The standard and respectful term for a woman who was assigned male at birth. Transfeminine:
Despite their heroism, Rivera was famously booed off the stage at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day rally. When she tried to speak about the imprisonment of trans women, she was met with hostility from mainstream gay organizers who felt that trans issues were "too radical" or "damaging to the cause." This moment foreshadowed a rift that exists in varying degrees today: the tension between respectability politics (seeking acceptance by conforming) and liberation politics (freeing everyone, including the most marginalized). shemales backstage
Trans and non-binary individuals have found natural allies in the bisexual+ community, which has always understood that attraction need not be binary. However, biphobia within the "LG" community often mirrors transphobia—both involve accusations of being "confused," "greedy," or "not queer enough." The standard and respectful term for a woman