Thank you for spelling this out. I find it deeply disappointing that members of our own LGBTQ+ community can hold such mindsets—whether out of unexamined bias or, worse, a blatant disregard for those who may be different.
This kind of behavior is exactly what we’ve been fighting against for years as LGBTQ+ people. Now, it’s our trans and gender-fluid communities who are squarely in the crosshairs, bearing a disproportionate share of the burden.
I truly don’t understand why we direct this kind of harm toward people who aren’t white, Anglo-Saxon, or who don't fit within the narrowest definitions of identity.
Just imagine the world we could build if we chose solidarity over division—if we celebrated difference rather than using it as an excuse to marginalize.