Yes, there are absolutely Catholics to the left of the pope, less than under Francis but still.

The whole "trad-cath" movement is essentially a rejection of Vatican II reforms. Hell, Nick Fuentes is Catholic

I think it's highly contradictory, but when it comes to self applied identities like gender or sexuality I firmly believe it's only the business of the person who is identifying. It's not a definition thing to me, it's a self determination thing.

He's probably either in the closet or hasn't unpacked the ways he equates masculinity with penetration enough to open himself up to his femdom desires.

Either way, he's still allowed to call himself straight, even if he's pretty clearly mistaken.

You can totally have a sexless D/s relationship where it's just about the power exchange. I know of a case with a lesbian woman and gay man in a D/s relationship. But that's explicitly not what is being discussed in the article

Dude is allowed to call his sexuality what he wants, but fantasizing about wanting a male dom who you bottom for anal to isn't straight

Don't sell Italy and Japan short.

Mussolini invented fascism, and did population-scale deployment of chemical weapons in Ethopia.. Imperial Japan are absolutely an all-time G.O.A.T of horrific war crimes.

Their behavior was egregious, and that's why they sided with the nazis.

I'll be the one to say it: who is actually using leashes with their shibari suspension?