: Activists like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), the first shelter in the U.S. dedicated to homeless LGBTQ youth.

: Many societies have long recognized gender-fluid roles, such as the nádleehi of the Navajo and the lhamana of the Zuni.

: While trans people have always been present, the term "transgender" only gained widespread use in the 1960s as an alternative to clinical or derogatory labels. Transgender Influence on LGBTQ Culture

: Transgender women of color were central to the "uprisings" that launched the modern movement. Marsha P. Johnson , a Black trans woman, is famously credited with a key role in the 1969 Stonewall Riots , and earlier actions like the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco were led by trans individuals resisting police harassment.

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