Sadly, these are just people that "need a cause".
They need a justification as to why they hate life, their life sucks and of course....it's not in any small part, their fault.
So, they will latch onto whatever sense of belonging they can find, often not having any family support and you can be certain that University psych studies don't get a lot of funding on that front.
Hey, I have sympathy, I can understand how people that have been given poor upbringings including sexual assault and bullying their formative years can be disassociated from general culture. Especially if they've had a sheltered environment like in the US.
What is the difference? We didn't use to empower these folks. Now if you're a 50 year old guy with a penis you can just say you are a women and waltz into the womens locker room and YOU are the hero and victim if anyone complains. *progress*
Oh well, Queers for palestine is indeed like watching a Jews for Hitler protest. Mental illness (not throwing that out as hyperbole or insult) is a terrible thing.