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Implicit in Cruz’s anti-queer rhetoric is a moralizing about bad parenting being why kids are queer. There’s also the adultism that asserts youth can’t know themselves. And the duplicity of groomer discourse while youth are constantly assumed to be & trained into cis-hetness. #ProtectQueerYouth

People saying "give cruz a break--this is hard". No. His kid needs "a break" from the violence his rhetoric & policies he creates--that's hard. He can fuck all the way off and you with him. "Words are deeds"--Wittgenstein. #ProtectQueerYouth

Bi youth's risks cut across race, genders, culture, etc. Think about how you dismiss, minimize, erase, or doubt bisexuality... then stop it. #ProtectQueerYouth

Bi youth have higher rates of despair & suicidality & experience more bullying. Nothing our culture hates more than complexities & fluidity. #ProtectQueerYouth

Pile on POS ted cruz all you want. Know this about queer youth: 4x higher risk of "suicide" (it's always murder: murder by homo- or transphobia, murder by dis-belonging or despair). It's a response to shit around them. Acceptance is protection. cruz's flaming hatred fueled this. #ProtectQueerYouth