Here’s a clear, informative breakdown of the transgender community in relation to LGBTQ+ culture.

The attacks on the trans community—bills banning drag shows (a trans-adjacent art form), criminalizing healthcare, and erasing trans kids from schools—are not separate from homophobia. They are the same monster wearing a new mask. When the state decides that a trans girl cannot play soccer, it is the same logic that said gay men could not teach kindergarten.

Transgender Movement: The transgender community has also seen significant activism, from the early work of pioneers like Christine Jorgensen in the 1950s, who was one of the first Americans to gain media attention for transitioning, to contemporary activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who were key figures in the Stonewall riots.