Embracing Diversity and Promoting Understanding: The Transgender Community and LGBTQ Culture
If you or someone you know is a transgender person in crisis, please reach out to The Trevor Project (1-866-488-7386) or the Trans Lifeline (877-565-8860).
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However, mainstream LGBTQ culture has increasingly embraced a philosophy of intersectionality (coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw). This recognizes that a person’s experience is shaped by overlapping identities: race, class, disability, gender, and orientation. A gay trans man experiences the world differently than a straight trans woman, but both share the need for community safety.
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To understand the present, we must look to the past. Before the Stonewall riots of 1969—a pivotal uprising led by trans women of color like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera—people were arrested for two broad reasons: same-sex acts and "cross-dressing" (wearing clothes not assigned to their birth sex).
The transgender community encompasses individuals whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. This can include people who identify as male, female, non-binary, genderqueer, or genderfluid, among other identities. Transgender individuals often face significant challenges, including discrimination, violence, and marginalization, which can impact their mental health, well-being, and access to basic rights and services. This recognizes that a person’s experience is shaped
LGBTQ+ culture would not exist in its current form without transgender influence. The overlap is visible in: