Contrary to popular belief, transgender people have been central to LGBTQ activism since the very beginning. While the 1969 Stonewall Uprising is often credited as the birth of the modern gay rights movement, the key figures throwing bricks and leading the charge were not cisgender gay men, but transgender women of color.

Despite a shared history, the relationship between the transgender community and the LGB portions of the culture has experienced periodic friction.

This describes an individual's physical, romantic, and emotional attraction to other people (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual).

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