The Heart of the Movement: The Transgender Community and LGBTQ+ Culture
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Advancing justice for transgender people. The Heart of the Movement: The Transgender Community
| If you think... | The accurate understanding is... | | :--- | :--- | | Being trans is the same as being gay/lesbian. | (who you are) and sexual orientation (who you are attracted to) are separate. A trans woman who loves men may identify as straight. | | Drag is part of being trans. | Most drag performers are cisgender gay men. Trans people may do drag, but it’s a performance art, not an identity. | | Non-binary means "confused" or "trendy." | Non-binary identities have existed across cultures for millennia (e.g., Two-Spirit in many Indigenous cultures, Hijra in South Asia). | | All trans people want surgery. | Many do not seek or cannot access medical transition. Identity is not defined by medical procedures. | | The accurate understanding is
To be a part of modern LGBTQ culture is to understand that the fight for the "T" is the fight for everyone. It is a recognition that gender is a performance we all participate in, and that the trans person living authentically is not a threat to the cis gay man or the cis lesbian—but rather, their most radical ally.