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Originally Posted by Dan02
Last year in Vancouver the entire theme of pride week was trans rights, at the parade it was up and down the entire parade not just a small part of it.
As pride has grown i think the trans movement has lost visibility but only because the size of the event going on around it is growing, not because of exclusion.
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I think it varies city to city too. But yeah, I wasn't trying to say that the gay movement was intentionally trying to exclude the trans movement, although according to some of the folks I know there are issues with transmisogyny that come up in the gay community, just that this was a grievance among trans activists.
Which actually kind of brings me to another point. I think there are a number of people on here who see certain grievances as petty or inconsequential without knowing the background and history behind them. I kind of try to explain it but I'm at best a secondary source, and as such whatever info I try to convey on the matter is coloured by perception and understanding of the subject. If there are posters who are actually interested in some of these issues, I would recommend seeking out some literature by various trans and gay rights activists, writers, etc., so that you can get the unfiltered material.