We are seeing a . As anti-trans legislation sweeps the globe, the "T" is no longer seen as an add-on to the acronym but the bullseye at the center of the target.

A major source of tension is the relationship between trans identity and drag. Drag is performance (exaggerated gender for art), while being trans is identity (living as a gender full-time).

The modern LGBTQ movement was forged in the fires of transgender-led resistance. Years before the famous Stonewall Uprising, trans and gender-diverse people were already fighting back against systemic police harassment: