Imperialists have been using LGBT movements to advance their interests in socially conservative countries, including socialist ones, and the fact that they have been able to do it successfully reflects how this issue has been overlooked, and it’s a sign that this question should not be ignored by communists.
Imperialists co-opt anything that starts getting popular to a) prevent it from being used by revolutionaries and b) advance imperialism. It’s no wonder that various agencies (Swedish army, recently the CIA…) that used to punish people for being gay or trans now accept them and want to employ them. The system perpetuates itself but more than that, there’s a huge potential in recruiting these people; Emily Gorcenski (self-proclaimed trans anarchist who is proud of and defends having worked at Raytheon making Predator drones more effective) is one very incredible example. Now that the balance has shifted a bit, they can’t afford to ignore this untapped potential.
To make tenuous links from this – and indeed apply marxism only when it explains their opinions – like OP is doing is bad faith arguing and vulgar science. I’m not gonna say it’s chauvinism cause it doesn’t apply there 100%, but it’s close to it.
Imperialists co-opt anything that starts getting popular to a) prevent it from being used by revolutionaries and b) advance imperialism. It’s no wonder that various agencies (Swedish army, recently the CIA…) that used to punish people for being gay or trans now accept them and want to employ them. The system perpetuates itself but more than that, there’s a huge potential in recruiting these people; Emily Gorcenski (self-proclaimed trans anarchist who is proud of and defends having worked at Raytheon making Predator drones more effective) is one very incredible example. Now that the balance has shifted a bit, they can’t afford to ignore this untapped potential.
To make tenuous links from this – and indeed apply marxism only when it explains their opinions – like OP is doing is bad faith arguing and vulgar science. I’m not gonna say it’s chauvinism cause it doesn’t apply there 100%, but it’s close to it.