A man stood there, backlit by the streetlight. He was in his fifties, wearing a raincoat, his face a thundercloud. The room went silent. Marisol’s heart slammed against her ribs. This was it. The confrontation she’d seen on the news.
Researchers found that youth who identify as transgender early in development (on average socially transitioning by age 6.5) show longitudinal gender trajectories that are remarkably similar to their cisgender peers.
This core concept has generated a rich subculture with its own language and rites of passage:
Trans rights are LGBTQ+ rights. When we protect transgender lives, we protect the future of queer culture itself.
Today, the transgender community is at the epicenter of the culture wars. In the United States and Europe, hundreds of bills have been introduced to restrict trans youth from receiving puberty blockers or hormone therapy, to ban trans athletes from school sports, and to force teachers to "out" trans students to their parents.
