She's not gay!

It seems like one of the biggest misconceptions with being transgender is that people assume you're gay. We get it all the time, "oh he's just gay!" or even backlash from the LGBTQ community saying that "transgender" is just a cover up for being gay. I don't get why people have a hard time grasping the concept that they are actually two entirely different things. My daughter is four, so I guess I can't really say she's not gay, but I can say she is in-fact transgender which doesn't equal gay. She has stated in the past that she is a girl and likes boys, she identifies as a girl and that's perfectly fine with me. Being transgender is 100% different, transgender is a gender identity thing whereas being gay is a sexual preference you were born in your gender that you identify with totally different! I don't often get overly offended by people's opinions but my mommy claws come out when people say bad things about my kid. This includes the people who claim to support LGBTQ rights, but only choose what letters don't deserve those rights. This isn't just allies, it includes the community as a whole not recognizing transgender as being an issue. With all of the vigils going on for the victims of the Orlando shooting naturally the transgender community lent a hand, however it has come with backlash one gay man decided to bash a transgender teen and called the teen the wrong pronoun because he doesn't believe in being transgender. That was a person in the community, if we don't have support in the community who do we have support from? Sometimes I feel like we're fighting a losing battle and that no one is truly listening to the struggles of being transgender. One day. I pray one day that we have the support, even if it's just our community.