Transgender people often face higher rates of discrimination, violence, and housing instability compared to cisgender gay or lesbian individuals, highlighting a need for specific, targeted support within and outside the community.

In this environment, the alliance is no longer strategic but existential. Without the LGB community’s political infrastructure and donor base, the trans community loses critical legal battles. Without the trans community’s radical challenge to the gender binary, the LGB community loses its philosophical anchor against the idea that gender and sexuality are fixed, biological destinies.