https://peertube.martiabernathey.com/videos/watch/0455308b-21d3-4d5f-b9f2-bac6325b0057 The “cotton ceiling” is a term that emerged in trans feminist and queer communities in 2012 to describe perceived structural and social barriers that prevent trans women from being accepted as sexual and romantic partners by cisgender lesbians, despite being accepted as women in other contexts. The metaphor riffs on the “glass ceiling,” but shifts the focus to intimate and sexual exclusion suggesting that transmisogyny, stigma around trans bodies, and narrow ideas of lesbian identity function as a barrier “at the level of underwear.” Supporters frame the concept as a way to name how social norms and transphobia shape desire and community, and some workshops—such as Planned Parenthood’s “Overcoming the Cotton Ceiling” session bringing together lesbians and trans women—have explicitly tried to examine and challenge these dynamics. It wasn’t about trying to coerce cis women into dating trans women. It was meant to question bias, and to act as a moment of self reflection about those biases. #transgender #bisexualpride🌈 #lgbt #bisexuals #pride🌈 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:12:41 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.martiabernathey.com https://peertube.martiabernathey.com/lazy-static/avatars/50716b50-414f-402a-89da-55c7e7882f4d.jpg https://peertube.martiabernathey.com/videos/watch/0455308b-21d3-4d5f-b9f2-bac6325b0057 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.martiabernathey.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.