Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 10/31

[SVPete]

Not All Girls Who Said They Were Lesbians Are Actually Lesbians? You Don't Say!

https://pjmedia.com/aj-christopher/2026/10/30/not-all-girls-who-said-they-were-lesbians-are-actually-lesbians-you-dont-say-n4958876

Stop the presses! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of ninth-grade girls who identify as lesbian or bisexual dropped from 30% in 2021 to just 17% in 2025. Jean Twenge, a San Diego State University psychology professor, described the trend as a “free fall.”

The Washington Post claims that researchers are searching for answers. Their brows are furrowed, and their lower lips are bitten. The researchers are baffled. Puzzled. Flummoxed. Perplexed. Or, as the “conservative” Fox News headline describes it, the new data has been “stunning.”
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I don’t have a degree from Columbia in Queer Studies, so I can’t speak with the authority of the experts at San Diego State University. But if I didn’t know any better, I’d almost dare to venture that the 2021 statistic alleging that 30% of girls identified as lesbian or bisexual reflected not actual sexual orientation, but rather a social trend.

A fad.

A cool thing to say.

An attention getter.

A way to prove you’re woke.
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But you get my point, folks. As conservatives, we already knew that the whole “30% of girls are lesbians” schtick never had any validity. And neither did the transgender numbers, which have similarly fallen from 7% (2023) to back under 4% of teens identifying as transgender.

Ideologues inflated these numbers in order to use confused kids to wreak havoc on the institution of the traditional nuclear family. The sexuality had little to do with it. Had they felt that teenagers "identifying" as obsolete typewriter ribbons would have better helped them achieve their political goals, we all would have been subjected to years of cultural push for teenagers to identify as obsolete typewriter ribbons.

The article calls out general social and media influence. I think there has also been authority -figure (e.g. teachers and school counselors) and peer pressure influence. Personally, I think the 17% - 1 in 6 - number is still significantly inflated.