Some notable figures and organizations in the transgender community and LGBTQ culture include:

In ballroom, the categories were hyper-specific. You had "Realness" categories (where gay men and trans women competed to look like straight, cisgender civilians) and "Sex Siren" or "Runway" categories (where trans women dominated).

Historically, mid-20th-century advocacy focused heavily on "gay liberation." By the late 1980s and early 1990s, the acronym expanded from "LGB" to "LGBT" to formally acknowledge that gender non-conformity and sexual non-conformity face similar systemic oppressions. Today, the expanded LGBTQ+ acronym recognizes that while gender identity (who you are) and sexual orientation (who you love) are distinct, the communities are culturally and politically linked. Cultural Contributions of Transgender People

: Experiences vary significantly based on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Transgender people of color often face more severe, overlapping forms of structural racism and anti-trans bias. American Psychological Association (APA)

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This tension has given rise to a rift. On one side, you have organizations like the or RadFems (Radical Feminists) who argue that lesbian spaces must be based on "female socialization" or biological sex. On the other side, the mainstream LGBTQ culture argues that trans women are women , and excluding them is a betrayal of the history of Stonewall.