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However, the post-Stonewall push for mainstream acceptance, particularly the gay rights movement’s focus on marriage equality and military service in the 1990s and 2000s, exposed fissures. This strategy, sometimes termed "respectability politics," often sidelined trans issues. Many gay and lesbian advocacy groups prioritized securing legal protections for sexual orientation, arguing that gender identity was a more difficult or divisive battle. Consequently, transgender people found themselves fighting for basic healthcare access, correct identification documents, and freedom from employment discrimination—issues that did not fit neatly into a narrative of "born this way" as applied solely to same-sex attraction. For a time, the "LGB" threatened to drop the "T," a move that trans advocates rightly recognized as a betrayal of the movement’s foundational inclusivity.