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Ironic: Social Justice Activism is ‘Rife’ with ‘Oppression’, Study finds

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Apparently, social justice activists are oppressing others within their own social justice activist circles:

In an article published Monday in the Journal of Homosexuality, Dr. Whitney Hagen of Florida Atlantic University, et al. argue that “activist communities” are hostile toward gay and transgender populations, adding that individuals with “multiple oppressed statuses and identities” are “especially prone to oppression-based experiences, even within minority activist communities.”

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