[Levitz]

And yet that's not the brand of identity politics popular in Europe. The popular one is the one imported from the US. Nobody thinks about Yugoslavia when it comes to identity politics, they think about race (specifically black) and queer. There were completely absurd BLM demonstrations around Europe and trans legislation only started being a subject after the US started dealing with it.

[THX1137]

You think nationalism is not a popular brand of identity politics in Europe? Can you explain why you think that? In many nations in Europe nationalists have won elections even in recent years. In a more extreme case the idea that Ukrainian identity is "not real" is one of the often cited reasons for the Russian aggression against the Ukrainian state.

[IIlI]

Actually trans legislation was spearheaded by the UK Government with the Gender Recognition Act of 2004. It had been opposed before and has been opposed since, both by left-wing radical feminist groups and by conservatives, for different reasons. The US has been relatively late to this disagreement.