It provides representation for others with similar body types, fostering a sense of belonging and pride. Trans Fem Literary Springtime - Notes - e-flux

This argument is historically myopic. The same arguments used against trans people today—"they are a danger to children," "they are mentally ill," "they are predators in bathrooms"—were used against gay men and lesbians 40 years ago. When LGB individuals accept these terms to gain temporary tolerance, they abandon a core principle of queer culture: that liberation cannot be piecemeal.

An advocacy organization working to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people.

: Even as a child in Kentucky, Lucy insisted on wearing dresses to school. Supported by a pioneering doctor who advised her parents to let her live as she wished, she grew up as a woman decades before the word "transgender" existed.

Provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ youth.

Originating in the Black and Latine trans communities of New York City, ballroom culture gave us "voguing," "slay," and the concept of "chosen families."