In the 2020s, the transgender community has inadvertently become the front line of the culture war. Notably, this conflict is asymmetrical: While LGB rights are largely settled law in the West (marriage, non-discrimination), trans rights are being debated from school boards to the Supreme Court.

A transgender person can have any sexual orientation. A trans man can be gay, straight, bisexual, or queer, just as a cisgender man can. LGBTQ+ culture provides a home for both concepts because both challenge traditional, rigid norms regarding sex and gender. Cultural Contributions to the Mainstream

This refers to an individual's internal, deeply felt sense of being male, female, a blend of both, or neither. Transgender people have a gender identity that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. Cisgender people have a identity that aligns with their assigned sex.

The fight for basic administrative dignity continues, including the right to update gender markers on birth certificates, passports, and driver's licenses, as well as the recognition of non-binary identities via "X" markers.