sci-fi authors miss the mark on social progress. They say, "The current battles have been achieved, huzzah!"
but to write the future you must imagine the future battles.
capitalism requires the culture war as a smoke screen, we know that the bourgeoisie prop up bigotry as a cudgel against unity, as they have done for multiple centuries now. If your setting is still capitalist, there is a culture war.
for near future at least, speak to the most overly online queer you can. Trust me, they are fighting in tomorrow's trenches today.
consider how new technology might impact that battle.
bourgeoisie are around, obviously.
high level body mods are possible.
overly online queer people today are increasingly discussing otherkin and therians.
in summary, a cyberpunk setting is incomplete without modded therians.
thank you for listening to my TED talk.