To understand the bond between the transgender community and broader LGBTQ culture, one must begin at the riot that birthed the modern gay rights movement: the Stonewall Uprising of 1969.
The 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City is the most cited catalyst for Gay Liberation. While figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera are often glossed over as "drag queens," both identified as trans women. Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front; Rivera fought viciously for the inclusion of the "street queens" and trans sex workers into a movement that was increasingly trying to appear "respectable" to mainstream society. hung ebony shemales top