Maher: 'we're literally experimenting on children' in LGBTQ monologue

* Maher, 66, who often draws ire of both conservatives and liberals on his show, largely went after the transgender part of that acronym in his editorial

* He began by noting the polls show the number of Americans identifying as LGBTQ has doubled with each passing generation

* Maher then asked if people are allowed to see those increases and ask: 'What's up with that?'

* He then pivoted to a recent ACLU finding claimed abortion rights bans would affect LGBTQ people more than women

* 'Someone needs to say it - not everything's about you. It's okay to ask questions about something very new,' Maher said

* Maher also cracked about the upcoming Pride parade in New York City not including gay men, but only trans people and lesbians

* He then suggested the number of people identifying as LGBTQ is 'trendy' because teenagers like to challenge 'the squares who brought you up'

Bill Maher accused kids of coming out as trans is because it's 'trendy' and because being gay 'is not hip enough', on Friday's Real Time.

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Maher, 66, who often draws the ire of both conservatives and liberals on his long-running show, largely went after the transgender part of that acronym in his editorial.

He began by noting the polls show the number of Americans identifying as LGBTQ has doubled with each passing generation, joking that 'if we follow this trajectory, we will all be gay in 2054.'

Maher then asked if people are allowed to see those increases and ask: 'What's up with that?'

'It wasn't that long ago that when adults asked children what they wanted to be when they grew up, 'They meant what profession,' Maher said.

He then pivoted to suggest that the number of LGBTQ Americans had risen so sharply, a recent ACLU finding claimed abortion rights bans would affect LGBTQ people more than cisgender women giving birth.

'Someone needs to say it - not everything's about you. It's okay to ask questions about something very new,' Maher said.

He then turned to puberty blockers, which are given to transgender youth, which Maher called 'literally experimenting on children' and suggested that the long-term effects haven't been studied enough, showing studies that said it caused lack of bone density and infertility.

Maher also cracked about the upcoming Pride parade in New York City not including gay men, but only trans people and lesbians.

'That's where we are now - gay men are not hip enough for a Gay Pride parade. Gay is practically cis, and cis is practically Mormon,' he said, showing a photo of Senator Mitt Romney.

Maher then suggested the number of people identifying as LGBTQ is 'trendy' because teenagers like to challenge 'the squares who brought you up' and wondering why he saw so many transgender ... (Read more)

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