There’s a cultural shift happening right before our eyes — and this one actually gives me a little bit of hope.
You might have caught Rita Panahi’s latest segment where she spoke with Ariel Scarcella, a lesbian YouTuber and former left-wing activist who now identifies as part of what she calls the “normal gays.” That’s right — normal. Not radicalized. Not woke. Not pushing drag shows on toddlers. Just normal, liberty-loving gays who want to live their lives without coercion or cult-like conformity.
Ariel wasn’t just another talking head. She came with a message that hit like a thunderclap: The LGBTQ+ movement has been hijacked by extremists, and it’s time for the sane ones to break away.
As someone who’s never been afraid to call it like it is, I find this refreshing. And long overdue.
From Inclusion to Indoctrination
When the original gay rights movement was in full swing, it was about equal treatment under the law. Fair housing, workplace protections, the right to marry. That’s it. Liberty. Voluntary exchange. Live and let live.
But somewhere along the way, that movement got hijacked. What used to be a fight for civil rights has turned into a cult of identity, where every new week brings another made-up gender or alphabet soup label — and if you don’t chant the slogans, you’re out.
Ariel Scarcella had enough. And so did the thousands of others who resonated with her now-viral video declaring, “We are normal gays.”
Let that sink in: They had to publicly say they’re normal now, because the culture around them has gotten so unhinged that common sense is seen as radical.
That’s what happens when identity becomes religion and reason becomes heresy.
Pride Hijacked: From Celebration to Cultism
Ariel attended New York’s Pride Parade — something she should be totally welcome at, being a gay woman — and got harassed. Not by right-wingers. Not by “homophobes.” No, by the very same “tolerant” woke activists who claim to be inclusive.
All because she dared to say that children shouldn’t be put on puberty blockers, that women’s spaces should be protected, and that just maybe, we shouldn’t invent new genders every Thursday.
How did it come to this?
Well, she puts it perfectly: The LGBT has been hijacked by the QIA++. The original fight for equality has been swallowed up by fringe gender ideologues who want to erase biology, silence dissent, and label anyone who disagrees as a bigot — even other gays.
These are not liberals. These are leftists. And there’s a big difference.
Liberals believe in freedom. Leftists believe in control.
Leaving the Left Isn’t Just a Trend — It’s a Movement
Ariel is far from alone. The split inside the LGBT umbrella isn’t just ideological — it’s a fracture line between reality and fantasy.
Normal gays — lesbians, gay men, bisexuals — are increasingly uncomfortable with how transgender ideology is being used as a battering ram against kids, parents, teachers, and women’s rights.
And they’re not staying quiet anymore.
You’ve got people like Blair White and Buck Angel — both transsexuals — publicly saying the same thing: “This isn’t what we signed up for.” They’re against transing kids. They’re for biological reality. They know the difference between someone transitioning as an adult and medicalizing confused 12-year-olds.
These are not conservatives in the traditional sense. But they’re liberty-minded. They’re sane. They want the government out of their business and ideologues out of their bedrooms. That makes them allies in this fight for cultural sanity.
Woke Tyranny: You’re Not Allowed to Think for Yourself
The scariest part? Ariel had to hire a bodyguard to walk around Pride.
Let that sit for a minute.
A gay woman at a gay event had to bring security because she knew woke activists might get violent if she didn’t toe the party line. That’s where we are now. You’re not just expected to accept everything the new regime says — you have to cheer it on, or else.
This isn’t about tolerance. It’s about totalitarianism. The kind of mob mentality we’ve seen before — in religious inquisitions, communist purges, and fascist cults. It’s about power, not peace.
They’re coming after dissidents. Even the ones inside their own community.
The Three Fault Lines Dividing the LGBTQ Movement
Ariel laid out the three major fault lines behind the mass exodus of normal gays from the woke LGBTQ umbrella:
- Protect the Kids – No more hormones, surgeries, or social manipulation of children too young to vote or drive.
- Protect Women’s Spaces – Biological men don’t belong in women’s prisons, locker rooms, or sports.
- Biological Reality vs. Gender Fantasy – There’s a difference between being a transsexual adult and claiming to be “non-binary, asexual fae-gender.”
These are not radical positions. They’re grounded in science, reason, and liberty.
Liberty Is the Way Forward
The left has been using minority communities as battering rams to push bigger government, more censorship, and less freedom. But now, many of those same communities are waking up to the scam.
The “normal gays” aren’t buying it anymore.
They don’t want drag queens in libraries. They don’t want toddlers on puberty blockers. They don’t want to fight biology. They want to live freely, raise families, start businesses, and pursue happiness — just like the rest of us.
And as a libertarian, I say: welcome. Because this fight isn’t about left or right. It’s about liberty or tyranny. It’s about whether individuals control their lives, or if the state — and its activist enforcers — get to dictate your every move.
Ariel Scarcella and others like her are drawing a line in the sand. And if you still believe in reason, freedom, and voluntary association, it’s time to stand with them.
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