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Americans deeply divided on issues involving queer children, poll shows

Carrie Howell, who lives in rural Georgia, is the mother of a bisexual 13-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old boy whose car seat is his favorite color: pink. If either child comes out as transgender some day, she will not be upset in the slightest. “I would get on the phone and start looking for doctors” to support them, said Howell, a 33-year-old automotive technician. “I don’t think there ...
LGBTQ+ employees of Disney, Ruston Harper, left, and Rene Jeske take a selfie while protesting then-Chief Executive Bob Chapek’ s response to Florida’ s“ Don’ t Say Gay” bill in 2022..

Carrie Howell, who lives in rural Georgia, is the mother of a bisexual 13-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old boy whose car seat is his favorite color: pink.

If either child comes out as transgender some day, she will not be upset in the slightest.

“I would get on the phone and start looking for doctors” to support them, said Howell, a 33-year-old automotive technician. “I don’t think there should be any laws restricting gender-affirming care for any age. I don’t. If there were more protections in place, then children would feel more confident about reaching out.”

Darcy Quimby, 56, a political independent from the Palm Desert, California, area, sees the question as more complicated.

Quimby said she previously identified as bisexual but today is in a monogamous relationship with a man and thinks the LGBTQ+ community has become too vocal, too prominent, too pushy and too obsessed with

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