{"id":1933849,"date":"2023-05-19T04:01:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T08:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interphobia-blinken-celebrates-international-day-against-phobias-nobodys-heard-of\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T04:04:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T08:04:04","slug":"interphobia-blinken-celebrates-international-day-against-phobias-nobodys-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interphobia-blinken-celebrates-international-day-against-phobias-nobodys-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken marks International Day Against Interphobia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finterphobia-blinken-celebrates-international-day-against-phobias-nobodys-heard-of%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Secretary of State Antony Blinken Celebrates International Day Against Obscure Phobias<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to Twitter to celebrate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia. In his tweet, Blinken called for an end to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-macarthur-calls-on-u-s-pastors-to-preach-on-biblical-sexuality-on-jan-16-in-response-to-new-canadian-law\/\" title=\"John MacArthur Calls On U.S. Pastors To Preach On Biblical Sexuality On Jan. 16 In Response To New Canadian Law\">harmful conversion therapy practices<\/a> that attempt to change a person&#8217;s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics. He also included the holiday&#8217;s alphabetism, &#8220;#IDAHOBIT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Understanding Biphobia and Interphobia<\/h3>\n<p>Biphobia refers to the dislike of people who identify as bisexual. Interphobia, on the other hand, describes prejudice against those who are intersex, meaning their bodies &#8220;fall outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interphobia-blinken-celebrates-international-day-against-phobias-nobodys-heard-of\/\" title=\"Blinken marks International Day Against Interphobia.\">strict male\/female binary<\/a>,&#8221; according to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations also marked the holiday, although it excluded mention of &#8220;interphobia&#8221; in its statement.<\/p>\n<h3>State Department&#8217;s Focus on Left-Wing Identity Politics<\/h3>\n<p>Blinken&#8217;s tweet is the latest example of the State Department&#8217;s focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brooke-baldwin-criticizes-cnn-on-her-way-out-the-door\/\" title=\"Brooke Baldwin Criticizes CNN On Her Way Out The Door\">left-wing identity politics<\/a>. President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-batch-of-emojis-include-pregnant-man-and-pregnant-person\/\" title=\"New Batch Of Emojis Include \u2018Pregnant Man\u2019 And \u2018Pregnant Person\u2019\">budget proposal included<\/a> a $3 billion grant for the State Department to advance &#8220;gender equity and equality around the world.&#8221; One $400 million program at the State Department aims to foster &#8220;inclusive and responsible technology development \u2026 [for] the ability of women, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex community, and other marginalized groups to safely access digital technologies&#8221; in Africa.<\/p>\n<h3>Take Action Against Harmful Conversion Therapy Practices<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to recognize and celebrate holidays like International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia. But it&#8217;s also crucial to take action against harmful conversion therapy practices that attempt to change a person&#8217;s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics. Let&#8217;s work towards a world where everyone can live their lives authentically and without fear of discrimination.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Join advocacy groups that work towards ending conversion therapy practices<\/li>\n<li>Support legislation that bans conversion therapy<\/li>\n<li>Speak out against harmful rhetoric and discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Together, we can create a more inclusive and accepting world for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia by urging an end to harmful conversion therapy practices that aim to alter a person&#8217;s sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1933850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[27104,4636,7660,5917,8698],"class_list":["post-1933849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-interphobia","tag-blinken","tag-day","tag-international","tag-marks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}