Yet, historically, mainstream LGBTQ organizations often sidelined these issues to focus on marriage equality and military service—goals that primarily benefited cisgender, white, gay men and lesbians.
The relationship between the transgender community and LGBTQ culture is not one of simple harmony. It is a dynamic, sometimes painful, but ultimately vital partnership. though a minority
A dirty secret of queer history is that transphobia has existed within gay and lesbian spaces. In the 1970s and 80s, some radical feminists and lesbian separatists (notably the "Gay Liberation Front" splinter group "The Furies") argued that trans women were men attempting to invade female spaces. This "trans-exclusionary radical feminist" (TERF) ideology, though a minority, caused deep wounds. caused deep wounds.