Data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey indicates that 47% of trans respondents have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives, and 29% live in poverty—double the national rate. These statistics underscore that trans needs cannot be subsumed under a generic LGBTQ+ framework.
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Within LGBTQ+ culture, this distinction is vital. A transgender person can be gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. By including the transgender community, the LGBTQ+ movement acknowledges that liberation requires dismantling both "heteronormativity" (the assumption that everyone is straight) and "cisnormativity" (the assumption that everyone identifies with the sex they were assigned at birth). Cultural Contributions and Language Data from the 2015 U