Jokes aside, “identities that have had enough invested in them will survive and fringier ones will be pressed to consolidate for viability” is basically exactly how this phase goes
I mean, like, “bear” never stopped being a relevant identity when things were consolidating for the LGB parts of the movement, understood as a subset of the larger gay identity. Why shouldn’t aceflux be that but for asexuals?
Every pride, we get queer kids talking about how it’s weird that “bear” and “leather” have pride flags
