Modern theories of gender diversity and the right of the individual to freely determine one's gender, as well as the BLM movement, which had a wide resonance in the United States and beyond, claim to be the heirs and continuers of the liberal tradition of fighting for freedom. However, in their essence they act as a radical denial of the heritage of classical Modernism in its understanding of freedom, purpose and meaning of history. The society of Modernity, with a belief in the unity of the historical destiny of mankind, is being replaced by a postmodern society that has abandoned metanarratives, putting forward the struggle for the rights of various kinds of minorities as the main political theme, the rejection of the concept of norms in culture and art, of universalization as such and, ultimately, of history, i.e. from the humanistic content of Modern.