Visibility and representation are critical components of the struggle for transgender rights and acceptance within LGBTQ culture. Positive representation in media, politics, and other public spheres helps to humanize and normalize transgender identities. The visibility of trans individuals, particularly trans women of color like Janet Mock and Indya Moore, has played a significant role in bringing attention to the issues faced by the transgender community.
Sometimes this looks like gay or lesbian bars excluding trans people. Sometimes it looks like the "LGB Without the T" movement—a fringe but loud group that argues trans rights hurt "real" gay rights. This is not only false; it is historical revisionism.