"As long as children are treated solely as objects of protection and not as people with rights of their own, they’ll continue to be invoked in the name of shrinking individual liberties and space for dissent. Human rights advocates need to equip children to thrive, not just protect them from harm."
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Around the world, governments are scapegoating LGBT people to build popular support for their erosion of individual rights—often under the guide of protecting children.
smccroskey (The Nation)
