The two most prominent figures who fought back against the police that humid June night were , a self-identified drag queen and trans activist, and Sylvia Rivera , a Latina trans woman and co-founder of STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries). They were not just "allies" to the gay cause; they were the tip of the spear.

Using correct pronouns and standing up against misinformation.

To be "LGBTQ" is to reject the tyranny of the normal. And no group challenges the normal more fundamentally than the transgender community. They ask us to look past anatomy, past assumption, and past the binary. They ask us to see the soul.

Annual events that commemorate history and advocate for equality.