Drop a 🏳️⚧️ if you stand with trans people today and every day.
The transgender community and the broader LGBTQ+ culture are bound by a shared history of resistance, a common fight for civil rights, and a vibrant tapestry of shared spaces. While "LGBTQ+" serves as an umbrella term, the "T" represents a distinct journey of gender identity that has both anchored and revolutionized the movement.
Contrary to revisionist history, the alliance between trans people and the broader gay/lesbian community is not a modern invention. In the mid-20th century, police raids on gay bars were common, but these establishments were also havens for “gender deviants”—people who cross-dressed, lived as a gender different from their birth assignment, or existed in the interstices between male and female.