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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Even among supportive cis gay people (which I've been fortunate enough to have no shortage of), there's still this idea that focusing on us (trans people) is weird. As the attacks have ramped up and more cis folks have had formative queer experiences involving us that's started to change.

Tbh I think it's partly because of the historic fragmentation within the community. Gay men focus on gay men's issues, lesbians focus on lesbian issues, bi people focus on bi issues, and trans people focus on any combination of issues within the community including trans issues.

The first place I'd say the shift really happened was in queer health as HIV became manageable queer health clinics began also offering transition related care.

this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2026
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