The transgender community teaches the rest of us a profound lesson:

To celebrate Pride is to understand that story. A common misconception is that being transgender is a sexual orientation. It is not. Sexual orientation (gay, straight, bi, etc.) is about who you go to bed with. Gender identity (man, woman, nonbinary) is about who you go to bed as .

That is a universal human truth. Whether you are a gay man in a small town, a lesbian grandmother, or a nonbinary teenager—we all want the freedom to define ourselves.

This is a historical trap. The moment a marginalized group tries to throw another group under the bus to gain favor with the powerful, they become the oppressor. The fight for gay rights was never just about the right to marry; it was about the right to be authentic .

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