With so much of the focus in our readings and viewings being on gay men, usually those who are also part of the queer community, lesbians, bisexuals, and trans people, are not given the same amount of attention that they deserve. Even as many in the queer community pointed out, the formation of the term GLBT shows how the order of these letters correlates with how much importance that each group actually has.
Yet, transgender people did not face an issue with visibility like the others, but rather with being recognized. The term transgender in of itself has been a topic of discussion. Some coined it as an umbrella term for anyone not conforming to societal gender norms, regardless of the person's sexuality preference. This would include transvestites, transsexuals, and intersexual people. Although this term was deliberately labeled as such as it was meant to be used in political circumstances. And in political circumstances it was used as many lesbian feminists rejected MTF individuals on political grounds. However, trans activists were able to find and create their own organizations which gave them the recognition they deserve and the grounds to support others in their community.
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