I agree. I think, maybe in differing ways for each of these groups, it's a sense of community identity they fought to build under seige conditions, and are reflexively defending. There are ways that bisexuals (one hasn't lived until you've been policed by other bisexuals! ;-P), gay and lesbian trans folk, and genderqueers participate in these exclusionary practices as well.
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Date: 2009-07-24 09:37 pm (UTC)