Furthermore, LGBTQ culture has provided a crucial social and linguistic scaffolding for transgender identity. The concept of "coming out"—the process of disclosing a stigmatized identity—was pioneered by the gay community and adopted wholesale by the trans community. The spaces forged by LGBTQ culture, from community centers and support groups to gay bars and Pride parades, have historically been the first safe havens where questioning individuals can explore their gender identity apart from their sexual orientation. The broader culture’s ongoing deconstruction of rigid binaries—male/female, straight/gay—has created the intellectual oxygen for a more fluid understanding of gender. Without the gay and lesbian movements challenging the naturalness of heterosexuality, the trans movement’s challenge to the naturalness of biological sex would have faced an even steeper climb.
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