While gay and lesbian cisgender people enjoy relative safety in public restrooms, trans people remain the focus of moral panics. This divergence requires the LGB community to step up. True LGBTQ culture means that a cisgender gay man cannot enjoy his rights while a trans woman is denied access to a locker room.
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