This list is about politics within the trans community, not what is typically thought of as right/left, Tory/Labour, Republican/Democrat, and so on. The people below are outspoken in their agreement with some or all progressive positions of the modern trans rights movement. They often oppose those holding conservative positions about trans issues.
Identities
Progressive trans and gender diverse people may identify as one or more of the following:
Medical identities
- may identify with an emerging identity
- nonbinary
- genderqueer
- salmacian
- may identify with a controversial social category
- tucute
- plural
- may feel they have a controversial disorder or disease
- self-diagnosed “mental illness”
- may reject all disease models of gender identity and expression
- may reject controversial conceptualizations and terms
Political identities
- Progressive
- Liberal
- Left-wing
- Socialist
Progressive religious or ethical identities
- Unitarian
- Quaker
- Progressive Christian
- Metropolitan Community Church (MCC)
- Humanist
- Agnostic
- Atheist
Political views
Many progressive people who transition hold one or more of these views:
Youth
- may support social, legal, and/or medical transition for young people
Sex segregation
- may oppose sex segregated institutions including
Gender expansive
- may reject rigid or traditional gender roles and binaries
- may support fluid identities and expressions
- may consider passing and assimilating unimportant
Slurs
Critics may describe progressive people who have transitioned with these labels, which are usually considered slurs:
- “SJW” or “social justice warrior”
- “Lib” (liberal) and variants: shitlib, libtard, etc.
Examples
Liberal and progressive people in our community include most activists and celebrities.
- Nick Adams
- Rebecca Allison
- Carla Antonelli
- Ryka Aoki
- S. Bear Bergman
- Alexandra Billings
- Jordan Black of Dead Domain
- Chaz Bono
- Kate Bornstein
- Marsha Botzer
- Kylar Broadus
- Earline Budd
- Jenn Burleton
- Alejandra Caraballo
- Candis Cayne
- Cecilia Chung
- Charlotte Clymer
- Laverne Cox
- Katherine Cross
- Paisley Currah
- Masen Davis
- Eli Erlick
- Phyllis Frye
- Laura Jane Grace
- Jamison Green
- Miss Major Griffin-Gacy
- Jazz Jennings
- Marsha P. Johnson
- Matt Kailey
- Aidan Key
- Mara Keisling
- Isis King
- Dru Levasseur
- Trace Lysette
- Chelsea Manning
- Janet Mock
- Indya Moore
- Dylan Mulvaney
- Elliot Page
- Pauline Park
- Erin Reed
- Jen Richards
- Marissa Richmond
- Verity Ritchie
- Sylvia Rivera
- Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
- Angelica Ross
- Joan Roughgarden
- Bamby Salcedo
- Diego Sanchez
- Gwendolyn Ann Smith
- Kate Sosin
- Dean Spade
- Sandy Stone
- Chase Strangio
- Susan Stryker
- Lou Sullivan
- Abigail Thorn
- Harper Jean Tobin
- Rain Valdez
- Lana Wachowski
- Lilly Wachowski
- Kelley Winters
- Natalie Wynn
- Zoey Zephyr
- Kortney Ryan Ziegler