The transgender community has profoundly shaped global pop culture, language, and art. Much of modern slang, fashion, and performance styles originated within the Black and Latine transgender and queer ballroom subcultures of the late 20th century.

He learned from Jax, a non-binary artist, how to navigate workplace pronouns with grace and a bit of humor. He learned from a gay couple who had been together for forty years that history isn't just in books—it’s in the stories of those who survived the hard years so Leo could stand in a brightly lit room today.

Concerns an individual’s internal, deeply felt sense of being male, female, a blend of both, or neither.