For more than a few years now, transgenderism has been shoved down our throats as compassionate and enlightened; moreover, we have been scolded and warned that transgenderism should be and will be mainstream. Anarchists and leftists are desperate to make abnormal normal to undermine the moral foundations of civilized society. It’s not really about the poor souls exploited and victimized by the transgender mafia; it’s purely about power. The transgender agenda is not compassionate; it’s cruel abuse – and absurd!

A recently released video from late 2025 showed a 27-year-old University of Central Florida male student in some disturbance on campus. When confronted by campus police, the young man, sort of dressed like a woman, became agitated. Police told him to calm down and he became belligerent, so the officer reported to dispatch that “he” was aggressive and uncooperative. Upon hearing “he,” he started screaming “she, she, she!”

This young man had a complete meltdown because he believed he was misgendered by the officer. This adult had a tantrum like a toddler and could not control his emotions. Officers had to use pepper spray and a taser to subdue him and eventually restrain him for removal. It was an aggravating episode seeing an adult behave like a child, but it was an even more disturbing display because this person was clearly mentally ill.

The oversaturation of transgenderism is certainly annoying, but really, it’s quite sad to see a sick person unable to function yet denied proper mental healthcare. This young man is suffering severe mental illness, but instead of therapy for gender dysphoria, his sickness is enabled by leftists exploiting his condition to demolish the social order.

This young man needs help, so we should pity him for being exploited by power hungry Democrats that encouraged his delusions rather than offering mental healthcare. The callous abuse of those suffering gender dysphoria or plain perversion is the same as offering drugs to drug addicts. They are leading them to ruin for political expediency.

Transgender individuals are 13 times more likely to attempt suicide than the general population; 40% of transgender individuals have attempted suicide. This is an epidemic, but that’s because no one is treating their illness – their sickness is applauded and exploited.

Obviously dangerous to themselves, transgender patients are dangerous to others. Transgender violence has skyrocketed in recent years. A 36-year-old man suffering gender dysphoria recently murdered his mother in California. In 2024, a man shot his parents in Utah and in 2016, a boy in Maine stabbed his parents and family dog to death. There have been trans mass murderers in British Columbia, Tennessee, and Connecticut. Just to name a few.

The forced acceptance of transgenderism is societal suicide. It’s insanity to treat the insane as sane. Beyond absurd, it’s also cruel abuse. These poor souls are sick, so why are they denied treatment? It’s all about corrupting our culture by making abnormal behavior acceptable.

It’s past time to reject the transgender agenda and push back against militant LGBTQ+ activists. They are pushing mental illness and perversion to destroy the traditional family and thereby create chaos in our communities. Men may choose to dress like women, but they must be banned from female sports and should not be tolerated in public – their sexual shenanigans are detrimental to children.

Americans do not have to accept transgenderism in the public square. A 300-pound man in a dress who goes by Ashley Webb is running for US Senate in Maine. At the Democrat debate, Democrats acted like it was normal for a 300-pound man to be dressed like Aunt Bea from Mayberry – NO, it’s not! Beyond his ridiculous charade, he claimed to menstruate from his backside. He is crazy, so why is treated like serious candidate?! He is at least mentally ill and perhaps a pervert. He should be helped, but his conduct should be shunned.

Tolerating transgender nonsense is not helping those afflicted and its dangerous to society. Leftists are exploiting this for power, but pedophiles are also exploiting this for access to children. Unbelievably, Minnesota is providing taxpayer funded transgender dolls with interchangeable genitalia to students as young as FOUR! Children have no capacity to understand sexuality much less perversion. Why would the state sponsor such filth? They claim it’s to allow children to imagine the possibilities for their sexual identity. BUNK! This is simply grooming children to be approached about sex. This is a pro-pedophile agenda; it’s plain evil!

Enough! Perverts will always be among us, but the drag queens and transgender deviants must be driven from the public square and back into the shadows. Not to do so is cruel to them for normalizing their mental illness and dangerous to children for allowing them access to children. Rejecting transgenderism is not bigoted; it’s common sense for a moral society.

Legislation banning transgenderism from schools is necessary, but it will take Americans standing against perversion and for decency to purge this cancer from our society. Reject any politics or pop culture that advances the sick lie of transgenderism.

“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death” (Romans 6:21).

Pete Riehm is a Navy Veteran, conservative activist, and columnist in south Alabama. Email him at peteriehm@bellsouth.net or read all his columns at http://www.renewamerica.com/.