{"id":453837,"date":"2022-05-27T19:48:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/left-wing-critics-says-bill-maher-should-be-canceled-over-lgbtq-comments\/"},"modified":"2022-05-27T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:48:28","slug":"left-wing-critics-says-bill-maher-should-be-canceled-over-lgbtq-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/left-wing-critics-says-bill-maher-should-be-canceled-over-lgbtq-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"#Left wing critics says Bill Maher should be &#8216;canceled&#8217; over LGBTQ comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1b453af08\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1b453af08\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/left-wing-critics-says-bill-maher-should-be-canceled-over-lgbtq-comments\/#%E2%80%9CLeft_wing_critics_says_Bill_Maher_should_be_%E2%80%98canceled_over_LGBTQ_comments%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Left wing critics says Bill Maher should be &#8216;canceled&#8217; over LGBTQ comments&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLeft_wing_critics_says_Bill_Maher_should_be_%E2%80%98canceled_over_LGBTQ_comments%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Left wing critics says Bill Maher should be &#8216;canceled&#8217; over LGBTQ comments&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Left-wing critics are demanding that HBO \u201ccancel\u201d Bill Maher after accusing the HBO \u201cReal Time\u201d host of delivering an anti-transgender monologue on last Friday\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>David Kilmnick, who heads the nonprofit LGBT Network, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2022\/5\/25\/bill-maher-has-gone-too-far-anti-lgbtq-comments\">wrote an article in Advocate<\/a> magazine on Wednesday titled: \u201cBill Maher Has Gone Too Far With Anti-LGBTQ+ Comments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher was blasted for saying that \u201cwe\u2019re literally experimenting on children\u201d by providing them with puberty blockers and other treatments aimed at facilitating gender transitions.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that transitioning was becoming \u201ctrendy.\u201d Maher hit out at Chase Strangio, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, who cheered efforts to ban a book by author Abigail Shrier.<\/p>\n<p>Shrier, a Wall Street Journal writer, is author of \u201cIrreversible Damage,\u201d which explores the rapidly growing trend of teenage girls who undergo therapies and surgeries to transition to boys.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmnick, who wrote that he \u201chas spent over three decades fighting for the rights of our LGBTQ+ communities, particularly safe spaces for our youth,\u201d said Maher\u2019s jokes make it feel \u201clike 1993 all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Rule: Along for the Pride | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mMBzfUj5zsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He slammed Maher for his \u201charmful, homophobic and transphobic\u201d comments, which amounted to the \u201cReal Time\u201d host taking \u201cpotshots at LGBTQ+ youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then called on HBO to take Maher\u2019s show off the air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to speak up and hold everyone accountable, even those who purport to be \u2018liberal and progressive\u2019,\u201d Kilmnick wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I am calling for the LGBTQ+\u00a0community and supporters of LGBTQ+ youth to boycott HBO until\u00a0\u2018Real Time With Bill Maher\u2019\u00a0is removed from its platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/activist-63.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Maher delivered a monologue in which he criticized giving puberty blockers and other gender-transitioning therapies to children.\" class=\"wp-image-22438998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/activist-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/activist-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/activist-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Maher delivered a monologue in which he criticized giving puberty blockers and other gender-transitioning therapies to children.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">UCG\/Universal Images Group via G<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maher angered activists last Friday when he noted in his monologue that \u201cover time, the LGBT population of America seems to be roughly doubling every generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to a recent Gallup poll, less than 1% of Americans born before 1946, that\u2019s Joe Biden\u2019s generation, identify that way, 2.6% of Boomers do, 4.2% of Gen X, 10.5% of Millennials and 20.8% of Gen Z, which means if we follow this trajectory, we will all be gay in 2054,\u201d he said to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just saying that when things change this much this fast, people are allowed to ask, \u2018What\u2019s up with that,&#8217;\u201d Maher added.<\/p>\n<p>Maher noted that Finland and Sweden have \u201cstopped giving puberty blockers to kids because we just don\u2019t know much about the long-term effects, although common sense should tell you that when you reverse the course of raging hormones, there\u2019s going to be problems.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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