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@Dammit
It is inclusive- trackstanding, skidding etc, these are things which are tricky.
I could trackstand with a freewheel for ages, doing it fixed meant relearning it.
Skids- I have a 180mm disc brake on the rear wheel of the MTB, not really hard to lock that up.
Returning to the point- you have to learn how to do things again when you ride fixed.
So by that token it is a club- in the loosest possible way, just because you have committed to learning how to do something a bit different.
Like all these things people get carried away- I still remember that chap who (as one of his first posts) stated that he was having a print run of T-shirts made stating "Gears are for Queers", not really spotting that a lot of us both rode gears, and objected to "My first prejudice" labeling.
I don't recall that chap being around anymore.