LGB ErasureJulie Bindel: There's no gay gene – and I love the idea I chose to be a lesbian

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[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I was talking about the general population in the U.S. I was an active gender critical feminist before 2016 and I never saw or heard of one in that subculture either.

[–]reluctant_commenter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'd be curious about numbers of the general population in the US, but I'm not aware of any survey data like that, and it'd probably be difficult to get accurate numbers even if there were; they seem more unpopular in the US than in some other countries, such as the UK, and people might be afraid of responding to such a survey.

Julie Bindel and Sheila Jeffreys are both radical feminists/GC, but I don't know how well-known they are in GC circles.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, they're both really well known but they're about it as far as political lesbians go. I have a vague memory there were more in the seventies but radical feminists don't seem to reference them much. It was never promoted or encouraged that I can remember and I remember no posters who claimed to be political lesbians.