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As the political climate hardens against both transgender rights and queer rights generally (witness the explosion of anti-trans legislation and anti-LGBTQ book bans in the U.S.), the transgender community is offering a profound lesson:

Some notable examples of LGBTQ cultural expressions include: Femout - Lil Dips Meets Master Aaron - Shemale-...

The future of the coalition likely depends on two factors: (1) Whether cisgender LGB individuals recognize that the legal logic used against trans people (e.g., “we must protect children from gender ideology”) is the same logic historically used against gay people (e.g., “we must protect children from homosexual recruitment”), and (2) Whether the movement can accommodate different ontologies of self—for example, respecting a lesbian who defines her sexuality by biological sex while simultaneously defending trans women’s right to identify and exist as women. As the political climate hardens against both transgender

This article is dedicated to the memory of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and all the trans ancestors who made queer culture possible. While drag is often mistakenly conflated with being

While drag is often mistakenly conflated with being transgender (drag is performance, being trans is identity), the two worlds have cross-pollinated significantly. Trans icons like (also a producer and advocate), Indya Moore , and MJ Rodriguez (of Pose fame) have brought trans stories to the forefront of film and television. The ballroom culture, immortalized in Paris is Burning and Pose , originated in Black and Latinx queer communities where trans women and gay men competed in categories that blurred gender lines. This culture gave birth to voguing, a global dance phenomenon, and language like "shade," "reading," and "realness"—terms now ubiquitous in both queer and mainstream slang.