A small but media-hyped group of gay and lesbian people are trying to detach the "T" from the "LGB." They argue that trans rights are a separate issue and that they "compete" for resources with gay rights. This is historical revisionism. As Chase Strangio, a prominent transgender lawyer, notes: "You cannot sever the T from the LGB because we are the same people. We live in the same bodies, we have the same parents, we face the same conversion therapy."
Explore International Perspectives on LGBTQIA+ Activism and Culture. Transgender Day of Visibility is a global awareness campaign,
The Evolution of the T: Transgender Identity within LGBTQ Culture
A small but media-hyped group of gay and lesbian people are trying to detach the "T" from the "LGB." They argue that trans rights are a separate issue and that they "compete" for resources with gay rights. This is historical revisionism. As Chase Strangio, a prominent transgender lawyer, notes: "You cannot sever the T from the LGB because we are the same people. We live in the same bodies, we have the same parents, we face the same conversion therapy."
Explore International Perspectives on LGBTQIA+ Activism and Culture. Transgender Day of Visibility is a global awareness campaign,
The Evolution of the T: Transgender Identity within LGBTQ Culture