The Unfolding Legacy: The Transgender Community and the Evolution of LGBTQ Culture
Shows like Pose and performers like Laverne Cox and MJ Rodriguez have brought authentic trans narratives to global audiences.
In the immediate aftermath, they co-founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), a group dedicated to housing and supporting homeless trans youth. Yet, as the gay liberation movement became more mainstream and politically moderate in the 1970s and 80s, trans people were often sidelined or explicitly excluded. Rivera was infamously banned from speaking at a major gay rights rally in 1973, told that trans issues would "distract" from the focus on gay and lesbian rights.
Transgender women and drag queens in San Francisco revolted against systemic discrimination and police brutality.