The transgender community has spent decades refusing to dim its light to make other people comfortable. They danced at Stonewall. They walked the balls. They are raising families, serving in the military, and teaching your kids.
This "trans gap" reveals that the LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual) community, while having achieved mainstream visibility through marriage equality and media representation, is often welcomed on the condition of conformity. Trans people represent a deeper disruption: they challenge the very concept of biological essentialism that underpins both heterosexual and, ironically, some homosexual frameworks of attraction. They are the avant-garde of identity politics, and for that, they are frequently marginalized by those who came before them, leading to a feeling within some parts of the trans community that they must fight for their place at their own Pride table.
The representation of transgender characters in animation has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last few decades. Underground Origins
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First, a quick primer. Being relates to sexual orientation—who you go to bed with . Being transgender relates to gender identity—who you go to bed as .
