We are currently living through a dangerous backlash, but history shows that when the transgender community is under attack, the entire queer spectrum is at risk. To be a member of LGBTQ culture in 2026 is to be, by definition, a defender of trans existence.

A small but vocal fringe of "LGB" individuals (often referred to as trans-exclusionary radical "feminists" or TERFs, though many are not radical feminists) argue that trans rights undermine gay and lesbian rights. They claim that trans women are "men invading women’s spaces" and that non-binary identities are a fad.