Trans People Are an Inseparable Part of the LGBTQ Community | Opinion
not belong.Queer identity is so rooted in inclusion that the very process of excluding people is essentially not queer. Which is why it makes little sense when people talk about divorcing trans people from the larger LGBTQ umbrella.Transgender people have always been a part of the greater LGBTQ+ community and have played an integral role in queer history, queer art, and queer liberation.
They share both fate and destiny with the full diversity of queer identities. The mere suggestion that trans people be separated from their LGBQ siblings conveys a gross misunderstanding of why we are a named community in the first place.It's true that gender identity and sexual orientation are different, yet there is undeniably a common denominator: the experience of not fitting into the sociological assumptions and pressures most associated with one's assigned gender.The vast majority of people assigned male at birth develop masculine traits, become sexually attracted to females, and identify as men.
Similarly, the majority of those assigned females will have feminine traits, be sexually attracted to males, and identify as women.
These majority experiences are reflected in nearly every aspect of society, and create a standard of what is normal, expected and healthy.
