The alliance between transgender individuals and LGB communities was forged in the crucible of mid-20th century police brutality and social ostracism. The most iconic event of the modern LGBTQ rights movement—the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City—was led by transgender activists, including Marsha P. Johnson (a self-identified drag queen and trans activist) and Sylvia Rivera (a trans woman of color). Rivera’s famous speech at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day rally, protesting the exclusion of drag queens and trans people from gay rights legislation, highlights that from the outset, trans people were central to the struggle.
: "Transgender" serves as an umbrella term for those whose gender identity or expression differs from the sex assigned at birth.
Paris Is Burning (ballroom culture) or Disclosure (trans representation in Hollywood).
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