In this group, the movement to make the group inclusive came from younger members who have been trained that inclusion is good and exclusion is bad, and there was some fairly overt ageism involved in some of the fights over changing the nature of the group with older members being called behind the time or obsolete. And we know how age works in the gay community.

In addition, transgender people and allies slowly maneuvered themselves into moderator positions, and when they had gained a critical mass, they issued an edict that anyone advocating exclusively gay male policies would be instantly banned.