{"id":2266093,"date":"2024-06-12T14:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-air-force-celebrates-pride-month-with-ceo-of-organization-advocating-for-child-gender-transitions\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:03:58","slug":"exclusive-air-force-celebrates-pride-month-with-ceo-of-organization-advocating-for-child-gender-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-air-force-celebrates-pride-month-with-ceo-of-organization-advocating-for-child-gender-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Marks Pride Month with CEO Supporting Child Gender Transitions"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fexclusive-air-force-celebrates-pride-month-with-ceo-of-organization-advocating-for-child-gender-transitions%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=2266093&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--><p>The \u200bDepartment of the Air Force recently\u200b held a \u200ctwo-day pride month event,\u2063 which drew attention due to its inclusion of Brian Bond, CEO of \u2062PFLAG, as \u200da keynote speaker. PFLAG is \u200cknown\u200b for advocating for transgender \u200cchildren&#8217;s access \u200dto medical treatments \u200dand opposing legislation that restricts these treatments. The\u2062 event also \u200cfeatured a variety of\u2064 activities and discussions centered \u200daround LGBTQ+ experiences \u2063and inclusion within the military.\u200b Criticism came from a Pentagon source who expressed concerns that the military is focusing too much on\u2062 social issues rather than its primary\u200b function of warfare. Additionally, legal actions\u200d by PFLAG against states like Texas, Missouri, and North Carolina\u2063 were highlighted, reflecting ongoing\u200d debates over transgender youth medical care. The event is part of broader efforts within the military\u200c to promote \u2064LGBTQ+ inclusivity and comes \u2064amid discussions about the impact of such initiatives on military focus and readiness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The Department of the Air Force hosted a two-day pride month celebration that featured the CEO of an organization that advocates for children to undergo irreversible medical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-sophia-bush-not-allowing-kids-sex-changes-tantamount-to-murder\/\" title=\"Actress Sophia Bush: Not Allowing Kids Sex Changes \u2018Tantamount To Murder\u2019\">sex change procedures<\/a> and pushes sexually explicit LGBT books onto children, The Daily Wire has learned.<\/p>\n<p>A promotional Air Force poster advertising the \u201cDAF Pride Celebration,\u201d exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire, reveals how the military branch celebrated pride month, showing that the CEO of the pro-transgender organization PFLAG, <a href=\"https:\/\/pflag.org\/person\/brian-k-bond\/\">Brian Bond<\/a>, was a keynote speaker at the event.<\/p>\n<p>PFLAG is one of the nation\u2019s most prominent pro-transgender organizations. Under Bond\u2019s leadership, it has fervently opposed legislation that seeks to protect children from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-kids-actually-prevent-suicide-heres-what-the-data-say\/\" title=\"Does \u2018Gender-Affirming Care\u2019 For Trans Kids Actually Prevent Suicide? Here\u2019s What The Data Say\">cross-sex hormone treatments<\/a> and sex change procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The event is being promoted on posters inside the Pentagon office space, according to images obtained by The Daily Wire. It was scheduled to take place in the Pentagon courtyard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><\/div>\n<p>Bond\u2019s radical organization has a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pflag.org\/resource\/transgender-reading-list-for-children\/\">transgender reading list for children<\/a>\u201d which includes \u201cI Am Jazz,\u201d which it described as a story about \u201ca transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings.\u201d There\u2019s also the \u201cGender Now Coloring Book,\u201d which is \u201cmeant to provide reflection and support unity by showing multiple genders standing together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another book on the list, called \u201cWhat Makes a Baby,\u201d is said to be a \u201cchildren\u2019s book that takes gender out of making a baby.\u201d The book\u2019s author, Cory Silverberg, is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/16\/meet-the-sex-shop-founder-who-is-grooming-children-through-books-in-school-libraries\/\">founders<\/a> of what has been referred to as a \u201cbeginner\u2019s sex store\u201d in Toronto. He has also authored \u201cSex is a Funny Word,\u201d a children\u2019s book that discusses \u201ctransgender identity, intersex conditions, and masturbation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Pentagon source told The Daily Wire that the event is indicative of \u201cmisplaced\u201d focus in the military, which is losing sight of its main purpose: fighting wars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are bombarded with emails, memos, official messages, meetings, and gatherings for special interest groups and social issues, but nary a word is issued about our warfighting heritage,\u201d the source said. \u201cThis is indicative of a much larger problem in the Pentagon: more time and effort is spent on social programs and issues than preparing for war. The focus is misplaced, and taxpayers should know what they are paying for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PFLAG has taken legal action against <a href=\"https:\/\/pflag.org\/press\/pflag-families-and-medical-providers-sue-texas-to-block-dangerous-transgender-youth-medical-care-ban\/\">Texas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pflag.org\/press\/families-and-medical-providers-sue-missouri-to-block-transgender-youth-medical-care-ban\/\">Missouri<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pflag.org\/press\/pflag-sues-north-carolina\/\">North Carolina<\/a> after the states sought to protect children from medical interventions like cross-sex hormone therapy injections and sex-change surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies need to be free to access care that is in their child\u2019s best interest,\u201d the organization argued in a <a href=\"https:\/\/pflag.org\/resource\/medical-bans\/\">statement<\/a> that also said, \u201c\u2018medical bans\u2019 criminalize treating a transgender child under the age of 18, imposing penalties on parents and health care providers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The military branch hosted a range of different activities and speakers for Pride Month beyond just the PFLAG CEO. The event schedule included \u201cqueer trivia,\u201d as well as speaker sessions on \u201cLGBTQ+ &#038; Organizational Culture\u201d and the \u201cLGBTQ+ Civilian and Service Experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opening comments on the second day of the event were offered by Lieutenant Colonel Bree Fram, an engineer with the United States Space Force and activist for pro-transgender policies in the military. The Daily Wire previously discovered that the Air Force Academy hosted Fram for a symposium where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/air-force-academy-highlights-transgender-officer-at-leadership-summit\">spoke to cadets<\/a> about transgender inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Fram, a man who identifies as a woman, also addressed a Pride celebration where he called for those in the military to \u201cinitiate difficult conversations about racial and gender barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH\ud83c\udfa5: The U.S. Air Force Academy hosted a transgender Pentagon official for a symposium on inclusion. Our military is focused on transgender dogma while wars rage on two continents.<\/p>\n<p>Here he is at a pride celebration calling for \u201cintentional inclusivity\u201d in the military \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6BAbEwrS4j\">pic.twitter.com\/6BAbEwrS4j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spencer Lindquist \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerLndqst\/status\/1763327970893254985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another session appears to advertise a <a href=\"https:\/\/spartapride.org\/\">pro-transgender activist group<\/a> within the military called \u201cSPARTA,\u201d which calls itself \u201ca beacon for transgender individuals who currently serve or have served in the U.S. military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/spartapride.org\/board\/evelyn-aurora-lee\/\">speakers<\/a> was Technical Sergeant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/insta.evelyn.fitness\/p\/CXsWzqROdlO\/?img_index=1\">Evelyn Lee<\/a>, a member of SPARTA, who the organization described as \u201cthe first United States Air Force airman to begin a successful gender transition while stationed on the Korean Peninsula.\u201d Lee is also credited with \u201cshaping Department of the Air Force policies to better accommodate transgender service members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gen. Leah Lauderback, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations in the Air Force, is listed as another speaker. Lauderback was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/modernmilitary.org\/2021\/06\/pride-profile-major-general-leah-h-lauderback\/\">cofounders<\/a> of the LGBTQ Initiative Team, a \u201cbarriers analysis working group\u201d that \u201cfocuses on the LGBTQ community and identifies and works to resolve the issues that disproportionately impede the success of LGBTQ Airmen and Guardians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Air Force Spokeswoman told The Daily Wire that the June 6 event was hosted by volunteers associated with the LGBTQ Initiative Team and that \u201cappropriated funds were not expended for the speaker and attendance was strictly voluntary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Defense encourages special observances to recognize the continuous achievements of all Americans and to increase awareness, mutual respect, and understanding,\u201d the spokeswoman went on to add.\u00a0\u201cThey are designed to enhance cross-cultural competencies and promote harmony among all military members, their families, and the DoD civilian workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This DAF celebration is far from the first time that the military and other agencies tasked with preserving our national security have pushed the LGBT Pride agenda. Even the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is hosting its own Pride Month<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afnwc.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3794777\/afmc-to-host-pride-month-mentoring-panel\/\"> event<\/a>, called the \u201cLGBTQ+ Cross-Cultural Mentoring Panel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has worked to institutionalize leftwing gender ideology and the broader diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) agenda, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-pentagon-slated-to-spend-nearly-270-million-on-diversity-agenda\">requesting $114 million in taxpayer funding<\/a> to support \u201cunconscious bias diversity training\u201d and \u201ctraining programs and diversity and inclusion initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The leftwing ideology appears to have trickled down throughout the entire federal bureaucracy and military, with a recent Daily Wire investigation revealing that a summer camp exclusively for children of military families asked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/summer-camp-for-military-families-asked-if-six-year-olds-are-transgender-non-binary\">gender identities of six-year-olds<\/a>, including the options transgender and non-binary on its sign-up form.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has pledged to use executive orders to fire leftwing bureaucrats who might otherwise obstruct his policy agenda. \u201cWe will pass critical reforms making every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-we-must-make-every-executive-branch-employee-fireable-by-potus\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: We Must Make 'Every Executive Branch Employee Fireable' by POTUS\">executive branch employee fireable<\/a> by the President of the United States,\u201d Trump said at a rally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/workforce\/2022\/03\/trump-threatening-return-and-expansion-schedule-f\/363145\/\">touting<\/a> his plan, adding that the deep state \u201cmust be brought to heel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration recently moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-moves-to-strengthen-bureaucrat-protections-as-trump-pledges-to-gut-administrative-state\">strengthen job protections<\/a> for bureaucrats in what appears to be a preemptive response to Trump\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n<p>In the event that Trump is able to fire leftwing bureaucrats, however, his supporters may have an opportunity to join executive agencies en masse. Allies of the former president are preparing to fill the void left by outgoing bureaucrats, with the Heritage Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project2025.org\/\">Project 2025<\/a> assembling a personnel database that could step into the administration in the event that Trump beats Biden in November.<\/p>\n<p>PFLAG did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force held a two-day Pride event featuring a CEO advocating for irreversible child sex change procedures and promoting explicit LGBT books, according to The Daily Wire. 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