I remember people on mastodon saying that project leader went too much political by focusing on gender and identity while actual system development was pushed away. But since my journey with elementary was over years ago I didn't care that much. Maybe check other search engines and go with "elementaryos controversial" or similar words

FYI: found information here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30611748

Queer people are terrorists now, don’t you read your GOP newsletter? /s