Despite challenges, the transgender community has profoundly enriched LGBTQ culture and society at large:
Back in Salt Lake City, the young woman who received the hormone vial has a name: Marisol. Six months later, she is training to be a welder. She still texts the elder, a woman named June, every Sunday.
Yet, this vibrant internal culture is under siege. 2024 has seen a record number of anti-trans bills proposed in US legislatures, targeting everything from bathroom access to drag performances (a close cousin of trans history).
Despite challenges, the transgender community has profoundly enriched LGBTQ culture and society at large:
Back in Salt Lake City, the young woman who received the hormone vial has a name: Marisol. Six months later, she is training to be a welder. She still texts the elder, a woman named June, every Sunday.
Yet, this vibrant internal culture is under siege. 2024 has seen a record number of anti-trans bills proposed in US legislatures, targeting everything from bathroom access to drag performances (a close cousin of trans history).
