The author wrote that so he could claim proto-membership in an aggrieved class.
It's this kind of ridiculous behavior that provoked Rush to term himself, a "MALE LESBIAN" --he's BEING ridiculous in order to show what it is.
I sometimes use the term with a straight-face, and people have grown so accustomed to thinking of others in these Grievance Elite groups that they are too scared to ask if I'm kidding.
To hasten the downfall of this thinking, I encourage you to lump yourself into some ridiculous-sounding aggrieved group --make it up, if you must.
I'm a Liveatarian. A reptilian trapped in a mammalian body. I have been unfairly banned from every local pet shop. It's not like I don't pay for everything I eat. BTW, would someone turn up the heat please? I'm feeling a little sluggish.
I've finally come out as a trans-transgender, a man who wants to be a woman who want to be a man.
Go ahead, I dare you. Deny "who I am."