A vegan Facebook group in the UK has come under fire for claiming that "chemical pollutants" in food can make people gay or transgender.
Pembrokeshire Vegan Organic, a group based in South Wales that actively promotes veganism, was forced to remove the post after ongoing criticism.
Luckily, someone got a screenshot.
“When people understand that sexual development problems are caused by synthetic chemical pollutants, then they can accept how teaching gender in schools is promoting the most backwards and corrupt system possible,” the original post read.
It continued: “The promotion of gay and trans is the promotion of sexual development disorders, caused by environmental pollutants and media and educational manipulation.
The facebook post has since been deleted. Source: Facebook
“The promotion of homosexuality and gender at children tries to promote the view that transgender and homosexuality are natural and healthy lifestyle choices, which is not true.”
The troubling post concluded with: “There is nothing natural or healthy about wanting to be the opposite from what we are born, transgender is an environmental developmental disorder that is being promoted as natural and normal."
The Vegan Society was quick to condemn the message, telling The Independent that most vegans did not share this view.
“The view of an individual vegan does not represent how the vegan community as a whole feels on a particular issue,” Dominika Piasecka, spokeswoman for The Vegan Society, said.
She continued: “It’s important to note that veganism is based on kindness and compassion, and the backlash the Facebook page has received shows that the vast majority of vegans disagree with the comments made.”
