{"id":2688863,"date":"2026-10-21T05:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T09:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/talarico-cozy-with-lgbt-group-urging-support-for-child-sex-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T05:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T09:32:46","slug":"talarico-cozy-with-lgbt-group-urging-support-for-child-sex-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/talarico-cozy-with-lgbt-group-urging-support-for-child-sex-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Talarico cozy with LGBT group urging support for child sex changes"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftalarico-cozy-with-lgbt-group-urging-support-for-child-sex-changes%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=2688863&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\" aria-labelledby=\"wex-article-title\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic Senate nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-talarico\/\">James Talarico<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\">Texas<\/a> is telling voters he does not support sex-change procedures for minors despite courting radical pro-transgender activists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talarico has appeared at fundraisers backed by the Human Rights Campaign, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/press-releases\/human-rights-campaign-pac-endorses-james-talarico-for-u-s-senate\">earned an endorsement<\/a> from its PAC, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00919084\/2027782\/sb\/ALL\">received<\/a> its \u201ccommunications consulting,\u201d according to announcements and campaign spending records. 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