Shemeka Michelle in the video for ‘Reclaim The Rainbow’ (Photo: YouTube)
The supposed “news” station Newsmax is known for hosting some extremist guests. However, even by its questionable standards, one of them managed to raise eyebrows this week.
On Wednesday night, host Eric Bolling and a couple of pundits were discussing Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Rachel Levine. She recently visited, and praised, an LGBTQ+ clinic in Anchorage, Alaska.
Touched down in Alaska for the week. First stop: @IdentityAlaska, one of the state's only LGBTQI+ health clinics. These inspiring people work tirelessly to create a more equitable future, where all those living in the U.S. have equal access to lifesaving medical care. pic.twitter.com/T5N97RMxfp
The clinic’s online resources strive to use inclusive language. There is mention of replacing the word “mother” with the more gender-neutral “birth parent” or “egg producer” in certain scenarios.
Right-wing pundits have taken this as an endorsement by Levine of replacing the word “mother” with “egg producer.”
Bolling asked one of his guests, Shemeka Michelle, what she thought of this.
“You know, I guess if we’re identifying as egg producers, I should just identify as a chicken from now on,” she responded.
“I said this about five years ago, and so many people told me I was crazy, this wasn’t happening in the United States. And now look at us. This is silly to me. And so, what we have done is we have put in place people that 20 years ago would have been locked in an insane asylum. We’ve put them in prominent positions to completely confuse our children.”
Bolling suggested to Michelle that the more they talk about it, the more “the left” call them “bigoted and homophobic.”
Michelle responded, “Yeah, I actually think, if that’s the case, we need to be more homophobic. We need to take it up a notch because these people have continued to do this because we failed to shame them. We failed to put our feet down and stand tall and say what we believe without the fear of being canceled.
“Now is not the time to worry about having friends. It is about linking up with people who have the same values as you and realizing this is a war between good and evil.”
“Reclaim The Rainbow”
Shemeka Michelle is a podcaster and Christian rapper. She recently guested on a viral hit song called, “Reclaim The Rainbow.” It was produced after the LA Dodgers decided to honor the LA Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at its Pride Night in June.
A quick glance at Michelle’s X account suggests she has little fear of being “more homophobic” when she feels like it.
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She’s a black woman. She’s oppressed on both levels yet she thinks the GQP treat her as an equal. She needs help. She prob agrees with that mor0nic governor from Florida who believes black ppl benefited from slavery.
Nobody is banning mothers from calling themselves mothers, moron. Any woman with a child who wants to use the word can still say it.
The suggestion is to use umbrella terms *in addition* to existing words. It’s like saying “Asian-American” as a category. Chinese-Americans can still call themselves Chinese-Americans while Japanese-Americans can still call themselves Japanese-Americans. When specificity is possible, choose the specific term. When uncertain, or when there is a group of both Chinese and Japanese people together, use the broader term.
Not every post-pubescent female person is a “mother.” Some are minor aged girls, some are postmenopausal, some are infertile, some are nonconforming in one way or another, some are pregnant for the first time (not yet a mom), and yes, trans and intersex people do exist. Trans people are not a conspiracy theory nor a hoax.
Meanwhile, Republicans have been giving speeches about 10-year old pregnant girls, calling them “women.” And childless women are called “mothers.” All as a way to normalize the idea that a fetus with no organs is a full person with constitutional rights. You should hear the creepy speeches. Some have become law, at the state level. They’re literally calling any girl who reaches puberty a legal adult, as early as age 8 or 9. Officially, in legal terms.
All the cases you state, mothers would still be the correct word. If they’re girls, first time moms, or whatever, they’re still mothers. If it’s a pregnant woman who’s now a man then yes they’ll have a new term. But use your common sense, this is prolific in nhs hospitals as well where the language doesn’t widen, it’s substituted so everybody must be branded with new inclusive language. Reading the article again it seems new words will be used when appropriate, which is the right approach. But It’s become too often the case that everybody has to comply with new thought up terms or else. At least in this specific hospital this doesn’t seem to be the case. Which is surprising seeing how forceful some lgbt groups try to push things nowadays
One person said egg producer so you right wing stupid ass trolls conflate it to all gay people are coming after wall women and it is hardly in CONTEXT calling them chickens. STFU you stupid troll. this foolish woman seems to think that MORE HATE IS THE ANSWER TO ANYTHING. GFY by the way you idiot
Let’s talk about all the absolute HORRIBLE hate filled death threats the right and its ignorant followers have ever said ab out us and tell me ho this one woman comment is the worst thing EVER. THE GOP and MAGA and all the tiny meat mens groups who threaten our very lives say shit like this every minute of every day so stop with the fake Mae up outrage
so some of our groups are “FORCEFUL” when we aren’t calling for. them to be murdered for simply existing like they do to us. she have zero power to enforce a word change. stop acting like we are forcing anything. NAME ONE EXAMPLE WHNE WE HAVE WE FORCED ANYTHING ON THE ENTIRTE SOCIETY like they do like getting rid of abortion and trying to FORCE all women who get pregnant to carry the child no matter what, we have a few states who are passing laws with NO EXCEPTIONS even going against the wishes of the vast majority of their own voters. stfu
Lolll imagine branding me right wing troll. This is what happens when people don’t agree with absolutely all aspects of radical leftie society, we’re called right wing. There are plenty of things that have been forced on society. The mixing of bathrooms and be happy about it or else just because a handful of people call themselves non binary and pretend to not know which bathroom to use, the erasure of gendered language in hospitals, mothers can’t be called mothers, the forced label of cisgender on everybody, the pretense that sex is assigned and not just a biological fact. Self ID that’s being abused by countless people so they can invade woman’s spaces, male rapists going to woman’s prisons. The erasure of gendered categories at award shows meaning women are now under represented and missing out on awards. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
There has to come a time where people are allowed to want equal rights for everyone, but can also acknowledge that the way they go about it, and the forceful comply or else nature of it is wrong. And there are issues.
“Egg producer” does sound like a terrible term, and is still linked to perceived gender as people perceive women to be egg producers. Whereas we know Trans Men can produce eggs.
Something entirely separate from gender would work; genetic parent or something. Because regardless of one’s gender identity and/or cis/trans status, it still applies.
I do think, in the future (perhaps not the lifetime of those of us commenting on Queerty), assigned gender (in the sense of male/female at birth) will cease to happen, and that all newborns will be called something gender neutral such as “Offspring” or “Child” or something. And I think when that day comes, it will be a great day for total inclusivity and acceptance.
Yeh no, it’s not going to be a great day for inclusivity. Parents will not and should not stand for their kids being called offspring or child. The baby will be born either a boy or a girl and that’s totally fine. Just because a few thousand people on the planet will reach adulthood and call themselves something different to what they actually are it does not therefore mean the entire population of the earth has to pretend that they’re the same. That every baby is somehow ‘nothing’ until it chooses to be a boy or girl. No, it’s just born a boy or a girl. It’s terrifyingly ridiculous that this is offensive now to state simple common sense
@nope1 I’m not sure anyone finds it offensive to label a newborn boy/girl male/female based on their chromosomes, as long as the parent is then willing to accept their child’s self-identification when able to.
But whether people find it offensive or not, surveys are showing time and time again that the younger generations are becoming increasingly more fluid in their sexualities and gender identities and therefore it’s for that reason that possibly, when the 13 year olds of today who have numerous NB classmates/friends, get around to procreating, they may not force a gender upon their child.
And if Germany now allows “X” to be put on a passport (in the “sex” field), it’s not inconceivable that the date might come where all infants are put down as X until such a time as they express their gender identity.
@Louis: “the younger generations are becoming increasingly more fluid in their sexualities and gender identities…”
More like the younger generations are becoming increasingly more susceptible to peer pressure and social media contagion. The NB fad will be passé in a few years, along with all the green hair dye.
@still_onthemark Take a few courses in Sociolgy in the 20th Century.
”More like the younger generations are becoming increasingly more susceptible to peer pressure and social media contagion”
This ”contagion”, as you so say, started ”becoming” a number of years ago, sweetie. It’s nothing new. Learn some history. Open your mind. Pressure is a new thing?
“The baby will be born either a boy or a girl and that’s totally fine. Just because a few thousand people on the planet will reach adulthood and call themselves something different to what they actually are it does not therefore mean the entire population of the earth has to pretend that they’re the same.”
Around 2% of the human population is born with one of the many genetic conditions expressed as intersex. In fact some are born presenting genitalia opposite to their genetic sex.
So, no, the baby will not be born either a boy or a girl in all cases, and there are more than “a few thousand” trans people in the world (and being trans is a different issue than intersex conditions). It is more like .5% according to research, which is many millions of people given the size of the human population. And as for gender, it is a continuum and does not always line up with external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics.
I realize conservatives wish the world was simple and black and white with no shades of gray. But it isn’t. I realize that conservatives have no desire to even try and understand those gray areas, but that is their problem and trying to make others miserable because THEY are scared, dull and inflexible will not work out well for them in the long run.
“The NB fad will be passé in a few years, along with all the green hair dye.”
Green hair dye has been around since the 1980s or earlier. People exploring fluid gender roles have been around since the 1960s. Trans people clandestinely living as the opposite sex have been around forever. Several have historical significance.
I don’t understand what it is these RWNJ’s are gaining by these hateful exaggerations and confabulations. The “greatest generation” that massively held these prejudices are mostly in their graves. But it’s just as well they keep alienating younger generations, I suppose.
Bad enough they claim election malfeasance when they are the masters of exactly that.
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cuteguy
She’s a black woman. She’s oppressed on both levels yet she thinks the GQP treat her as an equal. She needs help. She prob agrees with that mor0nic governor from Florida who believes black ppl benefited from slavery.
Kangol2
She’s a “listless vessel” all right, and a broken one at that!
abfab
Paris Dennard’s love child.
nope1
Imagine thinking it’s totally ok to rebrand mothers as ‘egg producers’ ? you can see why people were a bit miffed
Brian
Nobody is banning mothers from calling themselves mothers, moron. Any woman with a child who wants to use the word can still say it.
The suggestion is to use umbrella terms *in addition* to existing words. It’s like saying “Asian-American” as a category. Chinese-Americans can still call themselves Chinese-Americans while Japanese-Americans can still call themselves Japanese-Americans. When specificity is possible, choose the specific term. When uncertain, or when there is a group of both Chinese and Japanese people together, use the broader term.
Not every post-pubescent female person is a “mother.” Some are minor aged girls, some are postmenopausal, some are infertile, some are nonconforming in one way or another, some are pregnant for the first time (not yet a mom), and yes, trans and intersex people do exist. Trans people are not a conspiracy theory nor a hoax.
Meanwhile, Republicans have been giving speeches about 10-year old pregnant girls, calling them “women.” And childless women are called “mothers.” All as a way to normalize the idea that a fetus with no organs is a full person with constitutional rights. You should hear the creepy speeches. Some have become law, at the state level. They’re literally calling any girl who reaches puberty a legal adult, as early as age 8 or 9. Officially, in legal terms.
nope1
All the cases you state, mothers would still be the correct word. If they’re girls, first time moms, or whatever, they’re still mothers. If it’s a pregnant woman who’s now a man then yes they’ll have a new term. But use your common sense, this is prolific in nhs hospitals as well where the language doesn’t widen, it’s substituted so everybody must be branded with new inclusive language. Reading the article again it seems new words will be used when appropriate, which is the right approach. But It’s become too often the case that everybody has to comply with new thought up terms or else. At least in this specific hospital this doesn’t seem to be the case. Which is surprising seeing how forceful some lgbt groups try to push things nowadays
barryaksarben
One person said egg producer so you right wing stupid ass trolls conflate it to all gay people are coming after wall women and it is hardly in CONTEXT calling them chickens. STFU you stupid troll. this foolish woman seems to think that MORE HATE IS THE ANSWER TO ANYTHING. GFY by the way you idiot
barryaksarben
Let’s talk about all the absolute HORRIBLE hate filled death threats the right and its ignorant followers have ever said ab out us and tell me ho this one woman comment is the worst thing EVER. THE GOP and MAGA and all the tiny meat mens groups who threaten our very lives say shit like this every minute of every day so stop with the fake Mae up outrage
barryaksarben
so some of our groups are “FORCEFUL” when we aren’t calling for. them to be murdered for simply existing like they do to us. she have zero power to enforce a word change. stop acting like we are forcing anything. NAME ONE EXAMPLE WHNE WE HAVE WE FORCED ANYTHING ON THE ENTIRTE SOCIETY like they do like getting rid of abortion and trying to FORCE all women who get pregnant to carry the child no matter what, we have a few states who are passing laws with NO EXCEPTIONS even going against the wishes of the vast majority of their own voters. stfu
nope1
Lolll imagine branding me right wing troll. This is what happens when people don’t agree with absolutely all aspects of radical leftie society, we’re called right wing. There are plenty of things that have been forced on society. The mixing of bathrooms and be happy about it or else just because a handful of people call themselves non binary and pretend to not know which bathroom to use, the erasure of gendered language in hospitals, mothers can’t be called mothers, the forced label of cisgender on everybody, the pretense that sex is assigned and not just a biological fact. Self ID that’s being abused by countless people so they can invade woman’s spaces, male rapists going to woman’s prisons. The erasure of gendered categories at award shows meaning women are now under represented and missing out on awards. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
There has to come a time where people are allowed to want equal rights for everyone, but can also acknowledge that the way they go about it, and the forceful comply or else nature of it is wrong. And there are issues.
abfab
@Nope1
Your rebranding is a failure.
dbmcvey
Who is doing that?
still_onthemark
The supposedly LGBTQ people who come up with lingo like “egg producers” are being paid by right-wingers to do that. There is no other explanation!
abfab
God for bid they start calling you a seed producer. Oh the horrors!
Louis
“Egg producer” does sound like a terrible term, and is still linked to perceived gender as people perceive women to be egg producers. Whereas we know Trans Men can produce eggs.
Something entirely separate from gender would work; genetic parent or something. Because regardless of one’s gender identity and/or cis/trans status, it still applies.
I do think, in the future (perhaps not the lifetime of those of us commenting on Queerty), assigned gender (in the sense of male/female at birth) will cease to happen, and that all newborns will be called something gender neutral such as “Offspring” or “Child” or something. And I think when that day comes, it will be a great day for total inclusivity and acceptance.
still_onthemark
“Sex” is the one that’s assigned at birth. “Gender” is the one the person chooses later.
nope1
Yeh no, it’s not going to be a great day for inclusivity. Parents will not and should not stand for their kids being called offspring or child. The baby will be born either a boy or a girl and that’s totally fine. Just because a few thousand people on the planet will reach adulthood and call themselves something different to what they actually are it does not therefore mean the entire population of the earth has to pretend that they’re the same. That every baby is somehow ‘nothing’ until it chooses to be a boy or girl. No, it’s just born a boy or a girl. It’s terrifyingly ridiculous that this is offensive now to state simple common sense
Louis
@nope1 I’m not sure anyone finds it offensive to label a newborn boy/girl male/female based on their chromosomes, as long as the parent is then willing to accept their child’s self-identification when able to.
But whether people find it offensive or not, surveys are showing time and time again that the younger generations are becoming increasingly more fluid in their sexualities and gender identities and therefore it’s for that reason that possibly, when the 13 year olds of today who have numerous NB classmates/friends, get around to procreating, they may not force a gender upon their child.
And if Germany now allows “X” to be put on a passport (in the “sex” field), it’s not inconceivable that the date might come where all infants are put down as X until such a time as they express their gender identity.
Seems logical to me.
still_onthemark
@Louis: “the younger generations are becoming increasingly more fluid in their sexualities and gender identities…”
More like the younger generations are becoming increasingly more susceptible to peer pressure and social media contagion. The NB fad will be passé in a few years, along with all the green hair dye.
barryaksarben
it harms NO ONE, but the right act like they are being physically harmed say our very existence so screw em and their snowflake behavior
abfab
@still_onthemark Take a few courses in Sociolgy in the 20th Century.
”More like the younger generations are becoming increasingly more susceptible to peer pressure and social media contagion”
This ”contagion”, as you so say, started ”becoming” a number of years ago, sweetie. It’s nothing new. Learn some history. Open your mind. Pressure is a new thing?
Den
“The baby will be born either a boy or a girl and that’s totally fine. Just because a few thousand people on the planet will reach adulthood and call themselves something different to what they actually are it does not therefore mean the entire population of the earth has to pretend that they’re the same.”
Around 2% of the human population is born with one of the many genetic conditions expressed as intersex. In fact some are born presenting genitalia opposite to their genetic sex.
So, no, the baby will not be born either a boy or a girl in all cases, and there are more than “a few thousand” trans people in the world (and being trans is a different issue than intersex conditions). It is more like .5% according to research, which is many millions of people given the size of the human population. And as for gender, it is a continuum and does not always line up with external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics.
I realize conservatives wish the world was simple and black and white with no shades of gray. But it isn’t. I realize that conservatives have no desire to even try and understand those gray areas, but that is their problem and trying to make others miserable because THEY are scared, dull and inflexible will not work out well for them in the long run.
Den
“The NB fad will be passé in a few years, along with all the green hair dye.”
Green hair dye has been around since the 1980s or earlier. People exploring fluid gender roles have been around since the 1960s. Trans people clandestinely living as the opposite sex have been around forever. Several have historical significance.
James
Ugly nazi bitch.
barryaksarben
yes, and that is still is not the worst thing said about any of us today by the ignorant right winger out there
James
VIRAL HIT SONG Reclaim the Rainbow…..
NEVER HEARD OF IT.
barryaksarben
only with the intel crowd.
mildredspierce
“We failed to shame them”. Pretty much sums her up. If you’re still ashamed you give this kunt more energy.
lambchopp59
I don’t understand what it is these RWNJ’s are gaining by these hateful exaggerations and confabulations. The “greatest generation” that massively held these prejudices are mostly in their graves. But it’s just as well they keep alienating younger generations, I suppose.
Bad enough they claim election malfeasance when they are the masters of exactly that.
abfab
The latest (although not new and improved) consolidation of GOPTROLLS is now called NOPE1
abfab
@nope1
“Lolll imagine branding me right wing troll.”
Tell us how you would brand yourself. Please, we can’t wait to hear all about it.