In 2022, the rift forming within the LGBT community became awfully noticeable with more and more gays and lesbians suggesting that maybe it's time to kick out the "T." 

Lesbians, in particular, began speaking out about their rejection of transgender people in their spaces and how some lesbians were even being pushed out. "Lesbian erasure" became a real worry and joint publications wrote a joint statement condemning the invasion of men identifying as women into their biologically female spaces. 

(READ: There Is a Massive Rift Forming in the LGBT Community)

Later that year, this sentiment that the "T" doesn't belong among the "LGB" grew. A trending hashtag, "#LGBKickOutTheT" appeared on Twitter. This happened after reports began surfacing of men who identified as women were going into lesbian bars and attempting to get these lesbians to engage in sexual intercourse with them, shaming and pressuring them into it if they had to. 

(READ: It's Definitely Time for the 'LGB' to Kick out the 'T')

This sentiment has only grown since to the point where now, former gay and lesbian activists are expressing their regret for opening the door to the modern transgender and gender-fluid movements. One woman, in particular, expressed her regret for fighting for equal rights for gays and lesbians openly on TikTok. 

This is how so many of us feel now.

If we had known that the fight for gay rights would usher in a Marxist gender radical cult we would have done things very differently. pic.twitter.com/hM2VfjNFOn

— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) April 2, 2024

This sentiment is easy to understand. 

Many gays and lesbians, including the ones I've known personally, have always held a "live and let live" mentality. Many merely wanted to be able to have the same rights as everyone else, which is fine. In a free society, people should be able to live their lives as they wish so long as they're not forcing it on anyone else. 

However, the activist community grew hubristic, and with the enforcement of gender-fluid politics and agendas became the avenue through which more control could be gained. The call to "live and let live" has long been abandoned and now the LGBT activists of today want to force themselves on every aspect of society from schools to elected office. 

This is a far cry from what many of yesterday's activists were aiming for. 

Contrary to popular belief, the LGBT community is not a one-size-fits-all kind of place. Political beliefs run the gamut and you'll find quite a bit of nuance on issues from one person to another. In the end, many people who consider themselves members of that community don't ultimately make being gay or lesbian the most important thing about themselves, and you'll find this sentiment more common the older a person in that community is. 

However, today's activists have made that the only thing that's important about that individual, which is very common in leftist thought. Their belief is that a person's identity comes first, middle, and last. 

This is part and parcel of the woke movement which now stands on the shoulders of a movement built for the purpose of being left alone. It's now been coopted and is being used as a movement to force people into submission. 

Those people in the LGB community have my sympathies, but it should be understood that this was something predicted long ago. Historically, very few movements for freedom truly resulted in freedom. Most become institutionalized and are used as tools to gather power. 

That's not to say we shouldn't all be equal as described by our Constitution, but few movements stay innocent, and the ones that do typically die right after they accomplish their purpose. The gay rights movement never had an end date and as such, it's now being used for a different purpose.