progressives were always religious, they were always fascistic, they never supported free speech and they always hated the gays. these are the people that wrote the sterilization laws that hitler copied - this is ground zero for fascism, from day one.
i've never aligned with these groups; i've always been clear to refer to myself as an anarchist, a socialist and even prefer to identify as a liberal.
"progressive" is a dirty word to me, and always has been - and it should be for you to, if you're really honest about the history of the term, how it's been used and the movements it's been associated with.