Transgender women of color experience disproportionately high rates of violence.
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To support the transgender community is not just to add a "T" to an acronym. It is to accept the core tenet of queer liberation: that the freedom to be yourself is the most profound freedom of all. As the culture war rages on, the alliance between the transgender community and the broader LGBTQ family is not just a political strategy—it is an act of survival and a promise of a more authentic future for everyone. Figures like (a self-identified drag queen and trans
Figures like (a self-identified drag queen and trans activist) and Sylvia Rivera (a Latina trans woman) were not just participants; they were the vanguard. In an era when "homosexuality" was classified as a mental illness and "cross-dressing" was a crime punishable by imprisonment, these transgender pioneers fought for the most vulnerable.