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Cisgender queers must be vocal that "bathroom bills" affect trans people primarily, but they set a precedent for surveillance of all gender-nonconforming people. A butch lesbian or a femme gay man will also be targeted by bathroom vigilantes.

This origin story is critical. It establishes that transgender resistance is not an add-on to LGBTQ history; it is the engine. For decades, trans activists had to fight for inclusion in gay liberation fronts that were increasingly focused on assimilation. While LGB organizations sought to convince society that "we are just like you, except for who we love," the trans community was inherently challenging the binary of what a person is . blackshemalepics