The modern LGBTQ rights movement was not born in a vacuum; it was sparked in large part by transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals of color who stood at the intersection of multiple forms of oppression.

The rise of non-binary and genderqueer identities is arguably the most profound shift in Western gender culture since the 1960s. By rejecting the gender binary entirely, non-binary people have challenged the very foundation upon which homophobia and transphobia are built. They ask a radical question: Why do we need categories at all?