I saw recently someone accuse nonbinary people of “riding the coattails” of binary trans people, and…

makingqueerhistory:

I saw recently someone accuse nonbinary people of “riding the coattails” of binary trans people, and I cannot emphasize this enough: take my coattails, hold them in your hands, pull yourself up by my bootstraps. Together is how we thrive, together is how we fight, together is how we win.

There are queer people out there who when they see another branch of the queer community either succeeding or receiving support, their reaction is to try and pull them back down. The logic is ...