Transgender Together on Instagram: "Language matters! Trans and gender-diverse communities face unique violence that should not be watered down nor generalized to all LGBTQ+ people. - EDIT: To add some nuance here and hopefully clarify a few points, this post is not saying that only trans folks are impacted by anti-trans prejudice and cissexism. That could not be further from the truth. In reality, everyone— regardless of gender— is negatively affected by efforts to enforce cis standards and the gender binary, including (and oftentimes especially) intersex folks, women, gender nonconforming people, and nonbinary people who may or may not also be trans. Instead, the goal of this post is to highlight the importance of naming when policies, beliefs, and actions are driven specifically by cissexism and/ or a hatred of transness and gender diversity. Because so long as we frame the motivations behind these decisions as “anti-LGBT,” we will continue to see cis, gender-conforming LGB individuals centered in how the issues are addressed— almost always at the expense of trans, nonbinary, intersex, and other gender-diverse folks who are the primary targets (and who are suffering the brunt of the violence and victimization as a result). - [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A rainbow background with a black rectangle in the center. The text in the rectangle says, "Don't say 'LGBT' if what you mean is 'trans.'" At the bottom is small text that says, "@transgender_together." The second slide has the same background with text that says, "Bathroom bills are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Restrictive I.D. laws are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Attacks on gender-affirming care are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Cissexist jokes are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Sports participation bans are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans." The final slide has text that says, "If we fail to recognize and name anti-trans prejudice and cissexism when we encounter them, we will continually fail to change the oppression that gender-diverse people face each day."]"

Transgender Together shared a post on Instagram: "Language matters! Trans and gender-diverse communities face unique violence that should not be watered down nor generalized to all LGBTQ+ people. - EDIT: To add some nuance here and hopefully clarify a few points, this post is not saying that only trans folks are impacted by anti-trans prejudice and cissexism. That could not be further from the truth. In reality, everyone— regardless of gender— is negatively affected by efforts to enforce cis standards and the gender binary, including (and oftentimes especially) intersex folks, women, gender nonconforming people, and nonbinary people who may or may not also be trans. Instead, the goal of this post is to highlight the importance of naming when policies, beliefs, and actions are driven specifically by cissexism and/ or a hatred of transness and gender diversity. Because so long as we frame the motivations behind these decisions as “anti-LGBT,” we will continue to see cis, gender-conforming LGB individuals centered in how the issues are addressed— almost always at the expense of trans, nonbinary, intersex, and other gender-diverse folks who are the primary targets (and who are suffering the brunt of the violence and victimization as a result). - [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A rainbow background with a black rectangle in the center. The text in the rectangle says, "Don't say 'LGBT' if what you mean is 'trans.'" At the bottom is small text that says, "@transgender_together." The second slide has the same background with text that says, "Bathroom bills are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Restrictive I.D. laws are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Attacks on gender-affirming care are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Cissexist jokes are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans. Sports participation bans are not anti-LGBT. They are anti-trans." The final slide has text that says, "If we fail to recognize and name anti-trans prejudice and cissexism when we encounter them, we will continually fail to change the oppression that gender-diverse people face each day."]". Follow their account to see 309 posts.