A critical part of understanding this culture is the distinction between who one is and who one loves.
While LGBTQ+ people as a whole face discrimination, trans individuals experience distinct harms:
Figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were pivotal in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. As trans women of color, they faced intersecting layers of oppression and recognized that gay liberation could not exist without the liberation of all gender-nonconforming people.
A critical part of understanding this culture is the distinction between who one is and who one loves.
While LGBTQ+ people as a whole face discrimination, trans individuals experience distinct harms:
Figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were pivotal in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. As trans women of color, they faced intersecting layers of oppression and recognized that gay liberation could not exist without the liberation of all gender-nonconforming people.