Approximately 9.3% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+ according to recent Gallup News data .
Artists like Paris is Burning documentarian Jennie Livingston, musician Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace, and actress Laverne Cox have used their platforms to force the wider world to look at trans lives. Netflix’s Disclosure (2020) is a masterclass in how transgender representation (or misrepresentation) has shaped societal fear and fascination. These cultural artifacts are now essential texts in LGBTQ studies.