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The modern transgender rights movement is often attributed to the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, which marked a turning point in the LGBTQ rights movement. However, the history of transgender individuals and their struggles dates back much further. In the early 20th century, organizations such as the Society for Human Rights, founded in 1924 in Chicago, provided a safe space for LGBTQ individuals, including transgender people, to socialize and organize.

From the ballroom scene (immortalized in Paris is Burning and Pose ), which gave mainstream culture voguing and "reading," to the underground punk and electronic music scenes, trans artists and performers have been the avant-garde of queer culture. They push boundaries so that others can walk through them.

Recent years have seen fringe movements advocating to "drop the T" from LGBTQ+, arguing that trans issues are distinct from sexuality. This is a catastrophic misreading of history and strategy. To drop the T is to abandon the most vulnerable members of the family at the moment of their greatest need.

: Third-gender and trans-feminine roles have been documented for millennia, such as the hijra communities of the Indian subcontinent.

The transgender community includes: