Minnesota Democratic state Rep. Leigh Finke, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, told a legislative hearing that pornography websites can serve as \u201ceducational\u201d content for \u201cqueer\u201d children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finke made the remarks during testimony against House File 1434, a bill requiring age verification on adult websites to protect minors from harmful material. Finke argued that state attorneys general are \u201cjubilant\u201d about using such laws to block young people from accessing \u201ccontent that could be educational if they are queer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She claimed schools fail to provide adequate sex education for LGBT youth and suggested pornography fills that gap. \u201cAnd you\u2019re a principal, you have LGBT students in your school, and we also know that they\u2019re not receiving sex education for queer kids,\u201d Finke said. \u201cPrurient interest could be for many people the very existence of transgender kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement drew sharp condemnation from child protection advocates who argue that exposing minors to pornography is never educational and poses serious risks to developing minds. Finke has a long record of advancing radical gender policies, including authoring Minnesota\u2019s 2023 \u201ctrans refuge\u201d law that shields child sex-change procedures from parental consent requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bill under discussion, HF 1434, aims to enforce basic safeguards so children cannot freely access explicit adult content online. Opponents like Finke aim to undermine protections for children and to advance a radical agenda that corrupts the most innocent in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minnesota Democratic state Rep. Leigh Finke, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, told a legislative hearing that pornography websites can serve as \u201ceducational\u201d content for \u201cqueer\u201d children. Finke made the remarks during testimony against House File 1434, a bill requiring age verification on adult websites to protect minors from harmful material. Finke […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":274374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[511],"tags":[4861,7186,456],"class_list":["post-274373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-gender-ideology","tag-lgbt-ideology","tag-transgenderism"],"yoast_head":"\n