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Study Finds Shocking (Not Really) Connection Between Trans Beliefs and Violence
2026-08-28
They’ve got to be carefully taught…
[Breitbart] A just-released study from Rutgers University, the Network Contagion Research Institute, and the Manhattan Institute has found something not at all surprising...

"These findings suggest that gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence."

Knock me over with a feather. Here’s the rub:

Finally, broader research on perceived victimhood, moralization, and political violence suggests that identities organized around grievance, perceived victimization, and injustice, when paired with authoritarian or punitive dispositions, can predict support for anti-democratic or violent political action... Taken together, these literatures suggest a common mechanism: ideological content that names an oppressor class, certifies ongoing victimization, and locates remedy in coercive institutional or social action which may supply authoritarian psychology with morally justified targets.

The study, which is titled, "Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?" surveyed 1,208 U.S. adults and makes clear it is a correlational study and that no cause or effect is established.

Of those 1,208 adults, the study looked to identify where they fell on the Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale (CGAS) which gauged how strongly they supported gender ideology. These were some of the statements used:
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