Transgender individuals have been the primary architects of much of the language and aesthetics used in LGBTQ+ culture today.

: A Brazilian federal deputy who is a leading voice in political advocacy for labor rights and LGBTQ+ issues. Asher Lieberman (StinkyAsher)

: Many Indigenous North American cultures esteemed individuals who embodied both masculine and feminine spirits, such as Osh-Tisch of the Crow Nation .

: Transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals played critical roles in early LGBTQ+ resistance, including the 1959 Cooper Do-nuts riot in Los Angeles and the 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising in New York City.

: One of the first modern LGBTQ+ uprisings in the U.S., where trans women and gay men resisted police harassment. 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot