Steven Universe, gender fluididty, and crystal aliens

Gender fluidity part of Cartoon Network series 'Steven Universe'

The snub-nosed, round face of the animated hero Steven Universe was framed on a monitor at the Cartoon Network’s recording studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank.

His signature curls and T-shirt were present, but instead of his usual starry-eyed grin, the cartoony mug of Steven was pensive. Beneath the screen, 18-year-old actor Zach Callison, voice of the titular character, started to sing.

Behind the glass of the sound booth, series creator Rebecca Sugar watched as the third season of her show came together. It was a fleeting behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative forces behind “Steven Universe,” and the series was about to go deep.

Callison’s voice was wistful; the song was sad — one about Steven’s mother, Rose Quartz, the beautiful and kind giant alien who gave up her physical form in order for Steven to be born.

The storyline might seem odd, but when “Steven Universe” gets serious, the audience listens.

Behind the colorful gemstone superhero crew is something more — something real.

A magical coming-of-age story, “Steven Universe” is known for tackling larger issues through its playful medium of animation. Episodes have addressed gender fluidity, unconventional families and now a boy learning more about the mother who sacrificed her life for his.

But it manages to deliver each message in a fun and creative way. As Steven’s theme song for the series says: “We’ll win the fight and then go out for pizzas.”

The groundbreaking animated series, in its third season, finds Steven and the Crystal Gems facing a familiar foe and stopping a long-dormant apocalyptic threat.

“Steven Universe” began in 2013, centered on Steven Quartz Universe, who is part human and part magical alien known as a Gem. As the show progressed, Steven discovered more about himself, his loved ones and why they protect the world.

The Cartoon Network series is the first created by a woman, and it's based on Sugar’s relationship with her brother, Steven. The personal connection might be what helps the fantasy series resonate with much of its audience.

Helping guide Steven through his journey in his mother’s absence are Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, alien Gems and Steven’s surrogate parents who protect the planet while mentoring Steven as he learns to navigate his emerging powers. Like any parents, the Crystal Gems often have attempted to shield Steven from the complete truth about the past, revealing aspects of their story only as they thought it appropriate (although they have not always been successful).

“We had always planned on having the world kind of open up in front of (Steven) because the entire show was supposed to be metaphorical to moving from childhood into adulthood and suddenly understanding what’s going on around you,” Sugar said.

Steven’s understanding of this universe parallels that of the audience — a deliberate correlation.

“Just how much do you say to a child?" Sugar said. "It was interesting to write it and make that part of the show but also be how we felt about our audience. Because we were talking to kids who were growing up as we were writing the show and, I think, also guiding people through sort of what it takes to go deeper and understand someone.”

The slow reveal allows for the audience to develop their own connections with the characters as Steven’s relationship with them also strengthens.

“We think of them as people,” Sugar said. “And we find it very easy to follow these stories through by thinking about people instead of thinking about cartoon characters. And a lot of that sort of obvious cartoon language about what someone should or shouldn’t do, or what a character is supposed to be, really falls away when you start thinking about the actual people you know, the actual people you are.”

And that’s how “Steven Universe” has successfully continued to push boundaries in its depictions and understanding of gender. The Gems, although they are presented as female, are in fact biologically genderless because their bodies are physical manifestations of magical space Gems. This setup alone allows for the show to directly confront and reject established gender norms.

“Gender is such a huge component in so many cartoons,” Sugar said. “I mean, cartoons are made with that in mind. It’s just built into the DNA of cartoons: Who is it for? Right from the start, I wanted to address that by turning a lot of those ideas not just on their head but just into the soup that they should be, because that’s just more realistic. And I really wanted to do it through cartoons because the semiotics of gender in cartoons have been so powerful of a force.”

In addition to defying categorizations about being a “boys show” or a “girls show,” “Steven Universe” uses its platform as a cartoon to convey expressly feminist messages regarding gender fluidity and same-sex relationships.

One of the primary examples of “Steven Universe” breaking down expected gender norms is by a concept in the show called fusion. Fusion is the process in which two or more Gems combine to become a new entity, someone who is more than just a sum of their parts.

When Steven (accidentally) fuses with his human friend Connie and becomes Stevonnie for the first time, the other Gems are amazed only because fusing with a human should be impossible. Although Stevonnie seems to intrigue male and female human teenagers, Stevonnie’s gender is never questioned or discussed.

Similarly, when it is revealed that the character Garnet is a fusion between Ruby and Sapphire, Steven’s reaction is starry-eyed excitement. That Garnet is the physical embodiment of Ruby and Sapphire’s love has been explicitly stated on the show — making their relationship one of the few same-sex relationships depicted in an all-ages cartoon.

And if there’s ever resistance to some of these elements of the show, Sugar remains committed to the messages the show propels.

“When you have a message of love and tolerance, it’s very hard for someone to say no, because it’s love and tolerance,” said Sugar. “Where I’ve stood throughout — when it comes to what I want to say and standing my ground — is that it will always be better to send this message of love and tolerance. It will always make sense.

“I think there are a lot of things that you’re just accustomed to never seeing, and if you just saw it more often, you realize how natural it is,” Sugar said.

Beyond the colorful fantasy and space magic elements, “Steven Universe” is about relationships and understanding. And about forging connections — between the characters on the show and among the audience.

“To me, making a piece of art is a relationship you have with the person that’s receiving that art,” explained Sugar.

“It means a lot to me that I get to communicate with so many people through the show and every other thing we get to make that’s a part of it,” said Sugar.

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it's just an innocuous message of love and tolerance

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Yupo said:

it's just an innocuous message of love and tolerance

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It would be interesting to trace the development and funding of the project. There are lots of ways to body-snatch. Programming fresh (made of meat) young minds might be one of the easiest ways.

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Rebecca Rea Sugar is an American animator, composer and director. She is best known for creating the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, which has made her the first woman to independently create a series for the network.[1] Sugar was formerly a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time. Her work on Adventure Time and Steven Universe has earned her three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.[2]
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On February 13, 2016, Ian Jones-Quartey confirmed on Twitter that they've been in a romantic relationship for the past 8 years.[13] He added that they met when Sugar was at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her father Rob Sugar has stated that she and her brother Steven were raised with what he refers to as "Jewish sensibilities". Both siblings share the lighting of Hanukkah candles with their parents via Skype.[14]

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"Guide to the Crystal Gems (Steven Universe)" is a reference book by Rebecca Sugar which was released on October 6, 2015. It revealed information on the Crystal Gems in the show.

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Standing in front of a full moon (prime time for ritual magick), the model wears the drapes of her mom’s living room. The article describes the occult symbolism as “badass” without going any further. Too bad they do not mention that dabbling with practices such as Black magick, spirit invocation, possession and necromancy can lead to the exact opposite of “empowerment”. As Manly P. Hall stated: “True black magic is performed with the aid of a demoniacal spirit, who serves the sorcerer for the length of his earthly life, with the understanding that after death the magician shall become the servant of his own demon. For this reason a black magician will go to inconceivable ends to prolong his physical life, since there is nothing for him beyond the grave. A man will barter his eternal soul for temporal power, and down through the ages a mysterious process has been evolved which actually enables him to make this exchange. In its various branches the black art includes nearly all forms of ceremonial magic, necromancy, witchcraft, sorcery, and vampirism.”

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Amethyst" is a member of the Crystal Gems. She is the last known Gem manufactured on Earth as a part of the Gem Homeworld's Kindergarten project, and the only Gem of the Crystal Gems to not come from Homeworld. After the Rebellion, Amethyst helped her friends protect the Earth over the next four millennia, and often aids in the shenanigans of Steven Universe, Rose Quartz's son.

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If Kids Aren’t Gender Confused Yet, They Will Be When School Is Done With Them

An elementary school in Albuquerque, NM has a new policy to go along with the new school year. Just in case kids are gender confused, teachers are no longer allowed to address children as “boys and girls.”

After the Bathroom Hullabaloo of 2016, you would have thought that things might settle down and we could go about our business, peeing wherever we want to pee and that would be that.

But no.

No, now children as young as kindergarten age are being taught in classrooms in which teachers have been ordered to “eliminate gender.” According to a local report:

A letter was sent to teachers at Carlos Rey this month titled “Gender Identity Procedural Directive.” It tells teachers they can no longer refer to their students as boys and girls, and they are to eliminate gender in their classrooms.

Amazon is loaded with 16 pages of books for gender-confused children:


The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes

The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity

Jacob’s New Dress

When Panda Was a Boy: A Collection of Stories on Gender Identity for K-8

Of course, I don’t want to see anyone be cruel to children who are confused about their identity. But I also think this is a very alarming educational trend that is going to cause much more harm than good.

By the way, Albuquerque isn’t alone in teaching children about “gender fluidity.” Schools across the country are taking “you can be anything you want” to a whole new level.

It’s happening in Virginia

Fairfax County, Virginia is introducing a new curriculum that presents “the idea that there’s no such thing as 100 percent boys or 100 percent girls.” Here’s a breakdown of the ideology being presented, starting in middle school.

“Students will be provided definitions for sexual orientation terms heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality; and the gender identity term transgender,” the district’s recommendations state. “Emphasis will be placed on recognizing that everyone is experiencing changes and the role of respectful, inclusive language in promoting an environment free of bias and discrimination.”

Eighth graders will be taught that individual identity “occurs over a lifetime and includes the component of sexual orientation and gender identity.”

“Individual identity will also be described as having four parts – biological gender, gender identity (includes transgender), gender role, and sexual orientation (includes heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual).”

The district will also introduce young teenagers to the “concept that sexuality is a broader spectrum.” By tenth grade, they will be taught that one’s sexuality “develops throughout a lifetime.”

“Emphasis will be placed on an understanding that there is a broader, boundless, and fluid spectrum of sexuality that is developed throughout a lifetime,” the document states. “Sexual orientation and gender identity terms will be discussed with focus on appreciation for individual differences.”

[As regards that last bolded sentence, read Will Geer's bio on Wiki (Will Geer was Grandpa on the TV show The Waltons):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Geer ]

It’s happening in Washington

Washington State is starting the no boys and girls lessons as young as kindergarten. These are the guidelines given to elementary school teachers there:

Kindergarten
“Understand there are many ways to express gender.”

First Grade
“Explain that there are many ways to express gender.”

Second Grade
“Understand there is a range of gender roles and expression,” and “Understand importance of treating others with respect regarding gender expression.”

Third Grade
“Explain that gender roles can vary considerably,” and “Understand importance of treating others with respect regarding gender identity.”

Fourth Grade
“Identify how friends and family can influence ideas regarding gender roles, identity, and expression,” and “Define sexual orientation.”

Fifth Grade
“Describe how media, society, and culture can influence ideas regarding gender roles, identity, and expression,” and “Identify trusted adults to ask questions about gender identity and sexual orientation.”

In the “Health Education Glossary,” “biological sex” is defined as:
“Based on chromosomes, hormones, and internal and external anatomy.”
While “gender” is defined as:
“A social construct based on emotional, behavioral, and cultural characteristics attached to a person’s biological sex.”
Further, gender is broken down into three subcategories:

Gender Expression: “The way someone outwardly expresses their gender.”
Gender Identity: “Someone’s inner sense of their gender.”
Gender Roles: “Social expectations about how people should act, think, or feel based on their assigned biological sex.”

[Pretty heavy topic for grade school kids, no? And isn't middle school challenging enough - grappling w/ the physical/emotional complexities of transforming from child to adolescent along w/ your male/female peers and mixing w/ others younger or older than yourself who may also be much more physically mature - w/o having all these sexual aspects put under a microscope and dissected w/ a teacher in a classroom - most likely a coed one to boot (not to mention being tested and graded on the subject)? Is this supplanting the parent's role (or even that of family religious guidance]? Maybe more emphasis should be put on educating children about pedophiles/sexual predators (Stranger Danger - not just for little kids) - especially re those in positions of authority at schools, churches, Scouts, camps, youth clubs, etc. and their contact/interaction w/ preteens as well as teens.]

What a festering crock of biologically-unsound baloney. If a kid isn’t “gender confused” before they start the class, they certainly will be by the time the miseducation system is done with them.

Heck, now it’s even a crime to use the wrong pronoun.

And just in case this isn’t confusing enough, one university has proclaimed it is illegal to use the wrong pronoun when referring to a transgender person. West Virginia University let 29,000 students know that “they are breaking federal law if they don’t agree to use the pronouns — including ‘he’ or ‘she,’ ‘zir’ or ‘hir’ etc. — preferred by each person.”

Criminal? It’s a federal crime now?????

You want to know why no one likes you?

THIS.

This is why no one likes you and why people are mean to you.

Well, for those of us who aren’t gender confused, no need to worry. WVU has issued a handy chart with brand spankin’ new gender-free pronouns so that you don’t commit that heinous pronoun crime.

[The above premo material for one heck of a comedy skit - somehow I can picture alien grays being incorporated into the routine! :P ]

It’s all politically correct baloney. Just be nice.

For the record, I don’t care where you pee, who you love, or if you want to be the opposite gender. That’s your business – not mine. You shouldn’t be mistreated for any of those things. But at the same time, you can’t force everyone to tiptoe around you, either, carefully assessing their pronoun usage and awkwardly worrying that they are being somehow offensive. If you don’t want people to treat YOU like a criminal, you shouldn’t want to make pronoun usage a criminal offense.

We’ve crossed over the fine line of being accepting into the territory of being idiotic. We’re giving the perpetually butthurt brand new reasons to take umbrage, and we’re making linguistic changes based on the wishes of 0.3% of the population.

And what’s worse is the fact that we are confusing children about all of this stuff. Why this biology-defying curriculum even needs to be taught is beyond me.

What if we just teach our kids not to be jerks toward kids who are different or who have different types of families, and leave it at that?

_http://daisyluther.com/if-kids-arent-gender-confused-yet-they-will-be-when-school-is-done-with-them/

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Gay people not 'born that way,' sexual orientation not fixed – US study

A cross-discipline study has challenged the belief that human sexuality and gender identity are determined by biology and remain fixed, saying that there is no scientific proof of this. The study cautioned against drastic medical treatment for transgender children.

The notion that sexual orientation is predetermined by biology is an important part of the current LGBT discourse. If a person has no choice over whether to be gay or not, society cannot demand that he or she be straight, so the argument goes.

But regardless of its political worth, the “born this way” paradigm is not backed up by sufficient scientific data, according to a new paper published in the autumn issue of the New Atlantis, a journal focusing on political, societal and ethical ramifications of technological advances.

The study does not claim that being gay is a choice, merely that stating the opposite may be wrong.

The 144-page paper was written by Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer, an epidemiologist and biostatistician also trained in psychiatry, who is currently a scholar in residence at the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Dr. Paul R. McHugh, a renowned psychiatrist, researcher, and educator and former chief of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The paper’s three parts focus on sexual orientation, links between sexuality and mental health, and gender identity.

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Drawing on studies in fields varying from neurobiology to social sciences, the authors wrote that “The understanding of sexual orientation as an innate, biologically fixed property of human beings – the idea that people are ‘born that way’ – is not supported by scientific evidence.”

The term ‘sexual orientation’ itself is ambiguous and is used to describe attraction, behavior or identity by different researchers. Sometimes it refers to things such as belonging to a certain community or having certain fantasies.

“It is important, then, that researchers are clear about which of these domains are being studied, and that we keep in mind the researchers’ specified definitions when we interpret their findings,” the paper said.

There are biological factors associated with sexual behavior, the paper acknowledges, but there are no compelling “causal biological explanations for human sexual orientation.” Differences in the brain structures of gay and straight individuals identified by researchers are not necessarily innate and may be the result of environmental or psychological factors.

“The strongest statement that science offers to explain sexual orientation is that some biological factors appear, to an unknown extent, to predispose some individuals to a non-heterosexual orientation,” the paper said.

LGBT individuals are statistically at greater risk of having mental health problems than the general population, the authors say. As a more dramatic example, “the rate of lifetime suicide attempts across all ages of transgender individuals is estimated at 41 percent, compared to under 5 percent in the overall US population.”

The usually accepted explanation for this is social stress from discrimination and stigma, but the study said that those factors may not solely explain the disparity and that more scientific research on the issue is necessary.

The paper added that the notion that gender identity is fixed and determined by biological factors is also not backed up by data.

“In reviewing the scientific literature, we find that almost nothing is well understood when we seek biological explanations for what causes some individuals to state that their gender does not match their biological sex,” the authors said.

They strongly advocate caution in resorting to drastic medical treatment such as sex-reassignment surgery for people identified or identifying as transgender. This is especially true in children, whose sexuality is mutable and for whom such treatments may do more harm than good, they warn.

“There is little scientific evidence for the therapeutic value of interventions that delay puberty or modify the secondary sex characteristics of adolescents, although some children may have improved psychological well-being if they are encouraged and supported in their cross-gender identification,” the paper said. “There is no evidence that all children who express gender-atypical thoughts or behavior should be encouraged to become transgender.”

“Sexual orientation and gender identity resist explanation by simple theories. There is a large gap between the certainty with which beliefs are held about these matters and what a sober assessment of the science reveals. In the face of this complexity and uncertainty, we need to be humble about what we know and do not know,” it said.

The authors noted that their paper touches upon controversial issues and insist that first and foremost it is about science and the need for additional evidence in the field. Mayer said many people who contributed to the report asked not to be identified so as to distance themselves from the potential backlash.

“Some feared an angry response from the more militant elements of the LGBT community; others feared an angry response from the more strident elements of religiously conservative communities,” he said. “Most bothersome, however, is that some feared reprisals from their own universities for engaging such controversial topics, regardless of the report’s content—a sad statement about academic freedom.”

The paper was specifically written for the general public to draw attention to mental health problems of the LGBT community, the authors said. McHugh is an opponent of sex reassignment surgery for transgender people, arguing that it often fails to improve their well-being and instead does the opposite in the long run.

https://www.rt.com/news/356848-study-sexual-orientation-fixed/

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Doctors Sue Obama Administration for Forcing Them to Perform Gender Transition Procedures

Five states and a group of religiously-affiliated hospitals and physicians are suing the Obama administration over a federal mandate that forces doctors to perform gender transition procedures on adults and children against their medical judgment.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a Texas federal court, attempts to roll back a rule imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services in May that expanded the interpretation of “sex” under the Affordable Care Act to include “gender identity.”

In doing so, the Obama administration added transgender people to the list of protected classes under the Affordable Care Act, which states that individuals can’t be denied certain federally-funded health benefits because of their “race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.”

The move was part of a broader push by President Barack Obama to further transgender rights in the U.S.

The implications of the HHS mandate are broad. By its own estimates, HHS said the rule would “likely cover almost all licensed physicians because they accept federal financial assistance.”

For example, HHS said a doctor “specializing in gynecological services that previously declined to provide a medically necessary hysterectomy for a transgender man would have to revise its policy to provide the procedure for transgender individuals in the same manner it provides the procedure for other individuals.”

“It’s a very rare moment in history when the government would force doctors to go against their conscience and their medical judgment and perform procedures that may be deeply harmful to patients,” said Luke Goodrich, a lawyer at the Becket Fund, which is representing Franciscan Alliance, a religious hospital network, and the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, two of the parties involved the lawsuit.

Also challenging the HHS mandate is Specialty Physicians of Illinois, along with the states of Texas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Kansas, which are all led by Republican governors.

Notably, the Obama administration does not require coverage of gender reassignment procedures under Medicare or Medicaid for children or adults because a government review of the clinical evidence available for gender reassignment surgery was inconclusive on whether it was helpful or harmful to patients with gender dysphoria.

“Based on a thorough review of the clinical evidence available at this time, there is not enough evidence to determine whether gender reassignment surgery improves health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with gender dysphoria,” a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stated.

Instead, decisions for transition-related surgeries under Medicaid are made individually on a case-by-case basis.

“So you have doctors reaching one conclusion, and then you have politically zealous bureaucrats in the Office of Civil Rights—a different branch of HHS—saying science be damned, every private health care provider in the country has to cover this stuff in their health insurance and the doctors have to perform it,” Goodrich told The Daily Signal. “It’s deeply hypocritical.”

The lawsuit challenging the HHS mandate was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which is the same court that temporarily blocked the Obama administration’s bathroom mandate on Sunday. In putting a halt to the policy that mandates public schools must open their restrooms, locker rooms, and showers to transgender students based on their gender identity instead of their biological sex, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor argued the administration overstepped its authority.

When HHS issued the new gender identity rule on May 18, the agency cited as authority the Obama administration’s bathroom mandate, whose legitimacy is now in question.

In the HHS mandate case, plaintiffs argue that the Obama administration curtailed the voice of the people in issuing such sweeping regulations, and didn’t follow standard rulemaking procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act and multiple other federal laws. This argument is similar to the one brought by the 13 states challenging the Obama administration’s bathroom mandate in the same Texas court.

Plaintiffs are also arguing that the HHS rules violate doctors’ ability to exercise their best medical judgement and their religiously-inspired desire to care for patients.

“The new mandate forces doctors to perform gender reassignment procedures on individuals including young children, even when those procedures may be physically and emotionally harmful and may violate the doctors’ faith and medical judgment,” Goodrich said. “These organizations care for transgender individuals all the time in lots of different respects but they cannot in good conscience or in their own medical judgment do procedures that would be harmful, so they felt like they had to get relief from the new regulation.”

Jillian Weiss, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, suggested the lawsuit against HHS was unnecessary in a statement to The Associated Press.

“The only thing a doctor is obliged to do is treat all patients, including trans patients, with dignity and respect and to make treatment decisions free from bias,” Weiss said. “If a doctor has a sound, evidence-based, medical reason to delay transition care for a specific patient, that would be respected under the regulations.”

The Daily Signal sought comment from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, but they could not be reached.

The Daily Signal also contacted HHS, which refused to comment. HHS referred The Daily Signal to the Department of Justice, which also chose not to make a statement.

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http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic said:

Q: (L) Was the DNA change that we are experiencing programmed into us so that after so many generations these changes would just sort of kick in?

A: Close.

Q: (L) So, we all selected certain bodies before we incarnated that would be prime for this programming?

A: Are you ready to be hermaphrodites?

Q: (L) Is that what we are going to be?

A: Wait and see.

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3D Student said:

Yeah, it's really weird, like picking something so mundane and super focusing on it to convert everyone to hypersensitive mode. That if you in the smallest aspect were to offend someone regarding their gender, then they can shame or criminalize you. Just another tool for the PTB to divide and conquer? Or to at least start a few more fires?

But it makes me curious, and maybe there is no link. But this session 10 December 1994 comes to mind:

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic said:

Q: (L) Was the DNA change that we are experiencing programmed into us so that after so many generations these changes would just sort of kick in?

A: Close.

Q: (L) So, we all selected certain bodies before we incarnated that would be prime for this programming?

A: Are you ready to be hermaphrodites?

Q: (L) Is that what we are going to be?

A: Wait and see.

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I wouldn't call male genitals "enhanced" (compared to what?) but instead perhaps "developed" into its male role, just as the fetal female genitalia also continue to develop into their more mature form.

In the male the early clitoris is enlarged and elongated and the penile urethra is created by tissue 'zipping up' towards the tip. The premature arrest of this process can lead to Hypospadias

The primordial labia of the male fuse at the midline, forming the scrotum where the vagina would have been. As the testicles descend from their original location near the kidneys, they pass through the inguinal canals of the groin and into the newly made scrotum. The scar along the midline of the scrotum (scrotal raphe) that can be seen in most males is the 'seam' where the labia fused.

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March 18, 1995
Q: (L) [...] When and why did homosexuality originate?

A: It originated when sexuality did.

Jan 7, 1995
Q: (J) Does the human state of sexuality, such as homosexuality, have something to do with changing sexes from one lifetime to another?

A: Sometimes.
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A: 3rd density as you experience it is an illusion you have been fed to continue your imprisonment therein.

Q: (L) So, in other words, there is no cosmic orgasm that keeps the worlds in existence as exemplified by the eternally copulating Vishnu and Shiva?

A: That is Bull! {laughter}

Q: (L) Well, they teach this stuff in the Eastern religions and they even have the idols sculpted in this posture...

A: That is a rationalization to continue the illusion.

Q: (L) So, in other words, the orgasmic experience is quite literally a lure to keep us... (D) Controlled... (T) And in the third level... (L) Is that true?

A: Yes.

Q: (L) Let's go back to a question I asked in another session on this same subject: what happens to our energy at the point of orgasm? Where does that energy go?

A: Drains to 4th level STS.

Q: (T) Is this a manifestation of the Lizards feeding off of us?

A: STSers there retrieve it.

Q: (T) So, orgasm is a 3rd density manifestation of the 4th density consumption of 3rd density energy?

A: One of their methods.

Q: (D) In "Bringers of the Dawn" it talks about sex and it says that it is an expression of love and so forth and that you should not have sex with someone who does not really love you.

A: Love is all that is needed.

Q: (L) If two individuals, as an expression of true love at higher levels, desire to express this love in a physical way, is it possible to channel the energy in a positive way without feeding the 4th level STS guys?

A: Nope.

Q: (L) In other words, no matter what you do, how you think, or whatever, that's where it goes?

A: Sex is a physical craving.

Q: (V) So, when the big transition comes, let me assume, anybody who is having sex at the time or has any kind of sexual relationships around that time is not going to transition because of that? (L) I don't think so... (V) Well, I just want to get this clear. Is that true?

A: No. Transition is the "Millennium." A thousand years is the 3rd level interpretation.

Q: (L) So, for a thousand years we will be living as physical beings in 4th density... so to speak... making this transition during this period... and, by the time it is over we will have done away with our physical appetites?

A: Close. Some will be there at the beginning, others will need more "time."

Q: (T) So, when we are on the 4th density, we are still in the physical, and we will still be consuming, will we then be consuming that energy from 3rd density, the orgasmic energy, or something like that?

A: Some.

Q: (D) Even if we are STO?

A: Not if completely STO.

Q: (D) Then how do we get energy.... we get energy from each other. Which is more powerful... the service... well we have to be service to others... (L) That is because STO multiplies and grows... STS just fragments, segregates, and gets smaller and smaller... (J) The law of diminishing returns. (D) We can access or receive other's energies as we give our own?

A: Yes.

Mar 28, 2010
Q: (L) We received a question from a reader who wants to ask: "Is homosexuality determined at the early imprinting stage?"

A: In some instances. There are many reasons.

Q: (L) The second part of the question reads: "If not, what determines sexual orientation at an early age?" Well, they just said there are many reasons. Can you list any of those other reasons?

A: Past life influences and more rarely, genetics.

Q: (L) So which of these three reasons is the most frequent?

A: Early imprinting could be said to be marginally most frequent cause.

Q: (Ailén) So you were very close, Laura.

(Perceval) Does the early imprinting case have to do with abuse?

A: Not necessarily abuse as lack of proper input at moments of high susceptibility. Also, in some individuals the sequence of imprint slots is different or not synchronous with the pattern of the majority. In a sense, then, this is genetic though all such individuals do not necessarily develop as homosexuals.

Q: (L) I think that the writer wanted to know is this a condition that can be changed, assuming the individual wanted to change?

A: Not usually.

Q: (Ailén) When you talk about a lack of proper input, I assume then that in some way development is not normal. Does that mean that homosexuals have any impediment to spiritual growth?

A: No, that is not implied.
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(L) Well, let's ask. In a general sense, what is the imprint that determines sexuality for an individual?

A: The pleasant interaction with an adult model at a moment or during the time the imprint window is open in conjunction with the release of specific hormones and brain chemicals.
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(Belibaste) Usually at what age does this window open?

A: 18 months to 2.5 years.
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(Burma Jones) Well, I was wondering if that imprint comes in with an adult model, does that also set the sort of person that you're going to look for to mate with?

A: Yes

Q: (Burma Jones) So maybe it's also to make it so that you will look for a mate within your own "group"? Like setting up the parents early on in life.

A: Control system modification.

Q: (Perceval) It's probably like you were saying, a pleasant interaction with an adult model. So, if it's later than 18 months to 2.5 years...

(L) So if you have an unpleasant interaction, it can really mess you up.

(PoB) Does it mean that somebody can make another person homosexual by specific kind of treatment?

A: Yes.
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(Andromeda) Are they talking here about having a role model of the same sex, or the opposite sex?

A: Opposite generally.

Q: (L) So if you have a pleasant experience with a member of the opposite sex during this moment of imprint, that will set you up to be attracted to members of the opposite sex.

(Perceval) It kind of suggests that a normal person in a normal family with both a mother and father, that baby or small child is going to have interaction with both...

A: It should be noted that the infant is sensitive to pheromone type substances that can trigger the imprint window. That part of the process is "hard wired".

Q: (Perceval) So for girls and boys they're hardwired to be attracted to male or female.

(L) So say a female infant is hardwired to be triggered by the presence of the pheromone of a male, and the interaction is pleasant, then what is supposed to get written to the circuit gets written, and everything is fine. If the pheromone opens the window and what happens in the interaction is extremely unpleasant, then everything gets screwed up. And possibly it could be that if there is some genetic difference in the infant, then maybe they are set up so that the pheromones of a female will open the window. So, there are a number of possibilities here. It's obviously an interactive thing that triggers it, writes the circuit, and whatever.

(Ailén) So the way that some homosexuals are overidentified with being gay, like gay bars and that stuff, that has to be just cultural then...?

A: The gay "movement" is a CIA program incepted by 4D STS designed to set up antipathy, differences, and to identify individuals for purposes of inflicting further suffering.

Q: (L) Huh.

A: It is the soul that counts.

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In short, I'm not sure if it's an expression of the enemy, or a valid step toward a healthy future.

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a bizarre monkey creature

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JEEP said:

In short, I'm not sure if it's an expression of the enemy, or a valid step toward a healthy future.

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I dunno but it seems that one of the most effective STS tactics is to take truth and wrap it in lies or vice versa. Put enough of the good stuff in so the bad stuff gets subtly absorbed. I haven't actually watched the cartoon itself and don't relish the thought of doing so. The whole premise just strikes me as repugnant. I do appreciate your dissecting the possible positive aspects of this cartoon, but I'm just rather suspicious of the whole thing. Would STO use this means - especially aimed at children - to advance evolved thought or preparation for 4D reality?

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Anyway...

I think this Steven Universe thread is worth pulling out of the forum basement and being put into perhaps the "Movies, TV & Trivia", or the "What's on your Mind" section. -It touches on some globally important, and for many, very touchy subjects which I don't think have been satisfactorily unpacked and examined yet in forum. I know I would appreciate seeing it networked with other members.

I'd recommend cutting & pasting your various notes and insights into a new thread, or perhaps requesting an admin to do some code crunching to achieve the same effect. I'll just re-post my own comments if the whole thread isn't migrated.

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My first experience with the humans around me suddenly all seeming like strange alien animals hit a couple of years ago and left me blinking for several weeks.

It was like waking to find myself in a startling landscape among thousands of ambulant bacteria cultures, what the human organism really is, rather than the subjective dream version of humanity we project upon it. The effect faded after a while, but it is always there now for easy access. I often look at a person and see clearly their skull and muscles and eye balls working together to create a sort of puppet object; it can be unsettling, and I find myself clinging eagerly to the idea of there being souls inside these "Ugly bags of mostly water".

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My first experience with the humans around me suddenly all seeming like strange alien animals hit a couple of years ago and left me blinking for several weeks.

It was like waking to find myself in a startling landscape among thousands of ambulant bacteria cultures, what the human organism really is, rather than the subjective dream version of humanity we project upon it. The effect faded after a while, but it is always there now for easy access. I often look at a person and see clearly their skull and muscles and eye balls working together to create a sort of puppet object; it can be unsettling, and I find myself clinging eagerly to the idea of there being souls inside these "Ugly bags of mostly water".

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That's some very strange stuff - I wouldn't even know where to begin in trying to figure that experience out. It would make me wonder if I had somehow gotten LSD or some other hallucinogen. Or maybe it's an effect of the Wave particular to you - 4D bleedthru? Glad that you've been able to handle it OK.

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And not entirely on purpose, I suppose. I can't remember the state of my thinking at the time, but whatever I was on about probably contributed. I tend to explore ideas pretty deeply.

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