It’s another tricky area, because if you mention being gay might give a man a blind spot to the needs of women and children, you’ll be accused of being homophobic.
Sexual orientation alone shouldn’t disqualify someone from public office, but male dominated systems are already causing problems, and if a gay man has a deeply male centric mindset, his identity could end up reinforcing the very dominance we're trying to dismantle.
I just think it might be time to stop fielding candidates just because they ‘identify’ as one of the marginalised, in fact, perhaps self-identification should no longer be treated as a golden ticket, but as a moment to scrutinise a candidate’s perspective.
However, we are at the mercy of the parties, we can only vote for whoever they put up, and if they keep offering nothing but people who my not have any interest in the wider issues, we end up with numpties like this one.