The Intersectional Discrimination Index: Development and validation of a measure of experienced discrimination for transgender and cisgender populations. Social Science & Medicine, 225, 86-94.

have revolutionized how academia views gender as a social performance rather than a biological certainty. 🛡️ Unique Challenges & Resilience

: Women or non-binary people attracted to women.

A common point of confusion within broader culture is the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity.

Is the LGBTQ community unified? Not entirely. A vocal minority of "LGB without the T" activists, often funded by right-wing think tanks, argue that trans issues are a distraction from "same-sex attraction." They are losing.

Originating in the Black and Latine trans communities of New York City, ballroom culture gave us "voguing," "slay," and the concept of "chosen families."