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   From: lestern@none.com   
      
   A transgender Minnesota lawmaker ignited an online firestorm after   
   bizarrely arguing against age limits on porn sites — claiming “queer”   
   kids need access to the X-rated content for “educational” purposes.   
      
   State Rep. Leigh Finke, a two-term Democrat who identifies as a woman,   
   pushed back against a proposal that would require age checks on porn   
   websites to shield children from accessing the raunchy adult material —   
   wildly insisting the bill would be weaponized against the LGBTQ+   
   community.   
      
   The pol claimed attorneys general in states with age-verification laws   
   are “almost jubilant” at the chance to block queer kids from explicit   
   content that could “educate” them about their sexuality and community.   
      
   “They’re almost jubilant about being able to use these laws to ban young   
   people from accessing content that could be educational if they are   
   queer,” Finke, who transitioned in 2017, contended during a committee   
   meeting Thursday.   
      
   “You’re a principal, you have LGBT students in your school, and we also   
   know that they’re not receiving sex education for queer kids, we know   
   that prurient interest could be for many people the very existence of   
   transgender kids. More and more people are saying, there are simply no   
   transgender kids.”   
      
   The lefty lawmaker’s odd rant sparked outrage after Moms of Liberty, a   
   conservative parents group, shared a clip of the remarks on X.   
      
   “What a strange (but not shocking in the least) position to take,” one   
   user blasted.   
      
   Another said: “It is concerning @LeighFinke prefers minors have access   
   to adult content.”   
      
   Several digital naysayers accused Finke of “grooming” kids, branded her   
   a child predator, and called for her to be removed from office.   
      
   “They aren’t even hiding the fact that they want to groom and sexualize   
   young children with porn,” one critic raged, while another called the   
   stance “pure arrogance and stupidity.”   
      
   One person commented that the clip was “midterm ad material.”   
      
   Finke, Minnesota’s first transgender elected official, is up for   
   reelection in November.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/02/21/us-news/trans-minnesota-dem-leigh-finke-arg   
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