One of the defining characteristics of a totalitarian ideology is that no one is allowed to question it. So it is with identity and gender politics today in leftist academic and activist circles. In the wake of the great liberation movements of the 20th century, how did this even happen?
I read a post today from a young lesbian who would be defined as ?butch? by today?s standards, who is attracted to other butch women. Somehow this has become unacceptable. Taboo even, she says. She has faced ridicule and actual disgust because she isn?t attracted to who she is SUPPOSED to be attracted to: femmes. But guess who and what is cool? Trans ?fags??women who have?transitioned? into gay men. THEY are allowed to love each other.
All of this blows my baby boomer mind. When I was coming of age in the late 70s and 80s, I never heard any…