In the adult industry, the term usually refers to two distinct things:

, who runs a group home and provides medical care for her community.

Transgender women of color experience disproportionately high rates of violence.

To support LGBTQ+ culture means to protect trans lives, listen to trans voices, and recognize that without the "T," the rest of the letters lose their revolutionary edge.

If history is any guide, the transgender community will lead the way forward. Because they always have. From the streets of Greenwich Village to the runways of Paris to the podiums of state legislatures, the trans community reminds LGBTQ culture of its most essential truth:

These disparities sometimes lead to friction within the culture, as trans activists call for the "LGB" portions of the community to use their relative social capital to protect the most vulnerable members of the "T." The Future of the Community