Three questions the LGBTQ community is not really thrilled to answer

Folks meander down Hanson Street during Saturday's Pride Day in Rochester (Rochester Voice photo)

At this year's Pride Day in Rochester, I found there were some things participants weren't that proud of.
I spoke to several nonprofits that advocate for the LGBTQ community and other organizations that support those nonprofits, but learned there are a few subjects they refuse to comment on ... even when told they could do so anonymously.
First, I brought up the story of a 17-year-old California woman who criticized the presence of a biological male who exposed his genitals in a YMCA women's lockerroom.
Former Somersworth state rep and transgender woman Gerri Cannon commented on the February 2023 story in The Rochester Voice saying she believed the transgender women who displayed their (genitals) in those spaces should be banned.
No one I spoke to working the Hanson Street booths on Saturday cared to comment on or off the record, anonymously, as a member of the organization or a private party. Total crickets.
Second, I asked them whether they thought minors who seek to identify as a member of the opposite sex should be given hormone blockers or opt to get irreversible surgery as part of that transition without parental consent.
In the state of New Hampshire a minor can't get a tattoo or a skin piercing without parental consent. Go figure how in many states they can decide to mutilate their own body, literally scarring them for life.
As of a week ago 26 states have enacted laws that limit access to gender-affirming care, which is defined as a "model of care which includes a spectrum of 'medical, surgical, mental health, and non-medical services for transgender and nonbinary people' aimed at affirming and supporting an individual's gender identity," according to KFF, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Seventeen of the 26 states are facing lawsuits over their limiting of gender-affirming care for minors.
Again no one, nobody, not a single soul behind those booths wanted to comment about this, on any level. More crickets.
Thirdly, we asked several how they felt about biological males playing in girls sports.
One of the most gruesome displays of such lunacy occurred during the recent Olympics, when trans woman Imane Khelif of Algeria, a biological male, beat Italy's Angela Carini who said she'd never been hit so hard in her life.
Former college athlete Riley Gaines also criticized Khelif, saying that the Olympics "glorifies men punching women in the face with the intent of knocking them unconscious."
Look, when you're leading the parade for LGBTQ and you duck and run from these questions like they did on Saturday, what does that say about your movement?
The vast majority of Americans feel these three trans-oriented issues are a bridge too far. And many transmen and transwomen - like Cannon - feel the same way.