LogFAQs > #907412511

LinksLiege posted...

Almost like sexual preference and gender identity aren't the same thing.

That boils it down. For instance, while drag is prevalent in the gay community, some Trans people find it offensive.

Also when you have so many different communities (let's just keep it at the 4), you're going to have scuffles/disagreements over representation.

Anecdote: I've seen transactivist shut down an LGBT meeting at my college years ago and curse out the president for pushing back Trans-awareness week to a later date. The President had had also disagreed on supporting a move making a trans-only space available.

This then made the bisexual people flip out at the trans people because they felt they get even less representation than they do (tbh I feel they get a bad rep).

So ultimately it boils down to different communities trying to be allies but also trying to get equal representation, which is ultimately difficult when different communities are advancing separately, and gender identity & sexuality are different issues.