The transgender community and LGBTQ+ culture encompass a vast, diverse range of identities, histories, and social movements . At its core, the transgender community includes individuals whose gender identity—their internal sense of being a man, woman, or another gender—differs from the sex assigned to them at birth. LGBTQ+ culture refers to the shared experiences, traditions, and political advocacy of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexually diverse people. Core Concepts and Terminology
Understanding the community begins with distinguishing between key concepts often misunderstood by the public: LGBTQ+ - NAMI
