The modern LGBTQ movement was largely ignited by the resistance of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. Stonewall Riots (1969):
Two names stand out: (a self-identified drag queen and trans activist) and Sylvia Rivera (a Latina trans woman and activist). Johnson famously resisted arrest, and Rivera fought tirelessly for the inclusion of gender-variant people in the early Gay Liberation Front (GLF). In the immediate aftermath of Stonewall, the community faced a choice: assimilate by abandoning its most visible "deviants" (trans people and sex workers), or fight for everyone. For a brief time, radical inclusion won. video shemale extreme top