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TRANSPHOBIA IN THE GAY COMMUNY AND WHY IT NEEDS TO STOP
This blog will foc on historil and ongog prejudice towards transgenr men and women by cisgenr gay men, lbians, and bisexuals. Acrdg to the Out for Ameri Report that Victory Instute published June, an LGBTQ elected official the US today is most likely to be a whe gay male. Almost 80 percent of out officials are whe, 57 percent are gay, and 59 percent are male.
Gay liberatn activists such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera referred to themselv as gay, among a variety of other terms, ditg a fluidy and lack of foc on labels. Ppotg discrimatn the past between the groups would seem to be difficult, but realy, Rivera and Johnson themselv remarked about how they felt they did not f to the then-newly emergg gay rights movement.
Another perspective, om Miss Major Griff-Gracy, proment transgenr activist and Stonewall veteran, further scrib the mastream gay rights movement as one that shuts out transgenr folks and people of lor. The same middle to upper class, whe, gay, cisgenr men that are cricized as beg too domant the LGBTQ muny today were tone-policg liberatn activists the 70s. Trigger Warng: Transphobia, Homophobia, Mentng of GenalsThis article nnot possibly nta all of the experienc of transphobia wh the LGBTQ+ muny and is not meant to validate anyone’s experienc, rather open the door to a much-need nversatn.