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“Cis gay culture was about assimilation,” notes cultural critic Samira Noor. “Trans culture is about liberation. We don’t want to be invited to the wedding. We want to burn down the institution that decides who deserves to marry.” Perhaps the greatest gift the transgender community has given LGBTQ+ culture is the insistence on intersectionality. You cannot separate transphobia from racism, from classism, from ableism. The most vulnerable members of the community are not white trans women—it is Black and Indigenous trans women, whose murder rates remain a national crisis.
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That is the promise of the transgender community. That is the future of queer culture. And it is only just beginning. If you or someone you know is struggling with gender identity or suicidal thoughts, contact The Trevor Project (1-866-488-7386) or the Trans Lifeline (877-565-8860). “Cis gay culture was about assimilation,” notes cultural
The future of LGBTQ+ culture, then, is not a single-issue agenda. It is a coalition of the dispossessed. It is the trans sex worker, the disabled queer elder, the non-binary teen in a rural town. It is the understanding that your liberation is bound up in mine. The transgender community has not “taken over” LGBTQ+ culture—it has completed it. Without the T, the movement was a club for people who fit neatly into boxes. With the T, it becomes a home for everyone who has ever been told they are wrong for existing as they are. We want to burn down the institution that