When Sylvia Rivera was booed at that 1973 rally, she refused to leave the stage. She understood that a movement that throws its most vulnerable overboard is a movement destined to sink. Fifty years later, the mainstream LGBTQ culture has largely caught up to her vision. Pride month speeches now routinely begin with "Black trans women started this riot." Gay and lesbian organizations lobby for trans healthcare. Allies wear "Protect Trans Kids" pins.
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The popular narrative of the modern LGBTQ rights movement often begins on a hot June night in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The story usually features gay men and drag queens fighting back against police brutality. What is often sanitized out of the history books is the central role of transgender women of color. When Sylvia Rivera was booed at that 1973