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: Before the famous 1969 Stonewall Riots , trans women and drag queens led the 1959 Cooper Do-nuts Riot in Los Angeles and the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco to protest police harassment.
The transgender community is an essential and historically foundational part of LGBTQ+ culture, contributing to its activism, art, and shared values of resilience and authenticity. While "transgender" describes individuals whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth, it exists under the broader LGBTQ+ umbrella as a distinct community with its own unique history and challenges. Historical Foundations & Activism
: Black trans woman Marsha P. Johnson and Latina trans woman Sylvia Rivera were instrumental at Stonewall and later co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) to support homeless LGBTQ+ youth.
