To be a member of the LGBTQ community is to understand that your identity was once pathologized, criminalized, and deemed "unnatural." The same charges are now leveled against trans people. Solidarity is not convenience; it is recognizing that your liberation is bound to your sibling’s.
The term "LGBTQ" may eventually feel as outdated as the word "homophile" did in the 1960s. Many young people today prefer the term as a catch-all that resists rigid categorization. Others advocate for "GSRM" (Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minorities) to explicitly include asexual, aromantic, and intersex people.
