When a state bans gender-affirming care, that is an LGBTQ+ issue. When a school forces a trans child to use a different bathroom, that is your fight. You cannot claim to love queer culture while ignoring the erosion of trans rights.
Beyond the Rainbow: Understanding the Transgender Community’s Role in LGBTQ+ Culture
Listen to trans elders. Read Stonewall by Martin Duberman. Watch Paris is Burning . Understand that ballroom culture (where voguing and "reading" originated) was created by Black and Latinx trans women.
You cannot have a Pride flag without the Trans flag woven into it. To remove the transgender community from LGBTQ culture is to remove the soul of the rebellion.
When a state bans gender-affirming care, that is an LGBTQ+ issue. When a school forces a trans child to use a different bathroom, that is your fight. You cannot claim to love queer culture while ignoring the erosion of trans rights.
Beyond the Rainbow: Understanding the Transgender Community’s Role in LGBTQ+ Culture
Listen to trans elders. Read Stonewall by Martin Duberman. Watch Paris is Burning . Understand that ballroom culture (where voguing and "reading" originated) was created by Black and Latinx trans women.
You cannot have a Pride flag without the Trans flag woven into it. To remove the transgender community from LGBTQ culture is to remove the soul of the rebellion.