Media Targets Mario Lopez For Saying Parents Should Hesitate Before Labeling 3-Yr-Olds 'Transgender'

Mario Lopez: It’s ‘dangerous’ for parents to support transgender kids https://t.co/K9Ee1QQbh3 pic.twitter.com/iuoDNgAbvx

— Yahoo Lifestyle (@yahoolifestyle) July 30, 2019

“I am trying to understand it myself, and please don’t lump me into that whole [group],” Lopez responded. “I’m kind of blown away too. Look, I’m never one to tell anyone how to parent their kids obviously and I think if you come from a place of love, you really can’t go wrong but at the same time, my God, if you're 3 years old and you’re saying you’re feeling a certain way or you think you’re a boy or a girl or whatever the case may be, I just think it's dangerous as a parent to make this determination then, well, OK, then you’re going to a boy or a girl, whatever the case may be ... It's sort of alarming and my gosh, I just think about the repercussions later on.”

He added, “When you’re a kid ... you don’t know anything about sexuality yet. You’re just a kid.”

Evidently it's now *scandalous* to say that a child probably shouldn't be making their own life-altering decisions at 3 years old.
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Mario Lopez and Candace Owens discuss.@MarioLopezExtra @RealCandaceO pic.twitter.com/2Wdc79SrjW

— PragerU (@prageru) July 31, 2019

Mario Lopez’s suggestion that parents ought not accept their trans kids — kids who face staggering levels of suicide, bullying and other hurdles — is cruel. He conflated sexual orientation and gender identity, which is a pretty big tell that ya don’t know anything about this.

— Alex Berg (@itsalexberg) July 31, 2019

Don't forget that Mario Lopez didn't have to say anything ~at all~ about these topics. He chose to weigh in on them on the record.

— Alex Berg (@itsalexberg) July 31, 2019

The Queer Eye star says Lopez’s comments are “harmful to trans youth” (via @toofab) https://t.co/NTnCe9QgGV

— TMZ (@TMZ) July 31, 2019

.@MarioLopezExtra, @HRC's Parents for Transgender Equality Council would be more than happy to educate you on this very subject of supporting trans youth. https://t.co/iT6FByDSbl

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) July 31, 2019

It's unfortunate that someone who is so involved with @GLAAD like @MarioLopezExtra would be so misinformed about #trans kids. I wish that he would reach out to @sarahkateellis for some guidance on the difference between sex and gender identity https://t.co/JrGkfHTP2y

— Alexandra Halaby (@iskandrah) July 31, 2019

We spoke with Extra and it is clear that the showrunners do not support or share his view. They will address this issue on the show tonight. Lopez clearly needs a primer on trans issues. We reached out to his team to see if and how he will correct the record.

— GLAAD (@glaad) July 31, 2019