The country's most prominent gay conservative advocacy group is distancing itself from what it calls the "radical" transgender movement that has been at the center of a cultural firestorm in recent years.Ross Hemminger, the president of the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR), announced in an op-ed published Thursday by Townhall.com that his organization is renewing its focus on prioritizing the representation of gay, lesbian and bisexual GOP voters."Fifty years ago next year, Log Cabin Republicans was founded on a simple conviction: that gay Americans who believe in limited government, individual liberty, and equality deserve equal protection under the law and a voice inside the Republican Party," Hemminger began the op-ed. "From the start, Log Cabin Republicans grounded its advocacy in constitutional principles — equal protection, limited government, and individual freedom."POWERFUL LGBTQ+ GROUP'S ENDORSEMENTS COULD TANK VULNERABLE DEMS OVER RADICAL YOUTH TRANS AGENDAThe president of the Log Cabin Republicans announced the organization was dropping trans advocacy from its gay rights movement.(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Hemminger noted that, in 2015, the group's board of directors voted to "add the 'T' under the umbrella of our mission," which is now being reversed."At the time, we did not believe that we would find ourselves where we are today," Hemminger wrote.
"The transgender movement has ceased focusing on adults at all — nearly all of their efforts and those of their aligned special interest groups focus on minors."They push schools to teach radical gender ideology; they want biological men in women’s sports regardless of the consequences; perhaps most offensively, they support gender reassignment treatments for minors, often without the knowledge or consent of the parents, knowing full well these treatments are mostly irreversible," the op-ed added. GAY TRUMP VOTERS SHATTER DEM 'LIE' LGBT AMERICANS VOTE BLUE, SAYS LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS CHIEFLog Cabin Republi...