Celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility!
It’s sad to say, but there’s no denying that the Trans folk in our LGBT family our often marginalized or excluded. Today, we here at SexToys.com are standing up to say that this is not OK. We’re all in this fight for equality together! Today is a great time to remind one another about this important group of friends and allies as we struggle to gain equal rights.
I stole this quote from our friends over at HotMoviesForHer.com because I think it’s an important message:
Our discomfort around the issue—I know I’m not alone in this—means that we’ve got some learning to do. Bravo to those trans people willing to come out and teach us.
Some gay people wonder why we get lumped with the transgender community at all. Sexual orientation is one thing, they say, and gender identity is another.
That’s true as far as it goes, and perhaps it’s better to talk about our overlapping communities than about a single GLBT community.
Still, the alliance makes sense insofar as both (overlapping) groups suffer from rigid social expectations about sex and gender. Compare “If you’re born biologically male, you should grow up to be a man” with “If you’re born biologically male, you should grow up to love a woman.” The similarities between the two inferences seem to outweigh the differences.
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