The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement didn’t start in boardrooms; it started in the streets, led largely by transgender women of color. Figures like and Sylvia Rivera were at the forefront of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. At the time, the distinction between "gay" and "transgender" was less rigid in the public eye—everyone who defied traditional gender and sexual norms was grouped together.
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Ruth’s thumb stopped its tracing. “1987. She was walking me home from a late shift. Two men in a pickup truck decided we were an abomination. They beat her so badly she never woke up. The hospital listed the cause of death as ‘blunt force trauma.’ The police report said ‘altercation between homosexuals.’ They never found the men.” The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement didn’t start in