While visibility has increased, the trans community still faces unique hurdles:
Pioneers like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera didn't just fight for their own rights; they founded organizations like to provide housing and food for homeless queer and trans youth. Their work shifted the movement from private social clubs to public, political action. Modern Challenges and Triumphs
Your internal sense of being a man, woman, non-binary, or another gender. Transgender people have a gender identity that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
Transgender women of color were the backbone of the early movement. Years before the famous Stonewall Uprising of 1969, trans people were already resisting police harassment, such as during the in San Francisco.
Understanding Unity: The Transgender Community & LGBTQ+ Culture
It is a common point of confusion, but and sexual orientation are two different things: