Beginning of the End?

I get the impression that sexuality, for many younger people, is now just about sexuality, and not that much about identity. Is this the beginning of the end, then, of identity politics?

The gay rights movement was built on recognizing and celebrating differences based on sexual orientation. But as sexual orientation becomes more like a space of fluid and changing experiences, rather than a series of boxes marked “gay,” “straight” or “bisexual,” sexual orientation loses its power as an organizing force. Can you have a Gay Pride march if everyone is merely “open-minded”?

Part of me feels sad about this. There is a loss here. The community of lesbians that was created because of identity politics will undoubtedly change if young women would rather be known as open-minded than as lesbians.

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