As society moves past the "acceptance" phase of gay rights and into the "celebration" of trans existence, the tension between the letters will likely remain. But history shows that every time the LGB has tried to drop the T, the movement has faltered. Every time they have rallied around trans siblings, they have won.

Transgender people aren't a "new trend." They are the backbone of LGBTQ+ culture. 🧵🏳️‍⚧️

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From the photography of Nan Goldin (which documented trans icons like Greer Lankton) to the music of SOPHIE (a trans producer who revolutionized hyperpop), LGBTQ art is trans art. The boundary-pushing aesthetic of queerness—challenging norms, embracing camp, deconstructing the body—is inherently aligned with the trans experience of self-recreation.

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Despite this, for decades following Stonewall, the mainstream gay rights movement (led primarily by white, middle-class gay men and lesbians) actively tried to distance itself from trans people and drag queens. They viewed them as "too visible" or "too radical" to be palatable to straight society.

A small but vocal minority of self-identified lesbians and feminists argue that trans women are not "real women" and that trans men are "lost sisters." They claim that including trans people dilutes the "LGB" mission, which they define strictly by same-sex attraction.