A candid shot of a Pride parade where a trans flag is flying next to a rainbow flag, or a simple graphic of a butterfly transitioning from a rainbow to the trans pink/blue/white.

More Than a Letter: Understanding the Transgender Community Within LGBTQ+ Culture

This ignores history. But it also ignores the fact that many trans people are also gay or bi. A trans man who loves men isn't "straight" in the way a cis man is—he is often a queer man. His existence challenges the very definitions of gay culture.

To my cis LGBQ siblings: We need you to fight for our right to exist as ourselves, just as we fight for your right to love freely.