Air Force Test Pilot School, James Valpiani, the larger point of the program is “How do we apply machine learning to combat autonomy?”
One current headache for the program is the question of certification, and ensuring that AI aviators can be trusted to operate aircraft safely.
“The potential for machine learning in aviation, whether military or civil, is enormous,” Valpiani said.
“And these fundamental questions of how do we do it, how do we do it safely, how do we train them, are the questions that we are trying to get after.”
The next stage of the ACE program is to explore and demonstrate the potential for collaboration between human and AI pilots in dogfighting scenarios.
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“The Ukrainian-Russian Border Is Our Border!” Booms Democrat in Ukraine Bill Debate
During yesterday’s debate over the new Ukraine spending bill in the House of Representatives, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) claimed that events on the Ukraine-Russia border should take precedence over events at the actual US border with Mexico.
“Some say, well, we have to deal with our border first. The Ukrainian-Russian border is our border!
“It’s the border between depraved autocracy and freedom-loving people seeking our democratic way of life. Do we have a stake in that outcome? Yes. Undeniably yes.
“Will we rise to the occasion? Will we stand shoulder to shoulder with our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, who for 1151 days have been holding off the depraved thuggish dictator Vladimir Putin, who has respected no norms of warfare?
“He’s targeted children and hospitals and schools. He’s bombed apartment blocks, killing thousands.”
The melodramatic pontificating continues with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). “Some say, well, we have to deal with our border first,” bellows Connolly. “The Ukrainian Russian border is OUR border!”
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) April 20, 2024
Who knew?!? It’s basically like the border between Virginia and Maryland pic.twitter.com/51rQcpdqOd
The spending bill passed yesterday, with the help of Speaker Mike Johnson. The news that an extra $60.8 billion will now be available to Ukraine was greeted with jubilation by President Zelenskyy, European leaders including Poland’s Donald Tusk and NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg.
It was greeted with dismay by many Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, who referred to speaker Johnson as a “lame duck” and suggested that support for his removal as Speaker was growing.
“This is the third betrayal by Mike Johnson,” she said in a fiery interview with CNN outside the Capitol.
“He delivered a two-part Omnibus, funded the Department of Justice, 91 federal indictments against President Trump, funded the FBI that raided Mar-a-Lago, gave them a brand new FBI building, funded Joe Biden’s open-border policies that are killing Americans every single day.
“Then he reauthorized FISA that spied on American citizens, spied on President Trump’s campaign, and he voted against the warrant requirement, the same warrant requirement that he was for six months ago! And then he did this bullsh*t in here in the House floor, the foreign-war package that does nothing for America. It’s unbelievable.”
She added that, “If we had the vote today in our conference, he would not be speaker today.”
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“That’s Up To The People”: MTG Slams Republican Party and Speaker Johnson after Ukraine Bill Passes
“That’s up to the people,” was Marjorie Taylor Greene’s response to being asked if Republicans deserve to stay in the majority, yesterday on CNN.
Standing on Capitol Hill surrounded by the press, she laid in to Speaker Mike Johnson over the passing of the Ukraine bill that will send a further $60.8 billion to Ukraine.
“This is the third betrayal by Mike Johnson. He delivered a two-part Omnibus, funded the Department of Justice, 91 federal indictments against President Trump, funded the FBI that raided Mar-a-Lago, gave them a brand new FBI building, funded Joe Biden’s open-border policies that are killing Americans every single day.
“Then he reauthorized FISA that spied on American citizens, spied on President Trump’s campaign, and he voted against the warrant requirement, the same warrant requirement that he was for six months ago! And then he did this bullsh*t in here in the House floor, the foreign-war package that does nothing for America. It’s unbelievable.”
Mike Johnson betrayed America once again.
After doing nothing to secure America’s Southern border, reauthorizing FISA to spy on the American people without a warrant, fully funding Joe Biden’s DOJ that has indicted President Trump 91 times, and giving Biden’s political gestapo a… pic.twitter.com/8ZnQB5ry5j— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene?? (@RepMTG) April 20, 2024
She added that she’s “thankful” that ordinary people get to witness “who this man is” and “the people who voted for this” are.
“This is the only way it’s going to change. People have to see the truth.”
In response to another question, she said that support for a motion to vacate the Speaker’s chair is “growing,” but she added the qualification that she wanted to be “responsible” and support the Republican majority.
“I do not support Mike Johnson. He’s a lame duck.
“If we had the vote today in our conference, he would not be speaker today.”
The passage of the new Ukraine bill was met with thanks by President Zelenskyy, European leaders and Jens Stoltenberg, current head of NATO. Direct thanks were offered to Speaker Johnson.
“@SpeakerJohnson, thank you,” Tweeted Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. “Better late than too late. And I hope it is not too late for Ukraine.”
“I welcome that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a major new package of aid to Ukraine,” Tweeted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
“Ukraine is using the weapons provided by NATO allies to destroy Russian combat capabilities. This makes us all safer, in Europe and North America.”
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House Democrats Wave Ukraine Flags and Chant ‘Ukraine First’ While Passing $61 Billion Aid
Speaker Mike Johnson delivered the Democrats a gift and sold out the American people on Saturday, reneging on his months-long pledge to never pass foreign aid without first securing America’s border. House Democrats waved Ukraine […]
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Top Oncologist Demands FDA Recall Covid Jabs Over Skyrocketing Cancer Among the Vaccinated
World renowned oncologist and professor Angus Dalgleish, known for his cancer and HIV research, has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately recall the “fundamentally flawed” Covid mRNA shots. According to Prof. Dalgleish, […]
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