In recent years, a small but vocal minority of cisgender lesbians and feminists have attempted to sever the T from the LGB. They argue that trans women are infiltrators, that trans men are traitors, and that the fight for "same-sex attraction" is distinct from the fight for "gender identity."
To the LGB friends who feel confused: Your confusion is valid. Your exclusion is not. You don't have to understand non-binary identity to use the right name. You don't have to date a trans person to respect them. But you do have to stand with us in the voting booth, in the clinic waiting room, and on the street when the fascists come. Because they will come for you next. For all the pain, I would not trade my place in this culture for anything. Being transgender inside the LGBTQ community means getting to witness miracles. ashemale solo
This is a historical amnesia. The idea that "lesbian" is defined exclusively by "female-born body" erodes the very concept of queer desire. Queerness has always been about loving against the grain. To exclude a trans woman from lesbianism is to insist that her body, not her soul, determines her love. In recent years, a small but vocal minority
We often hear their names during Pride month, but do we sit with the gravity of their existence? In the late 1960s, these were not just "gay rights activists." They were homeless, sex-working, trans women of color who were rejected by the mainstream gay rights movement because they were "too much." They were told to hide during the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march so they wouldn't scare the "normal" people. You don't have to understand non-binary identity to
Consider . The broader queer community gave us "gay" and "lesbian." The trans community gave us "genderfluid," "non-binary," "agender," "demiboy," "genderqueer." We broke the binary so hard that we shattered the very concept of linguistic boxes. Today, a bisexual cisgender teen using "they/them" pronouns owes that linguistic freedom to trans thinkers who argued that the pronoun does not define the gender.
Consider . The fight for gender-affirming care (HRT, top surgery, bottom surgery) has paved the way for bodily autonomy for everyone. The legal battles we are winning for trans healthcare are the same legal frameworks that protect a cisgender woman’s right to a hysterectomy or a cisgender man’s right to testosterone replacement.
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