Gay Parenting: Promise and Pitfalls | Dave Rubin | EP 266

Dave Rubin is the creator and host of The Rubin Report. He is the author of Don’t Burn This Book and Don’t Burn This Country, and the co-founder of the community building platform Locals. In this episode, Dave Rubin and I discuss the evolution of his lifestyle, the recent Leftist push of transgender ideology, and much more. If you want to hear the rest of my conversation with Dave Rubin, please go to and become a member today. Thanks. - Chapters - (0:00) Coming up (0:47) Intro (3:01) What it means to be Gay (6:08) The need for being a parent, and the rarity of exception (7:44) Role models and “brotherhood of the marginalized” (8:42) Inklings of starting a family (9:53) This is an important conversation (11:09) What marriage is (13:48) Psychological health through partnership (15:29) How Rubin was able to have a child (20:38) A family with two fathers, what does that mean? (21:25) Paternal and maternal parental roles (24:12) Realities of what might be lacking, and how to mitigate (25:59) Sustained adolescence is an important factor (28:00) Historically associated flamboyance, seeds of normalcy (30:22) Secular acceptance is necessary to mitigate fetishizing cardinal desire (32:44) Are all families equal? Falling short of the ideal (35:35) Shirking the ideal is not the answer for the margins (38:11) Who should society stop from having kids? (40:34) The conversation must be acceptable, even if uncomfortable (42:50) Genetic similarity is an important factor (47:48) Trying to live towards the most inherent good (50:09) Losing truth and false unification (51:35) Ken Zucker, the victimized 80 percent (53:50) The trans movement is extremely anti-gay (56:03) The banning of conversion therapy (58:44) Dave Rubins role in our changing culture (59:52) When you change fundamental structures… (1:01:48) You are villainized even for studying gender dysphoria (1:03:51) All encompassing tolerance is really a complete lack of discipline (1:07:08) Creativity is an abundant trait among LGBT people —Links— Follow Dave Rubin on Twitter: ​​ ’Don’t Burn This Country: Surviving and Thriving in Our Woke Dystopia’ =tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1656551818&sr=8-1 // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter: Donations: // COURSES // Discovering Personality: Self Authoring Suite: Understand Myself (personality test): // BOOKS // Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: // LINKS // Website: Events: Blog: Podcast: // SOCIAL // Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: Telegram: All socials: #JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus #politics #podcast #culture #parenting #transgender #lgbtq #daverubin