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"LGB without the T" is transphobic. Most pride folks will know you mean well if you say LGBT. They'll know you're an ass if you say LGB Alliance. The other parts are, for example, if gays have marriage rights but transgender folks can't get healthcare. Intersectionality is about how marginalized folks should band together in recognizing that different kinds of marginalized folks (color of your skin, your age, disability) are marginalized in similar ways. Privileged folks haven't experienced the friction and frustration other folks have.
but yeah, as long as you say LGBT instead of LGB...
Yeah, I'm aware of that dog whistle and will try to avoid it. But a fact is that LGB rights have mostly been cemented in all the non-regressive parts of the world, and the rest of the letters (well, T at least) are still fighting. Some parts of that fight is legit (like I said elsewhere, demanding equal treatment is 100% fine), but some of it overcorrects.
But this thread was asking for non-popular opinions, so I guess I scored here. Here's another: I don't think being called transphobic is a much of an insult. Trans is weird and it's normal to feel weird about it. Translating that feeling into denying their rights is deeply wrong, nevertheless. I believe trans activists should work on this angle more (perhaps they do already? I don't follow them enough to know for sure), I believe that would win them support more easily from a wider audience, when compared to a strategy that demands acceptance on top of mere tolerance.