Why would we be amazed that some gay people embrace the same social and gender ideals against which they have been judged? We see exactly the same phenomenon among the male geek recruits to the far right - they lionise the very characteristics that they supposedly fall short of themselves. I suppose that we assume that gay people would naturally align with the political forces that seek their emancipation, but there’s not reason to presume that; many people can justify supporting oppressive systems if they can avoid oppression themselves.
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