"Trans joy is queer joy. This month—and every month—we stand with our trans siblings. Drop a 🏳️‍⚧️ in the comments if you support trans rights as human rights."

LGBTQ+ culture today—the resilience, the chosen family, the radical joy of self-definition—exists because trans people refused to hide.

This has led to a painful dynamic: some within the LGB community, seeking "acceptability," have attempted to distance themselves from trans people. This is a mistake. Respectability politics never works. The same arguments used against trans people today—"think of the children," "it's just a phase," "you're a threat"—were used against gay and lesbian people 30 years ago.

Transgender women of color experience disproportionately high rates of violence.