: Figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) to support homeless queer youth and sex workers.
: Sweden became the first country to allow legal sex changes in 1972. In the U.S., same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in 2015, but legal protections for trans people remain inconsistent at the state level. Intersectionality in LGBTQ+ Culture
: Key events like the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots (1966) in San Francisco saw trans women and drag queens fighting back against police harassment.
Transgender people, particularly women of color, have often been at the forefront of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.