They are actively funding campaigns to convince LGB people that trans people are the enemy. If they can sever the "T," they can attack the "LGB" as the next deviant outlier.
History, long sanitized by cisgender, white, gay male narratives, is now correcting the record. The two most prominent figures to resist the police raids were (a self-identified gay transvestite and drag queen who later identified as a transgender woman) and Sylvia Rivera (a Latina transgender woman and activist). It was Johnson who allegedly threw the first "shot glass heard round the world," and Rivera who fought tirelessly for the inclusion of "street queens" and homeless trans youth in the Gay Liberation Front.
Figures like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were at the forefront of the 1969 riots, which are widely considered the birth of the modern movement.
In response, the LGBTQ+ culture has pivoted to . The concept of "chosen family"—a hallmark of gay male culture during the AIDS crisis—has been adopted wholesale by the trans community.
Engaging with trans community and LGBTQ+ culture isn’t passive. It requires unlearning, listening, and showing up—especially when trans rights are under legislative attack. Do the reading. Pay the speakers. Show up at the protests. And never stop celebrating trans joy.