That’s a truckload of assumptions! I am gay, but it’s not my “identity”. Thatt’s only part . I suppose you could say I beling to that group which does not find women romantically or sexually attractive, but I don’t think of that as a “group iidentity”.

Finally, to “presume” that there is agreement on political interests or “common ground” with other gays just because I am gay is as silly as making these same presumptions about straight people.

This is often seen in academics when female scholars will only study areas dealing with women, GLBT scholars or Queer Theorists will only study areas pertaining to them, etc. and is reflected by the rise of departments such as Women’s Studies, Chicano Studies, or Pan-African Studies within universities, rather than said scholars working from traditional departments. Unfortunately this often leads professors to assume that their students must only be interested in looking at subjects that pertain to their supposed identity, causing them to purposefully steer students towards pre-decided areas such as feminist issues or queer issues, rather than exposing students to the broad base of knowledge and allowing them to choose what interests them. Overall it creates a vast pigeonholing effect that doesn’t recognize or allow for individual variation, whether in policy choices, or personal choices.