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The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement didn’t start in boardrooms; it started in the streets, led largely by transgender women of color. Figures like and Sylvia Rivera were at the forefront of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. At the time, the distinction between "gay" and "transgender" was less rigid in the public eye—everyone who defied traditional gender and sexual norms was grouped together.
Consider the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot of 1966 in San Francisco. Three years before the more famous Stonewall uprising, a group of drag queens, trans women, and queer sex workers fought back against violent police harassment at a all-night diner. This event, often called the "first LGBTQ+ uprising in the US," was led predominantly by trans women of color.
Originating in the Black and Latine trans communities of New York City, ballroom culture gave us "voguing," "slay," and the concept of "chosen families."
The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement didn’t start in boardrooms; it started in the streets, led largely by transgender women of color. Figures like and Sylvia Rivera were at the forefront of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. At the time, the distinction between "gay" and "transgender" was less rigid in the public eye—everyone who defied traditional gender and sexual norms was grouped together.
Consider the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot of 1966 in San Francisco. Three years before the more famous Stonewall uprising, a group of drag queens, trans women, and queer sex workers fought back against violent police harassment at a all-night diner. This event, often called the "first LGBTQ+ uprising in the US," was led predominantly by trans women of color.
Originating in the Black and Latine trans communities of New York City, ballroom culture gave us "voguing," "slay," and the concept of "chosen families."