Why? Because the fight for bathroom access, healthcare, and legal recognition for trans people is the exact same fight for dignity that gay people fought for decades. To drop the T is to ignore that many trans people are also gay or bi, and to ignore the historical reality that the people who threw the first bricks at Stonewall were trans.
You might have heard the term "TERF" (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) or seen dating app profiles that say "No trans, please." There is a painful history of cisgender (non-trans) gay men and lesbians excluding trans people from gay bars or sporting events.
Yet, despite this difference, the transgender community is enveloped by LGBTQ culture because we share the experience of in a cisgender (non-trans) and heterosexual world. We both defy the rigid boxes society tries to put us in. The "Drop the T" Movement: A Dangerous Myth In recent years, a fringe group has pushed the "LGB without the T" narrative, arguing that trans issues are separate from sexuality issues. Most LGBTQ historians and advocates fiercely reject this.
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