To all of you gay men (and yeah it’s usually gay men making the argument) who say that trans people have nothing to do with LGB (so we should just STFU and go fight our own fight), I hate to inform you but a lot of late-transitioning trans woman are attracted to women. So when they transition they go from being seen as hetero men to being seen as—wait for it—lesbians. Likewise, there are trans men who are attracted to men.
Oh, and did I mention that most trans men who are attracted to women spend years in the lesbian community before transitioning. And that trans women who are attracted to men are often are part of the gay community (perceived as ultra-femmy gay men) before transitioning. (In both cases, it’s usually because butch and nelly are visible niches they can try to fit into.)
And a number of those trans women remain in the gay community post-transition—like the three of the drag queens I perform with. (They started doing drag as gay men, and post-transition it’s one of the jobs they can still get.)
But hey, other than that, we’ve got nothing in common.
(If you haven’t figured out the preceeding is snark, well…)
